ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 I'AS8EI> FA TUK 
 
 STATE CONVENTlOiX 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 Bt Its srlirval 5"r<:.sioiis in 18Gl-'LiQ. 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 PASSED BY 
 
 THE STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 jFitst 5*ession in JMag antr S^nft 1S61 
 
 RALEIGH : 
 JOH\ W. SYME, PRINTER TO THE CONVENTION. 
 
 1862. 
 
7>, ^. 
 
 ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OP 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 FIRST SESSION IN MAY AND JUNE, 1861. 
 
 #/'j 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BE- [No. 1.] 
 TWEEN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 AND THE OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER 
 UNDER THE COMPACT OF GOVERNMENT 
 ENTITLED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 UNITED STATES. 
 
 We^ the people of the State of North Carolina, in Con- Repeals Ordi- 
 vention assemhled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby h|g"^Con8titu- 
 declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by the t'°° "^i ^^^ 
 
 . . f J United totates 
 
 State of North Carolina in the Convention of 1789, whereby 
 the Constitution of the LTnited States was ratified and 
 adopted, and also, all acts and parts of acts of the Gen- 
 eral Assembly, ratifying and adopting amendments to the 
 said Constitution, are hereby repealed, rescinded and ab- ». 
 
 rogated. 
 
 We do further declare and ordain. That the union now Declares the 
 subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the i'^h th/u! s' 
 other States under the title of the United States of Amer- dissolved. 
 ica, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of North Car- 
 olina is in the full possession and exercise of all those 
 rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free 
 and independent State. \_Ratified the 20th day of May, 
 1861.] 
 
 UlQ-D o tr 
 
4 State Cosvbxtiok. [May, 
 
 [No. 21 AN ORDINANCE VKSTINCi IN TUE CONFEDER- 
 ATE STATES OV AMERICA JURISDICTION 
 OVER <ERTAIN TRACTS (>F LAND IN THE 
 TOWN OF FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. 
 
 (tnmuimrmtt^ Wr. th* P^'^plf of Notih Carolina, in Convention a»»em- 
 
 t^A #w Aj^^ • • * 
 
 »u.'A«. hltd, ,f ' ' : ' i it M hrrrbif tWlared and 
 
 ordain' f the State of North Car- 
 
 olirw in hereby ce<led to the Onfetlerate States of America, 
 frii ' ' :in«l orectiii;: therein Ar- 
 
 m-i I ^ iSHtry biiihlings, over all 
 
 that tract, piece or pareel of land, nituate. lyin^ and being 
 in ' 'I of Favettevillr and county of Ciimberland, the 
 
 juj . ii «iver which wa»« ttnled the I niti'd States o\' 
 
 America by an act of the lieneral ARoenibly of the State 
 •if North CnroHnn. ratifie«l on the Hth day of January, 
 1839, and i? entitled "An Act vesting in the United 
 Staten of America jurisdiction over a certain tract of land 
 in the town of Fayetteville and county of Cumberland." 
 v.rMiU joH«jk. And In- it further declared and ordained. That jurisdic- 
 fc4,»i^i.i lion in like uiunner and fur like j)uri)oses is hereby c(^ded 
 
 to the Confe«lerate States of America over all tracts or 
 parcels of land adjacent t(t the saiiM* heretorure purchased 
 by the United States of America. 
 K^uik* jor»» And he it further declared and ordained, That the juris- 
 tvu m4 ai«t diction so ceded to the Confederate States of America, is 
 rv^ernifi granted upon tiie express condition that the State of North 
 Carolina shall retain jurisdiction on and over the tracts of 
 land aforesaid, so far that civil process in all cases, and 
 such criminal process as may issue under the authority of 
 the State of North Carolina, against any person or per- 
 sons charged with crimes committed without said tract of 
 land may be executed therein in the same way and manner 
 ao if this jurisdiction had not yet been ceded : The Con- 
 feilerate States to retain the said jurisdiction so long as 
 said tract or tracts of land shall be used for the purposes 
 expressed in this ordinance, and no longer. 
 TttwaadfOMM- Be it further ordained, That the title and possession of 
 the said lands is hereby ceded to the said Confederate 
 States on the terms and conditions aforesaid. \^Ratijied 
 the Gth day of Jane, 18 61.] 
 
 •tc« 
 
1861.] State Convention. 5 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE AP- [No. 3.] 
 PIONTMENT OF A BOARD OF CLAIMS. 
 
 Be it ordained^ ^c, That a Board of Claims, to consist Number of 
 of three members — two of whom sliall be a quorum to do autip?. 
 business — be elected bj this Convention, whose duty it 
 shall be to audit and settle, upon principles of equity and 
 justice, all claims that may be presented against the State 
 for expenses incurred towards the arming, ecjuipping, sub- 
 sistence and transportation of our volunteer troops, and of 
 munitions of war, and for bounty paid said troops either in 
 the military or naval service of the State, and other ex- 
 penses incurred in the defence of the State prior to the 
 20th of May, 1861 ; and all county claims and other claims 
 of the character aforesaid, arising since the 20th of May, 
 1861, which are not provided for by law ; and no county 
 or corporation claim shall be entertained by said Board, 
 unless the same shall be certified by the County Trustee, 
 or Chairman of the County Court, or by the corporate 
 authorities of any corporation, as the case may be, whence 
 the claim or claims may come. 
 
 Be it further ordained, That the members of the said To take an oath. 
 Board of Claims shall take and subscribe an oath faithfullv 
 and impartially to discharge their duties; they may em- Employs ciprk. 
 ploy a clerk who shall record the proceedings of the Board ; 
 they shall give general and public notice of tlie times and 
 place of their sittings ; they shall be authorized to admin- 
 ister oaths and to require affidavits to be made when neces- 
 '^ary. The said Board shall report the result of their labors to report to th« 
 ind proceedings, with a brief statement of the character 
 of each claim allowed, at the conclusion of their labors, or 
 from time to lime, as they may think proper, to this Con- 
 vention, either at the'present or any future session. Each comptnsation. 
 member of the Board shall be allowed six dollars per day, 
 and the clerk shall ])e allowed four dollars per day for eacii 
 day they shall be actually employed. 
 
 Be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall re- Length of tim^ 
 main in force, and the Board hereby provided for shall con- exist. " 
 tinue in existence till the 15th day of December next, 
 
State Coxvektion. [June, 
 
 nibject lo tmMidBent. modiiicAtion or repeal by this Con- 
 tention : and. in case of the death, resignation or refusal 
 to wrve of any member of said Board of Claims during 
 •oy recejn*, or after the final adjournment of this Conven- 
 tion, J*uch vacancy shall be supplied by the appointment of 
 ibe Governor. {^Ratified the Sth Jay of Juncy 1801.J 
 
 T)iW«»(M4 
 
 [No. 4 1 AN UKIUNANCE TOUCHING THE AUTHENTI- 
 CATION OF ORDINANCES AND OTHER ACTS 
 OF THE CONVENTION. 
 
 Bf it ordained by thi$ Convention, That ordinances 
 and resolutions of thi.s Convention having the effect of 
 laws, 8hall l>e authenticated by the signature of the Presi- 
 dent and attestation of the Secretary and Assistant Secre- 
 tary, and .vhall have the th»te of their final passage annexed 
 thereto; from which date each ordinance and resolution 
 shall take effect and go into operation, unles.s some other 
 lime shall be therein appointed. [^liutifitd the 8th ihty of 
 June, 18t;i.] 
 
 pjo. 5.J RESOLUTION IN KAVOR OF h. W. JOYNER. 
 
 I'usiM J{e»olvedy That the Treasurer be, and he i^ hereby uutiior- 
 
 ized to pay L. W. Joyuer, ^ixty-eight dollars for services 
 as clerk of tht* Military Committee. [^Uatifud the I5th 
 .7,,„„r J,,,,,., 1801.] 
 
 INu. O.J RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE FIRST REGI- 
 MENT TO INSCRIBE -RETllEL'; ON THEIR 
 COLORS. 
 
 Tm>Iih"Ii.jU I 
 
 Iiinolred, That this Convention, appreciating the valor 
 and good conduct of the officers and men in the 1st Regi- 
 ujent of North Cartdina Volunteers, do, as a testimonial of 
 tin* Kame, authorize the said regiment to inscribe the word 
 " Bethel " upon their regimental colors. [^Ratified the llth 
 day of June, 18G1.J 
 
1861.] State Convention. 7 
 
 AN ORDINANCE DEFINING TREASON AGAINST [No. 7.] 
 THE STATE. 
 
 Be it ordained hy this Convention, and, it is hereby consiitsiniery- 
 ordained by the authority oj the same, as jollows : ireason 
 against the State of North Carolina, shall consist only in 
 levying way ngainst her, or in adhering to her enemies, 
 ffivins: them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted Two witneinet 
 
 ® ^ . ^ . tocontict. 
 
 of Treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the 
 same overt act, or confession in open court. [Ratified the 
 ISth day of June, 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE ACT OF THE [No. 8.] 
 GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENING THE LEG- 
 ISLATURE ON THE 25th OF JUNE, 1861. 
 
 Be it ordained. That the resolution passed by the Gen- Abrogstw reso- 
 
 ' _ _ / ♦' _ lution of Legii- 
 
 eral Assembly at its late session providing for an adjourned '»t"''e> 
 session of the said General Assembly on the 25th of June, 
 1861, be, and tlie same is hereby abrogated and annulled. 
 
 Be it further ordained, That there shall be a session of Appoints a dsy. 
 the General Assembly which shall convene on the 15th day 
 of August next. [^Ratified the 19<7i day of June, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS FIXING THE COMPENSATION [No. 0.] 
 OF OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION, AND 
 APPOINTING AN AUDITING COMMITTEE. 
 
 Reiolved, That the President, Secretaries, Engrossing paiarief «o u 
 Clerk and Doorkeepers of this Convention be allowed the i'^^ ed by the ' 
 
 .... ... 1 /-I 1 i ,1 Oencriil .AMcm- 
 
 came compensation which is paid by the General Assembly I'ly- 
 to the officers who render similar services to that body. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, who contingent ei- 
 shall, during the sitting or after the adjournment of the **"***■ 
 Convention, audit and certify to the Governor all other 
 
State Convention. [June, 
 
 e)aiai5 on acooant of the contingent expenses of the Con- 
 ^ *ntion, «nd that they be authorized to allow three dollars 
 per day ""d the Iravollin^ expenses of all messengers who 
 may h<* tmployed by thi*- r..n\vnti<»n. \7iatlHt'<i the \Wi 
 ilajt of Jnu., 1S61.] 
 
 pCo. lO.-j RESULITION To TKINT AK.MV KEGILATIONS. 
 
 B**olrett That four thousand copies of the Army Reg- 
 ^" ulation.H of the Army of the (Jonfederatr States of America 
 
 be printed for the use of the officers and soldiers of this 
 Stat^ now in service, and hereafter to be called into ser- 
 vice. 
 rH»irtUji»(B Rinohrd, That ten coiiio v;\v\\ lie tuinishcd totlicnirni- 
 
 hers of this Convention. an<l that the Adjutant General be 
 retjuested to distribute the remainder in such manner as to 
 fiirnifh to our soldiers a knowledjxe of the military laws by 
 which they are to be ;:overnc(l. \ Rutifix} (hr 1!V/; if<v/ nf 
 Jutif^ 18H1.] 
 
 FN" 11] AN ORDINANCE To RATIFY THE CONSTITUTION 
 OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
 r-rr.BiM, WnKKKAS, On the eleventh day of March, A. D., 1861, 
 
 at Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, a Constitution 
 wan adopted by a Congress of delegates from the States of 
 AlabamH, Florida, Oeorgia. Louisiana, Mississippi, South 
 Carolina and Texas, united under the name of the Confed- 
 erate States of Auierica, which Constitution hath been 
 ratified by each of the said States : 
 
 E»iiBr«nuB Now, therefore, this Convention, having seen and con- 
 
 sidered the said C«ui8titution, doth, in behalf of the people 
 of the State of North Carolina, adopt and ratify the said 
 Constitution and form of Government, the tenor of which 
 appearb in a bchedule hereto annexed. 
 
1861.] State Convention. 9 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES 
 OF AMERICA. 
 
 We, the people of the Confederate States, each State rr«ami)ie 
 acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order 
 to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, 
 insure domestic tranquility and secure the blessings of lib- 
 erty to ourselves and our posterity — invoking the favor 
 and guidance of Almighty God — do ordain and establish 
 this Constitution for the Confederate States of America. 
 
 ARTICLE 1. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 All legislative powers herein delegated shall be vested vesu the Legis- 
 
 /-i ^ 1 /-I r» 1 o 1 • 1 1 1 1 lalive powerB 
 
 in a Congress ot tlie Contederate fetates, which shall con- 
 sist of a Senate d.nd House of Representatives. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 1. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Q"«i'fi<'»»o>>» of 
 members chosen every second year by the people of the 
 
 several States ; and the electors in each State shall be 
 citizens of the Confederate States, and have the qualifica- 
 tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of 
 the State Legislature ; but no person of foreign birth, not 
 a citizen of the Confederate States, shall be allowed to 
 vote for any officer, civil or political, State or Federal. 
 
 2. No person shall be a Representative, who shall not Qnsiifirnfionsoi 
 have attained the age of twenty-five years, and be a citizen '**"^*"'^''""'"^" 
 of the Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, 
 
 be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. 
 
 3. Representatives and Direct Taxes shall be appor- Apportioumeut 
 tioned among the several States, which may be included 
 
 within this Confederacy, according to their respective num- 
 bers, which shall be determined, by adding to the whole 
 number of free persons, including those bound to service 
 
10 
 
 ^TATE C0XVEN*TI0N\ 
 
 [June, 
 
 r»fii 
 
 
 f,^,. <" \\ excluding Indians uul laxcd, 
 
 tlj: The actual cuumeration shall be 
 
 made within three years after the first meeting of the 
 C- f the CunftMlerate State?, and within every sub- 
 
 »4 J ... ni of ten year?, in .such manner as they shall by 
 law direct. The number of Representatives shall not ex- 
 ceed one for every fifty thousand, but each State pliall have 
 at least one Rcprcbcntative ; and until such enumeration 
 nhall be made, the Slate of South Carolina shall be entitled 
 to choow six — the State of Georgia ten — the State of 
 AV ' - viine — the State of Florida two — the State of 
 M seven — the State of Louisiana six, and the State 
 
 of Texas six. 
 
 4. ^Vhen vacanci< s hajiju-n in the representation from 
 any SUilc, the Executive authority thereof .shall issue writs 
 nf election to fill such vacancies. 
 
 .*>. The House of Representatives shall choose their 
 Speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power 
 of impeachment; except that any judicial or other federal 
 ' officer, resident and acting solely within the limits of any 
 £t4ite, may be impeached by a vote of two-thirds of both 
 brunches of the Lci'islaturc thei-cof. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 llMitArvllua. 
 
 VarMK-tf* 
 
 1. The Senate of the Confederate States shall be coni- 
 poseil of two Senators from each State, chosen for six years 
 by the Legislature thereof, at the regular session next im- 
 rae<liately preceding the commencement of the term of 
 service ; aiul each Senator shall have one vote. 
 
 2. Innnediately after they shall be assembled, in consc- 
 (juence of the first election, they shall be divided as eiiually 
 a« may be into three classes. The scats of the Senators 
 of the first class bhall be vacated at the expiration of the 
 second year ; of the second class at the expiration of the 
 fourth year; and of the third class at the expiration of 
 the sixth year ; so that one-third may be chosen every sec- 
 ond year; and if vacancies happen by resignation, or oth- 
 
1861.] State Convention. 11 
 
 erwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, 
 the executive thereof may make temporary appointments 
 until the meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill 
 such vacancies. 
 
 3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have at- QnaMtiiauonsot 
 tamed the age oi thirty years, and be a citizen of the 
 Confederate States, and who shall not, when elected, be an 
 inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen. 
 
 4. The Vice-President of the Confederate States shall ^»';« rrcsiacnt. 
 be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless 
 
 they be equally divided. 
 
 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers : and also other officerB of 
 
 Senate. 
 
 a President jjro tempore in the absence of the Vice-Presi- 
 dent, or when he shall exercise the office of President of 
 the Confederate States. 
 
 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all im- Pf-wcr.^ oi sen- 
 peachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be 
 
 on oath or affirmation. When the President of the Con- 
 federate States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside ; 
 and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence 
 of two-thirds of the members present. 
 
 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend Kxt.-nt of judg 
 further than to removal from office, and,dis(|ualification to 
 
 hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or pVofit, under 
 the Confederate States; but the party convicted shall, 
 nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, 
 judgment and punishment according to law. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 1. The times, places and manner of holding elections Tinuv,, mi n.»n- 
 for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in "i^tlonr.'*'"'* 
 each State by tlic Legislature thereof, subject to the pro- 
 visions of this constitution ; but the Congress may, at any 
 
 time, by law, ipake or alter such regulations, except as to 
 the times and places of choosing Senators. 
 
 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Conero-sfo 
 year; and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in '^Zu''"^''^''"' 
 December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different 
 
 day. 
 
12 
 
 i?TATB Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 FECTIO.V V. 
 
 vim-h 1. t.i<.Ij liou.sc .--h.ill be the ju<l;;c of the elections, re- 
 turnH ami <iualificatioiis of its own niombers, ami a majority 
 of cHch shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a 
 smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may 
 be authorized to compel the attendance of al)scnt members, 
 in huch manner and under such penalties as each House 
 in.iy provi<lc. 
 
 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceed- 
 ings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with 
 the concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number, expel 
 a mend»er. 
 
 3. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, 
 and from time to time, publish the same, excepting such 
 
 \rMkA4 N.jf parts as may in their jud;iment require secrecy; and the 
 yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any 
 question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, 
 be entered on the journal. 
 
 •I. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, 
 without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than 
 tliree days, nor to any other place than that in which the 
 two Houses shall be sittin;::. 
 
 ►1« 
 
 «<ij»«ni»Mi. 
 
 SECTION VI. 
 
 < "«i««Hif >a 1. The Senators an<l Representatives shall receive a 
 
 iio<1 |>rirtl*j|«* . _ , . , '111 
 
 compensation lor tlicir services, to be ascertained liy law, 
 and paid out of the treasury of the Confe<lerate States. — 
 They shall, in all cases, except treason, felony and breach 
 of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their atten- 
 dance at the session of tlicir respective houses, and in 
 going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech 
 or debate in either house, they shall not be questioned in 
 any other place. 
 r'i».».i. ihf «. No Senator or Ileprc.'-cni.itive siiall, during the time 
 
 boitflnc ofoihrr ri'ii i ii -i ••lo? 
 
 "«...• »..r «»■! lor Which he was elected, be api)Ointed to any civil otncc 
 under the authority of the Confederate States, which shall 
 
1861.] State Convention. 13 
 
 have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have 
 been increased during such time; and no person holdinfn; 
 any office under the Confederate States shall be a member 
 of either- house during his continuance in office. But Con- 
 gress may, by hiAv, grant to the principal officer in each 
 of the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of 
 either house, with the privilege of discussing any measures 
 appertaining to his department. 
 
 section VII. 
 
 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the Biiis lov raibiu*; 
 
 It p T» • 1 1 o Revenue. 
 
 House 01 Kcprescntative ; hut the Senate may propose or 
 concur with amendments as on other bills. 
 
 2. Every bill which shall have passed both houses, diall, niiis to k< sign- 
 
 , ,. • 1 11 1 1 T. . 1 n ••'' ''y the Presi- 
 
 bcfore it becomes a law, be presented to the rresKleiit of citiu. 
 the Confederate States; if he approve, he shall sign it; 
 but if not, he shall return it with his objections to that 
 house in Avhich it shall have originated, who shaM enter the 
 objections at large on their journal, and proceed to recon- 
 sider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that 
 house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together 
 with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall 
 likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of 
 that house, it shall become a law. But in all such case;% 
 the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and 
 nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against 
 the bill shall be entered on the journal of each house re- 
 spectively. If any bill shall not be returned by- the Pres- 
 ident within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have 
 been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like 
 manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress, by their 
 adjournment, prevent its return ; in which case it shall not 
 be a law. The President may approve any appropriation 
 and disapprove any other appropriation in the same bill 
 In such case he shall, in signing the bill, designate the ap- 
 propriations disapproved ; and shall return a copy of such 
 appropriations, with his objections, to the house in which 
 
14 
 
 Statk Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 tho bill j^hall have originated ; and the same proceedings 
 shall then 1»e had as in the case of otiicr bills disapproved 
 bv tlic President. 
 nni«r». t«<»i« 3. Evcry ofdcf, resolution or vote, to which the concur- 
 uTuMt^'hy ronce of both houses may be necessary, (except on a ques- 
 tion of adjournnicnt) shall be presented to the President of 
 the Confederate {States; and before the same shall take 
 effect, shall be approved by him ; or being disapproved by 
 him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of both houses, accor- 
 ding to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of 
 a bill. 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 
 PnwvTs of Oon- 
 
 To IniTow 
 ■MOrj. 
 
 Rafulallnn of 
 Oommerc*. 
 
 The Congress shall have power : 
 
 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, 
 for revenue necessary to pay the debts, provide for the 
 <<oiiiiion defoncc, and carryon the government of the Con- 
 iVdcrato States : but no Ijounties shall be granted from tho 
 treasury ; nor shall any duties or taxes on importations 
 from foreign nations be laid to promote or foster any 
 branch of industry ; and all duties, imposts, and excises 
 shall be uniform throughout the Confederate States: 
 
 2. To borrow money on the credit of the Confederate 
 Slates : 
 
 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and 
 among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; but 
 neither this, nor any other clause contained in the consti. 
 tution, sluill ever be construed to delegate the power to 
 Congress to appropriate money for any internal improve-' 
 ment intcn<lt'd to facilitate commerce ; except for the j)ur- 
 pose of furnishing lights, beacons, and buoys, and oilier 
 aids to navigation upon tho coasts, and improvement of 
 harbors and the removing of obstructions in river naviga- 
 tion, in all which Ciises, sucli« duties shall be laid on the 
 navigiition facilitated thereby, as may be necessary to pay 
 the costs and expenses thereof; 
 
iSGi.] State Convention. 15 
 
 4. To establish uniform laws of naturalization, and uni- Laws of natu- 
 
 ralization. . 
 form laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the 
 
 Confederate States, but no law of Congress shall discharge 
 
 any debt contracted before the passage of tlie same : 
 
 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof and of coming money, 
 foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures : 
 
 G. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the runisiiment for 
 
 ^ . founlurtciting. 
 
 securities and current coin of the Confederate States : 
 
 7. To establish postofficcs and post routes ; but the ex- Postomcps ana 
 
 ^ '■ post routes. 
 
 penses of the Postoffice Department, after the first day of 
 March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six- 
 ty-three, shall be paid out of its own revenues: 
 
 8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, snenco ana 
 
 "^ , , '■ ^ , useful arts. 
 
 by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the 
 exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries : 
 
 9. To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme inf.nior tribu- 
 
 , '■ nal.s. 
 
 Court : 
 
 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed I'iraoios aud 
 
 * A _ lolonies. 
 
 on the high seas, and ofiences against the law of nations : 
 
 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and rcpri- Toucciare war, 
 sal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water : 
 
 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation Armies, 
 of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two 
 years : 
 
 13. To provide and maintain a navy : Nn^y. 
 
 14. To make rules for the government and regulation of huics for 
 
 Army and Navy 
 
 the land and naval lorccs : 
 
 15. To provide for calling forth the militia t© execute The miiiiia. 
 the laws of the Confederate States, suppress insurrections, 
 
 and repel invasions: 
 
 IG. To provide for organizincr, armino: and disciplininfr orjranizinp, 
 
 . . . ° ^ ° 1 O arming, Ac 
 
 the militia, and for governing such part of them as may 
 be employed in the service of the Confederate States ; 
 reserving to the States, respectively, the appointment of 
 the officers, and the authority of training the militia 
 according to the discipline prescribed by Congress. 
 
 17. To exercise exclusive logi.slation, in all cases what- Seatoruo»ern 
 soever, over such tlistrict (not exceeding ten miles s(|uare) 
 
IC 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 as maj, hy cession of one or more States ami the accep- 
 tance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of 
 the Confeclcratc States; and to exercise like authority 
 over all purchased by the consent of the legislature of the 
 State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, 
 niagaziues, arsenab, dockyards and other needful build- 
 ings ; and 
 
 IS. To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper 
 for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all 
 otiu-r powiT-s vested by this Constitution in the government 
 i»f the Confederate States, uv in any dejiai tnient or officer 
 thereof. 
 
 FECTIUN IX. 
 
 l*ow«r* of (Va- 
 
 ycmw III l-p/trj 
 
 Will •.( l<*l.-«. 
 
 »„rt*i» imt-r. 1. The importation of negroes of the African race, from 
 ut»o»ui»j(rx-« ,jj^^ foreign country, other than the slaveholding States or 
 territories of the United States of America, is hereby for- 
 bidden ; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall 
 eflecttially prevent the same. 
 
 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the intro- 
 duction of slaves from any State not a member of, or terri- 
 tory not belonging to this Confederacy. 
 
 o. 'J'he priviU'ge of the writ of habeas corpus shall not 
 be susjiended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion 
 tin* public safety may require it. 
 
 \. Mo bill of attainder, t'.r^^o.s/' facto law, or law denying 
 or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be 
 passed. 
 
 5, No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, 
 unless in proportion to the census or enumeration lierein- 
 befi»re directed to be taken. 
 
 G. No tax or duty shall bo laid (m articles exported from 
 any State, excej)t by a vote of two-thirds of both houses. 
 
 7. No preference shall be given by any regulation of 
 connnerce or revenue to the ports (d" one State over those 
 uf another. 
 
 Ca|<iUlluDUs. 
 
 H.ii.M 
 
1861.] State Convention. 17 
 
 8. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in Money drawn 
 consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular Treasury, 
 statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of 
 
 all public money shall be published from time to time. 
 
