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THE CONSTITUTION SOUTH CAROLINA. Wet, THE PaOPLE OF THE STATE OP SOUTH CARO LINA, BY OUR DELKOATUS IN CONfENTION MET, DO ORDAIN AND ESTA BLISn THis COITI TUTION OU THE GOVERNMENT or THU @AID STATE: ARTICLE I. SroTtoN 1. The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and a Hose of Representatives. .SUcTioN 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen by bal. lot. every seeohd year. by the citizens of tilis State, qualiflqd as in this Constitution is pro. Tided. SUCTIOx 3. Each Judicial District in the State shall constitute one Election District, ex. cept Charlestei District, which shall be divi. ded into two Election Districtsone consisting of the late Parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael, to be designated the Election Dis. trict of Charleston ; the other consistiner of al that part of the Judicial DIstrict, which is without the limita of said Parishes, to be known as the Election District o.ferkeley. SECTION 4. The boundaries of the several Ju. dicial and Election Districts shall remain as they are now established. SEcTION 5. The iouse of ReprcsentstIves shall consist of oneo hundred sid twnnty four Members. to be apportiloned among the several EVoction Districts of the State, according to the ituilISer of whie inhabitanie contalned In each, and the amount ofell taxes raised by the General Assembly, whether direct or indirect, or of whathver species paid in each, deducting thererromi all taxes paid on account of proper. ty held iII any other District, and adding thereto all taxes elsewhere paid otX account of propert) held in such District. An enumera tion of the white inhabitante, for this purpose, was made I . the year one thuusanld eight lion dred and fifty- nine, and shall be made in the course of every tenth year thereafter, in such manner as shall be, by law, directed ; and Representatives hall he assigned to the differ' enT Districts ine tle above-mentioned propor. tion, by Act of the General Assembly at the session immediately succeeding eOery enumo ration Provided, That until the aiportion. ment, which shall be made upon the next enu. meration, shall take e11-et, time repreaentatlion of the several Election Districts, a* herein con. stitited, shall continue as assigned at the last apportionment, earh District which has been heretofore divided into smaller Districs, known as Parishes, having the aggregate-num ber of Ilepresentatives which the Parishre heretofore embraced within its limits have had since that apportionment, the Representative to which the Parieh of All Saints has been heretofore entitled, helag,during this interval assigned to florry Election District. Szorroir 6. If the enumeration herein direct. ed shall not be made.in the- -ou-a of'the yea appoihted for the purpose. it shall be the duly ohile Governor to have it effected as soon thereafter as shall be practicable. SacTrioN 7 lit assigninig Representatives to the several Ditiricts, the General Assembly shall allow one Represe.itative for every sixty, second part of the whole number of white in habitants in the State, and one Representative also for every sixty second part of the whole taxes raised by th - General Asanimhly. -Ther shall be further allowed one Representative fbr such fractions of tie sixty-second part o the white inhabitants, and of the sixty-second partofthe'taxes, as when added together forn a unit. SECTION 8. All taxes upon property, real oi personal, shall be laid uoun time actual value o tto property taxed, as thee sano shall be ascer tained by the assessment made er-tho pur pose of laying such tax..,In the first appor ti-inmient which shall he made under the Con stitution, the amount of taxes aball be estimia ted from the average of time two years next pre aeding such apportionment ; but in ever, sub seqluent apportionemett, from, the average o thie ten year a then next preceding. SucTioN 9. If, in the apportionment of Rep reentatves ; any Election Distrtt shall ap. pear not to be entitlel, fromn its population and its taxes. to a Representative; suck EjectIom District shall nevertheless -seud one Represen tative : and, if there be still a deficiency of t . number of Representatives required by see tion fifth, such defieleticy shall be supplied b3 assigfiing Represeritatives. to those Electio