place of section 10 of article VIII, "Of elections," which said section is hereig annulled.24

ARTICLE XI.25

SECTION 1. There shall be a session of the general assembly at Provide commencing on the first Tuesday of January in each year. The senators an representatives shall severally receive the sum of five dollars, and the speake of the house of representatives ten dollars, for every day of actual attendan and eight cents per mile for traveling expenses in going to and returning fro the general assembly: Provided, that no compensation or mileage shall allowed any senator or representative for more than sixty days attendance any calendar year. The general assembly shall regulate the compensation of governor and of all other officers, subject to the limitations contained in the constitution.

SEC. 2. The governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorney-3 eral, general treasurer, and senators and representatives in the general asse bly shall be elected at town, ward, and district meetings on the Tuesday he after the first Monday in November annually, commencing A. D. 1901, and sha severally hold their offices for one year from the first Tuesday of January succeeding their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified a

SEC. 3. When the governor elect shall die, remove from the state, refus to serve, become insane, or be otherwise incapacitated, the lieutenant-govern elect shall be qualified as governor at the beginning of the term for which was elected. When both the governor and lieutenant-governor elect, or ei the lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorney-general, or general treasa elect are so incapacitated, or when there has been a failure to elect any or more of the officers mentioned in this section, the general assembly s upon its organization meet in grand committee and elect some person or perso to fill the office or offices, as the case may be, for which such incapacity exa or as to which such failure to elect occurred. When the general assembly s elect any of said officers because of the failure of any person to receite plurality of the votes cast, the election in each case shall be made from persons who received the same and largest number of votes.

Sec. 4. If the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor be both vacant. reason of death or otherwise, they shall be filled by the general assembly grand committee, and the acting governor shall, if the general assembly is then in session, call a special session thereof for that purpose within twe days after both of said offices become vacant if a stated session is not soet to occur.

SEC. 5. In case of a vacancy in the office of secretary of state, attor general, or general treasurer from any cause, the general assembly in gra committee shall elect some person to fill the same: Provided, that if s vacancy occurs when the general assembly is not in session the governor sha appoint some person to fill such vacancy until a successor elected by the ge assembly is qualified to act.

SEC. 6. When a senator or representative elect shall die, remove f the state, refuse to serve, become insane, or be otherwise incapacitated, or whe at an election for any senator or representative no person shall receive plurality of the votes cast, a new election shall be held. A vacancy in senate or house of representatives shall be filled at a new election. The geo:fa assembly shall provide by general law for the holding of such elections at su times as to insure that each town and city shall be fully represented in the pa eral assembly during the whole of every session thereof so far as is pract cable. Every person elected in accordance with this section shall hold office for the remainder of the term or for the full term, as the case may

Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of March, 1893, re-adopted the general assembly of June, 1893, and ratified on November 28, 1893.

Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1899, re-adopted by the eral assembly of 1900, and ratified on November 6, 1900. See section 3 of Artich of the Constitution.

2 Obsolete; see Article XVI of the Amendments, adopted in 1911.

the office which he is elected to fill, and until his successor is elected and alified.

SEC. 7. In elections by the general assembly in grand committee the per■receiving a majority of the votes shall be elected. Every person elected the general assembly to fill a vacancy, or pursuant to section 3 of this icle, shall hold his office for the remainder of the term or for the full m, as the case may be, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

SEC. 8. A quorum of the grand committee shall consist of a majority of the members of the senate and a majority of all the members of the house representatives duly assembled pursuant to an invitation from one of said lies which has been accepted by the other, and the acceptance of which s been communicated by message to the body in which such invitation ginated, and each house shall be attended by its secretaries and clerks. aet or business of any kind shall be done in grand committee other than t which is distinctly specified in the invitation by virtue of which such nd committee is assembled, except to take a recess or to dissolve: Proed, that the grand committee may appoint a sub-committee of its own mbers to count any ballots delivered to it and report the result of such

nt.

SEC. 9. The governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorneyeral, general treasurer, and senators, and representatives in the general mbly in office when this amendment goes into effect shall continue to hold r offices, with the powers and duties and subject to the limitations prebed therein for like officers, until the first Tuesday in January, A. D. 1902, until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies in their numfrom any cause shall be filled in the manner which is prescribed by law the time of their occurrence. All officers who by the provisions of this ndment are continued in office beyond the stated time for which they were ted or appointed shall receive a pro rata compensation for their increased 1 of service, based upon the compensation provided for in this amendment y law.

