Constitution of the State of North Carolina and Copy of the Act of the General Assembly Entitled Part 9

SEC. 7. No person, who shall hold any office or place of trust or profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under this State, or under any other State or government, shall hold or exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the authority of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General a.s.sembly: _Provided_, that nothing herein contained shall extend to officers in the militia, justices of the peace, commissioners of public charities, or commissioners for special purposes.

[Sidenote: Intermarriage of whites and negroes prohibited.]

SEC. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the third generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited.

INDEX TO STATE CONSt.i.tUTION

Art. Sec.

Abuses in a.s.sessments and contracting debts by munic.i.p.al corporations, general a.s.sembly to prevent; 8 4

Actions at law and equity suits, no distinction; 4 1 Pending when const.i.tution took effect; 4 20

Acts of general a.s.sembly, style of; 2 21 Levying taxes, must state object; 5 7

Agriculture, department of; 3 17 In connection with university; 9 14

Alimony, general a.s.sembly does not secure; 2 10

Allegiance to U. S. Government; 1 5

Amendments; 13 Do not vacate existing offices; 4 33

Answer to criminal charge; 1 12

Apportionment of senators and representatives; 2 4-5-6

Arms, right to bear; 1 24

Article seven, general a.s.sembly may modify or repeal certain sections; 7 14

a.s.semblage, right of; 1 25

Attorney-general advises executive; 3 14 Duties of; 3 13

Auditor, duties of; 3 13

Bail, excessive; 1 14

Ballot, elections to be by; 6 3

Bills of general a.s.sembly, read three times; 2 23

Blind provided for; 11 10

Board of charities; 11 7

Boundaries of state; 1 34

Capitation tax, application of proceeds from; 5 2 Exempts; 5 1

Capital punishment; 11 2

Charities, public; 11 Deaf-mutes and the blind; 11 10 Idiots and inebriates; 11 9 Provision for orphans and the poor; 11 7 Self-supporting, as far as possible; 11 14

Cities organized by legislation; 8 4

Citizens.h.i.+p, restoration to; 2 11

Civil and criminal actions; 4 1

Claims against the state; 4 9

Clerk of superior court, election of; 4 10 Removal for inability; 4 32

Clerk of Supreme court; 4 15 Terms of office of; 4 17 Removal of; 4 32

Commutations; 3 6

Compulsory education, general a.s.sembly may provide; 9 15

Concealed weapons, carrying not justified; 1 24

Const.i.tution, how changed; 13 2

Controversies at law about property; 1 19

Convention, how called; 13

Convict labor; 11 1

Coroner and sheriff; 4 24

Corporations, munic.i.p.al; 7 Charters remain in force till legally changed; 7 12 Power of general a.s.sembly over; 7 12

Corporations other than munic.i.p.al; 8 Debts of, how secured; 8 2 Definition of; 8 3 Under general laws; 8 1

Correction, houses of; 11 4

Council of state; 3 14

Counsel allowed defendant; 1 11

County commissioners, election and duty of; 7 1-2