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THE CONSTITUTION SOUTH -AROLINA. WN, 'iNE.,1PL OF THE NTATE Or SOUTH CARO LINA, 1T OUR DULBOATUS IN COXV6NTION NET, D 00131AN AND ETABLIBMHID CON&Ta . uTIoyY0a THR GOVRENTo- TH E SAID C sTATs: ARTICLE I. StoToN 1. The Legislative authority-of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shallconslet of a Senato and a House of Representativces. SECTaO 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen by bal. lot. every secoid year. by the citisens of this State. qualified as in this Con2titution is pro. Vided. SEcTioN 3. Each Judicial District in the Stste shall constitute one Election District, ex cept Charleston District, which shall be divi. ded Into two Election Districts.ono consisting of the late Parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael, to be designated the Election Dis' trict of Charleston ; the other consisting of all that part of the Judicial District, which is with-ut the limits of said Parishes, to bu known as the Election District of Berkeley. SBcTIov 4. The boundaries or the several Ju dicial astl Election Districts shall remain as they are now established. ScTIoN 5. The Jiouse of Representatives sholl consist of one hundred and twenty four Membef to be apportioned among the severai Election bstftits of the State, according to ttl num.er of wbite inhabitants contained in ach, and the amount of all taxes raised by the General AsOhmbly. whether director indirect, or of whatever species paid in each, deducting therefrom all- taxes paid on account of proper ty held in any other District, and addinir thefeto all taxes elsewhere paid on account of propert) held in such District. An enumera - tion of the white inhabitaxt6, for this purpose, was made I. the yearone thousand eight hun dred and fifty,nine, and shall be made inl the course of every tenth year thereafter, in such -manner as shall be, by law, directed ; and Reprejentatives shall 1-e assigned to the differ ent Dtricts in the above-mentioned proper. * tion, by Act of the Gener, I Assembly at the session immediately sbcce, ding eve enume sation:. Provided. That until the arportion ment, which shall be made upon the next enu meration, shall take effiwt, the repre4entation ofthe s-veral Elertirn Districts, as herein con stituled, shall continue as assigned at the last apportionment, each District which has been heretoforo divided into smaller Districts. known asParishes,havinEthe astgregte num - ber of Representatives which the Parishles heretofore embraced within its limits have had sincenhat apportionment, the Representative to which the Parish of All Saints has been 0 hertofore enitled, being.during this interval, assigned to.Horry Election District. StcTroN 6. Ith it enunration hervin dire-Ck ed shall not be made in tne'courpe of the y appointed for the purpos, it aba'l be the dul ofthe Governor'to have it effected as soon thereafter as shall be pracitrable. scTioN7 In assigning Representatives to the se'erali.tricts, the Geaeral Assermhly shall allow ont-Represeatativc ew every sixty second part of time whole number of white in habitants in the State, and one Renresentattive silo for every sixty second part ti' she whole taxes raised by th Ge,eral Asio.mly. There 4t4ail be further allowed -moin Repr,e-wntative for such fractions of thn siaty-se.tid part to the white Inhabitants, and of the sixty-second part oftbe taxes, as when add.ed together for in a unit. - SECT9)8. All tixes upon property, real or personal, shall be lui-ups: the .ctal Vdit. cof the property taxed, as the saie imin!l Aic necer . tained by' te asseeinotit inade ur the pur pose oF laying such tax. Iln Aite- fir.t nppor tionmerit which shall be imade an,der the CUn stilution, theanoOnt of taxen &Ihall be e,otitna ted from thenveravtif tiae two years next lyre. eedirg such apportionment; but ij :ver, rtb sequent apportionmeat, fruom thi average of the ten years then next precediii at. C SCToN 9. If, In the app ti-nment okp resentatives ; any ictayoXDittrict