Districts having the largest surplus fractions whether those fractions cogseit of a comnbira tion of population and taxes, or of populatio or taxes separately, until time num ber of one hundred and twenty-four Members be mad up - Provided, hoewetv, That not more thar twelve Representatives shall, in any apportion =ent, be assigned to anyone Elect on District SI be construed to tako effect, In anj thie general elecjion which shah fP0ortionmeip t. TeSenate shall ed c m each.Election cep istrict of-Charle hic taSenators.. Gener embl, which sbaln I chosen un der the provisions of tils Constituuion, th Senators shall' be devided, by lot, ibto tw classes ; ietests of ,the Senstors of tho on. class to be vacated at Ihe expiration of too years ; and the namber of these classes an bso proportioned that onehalf of the wheol nunmber of Senators may, as nearly as posael ble conitinue to be chosen thereafter every sec ead yekr. WbOTroW 13. No person shall be eligible to etakeor retain, a seatin the Hoeuse of Repre sentatives, unless he is a free white man, whme hath attained the age cf twenty-one years hath been m citizen and a resident of this Stat. three years next preceding the day of election saa hath been for the last six months of thmis time, and shall continue, a resident of the Dis. triot which he is to represent. . Suoizox 14. No person shhll be eligible to er take or retain, a seat .n the Senate, unes he is a free white man, who hath attained thi . age of thirty years, hath been a citizen ai residlent of this State ive years next prsceding the dmf of eleclion, and bath been, fur the las six mohths oft this time, and shall continue te be. a resident of the District which he is to rep -sesent.. 8EcyToN 15. Rlenators and Members of the oous of Representatives shall be chosen at general'election on the third Wednesday It . October in the presenit fear, and on the samej day In every second year thereafter, in suci snanner, and for such terms of office, as art herein tirectedl. They shall meet on the fe'grth Mondy in Noyembher, annually, al Colu ik~.hch shall remain thei seat o; of 0 atl ptherwise'determingd by the ca of tqthirds of both branches e9 the yhq~ reentation.) athloss the casti alties of war or contagious disot'dera shall ren. der it unsafe to meet there ti)n either.of which ehas, the Governor or Comnmanderinchlef, forte Lime bemng, may,by protelamation, ap. * point a mnure scours and convonient placedo meeting. EscIoN I'S The terms of office of the Sonsa. torms ari Representatives, chosen at a general electiop, shall- begin oni Monday following 6dl election. Silraoame 1' En,,h Mose= athafE 'utsp a e elections, returns and qualifications of its own Members ; and a majority of each Hous shall constitute a 'quornm to dQ business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attend ance of absent Members, in such manner, and under euch penalties, as may be provide by law. SECTIoN 18. Each House shall choose its own officers, determine it, rules of proceeding, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Mlember, but not a second time for the same cause. SEcTION 19. Each House may punish, by im. prisonmetit, during its sitting, any person not a Member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the House by any disorderlv or cobtemptuous behavior in its presence; or who, during the time of Its sitting, shall threaten harm to body or estate of any Member for anything solid or done in either Huuse, or who shall assault any of them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to attend the House, in his going thereto, or returning therefrom, or who shall rescue any person ar rested by order of the House. SEcTION 20. The Membeis of b6th Houses shall be protected in their persons and estates during their attendance on, goinig to nnd re turning from, tne General Assembly, and ten days previ jus to the sitting, and ten days af. ter the adjournment thereof. But these privi leges shall not be extended so as to protect any Member who shall be charged with treason, felony, or breach of the peace. SEcTioN 21. Bills (or raising a revrnue shall originate in the Hlouse of Representatives, but may be altered, amended 'or rejected by the Setqate ; and all other bills may originate in either House, and may be amended, altered or rejected by the other. SEcTION 22. Every