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HE CONSTITUTION 'Ar 4OJTH oAROLINA, 'WE, TH PXOPLtR OF Tht STATR or ROUTH OAEO LIMA, BY -U5* DELBOATES IN, CONVENTION )iRT, -nO onDoIx AIo rsTAULISHt Tills COMsTi TrTi FOR TUB GOVaNb5XNT Or THE SAID sTArs: ARTICLE 1. PROTtoN 1. The Tegislati e authority of this tate shall be vested lin a eneral Assembly, which salldonsistor a Senato and a House of Representatives. Snotion 2. The House of RepresentatIves shall be composed of Members chosen by bal elot overy second year. by the citizensor this v ',- State, qualified as in this Constitution is pro #ided. NaCTOs 3. EAc'h .Iudlcll District in the State shall eonktitute tto Election Diatrict,'ex. cept Charleston District. which shall be divi. ded lnto twoi Electidn Districts.oto coniIsting af tie late Parishes of , St. Phillip and .t. Michael, tn be desigaiited the- Election Dis. tet of Charleston ; the other consistintr of all that part of tho Judicial District, whfch is without the limits ofsaid Parishes, to be known 'a the Election District ofHlerkeley. - SxcrioN 4. The bounlaticqn sit several Ju ulicial ant Election Districts shall remiin as -they are now established. SecTtoN 5. The House of ReprestItiIves shall consiat of one hundred and wienty flor - Members, to 6n apportioned among the several Eioction Distri.ts or 'the State, accordiig to the nuinber of, white inhabhiants contained ini each, lad theamount or all taxes raisei by the 'Ueneral Assembly. whether direct or indirect, or of witatever soecies paid in each, deductin'g therefrom all taxes paid 4nu account of propee - ty held in any other District, and addinsr therete all taxes elsewhere paid on account of propert) held in such District. An enumera tion of the white Inhabitairto, for this purpose, was made 1, the year one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-nine, and shall be made in the courso of every tenth year thereafter. in such imanner as shall be. by lw, directed ; and RepresentatIves shall he assigned to the liffer. ent Districts in the above-meestioned propor tion, by Act of the General Assembly at the session immediately succeeding every enume ration I P0ovided, That until tie anoportion mtent? which shall be mado upon the next enu. mcration, shall take effect, the representation of the several Election Districts, as herein con stituted shall continue as assigned at the last epportionment, each District which has been heretofore divided into smaller Districts, known as Papishes, having- the airgregate num.. her of Representatives which the Parishes herettfore embraced within its limits have had since that apportionment, thlio'epresentativ'e to which the Parish or All Saints has been heretoftire entitled, beling,diorinr this interval, assuined to Harry Election District. . IScTioN 6. I the enunteration herein direct. ed shall not be made in the course of tlhe year appointed for tlie purpose, it sisall be the duty of the Governorto have it eflected as soon thereafter as shal. kle practicable.. SECTIoN7 MI asignitt( Representatives to the several Distrints, the General Alsemibly shall allow one Representative for every sixty. . secnid part or the whole Iumber of white in. habitsats in the State, and one Repreaentative also for every sixty second part ofthe whole taxes raised by th General Assembly. There shall be further allowed one Representative for such fractions of the sixty-second part ol the white inhabitants, aid (f the sixty.second part ofthe taxes, as when added together for m a unit. SEcTION8. All taxes upon property, real or psirsonal, shall bh Jai, upona the actual valun cl tle property taxed, as the same Phall be ascer. tained by the asaessment made or the pur. pose of