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Ttowm* ni?ht thm wtu i 'H«h made the door which , cuit Be contentea wito tn<nr own tea* I & htS - , No i,L WM of some- ! bodr ^ulte different CanT you guess •‘‘I am suflboatinK. Oh. fora Vene tian balcony!” sa£f he. little woman." I mae and obered. "Come hers. He threw a The Darlington News. SUPPLEMENT. PABLINC1TON, 8. C., Dec. 26, 1895. 1 THE NEW CONSTITUTION the law tiik pkoplk mist NOW LIVK I’NDKU. i SOCU^NT WELL WORTH EEEPINS, f ke Full Text of South Carolina's Now Organic Law as Adopted. Fullowing is the full text of the New Coimtitntiou, as tinally adopted by the recent South Carolina Con- •Ututional Convention We, the people of the State of Sooth Caiolina, in Convention aseem oled, grateful to Clod for onr liberties, fo ordain and eetablieh this Constitn iioa for the preservation and perpetu- Uion of the same. ARTICLE I. DECLARATION OP RIGHTS. Section 1. All political power is rested in and derived from the people only, therefore they have the right at >11 times to modify their form of gov- mneot. Sec. 2. Representation in the house of representatives shall be apportioned •ceording to population. Sec. 3. The general assembly ought frequently to assemble for the redress of grievances and for making new laws ■ the common good may require. Sec. 4. The general assembly shall wake no law respecting an establish- nent of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to utemble and to petition the govern ment or any department thereof for a redress of grievances. Sec. 5. The privileges and immuni- hes of citizens of this State and of the United States under this Constitution thall not be abridged, ncr shall any person be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of 'law, ttor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. See 6 All property subject to tax ■non shall be taxed in proportion to ih value. Sec. 7. No tax, subsidy, charge, toep<»t tax or duties shall be establish ed, fixed, laid or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the con- mat of the people or their representa- nres lawfully assembled. ec. 8. No bill of attainder, ex poet facto law, law impairing the obli- 5»non of contracts, nor law granting •ay title of nobility or hereditary emo- oment, shall be passed, and no cou- nction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. See 9- The right of suffrage, as re- gulated m this Constitution, shall he protected by law regulating elections prohibiting, under adequate pen es, all undue influences from pow- dwt ^ ‘““alt of improper con- Sec. 10. All elections shall be free Wd open, and every inhabitant of this State possessing the qualifications pro wled for in thia Constitution shall .ns*!* 11 f qUal ri 8 ht to elect officers •Mbeelected to fill public office. • 11 - No property qualification, Mless prescribed in this Constitution, wall be necessary for an election to or the holding of any office. No person in °f mppointed to office 9 f° r life or during good be- h . at ,he ^m. of all officers , e ’er some specified period, ex p notaries public and officers in the Cnn adoption of this uouetitation any person who shall tight , "f ° r Ben<1 or accept k challenge th.it a M’ nr P°**i or It® an aider or nri t r '“^hting a dnel, shall !>e de- Pnred of holding any office of honor ftrust m thia State, and shall be oth punished as the law shall pre- th, S «i' . 12 ‘. Tem Porary absence from on 1 ^®Te shall not forfeit a residence once obtained. Sec. 13. The power of suspending sh.ii**". ° r tlle * xeout ion of the laws 9 ?®V lie exercised by the general i;. , ' - v or its authority in par- ^ j^‘ r ca8e8 expressly provided for Stit. ’sk*' ? D tlle government of this mdi i * ^P^tive, executive and ial powers of the government shall <w , or “’® r aeparate and distinct from . r > »ud so person or persons j the functions of one of said or; Wcnta shall assume or discharge “^duties of any other. lull' 1 -kii courts shall be public, t' '*!? Person shall have speedy u ' ^ tncrein for wrongs sustained. ^de right of the people to Den 'i* t * ae ' r potions, houses, pa- an.i effejt, against unreasonable I,., M * D d aeizures thall not be vio- f ou n ’ * n , no warrants shall issue but iajv I ,ri,, ’ a,) Ie cause, supported by di-J, r " ,l ' r °iotion, and particularly Hit. r,' lai * place to lie searched and Pcriou or thing to be seized. »»«* t N ° I, ‘ 3r ’ ,uti kha11 ^ hold to iefcn r » r an - v otittie where the pun- e *oeeds a fine of 8100 or im- ment for 30 days, with or with- oat hard labor, nnloas on a present- i meat or indictment of a grand^ury of the county where the enme sh. 1 have £en e tted, except in cases arisfng m the hind or naval force.; or in the militia when in actual service in time person°h danger; nor shall Z > person be subject for the same offence ISeirtt .“, iC °I ,ard y of hfeor ' ty, nor shall be compelled in anv him “f? C D ,e 10 be a wunt * ( against ' f’ Private P^perty shall not be taken for private use without the oou- sent of the owner, nor for public use made therefor. 