 9. Congress shall appropriate no money from the treas- Appropriation? 
 ury except by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, taken 
 
 by yeas and nays, unless it be asked and estimated for by 
 some one of the heads of department, and submitted to Con- 
 gress by the President ; or for the purpose of paying its 
 own expenses and contingences ; or for the payment of 
 claims against the Confederate States, the justice of which 
 shall have been judicially declared by a tribunal for the 
 investigation of claims against the government, which it is 
 hereby made the duty of Congress to establish. 
 
 10. All bills approiiriatina; monev shall specify in fed- Amount appro- 
 
 i ^ ' ^ •' . . priatpd to be 
 
 eral currency the exact amount of each appropriation and speritieaonbiiu 
 tlie purposes for wliich it is made ; and Congress shall 
 grant no extra compensation to any public contractor, 
 officer, agent or servant, after such contract shall have been 
 made or such service rendered. 
 
 11. No title of nobility shall be jjranted bv tlie Confed- Presents tvotu 
 
 •' " • tnrei^n pofen- 
 
 erate States ; and no person holding any office of profit or '"♦*■"■ 
 trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Con- 
 gress, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of 
 any kind whatever from any king,]^prince or foreign State. 
 
 12. Concjress shall make no law respecting an establish- Religion, tree 
 ment of religion, or pj-ohibitinsr the free exercise thereof ; and right ot 
 
 ri f I O petition. 
 
 or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press : or 
 tlie right of the people peacca])ly to assemble and petition 
 the government for a redress of grievances. 
 
 13. A well regulated militia being necessary to the Arm-i hearing. 
 security of a free State, the right of the people to keep 
 
 and bear arms shall not be infringed. , 
 
 14. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in SoUiera and 
 
 , • 1 1 n 1 • • house owuerf . 
 
 any house witliout the consent ot the owner ; nor in time 
 of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. 
 
 15. The right of the people to be secure in their per- searcher 
 sons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonabh* 
 
 3 
 
18 
 
 State CoxvEXTtox. 
 
 [June, 
 
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 rtitmm. A' 
 
 rrlailB*!*. 
 
 ■ilLtow*! 
 pmammtnn 
 
 searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no war- 
 r-\nr- >1ki11 issue l)Ut upon probable cause, supported bj' 
 ■ It II or Mllirmation, and particularly describing the place 
 to be searched, and the persons or thinii; to be'scized. 
 
 10. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or 
 f»therwise infamous crime, unless on a pres,entmcnt or 
 indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the 
 lnn<l or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual ser- 
 vice, in time of war or public danger; nor shall any per- 
 son be subject for the s:ime offence to be twice put in jcop. 
 anly of life or limb ; nor to be compelled, in any criminal 
 cast', to be a witness against himself: nor be deprived of 
 life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor 
 hhall private property be taken for public use wi'thout just 
 compensation. 
 
 17. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy 
 the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury 
 of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been 
 committed, which district shall have been previously ascer- 
 tained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause 
 of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses 
 against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining 
 witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of coun- 
 sel for his defence. 
 
 IH. In suits at common law, where the value in contro- 
 versy shall exceed twenty dollars, tlie right of trial by jury 
 shall b« preserved; and no fact so tried by a jury shall be 
 otherwise re-examined in any court of the Confederacy, 
 than accor<ling to the rules of the common law. 
 
 19. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive 
 lines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. 
 
 2U. Every law or resolution having the force of law, 
 Khali relate but to one subject, and that shall be expressed 
 ill tltc title. 
 
 SRCTIOX X. 
 
 jTuwmkoi, 1. So M:it«' shall vuiw into any treatv, alliunco, or con- 
 
 IVdtMHtioii ; grrint letters (tf maniuc and reprisal ; coin 
 
1861.] State Convention. 1^ 
 
 money; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender 
 in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, or ex post 
 facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts ; or 
 grant any title of nobility. 
 
 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, Prohibition 
 
 . , . . upon States. 
 
 lay any miposts or duties on imports or exports, except 
 what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspec- 
 tion laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, 
 laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the 
 use of the treasury of the Confederate States ; and all 
 such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of 
 Congress. 
 
 3. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay 
 any duty on tonnage, except on sea-going vessels, for the 
 improvement of its rivers and harbors navigated by the 
 said vessels ; but such duties shall not conflict with any 
 treaties of the Confederate States with foreign nations : 
 and any surplus revenue, thus derived, after making such 
 improvement, be paid into the common treasury. Nor 
 shall any State keep troops or ships of Avar in time of peace, 
 enter into any agreement or compact with another State, 
 or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually 
 invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of 
 delay. But when any river divides or flows through two or 
 more States, they may enter into compacts with each other 
 to improve the navigation thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE 2. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 1. 
 
 The executive power shall be vested in a President of i-rrMcifnt «n.i 
 the Confcdcrntc States of America! He and the Vice ^'''' ''""'**"'• 
 President shall hold their offices for the term of six years; 
 but the President shall not be re-eligible. The President 
 :ind Vice President shall be elected as follows: 
 
 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the leg- Eiwtow. 
 islaturc thereof may direct, a number of electors cc^ual to 
 
JO State Convention. [June, 
 
 the whole number of Senators and licprcsentativcs to which 
 the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator 
 or Representative, or person holding an office (»f trust or 
 ].: fit under the Confederate States, shall be appointed an 
 . M t i'.»r. 
 ■niieiii t-r 3. The electors shall meet in their respective States and 
 Ti»rf«MMii vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of 
 whom, at least, shall not be an iiilialiitant of the same State 
 with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person 
 voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person 
 voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct 
 lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all per- 
 sons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of 
 votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and 
 transmit, sealed, to the seat of the government of the Con- 
 federate States, directed to the President of the Senate ; 
 rouatingtiM the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the 
 Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certifi- 
 cates, and the votes shall then be counted ; the person 
 having the greatest number of votes for President shall be 
 the Pre>ideul, if such a number be a majority of the whole 
 number of electors appointed ; and if no person have such 
 majority, then, from the persons having the highest num- 
 bers, not excelling three, on the list of those voted for as 
 President, the llousc of Representatives shall choose, 
 of immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing 
 
 *»u 
 
 Ahf the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the rep- 
 
 tbaOovMor . . 
 
 ■ ur m auitTt rescntalioii from each State having one vote ; a quorum 
 for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from 
 two-thir<ls of the States, and a majority of all the States 
 shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of 
 Representatives shall not choose a President, whenever the 
 right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth 
 <lay of March next following, then the Vice-President shall 
 act as President, as in case of the death, or other constitu- 
 tional disability of the President. 
 
 TiaPrMMML 4. Thc pcrsou haviug the greatest number of votes as 
 Vice-Prcsidcut, shall be the Vice-President, if such uum- 
 
1861.] State Convention. 21 
 
 ber be a majority of the whole number of electors 
 appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then, from 
 the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose 
 the Vice-President ; a quorum for the purpose shall con- 
 sist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a 
 majority of the whole numbei' shall be necessary to a 
 choice. 
 
 6. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office Eligibility. 
 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of 
 the Confederate States. 
 
 6. The Congress may determine the time of choosing Timpofrhoos- 
 the electors, and the day on which they shall give their '°2*^'^'"^^- 
 \'otcs ; which day shall be the same throughout the Con- 
 federate States. 
 
 7. No person, except a natural born citizen of the Con- Qualifications of 
 
 o • • ^ n 1 rii'si'lent. 
 
 federate States, or a citizen thereof at the time of the 
 adoption of this Constitution, or a citizen thereof, born in 
 the United States prior to the 20th of December, 1860, 
 shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall 
 any person be eligible to that office who shall not have 
 attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen 
 years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, 
 as they may exist at the time of his election. 
 
 8. In case of the removal of the President from office, rvemovai.deati., 
 or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the ident. 
 powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve 
 
 on the Vice-President ; and the Congress may, by law, 
 provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or 
 inability both of the President and Vice-President, declar- 
 ing what officer shall then act as Presi<lent, and such officer 
 shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a 
 President shall be elected. 
 
 J>. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his compensation, 
 services a compensation, which shall neither be increased 
 nor diminished during the period for which he shall Inive 
 been elected ; and he shall not receive within that period 
 any other emolument from the Confederate States, or any 
 of them. 
 
22 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 10. Hoforc he enters on the execution of his office, he 
 hhall t«kc the following oath or afliruiation : 
 oaik iwi«in>d **I do Holemnly swear (or affirm) tliat I will l';iithfully 
 execute the oflScc of the Trcsident of the Confederate 
 States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, 
 and defend the Constitution thereof.' 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 
 PrMMrllt Vr 
 rrmaTkl (luui 
 
 1. The rrcpideiit sliall he cninmaiMk-r-in-ehict' of the 
 army and navy of the Confederate States, and of the 
 militia of the several States, when called into the actual 
 service of the Confederate States ; he may rc(iuirc the 
 opinion, in writing, of tlie principal officer in each of tlie 
 Executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the 
 duties of their respective offices ; and he shall have power 
 to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the 
 Confederate States, except in cases of impeachment. 
 
 2. lie shall have power, by and with the advice and 
 " consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two- 
 thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nomi- 
 nate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Sen- 
 ate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and 
 consuls, Juilgc'S of the Supreme Court, and all other 
 officers of the Confederate States, whoso appointments are 
 not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be 
 established by law ; but the Congress may, by law, vest the 
 appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, 
 in the President alone, in the courts of law or in the heads 
 of Departments. 
 
 JJ. The principal officer in each of the Executive Depart- 
 ments, and all persons connected with the diplomatic ser- 
 vice, may be removed from office at the pleasure of the 
 President. All other civil officers of the Executive Depart- 
 ment may be removed at any time by the President, or 
 other appointing power, when their services are unneces- 
 sary, or for dirthonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, 
 or neglect of duty ; an<l when so removed, the removal 
 
18G1.] State Convention. 28 
 
 shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons 
 therefor. 
 
 4. The President shall have power to fill all vacancies vacanciea. 
 that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by grant- 
 ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next 
 session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be 
 re-appointed to the same office during their ensuing recess. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 1. The President shall, from time to time, ffive to the Duties of Presi- 
 
 ' ' '^ .lent. 
 
 Congress information of the state of the Confederacy, 
 and recommend to their consideration such measures as he 
 shall judge necessary and expedient ; he may, on extra- 
 ordinary occasions, convene both houses, or either of them ; 
 and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to 
 the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such 
 time as he shall think proper ; he shall receive ambassadors 
 and other public ministers; he shall take care that the 
 laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the 
 officers of the Confcdertite States. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 
 1. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers PuDisinnerit of 
 
 ' liigli otlii-era fur 
 
 of the Confederate States, shall be removed from office on forireasou, 
 
 bribery, Ac. 
 
 inn)eachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or 
 other high crimes and misdemeanors. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 section I. 
 
 1. The judicial power of tlie Confederate States shall be riif .Jmiiriary. 
 vested in one Supreme Court, and in such Inferior Courts 
 as tlic Congress may from time to time ordain and estab- 
 lish. The judges, lioth of the Supreme and Inferior Courts, • 
 shall hold their offices during good jjehavior, and shall, at 
 
24 State Convention. [June, 
 
 stated times, receive for their services a compensation, 
 . ' ■ li shall not be diminished during' their continuiince in 
 
 section II. 
 
 jo4kiiii|..«n« 1. The judicial power shall extend to all eases arising 
 under this Constitution, the laws of the Confederate States, 
 and treaties made or which shall be made under their 
 authority ; to all cases affecting ambassadors, (ither public 
 • luinistcrs and consuls ; to all cases of admiralty and mari- 
 time jurisdiction; to controversies to which the Confed- 
 erate States shall be a party ; to controversies between 
 two or more States ; between a State and citizen of an- 
 other State where the State is plaintiff; between citizens 
 claiming lands under grants of diflcrent States; and between 
 a State or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens 
 or subjects; but no State shall be sued by a citizcii or 
 subject of any foreign State. 
 
 I'uwwii oi Pu- 2 In all cases affectinti; ambassadors, other liultlic niin- 
 isters, aild consuls, and those in wliich a State shall be a 
 party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. 
 In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court 
 shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, 
 with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the 
 ('ongress shall make. 
 
 iri»i(f rruii.-. ;^. 1'lie trial of all crimes, except in cases of imi)ea('h- 
 nient, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the 
 State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; 
 but when not committed within any State, the trial shall 
 be at such jjlace or plac<'>^ ris the Congress may by law have 
 directed. 
 
 section III. 
 
 "^"'•'" 1. Treason agaiusi ilu- Confederate States shall consist 
 
 only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their 
 enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be 
 convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses 
 to the same overt :uct or on confession in open court. 
 
 ^ 
 
1861.] State ConventioiJ. 25 
 
 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punish- runishmcin. 
 ment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work 
 corruption of blood, or forfeiture, except during the life of 
 the person attainted. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 SECTION I. I 
 
 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to state leiatious. 
 the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every 
 other State. And the Congress may, by general laws, 
 prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and pro- 
 ceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 
 1. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the Rights of dti- 
 })rivileges and immunities of citizens in the several States, 
 
 and shall have the right of transit and sojourn in any 
 State of this Confederacy, with their slaves and other 
 property ; and the right of property in said slaves shall 
 not be thereby impaired. 
 
 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, criminaij. 
 or other crime against the laws of such a State, who shall 
 
 flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on 
 demand of the Executive authority of the State from 
 which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State 
 having jurisdiction of the crime. 
 
 3. No slave or other person held to service or labor in FuRUives from 
 any State or territory of the Confederate States under the 
 
 laws thereof, escaping or lawfully carried into another, 
 shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be 
 discharged from such service or labor ; but shall be deliv- 
 ered up on claim of the party to whom such slave belongs, 
 or to whom such service or labor may be due. 
 4 
 

 tlt>.r\ 
 
 •j6 State Convention. [Juno, 
 
 SECTION III. 
 
 1. Other States may bo admitted into this Confodcracy 
 hy x vote of two-thirds of the whole House of Ropresen- 
 tatirex, and two-thirds of tlie Senate, the Senate voting by 
 States ; but no new State shall be forniod or erected 
 within the jurisdiction of any other State : nor any State 
 bo formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts 
 of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the 
 States eoncorned as well as of the Congress. 
 erform. 2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make 
 all needful rules and regulations concerning the property 
 of the Confe<lorate States, including the lands thereof. 
 An^niMOc^ior 3. Thc Confcderatc Statcs may acquire new territory; 
 and Congress shall have power to legislate and provide 
 govornmenis for the inhabitants of all territory belonging 
 to the Confederate States, lying without the limits of the 
 several States ; and may permit them, at such times, and 
 in such manner as it may by law provide, to form States 
 to be admitted into the Confederacy. In all such territory, 
 the institution of negro slavery as it now exists in the Con. 
 fwlerate States, shall be recognized and protected by Con- 
 gress, :iiid by the territorial government: and the inhabi- 
 tants of the several Confederate States and territories, 
 shall have the right to take to such territory any slaves 
 lawfully liebl by them in any of tlic Statos or tfi-ritorios 
 of the Confederate States. 
 
 4. The Confotlerate States shall guaranty to every Stato 
 that now is or hereafter may become a member of this 
 Confederacy, a Kopubliean form of government, and shall 
 pr<»tect eaeh of them against invasion ; and on application 
 of the Legislature (or of the Executive when the Logisla- 
 lure is not in session) against domestic violence. 
 
 AKTICLE V. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 ,f \. Upon the demand of any three States, legally assera- 
 bloil in their several conventions, the Congress shall sum- 
 
 ■II IW KIM*- 
 
1861.] State Convention. 27 
 
 mon a convention of all the States, to take into considera- 
 tion such amendments to the Constitution as the said States 
 shall concur in suggesting at the time when the said 
 demand is made ; and should any of the proposed amend- 
 ments to the Constitution be agreed on by the said conven- 
 tion — voting by States — and the same be ratified by the 
 legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, or by con- 
 ventions in two-thirds thereof — as the one or the other 
 mode of ratification may be proposed by the general con- 
 vention — they shall from thenceforward form a part of this 
 constitution. But no State shall, without its consent,- be 
 deprived of its equal representation in the Senate. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 mnneDt 
 Trovif. 
 
 1. The Government established by this Constitution is '^',',',^ ,'J,*y 
 the successor of the Provisional Government of the Con- '^"n", "'"^"° 
 federate States of America, and all the laws passed by the 
 
 latter shall continue in force until the same shall be re- 
 pealed or modified ; and all the officers appointed by the 
 same shall remain in office until their successors are ap- 
 pointed and qualified, or the offices abolished. 
 
 2. All debts contracted and engagements entered into I'ct't- 
 before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid 
 against the Confederate States under this Constitution as 
 under the Provisional Government. 
 
 3. This Constitution, and the laws of the Confederate suprcmo uw. 
 States, made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or 
 
 which shall be made under the authority of the Confederate 
 States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the 
 judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in 
 the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary not- 
 withstanding.' 
 
 4. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, oath to gurron 
 
 * thp conotitulion 
 
 and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all required, 
 executive and judicial officers, both of the Confederate 
 States, and of the several States, shall be bound by oath 
 or affirmation, to support this constitution ; but no religieus 
 test shall ever be required as a (jualifieation to any office 
 or puMio trust under the Confederate States. 
 
a#tk»IWw 
 
 2ft State Convention. [Jiine, 
 
 5. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain 
 riphts, HhslI not he construed to deny or disparage others 
 retained hy the people of the several States. 
 fteku 6. The powers not delegated to the Confederate States 
 hy the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are 
 reserved to the Stateti, respectively, or to the people 
 thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 (•uw-M^i r.11 1. The ratification of the convention of five States shall 
 be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution be- 
 tween the States so ratifying the same. 
 
 i..,.wM i-r.^ 2. When five States shall have ratified this Constitution, 
 in the manner before specified, the Congress un<lor the 
 Provisional Constitution, shall prescribe the time for hold- 
 ing the election of President and Vice-President ; and, for 
 the meeting of the Electorial College ; and, for counting 
 the votes, and inaugurating the President. They shall, 
 also, prescribe the time for holding the first election for 
 members of Congress under this Constitution, and the time 
 for assembling the same. Until the assembling of such 
 Congress, the Congress under the Provisional Constitution 
 shall continue to exercise the legislative poAvers granted 
 them; not extending beyond the time limited by the Con- 
 stitution of the Provisional Government. [Ratified the\Qth 
 (lay of Jmir, 18G1.] 
 
 [No. l:i.j RESOLI'TTONS CALLING UPON COMPTROLLER 
 FOR STATEMENT OF TAXES FOR THE FIVE 
 YEARS PRECEDING JANUARY, 1860. 
 
 nrnt nxialrvd. 
 
 luKolvcd, That the Comptroller be directed to lay be- 
 fore this Convention a tabular statement exhibiting the 
 Public taxes paid into the Treasury of the State from each 
 county, for the five years preceding the 1st day of January, 
 1860, distinguishing the several subjects from which such 
 taxes were derived, and the amounts received from each 
 subject respectively, in each successive year. 
 
1861.] State Convention. 29 
 
 Resolved, That the Comptroller be and he is hereby 
 authorized to employ such additional clerical force as may 
 be necessary to enable him to furnish the foregoing infor- 
 mation at an early period. \_Ratijicd the 20th day of June, 
 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TROVIDING FOR COMPENSA- [No. 13.] 
 
 TION TO SHERIFFS FOR HOLDING ELECTIONS 
 • FOR DELEGATES TO THIS CONVENTION. 
 
 Be it ordained, <fc., That the Sheriffs of the several compens»tion 
 
 1 • c< -11 11,,, 1 <« Sheriffs. 
 
 counties in this State are entitled to, and hereby allowed 
 the same compensation for holding the late elections for 
 delegates to tliis Convention as they are now alloAved by 
 law for holding elections for members of the General As- 
 sembly, and the Treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to 
 allow the same to the Sheriffs in the settlement' of their 
 accounts. [Ratified the 20th day of June, 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE 4th SECTION [No. 14.] 
 OF THE 4tii ARTICLE OF THE AMENDMENTS 
 TO THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Be it ordained by this Convention of the people, and it insoru "con- 
 
 federate" in 
 
 is hereby ordained by the authority of the same. That the '''^» "f *hM 
 
 r 1 ■ PiPi • "United" Statci 
 
 fourth section of the fourth article of the amendments to 
 the Constitution, proposed and ratified in the year eighteen 
 hundred and thirty-five, be amended by striking out the 
 word United and inserting in lieu thereof the word Con- 
 federate before the word States. [Ratified the 20th day 
 of June, 1861.] 
 
30 State Convention. [June, 
 
 [No. 15.1 RESOLUTION TOUCHING THE COMPENSATION 
 OK THE PRINTERS JO THIS CONVENTION. 
 
 rujihtmmtmt Rrsohvd^ That the Secretary of State be and he is 
 
 i.tiiUT hereby directed to make settlement with the Printers to 
 
 this Convention under the same laws and regulations as 
 
 govern his settlements with the l>tate Printer. [Ratified 
 
 the 20th dai/ of Juncy 1SG1.;\ 
 
 fXn. l»;.l AN OliDlNANCE TO RATIFY THE CONSTITU- 
 TION OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 
 * OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
 lUUAral 
 
 HV, the people of North Carolina^ in Convention asseju- 
 ttlcd, do declare and o)'dain, a)id it is hereby declared and 
 ordained. That the State of North Carolina does hereby 
 jussent to, and ratify the Constitution for the Provisional 
 Government of the Confederate States of America, adopted 
 at Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, on the 8th day 
 of February, A. D., 1861, by the Convention of Delegates 
 from the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala- 
 bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and that North Carolina 
 will enter into the federal association of the States upon the 
 terms therein proposed when admitted by the Congress or 
 any competent authority of the Confederate States. 
 
 Done at Raleigh, the twentieth day of May, in the year 
 of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. 
 [liatified the 20th day of June, 1861.] 
 
 [No. 17.) \ RESOLUTION To RAISE AN ADDITIONAL 
 liATTALION OF CAVALRY. 
 
 nr»r.u>*r Resolved, That in additional to the Regimont of Cavalry 
 
 uwip* auibor- I'll 
 
 iw- at present authorized to be forme<l for service during the 
 
 war, the Governor be authorized to receive such other 
 
1861.] State Convention. 31 
 
 companies as have tendered or may hereafter tender their 
 services for the same period, not exceeding five troops or a 
 half regiment, and that they he officered in like manner as 
 the said Regiment of Cavalry herein referred to. {^Rati- 
 fied the 21st day of June, 1801.] 
 
 RESOLUTION TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE [No. 18. J 
 CONVENTION, 
 
 Resolved, That the President of tliis Convention issue a 
 writ to the Sheriff of Bladen county, instructing him to 
 hold an election in said county on the first Thursday in 
 August next, for the purpose of electing a delegate to fill 
 a vacancy in this Convention caused hy the resignation of 
 T. D. INIcDowcll, Esq. [B.atified the 2\st day of June, 
 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RAISING OF [No. 19.] 
 RECRUITS FOR THE 1st REGIMENT OF NORTH 
 CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 Resolved, That the Governor he, and he is herehy Kpcruits to 
 authorized and directed to receive into service, and to arm u-ng^h oV* 
 
 I, . . f» 1 • • rf a« ori ■ ■ 
 
 equip, on application ot the recruiting oihcers ap- vat.-!) 
 
 pointed hy the Colonel of the 1st Regiment of North Car- 
 olina Volunteers, all such Volunteers as the said recruiting 
 officers may ohtain for their respective companies ; the 
 said recruits to he received and sworn in for the same 
 length of time and suhject to the same regulations as the 
 original privates in the respective companies for which 
 tliey are recruited are now bound for. [Ratified the 22nd 
 dajf of June, 1861.] 
 
 ime 
 a« original pri- 
 
32 State Convextion. [June, 
 
 [No. 20.] AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO A STATE FLAG. 
 
 iiMrH|.(k«. Be it ordained hy (his Convention, and it is hereby or- 
 
 dained by the authority of the same. That the Flag of 
 North Carolina shall consist of a red field with a Avhitc 
 star in the centre, and with the inscription, above the star, 
 in a semi-circular form, of '*May 20th, 1775," and below 
 the star, in a semi-circular form, "May 20th, 18G1." 
 That there shall be two bars of equal width, and the length 
 of the field phall be equal to the bar, the width of the field 
 being e<iual to both bars : the first bar shall bo blue, and 
 the second be white; and the length of the Flag shall be 
 one-third more than its width, {^liatified the 2'2.nd day of 
 June, Ibtil.j 
 
 [No. 21.] RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE DEPOSIT 
 AND PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF 
 THE CONVENTION. 
 
 IV. b» pubiuhH Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention deposit 
 i«i>«n. in the office of the Secretary of State, for safe keeping, all 
 
 the Ordinances and Resolutions passed by the Convention 
 having the force and effect of laws ; and the Secretary of 
 the State' shall cause the same to be published in three 
 newspapers published in the City of Raleigh; and he is 
 authorized to contract for said publication at reasonable 
 rates; the expense thereof shall be paid as other public 
 printing ; and it shall be sufficient for him to furnish one 
 certified copy only (for which he shall be paid the same 
 fee as for certifying the acts of the General Assembly,) 
 to one of the newspapers, and a printed copy to the others. 
 [liatifiedthe '24th day of June, 1801.J 
 
 [No. 22.) AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO TAXATION. 
 
 AD««U3rj Skction 1. Jie it ordained, That the third section of 
 
 the fourtli article of the amendmetits of the Constitutipn 
 \>r :ind th<' same is hereby annulled. 
 
1861.] State Convention. 83 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained. That all free males over sub.iocts of 
 
 Capitation tax. 
 
 the age of twenty-one years and under the age of forty- 
 five years, shall be subject to a capitation tax, not less 
 than the tax laid on land of the value of three hundred 
 dollars, and no other free person nor slave shall be liable 
 to such taxation ; and also land and slaves shall be taxed subjects or 
 
 AdTnloreui tar. 
 
 according to their value, and the tax on slaves shall be as 
 much but not more than that on land according to their 
 respective values ; but the tax on slaves may be laid on 
 their general average value in the State, or on their value 
 in classes in respect to age, sex, and other distinctive pro- 
 perties, in the discretion of the General Assembly, and 
 the value be assessed in such modes as may be prescribed 
 by law : Proxnded.\ That nothing herein contained shall 
 prevent tlie exemption from taxation of soldiers in the 
 public service, or of free males or slaves, in cases of bodily 
 or mental infirmity, or of such real estate as hath hitherto 
 been exempted by law. [Ratified the 25fh day of June, 
 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAY- [No. 23.] 
 MENT OF THE MILITIA WHILE IN ACTIVE 
 SERVICE. 
 
