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Spt, SOUTH 'ARQIONA Wa T H PL f 5TNTU ot soUTU oA,. LINA, XT).oI a p5LhbrtR. AN- QolqvslTqo M T, DO 5DAIU1AtD 1 . AsLM1h Tis co T' TioN FoR THu sovauasIT oF naS SAID il tE -1. SNOaTto 1. The LegIselive puthority of this State shall be vested in ' General Assembly, which shallonsistifla 'Snati and a House of Representitives. SKCTJO 2. The- House of Reprosentatives shall be composed'or Members chosen by bat. lot, every second year, by the citisens of this State, qualified as in this Constitution is pro. vided. SStrMor S Each, Judicial 1Astridt, in the State shall-boustitutr. one Election District, ex. e0t Charlrsten District, which shall be divi. drd into two Election Dlistrioto.one consisting of the late Parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael, to be designatcd the Election Dis trict of Charleston-; the other conlstinif of all that part of the Judicial District, which is without life Itmits of said Parishes, to be known as the Election District of Berkeley. SScTion 4. The boundaries of tihe severel Ju. dicial and Election District. shall remain as they are iow established. SKOTIost. 6. The House of Representatives shalf',tiaist of one hundred and twenty four Members, to be apportioned among thoseveral Elction Districts of tho State. according to the number of white inhabitants contained in each, aid theamount of all taxes raised by the Geners I Assembly. whether direct or indirect, or of % hatever species paid in each, deducting therefrom all taxes paid on account of proper ty held in any other District, and addinr thereto all takes elsewhere paid on account of property hold in such Distriot'. An enumera tion of the white inhabitants, for this purpose, 'was made I the year one thousand uight hun dred and fifty-nine, and shall be made in she course of every tenth year thereafter, in such manner as shali he, by law, directed ; and Representatives 4hall be assigned to the differ ent Districts in the above-mentioned propor. tion.by Act of the General A:sembly at the session, immediately succeeding every enumne. ration t Provided. That until the arportion. ment, which'shall be mad'. upon the next enn meration. shall take effect, the repreaentation of the siveral Election Districts, as herein con. stituted, shall continue as assigned at the last apportionment, each District which has been heretofore divided into smaller Districts, knownas Phrishes, having tie argregate num ber of Representatives which the Parishes beretofore embraced within its limits have had since that apportinnment, the Representative to which the Parish of A lI Saints has been heretofore entitled, beingduring this interval, assigned to Horry Election District. ac-TioN 6. It the eaumeration herein direct. ed shall not be made in the course of the year appointed for the purpose. it shall be the duty of the Governor to have it effected as coon thereafter as shall be practicable. SacTio.4 7 In assigning Representatives to thn several Districts, the~General Assembly shall allow one Reprecoiative for every sixty. second part of the whole number of white in. habiamits in the State, and one Renreseniative also-Air every sixty second part of the whole taxes raised by tli Go-eral Assembly. There shall be further allowed one lepresentative 1br ixuc fractions of the sixty-second part or the phte thnabipants, and of the sixty-second parrafthe taxes, as when added together for in a unit'. SEaTioN S. All taxes upon property, real or personal, shall be laid uoon the actual value of the property taxed, as thesamno shall Ie ncer. tained by the assessnent made or the por. pose of laying such tax. In the firit appor tionment which shall he made unter the (,un stitution, the amount of taxes liall be etimna - ted from the average or the two years next pre. ,cedirg such apportionment ; but in ever% sub Sequent apportlonmenit, from th average of the ten year 9 then next preceding. sacitoN 9. If, inl the apportionment ofRlep reseditatives ; oay Elcction District shall ap ear nt to lie entitled, from its populatioin and its taxes, to a Representative; such Etection Distsiet shall'nevertheless send one Represen tadve; and, if there be still a deficiency-of tihe number of Representatives required by sec. 