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TAE CONSTIUTION SOUTH CAR.L IN A wit, ii PAdPLE -F1 TIIM sTATC Or SOUTH CA11o. LINAg By oUt DELEPATIC IN CONVENTION ,tF.",DO OROBA1N AND HSTABIs.- iltis cTdit . TUTION Vol TIOM UoVEANMENT VF TIIE SAID sTATE: .' ,- '4ARTICLE I. SEctioN t.4Whoj,gIslative authority of this State shall be vested In-a General Assembly, which shall conalst of a - Senate pnd a House of Represcatatives. SECTION 2. The Ijouse of 4 apresentatives shall be composed of. Menbers ichusen bf bal lot, every second year, by the citizens of this State, qualified as in this Con*sitution. Is pro. Vided. SETos 3. Each Judicial District In 'thii State shall 'ciotittite One Election Diatrict, ex. copt Charlesten District, which shall bbr divi. Ied Into two Eilection Dthtripts.nhc conlsisting of the late Parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michiael, I) be designatcd' to Eleitimn Dis. triCt of Charleston ; tletli C hitNhtin6 afiIIl that i rt of the .udicial District, which iq with It tht e litits of said Parishes, to bw known I40 tle "tItion District if Ilerkeloy. SECTION 1. The boundaries br the severni Ju dicial and Election Districts shall rernain as they are now established. SECTION 5.. The House of Represetttstives shall consist of one hundred and twenty four liembers, to be apporlitined atnong the several Eloction Districts of the State, arcording to the nuin')er of* white. inhilitants contained in each, and theamount of all taxes raised by the Generld Assembly. whether direct or indirect, or of whatever snecies paid itn each, deducting thereirom all taxes paid on accopnt of proper. ty held in any other District, and addinjr thereto all tales elsewnere paid on accotnt of propetq elId in ltuch District. An enninera tion or tte white tihabitaxts, for this purposo, was marde i . tie year one thiosand civht,hun--, dr.ed ani tifty- iiine-, ani phall le iade ip tih course of'every tenthi year. hit r-after, in ich. inantner its shiall be. by Iiwv, directed ; and Representatives shall e vbe- to the diff--r-, nt Districts in the anbove-nentionc,l propor. hot, by Acr of tho General Aseinbly at the sessi6n iminediatt-ly Fit-ccel lin- (very tnljutn ratton : Provided, ftiat utifil Ite mtt pr tion inent, whi h shall be mat1d upon the next enu mneration, gihatll take effe'et, (lhe repre-entationl of the several Electiou Districts, as herein con stituted, shalltontinue as aisignedi at the lIst apportionment, each District which has been heretofdrp divided into sinaller Districts, known asParishes,having the argregale glum ber of Represenjatives which tho Parishes heretofore embraced within its limits have had since that apportionment, tlte Representative to which tle Parish of A ll Saints has ti-o herctofilre en'itled, being,durinx this interval, assined to florry Election Difitrict. SecTioN 6, If the enumeration hrein direct. edl shall not be made in the courie of thle year a ppinteid for the pIlitpose, it aill be tile ILt y of iih Govern'or to have it eif-ieclte us soon, 1ttereafter :a hail be paetie.tbv. SEc-toN 7 In amwglinir itepresetltatii-es to tl several DitriItfs, t i G.ral Assenli1y shall allow one' liepresontativte for every sixty. se,ond part of the wholiq- ntor f witeli in. hiabiltits inl thke State, anld one Ilepresentativ.o alio. for every sixty seebnd l)#r ol'the whole taxes raiaed by lth Go,teral Assembly. ''here shall te further allowed cinio lIepre.sentative tr such fractions of the sixt-secnd part or the white inhabitants, and of the sixty-second p.art f-fthe taxes, as when added together for n a uit. & SEcto,48. All taxes upon property, rcal or person)al, shall be Laid U601n tlhe actual value of the property taxed, as the same shall he ascer. tained by tlia twissoemient