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THE COASTITUTION - or SOUTH CAROL-IlAF Wx, T119'PrOPLE OF T1u STATE OF ;OUTH CARO LINA, OY OUa DZLXOATBS IN CONVENTIoNj IfET, o ORDAIN AND ESTAULIS THISu0 CONT1 TUTION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TIl SAI STAT: ARTICLE 1. SicrioN I. The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. SECToN 2. The House of RepresentatIves shall be composed of Members chosen by bal. lot, every second year. by the citizensof this sate., qualified as in this Constitution is pro. vided. axeTtoN 3. Each Judicial District in the State shall constitute one Election District, ex :-ept Charicsten District, wi.ich shall bo divi. If-d Into two Election Districto,one consisting -of the late Parishes of St. Phillip anld St. INael, tf) be designated the Election Dis. trict of Charlestou ; the other consisting yf all (hit part of the Judicial District, which is withut the itiot of saId Parishes, to be known is the Election Districtol Berkeley. ' SEeTION 4. The boundarles of the several Ju dicial andf Election Districts shall remain as they are now cstabltished. %:e'Tlt)N 5. The nouis, or Itepresentatives shall consist of onn hundrel and twenty four M1enbers. to Im apportioned among the several Eloctii Districts of the State, according to thc ntuner of white inhabtitniaw contaei- in each.afnd t he amount o all taxes raised b0 the GencraL Assembly. whether direct or indirect, or of whatever aDecies paid in eCh, deducting therefrom all taxes pauul tn account of proper. ty held in any other District, nad addinar thereto nil taxes elsewhere paid tin account of iroperty held iln such District. An enumern tion of the white liinbitamts. for thit'pu rote, was nadA i the year onec thousand eight tn ired and tifty-icne, and shall be made-in the course of every tsith year thercafter, in such matner as 11111be. by law, directed ; nnd lepresenf;-ves aiill I o assigned to the differ ent Districts in the above-mintionet propor. tion, by Act of the Gener I Assembly at the session immedittely succe: ding every enume ration : Provided. 'hat tal.thA at.portion. mkent, whichplihl be mad- upon the next entu umeration, shall tale effect, tihe repreaentatlou Sthe sevel Election Districts, as hlerein ron stituted, shall continue as assigned at the laut* apportionment. each District which has been heretofore divided into smaller. Districts. known as Parishes, havimr the aggregate nm - ber of Represcotadives which tlie Parishes heretofore embraocd within its limits irtie had since that apportionment, the Representative to which the Parish of All Saints has been heretofore entitled, being,during this intel VaXI, aemi,_ned to Ilorry Eh-ctio;n Diptrict. Sr.cToN i. It the inuCLIi%mtion herein direct eil shall not be made in% tne course of ite year ppoint for the purpose, it shall he lhei dty of the (overnor to h1 e it efccted as soo'n thereafter as shall be X tieclble. .CrTos 7 [i nslignmi: Reprcsenrativf to the, several District,s, tho~*Gemeral A.re shall allow,one Rteprescitative ftir every sixty se.uillnt part of lite whole niumber of while in. htimlitants in tihe State, and one lIepresentative ak for every sixty-second pariofthe whole t.xes raised by III Geeeral Assembly. There' sh-.a lu fuirther allowed one Repre4ptativec fcr suci fractions of the sixty-occusild part or thle White inhabitants, and of the sixty-aecond p at of the taxes, as when added togtthele for lit vc-rioN 8. All taitea pofh properly, real or 1r1nsib , shall be laid upolb thu act4al value of the property taxed, as the same shall tic ascer - talnwd by lite assesomenlt ma111le Iir (lite pur poer of layig such W. lin the fir,t appor tianmient wh)iichkhalnl . mnadt: un-let theCin etilution, te atnunilt of taxeA sholl tinci. te'd fI1411n the averafeo f the two yers next ire. velirg suchi apportionment ; but in . ver stib oequenit appfirtitimeIt, from tih 3 averago of the tenl yeals thenl next precetdilig. lic-rioN 9. It, in the apiportimilent ofIlt'lp rut.itativt4 I any Etectioi Distrivt shall ap prer not to bw