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v ;. , .v ???i?a?????* Wk, the People <rf U?? StAaot Swl^Ca rpliiia, forv Convention tieseikkn?d, f'-ateftf) to Alintghty'<7otl f.fr tlrte opp*?Mtmfty, dd liber itely and peaeenhly of entering into an explicit a/pl mlrfdl enitipacf wttb eAch oth of, (\b.1 fbrpiug e oew fCoinl iA'tiioo of civil government for ourectlvr* And p<Hterity, reongirtzlnft the 4?eees?Hy*>l th* protection of the poonla In nil I hut pertatna to'"thdfr frceilom, ?nf?iy and tranquility, ati-l implpr ^ ing the direction of the Great l^ghlitor 4! the iJidrerse, do agree upon, orduln nnd ntahlieli t tie following ' JJft-turtiliim of flight* anil forth of (Jnnrrn _ ! '?& <r? lAf (JoHftitnttmi of the ConvnouHy\tllh o'~ Sunth Carolina </\* v ARTlCLKi. rncoRATio^ or Riaura.' Section 1, All men ere born free and ritual-? endowed liv th?-ir Creator with eertiin ttialiena>l|* j?3bt& among which are ihe ri?b'? o''enjoying and defendi" g ?1lHr live| iui 1^'Mp^fof ?<>quirinir, poa ea?ing nnd'prMecriit 'property; and of reeking and obtaining th? i. rulely and Itappineee. SacTion 2 Sin eery rhnll never exist In this duly; ,?>v't li'-r rhall involuntary eervi-. tilde. except a? a punishment fur crime, whereof the patty ahull have beou dulr rii ? * n conviciuu. Srcrws.3, political power is rested , in and derfv >( f.oiii people only ; there * fore tb*y hove the itvli*, at all times, t> c modify tlt'-ir f/rnt of government in n'cli ' manner da they may deem expedi nt, when fl the public good demands. ^ Section 4. Evcrr citizen of this 8t*te owes paramount alb'elrttiee to the Constilji. c linn and Guvcrnruent of flic United Ktutes, nod no law or ordinance of this State in ^ eoniravontion or subversion thereof enn f have any binding force. Section 5. This Stole sh?ll ever remain a ( member or ihc American Uo'nn, and nil at- i tempts, from whatever source, or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve lite said j Union shall he resisted willt the whole \ power of llto Stntc. Sr.tTioN 6. Tlie right of the people, peace j nhly to assemble to consult for the common | good, ntid to petition the Go\ crnment, or , nnf department thereof, shall nc*?r be , ?b?H|e+. * . Srctiov 7. AH persons may freely speak, j write and publish their sentiuu nta on any f subject, being responsible for the ithttse of . that right; ami no lawn shall be enacted to retrain or alp-idge the liberty of rpt echor ? or the press. ^ "Suction 8. To prosecutions for the publication" of papers investigating t'.e official cpnduct of officers or tr.en in pttblic eupac ity, or'when the mutter published is proper for pnldin Information/ the truth thereof , may he given hi evidence; and in nil in- | dietinsnls for jTTiel, the jury sln.il be the ( judge! #f Ihl I?w t?nd tHo facta. I Siccnoft fl. No person shall he deprive 1 or i tiro right, to worship Oort seeprding to | the dictates ot his own conscience ; Pro j viilcd, That the jit'gytV of conscience hereby , dsthtfd shall not/ju-tlCy practices ineon | sislant with the pence and mural safety of < aoeiety. ftr<-tion 10. No form of religion shall he established by law ; lint it shall he the duly | of the General Aa-emblv to p:ia? auitnl.le i laws to nr.itect every itliuious denomin: . lion in I lie i^nccililo enjoy'ui-nl of its own I mode of wor?liip. SK^Ti'-w 11 The ri^Ut of trial by jury | shall remain inviolate. I Rrcriojr 12 No prtfon shall be dieqnsji- 1 fled no a wilne**, or lie prevented froht no ' rptirlnij. holding nnd transmitting properly, ' or l>* liiiulered in ariplirin t ed.Le-nl ion, or l>e liable lo noy other punishment for miv offence, or ho subjected in 1-iw lo any 1 oilier reatruint* or d'?i|?inlifieniintin in regnrd to nny personal rich's limn en?h a* ' are laid upoh others under lile ci renin- ' elnnoes. 1 Hkcti'm 13. No per/on shall ho h-Id to I answer for nay crimo ?r offense until the 1 same is fully, fiiily. plainly, a Its1 hui\h'I> ' and formally ihserilial lo him; or he com- 1 pelled to accuse or furnish ?tiil?n"? against. 1 iiimt'lf; and evoiy person 'shall hare a right to produec all proofs that may he ' favornldo to him, to ino-'t Ihe witness*# 1 against hini fare to (ace, to have a apeialy and public tiiul by an impmthil jit?v, ami 1 to h? fully hoaid in hi* defence hv him*elf or by hi* counsel, or hy both, ns lie may ] eleot, t i*ii?.nna 14. No peison sbnll ho arrested imprisoned, defied led or dispossessed of his proptfrly, hnmotiiiie* or pririllir'*, put out of the prntoolion of the law, exiled or de prived of hi* life, liherly, or estate, hilt tho judgment ot hi* poor* or thn law ?