0mpell8 * t ' 0n b<>iDg flrs ‘ ti !dec ' 18 ' In a11 crimiual prosecu tions the accused shall enjoy the right to a apeedy and public trial by an im partial jury, and to be fully ,'nformed at the nature and cause of the accusa tion; to he confronted with the wit nesses against him. to have compulso ry process for obtaining witnesses in his fnvor, and to be fully beard in his defense by himself or by his counsel or by both. Sec. 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines im posed, nor cruel and unusual punish ments inflicted, nor shall witnesses be unreasonably detained. Corporal pun ishment shall not be inflicted. The power to punish for contempt shall not in any case extend to imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Sec. 20. All persons shall, liefore conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the pre sumption great. Sec. 21. In all indictments or pro secutions for libel, the truth of the al leged libel may be given in evidence, and the jury shall be the judges of the law and the facta. Sec. 22. Treason against the State shall consist alone i j levying war or in giving aid and comfort to enemies against the State. No person shall be held guilty of treason, except upon testimony of at least two witnesses to the same overt act or apon confession in open court. Sec. 23. The privileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspend ed unless when, in case of insurrection, rebellion or invasion, the public safe ty may require it. Sec. 24. No person shall be im prisoned for debt except in cases of fraud. Sec. 25. The right of trial by jury shall be preserved inviolate. Sec. 26. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be in fringed. As in times of peace armies are dangerous to liberty, they shall not be maintained without the consent of the general assembly. The military power of the State shall always be held in subordination to the civil authority and be governed by it. No soldier shall in time of peace bo quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war’ but in the manner to be prescribed by low. Sec. 27. No person shall in any case be subject to martial law or to any pains or penalties by virtue of that law, except those employed in the army and navy of the United States, and except the militia in actual service, but by the authority of the general as sembly. Sec. 28. All navigable waters shall forever remain public highways, free to the citizens of the States and the United States without tax, impost or toll imposed; and no tax, toll, impost or wharfage shall be imposed, demand ed or received from the owners of any merchandise or commodity for the use of the shores or auy wharf erected on the shores or in or over the waters of any navigable stream unless the same be authorized by the general assembly. Sec. 29. The provisions of the Con stitution shall be taken, deemed and construed to be mandatory and prohib itory, and not merely directory, ex cept where expressly made directory or permissory by its own terms. ARTICLE IL RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. Section 1. All elections by the peo ple shall be by ballot and elections shall never lie held or the ballots coanted in secret. Sec. 2. Every qualified elector shall be eligible to any office to be vot ed for, unless disqualified by age as prescribed in this Constitution. But no person shall hold two offices of hon or or profit at the same time, except that any person holding another office may at the same time be an officer in the militia and a notary public. Sec. 3. Every male citizen of this State and of the United States 21 years of age and upwards, not laboring un der the disabilities named in this Con stitution and possessing the qualifica tions required by it, shall be an elec tor. Sec. 4. The qualifications for suf frage shall be as follows: (a) Residence in the State for two years, in the county one year, in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four months, and the payment six months before any elec tion of any poll tax then due and pay able; provided, however, that minis ters in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months resi lience in the State, if otherwise quali fied. (K) Registration, which shall provide for the enrollment of every elector once in ten years and also an enroll ment during each and every year of every elector not previously registered under the provisions of this article. (c) Up to January 1, 1898, all male persons of voting age applying for registration who can rend any section I in this Constitution submitted to them by the registration officer, or nnder- I stand and explain it when read to them j by the registration officer shall he en- titled to register and become electors. A separate record of all persons regis tered brfore January 1, 1898, sworn t» by the registration officer shall be filed, one copy with the clerk of court and one in the office of the ■ secretary of state, on or before February 1, 1898, and such persons shall remain daring life qualified electors unless disquali fied by the other provisions of this, article. The certificate of the clerk of | court or secretary of