Act or Resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject. and that shalt be expressed in the title. SE-oNo 23. No bill shall have the forcq of law until it shall have been read three times, and on three several days, in each House, has had the seal of the State affixed to it, and has been signed in the Senate louse by the Presl. dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the Jonse of Representatives. SEcTIoN 24. No money shall be drawn out of the Public Treasury but by the legislative authority of the State. .SrCTIoN 25. In all electionshy the General Assembly, or either House thereof, the mem - bers shall vote''eiva voce," and their votes thus given, shall be entered upon the journals of the House to which they respectively belung. SEcTION 26 The members of the General Assembly, who shall meet under this Constitu tion, shall be entitled to receive outor the Pub lic. Treasury, for their expenscs during their attendance on, going to and returning from, the General Assembly, five dollars for each days attendance, and twenty cents for every inile of the ordinary route of travel between the residence of the Member and the capital or Other plice of sitting of the General Assembly, both going and returniir ; aid the same may be increased or dit-iinisled by law. if circuit stanoes shall reqpire ; but no alteration shall be made to take effect duling thq existence o thd General Assembly which shall make such alterati6i., SacTiot 27. Neither [louse, during the sea tion of the Generil Assembly, shall without the consent of the other. adjourn for mdre than three days, nor to any other place tha that in which the Assembly shall be at the tim< sitting. SEcetor28. No person shall be eligible to a seat in the General Assembly whilst he holut -any office of profit or trust under this State tho United States of America, or any of them or under anly other power, except officers i the militia, army or navy of this state. M-igis. trates or Justicesof Inferior Courts, while auct Jilstices receive no salaries ;. nor shall an3 eontractor of the army or navy of this State, the. United. States of America,.or any of them, or the ageits of such contractor, be eligible (C a seat in either Ilouse. And if any Memhc shall accept or.exercise anyof thesaid disquali. fying offices, he shall vacate.lbls seat. SEcTIox 29. If any Election District shall neglect to choose a member or members on thc day of elction, or if any person chosen a member of either House shall refuse to quali. Iysdi take his seat, or shall resign, die, de part the State, accept aty disqualifying office, or become otherwise disqualified to bold hi seat, a writ of election shall be issued y thc Psesident of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, for the purpose of filling the vacancy thereby occasioned,'for the remainder of the term foi which the person so refusing to quality, re, signing, d y rig, departing the State, or becom. ing disqualified, was elected to serve, or the defaulting Election District ought to have chosen a member or members. SacTioN 30. And whereas. the ministers ol the Gospel are. bytheir profession, dedicatee to the service of God and the cure of souls and ougr t not be diverted frotn the great du, Ities of their tunctions, therefore, no moinistel of the Gospel or public preacher of any re, lgious persuaslon, whilst lie continues in th exercise of hb pastoral functions, shall b eligible to the office of Governe-r, Lieutenan Governor, or to a seat in the Senate or th House of Representatives. 5 A RTICLEIH. ESo-now I. The Executive authority of thi IState shall he vested in a Chief Matigistrate, wht shall be styled, Tho Governor of the State o ISouth Carolina SacenoN. 