SEC. 10. The first election of officers named in the next preceding section or this amendment shall be held upon the Tuesday next after the first day in November, A. D. 1901. The town, ward, and district meetings efor shall be warned and conducted, and the result thereof determined. enticated, and declared, in the manner at that time prescribed by law, the persons then elected shall hold their offices from the said first Tuesday 'anuary, A. D. 1902, and thereafter until their successors are elected and ified.

SEC. 11. The general assembly shall provide by law for the registration ssary to qualify persons to vote at said first election, which registration I close on the last day of June, A. D. 1901, and after the adoption of this ndment no person of whom registration is or may be required by law I be permitted to vote unless his name shall have been registered in the 1 or city where he resides on or before the last day of June next preceding time of his voting. For all elections by the people held before said Tuesnext after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1901, the qualifications of electors shall be such as were required by the constitution and laws existat the time of the adoption of this amendment.

SEC. 12. This amendment shall take, in the constitution of the state, the > of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of article VIII, "Of elections;" of section 11 of article IV, "Of the legislative power;" and of article III, Je amendment to the constitution; which said article and sections, and all t provisions of the constitution inconsistent herewith, are hereby annulled.

ARTICLE XII.

SECTION 1. The supreme court shall have final revisory and appellate diction upon all questions of law and equity. It shall have power to prerogative writs, and shall also have such other jurisdiction as may, t time to time, be prescribed by law. A majority of its judges shall

always be necessary to constitute a quorum. The inferior courts shall have such jurisdiction as may, from time to time, be prescribed by law.

SEC. 2. The judges of the supreme court shall give their written opitia upon any question of law whenever requested by the governor or by either house of the general assembly.

SEC. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this amendment shall take, in the consti tution of the state, the place of sections 2 and 3 of article X, entitled "**| the judicial power," which sections are hereby annulled.

SEC. 4. Section 3 of article XIV of the constitution of the state, entitled "Of the adoption of this constitution," is hereby annulled.

SEC. 5. The general assembly shall provide by law for carrying t amendment into effect, and until such provision shall be made, the supreme court, as organized at the time of the adoption of this amendment, shall en tinue to have and exercise the same powers and jurisdiction which it st then have under such organization.27

ARTICLE XIII.

SECTION 1. The house of representatives shall never exceed one huis members, and shall be constituted on the basis of population, always ailosa one representative for a fraction exceeding half the ratio; but each town a city shall always be entitled to at least one member; and no town of shall have more than one-fourth of the whole number of members. The eral assembly may, after any new census taken by the authority of the U States or this state, reapportion the representation in conformity with foregoing provisions. As soon as this amendment goes into effect, the se assembly shall divide each town and city into as many districts as it is tled to representatives, and after each census, or as occasion may require. general assembly may so divide each town and city, and one representat shall be elected from each district by the qualified electors thereof. districts shall be as nearly equal in population and as compact in territ as possible.

SEC. 2. This amendment shall take, in the constitution of the state. place of section 1 of article V, "Of the house of representatives,” which section and all other provisions of the constitution inconsistent herewith hereby annulled.28

ARTICLE XIV.

SECTION 1. The lieutenant-governor shall preside in the senate a grand committee. The presiding officer of the senate and grand come shall have a right to vote in case of equal division, but not otherwise.

SEC. 2. If, by reason of death, resignation, absence, or other caus lieutenant-governor is not present, to preside in the senate, the senate elect one of their own members to preside during such absence or vaca and until such election is made by the senate, the secretary of state preside. The presiding officer of the senate shall preside in grand coma and in joint assembly.

SEC. 3. This amendment shall take, in the constitution of the state place of sections 2 and 3 of article VI. "Of the senate." which said se and all other provisions of the constitution inconsistent herewith are he annulled.29

ARTICLE XV.

SECTION 1. Every bill, resolution, or vote (except such as relate to journment, the organization or conduct of either or both houses of the eral assembly, and resolutions proposing amendment to the constitution) *

27 Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1902, re-adopted by the

eral assembly of 1903, and ratified on November 3, 1903.

28 Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1908, re-adopted by the eral assembly of 1909, and ratified on November 2, 1909.