nip or tho pr-. pose of ktyng Sirt tax. In tte, firet nppor tiolntient which shall bw tmade under tie (,,ion rtitution, 'ft ainount of taXes bhal lie iet itim fed front theaveraLti of the two years next pro. celir-g such apportionileft ; but in t v'4 sub srqueiit-t iplporti t'nent, ftom Il i average of the ten year then iiext jirecedling. EcTps 9. It, in t1w :pporinitr.I of Rep re%; ntiv ; I h Elrvmio District shall ap par inot to be contit Ivd, I rolOitS poptlation) and )-. taxes,.to a lIepresemativ-e u h l'ikiotio District shall nievertlhelest send ona Rnpreven tative; and, it there he still a deiciency of tho numtler of Representatives 'ritired by see. tiont fifth, such deficiency shall be supplied by assigning Representatives to those Election Districts having the largest eurplus fractions, whther thost fractions consist of a combirms. tion of'population 'and taxes, or of.poptilation or taxes separately, until the viurb of ole hundred and twenty.four Members be made up - Provided, hotorver. Thqt not more that% twelve Repro-sentvtivto sha!l !q any apportion geant, be assinttd to an yuitn ectiont l.Distriot. , Sectis It. Nit a pportion .m 6tf Sc p'resent tativet shiall' he conastroed to t'ke eMion y. mtifnir.y~ntil tIle genteral electiotn wich shafl scceedi sucLh aipportionmenldt, .EnTioit II. TIhte Senate shall be c toeed of o1( netember frotm each Islectiont DietrJt excepJ tbo Eiii't ion iutui t of Chiarlestoq1 wi hi shall be allowed two Senators. SF.croN 12. U pon the mIeetinl or the first General Assemnbly, whicth shall he chosen on de opoiin of this Qanalti'mieO, thle Senattors sltall be devided, by lot, into two, classes; the seats of the Senttlors of 4ho one class to be vated at tho expiratlotn of four years ; snd the1ihmber of these classssttall be sgo proportIoned that one halt ear the -whble number of Senators miay, as ttearly as b,ossi. bIe cottnue to be choegn thereafter every seq end 'year,.'.. .sIA'e-toNs 13. No person shall be, eligtble to, or lake or rets,n, a scatin the Hiouse of Repre sentatives, ogioss hieisa free "hito mht, who -hath attaIned 'tte'ao <f-twetg.'one ynrb, hath beeti a citizen anid a residet of"this 8Jte three years next preceditng tle riay of eleeWon, and hatij been fog' the~ htjt six mon'ths of thtis time, agnd .shl contttinu.,a residen ttof the Dis., trict whic'h he is to~ '-cresent. SEcTItoN 14, 06 pelsun stail lie eligiblo to, ottake or refltj,.a seat nt the S'enati,, unless he is a' free whlife map; who batht ataied; the age of thtirty.years, htath beIen a~ cItizen ua resident of this State five ye rs next prerdintg ihe.day of,.eletion,-and hatjroen, for the last six montha of this tlwe,.n dtli continuo to lao, a resident pf the District which ile1 to rep. reacot. * .*Sfort6s l. ESena'tors.a p#M' n>era of the Houe'otpeesent'atly ihall se chosep a( a nteral ee o otth rd -.edoneday In *~ttbr idtt pts at yeaa *' an on the sante - seatd,ca ther.efler, inquch ~~ddfar.sur tviim uf ofilc, aq are' .sfi d ectedi, 'liysa I.speet on the fo 4th aud I4 vgjnb , at ' ouy; .hal b~~tt of i rurrnaef t thidsof,b ~ Wnches allies ofw,Ar b tairouediubr1er,h alt ,, * dar~ (Itn to teet hr V of'nseie#hish' for he tlme' eg, mray, by roegaailnn; meting, '' e - -- * zc'row 158 ''he f4r'm's of dime of'th'dSlwb togs land: Representative., choesn,aV,. gi,dra select:lon, shaslI begIn on blonday rfolowitag 60,ch fectIon, Sa 1Q1 17 EachHush .al judglaothi el tons,.returno akd qhalif is of ilts iembers ; and a majority of each House shall constitute a quorumv to do business; but a smaller number mag adjourn from d4y to ddi;i and may be author,zed to com pel the attend atice of Absent Alelberq, in such mauner,- and under iuch penalties, 'as may be provided by law. S:c-ro*'IS. CTIOM H) liouAc shall