state shall be j sufficient evidence to establish the! right of said citizens to any subse-1 queut registration and the franchise under the limitatious herein imposed. (b) Auy jierson who shall apply for registration after January 1st, 1898, if ! otherwise qualified, shall be registered ; provided, that he can both read and write any section of this Constitution submitted to him by the registiation officer, or can show that be owns and has paid all taxes collectible during the previous year on property in thia State assessed at $300 or more. (e) Managers of elections shall re quire of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, proof of the payment of all taxes, inclnding poll tax, assessed! against him and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authoiized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the pay ment thereof. (f) The general assembly shall pro- ! vide for issuing to each duly registered elector a certificate of registration and shall provide for the renewal of such certificate when lost, mutilated or destroyed, if the applicant is still a qualified elector under the provisions ! of this Constitution, or if he has been registered as provided in subsection (c)- Sec. 5. Any person denied registra tion shall have the right to appeal to the court of common pleas or any judge thereof, and thence to the supreme court, to determine his right to vote under the limitation imposed in this article, and on such appeal the hearing shall be de novo and the general assembly shall provide by law for such appeal and for the correction of illegal and fraduleut registration, voting and all other crimes against the election laws. Sec. 6. The following persons are disqualified from being registered or voting: First. Persons convicted of burg lary, arson, obtaining goods or money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, bigamy, wife-beating, housebreaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication,sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ravish, miscegenation, larceny or crimes against the election laws; provided, that the pardon of the governor shall remove such disqualification. Second. Persons who are idiots, in sane, panpers supported at the public expense, and persons confined in any public prison. Sec. 7. For the purpose of voting, no peison shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employ ed in the service of the United States, nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or the high seas, nor while a student of auy institution of learning. L1 . Sec. 8. The general assembly shall provide by law for the registration of all qualified electors and shall pre scribe the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the results of the same; provided, at the first registra tion under this Constitution, and until the 1st of January, 1898, the registra tion shall be conducted by a board of three disrceet persons in each county, to bo appointed by the gov ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. For the first registration to be provided for under this Constitution, the registration books shall be kept open for at least six consecutive weeks, and thereafter from time to time at least one week in each month, up to 30 days next pre ceding the first election to be held un der this Constiiutiou. The registra tion books shall be public records open to the inspection of any citizen at all time* ., . „ Bee. 9. The general assembly shall provide for the establishment of pol ling precincts in the several counties of the State and those now existing shall so continue until abolished or changed. Each elector shall lie required to vote at his own precinct, but pro vision shall be made for his transfer to another precinct upon his change of re 8ec. 10. The general assembly shall provide by law for the regulation of party primary elections and punishing frand at the same. Sec 11. The registration books shall close at least 30 days before an elec tion, during which time transfers and registration shall not bo legal, pro vided, persons who will become of age during that period shall be entitled to registration before the books are C 'Sec. 12. Electors in municipal elec tions shall possess the qualifications and be subject to the disqualifications herein prescribed. The production of a certificate of registration from the registration officers of the county as an elector at a precinct included in the incorporated city or town in which the voter desirea to vote is declared a condition prerequisite tc his obtaining a certificate of registration for muni cipal elections, and in addition he must have been a resident within the corporate limits at least four months liefore the election and have paid all taxe. due and collectible for the pre ceding fiscal year. The general as- scmblv shall provide for registra tion of all voters before each election bly shs cedent tol a petition frosty holders of sa-Swal as^m- by its tax books, (Kj:.; all electors of sucn\ i .