>f the land! And the General Assembly shall not enact any law that shall subject, n .y person to.punishijient without trial by jnrv; nor ehall he he punbthed hut. I>y virtue of a law already established, or proinu'irated piior. l<> Ilu: offence, ami legally Sf.ction J5. AU Courts shall l>e public, I and ftcry person, for any injury tit?i. It*- 1 inny receive In Ills land, goods, person or ' reputation, oli m 11 Iiiiva reniO'ly by tine | course of In wand jn tieo administered without unnecessary ifelsy. Hrcnow 26 AH persona shall. before enn- | viction, b* bailable l?v ujheietit sureths, except for cHpitol ofTene-a. wlien the pr'-of I* evident or the presumption great an.l ; excessive hail slutl) not, in any c s-. I e ru | quired, nor corporeal punishment ii fliotcd Skciiov 17. The privilege of the will of llalxa* Cor inn shall not he suspended, <xeept when, in ease of inaufccijoii, rebellion or invasion, the'public sufrty inuy reqoire it. Sw*no?t ]S. 'No person, after having been ? once acquitted by * jury, shall again, for | the sante offence, be put in jeopardy uf his j life or liberfy. . . " 1 wjtinn lit. All nfl< noes 1cm than felony, i aqd iu which the punishment d<>?a n<>t ex* card a fine of one hundred doilata, or im prisomnent for tbirly shall 1>? tried summarily bef-we a Justice of the J'eaee, or 1 other ofiicer authorized by law, on ii .forma* [ lion under oai|?, without indictment or in- ' terventipii of n Grand Jury, saving to the defendant the right of appeal; and no per- j son shall he held to aoawer for any bight r j crirqe or offence unless on presentment of a ' Grand Jilrv. exeent in sun ssitniit in il>? I land and naval service, or in tl>* militia | wlirn in actual eerviee in time of war or , public danger, Swrinx 20. K? person shall he imprison- | ?d for drill, except in enses of fraud ; nn?l h rraMonalde amount of proper!3-, n? o home | rtead, eluill l>e e;t t-mpl el ^ from ac zore or rale for ll?c payment of miyMebts or liabilities, except forth* pnytnent of such ob'ign ttona as are | ruzided for in this CofcUilu lion. * ,, M ? 8icm?x 2'. No Mil of all (finder, tr pout facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall rvrr l>e enacted ; and no conviction shall work corruption of 1 blond or forfeiture of ratals. S?:i*iox 22 All persona have a right <0 l>e secutc from n?.reasonable aearclics or seizures of their perrons, 11 onsen, papers or s possrsriona All wat rants shall ha sirpI or ted by oatli or nflirmaiion, and the or- I der of (he n arrant to a civil oftWrio make search or seizure In suspected places, or to 1 rr?si one or roorr r.i*pected persons, or to ! seize 1 heir property, aliall I e sccnmpan'ed v lib a special designation of the persona or < hjeett of search, arrest or seizure; arid n ? v 1 rant shall be bened but in c.cea and ?v. b il.c foimaliUca prescribed by ibe laws. : T B g 8 1 <3. I'rtratefproperty ball mot bq i Ken of pnblia use, or for tb? , so of aajpAratiaae, or for private #?; ri'hout the coiiMnt of the o*r?r or a just lompeneatlon heir.g ma<I? there'or: V*?o- j Ii4wf*?r that laws may ha made souring to persons or cor|>orai ions tha rl^hi >f war "\>r tin- UikIs oi'"i'!llior person* or lorporstiotiv and for works <>f internal im'? movement, iha ritfbl to ?.<tn>>lhih depots, tat Ions, turnouts, otr.; I>ut a just o*wi'?ii ?t>on. shall, in all cares, he first made to lite owner.' PiccTtojt 24. The power of sn?ppnd?ng fhe laws. or the eVerntion of the laws, slintl never up lint hy the tieneral As"inltly. or l*y authority derived tli?r?fr?[ii 0 In* cx>*roli<*<l In eticli pnrftgtilar eases ?uly is the General .Assembly shall expressly irovide I nr. , Suction 25. No person shall, to any ease, i? subject to martial law, or to any pains >r penalties by vtrtna of that Inw, except h?