entitled, I remi its poputlatiun anit ftil taxes, to a lf-tirentittivo suech-Election District shall neverthelee -enid no R-preseni tative. and, it there be still a ieliciency of the iiumber of Iliepreseintative,; required by sec tion$ fifth, Stcl dejicicacy slall btl supliI by asignig Repreaiintatives to toiso Election Districts hding the lret-st rurplus fractions, whether thoso fractiolt; consist or a coilmbis" - lion of population and taxes, or of p1plilation urtaxes sepa Oly, until ethe numtnber of dine hundred and wenity-lour Meml ers be mutde up4 Provided, buormr. That 'lot iore 1han twelve Roprosentativcashal in ay apportiot imet, be asig,t-d to any onect ionitlet strict. tatives allIbe constrdedt to'take riftet, ine any ipatnner, until eogeneral electonm whiche shall fucceced such apprtioinenct, bEcT1oN II. 111he Senate shall Je compiosel oaf oneC memeber from eachci l.i'c-tion lH)tet, except thce Election listrict of tlharfestola, toc whichf shall be allowed two8enutors. . bEcTt0N 12. U lion the tIlelting of the first General Aisenib y, wheichl shall be chiOstcu un der the provisions of this Conestitulione, the Senateors shall bo devieled, Iby lot, Into two classes ; the seats of lihe Senalslors of the one class to he vacal,ed at 'ho expiration of touer years ; and the numee'r of tI.eso cluases shall be so proportioned that one healf of lihe whoile number of Sqnatora may, as nlearly. aossi ble' continua to be chlosen thereafter every sec end year. ' ttEoToNs 13. No person shall te eligible to, or take er retain, a neat In the Ilouese-of liepre sentatives, unless hmis a free whiete mlane, whoi bath attaIned the age fi twenety-one years, nath been a citlsen allila resident of this State three years next p,recedlig the dlay or electione, ana hcath been for' the last nIx tounthasof is time, anti shall continue, a resident of the D)ia. trict which he Is to represent. Smcroae 14. No peasoin shifil lee eligiblo to, or take or retaitn, a seat ni the Senlate, unless he is a free white mfane, who hath atlained'( tie age of thirty years, hath beetn a citIzen 141nd residentot this State fireo yi'ars next preeding the day of electIon, and( bath beeni, fur d140 las' six months of this ihte, aned sinli ontine t.. be, a resident offIhe Distric t which ho Is to rep. reseat. 8EcTaose 15, Senstr.a and' hMembere of the House of itepreaonta"is shallt bc chosenm att a eneral election on' flue thIrd Weecneeday.ln (foobe r Ine the pftsent yeas u td on lihe samE day in every secoind year thereaf ter, ina much manner. anid for such term. of cflice, asI are herein .directosil. They shall fneet 015 the tcurth niondlay ir. NoveImber, annutally, ni ('olumnbia, (wicLh shll remtaine tile- sat of of? Governnmet, unItil it her'wise detev,neei by the courrrencee of two-thires If both bersncima of thle whole repcresruitta o.) unIlesa Liwe caesu alties of war or conlt.4er ios dti.oriers phti Jea der It unsafie to meet ther ,: tin eithcer of whuich canes, the Gocvernoer cer Comenmanelr-in cheisni; for the tImo bean. nutiy, Icy proch:aanoni.4, ppc. point a0more seqt's and concveniient pilace ofI meet ing. ESettfts 16 ~The termns uof fice if-thse-Sena. tore anid liepresentatives <, b.~een at aI jtencral oec.t' ion, shal41 beginlOI onu No :4 followving1 Sb:cTIo9 I7 Each Hocuse r h01 tjc'I:e of thn elcetions, returns indti junilications of its own NinCh11wra ; and a m1jurity of ench 11,111o shall Ctloitute i quO1r1m1 to do humite- -. biut n Onialer nutintiter may ndj,urn fruit day I., hey, anid tmny h n iauthorized tto compcl fiho attend. anvc of.aLsent Membera, in rue i anni r, and tinder euch penalties, ad snay be prkwided by. law. SFCTION IS. Each IloVse ihall choose its Own Wlicer, determine its rules of Droceeding, punish its Members for disorderly behavior and, with the concurrenceof two-itirds, expel a A1ember, but hot a seould time for the saine cause. SacTIoN 19. Eneh 1ouse ina punish, by tin prisonmet.1, (ring itssittin, any person not a blember, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the House by any disorder4v or .contemptuous behavior in its Oresenco; or w'ho, during the tim-, 4-f ita mttii. shall threatenbarm to body or estate of any Member for anything said or done !n either House, or who shall assault any of them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to attend the lou;e, in his goiig thereto, or returning therefrom, or who @hall rescue any person ar rceted by order of the House. SFcTioN 20. The SMembers of both Ilouses slidli te protected in their persons and estates durii_r their attendance on, goinsr to and re turting from, the General Assembly, and ten (lays previous to thesitting, and ten dtys ar. ter the aijourtunent thereo(. But these,erivi. leres shall not he extended so as to protect any Memiber who shall be charged with treason, floiy, or ach of the peace. SrcrioN.M.. ills for raising a revnte shall origmate in the 1louse-of Rep*reseitatives, but mny be altered. amended o rejected by the Senige anod all other bill fay originate in either Ilouse, anti may be amnudd., altered or rejected by the othrr. SEcTIoN 2q. Every Act or Iesolution h&vin,g the force of law shall relate to but one subject. nt (that shall be exuressed it the title. ' iBcTiON 23. No bill shall have thie force of law until it shall havo been read three tines, and onil three several days, in caco Houge, has had the seal of the State affix6d to it, and has been signed in the Satiate Ilouse by the Presi entl of the Senate and the Speaker of the louse of Repreat-ntafives. SecTiom 24. No money qhall be drawn out of tho Publip Trvasury but by the legislative authority of tho State. ,cTioN 25. In al lectiotas by the General Assem0bly, or either Hoise thcreol'isthe main bers shall vote 'vivi voce," and theirvotes thus' given, shalt be entered unon tltojournta1so the Hous. to which'they respectively belong. SECToN 26 ,The members of the General Assetably. who shall iieet -under this Constitu tion, slall he entitled to receive out of sho Pub. 1ir. Treasury, for their expenses during their attendanc'on, going to and reteirning from, the General Assembly, five dollars for each days attondance, and trenty cents for every ni e of the ordinary route of travel between the resi,tencerofthe Member sid the capital or other pl.tee ofsitting of. the Gciioral IscmNy, hth -ottjg antid returing ; and the same itay be increatrd or diminished by law. if circun stances shall require.; but no ilteration shall Ile iade to take efTect lutp tie existence of the General Asseibly whA shall make such alterintiotn. Se-:.tos 27 Neither [louse, durige the ses tion it the Geieril Assellbly, shall, without the conscnt 4f the othe. adjourt. for more than three day, ior to any other place than that in which tim Aasetmtbly shall be'at the time sittng. Src rioN 2S. Nw person shall be eligible to a seat in the Gstneral Assembly whl he holus aiy nilliec of protit or trust under Ihis State, the Unit'A Statrs of America, or any of them, or tander any other, power, except officers in the uilitia, tormy or navy of this State, Maqjir. trates or Justiceof Iticrior Courts, while such Joistices reevive no saltiries; nor shall ainy contractor of the triny or itavy o' this State, the unite;i States of America, or any of them, tr the atniuth tulch contractor, be e.ligible to ti tst in eitttr liouqe.. Alid if any Meinter el atll act-ept or exercise any of the said disquali lyi ng oilices, he shall vacate his siat. r,LcTaot *29. If any 'Etection Distlict shall neglect, t t chse a ienier or members on the day tif eleetion, tmr if any pers,it chosen a imeinher of vitkier ll-tus -hall refuni tor qualP Iy ani take I,ia seit, or .shall resign, dit, de. part the State,necept any disqualifying oillee', or bccome.otherwise dis ti ied'to holdhis seat, a writ of electioti shall be iestied liy tie Presildent o th Senato or Speaker of the House of.R prest.Iatives.1fs the vase mlay he, for the pt me of-tilltig tie vanticy thereby occasltine, for ta i rinsitider of the ter,n for which thim person st ,reltosing to quali-y, re sig'ning, dyig, departiing the S,itte, or ICeCoIt in disgtalified, was