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
52. Did the people claim this when we achieved our independence
of Great Britain? Answer--Yes; the denial of this right was one
of the chief causes of the Revolutionary war.
53. Is the right to bear arms secured? Section 24.
54. What reason is given why the people should have this right?
Section 24.
55. Are standing armies allowed? Section 24.
56. Why should they not be allowed? Section 24.
57. Which should be superior, the civil or military power? Section 24.
58. Can the practice of carrying concealed weapons be
prohibited, and how? Section 24.
59. For what purposes may the people assemble together?
Section 25.
60. What is said of secret societies? Section 25.
61. What provision securing religions liberty? Section 26.
62. What provision about education? Section 27.
63. Why should elections be often held? Section 28.
64. What is necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty?
Section 29.
65. What provision in regard to hereditary privileges, &c. ?
Section 30
66. About perpetuities and monopolies. Section 31.
(See Article II section 15).
67. What are ex-post facto laws? Section 32.
68. Are they proper? Section 32.
69. What retrospective laws are forbidden? Section 32.
70. Are all slavery and involuntary servitude abolished?
Section 33.
71. What not abolished? Section 33.
72. What provision about the State boundaries? Section 34.
73. What provision about the courts? Section 35 and section 17.
74. What redress for injuries? Section 35 and section 17.
75. How shall justice be administered? * Section 35.
*Note--These words are from Magna Charta.
76. How are householders protected from quartering of soldiers?
Section 36.
77. Does the Declaration of Rights enumerate all the rights
possessed by the people? Section 37.
78. Who have the powers not delegated in the Constitution?
Section 37.
ARTICLE II.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
1. How is the legislative authority vested? Section 1.
2. When these two bodies meet according to law what is their
joint name? Section 2.
3. When is their regular meeting? Section 2.
4. How many members required in order to proceed to public
business? Section 2.
5. What name is given to this majority? Answer--Quorum.
6. How many Senators? Section 3.
7. How chosen? Section 3.
8. How often chosen? Section 3.
9. How are the Senate districts formed? Section 4.
10. Who are excluded from the count? Section 4.
11. When can a county be divided in forming a Senatorial
district? Section 4.
12. How are the members of the House of Representatives chosen?
Section 5.
13. What is the rule as to counties not having a hundred-and-
twentieth part of the population? Section 5.
14. How is the apportionment of Representatives made? Section 6.
15. What are the qualifications of a Senator? Section 7.
16. What of members of the House? Section 8.
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