shall ap pear not to be entitled, irmn its population aid its taxes, to a 4tepresentative; suteh Election District shall nevertheless senti one R-presern tative; and, it there be still a deficiency of the numbel of Representatives reqilred by sec. tios fifth,adh deficiency shall be supeliedt by assigning Representatives to thoso Elertion Districts having the farire-st rurplus fractiois, whether thos fractions consist or a combiru. . tion of population and taxes, or of population or taxes separately, until te n ueber of one hundred and twenty-four Members be made uap t Provided, however., That inot inore than twlve Rapresentative.eshall,in anyapportion meet, be assipned to Any one Election District. . SECTION..10INqapportionment if Represen .tatives eball be conutrued to take effect, in any - manner,aantil tee genaeral election which shall succeed such ap rriona mnt, bEt-none 11, 'Ihehenaiteshiall he composetd rf one member from each Etection Distr it-t, except4 the Election District of Charleston, to which . e ballb6ailowed t wo Senators. bacrao* 12. U pen the nieeting of the first - General Assembly, which shall be choscn un der the provisitns of this Constitu'ion, the Senators shalt be devaded, by lot, into two classes; thereat# of the Senators of then one class to be vacated at the expiration of four a years rand the number of th0.ese classes shell bo soarportioned that on e af of the vhotl nsumlr fSenaatora may, as niearly as Pussi ble continue to be chosen thereafter every sec ond year. * saoatoNe 13. No person shall be eltgible to, or take or retaiti, a seat In the Ito use of Repre, senitatives, unless lie is a free white man,- who hath,attned the age ef twenrty-one- yeares nath beem4s.citizen and a resident of this State three years ne*t preceding the niay of election, t ann hath been for the last six months of this an time, and shafi continue, a resident of the Dis-.. trict which be'ls to represent. -, Suco:o 14. No person shilli he eligible In,s or take or retain, asset -n the Senate, unless a he is a free white man, who hath attained the age of thirty year's, bath been a citizen antd resident of this State flee years next precedting the day of electjon,.and'barh beens, for the has' six months of ile time, abu shtll conitinue to be. a resident of thefDistrict which.he Is to-rep. vesent, - SoTaoae 15, Senators and tdembersot thet House of -Repreeentarve.. shall be chsosen at a general election on 'dhe third~ WVetoneuday In Octob>er in the present year. and on ihe same a day In every'second yge thEreaftjer, in suchbs manner, and for such terms of ofBice, as are hereia directed. They shail mest on theA o-arth NMonday. in November, anhuAlly,- at lUcambia. (which shall remiain.)the seat of. ofrGovernment, until othberwise detertind by t the dioncurrence ottwo-I hiedas of bouth 'btinchs of the whole representation,) oles thaecasu allies of war or contagrious disorders ael ren der It unsa fe to meet thorn ; ip either oj which cases, thp Governor or Commaitd.s-4;-chIefs for the-time be ing, rosy, by procha (i~tin,ap. poit amore eure and convenient ~place of gasCt-g.. - '. * orseof IS 'Ehe tenems of offee of tiue Seain. CC .re' and REpresita;iyes, chosen at Pts. se ab. sall bsgion Mlondayfojoing it .E fat* shall judg.e'ls lections, returns and qualifications of its ow* Uembere ; and a majority ofeacih'Hoube shall o)nstiie p quorum to do btsiness 1 but a maller pumber may adjourn'from day to day, and may be author,sed to compel the attebd nt of absent Members, In such ma'nner, and inder 6ch penalties, as may be provided by aw. SzcTo. 