>so employed lit the armv or nary of the Jn11oil Seatee, anil except the militin in aeon! wrvtno, but hy authority of the Geoenl As-emhly. Nkctp*n 20 Tn the government of this 'ounnonwealth, the Legislative, Kx*>cutlve mil .Indicia) powers' of the Government hall he forever separate and distinct from arh other, and no person or paraona exerlieing the function# of one of said depar'- . nents shall assume or discharge the dulics if tiny other. Sccriog ^7. The General Assembly ought requeutly to assemble for the ,redr>? of ;rievanci*a, nu t for making new laws as the lonimon good tnty require. -> SKirriox 28. The people have a right to iiirp mi*! Ix-ar arms for tlia common de once. As in times of peace, nitnirs are langerons to liberty, tiiey ought not to be unitiliiined without. the consent of the Oct.* rnl Assembly. The military power ought dwaye to be hehi in on exact subordina ion to the civil authority and be governed iy ft. h"KCTtoN 29. In time of p-nce no soldier ditill be quartered in nuy limiw without, he consent of th? owner; nnd^ in time of war. etich quartets shall not he made but In 1 run oner prescribed by law. Sncri *n SO No person who conscientious y samples to bear arms shall he compelled o to do, but ho shnll pay an equivalent for icreonnl service. ftwrms 81. All elections shall he free intl open, and every inhabitant of this yotiimoii wealth poet easing the qualification* rovided for in this Constitui ion, eha'l hare in equal right to elect olHccis and be electfd to fill public ofllee. Suction 32. No property quslifioxtinn hull tic neoessarv for an el<c*ion to or the liol .log of any otliee, and no ofhae shall be tturo, in"- ii|'|nnmmem 10 wnu-ii fIihiI he Pur ? Inner time than good lithnrinr. After iIn* adoption of litis Constitution, miiv [tersou -a*hit shall fight n iluol, or send or Incept i? ehitlleiige f.n- that. purpose, or Imin tii.hr or hiihi't-r ill fighting n duel, shall lie dejinred of holding nny ollirn of iiounr >r trust in this sini.i, mi l kihiII lie otherwise punished o? the law ahull prescribe. Skition 33. The right of sidling.- shell lie prol.ctrtl hy la.v* regulating elections, li.it prohibiting, und.-r adequate-penalties, ill undue influences f.oin power, bribery, lunui't ?r Improper conduct. Sr.tion SI. I'epres.-nlnt h>n shn'l he ap[??ti lioiic-I necotdiug to population, and no poison in this Mile shut] he dii-frnuehi'e.l hi deprived of nny of the right* or privileges now enjoyed CXN-pt hv the law of lllC laud or tho j nlg-iienl of li s p-eis, StcnoN 3j. Temporary nbsenee from (Instate sli til nol f.irlcil a r.si lence onc-i ohluioed SfiC'fi'X 3'V A I' p'Opeft y so' j ri tr? tax*io i eiii.il lie t'lX.d in pr-p.?li><n to its rain*. Kneh individual of society ha* n right to l.e pro'reled ill the enjoyment of ite, l.h-ily and property neeor ling to Handing laws lie shou'd. th.-reforc, conrilmie his shale to the ex) ei.tc of hit proeeft.iii and give his personal s^rvice#whcn ii-iyfwry. PkiTiox 37 T^o sii'.sMv. char -o. bnt-nsf lax or .lilti.-s shall he esta'd so. <1 lived, laid i?r levied, under nny pretext whatsoever. Million*, the e .n.Cnt of the peoi-lo or their r-iiium 1-3 1 iwmiiy nssi mm. a. PWTfnN 5!8. Pxciwirf filli-l not be imposed. nv erind and unii?un1 piinMiinent inflic)?* !. in-r nl.all wilneHti be unreasonably <'c'air.ed. Si itMN o9 No title of nobility or hereditary emolument ahnll or or he granted in llii>* Si?io, ] >Wtinoiion on nceonnt of nr enlor. in nny ease wlinlfvcr, nlmH he I r hibi'od. nn?t nil ela-aia of rilizi>nt shall ( i j i y ' ()' 11 v nil coiiiinon, )>ul>lic, lognl anil nolllicn) prlvile.jea. Sutwm Irt. Ml n*viji?lilf water* ah-ill remain forever public. highhii vs. froo to ihe i-l.i/.-im *f lliA Slate niul Ih?> UnVel Stater, j v i lu ll) tax, iinpiitt or loll ii.>| <1 ; nu.l ro in*, toll. impiHt or wharfage ahnll he imposed, demand <1 or ocilrnij from the owner of nny ntarehandioe or ennimodity, for tin* use of 'lis *hm cs or nny wharferected an Ihe flmrrH or in or ovr Ilia waiera of any navjjrn) le t'Mim, iiiiten the mine ba mllioi'ljHril by the General Aitcnilily, Sritiox 41. Tin* numeration of rghta in thin Constitution shall not be ennMrned to impair or deny other* retained bv tbe people, and nil pnwein not herein delegated remain will* the people. ARTICLE II. trr.lSLATIV* IIKI'AUTMKMT. Sue. 1, The Legislative p.wer of this State shall bo rented in two distinel Linnohe* ; the one lo be *tyle<l tho M Senate," and the other the " limine of lteprelentntlvea," and hoth together the " General A?aemtilv of the gtntt of South Carolina." HiU'. 