2. The Governor shall be elected bl the electois duly.aualied to vote for mermbers of thme House of ht.presentatives, and shall hok his office fur four years. and until his succes sor shall be chosen and qualified ; but the same prrsmn shall not be Goternor for twe consecutive terms.. ESCmTwd 3. No person shall be eligibleto the Ioffice oh Governor, untless he hasth atad the ago of thirty years, and hath been a citizet Iand resident of this State for the ten years next preceding the day of election. And ne person shall hold the office of Governor, an< any other office or commission, civil or milita, ryc, (except in miltia.) under this State or the United States,ur any of thei,or any othei power, at one and the same timie. Smorioos 4. The returns of every election oi Governor shall be sealed up by the Man of Elections in their ut'espective Districtg, transmitted, by a messenger chosen by~ to the seat of Government, directed tf Secretary of State, who shall dieliver ti tt the Speaker of the House of RepreseulWe atithe next ensuing session of the Genei-A*! sembly, lurtisig the first week of which ies sion the Speaker shall open and pn mthemr in the presence of both souses of iheeneral Assembly. . The person having tihe bighesl number of votes, shall be Governo,-, but iflyI or more shall be equal andI highest in votes, te'&Generai Aus'mbly .shall, duritt-ihe saeme session, in the H oue ofRepresentaijl e one of-them Governor et wes. CJon - tionas tor Governor shall be deter-mi h General Assembly in euch mantadd~ k be prescribed by law. 8Sottoo 6. A Lieutenant Gevernj shall be chosen at the same time, in she sam ngoi~tner, contipute in office for the same perie and be possessed of t hosame queulillcat lous as tise Gov - ernor, and shall ez ofcio be President of-the Senate. Siwttox 6. The Lieu if~s Goyernr,acefis' hA .~.Kg.. as President of the Senate,- shall have no vote. unless the 8enate be equally divided. SECTIoN 7. The Senate shall ohoose a Presi donit pro tempor. to act in the absence of the Lieutq nant -Governcr, or when he shall exer. tiso theoffice of Governor. SECTION 8. A memher of the Senate, or of the House of Representatives, lgeing choben and. acting as Governor or Lieutenant-Governor shall, thereu pon,vacate his seat, and another person shall be elected in his stead. ScorTON 9. In case of the inpeachment of the Governor or his oval from ofice, death, resignation, disquaes'ation, disability or re moval from th Stata Lieutenant-Governor shall succeed to his office, and in case of the impeachment of the Licutenart Governor or his removal frqn-office, death, reblirnation, di qualiflcation, disability or removal' from the State, the President pro tempers of the Senate sha l succeed to his office ; and when the office of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and President pro tempers of the Senate shall be come vacant in the recess of the Senate : the Secretary of State, for the time being, shall, by proclamation, convene the Senate, that a President pro tempore may be chosen to exer cise the office of Governor for the uiexpired term. SEorTON 10. The Governor shall be Com. maner-in-. Chief of the Army anti Navy 3f this State and of the militia, ex:ept when they shall be called into the actual sot vice ofthe United States. SECTION 11. Ile shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons after convictiom, (except in cases ofimpeachment,) n such iiminner, onl such terms and under such restrictions as lie shall think proper, and lbe shall have power to remit fines and furfeitdrs, unleas otherwise directed by law. It shall be his duty to report to the General Assembly at the next regular session thereafter all pardons granted by him, with a full statement of each case and the rea sons moving him thereunto SEcTIoN 12. He shall take caie tsat, the law4 he faithfully executed in mercy. SaErToN 13 TheGovernor and Lieutenant Governor shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elect ed. - . SacTrIo 14. All offi.ers in the Executive Department. when required by the Governor, shall give hin fnformatton in writing upoin any subject relating to tht duties of their respec t tive offices. SECTIoN 15. TheGovernorshall, irom time to time, ive to the General Assembly infor aration of the condition of the State, and re commend to their consideration such nasures as lie shall judge necessary or expedient. SEcTioN 16. He may, on extraordinary oc casiona, convene the General Assembly, and should either House remain'without a qusorumn for three days. or in case of disagreemnt ho tween tl.e two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment . may adjourn them tosuch time as he shall think proper, not beyond the fourth Monday of Novemnbr then next ensut ing. S inecToW 17. He shall commission all offi cess of the state. SEciCoN 18 It shall be the duty of the Managerso' Elections of this State. at the first general elections under this Constitution, and at each alternate general election