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1 Constitution of North Carolina, with the Amendments, and Ordinances and Resolutions, Passed by the Convention, Begun and Held in the City of Raleigh 1 (1866)

handle is hein.statecon/constnca0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF NORTH-CAROLINA. DECLARATION OF RIGHTs.-CoNsTrrUTION OF NORTH-CAROLINA. At a Congress of the Representatives of the Freemen of the State of North-Carolina, assembled at Halifax, the seven- teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, for the purpose of establishing a Constitution, or Form of Government for the State : A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Jfade by the Repre8entaivem of the Freemen of th, State of North- Caolina. Section 1. That all political power is vested in, and derived from, the people only. Sec. 2. Tfat the people of this State ought to have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof. Sec. 3. That no man or set of'men are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services. Sec. 4. That the Legislative, Executive, and Supreme Ju- dicial powers of Government, ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other.