The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806, August 21, 1790, Image 1
iA TURD AY, Auvuft 21 + 1790.]: THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE *A N D GAZETTE of the STATE. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL bj JURY, (hall remain inviolate. ConJlitution of Georgia . AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State; F.ffays* Ai titles of Intelligence , Advertifments , &c. will be gratefully received y and every kind of Printing performed. The Constitution of the State of South-Carolina. (Concluded from N-o. CXCVIII.) ARTICLE VI. Seftion i. r ft HE Judges of the Superior J. Courts, Commiffi'oners of the Treasury, Secretary of the State, and Surveyor-General, thall be, elected by the joint ballot of both Houses in the House of Reprefenratives. The Commiflioners of the Treasury, Secretary of the State, and Sur veyor General, (hall hold their offices for four years, but shall not be eligible agam for four years after the expiration of the time for which they thall have been elected. Se&. 2. All other officers thall be ap pointed as they hitherto have been until other wise directed by law, but Sheriff* thall hold their offices for four jears, and nor be again eligible for four years af.et the term tor which they Thai! have been elected. Seft. 3. All comm fiions shall be in the name and by the authority of the state of 6 juth-Carolina, a.d be lealed with th? fealof the state, and be ligned ny the Governor. ARTICLE VII. All laws of force in this date, at the pair ing of this Constitution,. thall so continue un til altered or repealed by the Legislature, ex cept where they are temporary, in which cate they (hall expire at the times refpeftively li mited for their duration, if not continued by aft of the Legislature. ARTICLE VIII. Seftion 1. The free cxercife and enjoy, mei.t of religious ptofeffion and worthip, without difcriraimtion or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this state to a!! mankind; provided that the liberty of coufrience thereby declared shall not be so cunftrued a s to excuse afts of iicentioufnefs, or jufiify practices inconlifteat with the peace and fafeiy of this state. Seft. 2. The rights, privileges, immu nities, and estates, of both civil and religi ous focieries, and of corporate bodies, lhall vermin as if-the Constitution of this state had fco: ueeu altered- or amended. ART.I CL E IX. Seftion 1. All power is originally veiled in the { eople, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and ate instituted for their peace, fafety and happiuefs. Seft. 2. No freeman of this state (hill be taken or imprifened; or difleized of his free hold, liberties, or privileges; or out-lawed or exiled; or in any manner deflroved, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property; but by the judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land ; nor shall any bill of at tainder, ex psji fitto law, or law impairing the obligation ot contraft*, ever be palled by the Legislature of this state. Seft. 3. The military shall be fubordiiiate to the civil power. Seft. 4. Exctffive bail lhall not be re quired, nor exctffive fines impeded, uor ctu:l punifhmeura inflicted. heft - The Legislature shall not grant •ny title of Nobility or hereditary diftinftion, iw»r create any office the ippointineut to which tliall be fur any lunger time thau during good behaviour, h, The Ttiil by Jury, *1 btrifofori GEORGIA. used in this state, and the Liberty of the Tress, shall be forever inviolably preserved. ARTICLE X. Seftion 1. The bufiaefs of the Treasury lhall be in future conducted by two Treasurers, one of whom shall hold his office and refice at Columbia, the other shall hold his office and reside in Chariefton. Seft. 2 The Secretary of State and Sur veyor-General shall hold their offices both in Columbia and in Chariefton. They shall reside at one place, aud their Deputies at she other. Seft. 3. At the conclusion of the Circuits v the Judges shall meet and lit at. Columbia, for the purpose of hearing and determining ail motions which may be made for new trials, and in arieft for judgments, and such points o» law as may be submitted to them From Columbia they lhall proceed to Chariefton, and there hear and determine all such motions for new trials, and in arrest of judgmeu s. aud -such points of law, as may be fubmiied to them. Seft. 4, The Governor thall always reside doling the fitting of the Legillature, at the place where their session may be held, aud at all other tunes wherever in hi* opinion the public good may require.' Seft. 5. The Legiifeture shall, as fo«n as may be convenient, pals laws for the aboli tion of the