Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of North Carolina: Held in 1875J. Turner, State Printer, 1875 - 278 pages |
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Albertson Allison Allman amend article amend section Anderson of Clay Anderson of Madison Avery Badger Barringer Barrow Bateman Bean Bennett Bingham Bliven Blocker Bowman Boyd Bryan Bullock Bunn Buxton Byrd Carter Cary Chamberlain Chatham Clingman Coleman Committee Constitution Convention Cowell Crosby Cunningham Davis delegates were paired Dixon Dobson Dockery Dula Durham Everett Faircloth Faison Farrior Goodwin Grantham Hampton Hanover Harrington Hassell Henderson Hinnant Hodge Hoffman Holton Jarvis Jones of Caldwell Jones of Yadkin Jordan Kerr King of Lenoir King of Pitt Kirby Lehman Mabson Mannix Marshall Massey McCabe McCanless McCorkle McDonald McEachin Messrs Morehead Motz Munden nays were ordered NAYS-Messrs Neal Nicholson Nowell O'Hara ordinance to amend ordinance was read Patterson question recurred Redwine Reid Robbins Roberts of Davidson Roberts of Gates Rumley Scott of Jones Scott of Onslow Shepherd Shober Sinclair Singeltary Smythe Spake Stallings Strowd Taylor Thorne Turner Vaughan Wheeler Wilcox Woodfin and Young yeas and nays YEAS-Messrs
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Page 140 - Every Judge of the Superior Court shall reside in the district for which he is elected. The Judges shall preside in the Courts of the different districts successively, but no Judge shall hold the Courts in the same district oftener than once in four years; but in case of the protracted illness of the Judge assigned to preside in any district, or of any other unavoidable accident to him, by reason of which he shall be unable to preside, the Governor may require any Judge to hold one or more specified...
Page 192 - The General Assembly shall have no power to deprive the Judicial Department of any power or jurisdiction which rightfully pertains to it as a co-ordinate department of the government...
Page 193 - Department of any power or jurisdiction which rightfully pertains to it as a coordinate department of the government; but the General Assembly shall allot and distribute that portion of this power and jurisdiction which does not pertain to the Supreme Court among the other courts prescribed in this Constitution or which may be established by law, in such manner as it may deem best...
Page 130 - ... the children of the State between the ages of six and twenty-one years. And the children of the white race and the children of the colored race shall be taught in separate public schools; but there shall be no discrimination in favor of or to the prejudice of either race.
Page 261 - Governor, unless otherwise provided for, and the appointees shall hold their places until the next regular election for members of the General Assembly, when elections shall be held to fill such offices. If any person, elected or appointed...
Page 31 - The President having taken the chair, and a quorum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end, that any mistake may be corrected that shall have been made in the entries.
Page 35 - BILLS. [Every bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed; and the...
Page 252 - SEC. 14. The General Assembly shall have full power by statute to modify, change or abrogate any and all of the provisions of this Article and substitute others in their place, except sections seven, nine and thirteen.
Page 233 - ... not exceed two hundred dollars, and wherein the title to real estate shall not be in controversy ; and of all criminal matters arising within their counties where the punishment cannot exceed a fine of fifty dollars, or imprisonment for thirty days. And the General Assembly may give to Justices of the Peace jurisdiction of other civil actions, wherein the value of the property in controversy does not exceed fifty dollars.