18. Each House shal choose its own ifficers, determine its rules of proceeding, ounish its Members for disorderly behavior nd, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expei Member, but not a second time Ibr the samq ause. SECTIos 19. Each House may punish, by im. risonment, during its sitting. any person not Member, who shall he guilty of disrespect tt he House by any.disorderly or contemptuous Pehavlor in its presence; or who, during the ime of Its sitting, shall threaten harm to Gody r estate of any Member 'fur anything said or one in either House. oc who shall assault any f them therefor, or who shall assault or arrest ny witness or other person ordered to attend he House. in his going thereto, or returiing herefrom, or who shall rescue any person ar tated by order of the House. ECTIUN 21D. The Members of both Houses hall be protected in their persons and estates living their attgpdance on, goin$r to and re urning from, the General Assembly, and ten lays previjous to the sitting, and ten days af er the adjournment thereof. But these privi. eges slai not heextended so as to protect any dember who shall be charged with treason, elony, or hreach of the peace. SecTrio 21. Billis,for raising a revenue shall riginate in the House of Representatives, but nay be altered, amended or rejected by the ;enate ; and all other bills may originate in ither House, and may be dneuded, altered or ejected by the other. SacTIow 22. Every Act or Resolution having he force of law shall relate to but one subject. ind thatshall-be expressed in the title. Sxc-nom 23. No bill shall have the force of aw until itshall have been read three times. knd on three severil days, J each House, has iad the seal of the 43tate sfixed to it, and has >een signed in the Senate House by the Presi tent of the Senate and the Speaker of the Ifouse of Representatives. Sacio- 24. No money shall be drawn out :f the Public Treasury but by the legislative kuthority of the State. SECTIoN 25. In all elections by the Genral Assembly, or either House therctf, the Wim berg shall vote "ivavoce," and the.r votes thus riven, shall be entered upon the journaisof the Rouse to which they respectively belong. SEcTio- 26 The members of the General Asserqbly. who shall meet under this Constitu ion, shall I-e entitled to receive out of the Pub ic Treasury, for their expenses during their ittendance on. going to and returning ftm. lie General Assembly, five dollars for each lays attendance, and twenty ccents for every nile of the ordinary route of travel between the residence of the Member and the.capital or )ther plsee of sitting of the General Assepibly, '>th going and returning ; atid the same may bo iicreageol or dininished by law. ifcircum stances shall require; but io alteration shall vc nade to take effect duriner the existenc of he General Aasembly which shall make such kileratio,,. SECTION -27 Neither House, during the see lon of the Genernl Asembly, shall, wlihout he consent of the other. adjourt. for more han three days, nor to an other place than hat in which the Assembly shall be at the time itting. SEcTIo. 29. Ni person shall be eliIble to a cat in the General Assembly whilst he holis Iny e1ite of profit or trust .under this State, twt tjoi-ct stat-s of AiWrica, or any of them, Wr iudi-r asty other power. except officers in lie ih41itia. ariny or navy of thia State, iagi4 .r ati a ur Juist we, of lirerior Courts, while such hiNstices receive no salaiies; r1or shall Avy 'ootractor of the army or navy of this State. ie Unite:- Sta tea of America, or an3 ni Mheim, ir tie 11e ta of1 urh contractor, be eligible to Ssilat in either floope. And if any Mettib, r I Ill arrept urexereise, anyof thesaid disquali ynJg Ufice.s. he shall vacate his seat. SFCT.,w 29. If any E'ection - Diat, Irt shall itlievt to choose a ineirber or mensbers on the lay of clrtion, #r if n'ny person choleen - neuber of vither ll:use isall rertio to gdiuli. y and take hid se,t, or shall resign, die, de. >art the St-11e. accept any diqtiualifyinc offite, )r becon otherwise dtqualitied to hold his eat, a writ of c-ctiion ?lll b-s Issuel I y the Presldent of tho Senate or Speakt-r of the louse of Representatives, as the case may be, or the purpose of fitlintr ine vacancy thereby >ccasior,ed, for i-c remainfder of the ter,n f.r Ihich the person so r# fusing to quality, re. liinini, dyinir. dep;irting the S.ate. 4W becom. nx diutialifiel, was elected to serve, or the hfatilting Ele.tion District