 Be it ordained hy the Delegates of the jjeople in Con. Pay the «»nie as 
 
 777 f • ■ 7 7 7-77 7 7 tllBt of TOlUD- 
 
 vention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the author- toers. 
 ity of the same, That the Militia who have been or may be 
 called into the service of the State by the Governor, shall, 
 while in actual service, receive the pay allowed by law to 
 volunteers. [Ratified the IQth day of June, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DOORKEEPERS. [No. 24.] 
 
 Resolved, That the Public Treasurer be and he is author- p»y»f5oe«ch 
 ized to pay the Principal and Assistant Doorkeepers of 
 this Convention the sum of fifty dollars each, as extra 
 compensation for the, hire of servants. ^Ratified the 26//* 
 day of June, 1861.] 
 5 
 
'M State Coxvkntiox. [Juie, 
 
 [So. i:u.j RESOLUTION ArTIlORIZING THE PRESIDENT 
 TO ISSUE WRITS OF ELECTION TO FILL 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 pp»m «<wiMT»i licMolvedy That the Preisdcnt of tliis Convention, or in 
 case of his death, and one of the five delegates authorized 
 in tlint event to call a session of the Convention, be, and 
 he is hereby authorized and empowered, during the recess 
 thereof, to receive the resignation of delegates, and to 
 issue writs of election to supply vacancies thus created in 
 such manner and at such times as to him shall seqm meet ; 
 and in like manner to issue writs of elections in case of 
 the death of any member of the Convention, in the recess, 
 the Sheriff of the County certifying the deatli of the 
 member. [liatijied titr 2Gth day of June, 18(U.] 
 
 [No. 2G.J RESOLUTION ASKING INFORMATION FROM THE 
 
 COVEKNOR. 
 
 laknMtiMio Resolved, That the Governor be requested to communi- 
 M»~»ui«.-nt» cate'to the Convention, at as early a day as practicable, a 
 list of the appointments to office made by him since the 
 third Monday of November, 1860; whether by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Military Board or otherwise; 
 the dates of such appointments, and under what laws made : 
 the manner, pay and rank of each officer, and also what 
 appointments it will oe incumbent on the Executive to make 
 under laws of the General Asseml)ly passed at the last 
 regular and special session. 
 
 Jtmulri'd, That if necessary, the Governor may employ 
 such additional clerical force as may be necessary to fur- 
 nisli saiil information. [Hatifi,'d the 20/// dnif of June, 
 IHlil.J 
 
 •(.U<lt>sJ 
 
1861.] State Convention. 3ft 
 
 RESOLUTION EXEMPTING VOLUNTEERS FROM [No. 27.] 
 PAYING POLL TAX. 
 
 Resolved. That the Volunteers and State troops ten- Kxemptsaii 
 
 , . who enlisted 
 
 (lered, accented and employed m the public service, at aiiv prior to isth 
 
 ' ^ _ , " August, 1861. 
 
 time prior to the 15th August, 1861, shall be exempt from 
 the payment of free poll taxes for which they are now 
 responsible, and shall not be compelled to list a taxable 
 free white poll for this year ; and the Sheriffs shall be 
 allowed the amount of such exemptions in the settlement 
 of their respective public accounts, by filing with the Clerk 
 of the County Court a list, under oath, of the names of 
 such volunteers and State troops, and it shall be the duty 
 of the clerks of the several County Courts to certify to 
 the Comptroller, under their seal of office, the list of polls 
 so filed with them. [Ratified the 26th day of June ^ 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION TO RESCIND A RESOLUTION IN [No. 28.] 
 REGARD TO ADJOURNMENT. 
 
 Resolved, That the resolution heretofore passed, provid- 
 ing for a recess of this Convention this evening at 7 o'clock, 
 be, and the same is hereby rescinded, and that this Con- 
 vention will adjourn on Friday next at 2 o'clock, P. M., 
 and will meet again on the 8rd Monday in November next, 
 unless sooner convened by the President, or by Thomas 
 Ruffin, of Alamance ; William A. Graham, of Orange ; 
 Bedford Brown, of Caswell ; James W. Osborne, of Meck- 
 lenburg ; and Asa Biggs, of Martin; members of the Con 
 vcntion, or any three of them, in case of his death. 
 [Ratified the "l^th day of June ^ 1861.] 
 
36 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 [No. 2n.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO CEDE TO THE CONFEDE- 
 RATE STATES, THE PROrERTY IN AND 
 JURISDICTION OYER THE FORTS, LIGHT 
 HOUSES, BEACONS, MARINE HOSPITALS AND 
 MINT IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 (>)d<f jartKdtr- 
 Uon ovrr th« 
 raal acUtr. 
 
 (^rtnU other 
 property. 
 
 .Iiiriii'llrUon 
 )CniiiU-<1. 
 
 RrtfrVatioD. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordaim'd hj the Deki/ateif of the people 
 of North Carolina, in Convention asssembled, That the 
 property in all tracts or parcels of land, lately held by the 
 United States within tlie limits of North Carolina, on 
 which were erected any fortification, light houses, beacons, 
 or marine hospitals, and also the lot in the town of Charlotte, 
 in the county of Mecklenburg, on which is situated the 
 buildings of the Mint, be and the same are hereby granted 
 to, and vested in the Confederate States of America, for 
 the like objects, uses, and purposes, for which they were 
 formerly held" by the said United States, to have and to 
 hold the same to the said Confederate States so long as 
 they shall severally be devoted and applied to such objects, 
 uses and purposes, and no longer. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 mid, That all armaments, furniture and machinery at or 
 in any of such fortifications, light houses, beacons, marine 
 hospitals, or mint, are hereby granted to, and vested in the 
 said Confederate States, for the objects, uses, and upon the 
 conditions aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the jurisdiction of 
 the State of North Carolina, over each and all of said 
 tracts or parcels of land, and the buildings situate thereon, 
 is hereby graiitcd to the said Confederate States of America, 
 excepiiig and reserving to this State the power to execute 
 within, and upon the same, civil process in all cases, and 
 buch criminal process as may issue under her authority 
 against persons charged with offences committed without 
 the limits of said tracts or parcels of land ; such jurisdic- 
 tion to be retained by^the said Confederate States, so long 
 as the said tracts or parcels of land shall be used for the 
 purposes hereinbefore expressed, and no longer. [Ratified 
 the 27th day of June, 1861.] 
 
1861.] State Convention. 37 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO TROVIDE FOR THE DIS- [No. 30.] 
 POSITION OF THE STATE TROOPS AND 
 VOLUNTEERS RAISED UNDER THE ACTS OF 
 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, RESPECTIVELY, 
 ENTITLED, " AN ACT TO RAISE TEN THOU- 
 SAND STATE TROOPS," RATIFIED THE 8th 
 DAY OF MAY, AND "AN ACT TO PROVIDE 
 FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENCE," RATIFIED THE 
 10th DAY OF MAY, 1861, AND FOR OTHER 
 PURPOSES. • 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North TraDsfer* stats 
 
 , . •^ "^ / / t^ troops to the 
 
 Carolina m Convention assembled. That the State troops confedwate 
 
 » '^ states. 
 
 levied under the act of the General Assembly, first afore- 
 said, Avhich have been formed into regiments, with proper 
 complements of officers and men, be, and the same arc 
 hereby transferred, by regiments, to the •Confederate 
 States of America, upon the same terms and conditions as 
 if they had been raised under the authority of the said 
 Confederate States. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, Recruiting for 
 
 rni ni- 1 •• /» 'i • i State troops to 
 
 Ihat all levying ana recruiting oi troops under said act cease August 
 shall cease and determine from and after the 20th day of 
 August next ; and that all troops which shall have been 
 raised under said act prior to that day, shall be organized 
 into regiments and transferred to the Confederate States 
 in the manner and upon the terms and conditions aforesaid. 
 And if there shall be an excess in the number of said 
 troops, sufficient to form a battalion, companies or company, 
 such excess may be organized according to its appropriate 
 numbers, and transferred in like manner. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained, That all appointments of commiwions of 
 
 ai ^ ■ ^ •! -iT'i officers not in 
 
 opicers under said act, either in the line or in the staff, service to ce«»e 
 
 ' . ' August 20th. 
 
 over and above the number appropriate to and required by 
 the regiments, battalions and companies thus organized, 
 shall cease and be vacated on the said 20th day of August 
 next ; and that His Excellency, the Governor, may, in his 
 discretion, order any^ Quartermaster, Commissary or Med- 
 
38 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [June, 
 
 OfllMM In Bcr- 
 tJc# to he 
 
 TranKferof 
 NbvbI forces 
 and Te58t'ls. 
 
 Authorizes the 
 (lifirharKC of all 
 Tohinleers 
 nnli8t4><\oTor«ix 
 regime u til. 
 
 I'rovlso. 
 
 ical stores, owned by the State, and not required for im- 
 mediate use, to be 'turned over to the said Confederate 
 States upon proper receipts for the articles thus delivered, 
 to be taken by the officers accountable for the same. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That all commissions to offi- 
 cers in the aforesaid State troops, issued by the Governor 
 and jMilitary Board, under the authority of the act of the 
 General Assembly to create a Military Board, ratified the 
 10th day of May, 1861, who shall remain in service after the 
 20th day of August next, as aforesaid, are hereby ratified 
 and confirmed, notwithstanding any provision in the Con- 
 stitution of the State for a different mode of appointment. 
 
 5. Be it further ordained, That the naval forces and 
 vessels of the State be transferred to the Confederate 
 States, upon the same terms and conditions that are pro- 
 vided as to State troops, in the second section of this ordi- 
 nance, the said vessels to be paid for or accounted for upon 
 terms to be agreed upon by the Governor wath the Confed- 
 erate States ; and that after the 20th day of August next, 
 all naval officers of this State shall be discharged, and all 
 vessels of the navy not accepted by the Confederate States, 
 shall be sold under the direction of the Governor. And 
 whereas, the President of the Confederate States, through 
 a communication from the Secretary of War, has informed 
 this Convention that he will accept from this State into the 
 service of the Confederate States, two thousand volunteers 
 for twelve months, in addition to the four regiments already 
 in service, and cannot accept any greater number of vol- 
 unteers for twelve months : 
 
 6. Be it therefore ordained by the authority aforesaid, 
 That all volunteers who have been called out by the order 
 of the Governor for twelve months, over and above the 
 four regiments aforesaid and two thousand men, to be des- 
 ignated by the Governor, and tendered to the President for 
 service as aforesaid, shall be discharged on the 20th of 
 August next : Provided, That any of said volunteers who 
 shall signify their desire to enlist in the State troops afore- 
 said or in any corps that may be called for by the Presi- 
 
1861.] State Convention. 39 
 
 dent in the mean time, shall be discharged forthwith, to the 
 end that they may enter such new service ; and Provided 
 further, That the Governor shall again tender such volun- 
 teers by regiments to the President of the Confederate 
 States, and if the President shall agree to accept them or 
 any part of them, by, or before the 20th day of August 
 next, it shall be the duty of the Governor to order them, 
 or as many of them as the President shall accept, into the 
 service of the Confederate States, and discharge only the 
 residue : Provided, further, That any volunteers dis- 
 charged as aforesaid, shall, in addition to their pay, be 
 allowed reasonable expenses for traveling to their several 
 homes ; and Provided further, That the Governor may 
 order out the Militia as volunteers or otherwise, in case of 
 invasion or imminent danger thereof. 
 
 7. Be it further ordained, That all provisions of the Repo»isaotof 
 aforesaid acts of the Assembly, authorizing the raising of biy. 
 
 a greater number of men, or of a diflferent species of force 
 than is hereinbefore comprehended, or as are otherwise 
 inconsistent with this ordinance, are hereby repealed and 
 declared of no eifcct. 
 
 8. Be it further ordained, That the act of the General Act creating 
 Assembly entitled "An act to create a Military Board," rel.eukd. "^^' 
 be, and the same is hereby' repealed from and after the 
 
 20th day of August next : Provided, That the office of 
 Military Secretary shall be continued until the 20th day of 
 September next, for the purpose of settling the military 
 accounts. 
 
 9. Be it further ordained, That no oath shall be required Nonnth to bp 
 to be taken by the officers or soldiers of any of the forces diorp'osceV" 
 aforesaid, except the oath of allegiance to the State of aupetoN.o. 
 North Carolina, prior to their being mustered into the 
 service of the Confederate States; but each man shall be 
 
 lield and deemed to be in the military service and subject 
 to the rules and articles of war of the Confederate States 
 from the time of his signing the articles of enlistment. 
 
 10. Be it further ordained. That it shall be the duty of 
 the Governor to take immediate measures, and issue the 
 
40 State Convention. [June, 
 
 necessary onlers to carry into effect the foregoing pro- 
 visionH of this ordinance. 
 ftrntmi Ammm- H. Be it fxirthtr ordahicd. That this ordinance may be 
 »n-^ amended, ino«lified or repealed by the General Assembly, 
 80 far afl regards the discharge of the twelve months vol- 
 unteers which may not havo been accepted by the govern- 
 ment of the Confederate States. {^Ratified the 11th day of 
 June, 18G1.] 
 
 — ■ — . ? Vi 
 
 [No. 31.] AN OHDINANCE TO SECURE TO CERTAIN 
 OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS THE RTCHT TO 
 VOTE. 
 
 AaUtofir^w.! SECTION 1. Bc it ovdaini'd hu thin Convent km and it is 
 hvnhy ordained by authority of the same, That all officers 
 and soldiers in the service of the State, or of the Confed- 
 erate States, who are of the age of twenty-one years, and 
 who are citizens of this State, or who, if within the State, 
 shall be absent from their respective counties at electioh 
 hereafter to be held, if the exigencies of the times shall 
 permit, shall be entitled to vote for Sheriffs, Clerks of the 
 County and Superior Courts, and members of the General 
 Assembly for their respective counties ; and shall also be 
 eiititled to vote for Governor, Electors for Presidont and 
 Vice-President of the Confederate States, and for mem- 
 bers of the Confederate Congress for their respective dis- 
 tricts. 
 TkmftMkoia- Skc. 2. Be it further ordainnh That three tVce-holders 
 •*•»• <>f tlie respective companies, under the direction of the 
 
 commanding officers of the regiments to which they belong, 
 shall open polls on Thursday before the day appointed for 
 holding elections in this State, and said elections shall be 
 conducted in all respects according to the laws of this 
 State. The three free-holders aforesaid shall prepare a 
 fair copy of the votes polled, and shall transmit the same 
 with the list of voters to the Sheriffs of their respective 
 counties ; and where officers and soldiers in the same com- 
 
1861.] State Convention. 41 
 
 panies shall vote in different counties or different Congres- 
 sional districts, the said free-holders shall specify accord- 
 ingly, and make returns to the Sheriffs of the different 
 counties above referred to. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That the Sheriffs of the sheriffs allowed 
 
 . seven dsys to 
 
 respective counties of this State shall count the votes of receive the vot*. 
 
 r ..... ofgoldleri. 
 
 the said ofl&cers and soldiers, if received within seven days 
 after the elections ; and they shall not declare the result 
 of the said election until the seven days above mentioned 
 shall have expired. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained^ Thafe this ordinance 
 shall be in force from and after the day of its ratification : 
 Provided, This ordinance shall be in force during the ex- 
 istence of the present war with the United States and no 
 longer. [Ratified the 25th day of June, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION ORDERING THE ORDINANCES TO [No. 32.] 
 BE PRINTED IN PAMPHLET FORM. 
 
 Ordered, That the Secretary cause five hundred copies soocopioaor- 
 of all the Ordinances and Resolutions having the force of 
 laws adopted at this session, to be printed in pamphlet 
 form ; the said ordinances and resolutions to be inserted 
 in the order of their dates, and in the form in which they 
 stand enrolled : Two copies of the same to be distributed 
 to each member of the Convention, one to each of the 
 oJBScers ; twenty-five to be deposited in the office of the 
 Secretary of State ; ten to be delivered to the Clerk of 
 the Supreme Court for the use of the Court ; one to eacli 
 of the Superior Court Judges and solicitors ; the residue 
 to be retained, subject to further order. Ratified the 21fh 
 day of June, 1861.] 
 6 
 
42 State Convention. [June, 
 
 [No. 33.] RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE W., C. & R. 
 
 I^AILROAD COMPANY. 
 
 Ea««lm09««r 
 
 Jlt»oUtdy Thai liis E.xcellciicy, tlie Governor, be re- 
 (juestcd, and the Treasurer be directed, to execute and 
 deliver to the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Rail- 
 road Company, the amount of coupon State bonds to which' 
 the said corporation was entitled on the 1st day of April 
 last, for work before that time accomplished : Provided, 
 The same shall be accepted by the said corporation at their 
 par value : Provided. This resolution shall not be con- 
 strued to authorize or direct the Governor and Treasurer 
 to issue any other State bonds to any other corporation in 
 in this State, unless, in his judgment, he may consider it 
 his duty to do .so under the requiieraentP of law. [Bxitified 
 the 2Sth day of June, 1861.] 
 
 •M\ aitii \r. Ko 
 
 [No. 34.] AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE THE WAYS AND 
 MEANS FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE STATE. 
 
 Aiproirui*. Section 1. Be it ordained, <fc., That the sum of three 
 millions two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof 
 as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropri- 
 ated to meet the demands on the Public Treasury for the 
 next ensuing two years, which sum shall be raised and 
 provided for in the way and manner following : 
 
 Sec. 2. B>' it further ordained. That the Public Treas- 
 urer is hereby authorized and required to have suitably 
 prepared, and to issue Treasury notes, payable to bearer, 
 upon the faith and credit of the State, to the amount of 
 two huntlrcd thousand dollars, of the various denomina- 
 tions of ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, in the following 
 proportions, to-wit: forty thousand dollars in notes or bills 
 of ten cents, sixty thousand dollars in bills or notes of 
 twenty-five cents, and one hundred thousand dollars in 
 notes or Itills of fifty cents, which said notes shall be 
 roitivabic in payment of public dues; shall bear no interest : 
 
1861.] State Convention. 43 
 
 shall be made payable to bearer, and be signed by the pub- 
 lic Treasurer, or by some person to be by him duly author- 
 ized and appointed to si^n the same, and who shall receive 
 a reasonable compensation for such service, to be paid out 
 of the Public Treasury, and shall be redeemable on or 
 before the first day of January, 1866: Provided, hmvever. 
 That no such notes shall be issued before the first day of 
 March next, and that the General Assembly may make 
 provision for the redemption of said notes before the time 
 specified, or may extend the time of redemption, as in their 
 judgment the public may require. The Public Treasurer 
 and Comptroller shall each provide a book in M'hich shall 
 be kept an accurate account of all the notes of the various 
 denominations paid out under the provisions of this ordi- 
 nance, and also an accurate account of all sums returned 
 to the Treasury ; which books shall at all times be open to 
 the inspection of the General Assembly, and for the keep- 
 ing of such books, they may, if absolutely necessary, be 
 allowed to employ some suitable person to act as clerk. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the Public Treas- Public Tresnu 
 urer of the btate be, and he is hereby authorized and ^""om the Bank^^ 
 
 . ' '' $3,000,000, rbJ 
 
 directed to negotiate a loan or loans, with the several banks t? '?"l ^*?,** 
 
 ^ _ _ Bonds for the 
 
 of this State, or with private individuals, in such sums and *»™'' 
 at such times as he may deem necessary and proper, to an 
 amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of three 
 millions of dollars, including the amount jjlready borrowed 
 of the banks of this State, under tKe provisions of an act 
 passed at the last session of the General Assembly, enti- 
 tled "An Act to provide ways and means for the public 
 defence" — for which Jhe said Public Treasurer shall issue 
 the bonds of the State bearing six per cent, interest, and 
 payable twelve months after the datc^ thereof; and should 
 the Public Treasurer not be prepared to pay the same at 
 matui'ity, he is hereby authorized to renew the same on 
 such terms and for such times as he may think proper, or 
 to negotiate new loans in lieu thereof, and he, the Public- 
 Treasurer, shall keep a true and accurate account of all 
 such loans, and make report thereof to the General Assem- 
 bly from time to time. 
 
a 
 
 State Convention. [June, 
 
 AatbortMUM Skc. 4. Be it further ordained^ That those banks in 
 SSu^*ttSdir this State who shall loan to the State their pro rata amount 
 S!lBM?VaH. of the sum hereby authorized to be borrowed of them, 
 ^^ikoM." whose charters forbid their issuing bills of a less denomi- 
 nation than five dollars, be, and they are hereby authorized 
 to issue bills of the denominations of one dollar, two dol- 
 lars, and two dollars and a half, to the extent of five per 
 cent, of their capital stock actually paid in : Provided, 
 That the same shall not be construed to authorize the said 
 banks to issue an aggregate amount of circulation greater 
 than that now authorized by their charter. This authority 
 hereby granted to issue bills of the denominations of one 
 dollar, two dollars, and two dollars and a half shall cease 
 whenever the General Assembly shall provide and direct, 
 upon the payment to the banks, the principal and interest 
 of the sums borrowed of them under the provisions of this 
 ordinance. 
 HMumpuoD "f Sec. 5. Bt it further ordained, That no bank of this 
 ^^u^r^' State shall be required to resume specie payments, whilst 
 moV) t^thc^ any portion of the amounts herein authorized to be bor- 
 rowed from such banks shall remain unpaid. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, That if any person 
 falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause the same to be 
 done, or willingly aid or assist therein, any Treasury note 
 in imitation of, or purporting to be a Treasury note or bond 
 issued by authority of this act, with the intent to defraud 
 the State, or corporations or other persons ; the person so 
 offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on convic- 
 tion thereof in the Superior Court, he shall be adjudged to 
 stand in the pillory one hour and receive thirty-nine lashes 
 on his bare back, and be imprisoned not less than six 
 months, nor more than three years, and fined at the dis- 
 cretion of the court, and all or any of such punishments 
 may, at the discretion of the court, be inflicted. 
 
 Sec. 7. Be it further ordained, That if any person, 
 either directly or indirectly, whether for the sake of gain, 
 or with intent to defraud or injure any other person, shall 
 utter or publish any false, forged, or counterfeit notes as 
 
 I'uoiiihuieDt n) 
 eounterfelton. 
 
1861.] State Convention. 45 
 
 mentioned in the pregeding section, or shall pass or deliver, 
 or attempt to pass or deliver, the same to another person, 
 knowing the same to be falsely forged or counterfeited, the 
 person so oifending shall, on conviction thereof in the ' 
 Superior Court, be punished in like manner as is provided 
 in the preceding section of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 8. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance, or Authontr 
 
 ^ , ' granted tha 
 
 any portion of it, may hereafter be altered, modified or *J*p<'"'' A"«">- 
 repealed by the General Assembly, provided nothing con- 
 tained in this section shall be construed to divest any rights 
 accruing to the banks or other parties without their con- 
 sent. 
 
 Sec. 9. Be it further ordained, That the act passed at Annul. ac( of 
 
 "^ ■* Qontral Au«m- 
 
 the late session of the General Assembly, entitled, '' An wy- 
 Act to provide ways and means for the public defence," 
 ratified the 11th day of May, 1861, be, and the same is 
 hereby abrogated and annulled. [^Ratified the 2Sth day of 
 June, 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE [No. 35.] 
 PASSED AT THE PRESENT SESSION OF THIS 
 CONVENTION, ENTITLED ''AN ORDINANCE TO 
 PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF CLAIMS." 
 
 Be it ordained, That the ordinance passed at the pres- ^ reportti*thl' 
 ent session, entitled " An ordinance to provide for a Board "ly"''"' Assem- 
 of Claims," ratified on the 8th day of June, 1861, be, and 
 the same is hereby so amended and modified as to provide 
 that the said Board of Claims, shall report the result of 
 their action on such claims as they may allow, to the Gene- 
 ral Assembly, at its next session, and that the General 
 Assembly is hereby authorized to pass finally on such 
 allowed claims, and make provision for their immediate 
 payment, and that all such claims as may not be reported 
 to and passed upon by the General Assembly, shall be 
 reported to the Convention at its adjourned session in 
 November, for the final action of said Convention. \^Rati- 
 fied the 2Sth day of June, 1861.] 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 PASSED BY 
 
 4he state convention 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 S)f contr Sicssion in Nobrmter antr Bcremhev, 186L 
 
 RALEIGH: 
 JOUN W. fcJYME, PRINTER TO THE CONVENTION. 
 
 1862. 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 SKCONl) SESSION IN NOVEMKER AM) DECEMBER, I8BI. 
 
 RESOLUTION TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THE [No. 1.] 
 SUPREME COURT REPORTS TO THE DEPART- 
 MENT OF JUSTICE OF THE CONFEDERATE 
 STATES. 
 
 Resolved.. That tlie State Librarian transmit to the supreme conn 
 
 . Reports. 
 
 tlepartnient of justice of the Confederate States of Americn 
 one set of the Reports of the Supreme Court of this State, 
 if tlie same be in the Public Library, or that he purchase 
 -iich as may be deficient, for that purpose. 
 
 RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE DAILY SIT- [No. 2.] 
 TINGS OF THIS CONVENTION. 
 
 RfMolvrd, That from and after to-day this Convention Aiter« hour- oi 
 will meet daily at ten o'clock and adjourn at two o'clock, 
 re-assemble again at four o'clock and adjourn at its discre- 
 tion. [RatifiM ilh' Hf/i dajf of D^rrnilii'i\ 18(31.] 
 7 
 
F}U 6TATK CuNVtMlO.N. [DcC. 
 
 pjo. S.] AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE rUBLK 
 TREASURER TO EMn.OY AN ADDITIONAL 
 CLERK IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
 AND OTHER PURPOSES 
 
 >.r, />' it oiiiatinJ, TIlut until it shall be itthcrwisc enacted 
 hy the General Assembly, the salary of the Clerk of tl 
 Treasury Department be increased to twelve huinlrcd dol- 
 lars annually, and that the Public Treasurer be authorized 
 PaysAMMjini to cmploy a second clerk in that department, and that his 
 salary shall be seven hundred and fifty dollars annuall 
 and that the C«Mnptroller be authorized to employ a clerk 
 in hit> oflice, and that his salary be the sum of seven hun- 
 dred and fifty dollars annually, and this increase of the 
 said salaries shall couinicncc from and after the 1st day of 
 
 .T:niM:.rv. 1^(12. \T!nt;Hr,l ///<• 0/7/ <ln,i nf Xnr.'Dihrr. 18(il.] 
 