elected to t:crve, or the tefoltiig EtlttiIn DisiriOt oUight to have chosen t a.ne4tber or tmembe-re. SEcTioN 3d. And whereas, the n firaters of the Gospel are, by their profebsion, d4dicatM.d to tIft, service of Gtd. anid tie eure of souls, anid iugt t not be tdiverited fromo the. gre4t dhu. tis iii their luttct ionts, thereforo, iti inister ofthe Gispel or pubbec preachter 'of antyre ligious persuasion, wvhiitt tie tontinues it, the exeretse- of his piastutral functionts. shalJ tbe eligibl, rim the nhliu~e oif Governt, Lieutentatt Giovernor, hr to a srat mt jth Scithte or the llouse of Representtativt a bS2eTioN 1. Th'e Executf'vrf amuthitiy iel thii State~ shall h.e veste<d in a Chief Mntglstnao, whoi shall lbt styled, Trhe Guverntor of them Stat,o South Castulina &iScTroN Theo (Govern,or shall be elisted lby the al-tom tily -itnalifleed to vote fttr inee,.ibers of th louse tof it. puresetntatives, and shall hold his othee for for years, unti until his succes sor shall- he chuseit andi qttalifiedh ; but the ammo pirsirt shall not bo G overnor for two cotnsecutive- tertms. SKct,N 3. No peotn shtall he eliglble to the tifilco o Governor, unless he bath iatitmed the aigeof thirty years. i.ntl hathi been a citizen and resiidettt of this State for the tent years next precedIng the dla'y of clection. Andi nit persont shall thld thei oflien of Govertnor. ant any .the-r office or coitmlisstont, civit or tilita rv, (except in militia,) uniter this State or the United Statcs,,.r any ofn thietn,or any other powcer, at tins anti the same titmie. SecThong 4. Thelm returns of every electIon of Govemrnor shall bit sealed up by tIme blanager. oif Ilecmotions ini their respectivut Districts, andm tra nimidttd, by a messeniger chosen by themi, to the seat of Govetrmient, dlirectedi tthe I Secretary of State, who shall tdeliver them to thc Spiaker of the hhiose of Represenativea, atllhe nex,it e,isuiing sesslotn of the General As. sembtl y, m lurIng the first week of which sea ien thu Speaker shall open and publish them itt the presenice of boith htou.ses of the General Asdemtaly. Tine pterson n hving the inahest numbier of votes, al lime Governor, but if Iwo ot timore shall lam eqlual mand highesat in votes, thn Genral Aoaembolly inhall, during this same sessionm, ini the hlouse mif llepresentistivesa, chotnse oneof them Gomvernor a-ioa voe. Utmtehstedt ele-c tionis for Govetrrnir shell he. determinedi by the (aenieral Ainlmly in touch imnner as shalt be prescribed by law. SucoNo 5., A Linutenanit Governor shall be rhsenm ui thiemmme time, in the some mAnner, moaittiue in ofilee tier the aume peri, and tie tossessedl of thei asmme qtualilleationms as the GJov rnor, anid aiall r oflie'o be President of the as President of the Senate, shall have no vote, unless the Senatebo equally divilod. Sucrion 7. The Seue shallchoose a Presi dotplo(empore to act in the alieence of the Licutenant-G'overnmr, or when ie shall exer ciao the office ofGovernor. SRcTrIo1 8. A member of the Senate, or of the Housh of Re-prcsentatives, being chosen and actig as Governor or Lieutenant-Governor shhil, thereu k, vacate his seat, and another potson shall re elected in his stead. Sictiom 9. In case of the impeachment of the Governor or his remoyal fromoflie, deatb, resignation, disqualification, disabilityor re moval from the State, the Lleutenant-Governor shall succeed to his office, and in case of the impeachment of the Lieutenar.t Governor or his remova l from office, death, resignation, dis qualification, disability or removal from tho State, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall stcceed to his office ; and when the offce of -the Governor. Lieutenant Governor and President pro tempers of jho Senate shall be come vacant in the recess of tbe 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 ofMco of Governor for the nnexpired term. SEOTION 10. The Governor shall be Com. mander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy f f Is Slath and of the militia, excepit when they all be' alled into the actual service ofthe United States. SrcrioN It. lie shall have powcr to grant reprieves and pardons after conviction, (except in cages ofimpeachment,) ml suc4 imann.r, on such terms -nd under auth restrictiona as he shall think proper, and he salitil have power to remit fines and .forfeiturf e. unless otherwise directed by law. It shall be his duty to report to Ihe General Assembly a( the next regular session thereafter all pardons granted by him. with a full statement ofeach case and the rea sons moving him thereunto ' , ScTION 12. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed in mercy. SceoIN 13 The Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall, at stated times, receive for their bervices a compensation which shall be neither Increased nor diminished during the period for which. they shall have been elect ed. . . SacTio-N 14. - All oftiers in hliOEx'ecutive Department, when required b7 the Governor, shall give hWrn Inkirmation In writing upon any subject relating to thr duties of their repec. t. tive offices. SEciioN 15. The Governar shall, trom tima to-time, give to the General Assembly Infor tration of the condition of the StMge, and' re commond to their considiration such measurea as he shall judge necessary or expedient'. SmcTkoN 16. 9He may, on extraordinary oc casions, convene the General Afsembly,and should either House remain without a quorum for thriv days, or in case of disagreement ho tween the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment . may adjuorn them to such ttine as he shall think proper, not beyond the fourth Monday of Noveinber then next ensu iCTION 17. lIe shall commission all ot cets of the State. * SKcToN 18. It shall be the duty of the Managers of Elections of thin State, at the first general elections under thfi Constitution, and at each alternate general election thereaft r, to hold an election for Governor and Licuten ant-Goverpor. Sr.cTio- 19. The Governor and the Lieuten ant-Governot before entering upon the duties of their respective offices.shialt. in the preisesce of the Gen,eral Assem , tak the oath lofuick e l-ecribed in this Zy6stitutfon. NEcTiMN 20 The Governor shall reaWde. during the sitting of the General Assembly, at the place where its ae.3sion may be held ; aod the Generil Assealy inmfy by law. rcquire him to reshiui at the 'apitol of the Stoic. FRCTION 21. Evety-Bill which ,hall have >assedi the General Ascribly, shall, before it come A law, ie presented to the Governor , tf i. approve, lie shall sign it ;* but if not, lie shall return it, u%ith hks objections. to that Ilouse in which it shall have uriginaed, who shall enter the objections at farce on their jo* nal; and proceed to reconsider'It. It after such reconsideration, a majority of the whole repre pentation of that House siall agree ti pass the lill, It shall tic sent, together with the objec tioes, to the -ther House, by which it atiall likewise he reconsidered, and if approved by a InaJoi ly of the whole roprcsentalini of that otlief House, it shall become a law. But in aill such caseA the votes of both liouses shall he deternined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persona voting for and again4t the Hill shallbe entered on the journal of each flouse respectively. If any Hill shall not be returned by the Governor within two lays (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been Freseutl"l to him, the saimn shall be a ltw in like manner as if tie iad signed it. And. thA limle- may al ways be allowrd the Gove oor .t consi.ter huila passed by the Gemieral Assembly, neither lI ouse shall read any liill on tiest dlay o f its satson, except such Bills na have been returned by thcGovernr c.a beneimi provi -AR rlCLP~I I. . Sr.cTate I. Thtejudticial power shall be rest ced in suelebtupersor and inferior Courts.