choose its own t1cert, determine its rules of proceeding, punish its blei&bars for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a blember, but not a second time for the aine cause. SECTIoN 19. Each House may punish, by in. prisonment, during itasitting. any person not a Member, who sball be guilty of diarespect to the House by any disorderly or contomptuoum tehavlor in its presece; or who, duringthe time of its -ittiqg. shall threaten harm to body or estate of any benber for anything said or dond'in either House. or who shall assault any of them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to attend tie llouse, in his going thereto, or returning therefrom, or who shall rescue any person ar rested by order of the House. fEcrioN4 20. rho Members of both Houses shall be protected in their persons and estates dut ind their attendance on, golnir to nnd re turning. am, tlac General Assembly, and ten lays previjlus to the sitting, and tenl days af. ter the w1jouririoet thereof. But these privi. lces shalt not he nxtended so as to protect any Lember who, shall Le charged with treason, felony. or breach of ihe peace. SEcTioN 21. Hills for raising a revenue shall originiate inl the House of Represenfattves, but may be altei'ed. aniended or rejected by the Senato , and all other bilt may originate it 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 hut one subject, and that shall be ex6re-sed in the title. Sec-toN 23. No bili shall have the force of law uttil it shall have been read three times, and on three apvvral clays, in each House, has had the seal of the State,affixed pit, qnl%lips been signed in the Senate House by the Preal. dent of the Senate a nd ,the Speaker' of the. liowse of .Reprenentratit9. SEcTro, 24. No m'ney shall be drawn nut, of tie Public, Treasury but by the legislative authority of thc State. StriwN 25. In all elections by time General A,eemoly, or either lHouse thereof, the mmi - be-ur shall vote 1-vita Lpce,"m and theirvoica thus viven, shllbe entered upon the journals of the hIouse to which they respectively belong. SEcTIoN 211 Thb -members of the General Aseinbly. whoishall meet under this Constitu. tion. shall he entitled to ret-eiveput of the Pub lic Treasury, for their expensi during their attendalice on. going to and returning from, the General Assembly,'five dollars for each days attendance, nnd tventy cents for every mile ot the ordinary route or travel betireen tihe residepce of the Member and the capital or othIr pl.ice ofsitting of the General'Assembly, both ging and returning ; and the same may be increased or diominished by law. i(Crcumo stances ,shall require ; but no alteration shall. he niaade to take effect during the existencaof the Generpl Assembly which .shall make such alter. o. Sri %- :27 Neither House, durinir the sea tiont ef the Gen'bral Agsenbly, shall, without til cota of the other. adjourn (or more thantilgroc days, nor to 1iv othrr. place than that in, which theAdse'ny shall be at the tin)e eitting. SEcIoN2A.' No poesn shall be eligible to a seat in theGeneral Alsenibly whilst he holus any ofice o' prolit or trult under this State, the United States of Antefica, or any of then, or under aly other power, except officers in the militia, army or. navy of this State, Magia. trates or Justices of Infertor Courts, while such Joistices receive no* salaries;, nor shall any contractor of the. army or navy of this State. theUnited Sta t& of America, or any of them, or the agen ts of sur contractor, be eligible to a seat in eithe, House. And It any Memhcr of all rcept erexerciso anyof thesaid diskuali fymig ofl%es, he shall vAcate his vat. . ,. SFcToMr 29. If ally Election -Disitict shall neglect to choose a member o? members on the day 6f election,' or