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CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA 



As Amended by the 

 Convention of 1875 



"Article XIII, 

 "Amendments 



"Section 1, No Convention of the people of this State shall 

 ever be called by the General Assembly unless by the concurrence 

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

 Assembly, and except the proposition, Convention or No Convention, 

 be first submitted to the qualified voters of the whole State, at 

 the next general election, in a manner to be prescribed by law. 

 And should a majority of the votes cast be in favor of said Con- 

 vention, it shall assemble on such day as may be prescribed by 

 the General Assembly, 



'"Sec, 2. No part of the Constitution of this State shall 

 be altered unless a bill to alter the same shall have been agreed 

 to by three-fifths of each House of the General Assembly, And 

 the amendment or amendments so agreed to shall be submitted at 

 the next general election to the qualified voters of the whole 

 State, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. And in the 

 event of their adoption by a majority of the votes cast, such 

 amendraent or amendments shall become a part of the Constitution 

 of this State. "^ 



Amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina, Proposed 

 by the Constitutional Convention of 1875. . ., C. 29, pp. 25-26 

 (Raleigh: Josiah Turner, 1675), These amendments were ratified 

 by the people at an election held in November I876, 