ought to have hosen a menrber or members. SFcTIo-4 31). An 1' whereas. the ministers of he Gospel are. by their profeliu,. drdierd o the service of God and the enre of souls, nd ou- t niot Le divertud from ite great du. i,'q of their Iunctilons, thereforo, no mniister 1f the Gospel or pubhau preacher of any re. iglioos persuasion, whilst lie contftiues in the xercisme,of his pastoral.functions. sball be 'lgibile ti thu .flice of Governer, Liueutn sovernir, or 'to a seat in the Senate or the louse of Repr ntativ. a A RTICL E ii. SxcTtoe I. The Execsutive authority ol this isate shall be vested in.ns uoier Mag istrate, whot hall be sieri, Trho Governt,r m4 the State of outh Carolina . - - SEcTION 2.- The Governo,r shall be elected by be eluctois euly -juglitied to vote for sner.ibers f the Hloise,, tr . presentatives. and shall hold is'ofluce for four years. and until his suicces or shall ho chosen andu qualifrdl ; but the .me pesn "shall,.not lbe Gsernor for two onsecutive rmns. SxcT1ne . No person shall be eligibileto tlie eo o, Governor, unlIess lie lath actined goqf thirty years, vnde hash been ia cittlen nd resident of thIs State, for the ten years exl preceding the 'lay of election. And go ersmn shall hold -the efflee of Governor, and ny bIther ofbee of cimrnisfeeun, civil or milita.I v, (%xcecpt in militia.) under thIs State or the, intted ~Satca, t.r any of ti,eim.or any otherI ower, at one and the same time. SEorIoN 4. T'he returns of every election of overnorahall -be skaled up hytShe Managers fElections in their, reapective D)istricts, andt anamimted, by a messenger chosen by them,1 > ile, seat of Gove'nnimnt, directed to th ecretary of State, who shall deliver them to iecSpeaker-of- the-House of Represetastres. I the -next naning sessIon oC the General As. 'mby, ,luring the first week of whh see on the Speaker. shall open and pubUish iheni the presence of both. Hojuses of the Qeliefa .4emnly. The. person having the higbet umber of votess, shall be Governor, but iftwo I hore ehell be equal and' hIghest is Voted, me Genieral Asesembly shall, tduring the sanmse 'e41vp, In.the House of Representalives, ceq reef them Governor viva se. Contesteudlc ins for Goretnor shall be delertiedf bili nlise l Assembly in each inar-ir as shsi be meet'Whled by law. Uaottonr 5. A Lleutenanft Governor ehkll be leei at-the samne time1 in the same osafhIe. atinue ini offBce for the ene persl91 a q4be oftheearne uallcattionsasthe U.. mnor; d ball as leo be Prestdentothe nater Ioftb3 6. ThieLieutenanessea t1a' is President or the Senate, gball have no vote. illess the Senate bq equally diVided. ScToi 7. The Senate shallch.otee a Presi Jentprefitoretoact in the absence of the Lieusehagiovernor, or when be shall exer 31se the oMe ofGovernor. 8acsos F,. A member of the Senate, or of the Howe of Represetatives, being chosen and "Cting as Gotornor or Lieutenant-Governor shall, thereuon, vacate his seat, and another person shall elected in his stead. SzcTiox 9. In case of the impeachment uf the Governor or his removal from office, death' resignation, disqualification, disability or re moval from the State. the Lieutenant.Ggvernor shall succeed to his office, and in case of the Impeachment of the Licutenart Governor or bis removal from office, death, resignation, d!s qualification, disability or removal from the state, the President pro tempore of the Senate shall succeed to his office ; and when the office nf the Goverror, Lieutenant Governor and Pr&ent pro tempore of the Senate shall be co acant in the recess otthe Senate - the Secretary or State, Ibr the time being. shall, by proclamation, conve to the Senate, that a Presidentpro tewipare may be chosen to exer cise the oice of Governor for the unexpired term. SzoTtos 10. The Governor shall be Com. mander-in-. Chief of the Army and Navy 3f this State and of the militia, ex.ept when they shall be called into the actual service ofthe United. State. a SCrTIow 11, He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons after inviction, (except in