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South Carolina Constitution, Article XVII

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Article XVII, Miscellaneous Matters

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All articles226 Art. I25 Art. II12 Art. III37 Art. IV21 Art. V27 Art. VI9 Art. VII15 Art. VIII18 Art. VIII-A1 Art. IX2 Art. X15 Art. XI4 Art. XII9 Art. XIII5 Art. XIV5 Art. XV3 Art. XVI3 Art. XVII15

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S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 1 B Property qualifications; term of office; dueling
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No property qualification, unless prescribed in this Constitution, shall be necessary for an election to or the holding of any office. No person shall be elected or appointed to office in this State for life or during good behavior, but the terms of all officers shall be for some…
S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 2 Claims against State
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The General Assembly may direct, by law, in what manner claims against the State may be established and adjusted.
S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 3 Divorces
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Divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall be allowed on the grounds of adultery, desertion, physical cruelty, continuous separation for a period of at least one year or habitual drunkenness.
S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 4 Supreme Being
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No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.

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S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 5 Public printing

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The printing of the laws, journals, bills, legislative documents and papers for each branch of the General Assembly, with the printing required for the Executive and other departments of the State, shall be done as provided by law.

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 6 Removal of causes

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The General Assembly shall provide for the removal of all causes which may be pending when this Constitution goes into effect to Courts created by the same.

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 7 B Special election for bonding municipality

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In authorizing a special election in any incorporated city or town in this State for the purpose of bonding the same, the General Assembly shall prescribe as a condition precedent to the holding of said election a petition from a majority of the freeholders of said city or town a…

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 8 Officers gambling and betting

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It shall be unlawful for any person holding an office of honor, trust or profit to engage in gambling or betting on games of chance; and any such officer, upon conviction thereof, shall become thereby disqualified from the further exercise of the functions of his office, and the …

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 9 Property of married women

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The real and personal property of a woman held at the time of her marriage, or that which she may thereafter acquire, either by gift, grant, inheritance, devise or otherwise, shall be her separate property, and she shall have all the rights incident to the same to which an unmarr…

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 10 Laws now in force

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All laws now in force in this State and not repugnant to this Constitution shall remain and be enforced until altered or repealed by the General Assembly, or shall expire by their own limitations.

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 11 Schedule

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That no inconvenience may arise from the change in the Constitution of this State, and in order to carry this Constitution into complete operation, it is hereby declared: Laws now of force; ordinances. - First. That all laws in force in this State, at the time of the adoption of …

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 12 Continuity of governmental operations during enemy attack

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The General Assembly, in order to insure continuity of state and local governmental operations in periods of emergency resulting from disasters caused by enemy attack, shall have the power and the immediate duty (1) to provide for prompt and temporary succession to the powers and…

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 13 Use of funds realized by Greenwood County from sale of electric properties and system

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Funds realized by Greenwood County from the sale of its electric properties and system shall be held intact as an investment fund. Only investments in securities permitted by law may be made and then only by the governing body of the county. No portion of the principal amount of …

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 14 Citizens deemed sui juris; restrictions as to sale of alcoholic beverages

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Every citizen who is eighteen years of age or older, not laboring under disabilities prescribed in this Constitution or otherwise established by law, shall be deemed sui juris and endowed with full legal rights and responsibilities, provided, that the General Assembly may restric…

S.C. Const. art. XVII, § 15 Lawful domestic unions recognizable in State; domestic unions created in another jurisdiction

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A marriage between one man and one woman is the only lawful domestic union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This State and its political subdivisions shall not create a legal status, right, or claim respecting any other domestic union, however denominated. This St…