S 1005 Joint Resolution, By Mescher

Similar(S 1000)
 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 33 OF THE
 CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE AGE OF CONSENT TO SEXUAL
 INTERCOURSE FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO RAISE THE AGE OF CONSENT FROM
 FOURTEEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

   02/10/98  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-7
   02/10/98  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-7

A JOINT RESOLUTION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 33 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO THE AGE OF CONSENT TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO RAISE THE AGE OF CONSENT FROM FOURTEEN TO EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. It is proposed that Article III, Section 33 of the Constitution of this State be amended to read:

"Section 33. The marriage of a white person with a negro or mulatto, or person who shall have one-eighth or more of negro blood, shall be unlawful and void. No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen eighteen years."

SECTION 2. The proposed amendment must be submitted to the qualified electors at the next general election for representatives. Ballots must be provided at the various voting precincts with the following words printed or written on the ballot:

"Shall Article III, Section 33 of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to increase the age for unmarried women to legally consent to sexual intercourse from fourteen to eighteen years of age?

Those voting in favor of the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'Yes', and those voting against the question shall deposit a ballot with a check or cross mark in the square after the word 'No'."