laying such tax. II the firit appor tiunment which shall be marIe undor the Con stitution, the aiount of taxes'ahall be estina. ted from the averave of the two years next pro. cedirg such apportionmetlti but in ever., sub. - sequent apportioniment, from tit average of the ten years then text-preceding. SECTiON 9. ir. iI the 'apportionment of ltep resentatives ; any Election District shall ap pear not to. be entitled, from its population and ita taxes, to a Rebresentativo; such Election District shall nevertheless send ono Reprosen ative and, if there be still a deficiency of the mber or Representatives required by sec. th ,sueh deficiency shall be supplied by Representatives to those Election aving. the Ia rgst rurplus fraotions, hose fractions consist of a combiia, tio lation . and taxes, or orfb poltiot or , ia arately, until the num br of one hundr i d twenty-lour Member# be made up -Prooded, That not more than twelve Repraee in any apportion stint, be assig olcton District. hiscriow 10. .t Of Represen tatives shallt effect, in snj *manner, unitil which shahl succeed such a bactioll 11. emposed of one tnember frt ltrict, except the Election Ditoe, to whli shalt be allowedt ofte i ExcTION 12. ofte0is ier1Aessmbly7 chosen tin, the provision qtitutiona, the - atoreshale- lot into in class to6 aaeda h expiration of foui 5 veaf ; and the siiamber of thbeso classes shall o <'Ien ptpolyOtned th~at oune-half of the whiole l~'ushbeg of Senq~toj's may, as nearly as possi. .ble cottouS to be choisen thereafter every sec. Medyear, .. is w McoW 13l. Nopersomtshialt. he eligible to, er-tskeor rett.idseat in the Hloueof Repre' jk ,epifativess utslAas he isun'froo white mani, whc - eth attained the ag0 cf twrenty-ooe yea~rs i ha thbleen a -oitise'nsani a resideut of this Stat< three year. neat preceding the day of election - aeihath been ror the last qia months of thh imadshall continue, a residentof the Dis. ' tkict which tie Is' to'represent. 8xortaow 14. No.pesun shalt 'be eligible to srnake or retail, a seat -n the Senato, imjesC ite'i a free white man, who hath attaihied the age of- th irty~ years, bath ~en a citisen ant resident of this State five ~etrs next ps'eceding the'day of.Itection, ani haik been, for the lasi -sill moitbh of ~this tIme, antl sh-ill- continue i,: bo',a resideforthe Dstrictwich he is to pep t.J '5I. Senators and Mlembdrset the opah~t I~pu stives shall be chiosen t olct opa the third Wednesdaylhr o n the present year, and en thu esue i nne for suchi terms of. offie, r , naern d.cThdy s l et e t pn cortcorreace'~of two~thirdt of both -branh of the whole rsnptienstioh,)' unies the csu a cties of war or 'entatriou# disorders shall gns dier It t~e o spe) theriiIn eitherof ich esses, tb ovelnor or Commn~ereuin'clt tAr the di e beltir, mnay, by proJ'hulnallinn 4 . poInt a metre secure and, ctehcplaa of smeeting. . , t.,- . l - - tiow 16 "'he terns~.offcsoteenas tors apdi Representataves, ehde at a g'nerdi election, shall begitt oa #Ioadai folldtin~ I.. .g clectione, faturns an ualiic.ations of its d Merb ' d a Majority. of de'ch iiose %ht constitt, i uorudba, odo 'business ; -but sumalr tis bir ti'tadjourn from day 1e tin and aty su'hdried to comlpel ith ailten ance of abibat Mebers, in such manner, nli inder eucit penalties, as may be provided I law. SECTION IS. Each Iouc Plhnl choose its ov officers', determine. its rules of proceedin punish Its pfenbers for disorderly bethavit aind, with flic eoncurrence of two-i Iirds. ex; a Member, but not a second timo for the sail cause. SEcTIoN 19. Eltch ilonte'inay punish, by if prisonmcent, during its sittitg. any person in a hlinber, who shall Ie guilty of dierespect the House by any disorderly or contenptuo behavior