if army person ej1osen' a moirnbter of either ll:use shal refuise ta quali. fy amid take his seat, or shall resign, c1e, do. part tho State, accept amny disquialfying office, or becbme otherwise disqualfied to .hid his seat, a writ ofpelection shall b- issued t.y .th Pre7sident of the Senate ort Spelker of othe Hfouse opr epresentativei, as the case may be, for the plepose-of filling the vacency thereby occasioned, for tbe remainder of the terin for which tho, person so .rclusing to qualify, re. signing, dying, departing the State, or becom ing disgualified, was elected to serveo or the defAiulting -Election District ought t6 have chosen a member or rpembere. SECTIdN 30. And whereas. thq ministers of the Gospel are, by their .profession, tdedicated to the service-or Gott anth'te orp of souls, and I, not he 'diverted frWmn the great du tioe, lunciomns,, therefore, ui iminister ofth or ,nblic preacher of any re. ii ion, whilst he continues in the c o is pastsaral funejions. shall be eligible to the office of' Governer, Lieutenant Oveor, or -'to a seet In the Senate or the hlouse of Riepresentatives. - Ec'riN . The Executive authority of this Stat e shall be vested In a Chief Ma glestae, who shall be styled, 'rho Governor of' the State of Sobth Carolina SucTioN 2. ThiOovernor shill be elected by the slk-cmoms duly 'jualified to vote for rmerbers bf tlie Hotise of II iresentatlves. and shall 'haol his office fur four year., and until his succes. sur.,sell be chosen.andi qualified ; but .the sampe pErs On shall not be Gosernor for two conisec4t.iVe terms, NEc'r30Nt 3. operson shall ho elIgible to the office o, Governor, utnless heo bath attstned the age of thirty yeard', mAnd hath been a citiseni apti resident ,of,liis State foe .the ten years next, prededing- d rilay of election. A nd no person shall bold the office of Governor, and any <.ther offneqtlomnmssion, civil or rmil Ita. r*, (exceit in miia.tt) under this State or the United States,or any of them,or any other pwrat one and the same tirpq. 'S5*o' mo 'liieturns of eyery dIe ftlon of of Eectlo* iel r#ptv a~blc andr tranag ittedr b~ spesenger chee1 by them, to the s4at of GoVe'timent, directed to the ,ecretqyjStt 1whg shal ell er iem to at the next qn ig sesalon oT hf pe se'mblyn, ~dr thedfirs t we 'Wi slob Thb9ppake shill ofn ansE. bi in ther presmnoe of hoth .1 ouses ot he General Assembly. The- pieon-havig the allet number of votes, shall he Governor,' gffiftwo or more shall he equal sad highdWebA, the Genseal A ssemnbly 44hj during the seine session, in the )iouedof iepfdntativs, choose 14AISfoff.irpe visa woe,. Contested ele i e. ove rnor shall be <Wi ermined by the (qn.a bmlyhi et44i manieahalI be tw kpe,inhs, centtq the posse s iid M y.. ernor, 8all eaq h1W 1Pwtuiithe. Senate. Bi OT LIUnannan Q2e,siiI.-as.. as Pr#l1int of the Senate. sball have no yote, unlen thie Hada obequally dividsd. , i i , I SacTtoN 7. The Senate shall choese a Presi. dent pro tempore o act In the absench ol the Lieutenant-Governor, 4ir when he shall exer. cise the office of Governor. SECTIONt 8. A member of the Senate, or of the House of Representatives, being chosen and acting as Covornor or Lieutenant-Governor shall, thereu pn, vacate his seat, and another pet son shall elected in his stead. SEgION 9. In case of the.impeachment of the Governor or his removal from oflice, death, resignation, disqualification, disabilityor re m11oval fron the State,the Lieutenant. Governor shall succeed - to his otice, and in case of the impeachthent of the Lieutenart Governor or his removal from oice, death. resignation, d!.. qualification, disability or removal from the State, the President pro tmpre of the Senate shall succeed to his ofice ; and when the omice of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and