thereafter, to hiold an election for Goverhor and Licuten ant-Governor. SEcTroN 19. The Governor and the Lieuten ant-Qovernor before entering upon the duties of th0ir respeotive ofices. shalt, In the presence of the General Assembly, take the oath of offie precribed in this Constitution. SEcTION 20 The Governor shall reside. during-the sitting of the Geperal Assembly, at the place where its session may be holi ; and the General Assembly may by law, require him to, resisse at the ('apitol 'of tihe Stase. SEcTION 21. Every Bill which shall have passed the General Assembly, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the Governor , if lie approv, he shall sign it; but if not, he shall return It. ith his objections. to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at farge on their jour. nal; amid proceed to reconsidr it. It after such reconsideration, a majority of the whole repre. sentation of that House shall agree to pass tie Bill, it shall be sent, together with ther objec. tions, to tihe iher House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, amid if approved by a majority of the whole representation of that other House, it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and againat the Bill shall beentered on the journal of each House respectively. It any Bill ahall not be returned by the Governor within two daya tSundaya excepted) after it shall have been presented te him, the same shall be s law In i ke manne as if he had signed it. And, that time may al. waysbe allowed the Governor to consisc Bills passed by the Genieral Assembly, neithe IHouse shall read any Bill on the last da$y o f its session, except such Bills as have bee.i returmned by theGovernior as hem en provi ARTICLE III, Sacrmow I. Thiejudicial Dwer shall be vest ed in such Superior and inferi or Courts o Law and Equty as the General Assembil shall, from time to time, direct andf establish Thme .Judges of the Superitsr ('-ourts shall bi elected hy the Qeneral Assembly, shall hoic t neir offices dum'ing good behavior, and shall fat slated times, receive a compentation t'oi their services. which shmall neither be increas red nor dimitisehed during their continua nc. in office ; but they shsll receive no fees o' I perquisites of office, nor hold any other ellic< --l0 profit or trust under this State. the Un itet other power. The General Assembly shall, a soon as possible, establish for each Dietrict ir the State an Inferior Court or Couresto hi shall bie resident In the Dlstrict while 1in officei shall be elected by the General Assembly loi four years, and shall be religlble, wiil I Court shall havetjuriedktion of all civil causes -wherein one or both of the parties are persoim of color, apdi ofali criminal cases wherein thn accused Is a person of color, and the genera Assembly is empowered to extend the juris, dIction of the aamd Court to other sub. jeets a 8Sormot, 9. The. Judges shall meet and all at Columbia, at such timeas the-General As. sembly may by Act pre~orIbe, ror the rurpost of hearing andt . determining all motions ibm new trIals and i Arrest of judiement. And sodl points of law as stlay be submitted 'to them, and the Gener'el Aebly msay by Act appoli such other places for such meeting as In theli discretlin jpay-seem fit. Ste-room 2. The style etail processes shall bs, "The Slate of Souith Carolina " Ali pros ecutions .sball be 'earrle en itn the narme antd by time autholiJty er the 'laae of South Cea fina, and continde, 5'agahdst the peece and dIg, nity of.the ARTIpne," In all elecijongte be made by thbe people ol this Slate, ob of any arts thereof, fsr civil or political offices, every person shall be entitled to vote, whoihas the following' ,uellinetions, 1o wit: Hauishall be a free white man, who has afin. .e4 the .ge'ot twersty-ond 3yead 'dis not a annaer. non annonm'lsane ro.. rl. rine oftte navy of the Unite'd Sttes. He shall. for the two years next. prtmeetiing the' day of election.have been a citizen or this Stato , or, for the same period. arit emigrant from Europe. who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, according to the Constitution ald Lrwa ofthn Unite!States. He shall have resided'in this W(ate for at least two years next preceding the day or election. and, for the last six months ofthat titne, in the District in wh-ch lie offers to