The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1913-08-07

cldl act Dy the -parLla1 ropeal OF
general law; but the General Assem-
bly, may at any time repeal local, pri-
Vate. or special laws.
Any local, private, or special act or
resolution passed in violation Of the
provisions OF this section shall be
void.
The General Assembly shall have,
power to pass general laws regulat-
ing the matters set out in this Sec
ton
VI. BY striking out the words "irst
day Of in section one of article
three, and inserting in lieu thereof
the words: second Wednesday after
the first Monday in.
VII. BY striking out the words
-four years." in section eleven OF
article four, and inserting in lieu
thereof the words one year: and by
adding at the end of said election the
following:
"The General Assembly shall group
the Superior Court districts into not
less than five divisions. and may linn
1t the respective circuits of judges of
the Superior Court to the division in
which their districts are, respective
ly, grouped:
In 10y duuIAS DIT Lu0 emu OIL SUI
ton eleven Of article four the fol-
lowing:
And the General Assembly may,
by general law, provide for the Sc
lection Of special or emergency judges
to hold the Superior Courts of any
county or district, when the judge as
signed thereto, by reason of sickness,
disability, or other cause, is unable
to attend and hold said courts, and
when no other judge is available to
hold the same. Such special or emer-
gency judges shall have the powers
and authority of regular judges Of
the Superior Courts, in the courts
which they are so appointed to hold;
and the General Assembly shall pro-
vide for their reasonable compensa-
tion:"
TX BY adding at the end of sec
ton twelve Of article four the fol-
lowing:
"The General Assembly may es-
tablish one or more intermediate ap-
pellate courts inferior to the Su-
preme Court, and define their juris-,
diction" i
x. BY striking out sections TWEEN
ty, twenty-six and thirty-three of ar
t1Cl0 tour. N.r
XII. By abrogating. and striking out
all the sections of article five and
section nine of article seven, and in
sorting in lieu of said article five the
following:
Section 1. Taxes shall be imposed
only for public purposes by and with
the consent of the people of their
representatives in the General AS
sembly.
Sec. 2. The General Assembly
may, consistent with natural justice
and equity, classify subjects of taxa
ton; and all taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class of property with
in the, territorial limits of the
authority levylng the tax: Provided,
that no income shall be taxed when
the property from which the income
is derived is taxed; and, consistent
with natural justice and equity, the
General Assembly may separate sub
jects of taxation for State and local
purposes.
Sec 8. If the subjects of taxation
be separated for State and local pur-
| poses, in a manner not allowed by
law Immediately prior to the adoption
of this amendment, no part Of the
ad valorem tax on real estate, ex-
cept the real estate Of public-ser
vice corporations, shall be applied to
State purposes.
Sec. 4. The power to tax shall
not be surrendered, suspended, or
contracted away, but property be-
longing to the state, a county, or a
municipality shall be exempt from
| taxation; and the General Assembly
may exempt cemeteries, property
held and used for educational, scien-
ti6c, literary, charitable, or religious
purposes; and also personal property
of a natural person of value not
exceeding three hundred dollars $1,000.
Sec. I. The ad valorem taxes on
real estate or personal property shall
not exceed all State and county pur-
poses fifty cents 50c) per annum on
the one hundred dollars ($1O0) assess
ed valuation of such property, unless
a greater rate be approved by a
majority of those who shall vote at
an election held thereon. The ad
valorem taxes collected on real estate
and personal property by cities and
| towns shall not exceed, for all pur-
poses, seventy-five cents (75c) per
| annum on the one hundred dollars
| ($1OO) assessed valuation, unless a
greater rate be approved by major
| fly of those who shall vote at an elec-
election held thereon: Provided, that
these limitations on the rate of taxa.
ton shall not apply to taxes neces-
sary to pay debts contracted prior
to the adoption of this amendment,
nor to taxes heretofore authorized
| by vote of the people.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly may
provide for capitation tax on every
male inhabitant of the State over
twenty-one and under fifty years Of
age, but not exceeding two dollars
| ($2) per annum for all purposes. The
General Assembly may also provide
| by general law, for the exemption
from payment of said capitation tax
| in special cases on account of poverty
and infirmity.
Sec. Z. The General Assembly shall
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