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Author Graham, Cole Blease

Title The South Carolina state constitution / Cole Blease Graham, Jr
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 272 pages)
Series The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States
Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States.
Contents Note continued: Section 1 Regulation of common carriers, publicly owned utilities and privately owned utilities serving the public -- Section 2 Formation, organization and regulation, etc., of corporations -- Article X Finance, Taxation, and Bonded Debt -- Section 1 Taxation and assessment -- Section 2 Defining classes of property and values for property tax purposes thereof; transition to assessment ratios; continuance of existing statutes pertaining to assessment methods; changing assessment ratios -- Section 3 Property exempt from ad valorem taxation -- Section 4 One assessment for all taxes -- Section 5 No tax without consent; taxes shall be levied in pursuance of law -- Section 6 Assessment and collection of taxes in political subdivisions -- Section 7 Limitation on annual expenditures of state government and number of state employees; annual budgets and expenses of political subdivisions and school districts -- Section 8 Payments from treasuries -- Section 9 Statement of receipts and expenditures -- Section 10 Claims against State -- Section 11 Credit of State and political subdivisions -- Section 12 Counties not to incur bonded indebtedness for special services in certain areas without special tax or charge on area or persons benefitted -- Section 13 Bonded indebtedness of State -- Section 14 Bonded indebtedness of political subdivisions -- Section 15 Bonded indebtedness of school districts -- Section 16 Regulation of benefits, funding and membership contributions of state-operated retirement systems; investment of funds; State Retirement Systems Investment Panel -- Article XI Pubhc Education -- Section 1 State Board of Education -- Section 2 State Superintendent of Education -- Section 3 System of free public schools and other public institutions of learning -- Section 4 Direct aid to religious or other private educational institutions prohibited -- Article XII Functions of Government -- Section 1 Matters of public concern; General Assembly to provide appropriate agencies -- Section 2 Institutions for confinement of persons convicted of crimes -- Section 3 Separate confinement of juvenile offenders -- Section 4 to 8 (Reserved) -- Section 9 Control of convicts -- Article XIII Militia -- Section 1 Militia -- Section 2 When exempt from arrest -- Section 3 Governor may call out -- Section 4 Adjutant and Inspector General; staff officers -- Section 5 Confederate pensions -- Article XIV Eminent Domain -- Section 1 Boundary rivers -- Section 2 Title to certain lands -- Section 3 Ultimate property in lands -- Section 4 Navigable waters free; tax for use of wharf -- Section 5 Slum clearance and redevelopment; acquisition of air rights and subsurface rights -- Article XV Impeachment -- Section 1 Power of impeachment; vote required; suspension of officer impeached -- Section 2 Trial of impeachments; judgment; proceedings no bar to criminal prosecution; impeachment of Governor -- Section 3 Removal of officers by Governor on address of General Assembly -- Article XVI Amendment and Revision of the Constitution -- Section 1 Amendments -- Section 2 Two or more amendments -- Section 3 Constitutional convention -- Article XVII Miscellaneous Matters -- Section 1 Qualifications of officers -- Section 1A Qualification for office; two offices -- Section 1B Property qualifications; term of office; dueling -- Section 2 Claims against State -- Section 3 Divorces -- Section 4 Supreme Being -- Section 5 Public printing -- Section 6 Removal of causes -- Section 7 Lotteries -- Section 7B Special election for bonding municipality -- Section 8 Officers gambling and betting -- Section 9 Property of married women -- Section 10 Laws now of force -- Section 11 Schedule -- Section 12 Continuity of governmental operations in event of enemy attack -- Section 13 Use of funds realized by Greenwood County from sale of electric properties and system -- Section 14 Citizens deemed sui juris; restrictions as to sale of alcoholic beverages -- Article I of Amendments to the Constitution -- Article II of Amendments to the Constitution -- Article III of Amendments to the Constitution
Summary South Carolina's current constitution is a unique reflection of America's cultural and political history. It has roots dating back to the state's original colonial charter, comprising an uneasy alliance of post-Civil War history, late 19th century return to segregation, and post-1960s liberalizing reforms. In The South Carolina State Constitution, Cole Blease Graham illustrates the success of positive political forces pitted against the social norms of a Deep South state. His informed analysis challenges advocates of constitutional reform to continue revision efforts, making this volume an imp
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-257) and index
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Subject Constitutions -- South Carolina
Constitutional law -- South Carolina
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Constitutional law
Constitutions
South Carolina
Form Electronic book
Author South Carolina. Constitution (1895)
ISBN 9780199877720
0199877726
1306267064
9781306267069