18. Fees, salaries and emoluments. 19. What laws are and shall be in force. 20. Disposition of actions at law and suits in equity pending when this Constitution shall go into effect, etc. 21. Election, term of office, etc., of Supreme and Superior Court Judges. 22. Transaction of business in the Superior Courts. 23. Solicitors for each judicial district. 24. Sheriffs and coroners. 25. Vacancies. 26. Terms of office of first officers under this article. 27. Jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace. 28. Vacancies in office of justices. 29. Vacancies in office of Superior Court clerk. 30. Officers of other courts inferior to Supreme Court. 31. Removal of Judges of the various courts for inability. 32. Removal of clerks of the rious courts for inability. va 33. Amendments not to vacate existing offices. ARTICLE V. Revenue and Taxation. 1. Capitation tax. 1. Exemptions. 2. Application of proceeds of State and county capitation tax. We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the sovereign ruler of nations, for the preservation of the American Union, and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof, and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution: ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. That the great, general and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established, and that the relations of this State to the Union and Government of the United States, and those of the people of this State to the rest of the American people, may be defined and affirmed, we do declare: Section 1. That we hold it to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness. Sec. 2. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people; all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole. |