vote, provided. howerer, That the General Assembly may. by .requirinr a registfy cf voters, or other snita b!e legislation, guaied agaInst frauds in olec. tions. and usurpations or the right of suffrage. may impose disqualification to vote as a pun ishment for crhon,,,and may prescribe ad ditional qualificatidns for voters in municipal caectio)ns. A RTICLE V. All persons, who shall be elected or appointed to any office of profit er trunt, before entering on the executidbi thereof. shall take (besidt-s spec.al oaths, not repugnant to thioe Consti tution, prescribed by the, General Asembly.) the following oAth: " I do swear (or affirm) titat I ain duly quali fied, according to the Constitufion of this State, to exercise the office to which I have been appointed, and Ibat I witl, to the best of my ability, discharge the tuties thereof, and preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of this State. and that of the United States. So help me God." ARTICLE VI. SEc'tON 1. *The Hiouse of Representatives shall have the soi'power of impeaching, liut no impeachment shall be nade, unless with the concurrence of two-thirds of the House of Representatives SEcToa 9. All impeachments shall be tried by thoSenate.' Whets sitting lor that purpwse the !unators shal I be on oath or affirmntion, and go person shall ie convicted witIhout the concurrence of two-thirds of the menbers present. Szc-rTo 3. The Governor. Lieuten"nI-Gov - ernor, ani all -ivil officers, sball be liable to impeachment for high crimes aed isiademea nois, f.,r .gy iisbehhavior in iti cc. lir corrup thin in procuring office, or foranyact which shall degrade their officital character. But judgment . in puch cases shall not extend furth er than to remuoval from office, and dioqualiti catoun to hild any of-e of honor, trust' or p-ofit under this Sinte The party convict ot siab, nevertheles, be liable to indiciment. trial, judgment.and punishme-nt according to law. SECTiwN 4. All civil officers. whose authori. ty is hnite-i to a single Judiciul istrict, a single Election District, or part of either, shall be appointed ..hold their office, be remo.ved from oiffice and, bn addition to-ialillty to im neachunent, insy be punished for official mis.. conduct. iu such manner as the General As senhl. ,previous to their appoitinedt, masy provit e. t1cTioN 5. Ifany civil officer shall be. conim diiabled front dischargng the duties of his oMee, by reason, of any pennaneint tiouly or mlental infirmity, lila oiffle. may he declared to be vacant, by joint resolul ion, a recd to by two-thirds of the whole represenitatton in e-ch House 9f the General Assembly : Provided, That such resolution shall contain the grounds for the proposed removal, and before it alall pass either House, a topy of it shall be served on the officer, and a hearing be allowed him. ARTICLE VII. ECTIN 1. The Treasurer and the Secretary oiStato shall be elected by the General Assem bly,in the flouee of Representatlivev, shall hold their offices for four years and shall not be eligible for the next succcoling terme t%.acTibN 2. All other officirb shall be apnoint. edas they hitherto have been, until otherwise directed by iKw; but the name person shall not hold the office of sheriff for two consecutive terms. SIctoN 3.-All commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the State ofSouth Carolina. be realed with the seal of the State, and be signed by the Governor. ARTICLU VIII. All l.wsof force IA. this StIte, at the adop tion of this Coinstitution, and not repugnant ereto, shall so continue, until altered orrm pealet by the General Assembly, except where they are temporary, in which ease they al1 expire at the times respectively limited for their duration, if not continuedby Act of the General Assembly. ARTICLE IX. SRCTIoN 1 All power is originally invested the people, and all free Governments are founded on their authority, and are Instituted for their peace. salety and happiness. SEcTIoN 2. No person shall be'taken, or n prion ed. or disseised of his freehold, litier ties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or In any manner deprived, of his life. liberty or property. but by duo proess of law : nor shall any itl ofattainrder, e. poet facf, law, or the law impatring the -obi ation of contracts, ever be passed, by the General Assembly. SEcTioN 3. The mnlitary shall be subordinate to the civIl power. Sacriow 4 The privilege ofthe writ of habras corpuss shaiJnot be suspendod, nnless, when, in case of rebel lion pr invasion, the public saey require t. Exesv balaf t'ECTtoN .Exesvob shall not be re quiredi, nor excessive fine. ampesed, nor cruel, punishment Inflicted. SzcraoN. 