in Its preevuco; or who, during ol tinic of Its silting. shall threaten mit to bo or eatato of any ileunder for anything said done in nither iliouse. or who shall assault at of tsem therefor, or who shall assault or arrv any witness or other pertion ordc ed to atte the Houeo, in hils goinx thereto, or returnih therefrom, or who shall rescue any person a rcated by orderof the liouve. ECTtoN 20. ''he ,Memtors of both Hlous shall be protected In th<Ar persons and estat during their attendtnce oti, golnir to atd r turning from, the (ener1i Avseibly, and ti days previjus to theit sitting, anid tent daya: n ter the adjourtineNt thercol'. But these 'pris Inges shull Iot, le extetde-I no as to protect at Member who shall be charged with treasu felony, or breach of the peitce. - SzcrioN 21. Hills for raising a rve nie sh originate? in the Hluuce of itepresectaitives, b may he altered, aIcented or rtjectlgP by t Stiate ; and all other bills aiy Originate either House. and may be amended, altered rejected by the other. SEcTrcuuN22. Ever Act oO Iesolution havlt the forco of law shall roat - to bit otto subj attd that shall be exoresset n the title, Suc'taoz 23.'No lAll shall have the force law until it shall have been read three time and on three s'overal t.ays, in each louse, hi had the seal bf tho State affixed to it, atnd h; beoci signed in the Senate House'by tbei.Pre dent of the' Seatite atnd the Speaker of ti House of Representative*. SEcTios 24. No money shall be drawn o of tbo Public Treasury but by the.legisladi authority of tho State, SUcrToN 25. In all elections by the Gener Assembly, or either Hozae thereof the men berm shall vote 1ci*ea'qoce," and theiredes't6 given, shall be entered upon 4hojournats of tl House to which they respectih/ly bhlting.. SnCreo 26. The members of the Gener Asseibly. who shall meet under this Codatit tion, shall be entitled to receive 6utof the Pu lic Treasury, for their expbnses -durIng the attenulanee on. going to and returning frot the General Assembly, five dolltre for ca lays attondance, and twenty cents for eve mile of the ordinary route of travel betwe the residenceottjid Miefiber and the capital other pli'e ofsitting of the, General Asselpbi both goine and returneicr ; anld the same mn be iticreased or diminished by law. if circui standest zhli require; but no alteration sh he. made to tagoeffect durinr the existence the General As'e'mbly which shall make su .1teratios. Sxceantns A7..'kaither House, during the a, tion If the General Assembly, shall, with the dpnsent .of Ih other. adjourr, for m< than three days, itor it any other place tIl that in which the Assembly shall be at the ti, sitting. SCoTIoN28. No person shall be eligible ti seat In.thed Gneral Assembly whilsi lie ho any ofo. of profit or trust under this Sia the United States of Atierica, or any of the or under aby .other power, except ofilcers the militia, army or navy of thic State, Mag trates oreJustices otferior Courts, while su Jusatibes recterie Vio alarica; nor shall i Contractor of the army or navy of this Sta the Unitet States or A merica, or any of the or the agenta of such contractor, be clirible 'a sant in either House. And if aney Memt slal accept or exercisn a ty of ie said dlisquti fying offines, lie shall vnaeto Itls seat. . Sacrw29, If atg Election Diatrict sh neglect' to-ebooso 'a' r.nmter or minebers on i tay of election, .4 It aufy person cholen member ofeither. itnse sihal I refuse to qua my anAI tke his seat, or thill reAign, d. part the Mtatn~acceptagy di squallifyingeifS or become otherwise d squahied to hold1 seat, a wilt of election shall f issuell by,'l President of the' Sentle qr Speaker of House of Representativesas the cAse'-nayI fotK