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Manning-An Act to alter and renew the charter of the Town of

Manning........

Florence.-An Act to incorporate the Town of Florence..
Anderson.-An Act to renew and amend the charter of the Town of
Anderson......
Mining. An Act to charter the South Carolina Phosphate and Phos-
phatic River Mining Company in the State of South Carolina,
and to grant to the persons therein named, and their associ-
ates, the right to dig and mine in the beds of the navigable
streams and waters of the State of South Carolina, for phos-
phate rocks and phosphatic deposits......

Enterprise Railroad.-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act

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to incorporate the Enterprise Railroad Company, of Charles-
ton, South Carolina," approved March 1, 1870......
Juries.-An Act to regulate the manner of drawing Juries...
Jacksonboro Ferry.-An Act to charter the Jacksonboro Ferry....... 697
Ashepoo Ferry.-An Act to renew the charter of the Ferry known

as Ashepoo Ferry.....
Code of Procedure.-An Act to amend Section 22 of the Code of Pro-
cedure..................

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

State Librarian to Make Index.-Joint Resolution authorizing the
State Librarian to cause to be prepared an index to Volume
XIV of the Statutes of this State.....
Taxes.-Joint Resolution authorizing and directing the State Audi-

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tor and County Commissioners to levy certain taxes..... 699 Attorney-General may Employ Assistance.-Joint Resolution authoriz

ing the Attorney-General to employ assistance in certain suits
now pending, and making an appropriation for the

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State Auditor to Suspend certain Proceedings-Joint Resolution authorizing the State Auditor to suspend proceedings in certain Taxes, Special.-Joint Resolution authorizing the County Commissioners of Williamsburg County to levy a Special Tax......... 700 Tax, Special.-Joint Resolution authorizing the County Commis

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sioners of Oconee County to levy a Special Tax......
Samuel Cochran, Relief of.-Joint Resolution for the relief of Samuel
Cochran, Thomas Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Juliana Ir-
vine, Isabella Irvine and Henrietta Irvine.........................
Ridley K. Carlton-Joint Resolution authorizing the Executive to
commission Ridley K. Carlton as Coroner of Beaufort County, 701
State Reports.-Joint Resolution authorizing the State Librarian to

purchase certain volumes of State Reports
James L. Orr.-Joint Resolution ordering that the Hon. James L.
Orr, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, be allowed extra
compensation for holding extra Courts.......
Canby School Fund.-Joint Resolution directing that funds known as
Canby School Fund remaining in the hands of County Treas-
urers be appropriated to the Free School Fund..

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Mileage State Board of Education.-Joint Resolution to provide for
the payment of mileage certificates of members of the State
Board of Education, of the State of South Carolina .........
A. R. Taylor and Others to Erect Gates.-Joint Resolution authori-
zing A. R. Taylor, Henry Arthur, and others, of Lexington
County, to continue, for a term of two years, two gates erected
by them across the old State road in said County, at the be-
ginning and terminus of their planting lands....................................
Supreme Court.-Joint Resolution to provide for the publication of
the decisions of the Supreme Court delivered during the
years 1868, 1869 and 1870.....
State Stock.-Joint Resolution authorizing the State Treasurer to re-
issue to John Phillips, Executor of John Campbell, deceased,
certain certificates of State Stock.........

Appropriation.-Joint Resolution making an appropriation of
$47,000 for the completion of the Lunatic Asylum, and for
other purposes.....
Taxes.-Joint Resolution authorizing the State Auditor and County
Commissioners to levy certain taxes.
Apportionment.-Joint Resolution to confirm the apportionment

made by Superintendent of Education of the State of South
Carolina of the Free School Fund for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 1869 ....

W. B. Pringle.-Joint Resolution to authorize the State Treasurer to
re-issue to W. B. Pringle, Executor of Mrs. Bertha Skir-
ving, certificates of State Stock...........
Jail in Manning.-Joint Resolution directing part of a certain tax
to be devoted to the erection of a Court House and Jail in
Manning....
State Treasurer.-Joint Resolution authorizing the State Treasurer
to re-issue stock of the State of South Carolina......
Attorney-General.-Joint Resolution authorizing the Attorney-Gene-
ral to purchase a fire-proof safe for the use of the Attorney-
General's office....

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Wm. B. Timmons.-Joint Resolution to pay Wm. B. Timmons two hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-four cents........... 708 Port Royal Railroad.―Joint Resolution to extend the time for the completion of the Port Royal Railroad....... Special Tax for Kershaw County.-Joint Resolution to authorize the County Commissioners of Kershaw County to levy a special tax for the purposes of building a County Jail...... Risley & Creighton.-Joint Resolution directing the State Treasurer

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to refund to Messrs. Risley & Creighton six hundred and three dollars and seventy-eight cents, taxes overpaid by them........ 709 J. M. Plowden.-Joint Resolution to allow J. M. Plowden, of Clarendon County, to redeem certain forfeited land.......

Secretary of State.-Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of State to contract with the Southern Domestic Gas Light Company for the illumination of the State House and public offices therein.......................

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CHARLESTON, S. C., 17th March, 1868.

This is to certify that this Constitution, and the Ordinances thereunto appended, were adopted by a majority of votes by the Constitutional Convention of the State of South Carolina, assembled under the Reconstruction Acts of Congress, and which was held at Charleston, beginning on the 14th day of January, and ending on the 17th day of March, 1868. A. G. MACKEY, President.

ATTEST:

C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary.

CONSTITUTION.

A. D. 1868.

Declaration

We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, Grateful to Almighty God for this opportunity, deliberately and peaceably of entering into an explicit and solemn compact with each other, and forming a new Constitution of civil government for ourselves and pos- of rights. terity, recognizing the necessity of the protection of the people in all that pertains to their freedom, safety and tranquility, and imploring the direction of the Great Legislator of the Universe, do agree upon, ordain and establish the following

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT
AS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
SOUTH CAROLINA:

ARTICLE I.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

Equality of

SECTION 1. All men are born free and equal-endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are the rights of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties, of acquiring, possessing and men. protecting property, and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.

SECTION 2. Slavery shall never exist in this State; neither shall involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

SECTION 3. All political power is vested in and derived from the people only; therefore they have the right, at all times, to modify their form of government in such manner as they may deem expedient, when the public good demands.

SECTION 4. Every citizen of this State owes paramount allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States, and no law or ordinance of this State in contravention or subversion thereof can have any binding force.

Slavery prohibited.

Political

power vested in the people.

Paramount allegiance.

The Union

SECTION 5. This State shall ever remain a member of the American Union, and all attempts, from whatever source, or upon whatever pre- indissoluble. text, to dissolve the said Union, shall be resisted with the whole power of the State.

SECTION 6. The right of the people peaceably to assemble to consult for the common good, and to petition the Government, or any department thereof, shall never be abridged.

SECTION 7. All persons may freely speak, write and publish their senti

Right of petition and dis

cussion.

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