'tion fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by 41signing Representatives to those Election Distriots having the largest surplus fractionh, whether those fractions consist of a combir s. tion of population and taies, or of popnlation or.taxes separately, until the number of one hsundred and twenty-four .Members be made up t 1roulded, however. That not iore than tweltrRopresentativeashall, in any apportion. ment, be assigned to-any one Election District. Sac-rson 10. No apportionment of Represen latives shall be construed to take effect, in say *manner, until toe getneral election which shall succeed sugh a pportionnent, baorsow 11. The Senate shall be composed of one member from each Election District, except the Election DIstrIct of Charleston, to which shall be allowed two Sgators. baeTQ9x 1. UpQjte meeting of the fire General A ssembly Vheh shall be chosen un der the provisions-.of this Constitution,. the *Senators ishalt be devided, by lot, into two classes.; the seats of the Senators of the one -class to be -vacated ett uho expiration of four years ; and~thie uinim'ber of these classes shall *beso proportIoned that o halIf of the -whole number of Senators may, as, nearly as poses. bleconinue to be ehoseai thereafter yvery sco en'd year. 8soriow 13. No person aball be eligible to, or take or retain, a seatlinthe'HouseofliRepre - aentatives, unless-heis a free white saan, who haih attained the' age ef twtenty.one years. bat h been a citisen and a resident ol this State three -years next pregeding the dag of election, and' hath been for the last six stonth S~f this time, and sball dahitius, a reaiderntof the Di., trict whIch be Id ( fodigeseit. 8Scytow M4a fperson shalbe oligible to, er takgova tmtA seat- :n the.Seniategdnlese be s a free' Ipp,' ~iba t1s . d the age of thirlly-fi- h e en q.land resident ofthis 8tit~ $1 n dn the a of 0eOO1 #td bth b mOtlst six' rbof,thiU q Aht h Otlto be. a reqdeust'o V~t~e s hb5I4 p4g. '8 l dira :9~ nd e th *ilies nisr mi 6oiftr ~er fthei e o~f te oag 5)'i o der-i osh eatel .jW fkrs.# qqalinicAiqos of its ownu t Vi'jority of each ifouse *hall Ct t ntto do bjisiness; but a 11lkli n r m adjouln froto day to-doj. and etity bit author,sed to compel the atted *tite of abeseti Members. in Ihuch manner. and niler ouch pebattles. as :ay be provldgd by law. SICToM 18. Mich House shall choose its ow.e officers, determine its rules of proceedimn, punieh Yts Me:::ers for disorderly' tehavior, and, with the concurrence of two-t irds, epel a Member, but not a second timo fdr thesane cause. SacToN 19. Each flouse tany punish, by im. prisotiumet, during its sitting, any person not a Member, who shall bje guilty o1 dibrespect to th? House hy any itisordf,;rIv or contemptuous beh'avior i its presoench; or who, during tho timo of its rMtiting. @hall threaten harm to body or estate of any Member for anythinir said or done fn Miher House. or who shalt assault any of th'em therefor, or who shall assault or-srrest any- witnes or other perdon ordered to attend the Houwe, it his going thereto, or teturning therefrom, or who shall rescue any person ar rested by ordcr otihe House. itmUTioN 20. The Members of both Houses shall he protected in their persons and estates Otur:ir their attendance on, goinr toand re. turning from, the General .Assembly, anti ten dlays previus to-the sitting, antd tenl days af ter the adjournmnee.t thereof. But these privi egcsshall.not heexteIdd so as to protect any Member who shall be charged with treason, felony. or breach ot the peace. Src-rioN 21. Hilld for raising a revenue shalt tiriginate in the House of lIepreseitatives, but ,nay be altered, amnetded or rejected by the S-oeate ; and all .othler bill may oririate in