2. Tim Tlnuse of Repr-tentative* iilinll lie compo?ed of members cltossn by j ballot every second year, by 1he citizens of I'm* State, qualified as in this Constituti tn l< provided. Sue 8. The Judicial Districts shall hereafter l?e designated n? C>nMie?, end Ihe boundaries of the several counties shall remain an they are now established, exeept ' the Cnur.'y of Ptckone, which I* hereby j divided into two counties, by n line leav- I lug the southern boundary of the Slate of | North Carolina, where the While Water River entere thU Slate, and thence down the centre of aald rlvr, by whatever name known, to Kavenel'e ftrldge, on Seneca River, and thene<- a'ong the emtio of the r iad leading to Pendleton Viila^e, nntll It iiitrriMiU the line of the Connty of Anderson ; ar.jl the territory lying East of aald Imo ahull be known a* the C ?nnly of PivW- j ens; and the territory lying Writ of a*id lioe a'latl l>e known as the G->u at y of Oco- j nee ; /Vo?wfc?t that the Lrgielnlcrre thall have tha piwer at any tirna to organize new Counties by changing the hound ariea of any of the old ones ; but no new County ball be hereafter formed, of lets extent than six hundred and twenty five square miles, nor shall any doing Counties be reduerd to a less extm'. than six hundred and 9 0 TH S Bfli twenty-tie* eqneru miles,- ]?<qli County I hall oouatitule unt> election riiMiiob * P?c. 4. The Uooee at RryrtwUllfrm * hall tumUt of one hundred ?nd twentyfour m*nit>ere* to Im a|)}?>rtiuned among ( tlie acveral eouutfea. according to the tiuni- 1 ber of ?nheh*4?!0U eor.la>hc?t in each. An 1 mum.-ration ?f the inhabitants (of thie 1 Ftiatl tin mad* In IPCfc- itnd again in 187.1, nniielijf|l be made In the course of eeerv tenth 5"^** tl?e*eA(l#r, Itfttirh manner ' aa alial) be (it law dftcctrd ; Ailrepresent" - WW i'wii innnimwa p-opor- ( ti -n, by Ait of the General A*?nWy at , I ho session immediately succeeding avery | enumeration ; Prmvidtd, That ontll tlia apportionment which shall tie mailt upon < the ti' Xt ennmcratloh shall UllM effect, the I representation of the several counties, *? ' herein sta'ed, shall ha as follows: Able- < ville, ft ; Anderson, 3 ; Barnwell, A; Beau- I fort, 7; Charleston, 18 j Cheater, 8; Olar. tmhin, 3 ; Colleton, fi ; Chesterfield 2 ; Dar lio ({ton, W; Rdg> Held, 7; Fairfield, 3; I Georgetown, 8; Greenville. 4; llorry. 2; 1 Kershaw, 2; Lvnensler, 2; Laurens, 4; Lexingt .ii, 2; M irlon, 4; Marlboro, J; Newbury, 8; 0<??nec, 2; Orangeburg, 6; Pickens, I ; Uichland, 4; Spartanburg, 4 ; Sum It f, 4 5 Union, t; Williamsburg, 8. , York, 4, < Sro. A. If the enumeration herein direct* { ed eli.**11 not he mule in the course of the | year appointed for the purpose, It shall be i the duty of the Governor to have it effect* 1 ed as soon thereafter ns shall he practicable. 8tr. A. In assigning representatives to the several counties, the General Assembly shall allow one representative to every one hundred and twenty fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants in the S'ale; /'rovidfd. That If in the apportionment of representatives any county shall appear not to he entitled, front its population, to a representative, such county shall, nevcrtheln*s, send one repicsentatire ; and if there he still a deficiency of the number of representatives r?quired by Section 4, of this Article, such deficiency shall l?e supplied by assigning representatives to those eout* ties having the largest surplus tractions. Sr.c 7. No apportionment of represents# lives shall be construed to. take eff- ct, in any manner, until the general election, which shall succeed sueh nppoi lioiinisnU St:c t>. The Senate shall be composed of one member fiotu each county, to be elected, for the term of four years by the qualified voters of the S'.ats, in the same manner 111 which members of the Mouse of Itspra- ' *e t fives re chosen; except the eytmty of Charleston, which ebtll bo Allowed two Senators. Skc. V. Upon the nwrling of the first ( eneral Assembly, which shall be cl.oteo under t'he |iroihinDi of this Cmetitutiun, the Senators nit a 11 be divhl-tl, by lot, Into two cl.ia'cs, n- nearly fiju.il as may be ; the seals of the Senators ol the rt. a' cl.i<* to he vacated i?t the expiration ot two years ( after the Moinl ?y following the general 'eCllon, and of lliose of the sro and class at lh?