the purpose of tilling (I1e- vacancy.there occasioned, for tb remainder of the term e which the person so refusin'g to tualit% signing, dying, departing the Srate, or becc ing disqnalified, was elteMtd to serve, 'or I defaoltiit Elecdctn 'Diarit, ougIu to li chosou a meniber or mremb--ra. Saorcon;.30. A nd wherease the mvipist'ers the Gospielare, by their prfchqeion, dedidal to'theetfvice of God Ands 'thye suore of seta and duglnQA diverted (rom ihe - great< ties of th in o e, thetrefore, no moints of thhQ ito peecher of ancy lfigious 'hilat, Ito continues in *kerols ort l fuhetiont.',shae eli biof Go~vernrt-, Liaoien o ' at in the Sohtste ot' House veS * TICLEJI. Ex'so . Executive authority oh I Stto shall be vested icn a Cihief Ma gistrate, s shall be styled, 'Te Governor of the St ati Sottth Carolina' SeCTION 2. Thne ovoenor shall be elected the electoits duly -idaalified to vote for mee~it of the House of IIpreienlatives, acnd shall It hisoffico'fvrrfour yearasndt until his suer sdr shall be choscen and qualified ; but sime person shall not be Gosernor for I oonsecutive terms. hiscriote 3. Noc person shall be eligible to office os GAoverinor, unless he heath att-itmd ageof thirty years, bnd heath been a ciii and residenit' of this State for the ten ye next precedIng the day of electioni. Antd person phallI hold the office of Governor. a any t~thdr offiee or. comnasiton, cii or mill re, (except in militIa,) ucider this State or Unitedi Statea,er ally of, ihem,or ancy oit power, at qne and thec same time. Sacohice 4.' The rotucrns of every electilor Glovefnnrshall, be sealed tip by the Manag of Flections ipt their respective DIstrIcts, tr'ansriitt~ed, by si mcssenir chtosen by thes 'lo til',Cea( sf OjivArnniet, directed to :Secrei -F'f'tatc 'who shall deliver thces the SpA leof'iti uIstse of Representiatis di~h Etanpg ssio-of lice Gecnerail sqbbl, Nibring1is rat weckq -which * I' ot~et citGne Jib fsi iigtd"bu Saott~l8 shosd~n al b postinue frofc popeesed of those 9al om..s.n,1M~atpp. l :n tio President of the so, at, shll have no voto, I utiless the Nemte he ually divided. at Scc-rion 7. TeS t'allcheos a Preal. d., ent pro tem pre to ac in 'jho absenco of the I'Lieuiteanot-GUovernora orAvhen ho shall exer a cise thlet office or Gove sai-., y Se-CtoN 8. A Iel he or the Senatm, or of Stile House of1tepre'et ati.yes. boing chosen aind ,n actifig as Goverior Ir Lioutegiant-Goveranr X, sall , thereupon. vaca his sent, and another r, poitsol shall be elect, I in his stead. el SRcrToN 9. o eas of the Impeachment of ic the Governor or his r inoval from olce, it ath, reaignatioi. iieqnat ration, disataility olr ro n inovat fruna the State hIo Lieutentant-Governor ut aball succeed to lil ofilice, and in% case of the, to InIiieachmIenat of theLfrntcunrt Governir or s ii renovail froiin 9ffiit, death, resigina lion, d I.. i qualitiention, disabiity or rcmtoval froti the y State, the President pro temtpore of the 'enite r ahallisucceed to h i tilce ;'aud when the otien y of the Governor cuteain at President pro tempore 6( the Senato shall tin I come vacant in the recess of the Senate : the g Secretary of -State, ror 1he tin,)beint, shall, r yproclamatilon, convento the , Senate, that a Pretident pro tempore may be choicn to ciery . l ciso the oiflc'of Governot for the unexpired ,s term. . E. crtow it. rh Governor shall be Com. SmanItcer-inA Chief of the Arimay. and Nav > . 