either loose, and may be amended, altered or rejected by the other. SecTioN 22. Every Act or Itesolution havhtg the force of law shall relate to but one subject. and that shall be oxoressed iI the title. Sac-non 23. No bill shall have ite force of law until it shall have been read three'times, and on three several fays, in each House, has had the seal of the State effixed to it, and has beetn signed in the Senate [louse by the Presi. dlent of the Senate and the Speaker of the Hoie 6' Reprear ntativee. SPo-rtoi4 24. No money shall be drawn nut of the Public Treasury but by the legislative authority of the State. Sr.orti s 25. it all elections by the General Assembly, or either Houic tiereof, the inem - here shalt vote "viva voce," and theirvoisa thus riven, shall be entered upon the journals ut the 1-louse to which they respectively belong. SECTiOe 26 The members of the Gen ral Aseerbly. who shall meet under this Constitu. tion, shall p entitled to receive out of the Pub. lic Treasury, for their expenses during their attendance on, going to. and returning from, the General Assembly, five dollars for each days attendance. and twenty cent'for every mile ol the ordinary route, of travel betyeen the residence of the Member and thecapital or ether plce ofaitting of tte General Assembly,, both goltig and returning ; and the same.tnay be iticreased or diminished by law. if circutmt-. stances shall require ; but no alteration shall be made to take effect during the existence of the General Assembly which shall make such atlteration, SXCTto' 27 Neither House, during the aes tion of-the Gineral Assembly, shall, without the consent of. the other. adjourr [or more than theee d~y., tnor to any. other plaie than that in which the Assembly shall be at the time sitting. . SOcTIoN 28. No'person shall be Igtie t'i a seat in the General Assembly whilst he bolos any office or profit or trust inder this State, the United States of Ainerica, or any of them, or under atny other power, except officers in the militia, army or navy of thid State, Maria. tr ates or Justices of literiorCourte, while such . Justices receive no salaries; nor shall atny contractor of the army or naivy of- this State. the United Statea of America, or any of them, or the agonta-of such contractor, be elirible to a seat in either Huse. And if any Member slall accept or exercise a ny of the said disquali fying offices, he shall vacate his smat 8S9TioN 29.. If atny Election Dilstictehall neglect to choose a miember or metmbers otn the day of election, or if any person chosen a member of either Hloure sliall refmien to quali ty and take his seat; or ehall resign, die, d. part the State, accept any disquaifying office, or beoome otherwise disqualifed to hold his seat, a writ of election shall be issued by 'the President of the Senate or Spenker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, for the purpose of filling the vacancy thereby occasioned, for the remainder of the terin fur which th'e person so refusing te quality, re. signing, dying, departing the State, osbecotm. ing disqualified, was elected to serve, or the defaulting Election District ought to have chosen anember or members. SECTioN 30. And whereas, the ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God aid the cure of mouls, and our' t not be diverted from tli great du ties of thteir tuncetions, therefore, no mnislter, 'of the Gospel or public preacher 'of any re ligious persuasion, whilst he continues in the exercise of' his pastoral tuactions, shalt be eligible to the office of Governer, Lieutenant Governor, or to a seat in the Senate or the House of Representatives A RTICLE Il. Sscnoox I. The Executive auth'irity ai this State shall be vested In s Chief Magistrate, who all bCeoed, 'The Governore of the State of SecTioN 2., TJhe Gqvernor' sh~Alt be elected by the elecmts duly -lualitied to v ote for me'mbers of the House of ii presentatv's., and shall hold hisoffice for four year., antt4nsll his mucces. icr. shall. be choseni