Ramsay, David, The History of South Carolina, From Its First
Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808, Vols. I
and II
(1809)
The struggle between the proprietors and possessors of the
soil became daily more serious. The provincial assembly passed about this time
some very popular laws. One for the better regulation of the indian trade, by
which commissioners were nomina ted to carry it on and to apply the profit
arising from it to the public benefit and defence. Another was for regulating
elections ; by which it was enacted " that every parish should send a
certain number of representatives, not exceeding thirty - six in the whole, and
that they should be ballotted for at the different parish churches. ”