casco of impeachment,) in such manner, on such termsand under south restrictions as he lhall,k proper, and he shall hqve power to remve fines and forfeitures, unless herwise directed by law. It shall bo his dut s report to the General Assembly at 'the next regular sessidu thereafter all pardons granted by him, with a full statement ofeach.caso and the rea sons moving him thereunto - S acTion 12. lie shall take caie that the laws be faithftily executed in mercy. SacTioN 13 The Governor and Lieutena.t. Governor shall, at stated'times. receive for their services.a compensation which shall be neither increased nor diminished during the period for w4ich they shall have been elect ed. SUcTioN 14. Aii offi-ers I he Executive Department, when required *he Governor, shall give h!m inibrmation in ting upon any subject relating to the duties of their respet. tive offiees., 8ScTo4 16. The Governor shall, 1rom time to time, give to the General Asseifbly infor u'ation of the condition of the State, and re pormeid to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary or expedient. SsCTIoN 16. lie may, on extraordinary oc. casione, convene the General Assembly.and should either Uouse remain without a qWruin for thiee days, or in case of disagreeinilt bo tween the two Houses, with respect to the time of adjournment. may adjuurq them tneuch time as he shall think proper, 'not beyond the fourth Monday of Noveaber then hext enau. inSc. 17. Ile shall commission ill offi cet a of the State. SecTioN 18 It shall Sen the duty of the Managersot Elections of this State. at the first general elections under this Constitution, and at each alternate general election thereafter, to h-ld an election for Governor and Lreuten an'-Governor. Saito 19. The Governor and the Licuten ant-Governor before entering upon the dutirs of their respective offices.shall, in the presener of the GenRal Assembly, .take the oath of office p-ecribed in this Constitution. FlcItION 20 The C'overnor shall reside, during the sitting of the General Assembly, at the place *here its session may 'be hel4 ; aid the General Assenioty may b,y law. requuire him to rea..e at the; i'lpitl 'of theS.ict 8EcTioN 21. Every Bill *hilh sill h.ave paoed the Urneral Assembly, slall, h.oirc it become a law, hc .presenrvd to the Governi-r, If he approve, lie shall sign it ; but it not, h shall return it, with his objections. to thal Ifouse in which it sh,lt have teriginaed, a Io shall enter the isbjections ie large on their jour. nal; aid proceed to reconsider it. It after such reconsiderattoi, a.majority of the whole repre. setitation of that House shall agree to. pasA Oh Bill, It shall tie sent, together with the obj, c fnit, to ths , ther House, by which it sall likewte L,e reconsidered, aid if approved by a maj.,rity of the whol. represeitation of thait ether louse, itshall become a law. "ut in all Iuct casca the votes of both Houses shail be determined by yeas and nays, and the nanrs of the persons vpting lor and againat the Bill sail be entered on tWe journal of each flouse r pectively. It any Bill shall not be returned by the Governor within two days' (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been preeit.i to him, the smine aall be a law in like manner as if tie ead siigned it. And. thtt time may al. ways be * all,wed the Govern r it coii4ter Hille passed by the General Aslgnbly, neither llunie shall read any Bill on thoekii clday o it ersAion, except souch BIlls s have be-en returitcd by theGovernor as herein provi Adl'iLEi.i Secrote 1. The judicial power shall lbe vest. ed ini such Superior -and Inferior Coyrts ni IAw arid Equity a the General Asembl~ shallh, fronm tiime to time, dtlect and establish, ThIe -Judges of the Superic.r ruuf ts aa he eecited hy ihe Goeral Assembly, sail hlcd mnelt offices t'orintg good behavi>r, ai(d shall, at stated times, receive a 4gumpenaan fbr ilieiraservlces, which sihall nteither ficress ed rnor di gnished durinst their cc5 tinumnce in ofilec ; bute they shall receive no fees or perquisites of office, nor hoil any dther office ot profit oir trust under this Staie. the UJnited States of A merica, or any of thiems. or any other power. T'he General Assembtly ablesl, as abort as ps.sible. establish for each Di-trict ini the State an Inferior C*ourt, or . Courts, to he styled .