and qelified ;' but the misme pers an shall pot -be Go01 ernor for two consecutive terms. Suction 3. No person shall he elihlete the offie qGoyernor, umnles he'tgth atinted the ago tty years, and' hrith li-een * cittuen 'and yeidenl f tils State for the ten ~years next plecedin tpsuay of electioni. Amd no persn qhpll bold 'the ofiee oi( Got ernor, and an ycher offee.orcommtwson, ociI| or milits ryD (except In tilliti.,) under this State tat the United Statee, er' any of them, or any other power, at ona andah'e'sasf tise. Saation 4. Tis returnad, oft etery electIon of Governorashli be tiled ijtay the Mahbats~ of Election9 it heif, rypctu treetitted ~ a meseeng rpb tytn, to het overamet 'dree '~(i Sestpf ~ U wit eiI delli, toe ft~p *'o1ft Ifotiof RU se.ntey at tIle next osesuing sessioni of the 'e eulr senbly 'udag she Brat uweek of 'wrIo oln th.#epe~c *ti qpn and pnii tItf ~i~Ceano bot H oe~ hG ~LP~i~/shaflV yin spoeh mseer a Prei Vi t ilw,"l dieslfhhVe no vote. uea et all divided. a to 0s4 Plkleh.:a Prcei. flou I to .,in tbe.a, ence of the A I o(bS nate, or le 41~ iti chooscet a actiiue o ov.4ro-,ntGovltranovr shall,,thereutio. vac te his soeat. .and another p*btioliti shi .elocted in his stead, -S1oT1o 9. in cate or the impeachment of tlie.Goier'n or his rimoval froin otfice death, raiginatton, disqualificatiun, tisabilitior ro iioval friin the tate.the Lieutenant--Governor shall succee'd to him ofice, and in case of"th' impeichment of the Licutetiart Governor or hii remova I front office. death. reuistnal ion, d an 9tualificatioit. dianbility or removal from the, btate, the President pro enpore of the Aenate shall succeed to hia office ; aned when the oti-e of the' Goverior. Lieutenant Goivernoor and President - pro tempere of the Senate ha 4 h - come vacant in the recess of the senate I the Scretary or State, for the titme bcings. slcli. hy proclarnation, conteene the Seiate, the' it Presidentyro feapor may be chosen to exer cise the omce of Guverior for the onexpierd term. 49TIerow 10. The G9vernor shall be Com mantel-In-iief of the Arny and Nav ,f thil Slate and of the militia, ea:cpt when tlhev shall be called into thu actual se vice -of the United Slates. SECTIOt 1it. He shall have po*er to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction. (except in eces orimpeachnient,) in such manor, e1n such terms ein- under.auth restrictions a he shall think proper, and he shall have power tit remit tinec anl forfeitures, unil-as otherwiae dirccted by law. i\ shall he his duty to report to the General Assembly at the next retrelar session thereafler all pardons -granted bf him. with a full statement Qfeach case and the rea sops moving him therrunsto facTION . He salatl like cale that the laws be faithAally executed in mercy. SECTIoN'. 13 'he Gbvernor and Lieutentint Governor shall, at stiated times. receive for their services a compnsmation which shall b- neither increaoed sor diminishated during the period fur which they abati have been elect ed. Samccom 14 All offieere in the Executive De1partment. when~' required h7 the Governor, shall give hin ihformation in writing upon any subject. relating to thb duties of thqir respec t. tive offices. NSCTIOIe 16. . The Qovernor shall, from tie to time, arive to the General Assembly infor aration of- the condition of the State, nd re commneid to their consideration such measureA as ie shall judge necessary or expedient. SUOTIhI 16. He.?, on e;traordinary c. casioea, onvene the. Ganeral Assembly. ape shoul4 either ILoyse refdaits without a qtzornn for three days, or in 'case of disagreeatenit b tween the two Houses. with respect to the time of adjournment , may adjurn them to sueh ttme as he shall think proper. not beyoatl the fourth Monday of November thes next enasu ing. - e Stcvtox 17. -He shall commission all offi Cel of the State. h , Sac-Tno I8 it shall be the duty'ol t, Maageruo! Ejectione of this State. at ibb tifirs genleral elections under this Constitiomi, anl(, at each alternate general