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be read to them by any one of 1
the registrars.
Paragraph V. Appe >1 from
decision of registrars. Any per
»on to whom the right of regis
tration Is denied by the regis
trars upon the ground that he
lacks the qualifications set forth
In the two subdivisions of Par
agraph FV shall have the right
to take an sppeal, and any cit
izen may enter an appeal from
the decision of the registrars al
lowing any person to register
under said subdivisions. All ap
peals must be filed in writing
with the registrars within ten
days from the date of the de
cision complained of, and shall
bo returned by the registrars to
tl e office of the clerk of the
superior court to be tried as
other appeals.
Paragraph VI. Judgment of
force pending appeal. Pending
an appeal and until the final
decision of the case, the Judg
ment of the registrars shall re
main In full force.
Section It.
Paragraph I. Registration of
electors; who disfranchised. The
General Assembly may provide,
from time to time, for the regis
tration of all electors, but the
following classes of persons
•hall not be permitted to regis
ter, vote or hold any office, or
appointment of honor, or trust
ln'.,this State, to-wit Ist. Those
who shall have been convicted
In any court of competent Ju
risdiction of treason against the
State, of embezzlement of pub
lic funds, malfeasance In of
fice, bribery or larceny, or of
any crime involving moral tur
pitude, punishable by the laws
of this State with Imprisonment
In the penitentiary, unless such
shall have been par
doned- 2nd. Idiots and insane
persons.
Section 111.
Paragraph I. Privilege of el
ectors from arreet. Electors
■Kail. In all cases, except for
treason, felony, larceny, and
breach of the peace, be priv
ileged from arrest during their
attendance on elections, and in
going to and returning from
the same.
Section IV.
Paragraph I. Holder of public
funds. No person who is the
holder of any public money, con
trary to law, shall bo eligible
to any office in this State un
til the same is accounted for
and paid into the Treasury.
Section V.
Paragraph I. Sale of liquor*
•n election days- The General
Assembly shall by law forbid
the sale of intoxicating drinks
In this State or any political
subdivision thereof on all days
for the holding of any election
In the area in which such el
ection Is held and prescribe
punishment for any violation
of the same.
Section VI.
Paragraph I. Return* made to
whom. Returns of election for
all civil officers elected by the
people, who are to be commis
sioned by the Governor, and
also for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, shall be made
to the Secretary of State, un
less otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE 111.
Legislative Department.
Section I.
Paragraph I. Power vested in
General Assembly. The Legisla
tive power of the State shall
be vested in a General Assem
bly which shall consist of a
Senate and House of Repre
sentatives.
Section 11.
Paragraph I. Number of sen
ators and senatorial districts.
The Senate shall consist of not
more than fifty-four members
and there shall be not more
than fifty-four Senatorial Dis
tricts with one Senator from
each District as now constitut l
ed, or as hereafter created. The
various Senatorial Districts
shall be comprised of the coun
ties as now provided, and the
General Assembly shall have
authority tc create, rearrange
1 and change these Districts with
j in the limitation herein stated.
Section 111,
Paragraph I. Number of rep
resentative*. The House of Rep
resentatives shall consist of rep
resentatives apportioned among
the several counties of the
State as follows: To ♦' e eight
counties having the largest pop
ulation, . three representatives
each; to the thirty counties
having the next largest popu
lation, two representatives each;
and to the remaining counties,
one representative each.
Paragraph n. Apportionment
changed, how. The above ap
portionment shall be changed j
by the General Assembly at its
first session after each census j
taken by the United States Gov- j
j ernment In accordance with the
provisions of Paragraph I of
I Section 111 of this article.
Section IV.
Paragraph I. Term of mem
bers. The members of th j Gen
eral Assembly shall be elected
for two years, and shall serve
i until the time fixed by law for
, the convening of the next Gen
eral Assembly.
