Sidenote: Officers of other courts inferior to supreme court.]

SEC. 30. In case the General Assembly shall establish other courts
inferior to the Supreme Court, the presiding officers and clerks thereof
shall be elected in such manner as the General Assembly may from time to
time prescribe, and they shall hold their offices for a term not
exceeding eight years.

[Sidenote: Removal of judges of the various courts for inability.]

SEC. 31. Any judge of the Supreme Court or of the Superior Courts, and
the presiding officers of such courts inferior to the Supreme Court as
may be established by law, may be removed from office for mental or
physical inability, upon a concurrent resolution of two-thirds of both
Houses of the General Assembly. The judge or presiding officer, against
whom the General Assembly may be about to proceed, shall receive notice
thereof, accompanied by a copy of the causes alleged for his removal, at
least twenty days before the day on which either House of the General
Assembly shall act thereon.

[Sidenote: Removal of clerks of the various courts for inability.]

SEC. 32. Any clerk of the Supreme Court or of the Superior Courts, or of
such courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be established by law,
may be removed from office for mental or physical inability; the Clerk
of the Supreme Court by the judges of said Court, the clerks of the
Superior Courts by the judge riding the district, and the clerks of such
courts inferior to the Supreme Court as may be established by law by the
presiding officers of said courts. The clerk against whom proceedings
are instituted shall receive notice thereof, accompanied by a copy of
the causes alleged for his removal, at least ten days before the day
appointed to act thereon, and the clerk shall be entitled to an appeal
to the next term of the Superior Court, and thence to the Supreme Court
as provided in other cases of appeals.

[Sidenote: Amendments not to vacate existing offices.]

SEC. 33. The amendments made to the Constitution of North Carolina by
this Convention shall not have the effect to vacate any office or term
of office now existing under the Constitution of the State and filled or
held by virtue of any election or appointment under the said
Constitution and the laws of the State made in pursuance thereof.

ARTICLE V.

REVENUE AND TAXATION.

[Sidenote: Capitation tax.]

[Sidenote: Exemptions.]

SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall l