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 district. 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 varlous courts for inability. 32. Removal of clerks of the various courts for inability. 33. Amendments not to vacate existing offices. 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 certain contingencies. 5. Property exemptions from taxation. 6. Taxes levied by County Commissioners. 7. Acts levying taxes shall state object, etc. 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 districts. 4. Said districts shall have corporate 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 until legally changed. 13. Debts in aid of the rebellion not to be paid. 14. Powers of general assembly over municipal corporations. ARTICLE VIII. 1. Corporations under general laws. 2. Debts of corporations, how secured. 3. What corporations shall include. 4. Legislatures to provide for organizing cities, towns, etc. Section ARTICLE IX. Education. 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 provision 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. 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 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. We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the sovereign ruler of nations, for the preservation 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 fruits 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. |