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Title: Constitution of the State of North Carolina and Copy of the Act of the General Assembly Entitled An Act to Amend the Constitution of the State of North Carolina

Author: North Carolina

Release Date: September 5, 2010 [EBook #33638]

Language: English

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CONSTITUTION

OF THE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

AND COPY OF THE ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENTITLED

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

(CHAPTER 81, PUBLIC LAWS, EXTRA SESSION OF 1913)

ISSUED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE

SECRETARY OF STATE
RALEIGH

BY AUTHORITY OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

RALEIGH

EDWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING COMPANY
STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS
1914

Received through the
Bureau for Municipal Research

By direction of the General Assembly, this pamphlet is furnished for
distribution to, and the information of, citizens of the State of North
Carolina. It contains the Constitution of the State of North Carolina as
it now stands, and shows, on page 39 and the pages following, the
proposed amendments, and a copy of the official ballot. Additional
copies of this pamphlet may be had upon application to the County Clerk
of Court, or to the Secretary of State, Raleigh.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

PREAMBLE.

[Sidenote: Preamble.]

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 fo