*The District Court,"~ Judge whereul shall be resident In the DIet . while in fee shall be elected by the General A sembly lor four years, and shall be re-elieible. which Court ahail have jurisdit ton ef all eivil causes whereitn one or both of the parties are persens of color, and ufail crIminal eas wherein the acecadj a person of color,..und the General A ssem is empowered to esttend the juris. dicdon the said Court to other .sub-. 8xc.tone 2. 'I'be Judges shall meet and sit at Columbia, at suchS lime as the GenteralI As. sembly may by Act prescribe, fort the purpose ref hearing and deteriningn all motions for new trials an.d ki arrest ef.jedsm.-nt. anti such points of law..e may be apbniltled it, theti, said the General Assembcly.may by Act appolet rueh otl her place fot suecs nasitii as in their liacretion mnay sla fit. , esorroif 3. The style et all po.esea shall >o "The State of South Carolin " All- pros. irut lons shall hse earried oec its the natne and >y the aethtiority of the Slate of South Caro inn, sod conclude1 aaraines th ecaddg tity of the same,' epaendig . ART(CL1E IV, In all elections to be made by the people of his State, or of amy part threreof, for' civil or colitical of0ces, every erson asall be entitled ovote, whohas the Ieliowlgg qualifleatioas, o wit : Me shall be a fies white aman, who has attal. ed .the age of tweasty-one years, and is not a super. nor a non-oegaslo.ed dSoor.ot pri' =tq sohdiee a .1 t ... in ..no ........ . rine of the navy ofthe United States. Heeball, to for the two years next pr*ceeding the day of I election, have been a citizen of this State , or, th for the same period.an emigrant from Europe, who bbe cclared his intention to become a citizen ofthe United Stateq according to the Constitutioh and Laws of ate Unted Stales. o He shall have resided in this State lor at least h( two years next preceding the day of election. and, for the last six months ofthat time, in the District in whicb he offlre to vote. proteded, b hotever, '[hat the General Assembly may, by requiring a registry cf voters, or other"oulta !e legis!ation, guisd against frauds in elec.. tions, and usurpations or te right of suffrage. b inay imposo disqualification to vote as a pun- ti ishment for crime.and may prescribe ad. a ditional qualifications for 'voters in-municipal eiections. b SA RTICLE V. wh 1H All persons, who shall be elected or appointed 'r to bny office Of profit or trust, bfore entering , on the execution thereof, shall take (besides special oaths, not repugnant to this Coniti. c tution, prescribed by tho General Assembly.) 11 (or yy thlefollowing oath:*,* t"I do swear (or affirm) t-at I ain duly quali- a fied. accoAlhng to the Constitution of this State, to exercire the office to which I have c been appointe<d, and That I will, to the beat of b my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and 1 preserve, protect and defend the Constitution t of this State. and That of the United States. So help me God." . ARTICLE VI. SECTON 1. The House of Representatives I shall have the sole power of impeaching, -but no impeachment shall be made, unless with the concurrence of two-thirds. of the House of Representatives. SECTiOx 9. All impeachments shall be tried by theSenate. When sitting lor that purpose the Senators shal I be on oath or affirmation, and no perlon shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of*the.members present. Ssortox 3. The Governor. Lieutenant-Gov ernor, and all eivil offiters, shall be liable to impeachment for high crimes and misdemea nors, for t.ny misbehavior in off-ce, for berrup tion in procurinr office. or for anyact which shall degrade their officIal character. But judigment in such cases shall not extend furth er than to removal