CONSTITUTION,OF, STATE OF NORTHÍ CAROLINA. Section 34. State boundaries. 35. Courts shall be open. 36. Soldiers in time of peace. 37. Other rights of the people. ARTICLE II. ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. Section 1. The equality and rights of men. 2. Political power and government. 3. Internal government of the State. 4. That there is no right to se cede. 5. Of allegiance to the United States government. 6. Public debt. 7. Exclusive emoluments, etc. 8. The legislative, executive and judicial powers distinct. 9. Of the power of suspending laws. 10. Elections free. 11. In criminal prosecutions. 12. Answers to criminal charges. 13. Right of jury. 14. Excessive bail. 15. General warrants. 16. Imprisonment for debt. 17. No person to be taken, etc., but by the law of the land. 18. Persons restrained of liberty. 19. Controversies at law respecting property. 20. Freedom of the press. 21. Habeas corpus. 22. Property qualifications. 23. Representation and taxation. 24. Militia and the right to bear arms, 25. Right of the people to assemble together. 25. Religious liberty. 27. Education, 23. Elections should be frequent. 29. Recurrence to fundamental prin ciples. 39. Hereditary emoluments, etc. 31. Perpetuities, etc. 32. Ex post facto laws. 33. Slavery prohibited. Legislative Department. 1. Two branches. 2. Time of assembling. 3. Number of Senators. 4. Regulations in relation to dis tricting the State for Sena tors. 5. Regulations in relation to appor tionment of Representatives. 6. Ratio of representation. 7. Qualifications for Senators. 8. Qualifications for Representa tives. 9. Election of officers. 10. Powers in relation to divorce and alimony. 11, Private laws in relation to the names of persons, etc. 12. Thirty days notice shall be given anterior to passage of private laws. 13. Vacancies. 14. Revenue. 15. Entails. 16. Journals. 17. Protest. 18. Officers of the house. 19. President of the Senate. 20. Other senatorial officers. 21. Style of the acts. 22. Powers of the general assembly. 23. Bills and resolutions to be read three times, etc. 24. Oath for members. 25. Term of office. 26. Yeas and nays. 27. Election for members of the general assembly. Section 28. Pay of officers and members of the general assembly. 28. Extra session. ARTICLE III. Executive Department. 1. Officers of the executive de partment. 1. Terms of office. 2. Qualifications of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor. 3. Returns of elections. 4. Oath of office for Governor. 5. Duties of Governor. 6. Reprieves, commutations and pardons. 7. Annual reports from officers of executive department and of public institutions. 8. Commander-in-chief. 9. Extra sessions of general assem bly. 10. Officers whose appointments are not otherwise provided for. 11. Duties of Lieutenant-Governor. 12. In case of impeachment of Gov ernor vacancy caused by or death or resignation. 13. Duties of other executive offi cers. 14. Council of State. 15. Compensation of executive of ficers. 16. Seal of State. 17. Department of agriculture, im migration and statistics. Section Courts. of judicial districts. And Special Terms. 12. Jurisdiction of courts inferior to Supreme Court. 13. In case of waiver of trial by jury. 14. Special Courts in cities. 15. Clerk of Supreme Court. 16. Election of Superior Court Clerk. 17. Terms of office. 18. Fees, salaries and emoluments. 19. What laws are and shall be in force. 20. Disposition of actions at law and suits in equity pending when this Constitution shall go into effect, etc. 21. Election, term of office, etc., of Supreme and Superior Court Judges. 22. Transaction of business in the Superior Courts. 23. Solicitors for each judicial dist rict. 24. Sheriffs and coroners. 25. Vacancies. 26. Terms of office of first officers under this article. 27. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace. 28. Vacancies in office of justices. 29. Vacancies in office of Superior Court clerk. 30. Officers of other courts inferior to Supreme Court. 31. Removal of Judges of the va rious courts for inability. 32. Removal of clerks of the va rious courts for inability. 33. Amendments not to vacate ex isting offices. ARTICLE IV. Judicial Department. 1. Abolishes the distinctions be tween actions at law and suits in equity. 1. Feigned issues abolished. 2. Division of judicial powers. 3. Trial court of impeachment. 4. Impeachment. 5. Treason against the State. 6. Supreme Court Justices. 7. Terms of the Supreme Court. 8. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. 9. Claims against the State. ARTICLE V. Revenue and Taxation. 1. Capitation tax. 1. Exemptions. 2. Application of proceeds of State and county capitation tax. Section 3. Taxation shall be by uniform rule and ad valorem. 4. Restriction upon the increase of the public debt, except in cer tain contingencies. 5. Property exemptions from taxa tion. 6. Taxes levied by County Com missioners. 7. Acts levying taxes shall state object, etc. ARTICLE IX. Education. Section 1. Education shall be encouraged. 2. General assembly shall provide for schools. 2. Separation of the races. 3. Counties to be divided into districts. 4. What property shall be devoted to educational purposes. 5. County school funds. 5. Proviso. 6. Election of trustees and pro vision for maintenance of the university. 7. Benefits of the university. 8. Board of education. 9. President and secretary. 10. Power of board. 11. First session of board. 12. Quorum. 13. Expenses. 14. Agricultural department. 15. Children must attend school. ARTICLE X. ARTICLE VI. Suffrage and Eligibility to Office. 1. Qualifications of an elector. 2. Registration of electors. 3. Elections by people and general assembly. 4. Oath of office. 5. Disqualification for office. Municipal Corporations, 1. County officers. 2. Duties of County Commission ers. 3. Counties to be divided into dist ricts. 4. Said districts shall have corpo rate powers as townships. 5. Officers of townships. 6. Trustees shall assess property. 7. No debt or loan except by a majority of voters. 8. Drawing of money. 9. Taxes to be ad valorem. 10. When officers enter on duty. 11. Governor to appoint Justices. 12. Charters to remain in force un til legally changed. 13. Debts in aid of the rebellion not to be paid. 14. Powers of general assembly over municipal corporations. Homesteads and Exemptions. 1. Exemption. 2. Homestead. 3. Homestead exempted from debt. 4. Laborer's lien. 5. Benefit of widow. 6. Property of a married female secured to her. 7. Husband may insure his life for the benefit of wife and child. ren. 8. How deed for homestead may be made. ARTICLE VIII. Corporations Other than Municipal. 1. Corporations under general laws. 2. Debts of corporations, how se cured. 3. What corporations shall include. 4. Legislatures to provide for or ganizing cities, towns, etc. ARTICLE XI. Punishments, Penal Institutions and Public Charities. 1. Punishments. 1. Convict labor. 1. Proviso. 2. Death punishment 3. Penitentiary. 4. Houses of correction. 5. Houses of refuge. 6. The sexes to be separated. Section tered. Section phans. ARTICLE XII. Militia. 1. Who are liable to militia duty. 2. Organizing, etc. 3. Governor, commander-in-chief. 4. Exemptions. ARTICLE XIII. Amendments. 1. Convention, how called. ARTICLE XIV. Miscellaneous. 1. Indictments. 2. Penalty for fighting duel. 3. Drawing money. 4. Mechanic's lien. 5. Governor to make appointments. 6. Seat of government. 7. Holding office. 8. Intermarriage of whites and negroes prohibited. PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the sovereign ruler of nations, for the preserva. tion of the American Union, and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof, and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution: ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. That the great, general and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, and that the relations of this State to the Union and Government of the United States, and those of the people of this State to the rest of the American people, may be defined and affirmed, we do declare: Section 1. That we hold it to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the frưits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness. Sec. 2. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole. |