School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present timeMoore, John W. (John Wheeler)
History
School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time
Moore, John W. (John Wheeler)
North Carolina -- History
SEC. 4. The House of Representatives solely shall have the power
of impeaching. No person shall be convicted without the
concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present. When the
Governor is impeached, the Chief-Justice shall preside.
SEC 5. Treason against the State shall consist only in levying
war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid
and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on
the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on
confession in open court. No conviction of treason or attainder
shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture.
SEC. 6. The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief-Justice and
two Associate Justices.
SEC. 7. The terms of the Supreme Court shall be held in the city
of Raleigh, as now, until otherwise provided by the General
Assembly.
SEC. 8. The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to review,
upon appeal, any decision of the courts below, upon any matter
of law or legal inference. And the jurisdiction of said Court
over "issues of fact" and "questions of fact" shall be the same
exercised by it before the adoption of the Constitution of one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the Court shall have
the power to issue any remedial writs necessary to give it a
general supervision and control over the proceedings of the
inferior courts.
SEC. 9. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction to
hear claims against the State, but its decisions shall be merely
recommendatory; no process in the nature of execution shall
issue thereon; they shall be reported to the next session of the
General Assembly for its action.
SEC. 10. The State shall be divided into nine judicial
districts, for each of which a Judge shall be chosen; and there
shall be held a Superior Court in each county at least twice in
each year, to continue for such time in each county as may be
prescribed by law. But the General Assembly may reduce or
increase the number of districts.
SEC. 11. Every Judge of the Superior Court shall reside in the
district for which he is elected. The Judges shall preside in
the Courts of the different districts successively, but no Judge
shall hold the Courts in the same district oftener than once in
four years; but in the case of the protracted illness of the
Judge assigned to preside in any district, or of any other
unavoidable accident to him by reason of which he shall be
unable to preside, the Governor may require any Judge to hold
one or more specified terms in said districts, in lieu of the
Judge assigned to hold the Courts of the said districts.
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