President pro tempere of the Senate shall be come vacant in the recess of the Senate ; the Secretary of State, for the time being, shall, by proclainatlon,s. convene the Senate, that a President pro iemport may be chosen toexer clue the ofice of Governor for the unexpired term. SECTION 10. The Governor shall be Com. mander-in-. Chief of the Arm? and Navy Af. tWis State and of the militia, except when they shall be called into the actual service of the United States. SEcTION 11. He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction, (except in cases of impeachnent,) in such manner, on such terms and under such restrictions as he shall think proper, and be shall have powet to remit ines and fbrfeltures, unless Otherwise directed by law. It shall be his dply to report' to the General Assdibly at the next regular session thereafter all pardons granted by him. with a full statement of each case and the rea. sona moving him theurunto. UCTIoN 12. He shall take caie that tMe laws.be failhfully executed in mercy. - StOrIoN 13. TheGovernor and Lieutenant X ernor shall, at stoted times, receive for their a iicea a compensation which shall be neither *tsreased nor dimInishad'during the period for which they shall have been elect ed. * ScoT 14. All officers in the Executive Department, when required by the Governor, shall give hminformation in writing upon any subject relating to tht duties of their respec t tive offices. . 6 SctIow 15. The Governorshall, trom time to time, give to the General- Assembly infor uration of the condition of StIe State, and re. commend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary. or expedient. Suciox 16. He may, on extraordinary oc cabions, convene the General Assembly,and should either House remain without a quorum for thr6e duys, or In case of disagreement be tween the two Houses; with respect to the time of adjournment. may adjourn them to such timc-as he shall think proper, not 'b6yond the fourth Monday of November then next ensu. SncteoN 17. He shall commission an oM. cefe of the State. . SoTioN IS. It sball be the duty of the Managers oi Elecilons of this State.-at the Oret geteraj elections under this Constitution, and at each alternate general election thereafter, to hold un ele.tlon for Governor and Lieuten ant-Governor. SnoTox 19. The Governor and the Lie6ten. ant-Governor before entering upon th detice of their respective ofces. shall. 'it the presence of the General Assembly, take Ils bath otoffice precribed In this Constitution. SacToe 20 The Governor sball reide. dbring the sitting of the General Assembly, at the place where its session may be helif ; and the General Assembly- may by law, require him to reside at the Va pftol of the State. SECtIon 21. Every Bill which shall bhave passed the General Assembly, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the Governor , if he approve, he shall sign it ;' but if not, he shall rettrrn it, with his objections. to that Ilouse in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their jdiir nal; and proceed to reconsider It. It after suh reconsideration, a majority of the whole ippre. sentation of that House shall agree to pas If Bill, it shall be sent, together with the objec tions,Wtothiie'ther House, by which it asnail likewtme be reconsidered, and If approved by a majority of the whole - representation of thmsp other House, itshall beanme a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be' determine;d by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons vdting for and againat the Bill shall beentered on the journal of each Hbude. respectively. If any Bil[ hall not be returned by the Governor within two days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been