-f 18 are duly qualified for f lon tion 12 of this article, an. ee ~ co in Columbia on the second Tuesday in January, in the year 1897, and there after annually at the samo time and place. Should the casualties of war or contagious diseases render it unsafe to meet at the seat of government then municTiial, "for the previous'yei^ 8 ^ overnor ma 7 b y proclamation ap- be allowed to vote, and the vofcT 1 8eCU ~ an< J Conv , em f, at majority of those voting in said ^. of Members of the tions shall be necessary to author!^ a ^mWy "Eall not receive any taxes. State, the issue of said bonds. Sec. 14. Electors shall in all cases except treason, felony or breach of the peace, bo privileged from arrest on the days of election during their at tendance at the polls and going and re turning therefrom. Sec. 16. No power, civil or military, shall at auy time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suf frage iu this State. Ntiou for more than forty days sen. session; Provided, that a gcLkk'tll not afi’eet the first Mondaytk u general assembly Sec. 11.‘•‘on- the election 1 of office of the of its own n-.eidves chosen at each house shall ctgin ou the do business; hut a son. adjourn ’ftpia day vto’ge of compel the attendance of'ons hers in such manner and i/ ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. The legislative power of this State shall be vested iu two distinct branches, the one to be styled the Senate. ’ and the other the “House of Kepresentutives," and both together the Genera! Assembly of the State of South Carolina.” See. 2. The house of rejiresentatives shall be compojed of members chosen by ballot every second year by citizens of this State, qualified as in this Con- Btitution is provided. See. 3. The house of representatives shall consist of 124 members, to be ap portioned among the several counties according to the number of inhabitants contained in each. Each county shall constitute one election district. An enumeration of the inhabitants for this purpose shall be made in the year 1901 and shall be made in the course of every 10th year thereafter, in such man ner as shall be by law directed: Pro vided, that the general assembly may at any time, in its direction, adopt the immediately preceding United States census as a true and correct enumera tion of the inhabitants of the several counties, and make the ajiportionment of representatives among the several counties accordingtosaid enumeration: Provided, further, that until the appor tionment which shall be made njion the next enumeration shall take effect, the representation of the several counties as they now exist (including tfie county of Saluda established by ordinance) shall be as follows: Abbeville, 5; Aiken, 3; Anderson, 6; Barnwell, 5; Beaufort, 4; Berkeley, 4; Charleston. 9; Chester, 3; Chesterfield, 2; Clareu- doc, 3; Colleton, 4; Darlington, 3; Edgefield. 3; Fairfield, 3; Florence, 3; Georgetown, 2; Greenville, 5; Hamp ton, 2; Horry, 2; Kershaw, 2; Lan caster, 2; Laurens, 3; Lexington, 2; Marion, 3; Marlboro, 3; Newberry, 3; Oconee, 2; Orangeburg, 5; Pickens, 2; Richland, 4; Saluda, 2; Spartanburg, 6, Sumter, 5; Union,3; WilliamHburg:, 3; xork, 4; Provided, further, that in the event other counties are hereafter established, then the general assembly shall reapportion the representatives between the counties. Sec. 4. In assigning representatives to tfie several counties, the general assembly shall allow one representative to every one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of iuhab- itanU in the State: Provided, that if in the apportionment of representatives any county shall appear not to be en titled, from its population, to a repre sentative, such county shall, never theless, send one representative; and if there be still a deficiency in the number of representatives required by section third of this article, such de- ficiency shall be supplied by assiguing representatives to those counties hav ing the largest aulplus fractions. Sec. 5. No apportionment of repre sentatives shall uke effect until the general election which shall succeed such apportionment. Sec. 6. The senate shall be composed of one member from each county, to be elected for the term of four years by the qualified electors in each county, in the same manner in which members of the house of representatives are chosen. Sec. 7. No person shall be eligible to a seat in the senate or bonse of repre sentatives wh i at the time of his elec tion, is not a duly qualified elector under this Constitution in the countv in which he may be chosen. Senators shall be at least 25 and representatives at least 21 years of age. Sec. 8. The first election for mem bers of the bouse of representatives under this Constitution shall be held on Tuesday afetr the first Mondav in November, 1896, and every second year thereafter, iu such manner and inanch places as the general assembly may jirescribe; and the first election for senators shall lie held onTuesdav after the first Monday in November, 1896, and every fourth year thereafter ex cept in counties in which there was an election for senator in 1894 for a full term, in which counties no election for senator shall be held until the general election to