Paragraph 11. Election, when,
i The first election for members
i of the General Assembly, un
; der this Constitution shaj) take
■' place on Tuesday after the first
; ( Monday In November, 1946, and
i subsequent elections biennially,
I [on that day, until the day of
j election 1* changed by law.
i Paragraph 111. Meeting of the
General Assembly. The General
. Assembly shall meet in regular
! session on the second Monday
. i in January 194r7, and biennial-
I I ly thereafter on the same day
t until the date shall be changed
i I by law. By concurrent resolu
. I tion, adopted by a majority of
« 1 members elected to both
Houses, the General Assembly
may adjourn any regular sess
ion to such later date as it may
fix for reconvening in regular
| j session, but remain in reg
. | ular session no longer than sev
enty (70) days, in the aggre
': gate, during the term for which
! the members were elected. If
1 it shall adjourn the first regu
' lar session before the expiration
iof aeventy (70) days without
j fixing a date for reconvening,
: the General Assembly shall re
i; convene in regular session on
- : the second Monday in January
j; of the next year unless it shall
• i have adjourned sine die. All
r business pending in the Senate
or House at the adjournment
of any regular session may be
s considered at any later regular
1 session of the same General
i Assembly as if there had been
3 no adjournment- Nothing here
-1 i in shall be construed to effect
3 the power of the Governor to
i convoke the General Assembly
- j in extraordinary session, or the
; duty of the Governor to con
i vene the General Assembly in
extraordinary session upon the
1 certificate of three-fifths of the
> members elected to the Senate
r and the House of Representa
: lives, as provided in Article V,
- ; Section I, Paragraph XII of
1 this Constitution. If an im
peachment trial is pending at
; the end of any regular or ex
traordinary session, the Senate
. may continue in session until
such trial is completed. The
provisions of Paragraph 111.
Section IV of Article 111 of the
i Constitution which this Con
• stitution supersedes which ap
J ply to the meetings of the Gen
eral Assembly shall continue
8 in force until the second Mon
- day In January, 1947.
Paragraph IV.Quorum. A ma
jority of each House shall con
- stitute a quorum to transact
- business; but a smaller num
t ber may adjourn from day to
s day and compel the presence
e of its absent members, as each
- house may provide.
n Paragraph V. Oalh of mem
' hers. Each Senator and Repre
e sentative, before taking his seat,
s shall take the following oath,
• or affirmation, to-wit: “I will
e support the Constitution of this
e State and of the United States,
e and ©c all questions and mt-as
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
urea which may come before
me, I will •e conduct myself
u will, 1c my judgment, be
most conducive to the interests
and prosperity of this State ”
Paragraph VI. Eligibility; ap
pointments forbidden. No per
son holding a military commis
sion, or other appointment, or
office, having any emolument,
or compensation annexed there
to, under thia State, or the Unit
ed States, or either of them ex
cept Justices of the Peace and
officers of th# militia, nor any
, defaulter for public money, or
! for any legal taxes required of
him shall have a seat in either
house; nor shall any Senator,
or Representative, after his
qualification as such, be elected
by the General Assembly, or
appointed by the Governor,
either with or without the ad
; vice and consent of the Sen
ate, to any office or appoint
! ment having any emolument
annexed thereto, during the
time for which he shall have
been elected, unless he shall
first resign his seat, provided
however, that during the term
for which ha was elected no I
' Senator or Representative shall |
be appointed to any civil of
fice which has been created
during such term.
Paragraph VII. Removal
from district or county, effect
of. The seat of a member of
I either house shall be vacated
|on his removal from the dis-
I trict or county from which he
i was elected.
Section V.
Paragraph I. Qualifications of
Senators. The Senators shall be
citizens of the United States,
who have attained the age of
twenty-five years, and who
shall have been citizens of this
State for four years, and for
one year residents of the dis
trict from which elected.