1hil State and of the tilitia, ex.cept when they ahill be catlled into the actual service ofthe Ulnited Slates. SECotON If. lie shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons after oonvictiton, ('xt'iip in caso o'fimpeachnent.) in such mantner, on It such turis ino under Put h Isirictions as by le shall think proper. a ot ho shall have; )ower to, remit fine'aid forreiturqo, unless otherwise r diriecekd bi law.. It shall be his duty to report to the Gencral' Assembly at the next regular g session theronflet--all partonis granted by him, t with a- (U1 stitemet of Aemh Case and tilth cuts. soni pliving' him therennto SeTtoW 12. 'ist shitll -Ake cato that. the laws he fthflig1 executed inirnercy. to Sc-rTo' 13 Alte Governor and Leutenant . Governor sh-ll.,at'atated times, receive 10, theig . ervicee a oonipetnsatioin which shall be neither e increaso4 sor dtnitiahetd durinag the 'period fqr, ?vhIch they shall lHa're ,been elect' ited 8UortoN 14. All off1.e-ri id the Executive Departmieuat..when requird bf the Gove6tior, shall riv hin itiformation in *ritIng upon sny subject relating to th. dutIeS of their-respect. itive opices.. . 'SECTION 11. The Goverorshall., trom tima to tie., give to the Gencril tAssembly Infor ir "'ation.of the condition (or th. State, and ret . commend to their consideration such measurewt i,. as he'shall judge necessary ol' expedhint. ir qSsoios 16.1 lit may,. on extraordinary oc. n, casiotas, convene the General Aslembly.,atid .h should either House retatain without a q.Isortn ,y fur three days. or in case of disagreeme-t he. m twoon t;e two Houses. with respect to the tinliiI or of adjournment , nay adjourn them tosuch y, time as lie shall thisik proper, not beyond the ty fourth Monday of November then next etnsut. n. Ing. t SiEc'toN 17. lie shall commission all ofil of ceeI of the State. ch SEC;ION 18 It shall be the'duty of the ?lanagerAot Elections of this State. at tihe first . geteral elections under this Constituthtin, and ut at each alternate general election thereafter, ire. to bld an ele:tion for Governor and Lieuteti an ant-Governor. ne SectIOs 19. rhe Governor and the Licuten. atit-Governor before enterinir upoti the duties I a of their respectiveoffices.shail, in the presence .a1 of the General Assembly, take tile oath te. ofaifico, peerribed in this Constitution. m' SECTION 2ti 'rho Gnvernor shall reside. in duratig the sitting of the Geieril Assembly, at the place where its session may be hel,- ; n,'d ch the Gnneral Assemnly may by law, reqitire y him to reslo.e at tho apitol 'of the StUe. te rCTIoN 21. Every Bill which shall have tpasset thle Getiera a Assembly, shall, befire it become a law, he presented ro the Governor, ier f he approvo, lae shall sign it ; but if not. he i.shall return it, with his objectionts. to that Houso it which it siall have orivrinated, Who all shall oiitcr thi e-objections at larg' (ill theirjouir. l nal; atad proceed tq reconsider it. It after sitch a reconsideration. a inajorily of the whole repre. Ifs- nfltagiOii of that House shall-agree to) pass tie ill, It sliall be sent,-togetbr with the objee. jlio, to (lite' ther Hea use,( by which it snail - likewjshqbe reconside d, and If approved by a * majait of the whol reprsenetation oh thti he other House, it shall beon a law. .But in all such attse the votes of both, Hotisas shill bW by deteriniied by yeas atid - nay, utho name of the perisons votingr fcr .anfsgi a atthe diII shall be dintred on t journa'leach-lioult respetiive-l Y . -if any Bilf shall otl be returneod ti by the,Governor within 'two Ay , '(Sundayl v exe uted) after it shall have -b ' rsentat te hint. the Maen' Aball he a -aw ik - matIns, as if eIad signed It. , And, timemay al oi waysbohhillwed theGoye ior'atoconiadci Hils panied by the Genera 14sn biy, ne.ithe I Hiso shall realt anf' 111l ort the in I day of if icr ,sesslon, exep~t sneqh Bhih as have betr retsfrned by theGovernor as 'hereini proyl. he .dod,. bt oct in a qeh Superior and Inferior Courts - ,LIaw anid Equity as