29 Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1908, eral assembly of 1909, and ratified on November 2, 1909.

re-adopted by the

all have passed both houses of the general assembly shall be presented to governor. If he approve it he shall sign it, and thereupon it shall become rative: but if he does not approve it he shall return it, accompanied by s objections in writing, to the house in which it originated, which shall ter his objections in full upon its journal and proceed to reconsider it. If, er such reconsideration, three-fifths of the members present and voting in t house shall vote to pass the measure, it shall be sent, with the objections, the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved three-fifths of the members present and voting in that house, it shall become rative in the same manner as if the governor had approved it, but in such es the votes of both houses shall be determined by ayes and nays and the ues of the members voting for and against the measure shall be entered on the journal of each house, respectively. If the measure shall not be urned by the governor within six days (Sundays excepted) after it shall e been presented to him, the same shall become operative unless the genI assembly, by adjournment, prevents its return, in which case it shall ome operative unless transmitted by the governor to the secretary of state, h his disapproval in writing, within ten days after such adjournment.30

ARTICLE XVI.

SECTION 1. The governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorneyeral, general treasurer, and senators and representatives in the general mbly, shall be elected at town, ward and district meetings on the Tuesday t after the first Monday in November, biennially, commencing A. D. 1912, shall severally hold their offices for two years from the first Tuesday of uary next succeeding their election and until their successors are elected qualified.

SEC. 2. This amendment shall take, in the constitution of the state, the e of section 2 of article XI of articles of amendment to the constitution, h said section, and all other provisions of the constitution inconsistent with, are hereby annulled,31

ARTICLE XVII.

SECTION 1. The general assembly may authorize the acquiring or taking ee by the state, or by any cities or towns, of more land and property than eeded for actual construction in the establishing, laying out, widening. nding or relocating of public highways, streets, places, parks or parkways: ided, however, that the additional land and property so authorized to be ired or taken shall be no more in extent than would be sufficient to form able building sites abutting on such public highway, street, place, park arkway. After so much of the land and property has been appropriated such public highway, street, place, park or parkway as is needed therefor, remainder may be hekl and improved for any public purpose or purposes, ay be sold or leased for value with or without suitable restrictions, and ase of any such sale or lease the person or persons from whom such reder was taken shall have the first right to purchase or lease the same such terms as the state or city or town is willing to sell or lease the 32

* Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1908, re-adopted by the genassembly of 1909, and ratified on November 2, 1909.

Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1910, re-adopted by the genassembly of 1911, and ratified on November 7, 1911.

* Proposed and adopted by the general assembly of 1914, assembly of 1915, and ratified on November 7, 1916.

re-adopted by the gen

CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA-1895.*

The State of South Carolina: At a convention of the People of the Sta of South Carolina, begun and holden at Columbia, on the Tenth day of Sq tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninetyand thence continued by divers adjournments to the Fourth day of Decen' in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

PREAMBLE.

We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assen grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution the preservation and perpetuation of the same.

ARTICLE I.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

SECTION 1. All political power is vested in and derived from the p only, therefore they have the right at all times to modify their form of ernment.

SEC. 2. Representation in the House of Representatives shall be g tioned according to population.

SEC. 3. The General Assembly ought frequently to assemble for the dress of grievances and for making new laws, as the common good require.

SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall make no law respecting an lishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging ( freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceab assemble and to petition the Government or any department thereof redress of grievances.

SEC. 5. The privileges and immunities of citizens of this State a the United States under this Constitution shall not be abridged, nor any person be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.

SEC. 6. All property subject to taxation shall be taxed in proport its value.

SEC. 7. No tax, subsidy, charge, impost tax or duties shall be lished, fixed, laid or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the en of the people or their representatives lawfully assembled.

SEC. S. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, law impairing the tion of contracts, nor law granting any title of nobility or hereditary end ment, shall be passed, and no conviction shall work corruption of bàn ! forfeiture of estate.

SEC. 9. The right of suffrage, as regulated in this Constitution. sk protected by law regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate pent all undue influences from power, bribery, tumult or improper conduct.

SEC. 10. All elections shall be free and open, and every inhabitaut of State possessing the qualifications provided for in this Constitution shal an equal right to elect officers and be elected to fill public office.

SEC. 11. No property qualifications, unless prescribed in this Constit shall be necessary for an election to or the holding of any office. No per shall be elected or appointed to office in this State for life or during o behavior, but the terms of all officers shall be for some specified period, es Notaries Public and officers in the militia. After the adoption of this

*The constitution of South Carolina was framed by a convention which ass at Columbia on September 10 and adjourned on December 4, 1895. The esti was not submitted to the electors for ratification, but was promulgated by th vention and declared in force from and after December 31, 1895.