SEC. 3. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be annually published. SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall provide, by proper legislation, for giving to mechanics and laborers an adequate lien on the subject matter of their labor. SEC. 5. In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers of this State, whether heretofore elected or appointed by the Governor, shall hold their positions only until other appointments are made by the Governor, or if the officers are elective, until their successors shall have been chosen and duly qualified according to the provisions of this Constitution. SEC. 6. The seat of government of this State shall remain at the City of Raleigh. SEC. 7. No person, who shall hold any office or place of trust or profit under the United States or any department thereof, or under this State, or under any other State, or government, shall hold or exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the authority of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General Assembly: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall extend to officers in the militia, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Public Charities, or commissioners for special purposes. SEC. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the third generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited. QUESTIONS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA, PREPARED BY HON. KEMP P. BATTLE., LL. D. PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS. 1. When was the first Constitution of North Carolina adopted? Answer--On December 18, 1776. 2. When was it first amended? Answer--In 1835. 3. When was it again amended? Answer--In 1854, 1861 and 1865. 4. When was a new Constitution adopted? Answer--In 1868. 5. Was there not a Constitution adopted in 1866? Answer--A new Constitution was adopted in 1866 by the Convention of 1865-'66, but the people voted it down. 6. Has the Constitution of 1868 been amended? Answer--Yes, it was partially amended in 1874, and greatly amended by the Convention of 1875. The people adopted these amendments in 1876- -a hundred years after the adoption of the first Constitution. 7. Is there further amendment? Answer--Yes; in 1880 8. What is a Constitution? Answer--" The principles or fundamental laws which govern a State." Another definition is: "The body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the powers of sovereignty are habitually exercised." 9. Is the Constitution of North Carolina the highest law? Answer--No; the Constitution of the United States, and the laws of the United States passed in pursuance thereto, are the supreme law.