from office, and disqualifi cation to hold any oftcc of honor, trust or p,ofit under this ate The party convict ed shall. nevertlieless,be liable to indictment, trial. judgment and ounishmt*t according to law. PaoTjopc 4. AUi civil officere, whose authori. ty is limited to i single Judicial District. a single Election District. or part of either, shall be appointed. hold their office, be removed from office and, in addition to liat-ility to im neachment. may lie punished for nfi-fal mis., conduct. li such Inanier as the General As - aemnbly,previuus to their appointment, tnay provirde. SEcTItON 5. Ifanys civil officer shall be come disabled from dicharging theduties of his ofice. by reas-in of any permanent tdily or mental infiarnity. his offiet niy be declared to he vacant. by joint resolution. agreed to ky two-thirds of the wh4lij representation in* erch [ito uf"the General Assenbly: Provided. TMsoct reaohitioi shall coittairighe groundit for tIw proposed temoval. and hefre it sha!l pass either flouse, a copy of it shall be served on the ufficer, and a htaring be allowed ARTICLE VII. SEc-ro I. The Treativner rnd the SecCeinry ofStat- Phall tie elected tiv tIh- G.-nerap e,in bly.in he ijlouo oft IlepreonitaiVCA, sha.ll hhl their fiftices f1r rour years and shall nit be eligibl fir the next aurcve itft terni. . ~atc-rto 2. A ll ather ofet-rs shall be dproint ed. as they hitherto h *a0e been. until otherwiao airecte. by-law ; but the siame person shall not hold ithe uflice of aheriff for two ponsecutive terraft. SRC-IWIC 3. All commissions shall lie in the naerre anti by the authority ot the.State f14outh Ca-olina. be a ealed with 'the soil of theState, and be sitied by th' Guernor. ARTICLE Vill. All lAwsof force in Ahis State, hi the adlop lion of this C.'nstitutioia, and not repugnant hereto, shall so cont.lie, utroil altered iirre peale,t by the G'en'tral Asset>ly, except where they are temporary, in which case they sholl expire at the timnes respectively limited fisr 1heir duration, if not continued'by Act of the Ueneral A"unmbly. ARTICLE IX. SacitoN I All power is originally inveIted the people, said all frre Governments nre founnd an their authWity. and are instituted for their peace.,salely an)i happiness. sucTio*4 2. N perasi shall be.taken. or im pria. ed. or di4seized of his freehoild, 1iber firis or privileges. ir outlawed or exiled. or in aiy inatnner de-prived or his lIfe. iherty r proaperty. a, utaby duo- process of law : nesahail any bitl aiti:aiaider. ez yas facto law y ae law impairing the uihibrt,iieii of cotracts, a ver h-e passedt by t he Gaenerat A steembly. Sscpii,i 3. ~The stimhtary ablatli be subordinate to ihae cvil pwer. * 1-Ec7tiN 4 Tht priKilege of thtf writ of habeas corpus hail not lie sugpetaided, utes w lien, in case aaf ci cliton or juvasion.a Iic public safety require it. lExcTioK 6. Excessive bail shall not he re quire.l. nor excessIvo tines imposed, nour cruel. puniahnoctt inflicted. Secatos 6. Th General Assembly shall not grant any tltfc of nobilhty. or hereditary adis. tinEtiop, naor create any office, tihe arppoinit. ament to whIch sha?ll tie far anty lotiger. time then duorlnir good behavior. !'Ec?aow 7. The trijal by jtyashereleibre used in this Stata. and i-e liberty ofthle press, itsel be forever inviolabhly preserved. t!.i, al.-. Generral Assembly shall have paiwer to , <ettr. mnine the number (if persons who shall cain atituti the jury In the infermot or District .Coairts1 * SacTlois 8. 'The free exsercise and enijoyment of teligious praifcssion amid swdrhip. w-ithaut niscrinination or preference,yball be allowed ,wiihin this State, to all -mankind : Poled 'hais the liber ty of conscietnce hereby declatieij shiali tit l'e construed as to excuer acts s,f lI. centiousnr s, or justi'? pfapticea inconjssent I with the pace and safety of heN State. 