 [No. 4.] RESOLl TION IN FAVOR OF DR. WM. E. P(Toi, 
 
 Pay. eoiDDeiuii- ResoIvcd, That tlic Govcmor be, and he is hereby author- 
 huTilJiit. "' izcd and required to instruct the Paymaster to pay to Dr. 
 William E. Pool, of Murfreesboro". taken prisoner at Hat- 
 icras, and now at Fort Wayne, or to his authorized agent, 
 the compensation of an assistant surgeon, from the first of 
 July, 1861, until such time as he shall be released or 
 exchanged. [Tiatified the 6th dn/j of December, 1861.] 
 
 [No. :>.] AN. ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER CERTAIN COM- 
 1»ANIKS Tn roL. GREEN'S REGIMENT. 
 
 nnaiMUtW. 
 
 Be it ordained, Tliat the Governor of this State be, and 
 he is hereby authorized, if he shall deem it expedient, to 
 tnmsfer to Col. Green's Regiment of Volunteers, the two 
 companies now at High Point, untler the command of Cap- 
 tains ('....k an<l Sharp: Pmrii/nf, That Capt. C<.ol< shnll 
 
18G1.] State Convention. ^ 51 
 
 first return to tlic (Jovcruor or the Adjutant (jloncral of 
 this State, all such public monies and orders for public 
 money, as he has heretofore received for the purchase of 
 guns : And, provided further, That the said companies 
 shall not be so transferred unless all the officers, non-com- 
 missioned officers and privates of said companies shall first 
 signify their assent thereto in writing. [Ratified the 6th 
 day of December, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR CAUSE [No. (i.] 
 OF WAR, AND IN THE PRESIDENT AND 
 ARMY. 
 
 Resolved, That we, the delegates of the people of North i!sprc?stsmi.ii- 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, entertain an undimin- uenw."^ 
 ished confidence in the ju^stice of the cause for which we 
 have taken up arms, and we hold it to be the duty of the 
 people of these Southern States to maintain and uphold 
 that cause with all the means they can command. 
 
 Hc)<olved, That in behalf of the people of North Caro- x.. s«critifc can 
 
 A 1 cause us to 
 
 Una, we declare to our sister States of this Confederacy, desist. 
 and to the world, that no measure^ of loss, no sacrifice of 
 life or property, no privation or want, or suffering, shall 
 cause us to shrink from the performance of our whole duty 
 in the achievement of our independence. 
 
 Resolved, That from the cruel and barbaious uiauner in narurity..f 
 which our enemies have carried on this war — a war in which 
 aged and dignified men and helpless women have been 
 seized, and without accusation or warrant of authority, cast 
 into prison — in which private property hns been wantonly 
 destroyed — in which robbery and arson are principal means 
 of aggression, and in which servile insurrection has been 
 proclaimed : we are convinced that there is a radical 
 incompatibility between such a people and our ourselves: 
 that from them our separation is final, and foi- the indcpen 
 ilf'iirc w<^ liMVc assertc'l. we will ;i('cc|it mi .•ilicruMf i\i\ 
 
52 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [Dec, 
 
 
 llrwlved. That we have full coufiilence in ilii' wisdom. 
 integrity and patriotism of the President of tlie Confede- 
 rate States, and we congratwlate him and «»ur whole country 
 upon the success with whitli he Jims ndininistored the Gov- 
 cmient. 
 
 f{<'Holveii, Thai iw liic uHirer.s und >oiiliers who huvf 
 «ione forth to meet the dangers of this war, we are undi i 
 a deep deht of gratitude for the valor and fortitude with 
 which thev have defended >is from the asstiults of c»ur 
 enemies and illustrated the glc^ry of our arms. 
 iu«<4uu<>ii* u. Resolved, That a copy lof these resolutions he sent tc 
 I'l'tTth^pnirt. our Representatives in Congress, with a rec^uest that they 
 he conmiunicated to his Excellency, the President of the 
 
 •ur nnldtrr* 
 
 Confederate States, and to Congress. 
 day of December^ 18(31.] 
 
 [Ratified the 6tli 
 
 [No. 7.] KESULUTION llEQUESTLNG OUR SENATORS 
 AND REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS TO 
 VOTE FOR AN INCREASE OF THE PAY OF 
 SOLDIERS. 
 
 Jleault'cti, Thai our Seiiaiors and Rcpicsvniaiives m the 
 Confederate Congress, he recjuested to vote for an increase 
 of the pay of the common soldiers of the Confederal r 
 army: Provided, The resources of the Confederate Treas- 
 ury w ill justify it. 
 
 [No. ^.j AN ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO THE SUPPLY 
 
 OF SALT. 
 
 (''•mmbaioBiT. 
 
 l. Jii ii (irddiKid I'll the /h'/ei/ate.s oj the pcojt/r vf North 
 Carolina, in Convention UHxeinbled, and it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same. That a Commissioner be 
 appointed l»y this Convention to manufacture salt for the 
 use of the people of this State, at such place or places as 
 he shall judge best ; and that he furnish it to the people of 
 
1861.] State Convention. 53 
 
 each county at the most convenient depot on the railroad 
 to such county, or some navigable waters, on the payment 
 of the cost of manufacturing and transportation; -vvliicli 
 price shall be paid on the delivery of the salt. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained^ That the said Commissioner Appi.-piiHies 
 shall have lull power to employ the necessary agents and 
 laborers, and to contract for materials, in the name of the 
 
 State, necessary in carrying out the provisions of this 
 ordinance, and to draw upon the Public Treasurer, from 
 time to time, therefor, not exceeding the sum of one hun- 
 dred thousand doljars. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of To enter upon 
 
 ■ , ri • ■ i 1 • 1 -1 duties as 
 
 .^aid Commissioner to proceed as soon as practicable to soon aspracii- 
 the discharge of this duty, and as salt can be made, it be 
 sent forward to the various depots on the several railroads 
 of the State, or on some navigable waters, for the accom- 
 modation of every section of the State, equally, and in 
 such order as he may find best to meet the wants of the 
 country. 
 
 4. Be it fui'ther ordainedy That Justices of the Peace of Duiks oi ju.<- 
 
 , ,' .••ii.-c( ' ••!• *'''^' of the Peace 
 
 the several counties m this State, a majority being present, 
 may mef>t at the Court House, in term time, or in vacation 
 of the courts, and make such order as they may prefer, 
 touching the delivering, distribution and payment for the 
 salt manufactured for the use of the people of such county, 
 and to that end may advance the money out of the Treasury 
 of the county, or otherwise: Provided, That they shall 
 not allow the salt to be sold iu speculation, or fbr more 
 than the actual cost. 
 
 5. Be it further ordained. That it shall not be lawful for spocuiHUon 
 
 ' fcrbiadcii, 
 
 any one to purchase more of the salt so made, than he requires 
 for his own use, or for distribution, at the cost and expense 
 of transportation, and if any one shall purchase any salt so 
 made and re-sell it for a profit, he shall be guilty of a mis- 
 demeanor, and on conviction thereof in any of the County 
 or Superior Courts, shall bo fined or imprisoned at the 
 discretion of the court. 
 
54 blAIli OONVENIION. [Dec. 
 
 4H4iMaw* >• '• lit- U furtiier ordained, That this onlinuncc i«hal! 
 
 iw««4Mi*«t>« continue in force and operation durin^r the continuance <> 
 the pr<--i lit \\:\r. unU>s tlio Loirii^laluro sliall Mtlicrwis<' 
 order. 
 
 7. Jii tl Jurlhti- orditnnfd, Thai ii the Commissioner 
 » shouhl die or remove from the State, resign or refuse tc 
 
 T act, or should prove faithless to the trust reposed in him. 
 
 the Convention then not being in session, the Governs 
 shall Hupply the vncancy created in any of the foremen- 
 tioncii nfeans. 
 
 TV. i*go«< ui 8. jy«' it furtlu'i' ordained, That it shall be the duty of 
 
 the Commi.ssioner to make a report to the Governor every 
 month, .-allowing the progress of the work, its co.st, kc. It 
 shall be the duty of said Commissioni'r on the first Monda s 
 of each month, t<» report to the (rovcrnor the quantity ol 
 !"alt manufactured du)-ing the montli preceding, and the 
 •lisposition made of all the salt made, the cost of produc- 
 tion and tran.sportion, and the income to the State on the 
 salt made and sohl, and that the Governor shall lay such 
 reports before the General Assembly at the first session. 
 and they may make such order for change in the managr 
 ment of the busine.'is and settlement with the Commissioner 
 as in their wisdom may seem right. 
 
 Touk. ,«ii. 1>. Be it farther ordained^ That the Commissioner shall. 
 
 Iietore entering on tlie duties ot his (;ince, take an oath ol 
 office, and give bond payable to the State in the sum of 
 itne hundred (housand dollars, with security to be approved 
 by the Governor, an<l shall take bond ai>d ample security 
 from every agent by him appointed, whose duties shall 
 lequire him to receive or pay out money, and that all such 
 bonds shall be payable to the State of North Carolina. 
 
 tmimry %x;Mf). 10. Hv it furtJhf urdfciiu'd. That the Coinmissium-r 
 .-hall receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. 
 and his traveling e.\))enses. [Iiatified flu- iith da// of 
 Itfceinher. 1801.] 
 
1861.] State- Convention. 55 
 
 RESOLUTION ON TAKING A RECESS. [No. 0.] 
 
 Resolved, That this Convention will take a recess from 
 and after Friday the 13th instant, until Monday the 20th 
 of January next. [Rafified the 6th dm/ of December, 1861.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE CUNCERNlN(i THE REi'EAL OF [No. 10.] 
 THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER OF THE ACTS 
 OF THE SECOND EXTRA SESSION OF 1861. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Anuuis i4th 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained Acts of Geuerm 
 
 7. .7 nil ^ o '11 Asseniljly. 
 
 by the antJiority oj the same, That the fourteenth chapter 
 of the acts of the General Assembly, passed at the seoond 
 extra session, entitled "An act to alter the rules of evi- 
 dence as applicable to Indians," be and the same is hereby 
 repealed and annulled. [^Ratified the 6th day rf Decem- 
 ber, 1861.] 
 
 A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER CERTAIN MILI- [No. 11.] 
 ^ TARY COMPANIES TO COL. W. J. GREEN. 
 
 Resolved, That the Governor, if he shall deem it proper, 
 be and ho is hereby authorized to transfei"* to Colonel 
 W. J. Green's Independent North Carolina Regiment, such 
 companies as have been accepted and not yet assigned to 
 other regiments, upon their application for such transfer : 
 Provided, That no member of a company shall bo required 
 to join said service without his consent in writing. [Rati- 
 fied the 6th day of December, 1861.] 
 
US State Coxventiok. [D(< 
 
 [No. 12] AN ORDINANCE TO TROVIDE FOR AMENDING 
 THE FORTY-SIXTH SECTION OF THE CON- 
 STITUTION OF THIS STATE IN REGARD TO 
 TAKING THE VEAS AND NAYS IN EITHER 
 HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 RinnirM uM- Br it ordainrd hy the JJelccfafcx of the people of North 
 Carolina^ in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 f'tf the anthorittf of the name. That the forty-sixth section 
 of the Constitution of tliis State he so amended as to 
 insert, after the word "seconded," in the foui-th line of 
 said section, the words " hy one-fifth of the members 
 present. ' \_Eatiiied the Gfh dnii of December, 1861.] 
 
 [no. i:j.] an ordinance to amend the second 
 section of the fourth article of the 
 am^':ndments to the constitution. 
 
 iwiw.f inOn,! Be it ordained bu the Deleuates of the people of Nortli 
 
 .od in Um> «IM ^ ,. 7, , ,..777.7, 7 
 
 MMi .Nrw TrMji tarolina, in asHemolea, and it is hereou ordained 01/ the 
 ti. t...winc (inlhoritii of the same. That the second section of the 
 fourth article of the amendments to the Constitution, shall 
 he amended to read as follows : "No ))erson who shall deny 
 the being of God or the divine authority of both the Old 
 and New Testaments, or who shall hold religious opinionis 
 incompatible with the freedom or safety of the State, shall 
 be capable of boding any office or place of trust or profit 
 in the civil department of this State." \_7iafified the. 6fh 
 day of Deecmber, 1861.] 
 
 |Nr 14.1 RESOLUTION APPOINTING DENNIS D.FEREBEE, 
 Esq.. COMMISSIONER TO RICHMOND. 
 
 Tb.i.wn.u /iexulved, That Denni.s D. Fcrebee, Esq., be, and he is 
 
 "' ** hereby appointed a Comniissionor whose duty it shall be to 
 
i8Hl.] State Convention. 
 
 visit Richmond, :uul confer with the Secretary of the Con- 
 federate Treasury, and with the Congress of the Confederate 
 States, now in session, and ascertain what kind of payment 
 will be accepted, and that on his return, he report the result 
 of said conference to this Convention, for their considern- 
 tion :md action. \ Rafifit'd the dfJi daif of Decnnhcr, 18G1.] 
 
 IIESOLUTION . OF THANKS TO THE OFFICERS [No.- 15.] 
 AND SOLDIERS FOR GALLANT CONDUCT IN 
 DEFENDING HATTERAS. 
 
 ResoIr(>d, That wo have undiminished confidence in the 
 courage and loyalty of the officers and soldiers who, after 
 :i long and severe l)ombardment, were compelled to surren- 
 der, to an overwhelming force, the inadequate defences at 
 Ilatteras, on the twenty-ninth of August last, and that 
 they deserve our thanks for their gallant conduct. [Rati- 
 fied tJir 8?'(f daf/ of Decanher, 18(>T.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE RAIS- [No. 10.] 
 
 ing of money for the support of gov- 
 i:rnment, and for the issue of TREAS- 
 itry notes for the purpose of payincj 
 the public dep.t, and purchasing sup- 
 i'lies for the military forces employ- 
 ED FOR DEFENCE IN THE PRESENT WAH. 
 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
 
 ! . R<] it ordained bu the Delcaates of the peonle of North Authorizc/ithp 
 * arohna. in Coin'cnfion axi<rmbii'fiy and it is hereon ordained ouo iu Twnurv 
 
 ' . notps. 
 
 />// the authority of the miii.e^ That the Public Treasurer is 
 MUthorized to issue Treasury notes for such sums, not exceed- 
 ing, at any one time, three millions of dollars, as the 
 exigencies of the public service may require, before or on 
 the first day of Januaryi, 1863, and the said notes shall 
 )»(' prepared and signed, and issued as hereinafter provided. 
 8 
 
State Convention. 
 
 [Dci 
 
 /> . , art her ordaimd. That the Public Treasurer 
 the said notes to he prepared, and that they shall be 
 .(d by the Public Tri'asnrer, on behalf of the State, 
 countersigned bj- the Comptroller ; and each of those 
 rs shall keep, in proper books, separate and accurate 
 accounts, showing the number, date, and amount of each 
 of the said notes si;Tned and countersigned by them respec- 
 tively, and, also, accounts showing all such of said notes 
 as may be paid or redecraad and cancelled, from time to 
 . and the said Treasurer shall account, monthly, for 
 uch of said notes as shall have been countersigned by 
 the Comptroller, and delivered to the Treasurer for issue. 
 ' 3. Be it further orddiiud, That the .said Treasury notes 
 shall be payable at the Public Trea.«ury, to the bearer, on 
 the first day of January, 18G5, and bear interest from 
 date at the rate of .six per cent, per annum, for every 
 hundred dollars, and in that proportion for sums greater 
 i»r«oiuinttioiu or less than one hundred dollar.^ ; and the said notes shall 
 be of the several denominations of five dollars, ten dollars, 
 twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollar.s, and two 
 hundred dollars ; and in the following proportions, that is 
 to say : notes for five dollars, ten dollars, and twenty dollars, 
 the amount of four hundred thousand dollars of each denomi- 
 nation shall be issued ; and notes for fifty dollars, to the 
 amount of eight hundred thousand dollars ; and those for 
 one hundred dollars and for two hundred dollars, to the 
 amount of five hundred thousand dollars of each denomi- 
 uation ; and in the course of the issuing of said notes, 
 from time to time, the said relative proportions shall be 
 observed as near as may be. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That the principal moneyr 
 and the interest due on the said notes, shall be paid at the 
 maturity thereof to the several lawful holders thereof, upon 
 presentment at the Treasury, 'out of any money in the 
 Treasury not otherwise appropriated ; and, further, that at 
 any lime or times before the maturity of said notes, the 
 Treasurer may give notice, in the newspapers printed in 
 Ilal('i;;h, i»f his readiness to p:iy the s:inie on any class or 
 
 rroporliiuif 
 
 lnHty 
 
1861,] Statis Convention. 50 
 
 (Icnomination of said notes, or any certain part thereof, 
 and tlie interest shall close on the notes designated in such 
 notice at the expiration of forty days after such notice 
 given. 
 
 5. Be it further [ordained^ That the said notes may be Thf« notcp to i « 
 
 ,,,„,' . P . . VnM out l.y Ui.. 
 
 issued by the ireasurer^ in payment of any warrant in P"Wic Trensu 
 favor, of Jpublic creditors, or for the purpose of paying 
 military officers and troops in service, or for the purchase 
 of supplies for such troops, and for the payment of coupons 
 upon any bond or bonds hitherto given, or hereafter to be 
 given, [or Tor any other demand upon the Treasury by persons 
 who may be willing to receive the same in payment at par ; 
 and the Public Treasurer may borrow money, from time to 
 time, upon the credit of said notes, as the public service 
 may) require, not exceeding the said sum of three millions 
 of dollars: Provided, That upon such loans interest shall 
 not be charged or paid at a greater rate than six per cent, 
 per annum, and further, that no Treasury notes shall be 
 pledged, nor shall they be sold, or issued for any purpose, 
 for less than the aifiount due on the same, including inter- 
 est accrued thereon, if any. 
 
 6. Be it further ordained, That the said Treasury notes tuo notrn ikxm 
 
 . . -^ for any debt to 
 
 shall, at any tunc or times hereafter, be receivable at the tbesiatp. 
 Treasury in payment for land entered, and for taxes, and 
 any debt to thb State at the Treasury, and m making such 
 payment, the holder shall have credit for the principal 
 money mentioned in said note, and the interest accrued 
 thereon up to the day of payment ; and accounts shall be 
 kept, as aforesaid, of the notes thus paid or redeemed, 
 distinguishing the sum allowed for interest from the principal. 
 
 7. Be it further ordained, That the said Treasury notes sheriffs und r^i 
 
 , ' ItTfofP to TO- 
 
 shall be received Ijy Sheriffs, and other collectinff officers, c. ive them nnd 
 
 • •' . ' . ° ' I.. ;illnw interest 
 
 in payment of the public taxes in their respective counties, 
 and the said officers so receiving any of the said notes 
 shall, at the time of payment, take from the person pnyirig 
 them a receipt on the back of each note for the amount 
 allowed therefor and the date thereof, and such officer shall 
 keep a distinct and specific account of said notes so received 
 
60 State Convention. [Dec . 
 
 in pa jiiicut* showing the pcixui t'loiu vhoin iccfivcd, the 
 number and date, the (hiy on which he received them, and 
 the amount of the principal, aud also the interest allowed 
 l>y him. an<l deliver the said notes a)id accounts to the 
 I'ublic Treasurer; and he shall, thereupon, an<l on his oath 
 to the truth of said account, receive credit for the auouiit 
 thereof. 
 •nmmatf»m»y S. Bf U further ut'dained^ That the holders^of theTrea- 
 ftwSS^p^I^u ury notes issued under the authority of this ordinancr 
 may have the same funded, by request, to the Treasurer, 
 to give in exchange for them bontls of the {Stale, payahlr 
 in thirty years, at the Public Treasury, and bearing inter 
 est at the rate of six per cent. j»er annum, payable halt 
 yearly, with coupons attached, for the interest, payable, 
 also, at the Treasury': Provided, howevin'. That such boncR 
 shall be issued for the amount of five hundred dollars, and 
 one thoiusand dollars only : And, provided, further. That 
 upon application for such exchange, the interest upon tht- 
 Treasury notes shall be allowed up to the first day of 
 .lanuarv, or April, or July, or October next, preceding tlu- 
 request for >»ich exchange, as the case may be. and the 
 interest on the bonds given in exchange, shall run from the 
 day to which the interest on the notes was allowed ; and of 
 the notes received by the Treasurer, and of the bunds 
 given in exchange therefor, full and accurate accounts 
 .-hall also be kept as aforesaid; and the Public Treasurer 
 is authori/AMl and required to issue such coupon bumls, 
 agreeably to the provisions of the ninetieth chapter of the 
 R<r\'ised Code, .subject to the restrictions and n)odification~ 
 herein provided. 
 \,„. fo. !.♦. be it farthir ordained. That the Treasury notes .so 
 
 ."u, received at ihe Treasury, from Sherifts, and others, a 
 .i^juiuit aforesaid, shall not be re-issued, but shall be deemed to bu 
 ii»rr paid, and hv cancelled; and other Ireasury notes to tlic 
 
 same amount and of the same denomination, and payabb 
 at the same time ^ind place, with the same rate of interest 
 may, in like manner, be issued in the place of those so 
 redcemeil : J*rovidi'd, JievertheksSf That the aggregalt 
 
1861.] State Convention. 61 
 
 amount of said notes outstanding at any one time, and of 
 the bonds given in exchange for notes as aforesaid, shall not 
 exceed the said sum of three millions of dollars of princi- 
 pal money. 
 
 10. Be it farther oi'dauu'd, That the act of the (ieneral Amen.i" Art, nf 
 Assembly, entitled an act to authorize the Public Treasurer bTj""^" "'*'"" 
 to issue Treasury notes, ratified the twentieth day of Sep- 
 tember, 1861, be, and the same is hereby amended. 
 
 11. Be it further ordained, That if any person shall runishuionti-n 
 falsely make, forge, oi- counterfeit, or cause to be made, •=""°*«*^'*"'^'"k 
 forged, or counterfeited, any notes, bond, or coupon, in 
 imitation of or purporting to be a Treasury note, or, bond, 
 
 or coupon, made oi- issued by authority of this ordinance. 
 or shall aid or assist therein, with intent to defraud the 
 State, or any corporation, or person or persons, he or she 
 so oifending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on due 
 conviction thereof, shall be adjudged to stand in the pillory 
 one hour and receive thirty-nine lashes on the Ijare back, 
 and be imprisoned not less than six months o)- mure than 
 three years, and be fined ; and in the discretion of the 
 court, all or any of the said })unishments may be inflicted. 
 
 12. Be it further ordained, That if any person, for the runUhm.ni for 
 sake of gain, or with the intent to injure or (lefraud the State, wunterfeu 
 
 or any corporation or any other person or persons, shall 
 either directly or indirectly utter or publish any false, forged, 
 or counterfeited note, bond, or coupon, as mentioned in the 
 preceding section, or shall pass or deliver, or attempt to 
 pass or deliver the Same to any other person, knowing the 
 same to be falsely, forged or counterfeited, he or she so 
 offending shall, on due conviction thereof, be punished in 
 like manner as is provided in the preceding section of this 
 ordinance. 
 
 13. Be, it further ordained, That the Treasurer shall AccountMobe; 
 keep and fmniish to the Comptroller, an accurate account 
 
 of the Treasury notes issuc<l, or to be issue<l by him under 
 act of the General Assembly, and the ordinance heretofore 
 passed and not annidled ; and the Comptroller shall also 
 l^'^'^pan accurate account of all. such notes in the same 
 
(J2 State r..\\iMi<.\ fDcc. 
 
 manner as required herein in relation to the Treasury 
 notes authorized to be issued by this ordinance. 
 n*«<««i Krn^ 14. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance may bt 
 !22«^' ** alterwl or modified by the -General Assembly, but not so 
 as to impair the obligation of the said notes, bonds, or 
 coupons actually issued under the authority of this ordi- 
 nance, and then held by any person or persons. ^Ratified 
 the Ist day of December, 1861.] 
 
 [No. 17.] ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE PAYMENT OF 
 CLAIMS, AWARDED BY THE COURT OF 
 CLAIMS. 
 
 malm*— 
 WthurmmnU. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the j>eople of North 
 (Jarolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the samCy That the Treasurer of the 
 State pay out of any monies in the Public Treasury, not 
 otherwise appropriated, as follows : 
 
 To Paul C. Cameron, two thousand five hundred and 
 eighty-three dollars ; 
 
 To Pride Jones, one hundred and ninety-sevcu dollars 
 and seventy-three cents ; ^ 
 
 To Watts, White & Co., forty-si.x dollars and seventy 
 three cents ; 
 
 To Angclo Garybaldo, one hundred ;ind Hcvcuty-scven 
 dollars and fifty-four cents ; 
 
 To E. C. Relvin, forty-two dollars and iorty-five cents ; 
 
 To W. II. BobbiLt, three hundred and tliirty-si.\ dollars 
 and forty cents ; 
 
 To James 11. Ilambaugh, one hundred and two dollars 
 
 To T. S. Vail, thirty dollars and ten cents ; 
 
 To T. II. McRorie, one hundred and sixty-four dollar 
 and ten cents ; 
 
 To Will. II. PuKsU-y, oiH! thousand one hundred and 
 twenty-two dollars and fifty-one cent.-' ; 
 
 To W. II. Mitchell, twenty-five dollars and eighty-thrc<' 
 cents ; 
 
1861.] State Convention. » *)3 
 
 To J. R. Shufford, six dollaiMs and twenty-five cents ; Bfar<i of 
 
 ' . *' Claims— 
 
 To Smith, Stone k Banks, one hundred and forty-nine Di'bur?emenu 
 dollars and seventy-eight cents ; 
 
 To W. B. Hughes & Bros., two hundred and sixty-four 
 dollars and sixteen cents ; 
 
 To AYillie Simms, thirty dollars and thirty cents ; 
 
 To J. H. Applewhite, thirty-nine dollars and thirty cents; 
 
 To Wyman, Davey & Co., six hundred and forty-eight 
 dollars ; 
 
 To W. S. Cason, eighty-three dollars and seven cents ; 
 
 To Willie Askew, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Williams & Haywood, thirty dollars and ninety-two 
 cents ; 
 
 To Thos. Harwick, thirty-three dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Wilson G. Lamb, one hundred and seventy-one dol- 
 lars ; 
 
 To Jamison, Simonton & Co., five hundred and thirty- 
 two dollars and fifty-six cents ; 
 
 To McNnir. Bro. & Co., ninety-two dollars .tivI tliirty- 
 four cents : 
 
 To J. L. Baker, two hundred and eighty-five, dollars 
 and twenty -five cents ; 
 
 To R. W. Hamlin, twenty-one dollars and twenty-one 
 cents ; 
 
 To D. C. Parks, ass., three hundred and two dollars and 
 ninety-seven cents ; 
 
 To J. A. Bryan, twenty-five dollars ; 
 
 To Edward Wood, one hundred dollars , 
 
 To C. Perkins & Son, twenty-one dollars ; 
 
 To W. C. Brown and Z. B. Vance, one hundred and 
 sixty-four dollars and twenty-eight cents ; 
 
 To John Yancey i^' Son. nino Inindrcd nnd siytv dolhirs 
 
 and fifty-one cents . 
 