election threafter to hold an elec-tion for Governor and Lieuten ant-Governor. SacITON 19. The Governor and the Liceaten a t-Governor before enterinr upon the dotici of their respective ?ces. shaitl, in the presence of the Geneirnl Assembly, take the oatt of offkie paecribed in this Conaitotion. Sacitan 2t1 The! Governor Shall reside 'during tie siiting of ihe General Assembly, a the place where ita. ston may he hela ;at the Qeneral Assestoy may by law. reqnir him to reslu ie at thI eapitol of the State. RScTion 21 Eve Bill which- shhk fnv4 passied the General isemblis. shall, before I become a law, he p aeented to th6 Governor itf heapprove, he asth I sign it ; lnt it noti hi shall returtn it, withh his objections. to tile House in which it shall have originased, who shall esiter the ohiections at large cn their jour nal; and proceed to reconsider it. It after stnel r'eonsideratiotn, a majority of the wholh sepre sentition of that House sball agree to pass te 11111, at shall be sent, together with the objec lions, to the; lSter House, b which it sa I liketwsere be reconsidered, and if approveol by majarity of' the whole 'repreaentation of tha other-IHouseitshall beeome a law. But in-a such CaseA the votes of tth Houska shaft b deteriniped bySyes and days, and the name of the persona vioting for4and agalnt tlie i shall be entered on the +ournal of each Hous respectively. if any Bill Aidli pot bW returcei by the Governor' wIthi two days (Sunday exceptel) after it shall have bre6n.:erenetr I him. the saaneshAll be.a law in -li k manne as if the had signed it. ASOa that time Inay aI way be allowed the Governor tconalie Hills passed bylthe Genterael.Assembly, neithe Houe shall read any Bill on jhe last day p! ii session. Acept mach .'B as have b6e resturned' by the~overndr as hereitn pros' - AR I'CLBE lii. Sacytois .1. Thejtudielal power shall boe.s edl ini such Superior and Ifrlror Courts Law asso-~ Equity as the Gsnerat Assemibi shall, fronm tamoi to time,.direct and esltabital - The Jludges of the Sgperjor . 0er telshql? 1 elected by the Oeneral Mqembhly. elull huh tneir office'dtring 'nd behMvior, and- shal at stated times, -receive .h comipeansation ic their services. wvhich sihail' ther be increst ed notr dimninished dseri W cni n in office ; but they ekalell, e <ot~n pergoisites of o~je pot b ,tai ~r. off< ol profit or trust nder t~l ea.tI' Unite Stalest of 4Amtn~a ,~A~ hth;~ 'of a other power. G44ry-sstm.tlhall, Poitn as possibe1 etabjish 'p r each Di'atridut I the ttat si lferlo,.," . or fAourts, to; I etyled T thedudge watere four- ears, au b7i e.eliible, whi Court shall'have nettl iti fd-all oiil ciaus wheruita Cite or bb (b lrhes are pdrece of color, sa4 of I~lh~l$e.whlreih t accused~ lia p Ulfpl i.p -b Generi Assembly ise ~ kettod the jurn dicti9n of th'e std bi7to other gui si4 inbe asu4t:mEth e6rg Ser-ia4a x .un, e am taye ..d6~. .ed rine ifthe navy ofthb1 ilAd ee I for the twit yegro )et, pewee Dlr.dmsaa f ' lectO-* havetfr for the-saie per t . do tf4 ripe, who ba eclaret his i t b citizen o-tie' U T p ee 'rdll4to the. Constitution! amnd wo t ut ,eI Slea, ie shall have r tied 14thie'li ge i, :0, legal two yearn mst, pe'dediinr.th ' day dit les'tonl.to and, (or the last six 0nonthsiof ht tine.In thel Pis' le t in WIi ch he dier fe Volte propelfr, howerer.,-Tint the:Gi-jaera A Iemb tay. Ity requiring a regibtry Of aVntera, or btletsisli. b.re legis'atian. frumod agaitat fraud ia olee.. lion. and usurpations of the i lght of surag'. nay lenpone distqualification to vfto a pul. ishnent - for crisemet. and ney plrewribe "d clit ioneal qualifications ter votere in municipal A RTICLE V. All perena. w hit shall he elected' or apointei to' 1.ny offic ni proe!t er tret, before eitt6rdig on 'he exeletin thereof. shall talke (be'efires Al'w.i oaeh-4 not repurnant eto this Commti. tution. pre'serilei by the General As'emby.) ,he file e win fl . lath "I de swear (or a flrn) trat I mn duly qualil filed, arcrolih . il tie conithtution, or thiR