H 3288 General Bill, By Inabinett
 A BILL TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 33, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION
 OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO MARRIAGES OF WHITES AND NEGROES AND THE
 AGE OF CONSENT FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION MAKING A
 MARRIAGE BETWEEN A WHITE AND NEGRO OR MULATTO UNLAWFUL.

   01/19/99  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-128
   01/19/99  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-128
   02/03/99  House  Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-2
   02/04/99  House  Debate adjourned HJ-30
   02/04/99  House  Recommitted to Committee on Judiciary HJ-37

February 3, 1999

H. 3288

S. Printed 2/3/99--H.

Read the first time January 19, 1999.

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 3288), to ratify an amendment to Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to marriages of whites and negroes, etc., respectfully

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

JAMES H. HARRISON, for Committee.

TO RATIFY AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 33, ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO MARRIAGES OF WHITES AND NEGROES AND THE AGE OF CONSENT FOR AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION MAKING A MARRIAGE BETWEEN A WHITE AND NEGRO OR MULATTO UNLAWFUL.

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

SECTION 1. (A) The amendment deleting a sentence from Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of a joint resolution of 1997, bearing ratification number 375, having been submitted to the qualified electors of the general election of 1998 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified so that the following sentence is deleted from Section 33, Article III:

"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."

(B) When amended, Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, shall read:

"Section 33. No unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen."