Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-07-02

August, 1875, the sher1ffs of the State
shall open polls for the election of del
egates to the said Convention from
their respective counties, and the cleo
ton aforesaid, and the registration for
the same, shall be held and conducted;
the officers thereof, including regis
trars and judges of election, appoint
ed the votes counted and compared
the result proclaimed, and certificates
issued in the same manner as IS pro-
vided by law for the election of men,
beers of the House of Representative
of the General Assembly.
Sec. 4. The said delegates shall be
called to order at II o'clock on the
day fixed therefor, Dy the Chief JUS
tice or one of the Associate Justices
OF the Supreme Court or Secretary of
State, who, if there be not a quorum.
shall adjourn them To the same pin"e,
and from day to-day, until a quorum
shall appear; and on the appearance of
a quorum he shall administer to each
of them the following oath:
You, A B, do solemnly swear Cor
affirm, as the delegate elect shall
choose that you will faithfully main
tain and support the Constitution of
the Urited States and the several
amendments thereto, including the
18th, 14th and 18th amendments; and
that you will neither directly nor indi-
rectly evade or disr gard the duties
eDjoined nor the restrictions imposed
upon the Convention by the act of the
General Assembly authorizing your
election. So help You God.
And 10 delegate shall be permitted
to sit or be entitled to a seat IN said
Convention, or act as delegate
thereto, until he shall have sub
scribed the above oath or affirma-
ton; and as soon as majority of the
delegates elect shall have thus ap
peared and been sworn in, they shall
then proceed to elect their own pre-
siding officer, and such other officers
and servants as they, from time to
time, shall find necessary; and if va
cancy shall occur, they shall be filed
in the same manner as the like vacan-
cies are filed by law in the case CT va
cancies in the General Assembly.
Said Convention shall have no power
to consider, debate, adopt or propose
any amendment to the existing Con-
stitution or ordinance upon the follow
ing SUBJECTS:
TheHomestead andPersonal Proper
ty Exemptions, the mechanics and la
borers' lien, and the rights of married
| women, as now secured by law, nor to
alter or amend. section or 5, article
V, of said Constitution, nor change
the ratio between the poll and proper
ty tax as therein established; nor shall
| the said Convention have power to
propose or adopt any amendment or
ordinance vacating any office or term
| of office now ex sting and filed or
| held by virtue of any election or APP
pointment under the existing Consti-
tuition and laws, until the same shall
| be vacated or expired under existing
laws; but the said Convention may re-
commend the adjustment of any
Office when the present term
therein shall expire or vacan-
cies occur, and they may provide for
| filling such vaca ncies, otherwise than
as now, and limiting the terms thereof.
Nor shall the Convention adopt or pro-
pose any plan or amendment or scheme
| of compensation to the owners of
emancipated slaves, nor for the pay
ment of any liability Or debt incurred
wholly or in part in aid of the late war
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alton of imprisonment for debt: nor
shall they require or propose any edu-
cational or property qualification for
Office or voting: nor shall said Conven-
ton pass any ordinances Legislative in
their character, except such as are
necessary to submit the amended
Constitution to the people fer their
ratification or rejection, or to convene
the General Assembly.
Sec. 5. The Constitution, as amend
ed, shall be submitted to the people
for ratification or rejection, and shall
not be binding until the same shall
have been ratified by the qualified
voters of the STATE, and the Conven-
ton shall prescribe the mode where
by the sense of the people therein
shall be taken and recorded.
Sc. c. There shall be printed i'm
mediately ten copies of this act for
each member of the General Assembly,
and one hun red copies within thirty
days after ratification for each board
of county commissioners, and the use
of the registrars and judges of cleo
ton in their respective counties: and
this act shall be in force end take eff
! feet from and after its ratification.
Ratified the 10Th day of March, a.
| d. 1875.