'Ectrosi 9. The rights, privigesiimmuni. lies and estates of hth ciej ad .rll rious,so rieties and or curporats boie,sh sreso.l as if the Constituton~ of this ta's had not i.e altered or amneled. Sacytoni h0. The tights at primog~0 shill not bae re-eataellshed. sort faHl to lbe some legislatipb piovislp~le egOtbe dist ribution of the a tates. -SacTmir II. The slaves of gfeh Crla Unit$8 th o,UnIelv, invoutaryervitude.aw eSa pu t.Ient for crime, wherqi ttbw 41it14 been duly convictad ,abi lVeh-aalied In. tble Stale. R* 8Soyteis I. thme C I Awby. I ever ataxlais ak .qbea4q er tIme, Impq4e a e ta, wb hh be Ies upon I Mt tax'Iaid nan .e-s . x,-all such ca90 of -n 8 ftrom dis. lit or otberiase, ot Ilkthe judgIt 0. e Zeneral AsSembly, to he exempted. AR'ICLE.4 SacraOW 1. The bu;sines" of the I%" all be conducted byC Treasurer who idbe oice and .d tbs ieat of . Satow 2. Th Seeretv Of.16te 0ml hold a office and reside at Ine sat of -ore&.. eut.. - . . ARTICLE .1ii, - . SacTo1 I- No Convention of the PeoPle shalt b.called. unless by the concurrence aftwo Ord of the wbole representation in 6ach H the General Assembly. House seTiong. -NopartorisConutIullon shali a altered..uniess a bill to alter the same abalt ave been read, on three several days, in the louse of Re p risentatives. and on thrssepgee. %l days In the Senate. and arreed to. at the cond and third reading@, DY two-thirds ojC ic w hole representation in each Honse of tha' ;eneral Assembly ; neither shell eny as-te. on .lake cffbct, untiltbe bill, so. agteed to lall tx published for tliree months previons I new tlection for members of t Honge ef tep resentatives; and, If the alteration pr-pw; di by tbe precedfng General Appmb[ ab e agreed to. by the new - General Asoel I their first sesin by the concurre 5'. wo-thirds or the whole repreentation Sooli louse, after.he sanie shall hsve been read og hree several days in each, ten and at oth4 rwise, the Umeshall become a pwt of the :oostitution.I. .. * )one in Conventlon, at Clunmb,.% Wvftt of South Carolina, thb twenty-eevemb day of September. in the year of oa Emrd SAy thousand eight hundred 'and fyive* . D. L. AR AW' President of th Conyention. Attest: JonU T. 8OAX,Cle[ gthe Cos. ,ceno. Government of the United qtitek, Proident-Andr. Johnson, of Tones. ee. Secretary of Sta(e--W. H. 90ir,e 49w York. Secretary of War--Edwin M. 'saito, e Pennsylvania. Postmaster General--Wiliam Dennison, )fOhio. Se6retary of the Navy7.gn Wel e* Jonnecticut. *e, Secretary of the interior-JfmWse,la1 )f Iowa. # l Secretary of the :re"unry-Ij..ulli U801du louglh, of llinois. r .aI Attorney General-James Spee4 o#eZa# uoky. IPr esirt of the -enaSe--Lah&et*8 4 Poster, of Conncticut., Speaker of t4e House-Schuyler, Colfa3, D .Indiana. suranuf Cora?. Salmon C. (hn#. Ohio. chiefMust 1. James 1% Wayne. aeorgl. 2. Samuel kelson, New York 8. Robert C Grier, Penoy1,tnij: 4.Nathan .Ord. Maina - 6. Noah I1 ' wayne, Q146.d G. Daniel Davis, I1noi. 7. Samuel Miller, Iowa.* 8. Samuel F. Field, California. LIErT'qAPT EfiaRALS, IWingfield Soott, Virginia. UlY-..tes S. Grant, df Ohio, Adjuinn,Ge"eral Lorenvo Thomias, Doti. Wa re. .* I Judge Advocate Genea?, Joseph H1lt, qurtermnsfer General, .1oulgoulry a Meigs, of Pennoylvauitr. Tba Daily . thpreps, PETERSBUR.G, VA.. H AS t-eredL Un its b1tee-h year, in an eft cilergod ton, with, Iew type under u8pices highly ftatteribi. It hast lare apd taly increasinr circuladbon.and ofletrst. mam. rhants a6d others depiinr to edmmunlea. with the .outhern pdblic. a rantages sues. rd by none. .ADVERTIINO ig. Two -eek ....-. * *." *m '' ''' - -* ; Irs-0 Ineto .......... *o........ A' Threemnontub".......... .......... Rix rmuth..e """".. V oo year........... ..... Tw> weeks6 T SCAR Ono monmi.h ... ''''.... ' *'s o.. 'rwo tmhad,,-''.----------....* , lroo Thwen, months... ""**....... 1 d :x momb,e.'-'-----------...,. o Omn y...----..... ..........o Pcn o li****er a SIngle Coy PaiN R ithu- month, d ihaco mothe. no (ix mnontha, dto line yojr,, d AddressA _ P__ eterqaI Tme White E s -'TJ~Nw YORs. A $)~ th1 CongltJa eA.eih Unin a it was. - Thely Day ps no r ite irualo,W4 a o arftEma,b . ewa from- StM at., and al pa of lie World Ihm 4 t@* gIiA threeo o es oneS 7eat - f we t ut