 To Joseph Ramsey, ass., twenty-nine dollars and thirty- 
 >vo cents ; 
 
 To F. and H. Fries, one thousand two hundred and sixty- 
 two dollars and fifty-five cents ; 
 
 To Capt. John Randolph, three Iniiidred and seventy- 
 four dollai'.s and tweiity-livc cents; 
 
64 • Statk Gokvkntiok. [Dec. 
 
 ■c«r4«i To N. C. R. 11. t'^. I'V'^ ImiidiT"! :\n<l twelve dollars :ui.l 
 
 riiit 
 
 nMMMBOTf twenty-eight cents; ' 
 
 To James S. Snow, fifty-three dollars and ninety-two 
 cents : 
 
 To II. J. Evans, sixty-two dollars and seventy-four cents , 
 
 To E. L. Lindsay, '^"c thousand six hundred and twenty 
 dollars ; 
 
 To M. A. Woody, ^ighty dollars .; 
 
 To Davidson & Miller, ono hundred nud ninety dollai 
 ;md seventy cents; 
 
 To T. P. Siler, five hun<ln't ihm nnn'ly-diu- d'>il:irs ;ilid 
 ninety-eight cents ; 
 
 To L. M. Cook, twenty-five dollars ; 
 
 To W. W. Ilapper. sixty-two dollars and twelve (.ents : 
 
 To Joseph W. Stockton, two hundred and nincty-c'JL'lit 
 dollars and two cents ; 
 
 To B. L. Perry, sixty-nine dollars and fifty cciitN: 
 
 To W. C. Ptoberts, ninety dollars ; 
 
 To C. II. Barnara, eighty-one dollars ; 
 
 To Gains, Dearer & Co., one tliousand nine hundred 
 and forty-four dollars and eighty-seven cents : 
 
 To C. N. Meaclos. thirty-five dollars: 
 
 To Roht D. Hart, forty-two dollars: 
 
 To John T. Barns, one hiindrt'd and ciglity-oiif ilo11:ii- 
 and eighty cents ; 
 
 To Alfred Everett, seventy-four dollars and scvcnty-fn ' 
 eents ; 
 
 To Peter (J. Foster, forty dollar^ ; 
 
 To John Watts, si.xty-one dollars and eighty-three cents . 
 
 To Cape Fear Steamboat Co., eight hundre<l and seven 
 dollars and twenty lents ; 
 
 To P. F*. Pescud, sixty-four dollars and eighty-five cent«: 
 
 To Lewis B. Eranibert, one hundred and ninety-three 
 dollars and thirty-two cents : 
 
 To W. A. (Jraves, eight hundred dollars ; 
 
 To W. W. Fife, twenty-one dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Joseph Lawroice, two hundred and thirty-two dol 
 lurs and thirtv eents : 
 
1861.] State Convention. ' 65 
 
 To Jolin P. Nowell, one hundred and eighty dollars and Bon'-d of 
 
 ' o «' Claims — 
 
 fifty cents ; DicburscmentK. 
 
 To Jacob Backman, one hundred and forty-one dollars 
 and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Wm. Smith, thirty dollars ; 
 
 To E, Simmons, ten dollars ; 
 
 To William Page, forty-six dollars and forty-five cents ; 
 
 To James AVard, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents; 
 
 To W. G. Hill, five dollars ; 
 
 To Stevenson & Weddell, two hundred and sixteen dol- 
 lars and fifty-one cents ; 
 
 To J. G. Rudisill, one hundred and nineteen dollars and 
 twenty cents ; 
 
 To H. H. Rowland, twenty-one dollars ; 
 
 To W. H. Ghun, three dollars ; 
 
 To Jas. D. Wyan, seventy-two dollars and ten cents ; 
 
 To Joseph Commander, one hundred and sixty-seven 
 dollars and sixty cents ; 
 
 To Snell & Haws, two hundred and eight -dollars ; 
 
 To W. W. TVard, one hundred and thirty dollars ; 
 
 To Hazard Powd. Co., J. H. Hall, agt, one thousand 
 nine hundred and five dollars and twenty-five cents ; 
 
 To Makepeace & McRae, twenty-four dollars ; 
 
 To J. S. McElroy, two Imndred and thirty-two dollars 
 and fifty-one cents ; 
 
 To J. C. Rudisill, twenty-six dollars and twenty-five 
 cents ; 
 
 To W. H. Carrer, ass., one hundred and twenty-nine 
 dollars and eighty-two cents ; 
 
 To Harnett county, three thousand seven hundred and 
 eight dollars and fifty-three cents ; 
 
 To D. Pendar & Co., twenty-one dollars and fifty-two 
 cents ; 
 
 To M. Witty, one hundred and twenty-six dollars ; 
 
 To D. C. Murray, forty-one dollars and forty cents; 
 
 To Cobb & Neisbit, twenty-four dollars and forty-three 
 cents ; 
 
 9 
 
66 State Convention. [Dec, 
 
 ii<*rj i.f To Larry Newson, throo hnmlretl niul scventv-five dol- 
 
 (nrhurwvKKitt ImtH ' 
 
 To A. G. Carter, eleven dollars an<l seventy-five cents ; 
 
 To Isjiac House, seventeen dollars and ten cents; 
 
 To S. Satterwhite, fiftj dollars ; 
 
 To Jas. II. Holt, twenty-ei<::;lit dollars .-iml torty cents; 
 
 To J. B. Fulton, one liundred and tliirty-scvcn dollars 
 and forty cents : 
 
 To G. W. (uiolako, sixty-six dollars antl tliirty-r<'iir 
 cent* ; 
 
 To Summey, Spercs & Co., one thousand two hundred 
 and eight dollars and ninety-four cents; 
 
 To E. L. Triplett, thirty-six dollars an.l fifty cents ; 
 
 To B. H. Merriuian, fourteen dollars and eighty-seven 
 cents ; 
 
 To Jesse S. Smith, sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents . 
 
 To B. J. Smith, twent^'-two dollars : 
 
 To Thos. G. "NVhitaker, fourteen dollars; 
 
 To T. L. Skinner, and .1. AV. L. Benton, af<t., six hun- 
 dred and ei^ht dollars; 
 
 To Green county, four thousand two hundred and forty 
 dollars and seven cents ; 
 
 To l*er(juin)ans county, six thousand nine ImiMlrcl and 
 six dollars and thirty-five cents; 
 
 To Catawha county, two thousaml eight hundred ami 
 fifty-six dollars and sixty-one cents ; 
 
 To Lincoln county, four thousand and scvent^'-six dol- 
 lars and forty-threo oents ; 
 
 To Washington county, six thousand thi'co huiiilri-d and 
 twenty-six dollars and forty-three cents; 
 
 To Z. B. Vance, one thousand eight hum lied and six 
 f^-en dollars and twenty-eight cents; 
 
 T<» II. T. Woisteidiolnu'S, two huiidrcd and eighty six 
 dcdlars and forty-five cents : 
 
 To P. II, Thrash, nine hundred and forty-four dollars 
 and thirty cents ; 
 
 To Committee of Safety at Newhern, II. T. Jenkins, 
 a.HHignee, f<»ur thousand five hundred and eighty-one dol- 
 lars and eighty-six cents; 
 
1861.] Statu Convention. 67 
 
 Board of 
 inib- 
 
 To Camden county, ciii;lit thousand five hundred and one coar 
 doUars and ninety-seven cents ; pisburscmenu 
 
 To Union county, six thousand and ninety-one dollars 
 and eighteen cents ; 
 
 To Rowan county, two thousand six hundred and forty- 
 five dollars and eighty-six cents ; 
 
 To Jones county, five thousand three hundred and twenty 
 dollars and ninety-seven cents; 
 
 To Moore county, five thousand four hundred and 
 tAventy-six dollars and six cents ; 
 
 To "Warren county, one thousand nine hundred and 
 sixty-five dollars and ninety-eight cents ; 
 
 To New Hanover county, seven thousand one hundred 
 and seventy-two dollars and eighty-three cents ; 
 
 To Robinson county, six thousand two liundred and 
 twenty-five dollars and eight cents ; 
 
 To Forsyth county, seven thousand five hundred and 
 seventy-eight dollars and nineteen cents ; 
 
 To Pasquotank county, eight thousand and fifty dollars 
 and fourteen cents ; 
 
 To Commissioners of the Town of Wilmington, fifty- 
 eight thousand four hundred and forty-seven dollars and 
 sixty cents ; 
 
 To Sampson county, ten thousand six hundred and sixty- 
 two dollars and thirty-nine cents ; 
 
 To Chatham county, four thousand three hundred and 
 forty dollars and forty-one cents ; 
 
 To Davie county, four thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
 six dollars and seventy-nine cents ; 
 
 To Johnston county, seven thousand three hundred and 
 seventy dollars and ninety-three cents ; 
 
 To Guilford county, five thousand seven hundred and 
 ninety-five dollars and ten cents ; 
 
 To Randolph county, five thousand seven hundred and 
 seventy-two dollars and sixty-three cents ; 
 
 To Duplin county, three thousand seven hundred and 
 ninety dollars and fifty-seven cents ; 
 
 To Beaufort county, fourteen thousand six hundred and ^ 
 ninety-seven dollars and six cents ; 
 
68 State Convention. [Dec, 
 
 To Charles H. K. Taylor, ass., five hundred and four 
 dollars and sixty-eight cents ; 
 
 To R. L. Myres, agent for ^»cwbcrn, Washington, and 
 Hyde county Steamboat Company, three thousand dollars; 
 
 To Edwin Want, three hundred and ninety-nine dollars 
 and sixty-five cents ; 
 
 To Martin county, seven thousand two hundred and sixty- 
 Beven dollars and ninety-seven cents ; 
 
 To J. R. Bailey, four dollars and twenty cents ; 
 
 To C. E. Shoher, trustee for W. J. McConnel, twenty- 
 seven dollars and eighty cents ; 
 
 To Currituck county, six thousand one hundred and 
 twenty-four dollar* and five cents; 
 
 To Yadkin county, five thousand four hundred and fifty- 
 nine dollars and four cents ; 
 
 The foregoing sums having been allowed to the persons^ 
 counties, companies, &c., by the Board of Claims, and 
 specified in the report of said Board made to this Conven- 
 tion at the present session. 
 
 ' [Signed,] RICHARD H. SMITH, 
 
 in behalf of Finance Committee. 
 
 December 11, 1861. 
 \ Ratified the 12tJi day of December, 1861.] 
 
 [No. 18.] AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE MILITIA MUSTER. 
 
 ToMWMbia Be it ordained htj this Convention^ and it is hereby or- 
 
 dained by the authority of the same, That the militia of 
 this State shall not be required to assemble for tlie purpose 
 of drill and muster, more than once in each month, except 
 for battalion or regimental muster. [^Ratified the 12th day 
 of December f 1861.] 
 
1861.] State Convention. 69 
 
 AN ORDINANCE FOR SUPPRFSSING OPPRESSIVE [No. 19.] 
 SPECULATION UPON THE PRESENT NECESSI- 
 TIES OF THE PEOPLE. 
 
 1. Be. it ordained by the people of North Carolina, in Makes specuiR- 
 Vonvention assembled^ and it is hereby ordained by the meaner. 
 antJiority of the same, That whoever shall engross or get 
 into his hands by buying, contracting, or other means, 
 except by producing, coi-n or other grain growing in the 
 fields, or any other corn or grain, pork, or beef, either fish, 
 salted or smoked, cheese, fish, coffee, sugar, tea, salt, salt- 
 petre, or other dead victuals whatever, and also katjber, to 
 the intent to sell the same again at unreasonable prices, or 
 to keep the same from market, and prevent the same from 
 passing into the hands and use of the people, or to any 
 other intent than to his own use and consumption, or for 
 sale at reasonable prices, or for charitable distribution 
 amongst poor and necessitous persons ; and, whosoever hav- 
 ing in his hands, by the means aforesaid, any of the before- 
 mentioned articles not intended for his own use, or that of 
 his family or dependants, or for some such charitable use 
 as aforesaid, shall refuse to sell the same to, or shall ask 
 and demand therefor unreasonable prices, from any person 
 or persons desiring and offering to purchase for theii; own 
 personal use, or for that of their families or dependants, or 
 for such charitable use as aforesaid, shall be deemed an un- 
 lawful engrosser ; and whosoever shall make any motion, 
 by word, letter, message, or otherwise, to any person or 
 persons, for the enhancing of the price, or dearer selling of 
 anything above mentioned, or els9 dissuade, move, or stir 
 any one coming, or purposing to come to any city, market, 
 post, or place within this State, to abstain, forbear to bring, 
 or convey any of the things before rehearsed to any such 
 city, town, maiket, or other place to be sold, shall be deemed 
 a forestaller ; and wLosover shall make any promise, enter 
 into any agreement, or come to any understanding with any 
 other person or persons, that he shall not sell any of the 
 things before rehearsed, but at certain prices, or at not less 
 
70 Statk Convention. [Dec, 
 
 thftn certain prices, shall be deemed an unla^vful conspirator ; 
 and any pcrbon, upon conviction of cither of the said 
 oflfcnccs, by verdict or confession, shall be punished as for 
 a misdemeanor, and shall be required to enter into recogni- 
 zance with sufficient surety for his good behavior for the 
 sp:icc of throe years, in such suina as the court may direct : 
 J'rovuhdf That upon sufficient cause being shown, upon 
 affidavit, the court shall have power to order the taking of 
 depositions to bo read in behalf of the accused, upon such 
 terms as the court may decree on trial of cases arisin;^ 
 under this ordinance. 
 Tnhrinoprr». 2. ^iiul l»' Ufurtlnji' oriJiUihd, That tliis ordinance shall 
 rr-Moi war. l,c in forcc during tliG jii'escnt war only, except as to prose- 
 cutions which may be pending and undetermined at the end 
 of the war; and may, in the mean time, be repealed or 
 modiiied by the General Assembly. [^lixlUh-il tl. 11/// ,hni 
 of December^ 18G1.] ^ 
 
 ,[No. 20.] AN ORDINANCE FOR CONTINUING THE BOARD 
 CREATED BY AN ORDINANCE OF THIS CON- 
 VENTION, PASSED THE EIGHTH DAY OF 
 JUNE, 18(J1, ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO 
 VROVIDE FOR THE APrOINTMENT OF A 
 KoARD OF CLAIMS, AND FOR ENLARGING 
 THE JMAVEKS AND DUTIES OF SAID BOARD. 
 
 Rjiirad<tbr 1. Be it ordained by this Convention, mid it is hereby 
 
 1ft, iMj. "" ordained bi/ the authority/ of the same, That tlic above- 
 recited ordinance, and the Board thereby created, be, and 
 the same are hereby continued and extended until the first 
 day of January, which shall be in the year one thousand 
 light hundred and sixty-three, Subject, however, to any 
 provision hereafter made on the subject by this Convention, 
 j)revious to the time mentioned. 
 Addiiiuoai 2. Be it further ordained. That besides, and in addition 
 
 daUw of Uio •' ' - ' • 
 
 BommL 
 
 to the duties conferred and enjoined by said ordinance, the 
 said Board shall have power, and it shall bo their duty to 
 
1861.] State Convention. 71 
 
 examine and pass upon all accounts for expenditures made, 
 or responsibilities incurred, or allowances claimed by any 
 and every disbursing agent which have not already been 
 finally settled, and allowed at the Treasury, according to 
 existing law, and no such account shall hereafter be settled, 
 allowed, or paid at the Treasury, unless, and until the same 
 shall have first been passed upon and allowed and certified 
 by the said Board, and when, on the examination of any 
 such claim, or of any contract made, the Board shall be 
 satisfied that any disbursing officer or agent of the State, 
 siiall have been guilty of any fraud, peculation, or other 
 malfeasance in his said oflfice, or agency, or where any such 
 officer or agent shall fail to account for, and pay into ^ 
 the Treasury, or unto the person or persons entitled to 
 receive the same, all such funds of the State, as in virtue of 
 his office or agency, he ought so to account for and pay over, 
 it shall be the duty of the Board to report the same to the 
 (jovernor, who shall, forthwith, dismiss the defaulting offi- 
 cer or agent from his said office or agency, and the Board 
 shall also notify the Attorney General thereof, whose duty 
 it shall be to bring suit for the recovery of all balances due, 
 and to institute proceedings, by W|f.y of indictment or oth- 
 erwise, for the punishment of such officer or agent, and the 
 Superior Court of Law, or Court of Equity, for Wake 
 county, shall have jurisdiction of such proceedings according 
 to the nature thereof. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained, That for the making of a full rowoio of 
 investigation of all cases under the second section of this lo hnc"\i'lr'iftion 
 ordinance, for the discovery of any fraud, peculation or " 
 other malfeasance, and for the ascertainment of the true 
 state of any account or claim, the Board sliall have power 
 to compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of 
 papers, and to examine not only the witnesses, but any such 
 officer or agent, upon interrogations cither verbal or written, 
 as the Board may deem proper, and to compel answer 
 thereto by process of conterypt, as is usual in Courts of 
 Uecord of common law jurisdiction. 
 
72 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [Dec, 
 
 nWniri to muk* 
 qwutmiy 
 l i yui to to the 
 
 The Board to 
 report Mrmi- 
 BDnUBllT to tbr 
 UoTeriKir 
 
 i!«Unr |2,U(» 
 
 Liuticfl of the 
 
 BOATd. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That all disbursing officers 
 and agents intrusted with the care and expenditui'e of the 
 funds of the State, whose accounts and dealings shall not 
 have been already finally settled according to existing laws, 
 shall make (juarterly reports and exhibits of their dealings 
 and transactions therein to said Board, with the vouchers 
 belonging thereto, at such time in each quarter as the said 
 Board may appoint, by notice, to the said officer or agent, 
 in writing, and the said officer or agent so notified, shall 
 attend before said Board, fi-om day to day, to give such 
 explanations, written or verbal, as the said Board may 
 require, and in all things, to submit to and comply with 
 such directions as the said Board may make, touching the 
 examining, auditing, and passing of such their accounts, and 
 if any such officer or agent shall neglect or refuse to per- 
 form anything made his duty in the premises, he shall be 
 reported by the Board to the Governor, who shall forthwith 
 dismiss such officer or agent from his said office or agency, 
 and the accounts or claims of such officer or agent shall not 
 be allowed, paid, or settled, but upon the certificate of the 
 said Board that the same are correct. 
 
 5. Be it fartlwr ordained. That it shall be the duty of 
 the said Board to make a serai-annual report to the Gover- 
 nor of the financial condition of the State, with such 
 recommendations and suggestions as they may think proper, 
 and the Governor shall lay the same before the Legislature. 
 
 0. Be it further ordained, That instead of the per diem 
 compensation allowed said Boax'd by said ordinance of the 
 8th of June, 18G1, each of the said Commissioners shall 
 be allowed a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars per 
 annum, payable quarterly, at the Treasury, and that the 
 said Board be, and they are hereby authorized to employ a 
 messenger at a cost not to exceed one elollar per day, to be 
 paid upon the certificate of the Board at the Treasury. 
 . 7. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of 
 said Board to prepare the accounts of the disbursements of 
 North Carolina on account of the war, in such a way and 
 
*U.] State Convention. . 1^ 
 
 with 5iich vouchers as shall enable the State to be hereat'tei' 
 reimbursed by the Confederate Government^ [Ratified fh<- 
 lltk day of December^ 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION CONCERNING POSTPONING THE [No. i>l.J 
 PUBLICATION OF COLONIAL RECORDS. 
 
 Whereas, Resolutions ratified the twenty-third of Feb- 
 ruary, 1861, were passed at the last General Assembly, 
 directing the printing of certain colonial and other records : 
 
 Resolved, That the publication of the same be suspended p"'J,'iX"''io„ 
 until further order from this Convention, or of the General 
 Assembly of the State. [Tiaflfird fhc \2t/i day of Der'em- 
 hor, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT [No. 22.] 
 TO CALL THIS CONVENTION TOGETHER 
 IF THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRE IT. 
 
 Jiesolvcdy That the President of this Convention, or in to mnvono ni.- 
 
 1 pi'111 • 1 • ^ 1 Convention 
 
 tlie event oi his death, the committee named in the re.solu- i-.r..r.' the lmh, 
 
 • 1 1 January, it 
 
 tion of the last session, be empowered to convene this Con- >!''<•«"«'> 
 vontion before the twentictli of January next, if the public 
 exigencies shall require it. \^Ratifit'd thr \2>f]t. day of Df- 
 remhey; 1861\] 
 
 KESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DOORKEEPER [No. 23.] 
 AND ASSISTANT DOORKEEPERS. 
 
 Rcsolffd, That the Doorkeeper and Assiotaiit Doorkeep- Aiiowsfiipacii 
 PI R to this Convention be :illowod twenty-five dollars each 
 for extra services at the present session, to be paid by the 
 TiTasiiicr out of any monies not otherwise appropriated. 
 [/{(illfird tlw V\th day of b>'rn,il>n\ 1861.] , 
 10 
 
Stath Convrntion. f Dec, 
 
 [No. 24.] AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE RAISING 
 OF A BATTALION OF SIX COMPANIES. OR 
 REGIMENT OF TROOPS FOR TWRLVE MONTHS. 
 
 TiMFirMiuri lie it oniaitutl hif t)tt$ Cuuvcnttou, and it i.t hereby 
 i,«<i I. r»«.rr«» ordained htf On' anthorify of the xanUy Thnt the (lovernor 
 \i> authorized to receive into the service a Battalion of 
 Infantry, to consist of .six companies, for twelve monthfs, or 
 a regiment of ton companies, to be composed of volunteers 
 who belonged to the First Regiment of Nortli Carolina 
 Volunteers, (the LaF.iyetto Light Infantry, and the Inde- 
 pendent Light Infantry of the town of Fayetteville in- 
 cluded.) and such others as may enrcill themselves with 
 them. 
 c«B|*Bk-»n.i Be it Jurthi )• vrilained, Tii:il liie said companies shall 
 
 llr^'tlDVlit l<> I * • 1 1 1 • in- It 
 
 »i««ibrti on. have tlie right to elect their commissioned <»mcers, and the 
 "r..'rf battalion shall have the right to elect a Lieutenant Colonel 
 
 and a Major, and Colonel, if a regiment be forme<l, .said 
 officers of companies and of the battalion or regiment to 
 be chosen iu accordance Avith the law now in force, provid- 
 ing for the election of officers by the twelve months volun- 
 teers : Provided^ hou'cn>i\ That the said battalion or regi- 
 ment shall be transferred within convenient time to, and 
 • accepted by the government of the Confederate States. 
 yUatifud the V2th datf <>f Denhdn-r, \9^i]^.l^ 
 
 I No. 2.'').) HESolJ TIoN T< > PrBLISll THE ORDINANCES. 
 
 I. u-fuui.tirj HfMolvedy That the Secretary of State have the Ordi- 
 iM-r. nances and Kesolutions passed at this session ot the Con- 
 
 vention published in three newspapers priiitc(l in the city 
 Kuleigh, as soon as it can be convcnicnilv (loiic. \ fittfified 
 th< Vlth daifuf Ih'cetuhn; 18(51.] 
 
1861.] State Convention. 7.5 
 
 A RESOLUTION ASKING INFORMATION AS TO [No. 26.] 
 , THE STATE AND CONDITION OF THE CAPI^; 
 F^EAR AND DEEP RIVER IMPROA'EMENT. 
 
 WllEKEAt;, In February ]a.st the (u-ucral A^sciuMy en- rifami.ic. 
 acted lliat the Board of Managers appointed to repair and 
 continue the improvement of" the Cape F'ear and Deep 
 River Improvement, and tor tliis purpose phiccd at their 
 dispoiial thirty thousand doHars ; also authorized and rc- 
 ([uired the Commissioners uf the Cape F'ear and Deep 
 Rivcrg Navigation Company to sell as soon as they may 
 deem advisable the States' interest in said works, and 
 whercaif, it is represented that said works arc likely to suf- 
 fer great damage from the want of repairs that would cost 
 but a small sum : 
 
 Resolved, That His Excellency, the Governor, be re- ini...n,»iion 
 spectfully requested to inform this Convention of the state Governor. " 
 and condition of said works, and all the information in his 
 possession as to what hath been done, or is likelv to be 
 done under said act of Assembly. 
 
 Resolved, further, That said Board of Managers be BoanioiMan. 
 requested to report at the earliest day convenient to this to report. 
 Convention all that they have done under said act of As- 
 sembly, a full and detailed account of the state and condi- 
 tion of said improvement, and what in their judgment is 
 the best to be done with the same. [Ratified the 12th da// 
 of December, 1861.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OE D. D. EEREBEE, ESQ. ("No. 27.] 
 