State. in ex-rci-e the fcifice to which I phve been -ppoint-. and 'ht I will. to tle hest of "my ahilhty, diachatrtre Oh dities the-cof, and preserve, liro cer and defend ehe lronotihuiotn of this Slate. nsid ehatof she United Stale. Sc help mel Godl-." A RTICLE TI. xci'toN 1. The loees or, RepresAelntaives shalt have fle fo- powi'erof impreahne, but no mnpeachmens'ct -hall ' be ensue, nless with the cotcrren.'e t two-tpeirde of tle. llouse of Represencsativea SacTIoN 9. All impeachmentsa hall be tried by thesenae, Whensitting or that pqrpose the Senators shal I be il one v 0r afrmation, and no per-en shall be conviteeff wimhout the concurrence of two-thirds of the memberi pr..ent. SiNoteow 3 The Govetnor. Lieutenamn--Gor ernor, and all "ivil offcers, shall be liable to impehese'ent for high crises aocl misndemaea nois, ftr iny neisbrhavior lin mlt cC. ir corrap ten ien pror.curina. ofer. ceor fornneyePst which ,hall degrale their df5cial character. But judrmnent in osuch cooce sh1ll not extend furth er than to removal'tron office, ald dlisqualin. cation to hold any office of honor, trust or p-ofii under this Staft The party convict ,d shall. toeverthelese., be llible to hidictment. Irilb judgmen and puticmcent acbordingir to law. 'Sactiiw 4. All civil office's. whops authori ty is henite tio a ainzie Judicial District, a ainat'e Electiion D'triet. or part ft chher. shul? he appinted, hold tdr ofico, he removed frmom cffice antd,* in'-aeddition mc, liabeilit y tee tm 'eactlenent'ee, nleay be-ptihed far oMi -al mie.. condmuct. in such manner as the General At esreiby. previ.re t their nppoltmeeit, may pro-vit e. s'ceTc 6. Irany civil officer shall be come disfAbled from dischairging theod tle of his omee,,by reason of any pernanent teodily or mental infirmcity. hi offiee may be declared te be vacant, by joint resolution, agreed to bcy two-thirds of the whole representation in a-ch Ho0usd of the General Assvmbly : PrWs d That such resolt(ion shall contain the grounds for the proposed temoval, andsbefore it shal pae ether House, a copy of it -hall be served an the officer, ased a hearing be allowed hin. A RTICLE Vil. sucrox I. rh Treaanrer'and the Secrmeart cf Slate sheal bce electd by the Genecral Asseen bly.in the liouse ell Representativee, shall hold their nllees for fouir year. and sithll not be eligible for the next succe-:iing trne. asTow 2 All other oficer. sball be appoint. ed.a they hithereiave been, until otherwide directed by law; but the name person shall not hold the offer of sheriff for two coeseoutive -term. SNCT164 3. All comirmisoions shall be In the name anti by the authority of theMtato oSuth Carcoline. Ile I raled withl te sealii tiheState, and be signed by the Governor. ARTICLE Ylit. All lawso force in Ohis State. at thie aiedop tion of thio Co'nstituifon, and titl repugnant hereto, slall so consinun,, uneil alseredll orre pralei by the Gen- ral Assembly. except where they are tmempcrary, in which case theyshall expire at the tines respectively limited- for their duration, if not coulinued by Act ofithe General Assembly. ARTICLE IX. SNoTtoN I All power is originally Invested the people, anid nN ktee. Opsvernente are fectneced on their auhority. nd are istituted rfor their peAce. eaely &n and app institt. SBcTrow e No person shall be-aken, or im r prie eed. or disseied of lie freeheld, iitie r ties or privileges, %r outlawed or exiled. or In any maneetr deprved of ia life, libertfor '~proper(ty, t bey dlum prooeu of law s nor shall anielattcmitnner, 13 fcost facto law, or the faw imprtran he ob~lanf coat racte, ever be pssedtheGnea Assembely. Sacisow. 