* exp ration of four years; so that, ex- ( cepl as above provided, one halt of the ] Senators may-be eboscrt avory aeaond jear. Sko. 10. N<? p. rwn* shall he eligible to a seat In the Senate or House or It- p tssentalivfa, who ut the t'tne of hit e'ec'ior, ft not citixen of the United Stnt -t; nor sn) one who Iihv not been for one year i bxt preeedin&r hi* election a resident of this State, tnd for three months next preceding his election a rc?i??ent of ike county whence he may lie cltoaen, nor Buy one srlin ha* been comictad of un infamous crime. Sauaturs shall be at K-a*t twenty fire, and Representatives at least twenty one years o K"Sbctiox 11. The first election for Sons tora and Representative* under the provision* of thla Const it ut Inn shall I.# held ?m? the 14th, 16th and Idih data of April, of the present vear: and tlia aeeond election -Ii ill he liclil on the thinl Wednesday in October, l87o, cud f-rever thereafter on the Mint ilny in every second ) ear in s'teh manner and at a-ieli planet aa the Legislature may herenfu-r provide. 8rcnm IS. Tha first aesston of the fleer* ml A.-seinhly alter the ratification of tlaia Constitution, shall l?e convened on the second Tueeduy in May of the present year, in tli" city of Oolum'da, (which ahwll remain the neat of Government until otherwise de teriiiliicd hy the eoticurrenee of two-third* of both branches of the whole representation,) and thereafter on the fourth Tuesday in November annually. Should the carnalties of war or contagious disease* render it i unsafe to meet at the seat of government, then the Governor may, hy prueUioalioD. j appoint a more secure aud convenient (dace of meeting. Suctin*' 13. The terms of ?dice of the S-nators and Representative* clio?en at a , general election, shall begiu on the Mouday following snch election. Rtrfn.il 1 A C..I. II - .1.-11 1..J -? . .-r> ? 1. .w?? * rllHJI JUIIgf VI tlie election return* and que USrations <x its own member* ; and a maJ?wilj of eaeh Hmi-o ?liall constitute a quorum U? do \uiainoes; but a arnnllor number may adjmrn from day to day, and may compel the at' tendance of a) sent m*nit??r?. la auoit manner and under snah penalties aa may be provided by lew. Hcrriov IS. Eaeh House ehall cliooee He own oflRe*ra, determine its rul?a uf proceedinjr, pnnieh it* memhora for disorderly be bavlor and, with (lie eoneurrenoa of two. thirds, expel a mrmb-r, but net a aceond time for the same cause. Sa noi IS. Faeh Ilouae may punbdi hy Imprlrouinent, during its sluing, any p-raon not A member, who ahall be guilty of di?reepeot to the lluuae by any dieord-rly or I e>ntemptu<ma behavior In its preaenoe; or wlio, during the time of lie aitting, ahall t'iroaten harm to lajdy or eHate. af any member for anything said or done in either i: . , ? ; il.iu ' ? * X > I8T8I? lierefur, or who shall awMiit or arMil any cit pernor other peraon Ard rel io?attend lie 11 ..line, in his going (hereto or return ng I herefrom, or who shall mtnx any par Km arretted by order of the How* j Pro t'tiled. That such term of :mprlsonmenl shall '? If any ease extend beyond the term ot bo aeaatott of the General Assembly, Sao, 17. The mom hers of both Houses shall k> protected in their persons and estates during their attendance on, going to, end returning from the general Assembly, en J ten days prsvious to the sitting, ami ton days after the sojournment thereof. Hut these privileges shall net be extended an u to protect any member Who shall be charged with treason, felony, or breach of the peace. Sac. 18. Hills fbr raising a revenne shall srtgfnate In the Ifonso of Representatives. hut may be altered, amended or rojootod by the Senate ; and all other bill* may originate in iltlier House, and may be amended, altered or rejected by the other. Sac. ID. The *tyle of ail law* shall be, " Be It en^eted by by the Pennte and House of Rcpreeehtativee of the 81 at* of South Carolina, now met and sitting In Uencral Aaaombly, aod by the aathority of lue uuo." See. M. Erery net or reaolutioa baring tha force ot law ehall relate to hut ono autjcct, end that ahall l>o expressed in the title. Sac. 21. No bill ahall have the force of law util it ahall bava been read three time*, and on llireo several day*, iu each llonae, has had the Ureal Seal of Stalo affixed to U, and kaa been signed in the Senate Houao, by the Pro blent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sac. 22. No money ahall l*e drawn from tha treasury but iu pursuance of an appropriation mado by law; and a regular tateuicnt and ucBoont of Ibc rocoipla and expenditnrea of all |>ublio monaya shall bo published annually, in inoh