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Senate district shall contain as near as may be an 

 equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens and 

 Indians not taxed, and shall remain unaltered until 

 the return of another enumeration, and shall at all 

 time* consist of contiguous territory ; and no county 

 shall be divided in the formation of a Senate dis- 

 trict, unless such county shall be equitably entitled 

 to two or more Senators. 



The amendment strikes ont all that precedes 

 the words " the said Senate districts," and also 

 the phrase "as aforesaid, or," thus doing away 

 altogether with the State enumeration. 



The fourth amendment inserts the words 

 " or any other personal property " after the 

 word " instruments " in section 6 of Article V., 

 which stood thus: 



SEC. 6. Property belonging to the State or to mu- 

 nicipal corporations, shall be exempt from taxation. 

 The General Assembly may exempt cemeteries, and 

 property held for educational, scientific, literary, 

 charitable or religious purposes: also wearing ap- 

 parel, arms for muster, household and kitchen fur- 

 niture, the mechanical and agricultural implements 

 for mechanics and farmers, libraries and scientific 

 instruments, to a value not exceeding three hundred 

 dollars. 



The fifth amendment strikes out section 5 

 of Article IX., which was as follows : 



8*c. 5. The University of North Carolina, with its 

 lands, emoluments, and franchises, is under the con- 

 trol of the State, and shall be held to an inseparable 

 connection with the free public-school system of the 

 State 



And inserts in its place : 



SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall have power 

 to provide for the election of trustees of the Univer- 

 sity of North Carolina, in whom, when chosen, shall 

 be vested all the privileges, rights, franchises, and 

 endowments heretofore in any wise granted to or 

 conferred upon the trustees of said university ; and 

 the General Assembly may make such provisions, 

 laws, and regulations, from time to time, as may be 

 necessary and expedient for the maintenance and 

 management of said university. 



The sections relating to the appointment of 

 trustees of the university by the Board of Edu- 

 cation, and the powers and rights of the trus- 

 tees, are also stricken ont, and these matters 

 now devolve on the Legislature. 



The sixth amendment provides that the Le- 

 gislature shall meet " biennially," on the third 

 Monday in November, Instead of "annually," 

 as before. 



The seventh amendment abolishes the Code 

 Commission by striking out the sections of 

 Article IV., providing for the appointment of 

 three commissioners, by the convention which 

 framed the constitution, to prepare "rules of 

 practice aud procedure" and a "code of law." 



Section 7 of Article XIV. formerly read 

 thus: 



SEC. 7. No person shall hold more than one lucra- 

 tive office under the State at the same time : Providal, 

 That officers in the militia, justices of the peace, 

 commissioners of public charities, and commission- 

 ers appointed for special purposes, shall not be con- 

 sidered officers within the meaning of this section. 



The eighth amendment substituted the fol- 

 lowing for it : 

 810. 1. No person who shall hold any office or place 



of trust or profit under the United States, or any de- 

 partment thereof, or under this State or 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 Assembly : Provided. That nothing 

 herein contained shall extend to officers in the mi- 

 litia, justices of the peace, commissioners of public 

 charities, or commissioners for special purposes. 



The act of the Legislature which occupied 

 the largest share of attention was entitled " An 

 act for amnesty and pardon," and passed on 

 the last day of the session. The following are 

 its provisions in full : 



SECTION 1. The General Assembly of Jforth Caro- 

 lina do enact, That no person, who may have com- 

 mitted any crime against or violation of the law of 

 the State of North Carolina, with the exception of 

 rape, deliberate and willful murder, arson and bur- 

 glary, while a member of, or officer, or pretended 

 officer of, the Heroes of America, Loyal Union 

 League, Eed Strings, Constitutional Union Guards, 

 Whitebrother, Invisible Empire, Ku-klux Klan, 

 North Carolina State Troops, North Carolina Militia, 

 Jayhawkers, or any other organization, association, 

 or assembly, secret or otherwise, political or other- 

 wise, by whatever name known or called, in obedi- 

 ence to the commands, decrees, or determinations, by 

 whatever name called, of such organizations, associa- 

 tions, or assemblies, or in obedience to the com- 

 mands or orders or requests of any one exercising or 

 pretending to exercise any authority or pretended 

 authority by reason of his connection or attachment 

 to any such organization, association, or assembly, 

 shall be held to answer criminally for any such crime 

 against or in violation of the laws of the said State of 

 North Carolina in fact, committed or charged to have 

 been committed previous to the first dny of Septem- 

 ber, 1871. But every such person shall have free ond 

 complete amnesty and pardon therefor: Prwidtd, 

 That all persons who were not personally present nt 

 and actually participating in tne crimes of willful 

 murder, arson, and burglary, or who were not pres- 

 ent at, and did not assent to the decree or order for 

 the same, shall have the benefit of this act. 



SEC. 2. That no person who may have been a 

 member, officer, or pretended officer of any one of 

 the organizations, associations, or assemblies, re- 

 ferred to in section one of this act shall be held to 

 answer therefor, but every such person shall have 

 full and complete amnesty and pardon therefor. 



SEO. 3. That no person shall be held to answer 

 criminally as accessory either before or after the fact 

 for any crime against or violation of the laws, of this 

 State for which amnesty and pardon are provided in 

 the preceding sections of this act, but every such 

 person shall have full and complete amnesty and 

 pardon therefor. 



SEO. 4. That all presentments, indictments, or 

 criminal proceedings of whatsoever nature or_kmd. 

 now pending for any crimes against or violation of 

 the laws of this State for which amnesty and pardon 

 are provided in the preceding sections of this act, 

 shall be forthwith dismissed, and no further criminal 

 proceedings shall be had against such persons or 

 any of them for any of said crimes against or viola- 

 tions of the laws of this State : Prmided, That this 

 net shall not apply to larceny and robbery : fromded. 

 That the provisions of this act shall not be construed 

 to extend amnesty and pardon to any persons who 

 have in any way embezzled or wrongfully in any 

 way used or misappropriated nny_ money, bonds, 

 evidences of indebtedness, choses in action, or any 

 other property of any kind whatsoever belonging or 

 appropriated by law to any railroad company, or 

 other corporations, in which the State has or bad any 

 interest either direct or indirect, nor to Stephen 

 Lowery, a condemned felon in the county of Kobeson. 



