ond Congressional District to be composed of the Counties of A. D. 1868. SECTION 2. That until the next apportionment be made by the Representatives. Congress of the United States, each of the said Congressional Districts shall be entitled to elect one member to represent this State in the Congress of the United States. After such new apportionment by Congress, the General Assembly shall divide the State into as many Congressional Districts as we are entitled to members in the House of Representatives. SECTION 3. That at the first election under this' Constitution, two Representatives shall be elected at large on the State ticket, to represent the overplus of our population. Should they obtain seats, they shall continue to be so elected until the new apportionment after the census of 1870. Done in Convention, at the City of Charleston, this eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Attest: A. G. MACKEY, President Constitutional Convention. C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. Representatives at large. AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO AP- General Assembly to ap sioners at its first We, the People of South Carolina, by our Delegates in Convention met, do ordain, That it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, point Commisat its first session, to appoint Commissioners to investigate and as- session. certain what obligations of the State are entitled to be held as valid and binding upon the State, in conformity with the provisions of this Constitution, and the Ordinances adopted by this Convention, and to report thereon to the General Assembly; and until the General Assembly shall have ascertained the validity of such obligations, no payment for either principal or interest shall be made Payment of Report. obligations inApril 29, 1865. curred prior to A. D. 1868. on any outstanding obligation created and incurred prior to the twenty-ninth day of April, 1865. Done in Convention, at the City of Charleston, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Attest: A. G. MACKEY, President of the Constitutional Convention. C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. sioners. AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A BOARD OF LAND COMMIS SIONERS. We, the People of South Carolina, in Convention met, do ordain, Land Commis- That it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the establishment of a Board, to be known and designated as Commissioners of Public Lands, of which Board the Comptroller General of the State shall be a member, and to define the powers and duties of said Board, and fix the compensation of the members, and to provide for the current expenses thereof. To property. SECTION 2. The Commissioners of Public Lands shall have purchase authority, under regulations provided by law, to purchase, at public sales or otherwise, improved and unimproved real estate within this State, which, in the judgment of such Commissioners, shall be suitable for the purposes intended by the fourth Section of this Ordinance: Provided, That the aggregate amount of purchase made in any fiscal year shall not exceed the par value of the public stock of this State created and appropriated by the General Assembly for the purposes contemplated in the fourth Section of this Ordinance for such fiscal year: And provided, also, That the rate at which any purchase shall be made shall not exceed seventy-five per cent. of the value of the land so purchased, including the improvements thereon, such valuation to be ascertained in the manner hereinafter provided by law. SECTION 3. The General Assembly shall have authority to issue To issue stock. to said Commissioners public stock of this State to such amount as it may deem expedient; which stock, or the proceeds thereof, the Commissioners shall have authority to apply in payment of all purchases made in accordance with the second Section of this Ordinance: Provided, That such public stock shall not be negotiated at a rate less than the par value thereof. SECTION 4. The said Commissioners shall have authority, under Survey of lands. such regulations as shall be established by the General Assembly, to cause the said lands to be surveyed and laid off into suitable racts, to be sold to actual settlers, subject to the condition that onehalf thereof shall be placed under cultivation within three years from the date of any such purchase, and that the purchaser shall annually pay interest upon the amount of such purchase money remaining unpaid, at the rate of seven per centum per annum; and, also, all taxes imposed thereon, by or under the authority of the United States or of this State; and, in addition thereto, shall, in every year after the third from the date of said purchase, pay such proportion of the principal of said purchase as shall be required by the General Assembly. The titles to said lands shall remain in the State until the amount of said purchase shall be paid, principal and interest; but a certificate of said purchase shall be assignable after three years from the date thereof. SECTION 5. All lands purchased by said -Commissioners, or the proceeds of the sales thereof, shall be and remain pledged for the redemption of the public stock issued under Section third of this Ordinance. But the General Assembly shall have authority, subject to such lien and pledge, to make upon the faith and credit of said fund further issues of public stock; but the stock issued as last aforesaid, and the proceeds thereof, shall be used exclusively for the redemption of the public debt of the State outstanding at the date of such issues and which shall not be funded. A. D. 1868. Lands shall be pledged. funds. SECTION 6. The General Assembly shall provide by law for the Security of the security of the funds in the hands of the Commissioners of Public Lands, and for the accountability of such officers, and shall require bonds to be given therefor. Done in Convention, at the City of Charleston, this seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Attest: A. G. MACKEY, President Constitutional Convention. C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention met, do ordain, That the aforesaid Ordinance be so amended as to strike of Ordinance. Amendment A. D. 1868. out the words "and Ordinances" in the following places, to wit: In the first line of Section 2, first line of Section 3, second line of Section 3, sixth line of Section 4, and wherever else they occur. Done in Convention, at the city of Charleston, this ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Attest: A. G. MACKEY, President Constitutional Convention. C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. Repeal of Acts of the State. AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ALL ACTS OF LEGISLATION Whereas it is inexpedient that when the credit of the State is advanced or pledged for the benefit of public enterprises and works in which the people of the State are interested, that power should be lodged in the General Assembly to exercise a salutary control over such public enterprises and works, to the end that the commerce and industry of the State should be adequately fostered and promoted; therefore, We, the People of South Carolina, in Convention met, do ordain, pledging credit That all acts or pretended acts of legislation purporting to have been passed by the General Assembly of the State since the twentieth day of December, A. D. 1860, pledging the faith and credit of the State for the benefit of any corporate body or private individual, are hereby suspended and declared inoperative until the General Assembly shall assemble and ratify the same. And it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, at its first session after the passage of this Ordinance, to attend to the same. Done in Convention, at the city of Charleston, this fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. A. G. MACKEY, President Constitutional Convention. Attest: C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. AN ORDINANCE INSTRUCTING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO A. D. 1868. We, the People of South Carolina, in Convention met, do ordain, Citadel. That the General Assembly is hereby instructed to provide, by suitable laws, for the appropriation of the Citadel and grounds, in the city of Charleston, for educational purposes, said buildings and grounds to be devoted to the establishment of an institution of learning, which shall be a body politic and corporate, and shall be managed by a Board of Trustees and their successors, who shall be chosen by the General Assembly, and shall be subject to visitation by and under its authority. Said institution of learning shall have power to establish schools of law and medicine, and to issue diplomas that shall entitle the holders to practice said professions, as shall be prescribed by law. Done in Convention, at the city of Charleston, this sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. Attest: A. G. MACKEY, C. J. STOLBRAND, Secretary. AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE General Assem We, the People of South Carolina, in Convention met, do ordain, Meeting of the That the members of the General Assembly elected under the pro- bly. visions of the Constitution shall assemble in the capitol at the city of Columbia, on Tuesday, the twelfth day of May, 1868, at 12 o'clock M. ganization. SECTION 2. That each House shall be temporarily organized by Temporary or the election of a presiding officer, to whom the oath of office shall be administered by the President of this Convention, and which presiding officer shall then administer the said oath to the other members. Installation of SECTION 3. That as soon as the House of Representatives is permanently organized by the election of a Speaker, and shall have the Governor. appointed a day for that purpose, the Governor shall be installed into office in the presence of both Houses, and the oath of office shall be administered to him by the President of this Convention, |