he held in 1S98 and every fourth year tnereafter, except to fill vacancies. Senators shall he so classi fied that one-half of their number, as nearly as practicable, shall be chosen every two years. Whenever the gen eral assembly shall establish more than one county at any session, it shall so prescribe the first term of the senators from such conuties as to observe such classification. Sec. 9. The annual session of the i general assembly heretofore elected, j fixed by the Constitution of the year honse of representatives, ss the case may be, for the purpose of filling the vacancy thereby occasioned for the re mainder of the term for which the per son so refusing to qualify, resigning, dying, departing the State, or becom ing disqualified, was elected to serve, or the defaulting election district ought to have chosen a member or members. Sec. 26. Members of the general assembly, and all officers, before they enter upon the duties of their respec tive offices, and all members of the bar, liefore they enter upon the practice of their profession, shall take and sub scribe the following oath: “Ido sol emnly swear (or affirm) that I a,-n duly qualified, according to the Constitu tion of this State, 4o exercise the du ties of the office to which I have been „i.,-i~i / -.a. was * AA (»* O Ut’CU elected, (or appointed) and that I will, penalties as may be provided^ the beat of my ability, diheharge or rule. ' duties thereof, and preserve, pro- 8ec. 12. Each house shall chooserud defend the Constitution of own officers, determine its rules ot-e and of the United States. I procedure, punish its members for dis orderly behavior, sod, with the con currence of two-thirds, expel a mem ber, but not a second time tor the same cause. Sec. 13. Each house may punish by imprisonment during its sitting anv person not a member who shall be «mlty of disrespect to the house by auy disorderly contemptuous behavior id its presence, or who, during the time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to the body or estate of any member for anything said or done in either house, or who shall assault them there for or who shall assault or arrest any witness or other person ordered to at tend the house iu his going thereto or returning therefrom, or who shall res cue any iierson arrested by order of the house: Provided, that such time of imprisonment shall not in any case extend beyond the session of the gen eral assembly. B Sec. 14. Tbe members of both houses shall he protected iu their per sons and eststea during their attend ance on, going to and returning from the general assembly, and 10 days pre vious to the sitting and 10 days after the adjournment thereof. But these privileges shall not protect any mem ber who shall be charged with treason, felony or breach of the jieace. Sec. 15. Rills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of repre- sentalives, but may be altered, amend ed or rejected by the senate; all other bills may originate in either house and may be amended, altered or re jected by the other. Seo_16. The style of all laws shall be. “Be it enacted by the general as sembly oMheState ofSouth Carolina.” Sec. 17. Every act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject, and that shall he ex pressed in the title. Sec. 18. No bill or joint resolution Huiill have the force of law nutil it ahall have been read three times and on three several daya in each house, has bad the great seal of the State affixed to it, and has been signed by the pres- idint of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives: Provid ed, that either branch of the general assembly ma y provide by rale for u first and third reading of any bill or joint resolution by its title only. Sec. 19. Each member of thegeneral assembly shall receive five cents for every mile for the ordinary route of travel in going to and returning from tbe place where its sessions are held’ no general assembly shall have the power to increase the per diem of its own members; and members of the general assembly when convened in extra session shall receive the same compensation as isfixed by law for the regular seaaion. Sec. 20. In all elections by the gen eral assembly, or either honse thereof the members shall vote “viva voce ” and their votes, thus given, shall be entered upon tbe journal of the honse to which they respectively belong. Sec. 21. Neither house, during the session of the general assembly, shall without consent of the.other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which it shall be at the time sitting. Sec. 22. Each house shall keep a journal of its own proceedings, and cause the same to be published im mediately after its adjournment, ex cepting such parts as, in its judgment, may require secrecy; and the veas and nays of the members of either honse, on any question, shall, at the desire of ten members of the house or five members of the senate; respective ly r be entered on the journal. Any member of either house shall have Iilierty to dissent from and protest against any act or resolution which he may think injurions to the public or to an