grsesd to him, the same shall be a law In ie manner as If he had signed it. And. that time may al waya be allowed the Governor to consider Hills passed by the General Assembly, neIther House shall read any BiII on the last day o f its seesion, e xcept socn BIlls as have been returned by the Governor as hereIn provl dod. A RrICf,E III. .Sac-rione I. The judiclal power shall be vest ed in such SuperIor and Inferior Courts- of Law and Equity as the General Assembly shall, from fine to time, direct and establieh. The .Judges of the- Suporior cour ts shall be elected by the Genteral 4ssembly, shall -hold snoar offRces during good behavIor, a nd- stal., at stated times, receive a compensation for their services. uthieh shall neither be Increas ed nor diminIshed during their continqantie in offceg h ut they "sall- receive noe tee or perquisees of.offie, not hold any ether oS66e ei pront or trust under tile SIt% the -Ufnited Slates or AmerIca, or any of thers, or any other power. The General Assumbly sball, s soon as possible. estabish for each Dlii In the State an inferior Court or Cots, 'obe styled "The Dieh'int Oourt,"the Judre whe teof shall be resident in the District while in -offce, shall be elected by the General Assembly bor four years, and shell be re-eligilble, iwhich Court,shall have jurisdliItle of altlclyl capses whereIn onie or lb of lts paflies arb v.tresp of colo ofal crimleel cased whlerbin t6e acea person ef enlor, and thse Gelieral A see . empowered to -eatead lfesjuris dict the satd Court -tio' other Iastt e rIgnadsijih$ all nlotIs.fbr r al je~.4 det'ent. esad euch b ay be submitted to bhem, ote pIaoes for stoon aseting as Io~ir ion mepsm At. be. "The S'of oat W'ls* ~ ro. estaionah 0ri .a lif ts aAd byteauthority orte 8tte offooth Cefo, nity oflbs~ A I In alloIetesto ist bAepeof this Stats,e ay r besf~j Lr ed tla e of twen.ty-oneyeta pauper, a.notlscomtnieSioned - Wma sidIav ar.ma m.. *..i -"11 ti n' rim 'tirmriarr ri of'tWa b e idaats. klffi.ei'i, ror tha t,o Years nexk weeding the day qf for tho sale pqro~ eroil'rant,frorg 9"~opq# who has ecl red- hIs' into ion to becomes citisen of the United States, ac4o6dins to thh Constitutign and Laws of the UnItedStates. Ile shall have resided in this Statffor at least two year* tt't proceditq the dAy 9f election. and, for the last six monthq of1bat.time, in the Disirici n w ic bhe 9l6re to vpte, .provsded, That hGeneral Aseembly may. by rquirita registry of' voters, or other ouitaep ble legislation, fguasd' againit f&auds in olec-. tions, and usurpations or the.jight-ol'Suffrage. may impose disqu.llficatioi to vote s a pun Ishment for crina,and may prescribe ad. ditional quaifications for voters in municipal elections. ATCY A RTICLIMT All pesons, who shall be eleqted or oppomted to bny office of profit or tAist, betbre etering on the execotion thereof, shall take (besides special oaths. not repugnant to this Consti tution,'#r6scrINM by thAGenerl: Aeeinbly.) 1I do swear (or affirm) tat I &m duly qualls ed. according to the Constitution of this State, .to exercise the office to which 3 have been appointed, and that I will. to the best.of my ability, discharge the dutie theroof and preseve, protect and defend the Constitution of this State. and that of the United Sbates So help me God." ARTICLE VC' Sao-rion 1. The House of Repr4pentatlve shall'bave the solo power of impe#chn , buj no impeachment shall be madet 'unle withb the concurrence of two,-thirds of the Hobs of Rep reeWitives. Iao on 9. All impeachments shell be tried by t6omt ate. When sitting for that puriose thetSenatorg shal I be on eth or affirmation. and no person shal" be convicted withdt the concurrence of two-thirds if the mesbers present. .. , Soo 3. The Governor. &ieutenant-Go;. ernortand all P10, officers'.. shAl be liaOle to impeadiliment Vi'r high crini~es; and miedernea nore. for anyisbehavior in dflce. for co0rup tion in procal%#' office.ot for any*ct-which shall degrade their official pharacter. But judlgment in such case shall not extend furth er than to removal fcoi ofMce, and di*qualift cation to hold ay o ce of honor, trust. or p,fit under this Stat . The pprty convic. ed sha nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial, jrg,cnt and punishment according to law. . 