rights, of primogeniture, and for giving an equitable diftnbution of the real estate of intestates. ARTICLE Xr. No Convention of the People shall be cal led unlcfs by the concurrence of two-thirds of both branches of the whole reptefeutation- No part of this Constitution lhall be- altered, unlefs'a bill to alter the ffme lhall have been read three times in the House of Rcprefen tatives, and three times in the Senate, and agreed to by.two thirds of both branches of>- tiie whole representation j nei her lhall any alteration take place until the bill so agreed ' to be publilhed three month previous to a new eleftion for members to the House of Reprelentatives, and, if the alteration pro posed by the Legislature lhall be agreed to in their fit ft session, by two thirds of the whole representation, in both branches of the Le gislature, after the fame lhall have been read three times, on three several days in each House, then, and not otbeiwife, the- fame Ibali become a part of this Constitution. Done in Convention, at Columbia, in the state of South-Carolina, the 3d day of June, in-the year of our Lord 175/O, and in'the 14th year of the Independence of the United States of America. By the unanimous order of the Convention, CHARLES PINC KNEY-; Prejident. (Attest) JOHN SANDFORD DART, US cry. That no mcouvenjence may ariie from the alterations and amendments in the Coaftitu tioo of this state, it is hereby declared aud oidained, 1. That the government lhall be wdminif tered as heretofore, until the meeting and fitting of the Legislature to be held under this' Constitution. * s. And whereas the exiffing laws renter it highly inconvenient for the leg fhture to Uieet on the fourth Monday in November tifl'i it is therefore ordained, That, instead there* i>f, >be Members of the Senate and House of Heprefenutives, to be elected on the fecund Monuey in October* sui on ib« dsj follow* [Vox.. IV. No. CCr.] ing, dial! meet at Columbia, the feat of go. verumeut, ou the fit it Monday in Jauuaijr next. 3. It is also ordained. That the Commif ‘ fionera of ihe Tieafuiy lhall, with ail tmive •lent dispatch, take a balance of the I tea fury books, which balance lhall be lodged m the TreafutetV Olfice in Oolpinbia, and »ho original books in the Tieafurcr’s Olfice in Charleston. 4. It is the opinion of (hi* Convention, That the Legillature, at the 4 fir ft fefliou who hi ■ lhall he held under this Oonftitu ion, Arnold . regula e and cflahlifh by law all 'lie tees < f t»i« • tlpeCtivc Couitoanu Offi.es throughout this (late. • 5,- That thev also provide fir the annual and final ieitlemcm of 'be accounts of the Lom miffio.iers.of the Teuiury, so that the pern tiiaty iuiereit of the da e he duly attended to, and the pcrlons who faithfully diltharge the duti 5 of that important office he quieted there in. and their fureiies ideated in a fixed and rcaionable time. 6. That the Legislature dial! make provifiou for rev.ling, digefling, and pub I th the laws of this date, f'» a» that a gene ral knowledge theieof may be diifuled among; the cti/ens ot this date. 7. Ihe Legillature, at theic did meeting, Ihiil proceed to the eleven of jultires of the Eeace throughout the date Jut* c«*e of the County Courts, where C"unty Courts ; are edablilhed, that all former coimiulfionsnf the peace expire at fixed periods, *0 he de cided by law. 8. That all rotation Otfirna, at- the fi ll* meeting ol the Legtflatture under this ( o i*-*l - may be ic-elecded, novwrthfland ng; any tune they may have before lerved umier ' the former Conditution. iij tbt ununtmeu, order of the Convention, 'June 3, 17^. CuAHLth PINCK.NFY,' Prefidenf. Atteft) J JHNSANDtOKD DART, iuc'rj. . & ## § § X# & AL L persons indebted to the edne David Douglas, tfquire, deceafedy ar#i tjei. ed to make payment, without delay 5.., and ihe creditors to bring forward their le vcral ciauni, for hquida’ion ELIZA. DOUGLAS, Adm*. Augufi 16, 17 vo N otification THE fluctuating value of rlie piper mo ney being now at an end,-by iu ceifmg' to be a lawful tender, it is mv earned v- h : to close the accounts of the late- |obu Wil ton, Elquire, deceased, as f-ion as polfu le. All persons having any demands'; therefore, againd that estate, 1 or unfetfled *»rauf intone wuh the executors, or on my own arc mot, ate defi ed to make them known, ihit *h.*y may be liquidated} and all perfm*. aoy wive indebted, art* desired to do fe l:kew ft l (hall be particularly obliged to any person, lor iufiiimation icfpelting the Irteetion* anj* surveys of land, nude by and in hfheK f* the dtetafed; as rornmon'indi.’c ti»?i*f f and suiily will n<>t f.iflTer me 0 let ihofe-* lights lie lunger d<*manr HO»?.mT WATKINS, Roihtj! i(t t ijj*.