manner as may be by law directed. Sac. i.t. Koch member of the first General Assembly under this Constitntioa shall receive tlx dollars per diem while in session, and tb* rurllier sum of twenty rents for every mile of llto ordinary routo of travel in going to and returning from lb* place whore such cession is bold ; after which they shall receive sucli compensation as shall be Axed by law, but no li mural Assembly shall bare the power to increase the compensation of ita own member*. And when convened in extra *?asion they ahall receive the snnio mileage and per diem coin|H-iMatlou a* are fixed l>y law for the regular roe* ion, and none other. Sac. 2-1. In all election* by the lienor*I Assembly, or cither Houao thereof, the member* shall vote " rim rorr," and their votoa, thue given, ahall be entered npoo tbo journal of lb* House to which they respectively belong. Ss.r. 25. Neither House, during the session rf the General Assembly, ahall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more titan three dnys, nor to any other place than that iu which the Assembly ehall be at the time sitting. Sec. '2C. Kach Ilonse ahall keep n Jonrna; of its own iiriwMitinifi- ??ot ? ?! - ? be published immediately after Ite adjouruMtnl, ?>ci-plln( >urb part* ft* in It* jwi;m?nt in ny require secrecy ; ml tbe yeas and nays ,.r the member* or either IIoiik, on any que* lion, (hall, at the dcrirc of any tiro member* prcicnt, be entered on the journal*. Any tne.nber of either House shall hare liberty to dissent front, and protest aga nst, any art or resolution srltieh He may tbiuk injurious to the public or to an individual, and bava the rensons of his dissent entered on the journals, Sr.r. 27. The doors of each House shall be open, except on sorb occasions as in the opinion of tha 11 on so may require secrecy. Bar. ICo ]>crson shall be eligible to a seat in thu (icueral Assembly whilst ho holda any i.fflct of profit or trust under this State, the I'liitod Htates of Amcrire, or any of them, or nnder any other power, except officer* in the militia, magistrate*, or justices of Inferior Courts, while sach justices receive n<r salary. And If any member ahall accept or exercise any of the said disqualifying office*, he shall vacate bis seat. /Virifnf, That this pndttfillion shall net extend to the members of tbe fltst (leneral Assembly. Bsc. JV. If any election district shell neglect to choose a member or members on tbe day of election, or if any person chosen a member of either Ilonaa shall refuse to qualify and take bis seat, or siiall resign, die, depart ... . ..... nrrcp nnj u ii<<|uai it y ing OJBCC, or become otberwiae duqulitsH to hold hi? ?r*t, a writ of ?lotti?n ikill bo iaiued by the Pr?*hrttn' of tb* Senate, or Speaker of tho Hour* of UrpreirDlttiru, a* the cue oijr bo. Cor the pwrpose of tlliig the rteenej thereby oecaaioaed, for the remainder of Ui* term for which the pertea eo refuting to qualify, re igning, dylag, departing the State, or becoming dUqualiflod, WM elected to eerre, or th# defaulting election dirtrlet ought to have cho> ten a member or member*. 8kc. 10. Member* of tho General AwcbiMj, and all officer* before they enter upon the execution of the datlea of their reapeetire office* and all member* of the bar, before they enter upon the practleo of tber profe?*ion, ahal) take and *nb*oribe the following o?th : * I do (olemnty rwear (or affirm a* tb* caac may be) tkut I am dnly qualified aeoordiag to th* CoMtitution or tbe United State* and of thia .????. ? -a-.--;? .a- ? ?-- ? ? - - _ .... .? ?uw uuiicf in mo nmco 10 which I hare been elected, (or appointad,) and that I will faithfully discharge to tho beat ol my abilities tha dutle- thereof? that I vaeogniaa the supremacy of tha Constitution and law* of tho Bnlta) State* oror tho Oattetilulion and law* of any State; and that I will support, protect aad defewd tho Constitution of the United ritates and tho Conatitatlon < South Carolina, tt ratMcd by tha pnoplo oa the?? day of??, IMA. So natti ? tloo." And tha Preaident of thia Cob rent Ion la ittlUriutl to All tho blank* in thia arc lion wltonerer ho ahall rcooira aatiafactory information of the day on which thia Constitution shall ha ratified. Sue. .11. Ofiwri shall b? removed fur incapacity, misconduct or neglect of duty, in atsah wanner as may ha provided by law, whew no mode of trial or natural la provided In