 Resolved, That the Treasurer pay to D. D. Ferebee, the r»v,-.f.;i, 
 amount of his expenses incurred as Commissioner to Rich- 
 mond, amounting to thirty-eight dollars. [Ratified the 
 \'Sth daif of Deeemher. 1861.] 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 PASSED BY 
 
 THE STATE COiWENTlON 
 
 OF 
 
 NOlim (^AHOIJNA. 
 
 <!ri)iiti S'r^slon in Januavp anti ,iFrlnunvp, 18ti2. 
 
 RALEIGH: 
 J0H:«J W. 8YME, TRINTER TO TUE CONVENTION. 
 
 1862. 
 
ORDINANCES AND RI18OIJITION8 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OF 
 
 NORTH (CAROLINA. 
 
 rillRU SP.SSION IN JAMJAKV AM> l-'EBRUAKV, 1862. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVER- [No. 1.] 
 NOR TO EMBODY THE MILITIA FOR THE 
 DEFENCE OF THE STATE. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Uelegates of the people of North Toexp.-i 
 Carolina, in Convention asseml)ti'd, ana it is hereby ordained 
 hy the authority of the same, Tliat for the emergency men- 
 tioned in his message of to-day, the Governor of the State is 
 hereby autliorized to order out such portions of the militia, 
 as he may deem necessary to repel the invasion of the 
 State. [Ratified the 21st day of January, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO MODIFY AND PERFECT [No. 2. J 
 AN ORDINANCE PASSED AT THE LAST SES- 
 SION OF THE CONVENTION, ENTITLED ^'AN 
 ORDINANCE' TO PROVIDE FOR THE RAISING 
 OF MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF GOVERN 
 MENT. AND FOR THE ISSUE OF TREASURY 
 NOTES FOR THE PURPOSE OF IWYING Till": 
 PUBLIC DEBT AND PURCHASING SUPPLIFS 
 
80 SXAXE CoNVBNTioK. [Jan., 
 
 von THE MILITARY FORCES EMPLOYED 
 FOR DEFENCE IN TliE PRESENT WAR, AND 
 R»R OTHER PIRPOSES. 
 
 umxr.Bi^ ih.i 1 . He it ordain* d hy thr Ihlrt/atif of the people of North 
 
 it CaroUno, in Coniuntion an^K mhlid, and if ix herehu ordained 
 
 I hif thi authoi-iftf of the miiw^ That so rmicli »>f the ordi- 
 
 iiunce passed at the last session of this Convention, entitled 
 '* An Ordinance to provide for the raisin^r of money for the 
 .support of (loverninent, and fur tlie issue of Treasury 
 notes for the purpose of paying the puhlic debt, and pur- 
 chasing supplies for the military forces employed for de- 
 fence in the present war. and for other purposes, " as 
 provides for the Treasury notes therein ])rovided for, to 
 hear interest from date, he rescinded and annulle<l : Pro- 
 eidrd. That this ordinance shall not operate on the notes 
 issued before the passage of this ordinance. 
 Ofnominaiion. _>. /i, if further ordai7ied, That the said ordinance be so 
 "•* amended r.s to provide and require that [of] the whole of the 
 
 Treasury notes liereafter to be issued under the provision 
 of said ordinance, one-half shall he issued of the denomi- 
 nations of five dollars, one-fourth of the denominations of 
 ten dctllars, and the other fiuu'th of the denominations of 
 twenty (hjllars, and in the course of issuing the said notes, 
 from time to time, the said relative pr(»portions shall be 
 , <ibserved as near as may be. \^1\nfift'd fhr "l^yfh daij vf 
 
 Jonuari/, 18G2. ] 
 
 v. '.1 A KKSoLCTlON AUTllOUlZlNCi \VM. U. UlLirK 
 TO USE CENSUS RETURNS. 
 
 /{(gnh'iif. Tiial the Secretary of State he authorize*! to 
 allow \Vm. R. Gulick to use, either in or out of iiis office, 
 for two months, the Census Returns of 18G0, or until they 
 .'^hall be e.ilU'd for by an authorized agent of the (Jovern- 
 nn-nt ,<d' the ('onfederate States, provided the same be not 
 removed from the City of I{:ileigli. [^Itatified the 2rjfh dai/ 
 of January. 18G-.] 
 
 hr(urB>or IMK) 
 
1862.1 STATK CoNVENtlON. ^i 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM [No. 4.] 
 THE ACTS AND JUDICIAL TROCEEDINGS OF 
 THE SUPERIOR COURTS LATELY HELD BY 
 HIS HONOR, JUDGE FRENCH, IN THE COUN- 
 TIES OF HENDERSON, BUNCOMBE, MADISON 
 AND YANCEY. 
 
 Whereas, The Superior Courts for the counties of Hen- tonru h^i,i at 
 derson, Buncombe, Madison and Yancey, at the Fall Terms *" ""^''**'"'*' 
 thereof weie, by mistake, held at the wrong time; an<i, 
 whereas, pleas were filed, judgments rendered, recogni- 
 zances entered into, judgments found, and various other 
 acts were done by said courts : 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North, Prorppjinirs or 
 
 yy T • y> . 7,7 7 . . 7 T , the Courts 
 
 Varolma, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained rutiuea. 
 by the authority of the same. That the said pleas, judg- 
 ments, recognizances, indictments, and all other judicial 
 proceedings, which were rendered, entered and found at 
 the terms of the courts aforesaid, are hereby made valid, 
 and in all things ratified and confirmed. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That the Courts of Pleas TimpsofhoM- 
 
 ' >ng the Oourtu 
 
 and Quarter Sessions to bo held hereafter for the counties n-p'-'fie.!. 
 of Henderson, Buncoml)e, Madison, Yancey and Polk, at 
 the Fall Terms, be held at the following times, viz : Hen- 
 derson, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in 
 September ; Buncombe, on the third Monday after the 
 fourth Monday in September ; Madison, on the fourth 
 Monday after the fourth Monday in September ; Yancey, 
 on the fifth Monday after the fourth Monday in Septem- 
 ber; and Polk on the twelfth Monday after the fourth' 
 Monday in September in each and every year. This sec- 
 tion to continue in force until the same may be repealed 
 by act of the Legislature or otherwise. [Ratified the 21th 
 day of January, 1862.] 
 11 
 
83 Staik Cokvention' [Jan., 
 
 TNo 5 1 Mi ORDINANCE TO ABROGATE THE FOURTH 
 .SECTION OF AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE 
 OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, PASSED 
 AT THE LAST EXTRA SESSION, ENTITLED, 
 "AN ACT ENTITLED REVENUE. 
 
 Abrr«»u«4Ui ^g it ordained bu the Delegates of the people of North 
 *«< Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 lit/ the authority/ of the same, That the fourth section of an 
 act of tlic last extra session of the General Assembly of 
 the State of North Carolina, entitled "An Act entitled 
 Revenue," be, and the same is hereby annulled and abro- 
 irated. [Ratified the SOth dajf of January, 18G2.] 
 
 [.N... <..J AN ODINANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE MINING 
 AND MANUFACTURING OF SALT IN THE IN- 
 TERIOR OF THIS STATE. 
 
 Tt'' . Whereas, It is of great importance to manufacture 
 
 '„: . Salt in the interior of this State ; and whereas, a company 
 
 has been incorporated under the name and style of "The 
 Chatham Salt Mining and Manufacturing Company," 
 which is operating for that purpose in the county of Chat- 
 ham ; therefore, 
 ■■•"'i- •■■ ' 1. Be it ordained bu the Dehiutivs of the people of North 
 
 truW lulllUa _. "^ ^ ... 
 
 Jutj Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 by the authority of the same. That the President and oper- 
 atives of said company, to the number of six, be, and they 
 are hereby exempted from militia duty, for the space of 
 »ix months, except in case of invasion, insurrection, or 
 upon a reijuisition for troops by the President of the Con- 
 federate States. 
 uHiui rtork 2. Be it further ordained, That said Company may in- 
 crease its capital stock to an amount not exceeding ten 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 Kinnpi, tpui 3. Be it further ordnined. That the capital stock of said 
 (''>mj):iny be exempted from taxation for six month.s. [Rat- 
 tfii-d tlw. liOth day of. January, l«l)2.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. 83 
 
 AN ORDINANCE IN ADDITION TO AND AMEND- [No. 7.] 
 MENT OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEM- 
 BLY, RATIFIED THE ISxir DAY OF FEBRUARY, 
 1861, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE 
 THE CHATHAM RAILROAD COMPANY," AND 
 TO REPEAL AN ACT SUPPLEjMENTAL THERE- 
 TO, RATIFIED THE 23rd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 
 1861. 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Toconn.rt wiui 
 Carolina in Convention asBemhled, and it is hereby ordained ntorwii'hinis 
 
 TT T ■ j> 1 rni" • n o n niilosof Ralfigli 
 
 by the authority of the same, That section first of an act of 
 the General Assembly, ratified the fifteenth day of Fcljru- 
 ary, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled 
 "An Act incorporating the Chatham Ilailroad Company," 
 be amended by inserting- after the words, " from the Coal- 
 fields, in the county of Chatham, through said county," 
 the words, connect with the North Carolina Railroad at, so - * 
 
 as to make the section read, " to connect with the North 
 Carolina Railroad at Raleigh, or some point west of Raleigh 
 not exceeding twelve miles." 
 
 2. Be it further ordained^ That the proviso in section rrovi-ion 
 four of said act of the General Assembly be stricken out. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained^ That an act of the General kcpohIs sum.i. 
 Assembly, ratified on the twenty-third day of February, 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled " An 
 Act supplemental to an act passed at the present session 
 of the General Assembly, entitled " An Act to incorporate 
 the Chatham Railroad Company," be, and the same is here- 
 by repealed and abrogated. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That all such solvent corpo- oiiHrcf.ii...i:. 
 
 1 11 1 •! 1 • 1 1 »« 1 tions FuliPfril"- 
 
 rations as may or shall subscribe to the capital stock of the >np ^ t'lr 
 said Chatham Railroad Company, may malce their bonds chMh«m u. k. 
 payable to the Public Treasurer of the State of North 
 Carolina for the amount of their subscriptions to said cap- 
 ital stock, and no more ; which said bonds are to be signed 
 by the Presidents, and under the seals respectively of said 
 corporations, and made for any sums not under five bun- - 
 
M State lu>vlntio,\, [Jan., 
 
 clred dollars each, to boar interest at the rate of six per 
 cent, per annum, which interest is to ho ]x\'u\ scmi-nnnually, 
 to-wit : the first Monday in January and July in each and 
 every year ; and the principal of said bond* to be made 
 payable twenty years after date ; and these bonds, so 
 authorized to be made, may be deposited with the Public 
 Treasurer of the State, who shall then issue und deliver to 
 the several corporations so subscribing ami depositing their 
 bonds as aforesaid, the coupon bonds of the State of North 
 Carolina, to the amount of their subscribtions respectively, 
 and made for the sums of five hundred dollars and one 
 thousand dollars, to bear interest at the rate of six per 
 cent, per annum, which interest is to be paid semi-annually, 
 on the first Monday in January and July in each and every 
 year, and the principal of said bonds to be made payable 
 twenty years after date : Provided, That said bonds shall 
 not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of eight hundred 
 i)r lof Mcrt- thousand dollars; and Provided, also, That said Chatham 
 »ut». Railroad Company shall execute and' deliver to the Gov- 
 
 ernor of the State of North Carolina a deed of mortgage 
 under the seal of said Company, wherein and whereby 
 shall be conveyed to the Governor and his successors in 
 office, for the use and benefit of the State, all the estate, 
 both real and personal, belonging to said Company, or in 
 any manner pertaining to the same, conditioned for indem- 
 nifying and saving harmless the State of North Carolina. 
 from the payment of the whole or any part of the bonds 
 of the State, authorized by this ordinance to be made by 
 the Public Treasurer, and delivered to the several corpora- 
 tions subscribing as aforesaid to the capital stock of said 
 Chatham Railroad Company. In addition to the deed of 
 mortgage, hereinbefore required to be executed and deliv- 
 ered by the Chatham Railroad Company, the State of 
 North Carolina shall, by this ordinance, liave a loin upon 
 the estate, both real and personal, of said company, wliicli 
 thoy may now have or may hereafter accjuire, to secure the 
 principal and interest of the bonds of this State author- 
 ized to be issued as aforesaid. 
 
1862.] State Convention. 85 
 
 5. Be it further ordained, That b'aid bonds of fclio State, non.isoi tho 
 
 ) made by the Public Treasurer, shall be received by the rpooiv<>.i by the 
 said Chatham Railroad Company in payment of subscrip- 
 tions made as aforesaid by such corporations to the capital 
 stock of said Chatham Railroad Company. 
 
 6. Be it further ordained. That said corporations so coipomtions 
 subscribing and depositing their bonds as aforesaid with ^cucm til-ir 
 the Treasurer of the State, shall be allowed to redeem 
 
 their bonds at any time before maturity, in the currency 
 of the State, on giving thirty days notice to the Treasurer 
 of this State of thciv intention so to do. 
 
 7. Be it further ordained, That the said Railroad may Termini, 
 be constructed with termini at any point or points in the 
 
 said Coalfields region that the stockholders in said Com- 
 pany may agree upon with the approbation of the Board 
 of Internal Improvements. 
 
 8. Be it further ordained, That the corporate authorities in.-orporn(o.i 
 
 . , .... , -11^ towns to lay a 
 
 of incorporated towns subscribing to the capital stock of tnxu. pay their 
 
 • 1 1^1 1 n •! 1 /-I • 1 • t n subscriplii >ns. 
 
 said Chatham Railroad Company, in order to provide for 
 the payment of their subscriptions, and of the principal 
 and interest of bonds for that purpose, by them issued, 
 shall have authority to lay and collect taxes from all sub- 
 jects, which, under the charters of said towns, are taxable. 
 
 9. Be it further ordained, ■ That the solvency of such soivmov 
 corporations as may desire to subscribe to the capital stock 
 
 of said Chatham Railroad Company shall be judged of by 
 the Board of Internal Improvements. 
 
 10. Be it further ordained, That all laws and parts of 
 laws, all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provis- 
 sons of this ordinance, are hereby repealed and abrogated. 
 {^Ratified the SOth day of January, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THE PIED- [No. 8.] 
 MONT RAILROAD COMPANY. 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North cnpitui stock 
 {Jarolina, in Conventio7i assemhh'd, and it in hereby ordained 
 by the aabliorily of the mme, That a company by the iiauie 
 
86 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [Fri 
 
 OcttanJ 
 
 IV^^.k" C.I 
 
 hutwcrlption. 
 
 and style of the "riedmont Railroad Company, ' bp, anl 
 the same is hereby incorporated, with a capital stock 
 fifteen liundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one 
 hundred dollars each, for the purpose of constructing a 
 railroad on the best, cheapest, most direct and practicable 
 route from the Richmond and Danville Railroad to the 
 North Carolina Railroad. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That for the purpose of creat- 
 iiif^the capital stock of said company, the following persons 
 be, and they are hereby appointctl general commissioners: 
 Wm. T. Sutherlin, of Danville ; William P. Watt, John H. 
 Dillard, George D. Boyd and William B. Carter, of Rock- 
 ingham ; Phil. Barrow, John F. Poiudexter and A. J. 
 Stafford, of Forsyth county; William A. Lash, John J. 
 Martin and Jas. Riason, of Stokes county ; Jesse H. Lind- 
 say, Levi M. Scott and Ralph Gorrell, of Guilford county ; 
 Bedford Brown, Thomas D. Johnston, Allen Green and 
 Montford McGee, of Caswell county; Giles Mebane, Jesse 
 TiMut and Eli F. Watiron, of Alamance ; Jno. W. Cunning- 
 ham, Edwin G. Read and Thos. McGee, of^thc county of 
 Person; Wm. Johnston, of the town of Charlotte; Jani 
 C. Turrcntine and Wm. F. Strayhorn, of the county of 
 Orange ; Benjamin A. KittrcU, of the town of Lexington ; 
 IL C. Jones, Sr., of Salisbury ; Jonathan Worth, of the 
 town of Ashboro' ; Wm. P. Taylor, of Pittsboro' ; whose 
 duty it sliall be to direct the opening of books for sub- 
 scriptions of stock at such times and places, and under 
 such persons as they, or a majority of them, may deem 
 proper, and in the mean time it sliall and may be lawful 
 for books of subscriptions to said stock to be opened in 
 the town of Charlotte under the direction of John A. 
 Young, Wm. John.>>ton and James W. Osborne, or any one 
 of them ; in Concord, under the direction of V. M. Bar- 
 ringer, Caleb Phifer and Daniel Coleman, or any one of 
 them ; in Salisbury, under the direction of Nathaniel Boy- 
 den, N. N. Fleming, J. L Shaver, or any one of them : 
 at Lexington, under the direction of Wm. R. Holt, Jolm 
 P. Mabrey and Samuel Hargrove, or any one of them : at 
 
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 1862,T Statb Convention. st 
 
 High Point, under the direction of W. F. Bowman, Dr. 
 Robert Lindsay and Nathan Hunt, or any one of them ; 
 at Greensboro', under the direction of James Sloan, Jed. 
 II. Lindsay and J. A. Long, or any one of them; at 
 Salem, under the direction of D. II. Starbuck, J. G. Lash, 
 Francis Fries and C. L. Bonner, or any one of them ; at 
 Danbury, under the direction of Nathaniel Moody, A. 11. 
 Joyce and S. Tajdor, or any one of them : at Graham, 
 under the direction of Thomas Ruffin, Jr., John Trollinger 
 and Edward Holt, or any one of them ; at Roxboro', under 
 the direction of Charles Winstead, Dr. C. H. Jordan and 
 Green Williams, or any one of them ; at Yanceyville, under 
 the direction of John Kerr, Dr. N. M. Roan and Thomas 
 W. Graves, or any one of them ; at Milton, under the 
 direction of Samuel Watkins, John Wilson and Thomas 
 Donaho, or any one of them ; at Wcntworth, under the 
 direction of John ^Y. Ellington, W. M. Ellington and B. 
 J. Low, or any one of them ; at Madson, under the direc- 
 tion of Wm. L. Scales, Joseph H. Cardwell and Nicholas 
 Dalton, or any one of them ; at Leaksville, under the direc- 
 tion of George L. Aiken, Jones W. Burton and E. T. 
 Brodnax, or any one of them ; at High Rock, under the 
 direction of Francis L. Simpson, Dr. R. H. Scales and 
 Geo. W. Garret, or any one of them ; at Danville, Va., 
 under the direction of William T. Sutherlin, James M. 
 Williams and Dr. T. P. Atkinson, or any one of them ; at 
 Ilillsboro', under the direction of J. 0. Turrentine, Henry 
 K. Nash and W. F. Strayhorn, or any one them ; and in 
 the city of Richmond, Va., under the direction of A. Y. 
 Stokes, Lewis E. Harvey and Thomas N. Brockenbrough, 
 or any one of them; and said commissioners shall have 
 power to appoint a Chairman of their body. Treasurer, and 
 all other officers their organization may require, and sue 
 for and recover all sums of money that ought, under thi^ 
 ordinance, to be recovered by them in the name of said 
 corporation. 
 
 3, Be it further ordained, That all persons who are, by aui-sciipUoai!. 
 (his ordinance authorized, or wlio may be hereafter, by the 
 
88 Statk CoKVBKTioif, [Feb 
 
 Po>>KrtpUon». general commissioners, authorized to open books of sub- 
 scription, may do so at any time after the passage of this 
 ordinance, upon giving twenty days notice of the time and 
 place when said books shall be opened, and said books 
 shall be kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, 
 :ind as long thereafter as the general commissioners shall 
 direct ; and that all subscriptions of stock shall be in 
 shares of hundred dollars, the subscriber paying, at the 
 time he makes his subscription, five dollars on each share 
 by him subscribed, to the person or persons authorized to 
 receive such subscriptions ; and upon closing the books, all 
 such sums as shall have thus been received of subscribers, 
 on the first cash installment, shall be paid over to the gen- 
 eral commissioners, by the persons receiving the same, and 
 in case of failure to pay, as aforesaid, such person or per- 
 sons, receiving said money, shall be personally liable to 
 said general commissioners, before the organization of said 
 company, and to the company itself, after the organization, 
 to be recovered within the Superior Courts of Law within 
 this State, in the county where such delinquent resides, or 
 if he resides in another State, then, in any court in such 
 State having competent jurisdiction. The general commis- 
 sioners .shall have power to call on and rccjuire all persons 
 empowered to receive subscriptions of stock, at any time 
 and from time to time, as a majority of them may think 
 proper, to make return of the stock by them respectively 
 received, and to make payment of all sums of money paid 
 by subscribers ; that all persons receiving subscriptions of 
 stock shall pass a receipt to the sul)scriber or subscribers 
 for the payment of the first instalment, as heretofore re- 
 quired to be paid, and upon their settlement with the gen- 
 eral commissioners as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said 
 general commissioners, in like manner, to pass their receipts 
 for all sums thus received to the persons from whom re- 
 ceived, and such receipts shall be, taken and held to be good 
 and sufficient vouchers to persons holding them ; that sub- 
 scri|)tiuns of Block may be received as aforesaid or as here- 
 after provided for, to the aiinMnif <»l' lifteen hundred thou- 
 sand dollars. 
 
1862.] State Convention. 80 
 
 4. Be it further ordained. That it shall he the duty of ThoCompany to 
 
 , , •'he UeclRred a 
 
 said general commissioners to direct and authorize said '""'"'^'■SlrJ;^/ 
 
 O when $1(H),000 
 
 hooks of subscription to he kept open until the sum of one '" ^"''''■'■'''•"i- 
 hundred thousand dollars, at least, shall be subscrihed ii^ 
 the manner aforesaid, and as soon as the said sum of one 
 hundred thousand dollars, or upwards, shall be subscribed in 
 manner aforesaid, and the sum of five dolhirs on each share 
 paid as aforesaid, the subscribers to said stock shall be, and 
 they are hereby declared to be a body politic, and corporate 
 in fact and in law, by the name and style of the "Pied- 
 mont Railroad Company," with all tlic corporate powers 
 jind authority tnereby created and granted, to be held and 
 exercised by said company and their successors and assigns, 
 in perpetuity, and by that name shall be capable, in law 
 and in equity, to purchase, hold, lease, rent, sell or convey 
 estates, real and personal, and to acquire the same by gift, 
 devise or otherwise, so far as shall be necessary for the 
 purposes embraced within the scope, object and intent of 
 this charter, and shall have perpetual succession and a com- 
 mon seal, which [they] may use, alter or renew at pleasure, 
 and by their corporate name, may sue and be sued, plead 
 and be impleaded, in any court of law in this State or any 
 other State ; and shall have, posess and enjo}', all rights, 
 privileges and immunities which railroad corporate bodies 
 may and of right do exercise, and may make such by-laws, 
 rules and regulations as are necessary for the government of 
 the corporation, or for effecting the object for which it is^ 
 created, not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of 
 the Confederate States of America. 
 
 5. Be it. further ordained. That as soon as the sum of Meptintfor 
 uiie hundred thousand dollars or upwards shall 1)C sub- mi'i-i'.ncrH 
 scribed, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the general 
 commissioners to appoint a time for the stockholders to meet 
 
 in the town of Greensboro', in the county of Guilford, 
 which they shall cause to be previously published for the 
 space of thirty days, in oncf or more newspapers ; at whieh 
 lime and place, the said stockholders shall, in person or by 
 proxy, procee«l ti> elect, by ballot, nine Directors of the com- 
 12 
 
Uln-tlorf 
 
 State Convention. [1^'^^> 
 
 pnny, and to enact all such rcpilations and by-laws as may 
 be necessary for the government of said corporation, and 
 the transaction of its Inisincss. The persons elected dircc- - 
 4ori« at this meeting shall serve such period, not exceeding 
 one year, as the stockholders may direct ; and at this meet- 
 ing, the stockholders shall fix on a day and place or places 
 when and where the subsequent election of directors shall 
 he held, and such- elections shall thenceforth be annually 
 made; but if the day of annual elections should pass 
 without any election of directors, the corporation shall not 
 thereby be dissolved ; but the directors in oflice shall so 
 remain until others arc appointed, and it shall be lawful 
 on any other day to make and hold such elections in such 
 manner as may be prescribed by a by-law of the corpo- 
 ration. 
 yu.iifirjiiionr<.i 0. Bc it fiirtJwr ordaiiicdy That the affairs of saitl com- 
 pany shall bc managed by a general board, to consist of 
 nine directors, to bc elected by the stockholders from 
 among themselves, at their first and subsequent general 
 annual meetings, and no stockholder shall be elected a 
 director, nor serve as such, unless he bc at the time of his 
 election the owner of five shares of stock, and shall con- 
 tinue to hold the same during the term of his service as 
 director. 
 
 7. Be it further ordained, That the President of said 
 coni))any shall be chosen by ballot by a majority of the 
 directors from among themselves, with a salary to bc fixed 
 by the' stockholders in general meeting. 
 i 8. Be it further ordained, That all stockholders, not 
 being aliens, shall be entitled to vote either in person or 
 by proxy, the proxy being a stockholder, at all general 
 meetings, and the vote to which each stockholder shall bc 
 entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he 
 may hold, as hereinafter provided. 
 i(„,i . y. Be it further ordained, That at the first general meet- 
 
 ing of the stockholders, under this ordinance, a majority 
 all of the hhares subsciibed shall be represented before 
 pioceeding tu business; :ind if a sufficient number do not 
 
 rlo^LI. 
 
1862.] State Convisntion. ' 91 
 
 appear on the day appointed, those who do attend shall 
 have power to adjourn, from time to time, until a regu- 
 lar meeting be thus formed, and at such meeting the stock- 
 holders may provide by a by-law as to the number of 
 stockholders, and the amount of stock to be held by them, 
 which shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
 ness at all subsequent meetings. 
 
 10. Be it further ordained, That the general commis- Duties of roik- 
 sioners shall make their return of shares of stock subscribed piomrAnev 
 
 „ ^ n 1 • r»i ii^-i organi/.Blion nf 
 
 tor, at the iirst general meeting of the stockholders, and the comrany. 
 pay over to the directors elected at that meeting, or their 
 authorized agent, all sums of money received from sub- 
 scribers; and on failure to do so, they shall be personally 
 liable to said company, to be recovered in like manner as 
 other debts due the company. 
 
