S.C. Const. art. III, § 8
The first election for members of the House of Representatives under this Constitution shall be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-six, and in every second year thereafter, in such manner and at such places as the General Assembly may prescribe.
(1966 (54) 2814; 1967 (55) 42.)
For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art II, Section Section 9, 11.