concerning the power of the convention of the people, and as vfill 

 be pointed out later in this report, the practice in North Carolina 

 seldom has fully conformed to the theory of the omnipotence of the 

 convention. Yet it is necessary to understand the full implications 

 of the theory in order to understand the range of authority con- 

 ceded by the Constitution of North Carolina to reside in the 

 convention. 