 11. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors vacanoio?. 
 may fill all vacancies which may occur in it during the 
 period for which they have been elected, and in the absence 
 
 of the President, may fill his place by electing a President 
 pro tern, from among their number. 
 
 12. Be it further ordained. That said Board of Dircc- Fuitiiorpub 
 
 1111 11- iir. scripti'inti. 
 
 tors shall have power and authority to open books for 
 further subscriptions to the stock of said company at such 
 times and under such persons as they may designate, in 
 the event the whole stock be not subscribed before the 
 first general meeting of the stockholders, and to open and 
 keep open such books, from time to time, until the whole 
 amount of capital stock be subscribed. 
 
 13. Be it further ordained, That said company shall rowers of tho 
 have power and proceed to construct, as speedily as possi- ""'"'"^ 
 ble, a railroad, with one or more tracks, from the North 
 Carolina Railroad to the Richmond and Danville Railroad 
 
 in Virginia, to be used and operated by steam power; and 
 to the end that the said corporation may have power and 
 authority to construct said road within the limits of the 
 State of Virginia — this charter shall be transmitted by the 
 President of this Convention to the Governor of Virginia, 
 to the end that the legislative sanction of that State. 
 
ff2 Statk Convention. [Feb., 
 
 npprovinj^ the ortlinaiice, may l>c ^ivcn to sai<l company, to 
 construct the railroad as aforesaid within the limits of that 
 State: Provided, That the company formed under this 
 charter shall have no power to discriminate, on either freij^ht 
 or travel, against the North Carolina Railroad, or roads in 
 North Carolina connected with it. 
 rti*iit«M. 14. Be it further ordained^ That ^aiij cuiiij)any shall 
 
 have the exclusive right of conveyance or transportation of 
 persons, goods, merchandise and produce, over the roa<l 
 constructed by them, at such charges as may ho fixed upon 
 hy a majority of the directors; and the said company may 
 farm out their rights of transportation over their said rail- 
 road, subject to the rules above mentionetl ; and said com- 
 pany, and every person who may have received from them 
 the right of transportation of goods, wares, and produce 
 on said road, shall be deemed and taken to be a common 
 carrier, as respects everything entrusted to them or him 
 for transportation, 
 in.uinirnt!. I'J- Bc it further ordaiticd, That the Board of Directors 
 
 upon »u»»rrii- j^^.^^ ^.j|j ^^^j. ^^^ payment of the sums subscribed as stock 
 
 in said company in such instalments as the interest of the 
 said company may require ; the call for each payment shall 
 bo published in one or more papers in this State for two 
 muntlis before the day of payment, and on failure of any 
 stockholder to pay each instalment as thus required, the 
 <lircctors may sell at public auction, on a previous notice 
 of ten days, for cash, all the stock subscribed for in said 
 company by such stockholders, and convey the same to the 
 purchaser at said sale, discharged from further liabilities ; 
 and if said sale of stock does not produce a sum sufficient 
 to pay off the incidental expenses of sale, and the entire 
 amount owing by such stockholder to the company for such 
 Bub.^eription of stock, then, and in that case the whole of 
 such balance shall be held and taken as due at once to the 
 coinpany, and may be recovered of such stockholder or his 
 executors, administrators or assigns, at suit of said company, 
 either by suunnary motion in any court of supreme juris- 
 diction in the county where the delinquent resides, on a 
 
1862.] State Convention. 93 
 
 previous notice of ten days to said subscribers, or by action 
 of assumpsit in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
 warrant before a Justice of the Peace when tlie sum docs 
 not exceed one hundred dollars ; and in all cases of assign- 
 ment of stock before the whole amount has been paid to 
 the company, then, for all sums due on such stock, both 
 the original subscribers and the first and all the subsequent 
 assignees shall be held liable to the company, and the same 
 may be recovered as above described. 
 
 16. Be it further ordained^ That said company shall oeriifiratc!. oi 
 issue certificates of stock to its members, an<l said stock 
 
 may be transferred in such manner and form as may be 
 directed by the by-laws of the company. 
 
 17. Be it further ordained^ That the debt of the stock- p.i.i.oimrk- 
 
 , , . . , . . holJciN to the 
 
 holders due to the company tor stock therein, either origi- comi-Huy. 
 nal proprietor, or as first or subsequent assignee, shall be 
 considered with equal dignity with judgments in the distri- 
 bution of the assets of a deceased stockholder by his legal 
 representatives. 
 
 18. Be it further ordained^ That the Board of Directors bohpi of nirr. 
 
 tors to r«i»<'>iL to 
 
 shall, once a year, at least, make a full report on the state stockiioHtrF. 
 of the company and its affairs, to a general meeting of the 
 stockholders, and oftener if required by a by-law, and shall 
 have power to call a general meeting of the stockholders 
 when the board may deem expedient ; and the company may 
 provide, in their by-laws, for occasional meetings being 
 called, and prescribe the mode thereof. 
 
 10. Be it further ordained, That the said company may ni-htj<ofcom- 
 purchase, have and hold, in fee or for a term of years, any < i.nKc rea'i 
 lands, tenements, or hereditaments which may be necessary 
 for said road, or appurtenances thereof, or for the erection 
 of depositories, store houses, houses for the officers, ser- 
 vants, or agents of the company, or for the workshops or 
 foundries to be used for said company, or for procuring 
 stone or other materials necessary to the construction of 
 the road, or for effecting transportation tliereon. Ki^htfoniio 
 
 " ' Corop«ny in 
 
 20. Bt' it further ordained, That the company shall have ninninp tii- 
 the right, when necessary, to conduct the said road across 
 
<trma Un<l' 
 
 94 Statb Convkntiok. [Feb., 
 
 or along any public road or water course : Provided, Tbat 
 the hnu\ rompnny shall not obstruct nny public road without 
 ^^ conj^tructing another Of|ually as jjood and convenient. 
 
 Rtekt tir>rr« 21. ' lic U fiirtln'r ord<dn(dy Tliat when any land or right 
 
 of way may be required by said company for the purpose 
 of constructing their road, and for want of agreement as 
 to the value thereof, or for any other cause, the same can 
 not be purchased from the owner or owners — the same 
 may be taken at a valuation to be made by five freeholders, 
 selected by the County Court in the county where the right 
 of way is situated : Providrdy ncvcrtht'lfss. That if any 
 person or persons over whose lands the road may pass, or 
 if said company should be dissatisfied with the valuation 
 of said freeholders, then, and in that case, the party so 
 dissatisfied may have an appeal to the Superior Court in 
 the county wlierc the damage is done, or in either county 
 where the land may lie, under the same rules, regulations 
 and restrictions as in other classes of appeal ; the proceed- 
 ing of the said freeholders, accompanied with a full de- 
 scription of said land or right of way, shall be returned 
 under the hands and seals of a majority of them to the 
 court from which the order was made, there to remain a 
 matter of record ; and the lands or right of way so val- 
 ued, shall vest in the said company so long as the same 
 may be used for purposes of said Railroad, as soon as the 
 valuation shall have been made, or when refused, may have 
 been tendered : Provided, That ou application for the ap- 
 pointment of freeholders under this section, it shall be 
 made to appear to the satisfaction of the court, tliat at 
 least ten days' previous notice has been given by the 
 applicant to the owner or owners of the land proposed to 
 be condemneil, or if the owner or owners be infants or non 
 compos mentis, then to the guardian or guardians of such 
 owner or owners, if such guardian can be found within the 
 county, or if he cannot be found, then such appointment 
 shall not be made unless notice of the application shall 
 'have been published at least one month next preceding in 
 some newspaper printed as conveniently as may be to the 
 
1862.] State Convention. 05 
 
 court house of the county, and shall have been posted at 
 the door of the court house on the first day of the term of 
 said court to which the application is made : Provided^ 
 further, That the valuation provided for in this section 
 shall be made on oath by the freeholders aforesaid, which 
 oath, any Justice of the Peace, or clerk, is authorized to 
 administer : Provided, further, That the right of con- 
 demnation herein granted, shall not authorize the said 
 company to invade the dwelling house, yard, garden or 
 burial ground of any individual without his consent. 
 
 22. Be it further ordained, That the right of said com- Amount of inua 
 
 1 11*, 1 n -iiii to 1k! coiiUemu- 
 
 pany to condemn lands in the manner as aforesaid, shall cd. 
 extend to'the condemning one hundred feet on each side 
 of the track of the road, measuring from the centre of the 
 same, unless in case of deep cuts and fillings, when said 
 company shall have power to condemn as much in addition 
 thereto as may be necessary for the purpose of construct- 
 ing said road, and the company shall also have power to 
 condemn and appropriate lands in like mani;ier for the con- 
 structing and building of depots, shops, Avarehouses, build- 
 ings for servants, agents, and persons employed on the 
 voad, not exceeding four acres to any one lot or station. 
 
 23. Be it further ordained. That in the absence of any Poworsnn.i 
 
 *' |irivilr)ri'^ in 
 
 contract or contracts with said company in relation to the '"'•i-""' »" "'•• 
 
 ^ '' clHiiiied liiDU.'i 
 
 lands through which the said road may pass, signed by the 
 owner thereof, or his agent, or any claimant or person in 
 possession thereof, it shall be presumed that the land upon 
 which the said road may be constructed, together with the 
 space of one hundred feet on each side of the centre of 
 said road, has been granted to the said company by the 
 owner thereof, and the said company shall have goo«l right 
 and title thereto, and shall have, hold and enjoy the same 
 as long as the same be used for the purposes of the road, 
 and no longer, unless the person or persons owning the 
 said land at the time that part of the said road which may 
 be on the said land was finished, or those claiming under 
 liim, her or thcui, shall apply for an assignment of the 
 value of said lands, as hereinbefore diiectcd, within two 
 
•J6 Statk Conventiok. [Fd 
 
 years next after that part of the said road wliich may bo 
 
 on said lands was finished; and in case the owner, or those 
 
 claiming under liim, her or them, sliull not apply within 
 
 • two years next after the said part was finished, he, she or 
 
 they .'^hall he forever barred from recovering said land, or 
 
 having any assessment or compensation therefor: Provideil^ 
 
 N«»thing heroin contained shall affect the rights of feme 
 
 covert*, or infants, until two years after the removal of 
 
 their rcsi>cctive (lisaliilities. 
 
 ^urUHi irni 24. /?< it further orddinedy That all lands not hereto- 
 
 ** fore granted to any person within one hundred feet of the 
 
 ceiiiro of said road, shall vest in the company so soon as 
 
 the line of the road is definitely laid out tliroufrli it. and 
 
 any grant of said land shall thereafter he void. 
 
 i'.ini»hm^nt i..r 2.0. B< it further ordained. That if any person or por- 
 
 >ulrii«i<>ii U|>i0 1 11 • i 1 • 1 •! 1 1 !• 
 
 ibrrxHKi sons shall intrude upon said railroad, by any manner ol 
 
 use thereof, or of the right and privilege connected there- 
 with, without the permission, or contrary to the will of said 
 company, he, she or they may be indicted for a niisde- 
 moaiior, and upon conviction, fined and imprisoned by any 
 court of competent jurisdiction. 
 i'uni»»imrn! (..r 20. Be it further ordainrd, That if any person or pi-r- 
 *."ih^"J»md"'^'' sons shall willfully and malioiously destroy, or in any maii- 
 'ht ii'.uiiluy ' ner hurt or damage, or shall willfully and maliciously cause, 
 or aid, or assist, or counsel and advise any other person or 
 persons to destroy, or in any nianuer to hurt, cjamage, 
 injure or (jbstruct the said railroad, or any bridge or vehi- 
 olo used for or in the transportation thereon, any water- 
 tank, warehouse, or other property of said company, suoh 
 person or persons, so offending, shall be liable to be in- 
 <lioted therefor, and on conviction, shall be imprisoned not 
 less than one nor more than six months, and pay a fine, 
 not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than twenty 
 d(dlars, at the discretion of the court before which said 
 conviction shall take place, and shall be further liable to 
 pay all oxjkmiscs for rei)airlng the same; and it shall not 
 be Competent lor any one so oft'endiiig against the provis- 
 JOUii of this clause to <lefend himself by pleading or giving 
 
1862.] Statk Convention. 97 
 
 in evidence that he was the owner, agent, or servant of the 
 owner of the land where such destruction, hurt, damage, 
 injury or obstruction Avas done at the time the same was 
 done or caused to be done. 
 
 27. Be it further ordained, That every obstruction to obstructions, 
 the safe and free passage of vehicles on said road shall be 
 deemed a public nuisance, and be abated as such by any 
 
 officer, agent or servant of said company, and the perso)i 
 causing such obstruction may be indicted for erecting a 
 public nuisance. 
 
 28. Be it fvrther ordained, That the said company shall privileges of 
 have the right to take at the storehouses they may estab- *<■. 
 
 lish, or annex to their railroad, all goods, wares, merchan- 
 dise, and produce intended for transportation, to prescribe .* 
 the rules of priority, and charge and receive such just and 
 reasonable compensation for storage as they, by rules, may 
 establish (which they shall cause to be published) as may 
 be fixed by agreement with the owners, which may be dis- 
 tinct from rates of transportation : Provided, That the said 
 company shall not charge nor receive storage on goods, 
 wares, merchandise or produce Avhich may be delivered to 
 them at their regular depositories for immediate transpor- 
 tation, and which the company may have the power to 
 transport immediately. 
 
 29. Be it further ordained:, That 'the profits of the Pmfi.- 
 company, or so Audi thereof as the General Board may 
 deem advisable, shall, when the affivirs of the company will 
 permit, be semi-annually diA^ded among the stockholders 
 
 in proportion to the stock each may own. 
 
 30. Be it further ordained. That the following officers cffioers and em 
 
 . n • ^ ployeos exempt 
 
 and servants and persons in the actual employment ot said from jury »nii 
 company be, and they are hereby exempt from the per- 
 formance of jury and ordinary militia duty : The Presi- 
 dent and Treasurer, the Board of Directors, Chief and 
 Assistant Engineers, the Secretary and Accountant of the 
 company, keepers of the depositories, guards stationed on 
 the road and at the bridges, and such persons as may be 
 working the locomotive engines and traveling with the cai -^ 
 13 
 
98 
 
 State Convkntiom. 
 
 [Feb.. 
 
 Itranch rn»>\* 
 
 for tlic purpose of attending to the trunspovt of produce. 
 goodK and passengers on the road. 
 
 31. Br it further ordained. That if the LcgisUitiirc of 
 Virginia shall sanction this charter, and authorize the con- 
 struction of said road within the limits of Virginia to the 
 Richmond and Danville Railroad, and said road shall be so 
 constructed, the i^aid corporation hereby created shall, 
 nevertheless, have power and authority to construct and 
 build one or more branches of said road to the Coalfields 
 of Dan River, and the navigable waters on Smith's river, 
 in the county of Rockingham, and arc hereby vested with 
 the rights, powers, privileges and immunities to build and 
 construct said liraiich or branches with which they are 
 invested to build the main road; and the said road, with 
 its blanches, authorized to be constructed under this char- 
 ter, shall be of the same guagc as the North Carolina 
 Railroad ; and the North Carolina Railroad Company shall 
 have the right, under this charter, to construct a branch of 
 their road from Hillsboro' at [to] or near Danville. 
 
 32. Be it further ordained. That for the purpose of 
 ascertaining the best route for said road and its branches, 
 and to locate the same, it shall be lawful for said company, 
 by its engineers, servants and agents, to enter upon, exam- 
 ine atul survey any laud or lands that they may Avish to 
 examine for such purpose, free from any liability what- 
 ever. 
 
 33. Be it further ordained, That any one or more of 
 r*^"to"uk^ti.<- the solvent incorporate railroad companies of the said 
 
 'tix-k in til.- ^ ^ ^ 
 
 States, and also the Coyfederate States of America, may 
 subscribe for stock in said company, and should the Con- 
 federate States of America subscribe for and take the whole 
 of such stock, or the larger part thereof, i)ower and author- 
 ity are given to said Confederate States of America to 
 appoint for the time being the whole of the said Directors, 
 anything in this ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, 
 and at once locate and commence the construction of said 
 road, and hold the stock so taken by them until individuals 
 and corporations shall be prepared to receive an assignment 
 
 Pon«Tii"l tl 
 
 ' ooMermU* 
 litatri aulbor 
 
1862.] State Convention. 99 
 
 of the same, or any part or parts thereof, as hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 34. Be it further ordained, That as soon a;?, under the i>"t";>"' t'-"^' 
 
 ... . . ral commisjsioii 
 
 supervision oi the general commissioners, as by this ordi- '''•'••' directors, 
 nance provided, there shall be subscribed by the Confed- 
 erate States of America, incorporated companies, or solvent 
 individuals, not less than one hundred thousand dollars of 
 stock, with the five per cent, thereon paid in, the same shall 
 be certified by said general commissioners to said Directors, 
 on which being done, it shall be the duty of said Directors 
 to have the names of such stockholders recorded on the 
 books of said company, together with the stock subscribed 
 by each, and to cause to have issued to said stockholders 
 certificates of stock in said company, (to each in proportion 
 to the subscriptions made by them,) when they shall have 
 paid up their subscriptions in full, including in their pay- 
 ments the five per cent, which they shall have paid to the 
 said general commissioners, and which the said general 
 commissioners, as hereinbefore provided, shall pay to said- 
 company. 
 
 35. Be it further ordained, That as soon as subscribers ri>L' apiiomt- 
 other than the Confederate States of America, as herein tor^- 
 provided, shall have their names as stockholders recorded 
 
 on the books of said company as owners of not less than 
 one hundred thousand dollars of stock, with the five per 
 cent, thereon paid in, from and after that time such stock- 
 holders, in all general meetings, shall have power to elect 
 five of the said nine Directors, and the President of the 
 Confederate States of America, or such other person as the 
 Confederate States may determine, to appoint four of said 
 Directors, and continue to do so until the stock of the said 
 Confederate States, by sale or transfer, shall be reduced to 
 less than half of the entire stock of said company ; then, 
 and from and after that time, the vote of the said Confed- 
 erate States of America in the election of Directors, and 
 on all other questions, shall be in pi'oportion to the stock 
 held by them : Provided, That at such elections no stock- 
 holder shall give more than two hundred votes. 
 
100 State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 .teraMTTeo 36. Be it further ordained, That full right and piivilege 
 !tlonMtV^- is hereby reserved to the State, or to any company here- 
 •li. one. after to be incorporated under the authority of this State, 
 
 to connect with the road hereby provided for, any other 
 railroad leading therefrom to any part or parts of this 
 State: Provided, 'That in joining such connection, no in- 
 jury shall be done to the works of tlie company hereby 
 incorporated. 
 Charter u. 37. Be it furtlitr ordained, That the corporate fran- 
 
 -n.irvi wyear.. chiscs and privileges hereby granted shall cease and deter- 
 mine at the expiration of ninety-nine years from the day 
 of the passage of this ordinance. \_Batilied the Sth day 
 of Fehrmry, 1862.] 
 
 [No. 9.] AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THE WASH- 
 INGTON AND TARBORO' RAILROAD COM- 
 PANY. . ' 
 
 fupiiaj flock 1. Be it ordaincU bj the Delecfates of the jivu^le of North 
 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of 
 effectiner a railroad communication between the town of 
 Washington and the town of Tarboro', the formation of a 
 corporate company, with a capital of four hundred thou- 
 sand dollars, is hereby authorized, to be called the Wash- 
 ington and Tarboro' Railroad Company, and when formed 
 in compliance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed, to 
 have a corporate existence as a body politic in perpetuity. 
 
 KouKoi ih- 2. Be it further ordained, That the said company be, 
 
 '""^ and the same i.s hereby authorized to construct a railroad 
 
 from the town of Washington, in the county of Beaufort, 
 through the counties of Pitt and Edgecombe, to the town 
 of Tarboro'. 
 
 t..iuu.i8sion.r» 3. Be it further ordained, That for the purpose of rais- 
 
 lo oytn liooUn of ' 1/..1 • i ■^^ 1 i p ^ j. 
 
 .ii.«niption. iiig the capital stock of said company, it shall be haw^iul to 
 open books under the direction of the following named 
 commissioners, to-wit : At Washington, under the direction 
 
18H2.] State Convention. 101 
 
 of John Myers, Jos. Potts, Benj. F.^ Havens, B. M. Selby 
 
 and George H. Brown ; at Paetolus, under the direction of 
 
 Churchill Perkins, Peyton A. Atkinson, J. G. B. Grimes, 
 
 Rippon Ward, and Henry Stancil ; at Tarboro', under the 
 
 direction of John S. Dancy, R. H. Pender, R. R. Bridgers, 
 
 William S. Battle, and James R. Thigpen, and at such other , 
 
 places and under the direction of such other persons as a 
 
 majority of the commissioners first named may deem proper, 
 
 for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the amount of 
 
 four hundred thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars 
 
 each. 
 
 4. Be it furtlier vrdained, That the commissioners above Duiieoofcom- 
 
 T 1 11 1 1 f 1 • 1 missioncrs. 
 
 named, and all other persons who may hereafter be author- 
 ized as aforesaid to open books for subscriptions, shall open 
 the same at any time after the ratification of this ordinajicc, 
 first giving ten days' notice thereof, of the time and place, 
 in one or more qf the newspapers published in Washington 
 and Tarboro' ; and the said books, when opened, shall be 
 kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, and as long 
 thereafter as the commissioners first above named shall 
 direct, and the said first commissioners shall have power to 
 call on and require all persons empowered to receive sub- 
 scriptions of stock, at any time, and from time to time, as 
 a majority of them may think proper, to make return of 
 subscriptions of stock by them respectively received. 
 
 5. Be it furtlier ordained. That whenever the sum of To be declared 
 
 • 1 1 incorporated 
 
 ten thousand dollars shall be subscribed m the manner and '^'^en $io.ooo i* 
 
 subscribed. 
 
 form aforesaid, the subscribers, their executors, administra- 
 tors or assigns, shall be, and they are hereby declared 
 incorporated into a company by the name and style of the 
 Washington and Tarboro' Railroad Company, and by that 
 name shall be capable, in law and equity, of purchasing, 
 holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal 
 and niixed, and acquiring the same by gift or devise, so far as 
 shall be necessary for the purposes embraced within the 
 scope, object and intent of their charter, and no further;- 
 and shall have perpetual succession, and by their corporate 
 name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any 
 
102 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [Feb., 
 
 ^tockbolilcrr 
 
 Modv ot tbuir 
 
 clrctinn. 
 
 court of law Jind equity in this State, and may have and 
 Ubc a common seal, which they may alter and renew at 
 pleasure, and shall have and enjoy all other rights and 
 imnmnities which other railroad corporate bodies may, and 
 of right do exercise, and make all by-laws, rules and regu- 
 lations that are necessary for the government of the corpo- 
 ration, or effecting the object for which it was created, not 
 inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State. 
 
 0. Be it further ordainal^ That it shall be the duty of 
 the commissioners named in this ordinance for receiving 
 ^ubscviptions in Washington, or a majority of them, as 
 soon as the sum of ten thousand dollars shall have been 
 subscril)ed, in manner aforesaid, to give public notice there- 
 of, and at the same time to call a general meeting of the 
 stockholders, giving at least fifteen days' notice of the time 
 and place of meeting ; a majority of the stockholders 
 lieing represented in person, or by proxy, shall proceed to 
 L'lec't a President and Treasurer, and six Directors, out of 
 the number of stockholders ; and the said Directors, shall 
 have power to perform all the duties necessary in the gov- 
 ernment of the corporation, and the transaction of its 
 business ; and the persons elected as aforesaid, shall serve 
 such period, not exceeding one year, ds the stockholders 
 may direct ; and. at that meeting, the stockholders shall 
 fix on the day and place or places where the subsequent 
 election of President, Treasurer and Directors shall be 
 held, and such election shall, thenceforth, be annually 
 made ; but if the day of the annual election of officers 
 should, under any circumstances, pass without an election, 
 the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but the 
 officers formerly elected shall continue i)i office until a new 
 election takes place. 
 
 7. Be it further ordained, That the election of officers 
 aforesaid, shall be, by ballot, each stockholder having as 
 many votes as he has shares in the stock of the company, 
 and the person having the greatest "number of votes polled, 
 shall be considered duly elected to the office for Avhich he 
 is nominated. -mkI at ;ill elections and upon all votes taken 
 
1862.] State Convention?. lOa 
 
 at any meeting of the stockholders, upon any by-law or 
 any of the affairs of the company, each share of the stock 
 shall be entitled to one vote, to be represented either in 
 person or by proxy ; and proxies may be verified in such 
 manner as the by-laws of the company may prescribe. 
 
 8. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors va<>«,ino,. 
 may fill any vacancies that may occur in it during the period 
 
 for which they have been elected, and in the absence of 
 the President, may appoint a President, pro tempore^ to fill 
 his place. 
 
 9. Be it further oxdained, That the Board of Directors ravmontof 
 
 " _ _ ^ Hunsoriptinns. 
 
 may call for the sums subscribed as stock in said company 
 in such instalments as the interest of said company may, 
 in their opinion, require. The call for each payment shall 
 be published in one or more uewspnpers of the State, for 
 one month before the day of payment, and on failure of 
 any stockholder to pay each instalment as thus required, 
 the Directors may sell, at public auction, on a previous 
 notice of ten days, for cash, all the stock subscribed for in 
 said company by such stockholder, and convey the same to 
 the purchaser at the said sale, and if the said sale of stock 
 does not produce a sum sufficient to pay off the incidental 
 expenses of the sale, and the entire amount owing by such 
 stockholder to the company for such subscription of stock, 
 then, and in that case, the whole of such balance shall be 
 held as due at once to the company, and may be recovered 
 of such stockholder, or -his executors, administrators or 
 assigns, at the suit of said company, either by summary 
 motion in any court of superior jurisdiction in the county 
 where the delinquent resides, on previous notice of ten 
 days to said subscriber, or by action of assumpsit, in any 
 court of competent jurisdiction, or by warrant .before a 
 Justice of the Peace, when the sum does not exceed one 
 hundred dollars ; and in all cases of assignment of stock 
 before the Avholc amount has been paid to the company, 
 then, for all sums [due] on such stocks, both the original sub- 
 scriber and all subsequent assignees, shall be liable to the 
 company, and the same may recovered as above described. 
 
