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
17. What provision in regard to male and female prisoners? Section 6.
18. What is one of the first duties of a civilized State? Section 7.
19. What must the General Assembly do to carry out this duty? Section 7.
20. What are the duties of this Board? Section 7.
21. What must the General Assembly do for destitute orphans? Section 8.
22. What must the General Assembly do in regard to idiots? Section 9.
23. Can idiots be educated? Answer--Yes; they can be taught
many things of value to them and to others.
24. What other unfortunates are classed with idiots? Section 9.
25. What classes may be provided for at the expense of the
State? Section 10.
26. Has this section been changed since 1876?
Answer--By amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1880, the
word "may" was substituted for the word "must" in this section.
27. Should the penal and charitable institutions be made self-
supporting? Section 11.
ARTICLE XII.
MILITIA.
1. Who is liable to militia duty? Section 1.
2. Who are exempt? Section 1.
3. What duties has the General Assembly in regard to militia? Section 2.
4. Who is Commander-in-Chief of the militia? . Section 3; and
Article III, section 8.
5. For what may he call them out? Section 3; and see Article III, section 7.
6. What authority can make exemptions from militia duty? Section 4.
7. What other duty has the General Assembly in regard to the militia? Section 4.
ARTICLE XIII.
AMENDMENTS.
1. In what manner must a convention of the people be called?
Section 1.
2. What is the number of votes necessary in the Senate? Answer--
Two-thirds of fifty--thirty-four at the least.
3. What number in the House of Representatives? Answer--Two-
thirds of one hundred and twenty-eighty votes at the least.
4. What authority directs the manner of submission to the
people? Section 1.
5. What authority prescribes the day of meeting? Section 1.
6. Can a convention so called to alter the Constitution? Answer-
-Yes; it can amend the Constitution or make a new one.
7. What is a "restricted convention"? Answer--One in which the
General Assembly provides that the members shall confine their
action to certain specified matters, or shall refrain from
making changes in certain particulars. Some have doubted the
power of the General Assembly to bind the members in this way,
but it has been done several times in this State.
8. Can the Constitution be altered without calling a Convention?
Section 2.
9. By what vote must the proposed change pass the General
Assembly? Section 2.
10. Does this mean three-fifths of all the members of each
House? Section 2.
11. What is the least vote by which it could pass in the Senate?
Answer--Three-fifths of twenty-six--sixteen votes.
12. What is the least in the House of Representatives? Answer--
Three-fifths of sixty-one--thirty-seven votes.
13. What must then be done with the proposed amendment? Section 2.
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