8acirtor 4.. All civil bficers. whoge authork ly is littlted ato a single Judicial Dliorict.'a qiqgle Election Dltrici. or pmrk of eith rihall be appointe'd. hold their office, be remoied from office ad, in addition .to liability to im neachment, maZ he punished Tor ofMcial mim.. condect, iu soch manner as.the General As Pemb previous to their appointaient,. may , TIcTmo C , Ifany civil o ier thall be. ome disabled fQ.om, didoharginir the duties of 'his fcb. by reason 6f ant. permanent bodily or mtentl Ihprntit , his,ome may be declared tQ be vacant, by je nt redilution..airced to by Iwo-thirds'oi the whole'repretentati9n in each' House of tho -General Asserpbly: Protdded, That such re4olhition pball oonisin'the grOlunds for the Ftpsid 1e1ho"U hefbre 'It shell past 'e Iker -floinse, a bf it shall be serftd on toe officer,'and a Earing be allowed him. AR CLEvlk.' Szoto' J, Thp Treasurer aqd the'Secretary oftate shall be elected by jhe Gsneral 4ssrm 6ly.ld the House of Reproseptatives, shall hold their offices for fbpr years and shall not be etirible for the next succeeding term, S26'Ttox 2. A ll other officers shall be ap'ioint ed, as they hithertb have been, untilotherwise directed ly Iiw but the name pegoon shall not hold the office of sheriff ftwkwo conecutive tefrms. . '. onseutiv Saerovs AIl commissions,sball be in the net and y the autbority of %he diate ol8outh Caroliam. .e sealed wit* thI seal of theState, and be signed by the Gove"nor. ARTICLI P*If. All lawo forbe'in- this State# at'the adop tionof this Constitutioin, and 'not repugnant ereto..iliall so coii1inue,untU altered orre peale,t by the Genral Assembly, except where they are temporary,. in which case Soey sball expire sit,lie tihes respectivelv limifed "for hir dbration, if nor continued7y Act Oftbe enllral Aoseily - * ARTICLE L. . . IsoTo z' Alt po wai Is' orifihally 'nteeled the peop * nd all free If(overnmehts are founded hqir put'brity, and a#.instituted fpr their Oince, Pafet anti h ppikso S.cTroagt. N(o personl shalbeak, or-im priened.. or disggised of 'ts- dhold, libere tics or privileg5"''''""'''wdQ exiled''r''" any tatnder deprived ,pf ifie life, libirty tt proporty..hut by due irocess of laW-s hor shall any bil fl9tta tnder,exa .fatf law,' or the law impair n the oblIgtion,a olepntracta, ever he pass dythe Geniera l:Aasemhaly. BaOTioN 8. T ifr eball geubogdlnate to the civil pwer, 8zton . The privileg'eofthp writ.of eorpub'aball not be suspenided. ubl9b 'etryi case of rpbellion or invasion. the ftbic safety equire it. .. .Smoviow 5. Exeessive bill shall not be're quired, nor exd.ssiye fines .itaoe4, nor cruel punishntent inflidted. MaciTow Th.Gnea Asssm~j h9 grantsay eof noilia r he ry i4. . , wnhio,y t'e tnt offcs, -the abpoint ment to which shall be for any louger tme than during good beba . -g e Scon7. The triAl b'jury, as heretQpre used in this State.and th liberty of the pres., shati be lipeer' inviolably pseberved. But the> (lenerui Assetnbly 'sbaihliave power'to deter mihe the numbef.of, peracuds wllo shall een. sttuts the jury in the Inforiar orDi Courts.- -. 