PAGE. A joint resolution to instruct the Senators and request the Representatives in Congress from North Carolina to support the bill providing for the purchase and preservation by the United States of Temple Farm and the Moore House 1034 . 1034 ... 1034 Resolution of respect relative to death of Dr. Geo. L. Kirby À resolution providing for the election of Trustees of the University of ... 1035 1035 Resolution to pay expenses of joint sub-committee who visited the State 1036 Joint resolution to pay expenses of committee who visited the Eastern ... 1036 .... Joint resolution paying W. W. Stringfield and John W. Stamey expenses of contest .. 1036 Resolution for pension warrant to Mary Ann Barnhardt, of Cabarrus 1037 . 1037 A joint resolution of thanks A resolution supplemental to an act to amend the charter of the town of Reidsville, in Rockingham County, ratified on the 18th day of January, 1901 ... A joint resolution calling upon the Senators and Representatives from North Carolina, in Congress, to secure an appropriation from the National Government to erect a suitable monument to mark the grave of the famous Indian Chief, Junaluska .. 1037 ..... 1038 Resolution in favor of Edwards & Broughton, and E. M. Uzzell, State ... 1038 Resolution to pay R. H. Smith, Jr., thirteen dollars and fifty-one hundredths dollars for typewriting Resolution to pay expenses in contested election case of Kennedy vs. Joint resolution asking for the election of United States Senators by the people 1039 1039 1040 Resolution to print one thousand copies of the general oyster law 1040 1040 1041 1041 A joint resolution providing for the payment of certain expenses incurred 1042 1042 1043 Joint resolution on the death of ex-President Benjamin Harrison 1043 1044 PAGE. Joint resolution authorizing the Enrolling Clerk and such assistants as he may need to be paid their per diem for straightening up the affairs of his office and delivering all papers, etc., to the State Librarian ..... 1044 Joint resolution in regard to investigation of Treasury Department Joint resolution concerning adjournment Resolution in regard to adjournment 1044 . 1045 .. 1045 Resolution authorizing the paying of Clerks and other employees mileage for their attendance upon the present sitting of the General Assembly. 1045 A resolution to print the proceedings of the impeachment Resolution relating to the adjournment of the General Assembly 1046 1046 Resolution in regard to Pages . 1047 Resolution to provide for the publication of the proceedings of the Court of Impeachment 1047 Resolution for the relief of T. B. Womack 1047 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Preamble. 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 Scate 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 The equality and created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with cer- rights of men. tain 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, Political power and government. 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. SEC. 3. That the people of this State have the inherent, sole Internal governand exclusive right of regulating the internal government and ment of the State. police thereof, and of altering and abolishing their Constitution and form of government whenever it may be necessary for their That there is no right to secede. Of allegiance to the U. S. Government. Public debt. and under acts of 1868, 1868-'9, 1869'70, declared invalid. safety and happiness; but every such right should be exercised in pursuance of law, and consistently with the Constitution of the United States. SEC. 4. That this State shall ever remain a member of the American Union; that the people thereof are a part of the American Nation; that there is no right on the part of the State to secede, and that all attempts, from whatever source or upon whatever pretext, to dissolve said Union, or to sever said Nation, ought to be resisted with the whole power of the State. SEC. 5. That every citizen of this State owes paramount allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States, and that no law or ordinance of the State in contravention or subversion thereof can have any binding force. SEC. 6. The State shall never assume or pay, or authorize the collection of any debt or obligation, express or implied, incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or Bonds issued un- any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; nor shall der ordinance of Convention of 188 the General Assembly assume or pay, or authorize the collection of any tax to pay, either directly or indirectly, expressed or implied, any debt or bond incurred, or issued, by authority of the Convention of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, nor any debt or bond, incurred or issued by the Legislature of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixtyeight, at its special session of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, or at its regular sessions of the years one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine and one thousand eight hundred and seventy, except the bonds issued to fund the interest on the old debt of the State, unless the proposing to pay the same shall have first been submitted to the people and by them ratified by the vote of a majority of all the qualified voters of the State, at a regular election held for that purpose. Exception. SEC. 7. No man or set of men are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community but in consideration of public services. SEC. 8. The legislative, executive and supreme judicial powers of the government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other. SEC. 9. All power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without the consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised. SEC. 10. All elections ought to be free. SEC. 11. In all criminal prosecutions, every man has the right to be informed of the accusation against him and to confront the |