- of liw nimal Equity as the General Assembly shll, from tune to timme, direct and establish., The .indgjes of the Superioar C'our ts shall he olectc<dhy the General -Assembaly, shall hold imaeir udlices utlinar good behavior, and shmall, a t rtated tienes, ieceivu a comnpenlsation for thei'services, which shall neither be increas ed ijor diminitshed -during their continuince in offce ; but they shall receive no fees or, perqumisiues of office, -nor hold aiiy other ofice' iii profit or truat under this State. tIhe tiriiteli Lates of Aiimerica, or any of them, or any ~her power. The General A ssembl shall, as soon a. pes.ible, establista for each District In t hiefitate an Inferior Court or Courts, to be shall be r<eidenit in the D) tFrict while-in o,flice, shall be elected by the G eneral Assembly for four years, and shall be re-eliuible, w ich Court shall have jurisditfont of all civil causes wherein, one or bth of the parties are persons of coilor. and ofall criminal cases wherein the nacused is a person ofpioor, sod the Generel Asseblyfisl empowered to extenid the juris. di cton 2. iho sad Court to other sub a-rn2.The Judges shall meet and sit at Columna, at such timne a the General As. sembly mnay by Act prescribe, fhr the purpose of hearinig and determining all mot ions for new trials and in arrest of jurtvmen1. and such points of law as may be subenitte to them, and the General Assemll may hay Act appoint such other places for-suehmeeting. as in their ,discu.tjon nay seem fit. EscTION 3. The styles tall pror.esses shall be. "The State of Souithi Carusta " All pros. rent ions shall he carried on iio the name ati hy the antiRmty~ of tii' State olSouath Care fns, and conciode1 "against the peace and dig. nIty of the same.' ARTICLE WI. In all electIons to be made by the people of this State, or ofany part thereof frir civil or polHtical offices; every rierdon wmhall be entitled to. vote, who has the following qualiAcgions, to wet: lie shall be a free wh teman, whohas attain ed the age of twoetyone yeamn, and Is not a pauper. nor a non-cerrenissionedj ofBecer or pri - vatesoldiern. of te. arm. no . sann,rn 'inc ofthe navv olthe tYhitdStatos. flu shall, or the two years next prceeding the dfiy of lection, have been a citizen of this stato , or, ror the snivm period. An emigrant from Etropv, who has declired his intention to becoinio a -itsen ofthe United Statue, according to the Constitution aid Laws of the United.States. [le shall have resided in thIa State for at least two years neyt preceding the day of election. and, for the last six months ofthat time. in the District in which heoffers to vote, protded, Notoevmr, That the General Assembly may. by requiring a registry of voters, or other suits. blolegislation, guatd against frauds in eleo. l ins, and ustirpations or the right of suffrage, may imposo disqualification to vote as a pun ishment for crime,and may prescribe ad. ditionaiqualifications for voters n aunicipal s&ectioiw. A RTICLE V. All perions, who shall be elected or appointed to i.ny offico of profit or trust, before entering on the execution thereof, shall tako (besides Ipecal oaths, not repugnant to thi-i (onsti. tution, prescribed, by the General Assearibly,) the following oath: "I do swear (or affirm) ti-A' I an duty quali fled, according to the lonstitution of thie State, to exerciee the offica to which I have been appointed, and that I will, to the best of. ny ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect and defend the Constitution ofthis State, and that of the UniRed States. So help me God." . ARTICLE VI. Stctiot 1. The House o( Representatives shall have the solo power of impeaching, but ino impeachment shall be made, 'unless with the concurrence of two-thirds' of the louse of Representatives. SECTION 9. All impeachrtent shall be tried by theSenate. When sitting lor.thht purpose the Senators shal I be od oath.or affirmation, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds- of the members present. SEoTot 3. The Governor. Lioutenant-Gov ernor, and rll eivit officcrs, slal be liable to impeachment for high crimes-and misdemea nors, fir any misbehavior in office, fbr corrnp tion in procurier office,or foranyact which shall egrade . their official character. But judigmeht in ouch camesshall not extend furth er than to removal