8Sapas8. The free 4xercI~ and enjoymst dcrm loat or r reo e,.llbealoe with n'this Stat.e, ; a14&Arw a That te'libedty 6.1 d Wed het6delge wIth the peace an es f tJ~tate ties.and e tes ofbo n cietids gnd- 010' oeter jiee, airai Tte4~o ins es ot . UnitJae bu involuntary ay ee asu5~V duly coavioi '*riuetbihed i u1Aatt tW8La y,'It .ta,aItW aavblL*~A be an id . . undred dis* tha aeaa S . IZ'all uch class'e*CpqAous,b 'asfro'm disaJ bitity or'othrwise,ougt4t;1jt th judgmenm o6 the leneral Assemby, to I,e SOZgpteh * ARTiLE -i Saofox,1 The bhusin4'o'f ti,e . as shall be conducea y one-T rer, wo a hold his ofMce and .de at the s htGovera mnent. -d .t EScn9p 2. 'fbeBSecti yj pf Slate sball holdi his offce pc reside a m beat. of Goveri meat, 4 . AR CLE XII. . Ia 0 A.fd ve"iijidofl.hefpeoiesll be called. uIles by h concurr'qnCe %tfw0 -, thirds of.tbe h 01alfsIeacHous, ot, the.General Asle.hply. - .. SnTo211 NopaPt ofthi Conoitutioni stialt boaltered. plessa bill to ter the same shall have e read,- on three evernil day-1. in, the Hope of iep r0ent'ti"ds. and on three seve ral days In the Senate,'an4 agree,i to. at the second and thiod readings, by two-thirds of the whole repr en'tation Lu ea,h House of the General AssemT7 ; neither shall any altera- - tion, take effect, Untilthe bil:. so agreed to,.-. sell be published for three months previous to - a ne eletion for members of the House of' RepreenatetivA; anti, f the dlteration propos- - Ind by the preceding aneral- Assembly. shalli be agred to, bv-the new -General Assembly, . in thelr irst velsson, ,j the concurience ot' two-thIrde oIthe whol Vpresentation in each Llouse, after e qame s .Naliave been read oki three sireral days ia each, then and not oth.. erwise, the sainesball'behome a part of sba Cosgtiomn. - DoenC6Qventlon.at 0Wumb1a',k the State. of South Carolina, the twonty-eefenth day 9f September. irr the year o(our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. D. L. )VARDLAW-, President of the Conv'etion Attests JoHN T. S04X,C1erk of theCon Government of the United States. PresidentL-Andrew Johnson, of Tennes see. Secretry of -State-W. R. Sewad, of NewtYork,'r,o 'e8retary of 'ar-Edwin M. Stanton, o Pennsylvania. . Post tMaster General---Willian Dennlson, of Ohio. Secretary 9f the NavyG tideon welles, ,f* Cennecticut. Secretary of the interior-.jame Harlan, of Iowa. Secretary of the "reasury--Hugh McCul lough, OfIllinot.I , Attorney General-James 8*ded, of Ke-. lueky. President of the Senate-Latayot.t 1. Poster, of Connetlo"it. Speaker of the fouse--sehuyler Colfax,, of Indiana. svp.ntim; cousr. Salmon C. Chase, Oib,* Chjef Justiee. 1. Jame M. Wayne, Georgia. 2. Samujl Nelson, New York. . 8. Roberl'C. Grier, Petsylvanla. 4. Nathan Clifford. Maine. 6. Noah H. Swayne..Ohig. . Daniel Davis, Illinois. S7. Sam4e'Miller, Iowa.' 8. Samuel F. Field, Californa. LISUTI'INANT oENBRA& Wingfield Scott, Virginia. Ulysses S.. Qran, 'it O61. Aijutant General Lorenzo Thomas, Del&. ware. SJudge Advocate Gehera1, Joseph Hl,. D.C0. 1 I Qartermssler Generat, Monigotpery C. Meige, of Peopsylynniaf. The 5JaIiy Exprgesse' . PSTSRBURj, VA. T ^ entered upon its fifteenth year, In at J.L enlargedl form, with new, ty y*. under' auspices highly flatteri . nts. rendr' daily incroasinir circulat n ant re an ' chants an-"othort deitinin a to muner with theSouthern public,n .tn cgmnuass. - ed by noneo,g surpass.. -ADVBRTISING 1 4TE8 ' Two weeka. o 6. n S -03 6 One month.....t.'. ..... 0. rwo months .."."""""'""* i OL Three monti"........ .......' rar six months ............. " . 'E One year...'"""".*.-----... 40 Trwo w * w aAs One mohi." "'------.#0a Two month....""..""""*"..-..2 00 Three month,... '"'. '""*. R tO $ix months . " "''''' E0 One year,."."".-------........ O O Prs,ons-d;.---..................00 thnaoedstrns grea.er quantity of space og liberal terms. wl eaomoae ngte CopON A TBla)t' - i. 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