the Get eral As'sembl' still, f'com inne io'time,direct: 'p'ud establish Thio., .iadges or the Superior (fsiurisaeball h< biA cir~etd by is General Assembly,, shall'hntk ho. tilr otiles durlthi gatod behav 1er, anti shall tof ataltad times. receive a cort1pensation foi theirservices. which shall neither. be inctdas ,c .d mnor dtiidlehed during their conitinus tici era ,in office but they. ajialli rc iv .no fec'a ti aid piergoidites of offiei, nor hold af thter ofmr es. ci profito truAt'tinder this Stato. the Untitei the Statee ,of 'America, or quty of them, or a wo other power, The Genmerai Assembly shahl, as sootn as psible. catpblisb foruiach District Ii Ite thte tat , an Inferior .Court or Courts,tlo i the styled I'The District (Ofetathe.,Jsdfe whera. etn shall be resident in hie.Dietrlct whIle in toffice ars shall be elected by th'ee G'sne/al Assembly toi no <-air years, ' shall' -be' re-ei ihblo, whici nd Cour t shahl ave jur~r tlon of all civil cause ta- whereintoa br'both 6'hopartIes are persot, he of color, att f talh :cr~fs~ases wherein iii tsr accused is-s person o , l~add the Grnera Assembly is empea rto extend thin juris of diction o . said&Couvta to other sub ad Saci Jtdges shall meet anid i m, at Col ch timneas the General As he sembi t 'rescribE, for the purpose to of lie tei iining all metins fi new rresfof.judement, andi suct I. pol naf be submnitted to thein odsomibl may by Act appoinl mme5~ for meetn ati theli t3. Ti 4tot. 1all plrocesse* ahe a' ' il State o( -i.bCQqrolina 5 All prot *d shall be oa en oi lfajniempm 'I orllt 3 tate .ut a ni tie - rino ofthie 68vypftbe faiI thdd S1 F" I4e shall, for theo two year. ezt prz~e th*, day ol electiao, have b eitii 0 .t S ~fto , or, far tho esAed perld.an all reu1a) id Europe, who han- d-clared his :-'hteutinoa to bec6mo a citizen ofrthe Unted Statels, aceArdirng to the Conastitution and L-cws of the sUmted State [to hall have residedl in this State lor tt least twoyears text preecing the day ornilection neid, for the lasa sIx mntha ofthat time, i th District in which le offers to vote, prenovded hlowerer. That the General Assembly inay. by requiring a registry cf veoters, ear olheirstitca. ble legislation, guard against frauds in'lec tiona.aiil usurpeI itins or the rigilt of suffrage innv itopose cinqualifht-ation to voro as a pun ishment f.-r crima,.and cmay prescribe acd litinail qualifications lor votera ini uticipa eaections. A RT ICL, V*. All person, who shall hen elected or appointe te tney office #if profit or trust, behire enterin on the executiocen thereof. shall takee (be'ide *eper.nl oaths, niot repugnant to thi-a -Consti titioin, preeccrilhcl by the General Apsonbly. tle follitvLr oath: "I do swear (or oilirm) t'at I nan duly quali lied, accorchng to the Conastitution 'of thi State, to exareipe the officen to which I hav heen appoinateld, and that I wiI l to tha1 heat 1 mcy abihty, (lischirge the et utics thereot, an Preterve. protect and 'defend the Conithnite l of tlit itafi. and that of the Utiitedl 8cakes. S help lice God . A lTICLE VI. ,Nr.eoslN 1.- l'l'b -ouse of Jlepresentative shall have the sok power of inipeaching, hu nocim11apehlirhient'll b1 le mad, un-les witi the otceutaone if two-thirds of the flouse c liepresaatatives $cCTIoN 9. All nineachcments shall be trie, hy theSente. Whim uitting for that purpr, the-Ntinators sial I be onl oath or affirenatioi and ho. phreon shall Ite 'convictei wilchcu the eoneurreni of two-thirds of the mcemnber presetit. SzOTIo4 3. The Governor. Liautenant-Gov erecear asd ndilielvil oticera, shall te liablei impeenaaent fir ligrh cnrmcc ami ccisetmnea nots,.foriAny isbehavior in Oci-cc. lIr corrucp tion in practarlur office. or for anyact whiiel ithall