Paragraph 11. President. The
i presiding officer of the Senate
| shall be styled the President
! of the Senate. A President Pro
| Tempore shall be elected viva
s voce from the Senators and
; shall act In case of the death,
j resignation or disability of the
! President, or in the event if
; his succession to the executive
| power
j Paragraph 111. Impeachments.
| The Senate shall have the sole
power to try Impeachments,
i Paragraph IV. Trial of im
\ peachments. When sitting for
j that purpose, the members shall
j be on oath, or affirmation, and
j shall be presided over by the
Chief Justice or the Presiding
Justice of the Supreme Court,
j Should the Chief Justice be dis
■ qualified, the Senate shall se
lect a Justice of th* Supreme
Court to preside. No person
* shall be convicted without the
; concurrence of two-thirds of the
members present.
| Paragraph V. Judgments In
impeachments. Judgments, In
j cases of impeachment, shall not
extend further than removal
from office, and disqualifica
tion to hold and enjoy any of
, fice of honor, trust, or profit,
within this State; but the par
ty convicted shall nevertheless,
be liable, and subject, to indict
ment, trial judgment, and pun
-1 ! ishment, according to law.
Section VI-
Paragraph I. Qualifications
of representatives. The Repre
■ I sentatives shall be citizens of
the United States who have at
tained the age of twenty-one
years, and who shall have been
; citizens of this State for two
I years, and for one year resi
i dents of the counties from
which elected.
Paragraph 11. Speaker. The
I presiding officer of the House
■ of Representatives shall be
) styled tlie Speaker of the House
? of Representatives, and shall
i be elected viva voce from the
| body,
Paragraph 111. Power lo im
j peach. The House of Ropresent
, allvcs shall have the sole pow
, er to vote impeachment charg
-1 es against all persons who shall
i have been or may be In office
Section VII.
Paragraph L Election, re-
turns, elc-; disorderly conduct.
Each House shall be the judge
of the election, returns, and
qualifications of its members
and shall have power to pun '
ish them for disorderly behav
ior, or misconduct, by censure,
fine, imprisonment, or expul
sion; but no member shall be
expelled, except by a vote of
two-thirds of the House to
which he belongs.
Paragraph 11. Contempts,
how punished. Each House may
punish by imprisonment, not
extending beyond the session,
any person, not a member, who
shall be guilty of a contempt,
by any disorderly behavior in
its presence, or who shall res
cue, or attempt to rescue, any
person arrested by order of
either House.
Paragraph 111. Privilege of
members. The members of both
Houses shall be free from ar
rest during their attendance on
; the General Assembly, and In
| going thereto, or returning
therefrom, except for treason,
felony, larceny, or breach of
; the peace; and no member shall
I be liable to answer in any oth
i er place for anything spoken in |
! debate in either House.
Paragraph IV. Journals and
acts. Each House shall keep a
journal of its proceedings, and
publish it immediately after its
adjournment. The General As- j
sembly shall provide for the
publication of the laws passei |
by each session.
Paragraph V. Where journals
kept. The original journal shall [
be preserved after publication,
in the office of the Secretary i
of State, but there shall be no
other record thereof.
Paragraph VI. Yeas and nays, !
when taken. The yeas and nays j
on any question shall, «t the !
desire of one-fifth of the mem- j
bers present, be entered on the |
Journal.
Paragraph VII. Bills to be
read. Every bill, before it shall
pass, shall be read three times,
and on three separate days, in 1
each House, unless in cases of
actual invasion, or insurrection, |
but the first and second read- [
ing of each local bill, shall |
consist of the reading of the j
title only, unless said bill is or
dered to be engrossed.
Paragraph VIII. One subject
matter expressed. No law shall
pass which refers to more than
one subject matter, or contains
matter different from what is
expressed in the title thereof.
Paragraph IX. General apprv j
priation bill. The General ap !
propriation bill shall embrace
nothing except appropriations
fixed by previous laws, the or
dinary expenses of the Exec- !
alive, Legislative and Judicial
Departments of the Govern- j
ment, payment of the public j
debt and interest thereon, and
for support of the public in
stitutions and educational in- ;
terests of the State. All other:
appropriations shall be made
by separate bills, each embrac
, ing but one subject.
Paragraph X, Bills for revc
, nue. All bills for raising reve- j
nue, or appropriating money, I
shall originate in the House of
j Representatives, but the Senate
| may propose, or concur in
; ■ amendments, as in other bills.
