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The Convention of 1865-66, convened under this authority, 

 drafted and submitted to the people the proposed Constitution of 

 1866, which would hfve eliminated the po^jer of the General Assembly 

 to initiate amendments and would have revised the section relating 

 to conventions to read as follows: 



"No Convention of the people shall be called otherwise than 

 by the General Assembly, and then only by the concurrence 

 of two thirds of all the members of each House of the 

 General Assembly, No part of the Constitution of the 

 State shall be amended, unless by a Convention, the 

 delegates whereof shall consist of the same number as 



the members of the House of Commons and be chosen by 



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 the qualified voters for members of such house, "'^•-' 



Upon submission to the people, the proposed Constitution of 

 1866 was rejected. 

 Convention of 186 66 



One year later, as a part of the Congressional plan of Re- 

 construction, the Commanding General of the Second Military Dis- 

 trict issued an order calling for a vote of the people on the 

 question of holding a convention to revise the Constitution of 

 the State, ■^° The people approved, and the Convention of 1868 

 thereupon met and proposed the Constitution of 1868, which the 

 people ratifiedc'That Constitution brought forward without 

 significant change the 1835 provisions concerning conventions 

 and the amendment process. ' 



•^^Proposed Constitution of North Carolina , 1866, Art, VIII, 

 l^General Orders No, 101, 18 Oct, 1867, Jonathan Worth Letter 



Book, 1865-1667 , 637-6UO, MS in State Department of Archives 



and History, 



1 ' ^Constitution of North Cgrolina , 1868, Art, XIII, Sees. 1 and 2, 