degraete, their ufllcial character. Du joaidrment -in icih cases ahnil not extend furth er ticlce it remuval fron oflice, atil diqualifi .catote te .hold any ofren of tor, tru or peofitunder this State. The party convict rd shall, nnvrlieless, be iable to Indictment trial'judgmentand puniaament accurding t CTw N 4. All efil officers. who author ty is lecaited ta a sinerle Judidhil listriut, sinc Ele tion DI-strict-, or part ofdither,sha heacppcintedhlci tir office, he 'retnoveo fromt fino and, in- additioni'to liabillty to if" -eaeetch eteemay tie pqntshealad for ollh~alial.i co cet. he wehic anner a the General As senclly, previous 1u .their appointuent, tea. pro-vidte. SECTION 5. iang.civil officer shall be conan diAableIl fronti dhicharginr the dutIes < hia ofnfre, ty reason of any permeaneitt bodil or mentcical itfirmnity. his offleo inay be teclart te be veacint, b Joint rcelution, agrecdi to h), two-thirda or the whole representation In epe House of the General AesemlAly : Provided That such resoluctiona shall contain the grourti for thiet propoed cenoval. anet letoira It sha pass either llouac a copy of It shall b served on the officer; and a hearing be allowe him. ARTICLE VII. SEcTIMo I. re Treasurer steel the-Sec.e*tnr ofStata sbatl hie elected by the Geiieral Anesm bly.ie the Hoou of Represcntnive, shall hol their aflicei lior four)Ilere and shell not I eligible for the nextsuger mting, terna. 'aECTtoN 2. All otherofficera shall be apsoint ed,eca they hthoctdo hcavd becen, uantil tilborwia lirected by liw; but the name pe-son saliil ne kold the office of sheriff fcr two cuoneuzuti terms. * SETtoCN 3. All Commissions aliall-be in tt naice and Icy the authority of the stntattoeaetut C-crolina. be a ealed .wieh the ael of thile Sta and be sigiaed by the Governor. All laws of fornIc in this State, at iho adesp tion'.ai this Co-nstituton, and not .repuifnae heereto. shill so cnitifnuti, until altered or re peale-i hy the G16e'ural Assembly, 6XCe l whni they are tem'pouary, In. which cue they sh expire at the - times respectively 'lmitaci ft Ilseratquciff not continuedby Act ofti noral Assembly. * ARTICLE IV. ScRTocN ' AlI poer is oiginhIly investi aje ptoplo Rod -all rre Governments at fountwifon.thriatatidrIt . and- are institute for t .ir.pcrtfa ety tn happiness. a a d toN'N.',person shcqIl ba~talten, or inl pirisc. etii or dlered of las lreenald libe tia or' pritI Ijge ar outlawedor euileJ, or Kancy ravansiet tarived of his life, lIberty prony h tt: ue proess of la wrner alec anybli ofttande pe' fuarlo laeor ti laimhr the ocbi alace air conttract * t'e,~i passec b thle Gerne'ra aembenci. 3.t-t 2.'f'ee mcalitary abai beosuburdina totecvlpower. 4a~~o Thcoprivilagoof he writ of aae eqpus elinil neol beuspened;unicsw whcena caus ol~retielIn orinvsote uisf requircIt. - lopclost ibc~eort 5. Ecessive- bail shall not be r qtuired, nur-oecesivo fines imnp~sed, 1ur crtc peunishmnenat inhlicted. SuoTepN 6. 'The Genceral Assembily shall ac granet any title of nebility, or horeditary dcli tinctionc enr creat ,ay uffice, thenepport: enet toa wheith uhalI be for acny Jconger Lite than durincer %orl behavior. SrECTtoN'7. Thec trial by jury, as tceretofic tised lin this State,antl the liIberty oftitca- pred snail be fore'ver inviolably preoel-ved. Hut, t Occncreil Assembly mshl pave power teo dati mcino the naumber of persons who shall Co atituto the jury in the Icefortor or. Distri Courts jacTtoxe 8. The tree exercise a'nd enejome or religious profession sad worship, witho Idisacruencatione or preferecaeae.hall be allow withain tiads State, to all manklind'l PofdA Th''lat the liberty of conscience hereby decf shcall noet lhe construced s tq Cee acts cenitioeessa or jaustify #frdoakiceeo 'with the peace andsafceyuf the, HSto.' SECTIoC 9. The righats, pivflegesel U, ties anud estates of hboth gsi I and reil i e cietles Sanl of corporalo. lei ash rea as if the ConstitutloA of fatol 10 bei a ltered1 or amneneo Sauwte O10 N~I'~ lt fall to I4ItSe io idle i '1 es.oittl Sj a s~Wpes Isd, h, a a olthan one-fourqi b'dred ,dollauu, Al ' Mntandaa * *.