tbla Constitutor. Sno. .12. Tha Iionaa of Aapreaa?taMr?a ahall bare tho tola power of impeaching; hut a usai purity of all tha members elected must eoncur In an impnaohtuent. AU hsspcwebmaote ehatl he tried by the Sonata; and wben sitting fbl I that parpoee tha Senators shall ho upoo autb, ' ? I s t . ** t ,J' :? aud evidence. Ko pertuu ahull be convicted without the ooncurrvuce of two-tlnrda of tho Saaton preacut. Sac. 33. Tho (InVfrnor, l.UuUnant-dovernor, and all other civil ofllcora, ahull bo HabU to Impcaahtneat lot high crime* and misdamonitor*, for an/ miabebavlor In oflce, for corruption In procuring offlca, or for ugr act which ahull degrade their official ehayact.r. Bat judgment in aucfi easel stall not extend further than to removal from office and diaqnalHtcatioh to hold any oSeo of honor, trust or profit tinder this Slats. The party eonrlt'h ed ahull nevertheless, bs liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment according to taw. ^ Sac. 34. Thero shall be exempt from execution or other Anal process of any ooort, issued for the collecting of any debt, a homestead.in the country consisting of 100 acres, and tho dwelling and the appurtenances thereon, to be ecloeted by the owner thereof. And in a city, town or village, in 1km thereof, a lot with the dwelling and appurtenances thoroon: /7oo>ilt'l, that inch homestead, either in a city, town, village or eoqotry, shall not exceed la vahto $2,000. There shall also be exempt from eueb oxocqt ion or other Dual process of any court issued fur the collection of any debt, the necessary articles of furniture, appaicl, subsistence and implements ol husbandry, trade, or other employment to the valuo of JW. But bo property shall be exempt from sales for talcs, or for pnymon*. of obligations contracted fnr the purchase of said homestead, or for tho erection of improvements thereon. It shall be the duly of the first Legislature, that shall iksscmhlc aft or the ratification of Ibis Constitution, at its first session, to pass such Isws as may be necessary to carry this provision .into effect. Bkc. 36. All taxes upon property, real or persona), shall be laid upon tbe actual valua ?f tho property taxed, as the same shall bo ascertained by an aearssmont made for the purpose of layiug sucb taa, DURHAM SMOKING TOBACCO. HAVING received the agency of the I . above justly celebrated lirantl ol TOIJAdCO, We will make It. 16 your intereel to hoy from us. For sale hy wholesale or retail. I)AV1I> A STHAl'l-KY. Oct SO *8 tf ft o! Ice. APPLICATION wfll ho marie f?ir Chnrtorr for I wo Orphans Hume, in Omnrillt ' Dial riot, ono for whit* and tba other fur colored children. T. II. EDWARDS. Deo. 20th, 1007. Jan V ,*Pr' ' ' 52 " > .ttn Dissolution. Tub riRM of bauksdalk. perry & Co.. ia Hi?*olvnl. Prrtir* to whom the rame la indebted, will present their CM"* at the Factory, or to m? at Green villa,S C W.M.THOMAS. January 7, 1867. Jan 24 M Washing Machines. rllAVF. on h?m| and for aale. the SOUTH CAROLINA WAS1IINO MACHINE," wliieh will beaold cheap for caah. T. W.DAY IS. iJ'incumba iHrert Jan 22 33 tf SIIORT CREDITS" MAKE a LONG FRIENDS. WE would mort reapeetfully rail the attention ul our loanv frienda and cuatamera to their lonjt ainndin^ aceoiinte. a d b.|il?'iii to call and aettla the same. Ai?>, Hal from the data of tliia nntiur, we intend wllinK our irooda STRICTLY FOR CASH. P#rti ?, therefore, aeud.ng Ordeia, will pleaae accompany with the Money. Walter & Westmoreland, Greenville, S. C., January 20th, 1868. Jaa 22 84 tf LAW OAHD. GOODhETT & THOMAS, Attorneys at L&if* AID SOLICITORS IN IQfflTY, HAVK tliia day foimed a Copartner Mj? in th? practice of LAW auA EWUH Y wn the Wt??rn Circuit in I he old Court Hoiimi Building. a. i>. wm. Taovu, Dec 2D SO If w. k. MtiiiT. a. a. wiut EA8LEY A WELLS, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law AND IN EQUITY, URKKNVILI.E, 8. 0., PR 4CTICK in the Conrta of the State and of the United 8utc?, and giro etpecial attention to caaoa in Bankruptcy. Jim ? I If Law Notice?Ckange of Ofiee, Gf. TOWNf.8 ha* renored hi* Law , OIm to the beUding north-eaM corner of IK* l'nbli* Is )oars, tn part artipM hjr Juliua C. Hwlth, AaalWwccr, anil the Enterpriaa Printing Office, up ataira. Jan S M * If WM. P. PRICE, ATTOItNEY AT LAW, DAHLONEQA, QA., XWTTt f M.oi.. :? it.. .i ? ? ..... ? ui J.tunpTT Ma D.?