from office, and disqualifi cation to hold any offlco of honor, trust or peofit under this State The party cotlVict ed shall, nevertheless, be likble to indictment, .rial;udgment ani otuuishment accqrding'to law. to SecTioai 4. All civil officers, whose authori ty li hmitedi to a single Judicial District, a single Election District, or part of eithor, shall be appointed, hold thhiW- ofMco, be removed from office and, in addition lp liability tojrp ,eachment, may bo punished foC oifcial mis., conduct. f% such mnanner as the General As sembly. previtus to their appointment, may pECroT 5. Ifpny civil 6Wcer shall be conedisable( from ditclharging theduties of his office by reason. tif ny permanent bodily ot mental infirmity. his office may be declared to ha vacant, by joint rooolution, agrecd to by two-tihirds of the wholti representation in eich Hduse of the General Ass:mbly: Provided, TI-at such resolution shall contain the grounds for the proposed tem*lovAl, and before -it sha!l pass ,either House, a copy of it Fhall be served on the officer, and a hearing be allowed ARrICLE Vii. Ricriox 1. The Treasurer anti the Sec-etary of Slat,- shall be elected by the General Aesem bly..in the flouse ol Representativea, shall hoild their offices fior four years and sh.all not be eligible for the next stccrelin:g termn. SEcTiox 2. All otherofficers shall be spooint. ed. as they hitherto h1 been, until otherwise directed by law ; butt ame person shall not hold the ofMce of sheriff for two consecutive terms. ScrnoT1 3. AN commissions sall be in the hamne and tby tie authorit v of the State of8outh Carolina. be ealfd with 'the seal of theState, and be signed by the Governor. A RTICLU Viii. All .wsor forme it this State, at the. adflp tion tf this C'oonatitution, ani slot repugivant hereto, *hall so contintie, until altoted orre peale1- by the.Gent ral Assemly, except where they are temporary, *in whicitcase they stall "-xpiire at the times r Ipectivelv limited for their dluration, if not *t4ned by Act of the General Assembly. ARTICLE IX. SicTw i All power is originrjly invcsted the people, amid all' free Governments are founddlofin their authority. Anit -are instituted for their peace, saety said happiness: SecTiop 2. No person ph,Il bo taken, or Im priome,*l or disseied of Is f4eehn2d lilie hi. b r privileges, or outlawed or vxdled, or in anmy mana er deprived of ils Jife. liberty ors psoperly. hi.t by alum- pae of law ' nor shall any, W4i of atmu,sinder, cz'post fa.cto*ilaw, air thd law impetrig the m,hligatien uf contracts e ver ie passed by the'Gemieral Aeseamly. glacr'oN 3. The anthlaary abhall bo subordinat'o tjp thme civil power. Secrtion-4 'rho pr ivilege of tme wrli.of Aabreaa corpus shall no.t be auspemnded..unlose when, ini case o-f ret eilion.ojr invaarion,. thje publib safety require it. * asrow- 5.'.Hxcessivo *'bail shall net be re' quiretd, mior excoamsiv,o fines imoposed, nucr cruel punishment b icted4. BacTuiN 8. TihO General Aissembly shalil nmol grant anyv title of nobhily, or' hereditary time. tinction, nor creat miy office, the appoint smmt to which shall be for any loniger time that, duriner good behavior. SiuNi '1.' Thbe trial by jury, a. heOlforc usedi in this Stato,andtheu iberty of the press, shalil he forever inviolably preserved. liut tilo Genmeral A ssetmbly shall have 'power to dleter mine the number of persons -who shall con. stitute time jury-.In tne Inferior er District Courts . EScTioN 8. The free exerse ansi eomon of religious profession amid worship, withiot ,discrinmination or preferencq, shall hu allowead withlin this States, to alli mankind: Provided, That lhe liberty of conmieence hereby decisis el thali noit heo constrnuedl as to excuis acts oif ii. centiousneas. or justify practices mncosatesi with the peace and4afety of the Sao. Sacrmo,a 9. The rightat privilegea, immunh ties anda estates of hith civil ansi religious .o cietics asyt of corpora.te bodice, shall reinlin s If the Conastitution of this Staes hiadnot been alteredi or amnended. SPTtton'10. The eights of primogenil ure