6. -The General Assembly shall not grant any title of nobility. or hiered itary'di,. tinction, nor create any office, the aopoiaut. ment to which shall be for any longer time thani (luring good behavior. SEcTioN 7. The trial by jury, so heretofore psed In this State, and Ihe liberty of the press, shall be forever invIolably preserved. ButI lhe General Assembly shall have power to dettr mine the number of persons who shall cun. stitute the jury ini the Inferior or Pistfiet Courts 8:croq8. The free exarcise andl enjqygient of relIgious profession apid worship,. Wmout discrimination or preferenee,shall ballowed within this State, to all mrankind t Pot~ That the lIberty of conscience hereby declarej shall not ho construed as to ex'euse acts of lI. congoensiess, or, justify prsciree inconsistent with the peace and safetyof sato. 8 cTtois 9. The r ights, pflilcges, immunt. tle( nd estates of bioth civl atnd religious so. cletles snei of corporate ' dles,shall remgpin as i f the Constitution of tht s Stas'e had not beetn altered or atnenehed. < Sscftuos 10. The rijite of primogeniture shall not be re-.easablsa e, and there shall ntrt fail to be sorme leg fitive provision for the equitable distributloq of the estates of lates. - tatao.t ,I. Th'/slaves of South Carolina 'having been ems ipsted by the action ol the United Statgs eutl rhtion neither slavery no, irtvoluntary servi d, except as5a punishlnent for crime, whee the party shall have been -duly convctd fil ever be re-establshed in this State, ARTlCLEX: Smooit I ~Te General A ssembly, whqn ever a tax 11~id, upon land, shall, at the same impe iiess a capitation tax, which shailI n'ot belee lioh poll -thani ont-fourah ofth6 tax Is , each hundred dollar's w~ t$5s ssie offte lnd tate' howe. thea operatioserf tax, all such classca or persons, as from disa. bility or otherwise, ought, in the judtemient ol the leneral Assembly, to lh. excittpted. ARTICLE.Xi. SEcTIoN,l. The business of the Treasoir shall be conducted by one TreaAnrer, who 5Zjt hold his office and resido at the seat of Govern. ,nent. . .SxoTION2. The Secretary ofState shAll ldilc' his .flice and reside at 0he seat of Goveri--' mtent. , - ARTICLE XII. SacTIo- 1. No Conventilonof t he peopi6 shalf he clled. unless by the coocorrence oftwo thirds of the whole representation in cach House of the General Assenbly. . 8xCTION 2. No part oh his Constitution shall be altered, unless a bill to aller the same shall have been read. on. throe several days, in the Ilouse of Riepresentativcs. and on three seve-. ral days In the eonate, and airree-i to. at the second and third readings, by two-thirds of the whole representation in rach hlouse of the. General Assembly ; neither shall any altera tion take effect, untilthe bile, so agreed to, shall be published for three months. previous to a new tlection for members of the House 9f Representatives; aid. if the alteration propos ell by the preceding General Aseembly, Shall be atred to, bv the new General. Assembly, in their first Session, by the concurrence of two-thirds of the wholo representation in each Ilouse, after the sime shall have beeff read ok three several days in each, then and not oth erwise, the saine shall become a part of the Ctinstitution. ite in Convention, at 1>lumbia, in the State of South Carolina, the 1yenty-eventh -day of Septetfber. in the year bf our Lord e thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. D. L. VARDLAW, Prealdent of tbr Conventid Attest: JunN T. SLOAN, Clerk of the vetition. Governmnt of the United stata Pretident---Andrew J son,,of Terines. Secretary of State--W. H. Seward, of Kew York. Secretary of War-idwin M'. Stapton, of Pennsylvania. '. Postmaster Goneral-William Donnison, Secretary of the Navy-Gidoon Welles, of Connect icut. Secretpsry of the Anlerior-James Harlan, of IowA. . , . .Secretary of the ."rUApry-Ilugh McCul lotlh, ofillinis. Atortey Geheral--.James Speed, of Ken tucky. Presiddnl of th Se'nate--Lafayetto 8.. 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