council of any city, or upon any proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in any town or city, unless he shall within the year next preceding have paid a tax assessed upon his property therein, valued at least at one hundred and thirtyfour dollars.

Sec. 2. The assessors of each town and city shall annually assess upon every person, who, if registered, would be qualified to vote, a tax of one dollar, or such sum as with his other taxes shall amount to one dollar, which tax shall be paid into the treasury of such town or city and be applied to the support of public schools therein: Provided, That such tax assessed upon any person who has performed military duty, shall be remitted for the year he shall perform such duty; and said tax assessed upon any mariner for any year while he is at sea, or upon any person who by reason of extreme poverty is unable to pay said tax, shall upon application of such mariner or person, be remitted. The General Assembly shall have power to provide by law for the collection and remission of said tax.

Sec. 3. This amendment shall take in the Constitution of the State, the place of sections 2 and 3 of article II, "Of the Qualification of Electors," which said sections are hereby annulled. Adopted April 4, 1888.

ARTICLE VIII.

Article V of the amendments to the Constitution of this State is hereby annulled.

Adopted June 20, 1889.

ARTICLE IX.

Section 1. Hereafter the General Assembly may provide by general law for the creation and control of corporations: Provided, however, That no corporation shall be created with the power to exercise the right of eminent domain, or to acquire franchises in the streets and highways of towns and cities, except by special act of the General Assembly upon a petition for the same, the pendency whereof shall be notified as may be required by law.

Sec. 2. This amendment shall take in the Constitution of the State the place of section 17 of article IV, "Of the Legislative Power," and shall be deemed to be in amendment of said section and article.

Adopted November 8, 1892.

ARTICLE X.

Section 1. In all elections held by the people for State, city, town, ward or district officers, the person or candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast shall be declared elected.

Sec. 2. This amendment shall take in the Constitution of the State the place of section 10 of article VIII, "Of Elections," which said section is hereby annulled.

Adopted November 28, 1893.

CONSTITUTION

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

CONSTITUTION OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.