individual, and have the reasons of his dissent entered on the journal. Sec 23. The doors of each house shall be open, except on snch occasions as in the opinion of the house may re quire secrecy. Sec. 24. No person shall lie eli- gigle to a seat in the general assembly while he holds any office or position of ?r fit or trust under this State, the l nited States of America, or any of them, or under any other power, ex cept officers in the militia and notaries public; aud if auy member shall accept or exercise any of the said disqualify- mg offiees or positions he shall vacate his scat. Sec. 25. If any election district shall neglect to choose a member or members on the day of election, or if I 1868 to convene on the fourth Tues-1 aiyr person chosen a member o! • itber I in municipalities; provided, that noth- day of November, in the year, 1396, is ; honse shall refuse to qualify and take , . ii * I hereby jiostponed, and the same shall | his seat, or shall resign, die, depart I jug herein contained shall apply to any municipal elections which may be held j prior to the general election of the 1 year 1896. (■ ec. 13, In authorizing a special election in any incorporated city or lie convened and held in the city of S the State, accept any disqualifying of- or part pay. i Columbia on the second Tuesday in fice or position, or become otherwise Sec. 33. The | solemnly swear (or affirm) eJ) m * lnCe th “ fira ‘ of ou J or e, « h ‘ ee D hundred The 27 ,aged ,n 8 duel for ui C apac*tv tberW " M V * , » l1 of doty, in “f office provided by law? r u I >|,olnt ‘ trial or removal It 1 Constitution. "• Sec. 28. The general'iP 1 enact such laws aj will exenu, taehmeut, levy and sale iln. mesne or final process issued fro*, court, to the head of the family res ing in this State, a homestead iu lands, whether held in fee or any lesser es- 1 tate, to the value of $1,000, orso much thereof as the property is worth if its alue is less than 81,000, with the yearly products thereof, and to every head of a family residing in this State, whether entitled to a homestead ex emption in lands or not, personal prop erty to the value of 8500, or so much thereof as the property is worth if its value is less than 8500. The title to the homestead to be set off and assigned shall be absolute and be forever dis charged from all debts of the said debtor then existing or thereafter con tracted except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That in case any woman having a separate estate shall’ be mar ried to the head of a family who has not of his own sufficient property to constitute a homestead as hereinbefore provided, said married woman shall lie entitled to a like exemption as pro vided for the head of the family: Pro vided, further, That there shall not be an allowance of more than 81.000 worth of real estate and more than $500 worth of personal property to the hus band and wife jointly: Provided, fur ther, That no property shall be exempt from attachment, levy or sale for taxes, or for payment of obligationsooutract- ed for the purchase of sai l homestead or personal property exemption or the erection or making of improvements or repairs thereon: Provided, further. That the yearly products of said home stead shall not be exempt from attach ment, levy or sale for the payment of obligations contracted in the produc tion of the same: Provided, further, That no waiver shall defeat the right of homestead before assign ment except it be by deed of conveyance, or by mortgage, and only as against the mortgage debt; and no judgment cred itor or other creditor whose lien does not bind the homestead shall have any right or equity to require that a lien which embraces the home stead and other property shall first exhaust the homestead: Provided, further, That after a homestead in lands has been set off and recorded the same shall not be waived by deed of conveyance, mortgage or otherwise, unless the same be executed by both husband and wife, if both be living: Provided, further, That any person not the head of a family shall be en titled to a like exemption as provided for the head of a family in all necessa ry wearing apparel and toola and im plements of trade, not to exceed in value the sum of $300. Sec. 29. All taxes upon property; real and personal, shall be laid upon the actnal value of tbe property taxed as the same shall be ascertained by an assessment made for tbe purpose of laying such tax. Sec. 30. The general assembly shall never grant extra compensation, fee or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant or contractor after service ren dered, or contract made, nor author ize payment or part payment of any claim under any contract not author ized by law; but ajipropriatious may be made for expenditures in rejielling invasion, preventing or suppressing in- snrrection. Sec. 31. Lands belonging to or un der the control of the State shall never tie donated, directly or indirectly, to private corporations or individuals, or to railroad companies. Nor shall such Ian 1 be sold to corporatiods, or as sociations, for » less price than that for which it can