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 CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA 



1868 



"Article XIII. 



"Amendments 



"Section 1, No Convention of the people shall be called by the 

 General Assembly unless by the concurrence of two thirds of all 

 the members of each House of the General Assembly 



"S ec. 2, No part of the Constitution of this State shall be 

 altered, unless a bill to alter the same shall have been read three 

 times in each house of the General Assembly and agreed to by three 

 fifths of the whole n'amber of members of each House, respectively; 

 nor shall any alteration take place until the bill, so agreed to, 

 shall have been published six months previous to a new election of 

 members to the General Assembly, If after such publication the 

 alteration proposed by the preceding General Assembly shall be 

 agreed to, in the first session thereafter by two thirds of the 

 whole representation in each house of the General Assembly, after 

 the same shall have been read three times on three several days, 

 in each House, then the said General Assembly shall prescribe a 

 mode by which the amendment or amendments may be submitted to the 

 qualified voters of the house of Representatives throughout the 

 State; and if, upon comparing the votes given in the whole State, 

 it shall appear that a majority of the voters voting thereon, have 

 approved thereof, then, and not otherwise, the same shall become a 

 part of the Constitution," 



■Enrolled Constitution of North Carolina , 1868, MS in Secretary 

 of State's Office, 