shall sot be ro-ehthdblied, and timers shall nut fa'il to ho somee fegislative provisIon fur the equitable dist rhbution of -th*at sates of lntes late. Sanoito 1I. TJwp slate. dl South Carolinas havin been ethanoipstvd fly the action of the Unite States etathortiles, ,selfher slaver y no. involuntary serwIt .dtmagese a nslshmeR; for crime, whereof pr7shall hmuive been dumly convic ted, allI4p fe i-established Ip this State. i* - X 8apytoe I. Tme fai Ae4Inbly when ever a tax is-laid u gmd, she I at die same titne, impose a a litx, which shall not be less uprun li .theatm one--fourth oftheo tax'iaidl cu ee hundred dollar, worth of thn ssseselueaof thei landl taxed l excepting however,, fsn the operaion of such capittioni 1 e tax, all such clusaes of persons. n ir6m diAh. tiity or oincrwise, ought, in the gudgment 0t the beneral AhAvmbiv. to be exctiptod. 'ArIULE XU. Situioz 1. Tho busines of the Treasurr shall I cinldtcted by one Treasu er., who sha I hold his oilce and reside at the seat of Govern ment. SAC:TioN 2. The Secretary ofStato shall hold' his olice atid reside at the seat of GovernA mciii. ARTICLE XII. Sac-noN I. No Oonventlon of the people shall be called, unless by the concurrence of two... thirds of the wholo representation in each House' of the General Assembly. - SECTitf 2. Nopart ofthis Constitution sh1lj be aitered, unless a bill to alier the same shal have been read,. on three several days, in tha House of Represeontatives. and on three seve.. ral days in tho Senate. and agree1 to, at the seconrl and third readings, by two-thirds-ofe the whole representation in ench iouse or tN,e' General Assembly ; neither shall any altee. tign take efleot, Untilthe bili. so agreed to shall be published for three months provious to a now <lection for members of tho House of Representatives; at4d, if the alteration propos ed by the precedinK' General Assembly, shalt be agreed to, by the new General Assembly. in tWeir first vension, by the concurrence of two-thirds o tthe whole representation in each louse, after the sime shnl have been repid on threo stv+ral days in each, then and not oth erwtse; the same shall become a part of the Conslitution. Done in Conventiop, at niOlunbla, In the State of South Caroitina, tile twenty.-aevnth day of September, in the- year of our Lord one thosand eight hundred .undsixty.fivo. D-. L. WARDLA W. Prenident ofr.ie Convetipn. Attet: JLu*N T. SL,oAS,Clerk of the Cox - ventfon. Goverlmet of the Unitel Stte.' Progident--Androw Johnse, of Tennes. see. Secretary of Stat--W. H. Seward,. Of' Ifow York. ..6 Booretary o Var-X(rin M. Stanton, of Pennsyt,ania. . POstmaster GO1eral-Williaa Dennison, of Ohio. . . 9 Scetary of tho Navy,-idox WoUles, of Conhecticut., . Seore'tary of 'the intorldr-James Harlaf, of owa. lotMgoV noitle "reasury--IIugh MeCl Attorney General-James Sped, :of Ne tuokcy..b Presi(lent of 'the Sepale-Lfkyette '8 .oster, of Conne6icnt. Speaker of tlie louso-Schuiler O0lfa3 of Indiana. SUPRARatx COUT. Salmon C. Chase, Ohio, Chief Jt e. I. JArigs Al. Wayne Georgia. 2. Samitel Nelson, ew York. R. Robert C. Grier, Penneylvapia. 4. Nathan Clifford, Maina 6. Noah 11. Swayne, Ohio. 6. Daniel Davis, Illinois.. 7. Samuel Miller, Iowa. 8. Samiel F. Field, California. LIEUTPNAXT OENCRALS. 5 Wingfiold Scott, Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant, of Ohio. utant General Lorenzo Thom Di Judge Advocate'Deneral, 'Josoph Iolt. Quarlermaster G6neral, Bloatgorusry 0, Meigs, of Pennsylvani. Tit) Daily Ey , . -. PETERSBURG, VA., - enlagodrura. wth owtygm.,,under* ausPices hisrbly fattering. I& hag a large a laily inereasinir circulato, and oftrto a. chants an others dcsiritl. to c 'mnunreate with he Southern publir. adnteu as rd by non6. aageeraa SAlVERTISINO R4TE8 rwo month ............... Three m6nth ...s''""" ."'" . ' . Six months "................. 2400 One year......''"". . . -4-0 *T-owo svAask'a nio month.."''''''''......... ~FWO tf*e*****'.. ee..... ... ~ l 00' Tlir' months.''."'-.-.--......- t'0 tionthea. 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