be sold to individuals. This, however, shall not prevent the general assembly from granting a right of way, not exceeding 150 feet in in width, as a mere easement to rail roads across State lands, nor to inter fere with the discretion of the general assembly in confirming the title to lands claimed to belong to the State, but used or possessed by oth r jiai ties under an adverse claim. Sec. 82. The general assembly shall not authorize payment to any jmrson of the salary of a deceased officer be yond the date of his death; nor grant pensions except for military and naval service; nos retire any olh’cer on pay January, in the year 1896. The first' disqualified to held h>i beat, a writ of session of the general assembly elected election shall be issned by the presi- under this constitation thall convene ' dent of the. senate or speaker of the marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto, ot person who shall have one-eighth oi more negro blood, shall bn unlawf-a 1 ROAD. C. ft D.. leaves for: Florence, Hartaville, Wades boro, Florence, TIME. *7.80 a. m. •9.90 a. m. 19.15 a. m. t6 06 p. m. f4.80 p. m. t7 20 a. m. f8.05p. m. t7.25 a. ru. 18.00 p, m. il OOp. m. Sumter, {? 05 p. u. •Sunday only, tDally except San( dav. tMondays, Wednesdays and' Fridays, {Tuesdays, Thursdays ana aturdavs- C. 8. * N Kartsvllle, Sumter. Bennettsville, C/y] M. J. BYl desires to announce that she is now prepared to serve her friends and the public generally with a full line of mini m MILLIE!, Fancy Notions, &c., at lowest prices. Call and examine both Goods and prices. SW-tm Health Ordinance. Darlington, S. C., Jane 24,1895. B E 11 ORDERED AND ORDAINED: That the following Rules and Regulations, passed and adopted by the Hoard of Health of the town of Darlington, S. C., having been ap- Town. T W. F. DARGAN, J. W. EVANS. Mayor. Clerk. ••K8 AND RKOULATIORS OR TUB 'kd ov Health of thb Towh kunoton, 8. O., Madk or *V-nk 24th. 1895. That any person, who. In r, hinders or obstructs the cerofthis Board, or any this Board, or any author- of the town acting under •f the Board, In the insjiee- uises within theTnwnhm- e abatement of any nui- th, in the opinion of the eemed prejudicial to the th: or in the discharge of prescribed by the said lealth, for the correction ration of the sanitary con ic Town, shall lie punished ’ not more than Fifty I'ol- imprisoumeut not exceed- Javs for every such offense. That auyperaon who re- \ gleets to abate or remove •f ice, or anymatter, or any sh, iu the opinion of the lealth, is likely to endan- bile health, after having fed to do so by the Health any member of said Hoard shall be punshed by a fine • than Fifteen Dollars or by cut not exceeding thirty very such offense; and in of said refusal and neglect the duty of the Health Of- ve removed or abated snch ind all expenses incurred of such removal or ahate- be recovered, as is legally or, from the tenant or own- roperty on whicti said uui- nnd. . That any person who a)-- d animal to remain on any rithin the corporate limits in to him or her belnging, or ber controlled, foa long than twenty four hours, inished by a fine o not lest Dollars, or by mprisou- •xceedlng thirty days. . That on and after Dee. 81, ihall be unlaw for any persons to keepany hog or ly premises within the eor- Its of the Towng;and any persons so doi u hall ben by a fine of nor leas than re, or by imprlsom ut n >t thirty days, or both, at the of said Board of Health, or Section 1. That it shall cy of all physicians practio- i tbs town to report to tbe of the said Board of Health i and residences of all per- ng nnder thejr professional ire afflicted with any conta- nfectious disease: said re made to the Secretary, eith y or in writing, withfn two such disease is contracted. 2. That it shall tie the du- hysicians and mid-wives to ;he Secretary of this Board together with sex and race, r within the corp< rate lint- Town; said report to be de- the Secretary of tbe Board, oally Oi In writing, within after occurrence of snch Irths. 8. That it shall be the da- hysicians and nndrtakers to he Secretary of this Board occurring within the oor- itaof the Town, together i of death, name, residence, ce of deceased; said report ered, either verbally or in ‘ ithln two days after sock eaths. I. Any physician, mid-wife ker falling to comply with amenta of this Role will be less than Five Dollars or Fifty Dollars at the dis- eaid Board That it shall be the duty Jth Officer of this Board to ersonally inspect sll prem- the corporate limits of the any premises found to be althy or unsanitary condi- wner or tenant thereof will d by a fine of from One Nfty Dollar*, <ir imprison- exceeding thirty days, or e discretion of said Board. That »ny person who qb- .ny way the drains, water- ditches of the Town, or • paper, rags, trash, ta - y other refme mattei .r j or on the Public - qcare, ■out either of the banks or V k. or who orders it thrown neb places, shall be punish-- r of not lew than One Dol- i than Ten Dollars, or by sot tor not lew than thirty th, in the discretion of said of be Board: V. J. GARNER. M. D„ 0*, President Ury. --iln