*r?on, Ullmet, Faonin, Uni?,n, T???, While and Ilall. Jan 10 OS if T. 8. ARTHUR, ATTORNEY AT LrWV. WILL practice la. the DlilrWu ruaapuelag the Wc?lera Ctre?U. Al?? in the UNITED STATES COUNTS. IF" office orer tv? Poal Office. Pm 4 H ... T. W. DAVIS, WATCH MAKER, C? WOULD ReepeliYully InfW^Dform the people of Green till# .mtKltKOWKQMF From Ma 014> STAND in the Good* ! iatt HwiM, to a meow CONVgSIKNT one, throe doare North of vh? Man. , alon Bene#, neat doer t4 Pickled Poor on Main Street. where lie ta prepared to de all work in Me line of tmeineee, at ekort notice, In a workman like Manner, and d? I reaenna'tle term*. / * * s %? h ? ' r-' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn* Ju ** .' " 1 ! ? ." TIIK GREENVILLE DRUG-STORE. Ht*t Door to tho K?niion HoiK- Igli . ot tho fioldon Mortar. (- .? WALTER & WESTMBBEIAIB KEEP constantly )iandv and are ^BEfSr daily rocdivinar. New and <Frcsh Scrruw nsfistiSi, CIIKM1CALS, And, in short, any and everything pertaining to a well regulated ana First Class DRUG STORE. ^Ij^Icions sod ?ah>ilie# Mny rely upon the PURITY of everything bought, and depend on the ACCURACY cf everything put up, in our Establish in ent. jggT' Prescriptions.and Family Recipes attended to pkssomally, with the strictest caro and aitea*. ti >n. t3gT"Itcmtrnbtr the place?Meed door to the Mansion house. tfFl Walter & Westmoreland. GREGORY'S Dyspeptic Mixture. I'M IB follow ing i. but on* of the hundred# of Certificates revived in favor of tbi* ju*tljr celebrated Medicine: To Dr. John Gray, Ckarlott*, If. C.: * M?: Being in Oreenville, s. O., lately, and in a nfnie of great debility and prnttriliui, v? tlie iff--ct of pArnlyM* ocnurring in Novanalii-r, 18rt I, nnd *ufwing much inconvenience .froin torpor of ih? bcwela, my attention w nn dbeeied by Dr. J. M. WnrMniiuyn, to kkkuouyv) j?Ysi'i:rrio mixturr? From inj advanced nge, m well aa lb* nnlure of the Hinwr, 1 waa nearly hopeleea of relief, Imt I am happy to be able to any thai Lite n*e of the medicine nbova mention. d afforded relief, restoring the nlwaet tu*pended function* to n haa'thy antion, wit limit griping, purging, or any other perceptible bod effect, "1 ue* lha medicine now nnly when aome aperient a?rm* lo be ncede-l, and Ik hna not foiled, to far, in a tingle intlanaa, to have the dceircd eff. ct. If MAN1.V R. " TVWmm, Ala., A. D., 18S7.* Waller 4t W?iluiorelaa4, Agent* for Grecuvillo Oct XO 23 i it NEW THEORY OP HEALTH The Life of all Flsth Is Blood. The Health of all Life is Purity of Flesh. v Without Purity of Bloody no Flosla free from Diseate. HEINITSH'H CNIl&ri BKiKBOTr AN ANTIDOTE TO DISEASE u>: TflP GREAT AMERICAN ALTERATIVP. and nU)OD rUltlPIER, la themoat perfect vegetable compound of alltiw at Kg* and tonica. making it the moat effae* live, invigorating, rejuvenating and blopdcleanetng cordial known to the world for the cure of all tlioee dleeaeee wkleh may h*traced to a vitiated condition of the blood. The theory la that blood ia the life of *fl fte-h, and, if impure, the life of all di**a*e. Life and health la only to be melntelned br the eireulation of pnre arterial blood, ft ia td>vi?na. therefore, to every reflecting mind, that unle*a the blood ia pure, in tupplying the waate ti'Mtea with material, it mnat be the eauae of innumerable Ilia and ronatiinttonal diaordera, auch aa Scrotal*, *' Khewmatiem, Hepatic Diaordera, Inflammation*. Pcvere, Liver Coenplelnt, Conaumption, King'* Evil, Carbnnelee, Boil a. Itching llnmur of the Skin, Eryaipelaa, Skin Dieeaaee, Tetter, Ronglmeaa of the Skin, Pimple#, Itlotchee, Paine in the bone*, eld Ulcer*. Rvphili* end Syetiilltle Sore*, lodigeelion, Inflammation of th* Bladder and Kidneya, Phin* in the Baak, flenara) Debility, and for all eompialou nriehag freae daflaWta | cy ?u<1 poverty ?f MHl COPYRIGHT SECURED. fyT*rf?orr?l only by E. B. H&X1TVH Ptmrwacivt. For mIo l>y FISHER & HEIXITSII, DrufgiUj ColuntLU, 8. 0. tW For Mlo \>7 UBUfcl C. UEIHITStf, r SPARTANBURO. 8. *0, J*" 1 ' In. M MARBLE WORK,! BAKBliE WORK ? I K rpilK ?ul*cri)jcr Iti* on hand, and will L goniinne to rneaiv?, a good UMrtmMt of TOMB STONfc*. of ?U *lz?a and quail, lie*. Tho?? In aa*<t af any Uilaff In Mni {jK, will d<> wall to anil at tf>? bvfort |Mir?lmcdog eW? where. OrcenTltU C. H-, War ft, I &'/. , U*U -.?, ,j 'JIS* jl* "V "" . Hotioo. ' J ft I.L iu.lot.led to m?, am nfnftd', J,\. u? ?MM forwand a?4 " *>< payfcaaU immediately. I^.ngti irMtalgaaoa cannot U