3. The imecytry all be aubordhinate to the~ 'vil power. c aceoc 4 The privilege oftthewrit of Agas Y . corpus abeall net beasuspended, unlesehen, ie -. case eef rebellion or Invaaion, Ihe pubilic afety -aciton~ 6. Exceseive aial shal! not be -r's I, quired, nor execeisive ftlsp ienpmced, seor cruel r pmmises'nent ineflited. -Saorsqe 6. Thew General AessebI shall neot C grans aney tisle of nubilty. dr heeliary dcc. rm tincione, sear create any dffce, . the appsint e meneit to whli;l sbalI~ bo..for any 'longer rime t han diuricng procd behavior 7 f*Crses7. Trhe'i ai t jury, a 1 eetofog~a Sued tolhee mstate.and is liberty of the tpsm te heall; be'forcv'er incjit ~rer ,d fin-e Gencrral Asembly shall hava poer lee deiarY Ctmine the nucmber set 'peresnm' Nd stiall con a. eltute time jury in the Isferioe or. D~ietyf4 M tacna 8. Trhe freeexeroise and 4bIjoyment 'or seehgone profoston asid> nettarb 'wiltect : dia ~nems naor Pvefeetnebhl ill IThcamthe iberty ofecoi m.shall notic constryae *.*ll9,Rltgi s. n' entioaiente;oreq ',etslJ ncfteletem t wih. n peseea k the stet h w m ties anid 'estate of buti i ' adici 6 ietlee an m of-it e, r S~~it .cte~j iu ii ~ab dL5o a ea lit' tr * '~~~ V' I ~ D'at h tht 'I h edrr 'w 41 g its oidco and ' deett ^ y Merg Sacrtop I t*retleni - tp a' called unless .Wtho ottwo. hrds oftiewhola representattoi 44ch Honse f1th66 evral Assembly. RAMePS%. No part oft Cbl'Cnstlg Ofon shalE bealtece. unles a bill to sliter thesame'ashall have been.read. ott phree severil d g, intbe Notae of Rees ntatve. andoth ree sre.. r I days in I natc. and .a ree to at the Zon' and thi i readinifr: bvtw-thfrds of, the whole represeptalion in each Homse or the General Asesnbly I neitherishll any altera. lion thke efle't.- untilthe bil,'ko'-hrreed to. shall bepublished for three nodtht previous to a snew tieqtilon lor members- of The House of, Re resentatives: and..if the alteration proo.... ert b7the prededeiet Geneal Asamb, shall he ared to, bj the new General- Asaembly, In toeir firt 'iilot, by - the concurrence or' two-third. of the whole renreteptatlon in each Iloofe. a'ur tihe s'me e1 all have been read ona three seve-ral deys in eath. then ated not dth erw-oe. the raie shall becorne a part of the Co..eitution Danoo in C-onveiodon. at nolunbia, In the tate of Rquth Cqrnlleii, the twenty-4eventh day of September. in the year ofour I srd one thouspeed eight hundred ased ehitly..fve. D. L.WARDLAW, Prealdent of the Convention. Attest: Juin T. SLoA1,Clerk of the Con VEntion G- rnmeit of the' Unid stet i l'reaidentAndi'ew Johnson, of Tennes, see., I L , Secretary of State-W. . 84wardi if*. New, York. . . . . Secretary of War--.Edw., .ao Pennsylvania. Postmnaster General--Willltit 'Dihauloiu, of Ohio. Secretary'of the Navy--ldeen Welle, er Connectictt. Secretary of- the anterioyatiesHarlen, of Towa. .iecretary of the freasury-lbagh 10.0ul tough, ofillinois. Attorney General-Janes Spid,: Of.. tucky. President of the Senate-Ifayetle S. Poster. Nof Connectient. Fpeaker or tije i(ouse-SoIuyl r o , of Indiank. SUras1 a cOI tT. Salmon C. Chase. Olhio. Mief Jnt Ii 1. James M. 'Wayne. 0enre'iA. 2. Saimue NelSon. New Yar.,, 3. Robert C. f(rjeri, Permsnvh'an. 4. Nallean Clif'ord. Afaii. ft. Noah 1I. Swa.yene. Ohio. fe. Daniel fnsvis. l4linol4. .7- 8aiuel %Ijller. lowan . 8 Samuel P. Field. California. ' LtiTU rANT' 031Ru'asg WingeIold Scott. Virginia. U snes 8 Grant. of Ohio. a !ulant General Lorenzo Thomas, Del& Judge Advocate General, .leseph Hilt, D. C. Quartermaster General, 31ontgomery,C. Meigs, of PennsylvanIa. - T~im Datily Expresse, PETEgRSBURG. V4., H AS entered upon its fIfteenth year, In an I enlard form, with new 'Iyp,1. .sder aua.4pices highly fIalterinr. It he 1ai and * daily Increa.int circuli q on. and o er. * ner. chants an-t others desirliar to' m bnasljcqte with lite 'outhrrjp publio. adyantges ed by none. - A DVRR TI91VG I 4TV6g .. oN5s saa - Two w.eek~s................. 0One month........... l'wo inonihs............. ..v 0 .Threa months............. 1 00. 1.e months...............,.... 4' On. year..... ..... ....U I Two PaVAsne Tw - w -e---l. ..... . M... Thre lfonths..,.......* Iu Si moth.......-.... 0 Qne year............. * raonsu desiring agreaer quantity of safee fabofedesignatoec wilb accomrnor'ated 6"4SdIeri'trmei. T y.nalled) . . et. S d o do . . d AJ~~e ., d. 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