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PROPOSED COWSTITUTIOW OF 1866 



"Article VIII. 

 "Conventions* 



"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 num- 

 ber as the members of the House of Commons and be chosen by the 

 qualified voters for members of such house," 



^Enrolled Constitution of North Carolina , 1866, MS in Secretary 

 of State's Office: This proposed constitution vjas rejected by the 

 people of the State at an election held in August 1866. it would 

 have eliminated the power of the General Assembly to initiate and 

 submit amendments to the people. 