Paragraph XI. Public money,
how drawn. No money shall be
drawn from the Treasury ex
i cept by appropriation made by j
i law.
i Paragraph XII. Bills appro
priating money. No bill or reso- j
i | lution appropriating money
| shall become a law unless, upon
: I its passage, the yeas and nays.
; in each house, are recorded.
; Paragraph XIII, Acts signed,
: rejected bills. All acts shall be
1 signed "by the President of the
; Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and
no bill or resolution, intended j
• to have the effect of a law,
which shall have been rejected
by either house, shall be again '
I! proposed during the same ses
| sion, rmder the same or any |
j other title, without the consent 1
■ I of two-thirds of the House by j
which the same was I
Paragraph XIV, Majorh,
, members to pass bill » o \* ■
j shall become a law U nW , I
: shall receive a J* I
votes of all the members I
ed to each House of the GeiJa J
Assembly, and it shall, i n J* fl
instance, so appear on !? I
Journal 11
Paragraph XV. Notice of u I
tention to ask local leoisia.i ' I
necessary. No local or" sp,, 0 '
bill shall be passed, unless rl [I
tice of the Intention to anni |
therefor shall have been 9
lished in the newspaper*
which the Sheriff’s advertise! I
ments for the locality affectM ’
are published, once a week ( 0 1
three weeks during a period ,
sixty days immediately preccd
t mg its introduction into V 1
: General Assembly. No local Z 1
special bid shall become i a ,
unless there is attached to and ■
made a part of said bill a c “
of said notice certified by tl.i
publisher, or accompanied l v
an affidavit of the author t!
the effect that said notice’has
been published as provided bv
law. No office to which a p Qr .
son has been elected shall be
j abolished, nor the term of the
office shortened or lengthened
iby local or special bill durine
I the term for which such person
! was elected unless the same be
approved by the people of the
I jurisdiction affected in a refer
: endum on the question. Where
any local law shall add any
I member or members to any
j municipal or county governing
! authority, the members of
’ which are elected by the peo
j pie, such local law must pro-
I vide that the member or mem
j btrs so added must be elected
| b > a majority vote of the quali
fied voters of the political sub
division affected.
[ Paragraph XVI. Statutes and
sections of code, how amended,
N law, or section of the code,
' shall bo amended or repealed
j by mere reference to its title, or
|to the number of the section
of the Code, but the amending
or repealing act, shall distinct
| ly describe the law to be amend
• ed or repealed, as well as the
alteration to be made.
! Paragraph XVII. Corporate
powers, how granted. The Gen-1
eral Assembly shall have no
power to grant corporate powers
and privileges to private com
panies, to make or change el
ection precincts, nor to estab
lish bridges or ferries, nor to
change names of legitimate
children; but it shall prescribe
by law the manner in which
such powers shall be exercised
by the courts; it may confer
this authority to grant corporate
powers and privileges to private
companies to the judges of the
superior courts of this State in
vacation. All corporate powers
and privileges to banking, trust,
insurance, railroad, canal, nav
; igation, express and telegraph
companies shall be issued and
j granted by the Secretary of
| State in such manner as shall
I be prescribed by law; and if in
I any event the Secretary of
j State should be disqualified to
j act in any case, then in that
| event the legislature shall pro
| vide by general laws by what
person such charter shall be
granted.
I Paragraph XVIII. Recogniz
| ances. The General Assembly
1 shall have no power to relieve
principals or securities upon for
feited recognizances, from the
payment thereof, either before
or after judgment thereon, un
less the principal in the recog
nizance shall have been appre
hended and placed in the cus
tody of the proper officers.
Paragraph XIX. Yeas and
1 nays to be entered, when. When
e\ er the Constitution requires
a vote of two-thirds of either
or both houses for the passage
| of an act or resolution, the yeas
and nays on the passage there
( shall be entered on the Jour
nal
Paragraph XX. Powers of the
General Assembly. The General
1 Assembly shall have the power
Itc make all laws consistent