* tax, all such classes of personfa imn dal - bilit or otherwise, ovght, I l the p the eneral Assembly, to 1bi 0et1 P -e - , - ARTICLNI - SECTION 1. The business Ofto its - shall be conducted by one Treastarer, who~.ha hold his oince and reido at ths seat of ovete, anent. SSCTIoN 2.. The Secret"t osftate ehallh~if' his .Iuco and reside at the seat of Govpr0.t 11 ARTICl li. SEC.TioN 1 No('Onlvenmtion o thpple a al be calledi unless by the concujrrenre of two...A. thirds of the whole representation in each *10l. - of the General Asserbly. % - SMeCTos 2. No part o his Constitution sh - be altered, unlepi a hill to alter the matersh Y - have been read. on three, several day,; in ilouse of Its precentativea. anton throe se - rot days in the Sconte, and. agree-1 to. at ( second ani tiirdi readlingo, *hr two--thirds of the whole reprexertation i eanh House of th* General Asmmbly 1 neithershall apy. altera tion takn effect, untilthe bil. so'mirl'eji td shall be published for three months previoAd)N a now 1-e'tlion for members qf. tihi 11puso..'fW Re >recentativea j nid. I tho alteration, ed >y thespreceding General Aps mbl, be a,,ed t,, by the new Genera mb - id tielr arst oaion, by the- conc l'ence two-thirds of the whnle reprrementation liV46h/ House, ,fter the s'mc shall houve been readl . - three several <nays in each, lthen amid not .oth. - erwise, the samoshall bodome.a' part of thm- - Vtoitittion. Done in Convention. at Cialumbla, In tJhetaI ot South Carolina, the twenlYanyeth' Vd&" iK1, 4 of September. in the year ofoor Lird a thousand eight hundred and 4isty-fle., ' D.L. WARDLA W Prelklent of the tonventlonf Attest: Jurtn T. StoAqClerk of.the coa vention. Governmeut of the 0nited St4te, President-Androw Johnsop,.of-ATennes. see. Secretary of State-W: It, Sew d, ar New lork. l Secret Ary bf War"Rdin M. Staaiojtjn - Pennsylvanma. ..I! - 'ostmaster General--liiyal -j jbrndie of Ohio. Secretayof the Navy-- e. Wele Connectiet, Secretary of the jnterigr--James Harlan, of Iowa. Secretary of fle feasury-Huh.U-*,Ml lough, ofillinnis. Atto vy General-James Speed, of Kea, tucky. - President of tihe Senate-Lafaytg a. t Poster. of Connectcut. Speaker of tle 1ouse-Sehgyler' Colfax, of Indiann. sUP'RMNM couar. Salomon C. Ch 'e. Ohio. Chief justite. I. L* Jantes M. Wayne, Georgia. 2. Samuel Nelson, New York. 4 3. Robert C. OrIer, Pennsylvania. 4. Natihn Clifford. Maine. 5. Noah If. Swayno, Ohio. 1. Daniel Davis, Illinois. 7. Samuel Miller. Iown. 8. Samutel F. Field, Califorila. 1.t2UTNIANT 41lnaRALs. . Wingfield Scott, Virginia. Ulysses 8. Oramt. of blaid. Adjutant Generul Lorenzo ThonAs, Dea. o waro. DJudge Advoonte Genet-al, Joseph 1o11, 'tD. CIO e Quartermntster Gneral, Monlgoter C. h Mo1gf, of Pennsylvania. Tho D14Iuyj jpm'e, PETERSUR0, VA., T A8 entered "p9" Its fifteenth yemm~ ls an it[AlA enlorgeinl form, with h'w yia ier SausPices hi hly'flatteui o dalylncreastq-biroui ntc,and-offei tokir. .I chants an, others: desiring to. detnteasate1 ir with thenouthern pu.blo.'dvantages as .rpa. e ed .by none. -pp Two or)kE. d O'ne mnth - n .. w ae t Thpr-omonths. *el~ thtn slethe.d . a.des - Fhro mmmlas w ekly l Otne :D..Bo.k......$ utit bur t adeb aupq thao atoe witcaoare1 thmonthd, wihmarl . r-y. ThuWRMStp RI~ Threeeeo Sep one gtUtottCets tulr c t ~ at Boknorjeipe * clouan, wh iaisreful ". Kr aI1W' the I~oid, W t ti '