104 
 
 StATK (^ONVKNTIoN. 
 
 [Feb. 
 
 Debta of tlock- 
 holders. 
 
 Ortiftf^U'C nf 
 
 !lUlOk. 
 
 Capital stork 
 authorized t" 
 I*- Increnspil 
 $100,000. 
 
 Contracts by 
 the Prenident 
 and Swri-tnry. 
 
 nipht of com - 
 pany to pur- 
 i-hnnpreal nstnte 
 
 Rigbta of poui- 
 pMiy in con- 
 sftvctiDft th« 
 roul. 
 
 10. Be it furtJier ordained. That the debt of the stock- 
 holders due to the company for stock therein, either as 
 original proprietor, or first or subsequent assignee, shall 
 he considered as of equal dignity with judgments in the 
 distribution of assets of a deceased stockholder by his legal 
 repi'escntativcs. 
 
 11. Be it furt/ier ordained. That said company shall 
 issue certificates of stock to its members, and said stock 
 may be transferred in such manner and form as may be 
 directed by the by-laws of the company. 
 
 12. Be it further ordained, That the said company may, 
 at any time, increase its capital stock to a sum sufficient 
 to complete said road, not exceeding the additional sum of 
 one hundred thbusand dollars, by opening books of sub- 
 scription of new stock, or borrowing money on the credit 
 of the company, and the mortgage of its charter and works, 
 and the manner in which the same shall be done, in either 
 case, shall be prescribed by the stockholders. 
 
 13. Be it further ordained, That all contracts or agree- 
 ments, authenticated by the President and Secretary of the 
 Board, shall be binding on the company, with or without a 
 seal ; such a mode of authentication shall be used as the 
 company, by their by-laws, may adopt. 
 
 14. Be it further ordained. That the said company may 
 purchase, in fee, or for a term of years, any lands, tene- 
 ments or hereditaments, which may be necessary for said 
 road, or for the erection of depositories, storehouses, houses . 
 for the officers, servants or agents of the company, or for 
 workshops or foundries, to be used by the compan}^, or for 
 procuring stone or other material necessary to the con- 
 struction of the road or effecting transportation, and for 
 no other purposes whatever. 
 
 15. Be it further ordained, That the company shall 
 have the right, Avhen necessary, to construct the said rail- 
 road across any public road or along the side of any public 
 road : Provided, That the said company shall not obstruct 
 any ))ublic road without constructing one equally as good 
 and as convcTiiont as the one taken by the company. 
 
18G2.] State Convention. 105 
 
 IG. Be it further ordained, That when any lands or "'j^'i^t to rou- 
 
 " douin property 
 
 riffht of way may be required by the company for the pur- ia cases ot 
 
 ° . . r J r ilisftjjrecmeut. 
 
 pose of constructing their road, buihling warehouses, watcr- 
 stjitions, workshops or depositories, and for want of agree- 
 ment as to the value thereof, or from any other cause, the 
 same cannot be purchased from the owner or owners, the 
 same may be taken at a valuation to be made by a jury of 
 good and lawful men, to be summoned by the Sheriff of the 
 county in which the land required by the company may 
 lie ; and in making the said valuation, the said jury shall 
 take into consideration the loss or damage which may 
 occur to the owner or owners in consequence of the land 
 or right of way being surrendered, and the benefit or 
 advantage he, she or they may receive from the erection of 
 said road, and shall state particularly the value and amount 
 of each ; and the excess of loss or damage over and aliove 
 the advantage and benefit shall form the measure of valua- 
 tion of the land or right of way : Provided, nevertheless, ^ 
 That if any person or persons over whose lands said roads 
 may pass, or the company should be dissatisfied with the 
 valuation thus made, then, and in that case, either party 
 may have an appeal to the next court of the county, to be 
 held thereafter ; and the Sheriff shall return to said court 
 the verdict of [the] jury, with all the proceedings thereon, 
 and the lands or right of way so valued by the jury shall 
 vest in the company so long as the same may be used for the 
 purposes of said railroad, so soon as the valuation be paid, 
 or if refused, paid over to the Clerk of the County Court : 
 Provided, further, That the right of condemnation shall 
 not authorize the said company to invade the dwelling 
 house, yard, garden or graveyard of any individual without 
 his consent. 
 
 17. Be it further ordained. That the right of said com- Amnnuf tou 
 pany to condemn land m the manner described in the 
 above section, shall extend to the condemnation only of 
 one hundred feet on each side of the main track of the 
 road, and from the centre of the same, except in case of 
 deep cuts :ind fillings, when the said company shall have 
 
 11 
 
IOC 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [Feb.. 
 
 Rights of tmnp 
 porlatioii. 
 
 Notice of pro- 
 
 Powt-TS con- 
 struct braiic-li 
 roails. 
 
 Authority to 
 inxiic |.riO,(iUi) ill 
 bonds ^«'ll^lll!r• 
 7 per cfiil. 
 interp?!. 
 
 .Sepiir'.ly tor tlip 
 Ijunilfi. 
 
 power to condemn as much in addition thereto as may be 
 necessary for the purpose of constructing said road, and 
 the company, in like manner, shall have power to condemn 
 and appropriate land for the building of depots and shaps, 
 not exceeding five acres in any one lot or station. 
 
 18. Be it further ordained^ That the said company shall 
 have the exclusive right of conveyance or transportation 
 of persons, goods, merchandise and produce over said road, 
 at such charges as may be fixed by a majority of the 
 directors. 
 
 19. Be it further ordained, That the profits of the com- 
 pany, or so much thereof as the Board of Directors may 
 deem advisable, shall, when the affairs of the company will 
 permit, be annually or semi-annually divided among the 
 .stockholders in proportion to the stock each may own. 
 
 20. Be if fm'ther ordained, That notice of process upon 
 the President, or any of the directors thereof, shall be 
 deemed and taken to be due and lawful notice of service 
 upon the company. 
 
 21. Be it further ordained, That the company shall 
 have power to construct branches of said road to connect 
 with any other road that may be constructed east of the 
 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, and any contract that 
 may be entered into with any other railroad company by 
 the President and Directors of said company, after the 
 consent of a majority of the stockholders first obtained, 
 shall be binding on the company. 
 
 22. Be it further ordained, That it may be lawful for 
 the Washington and Tarboro' Railroad Company to make 
 and issue bonds to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand 
 dollars, to be signed by the President of said company, 
 untler the common seal of the same, in sums of five hun- 
 dred dollai's each, bearing interst at the rate of seven per 
 cent, or less per annum, to be paid semi-annually. 
 
 23. Be it further ordained^ That to secure the faithful 
 payment of said bonds, it may and shall be lawful for the 
 President and Directors of the Washington and Tarboro' 
 llailroail Company to make, execute and deliver to such 
 
1862.] State Convention. 107 
 
 person as the company may select or appoint, a deed of 
 trust or mortgage, under the common seal of said company, 
 wherein shall be conveyed to the person thus appointed 
 trustee, the road, property, income and franchise of said 
 company, acquired or to be acquired, conditioned for the 
 payment of the interest and final redemption of said bonds. 
 
 24. Be it further ordained, That all officers of the com- Kiupioyws ox 
 pany, and servants, and persons in the actual employment miiitiaduty. 
 of the company, may be, and they are hereby exempt from 
 performing ordinary military dut}^ (except in case of insur- 
 rection or invasion,) working on public roads and serving 
 
 as jurors. 
 
 25. Be it further ordained, That all the work hereby Oiiaiurtoex- 
 
 11111 I'll ^•^^ ^ -r- • 1 pirc unleas thn 
 
 required, shall be executed with due diligence, and if it be workiscom- 
 
 1 • 1 • p f 1 • iiinnced within 
 
 not commenced within four years after the ratification of fo"r years, 
 this ordinance, then this charter shall be void. 
 
 26. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance shall be 
 in force from and after its ratification, and shall be regarded 
 as a public ordinance. [Matifed the 1th day of February, 
 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASU- [No. 10.] 
 RER TO ISSUE TREASURY NOTES. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Beleyates of the people of North xnai^uiy notes 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained thedenomina- 
 bi/ the authority of the same. That the Public Treasurer beUued" ' 
 be, and he is hereby authorized to issue any amount of 
 Treasury notes, now on hand, not exceeding one hundred and 
 twenty thousand dollars, above the denomination of twenty 
 dollars : Provided, Said notes shall bear no interest : And 
 provided, further. That this amount shall be a part of the 
 three millions heretofore ordered to be issued. {^Ratified 
 the ith day of February, 1862.] 
 
108 State Convention. l^^^^^y 
 
 (No. 11.1 A RESOLUTION IN RELATION TO THE MINTS. 
 
 Auihoriii^pto liesolvcd, That in the opinion of this Convention, it is 
 iV^Krttion!" " of the highest importance to the interests. of the Confede- 
 rate States, that the Mints situated witliin their limits 
 should be placed in operation at the earliest practicable 
 period, and that the Senators and Representatives in Con- 
 gress be requested to use their best exertions to obtain this 
 object. [^Ratified the 1th day of Fcbruaryy 1862.] 
 
 [No. 12.] RESOLUTION RESrECTING THE PAY OF THE 
 THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF NORTH CARO- 
 LINA VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 r«y rniis to w Resolved, That the pay rolls of the companies of the 
 .'iHTeVf"accoi'" thirty-eighth regiment of North Carolina Volunteers be 
 P^iiik-. ' made out and received from the date of the acceptances of 
 
 the companies respectively. \_Ratified the 8th day of 
 
 Fehrnary, 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 13.] AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE LEVYING 
 OF TAXES BY THE COUNTY COURTS. 
 
 Tax.'« f..t 1- B(i it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North 
 
 «dZ*i''purroftv. Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is ha'eby ordained 
 by the authority of the same, That the Chairman of the 
 County Court, and where there is no Chairman, the County 
 Court Clerk of each and every county in this State, shall, 
 by public notice, convene the Justices of the County Courts 
 at their respective court houses on the first Monday in 
 May, 1862 ; and a majority of the Justices being present, 
 they shall proceed to levy taxes for county purposes, and 
 may, in their discretion, as now provided by law, levy 
 the taxes for school purposes ; and the Clerk of the respec- 
 tive County Courts, shall, in such cases, enter the proceed- 
 ings of said Justices on the minute docket of said County 
 
1862.) State Convention. 100 
 
 Courts, as a part of the record of said courts thus convened 
 in special session : Provided, That in counties holding 
 regular terms of their County Courts in said month of May, 
 or the first Monday of June, the levy hereby required 
 shall be made at such regular term. 
 
 2. Be it further orxlained, That the act of the last extra Repeals m t of 
 session of the General Assembly, entitled *' An Act to wV""* 
 enlarge the powers of the County Courts for raising rev- 
 enue for county purposes ;" which requires the Justices of 
 
 the several County Courts, at their first court after the 
 first day of January in every year, to levy a tax for county 
 and school purposes, &C., be, and the same is hereby modi- 
 fied and repealed, so far as the same may apply to the 
 present year, 18(32. 
 
 3. Be it further ordaincdy That this ordinance shall r.iminauon or 
 expire and be inapplicable alter the year 1862. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That those counties in which Tnxes ievie.i in 
 
 if;ni)i-ane« of 
 
 their County Courts have already levied taxes for county tiiisorainanee. 
 and school purposes, and in those counties in which they 
 may hereafter levy the same in ignorance of the provisions 
 of this ordinance, the same shall be void and of no effect. 
 [Ratified the 10th day of February, 1862.] 
 
 A RESOLUTION TO PRINT AN ORDINANCE. fNo. 11.] 
 
 Resolved by the Delegates of the peojyle of North Caro- oon eopics to i>(> 
 Una, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained '"" ^ ' 
 by the authority of the same, That the Secretary of State 
 be authorized and directed to have printed three .hundred 
 copies of the ordinance this day passed, entitled " an ordi- 
 nance concerning the levying of taxes by the County 
 Courts," and forward one copy each to the Shcrtff, County 
 Court Clerk and Chairman of the County Court of each 
 and every county in the State. [Ratified the 10th day of 
 February, 1862.] 
 
no State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 rN.>. IT)-! A^ ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING 
 OF A COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, AT 
 VVAYNESVILLE, IN HAYWOOD COUNTY. 
 
 ■ .iirt lotrv 1. Be it ordained bi/ the Delegates of the people of North 
 
 Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 bij the authority/ of the same^ That His Excellency, the 
 Governor of the State be^ and he is hereby authorized and 
 refiuested to issue a commission to any one of the Superior 
 Court Judges of this State, to hold a court of Oi/er and 
 Terminer, at Wayncsvillc, in the county of Haywood, for 
 the purpose of trying the persons now in jail at that place, 
 charged with high crimes, which Judge, when so commis- 
 sioned, shall be clothed Avith all the powers necessary for 
 the trial and punishment of such offenders, their accom- 
 plices, aiders and abettors. 
 
 Puiwofihr 2. Be it further ordained, That the said Judge shall 
 u g«ai.|.oin .jppyjj^^ .^ ^\.^y^ j^g early as practicable, for holding the said 
 
 court, and shall give notice of the time appointed to the 
 Solicitor of the District and the Sheriff of the county, and 
 shall direct the Sheriff to notify three or more Justices of 
 the Peace to meet at the office of the County Court Clerk 
 of said county, and issue a venire to attend the said court ; 
 and the Sheriff shall summons them to attend at the time 
 appointed, at the Court IlOuse of the said county, and 
 the Judge shall cause the grand jury to be drawn from the 
 said venire, who shall serve as grand jurors, to pass upoai 
 any bill or bills which may be sent before them, and the 
 remainder of the venire shall, unless excused by the court, 
 serve as traverse jurors. The said court shall have power 
 to order, if -necessary, a further venire in said cases. 
 uuieBandrc-u- 3. Be it further ordained, That the same rules and 
 rcgidations shall govern the said court that are used at the 
 regular terms, as to the duties of the Judge, the Solicitor, 
 the Sheriff, and all others concerned in the said causes of 
 trial, and all under the same pay, &c. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance shall be 
 in force from and after its ratification. [^Ratified the 10th 
 day of February, 1862.] 
 
18G2.] State Convention. Ul 
 
 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING BOUNTY TO CER- [No. IG.j 
 TAIN NORTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North to roccivp ix.un 
 
 .-, . 777 7''7 7 7'7 '''"'' SlltllOrii'.fll 
 
 (Jarolma in Convention assemolea, ana it is here oy ordained i.yaotsor siu 
 ly the authorifi/ of the same, Tliat the volunteers from this mhj. 
 State in the military service of the Confederacy, 'where 
 North Carolina is or may be credited for the same by the 
 Confederate Government, arc justly entitled to, and should, 
 therefore, receive the bounty authorized by the acts of the 
 eighth day of iNIay, A. D,. 18G1, and of the tenth day of 
 May, 18G1, whether the same volunteered first to the State 
 or directly to the Confederate Government : Provided, 
 hotveve^, That the officers of all volunteers directly to the 
 Confederate States shall make such returns as the Gov- 
 ernor may require. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That the Governor be author- Paymastpr to 
 
 17 7 T 7 11 1 paytlipboun 
 
 ized and requested to direct the paymaster to pay all vol- ties. 
 untcers who may not have received theigame, such bounty 
 as they are declared to be entitled to by the above section of 
 this ordinance. [Ratijied the l^tli day of February, 18G2.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ORDI- [No. 17 
 NANCE, RATIFIED AT THE PRESENT SESSION 
 OF THIS CONVENTION, ENTITLED " AN ORDI- 
 NANCE IN ADDITION TO AND AMENDMENT 
 OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 RATIFED THE 15tii DAY OF FEBRUARY, 18G1, 
 ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE 
 CHATHAM RAILROAD COMPANY, AND TO 
 REPEAI^ AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL THERETO, 
 RATIFIED THE 23rd OF FEBRUARY, 18G1,- 
 AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN PERSONS TO 
 OPEN BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE 
 CAPITAL STOCK OF SAID COMPANY. 
 
 1 . Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North nooks of sui. 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained ,',j"u<^" 
 bi/ the authority of th<^ same, That an act of the General 
 
12 State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 Books of 8ub- Assembly, entitled "An act to incorporate tbe Chatham 
 
 soription to be . 
 
 opeDeu. Railroad Company," be amended by adding to section 2nd, 
 
 the following: "And a majority of said general commis- 
 sioners shall be competent to transact business ; and in the 
 mean time it shall be lawful for books of subscription to 
 said stock to be opened in the city of Raleigh, under the 
 direction of Geo. W. Mordecai, William Henry Jones and 
 \Vm. W. Vass, or either of them ; in the town of New- 
 bern, under the direction of Ed. Stanly, A. T. Jerkins, 
 W. II. Oliver, or any one of them ; in the town of Golds- 
 boro', under the direction of E^ A. Thompson, Richard 
 Washington, P. A. Wiley, or any one of them ; at Pitts- 
 boro', under the direction of II. A. London, John H. 
 Ilaughton, Jno. A. Womack, or any one of them ; at Hay- 
 wood, under the direction of B. I. Howze, R. K. Smith 
 and I. N. Clegg, or any one of them ; at Warrenton, under 
 the direction of J. B. Batchelor, John White, Richard T. 
 Arrington, or any one of them ; at Hillsboro'j under the 
 direction of William A. Graham, Thomas Webb, P. .B. 
 Kuffin, or any one of them ; at Smithfield, under the direc- 
 tion of J. W. B. Watson, Edwin Sanders, J. B. Beckwith, 
 or any one of them; at Oxford, under the direction of S. 
 S. Royster, C. H. K. Taylor, R. B. Gilliam, or any one of 
 them ; at Louisburg, under the direction of J. J. Davis, J. 
 King, D. S. Hill, or any one of them ; at Norfolk, under 
 the direction of S. M. Wilson, Kader Biggs, Jas. Gordon, 
 or any one of them ; and at Petersburg, under the direc- 
 tion of W. T. Joynes, R. K. Martin and Geo. D. Basker- 
 ville, or any one of them ; and said general commissioners 
 fc'hall have power to appoint a Chairman of their body, 
 Treasurer, and all other officers their organization may 
 reciuire, and to sue for and recover all sums of money that 
 ought, under said act, to be recovered by them in the name 
 of said corporation. [Ratified t/ie 10th day of February , 
 18G2.] 
 
1862,] State Co^ivention. 112 
 
 RESOLUTIONIS RELATING TO RE-ENL18TMENT [No. 18. | 
 OF VOLUNTEERS. 
 
 Resolved, That in the oninioii of this Convention, it is J'^' '"^"^^b '- 
 
 , . ^ ' nionthH voluu- 
 
 ot the utmost importance, m the existing war, that our tceistorc- 
 
 ^ ' o ' enlist. 
 
 country shall not lose the services of the gallant^ volunteers 
 of this State at the expiration of their present term of 
 twelve months, and that such incentives to re-enlist should 
 be held out to them as may induce their return to the 
 army, after a brief interval for visiting their homes. 
 
 Resolved, That the Congress of the Confederate States »"iiii«untuis 
 
 '^ .suggrslcit. 
 
 should offer such inducements in bounties of money and 
 public land, devolving to them from the United States, within 
 the States of the Confederacy and in the territories, and 
 in pensions, in case of death, disability, and long terms of 
 service, to volunteers enlisting for the war, as will procure 
 the return of those inured to the service, and shall prevail 
 with others to follow their example in filling up the ranks 
 of the army. 
 
 Resolved, That any volunteers of this State re-enlistiuir I'liuicgen of 
 
 / * '-' volunteers 
 
 in the service as herein proposed, should have the privilege rocniisimg 
 of choosing their company officers by companies, and their 
 regimental field officers by the commissioned officers of 
 companies, and in forming regiments, the companies here- 
 tofore associated should be kept together where they are 
 fdled up in convenieiit time, and any new companies should 
 be added to the regiment having nearest its complement, 
 when such new company shall be received into the service. 
 Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmit- 
 ted by the Secretary of this Convention to the Senators 
 and Representatives of this State in the Confederate Con- 
 gress, with a request tliat they bring the subject embraced 
 in them to the consideration of Congress. [Ratified^ thr 
 Uth daii of Fchrnarif. 1862.] 
 1 .". 
 
iinniuiiitioii. 
 
 Ill- ' State Convention. [Feb.. 
 
 [No. IH.j UEbOLLTiOi\fc> CONCERNING THE MANUFAC- 
 TURE OF SULPHUR AND SALTPETRE. 
 
 ii..v.iH..r Jitsuh'i'd, That tht' Governor be requested, and lie iy- 
 
 Hiilliuriiu.-d to 1 1 • 1 11 * (• 
 
 .-.ubiuii.i hereby authorized to ernplov the necessary lorce and pro- 
 cure the necessary apparatus to manufacture SulpJiur and 
 Saltpetre for the use of the State^ at such place or places, 
 in or out of this State, as he may deem proper, and that he 
 draw upon tlie Treasury fo]- the money to meet the expense 
 t hereof, 
 '■all ujHin Resolved, That tlic Governor be retjuetsted to call upon 
 
 .-uteflf™'^ the Government of the Confederate States for a supply of 
 ammunition for our militia and other forces. [Ratified tin- 
 Uth day of February, 1862.] 
 
 [i\(.. lio.] RESOLUTION TO RAISE CERTAIN ARTILLERY 
 COMPANIES FOR THE DEFENCE OF WILMINri- 
 
 TON. 
 
 'jiirc... iiii.il- 1. Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby 
 authorized to raise by volunteer enlistment, not exceeding 
 three artillery companies to serve at the batteries already 
 erected, or which may hereafter be erected on the Cape 
 Fear River, below or at, and in the vicinity of the town of 
 Wilmington, and that the men constituting such companies 
 be entitled to the same bounty, pay and allowances as are 
 by laAv allowed to the companies in the service of the Con- 
 federate States. 
 oi«uni«aU..n 2. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be author- 
 
 scrvioo. ized to appoint Captains and Lieutenants to recruit such 
 
 companies ; the term of service of said companies to be 
 for twelve months, or for three years or the war, unless 
 sooner discharged by the Governor. [Ratifird the l^f/i 
 day of Fi'hrnary, 1802.] 
 
i8«Vi.'| iSTAit Convent tnv l-l-' 
 
 i 
 
 AN ORDIjSANOE . TO PROVIDE FOR THE AS- [No. 21.] 
 SUMPTION AND PAYMENT (^F THE CONFEDE- 
 RATE TAX. 
 
 1. Be it ordained hjj fhc JJclci/ad'K of I he people of JS'orth -riic state 
 Carolma, in Convention asi<enibledy and it ts kerebij ordainea ,var tnx. 
 % the imtlioritji of the s.amc, That the State of North 
 Carolina will, and doth licrehy assume the payment of the 
 
 tax known as the war tax, levied by the government of the 
 Oonfedei-ate States upon the people of North Carolina, by 
 
 an act of the Confederiito Congress, rntifiod on the 
 
 day of , 1861. ^ 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That in order to provide tlic Trcisury not - 
 means for the payment of said tax, the Ireasurer ot the wit. imonst 
 
 1 "^ ' lie i??\icil. 
 
 State is hereby directed to issue Treasury notes, redeema- 
 ble in five years, to an amount not exceeding- a sum suffi- 
 cient to provide the payment of said tax, which notes sluill 
 ho made convertible, at tlie option of tlie liolder, into 
 coupon bonds bearing seven per cent, interest, pay of) h' 
 semi-annually, at the Treasury, and such bonds being 
 redeemable ten years after date. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained. That the Public Treasurer is i.<s..;M.ifo„i 
 
 Iicreby directed, when called upon to do so, to issue the 
 
 coupon bonds described in the preceding section of this 
 (•rdinance for the purpose therein specified. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained^ That the Treasurer is hereby rrc.L«ur.i- 
 
 .,.,,'. (lirortPit to ii;i\ 
 
 directed to apply the Treasury notes to be issued in ohedi- ti»'t»x. 
 encc to this ordinance, in such manner as may be necessary 
 to the payment of said Confo<1ornte tnv. whieh lie ishoroby 
 directed to make. 
 
 , 5. Be it further ordained, Thiit iu payment of the f;'^;J,';,!;',;;|:;, 
 Treasury notes hereby authorized, or of the bonds in which J,';,'^,!!!'"^;;^"';- 
 they arc funded, the funds in the Treasury dcnved from »"<''"'•!"'•'•, 
 the ordinary subjects of taxation, shall not be used, bnt 
 the same shall be raised by a tax on the same subjects of 
 taxation, with the same exemptions that are made in the 
 act of the Confederate Congress imposing said tax, so thiit 
 the white polls and persons whose (\states do not exceed 
 
1». 
 
 Statk Oonvkntton. 
 
 [Feb.. 
 
 iddicional tax 
 list to hp mado 
 
 ■ lUt. 
 
 live Imiidrcd thouBaiul dollars, shall nut be liable to pa^y 
 any part thereof; and those who have money in posses- 
 sion or in deposit, shnll ho liahle ns under said act of Con- 
 gross. 
 
 6. Be it further ordained^ That for the purpose of 
 raising tlie money to pay said Treasury notes or bonds in 
 which they may be funded, an additional tax list shall be 
 made out, setting forth only the subjects of taxation 
 enumerated in the said act of tlie Confederate Congress, 
 and the Treasurer shall open and keep a separate account of 
 said fund. [Jlatified the 17th day of Fehruary, 1862.] 
 
 [No. 22.] A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF SOLDIERS DE- 
 TAINED AT RAILROAD .STATIONS IN THIS 
 STATE. 
 
 lo furai?h vfil- 
 iiuteers will) 
 food and 
 loading. 
 
 Resolved^ That the Quartermaster and Commissary at 
 Raleigh and other railroad connections in this State be 
 directed, if in their power, to furnish all volunteers who 
 may be necessarily detained at these places, with food and 
 lodging so long as they are necessarily detained, and they 
 shall be allowed the same in the settlement of thoir accounts. 
 {Ratified the 11th day of Fehruary. 1862.] 
 
 [No. 28.] AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE NORTH CAROLINA'S 
 QUOTA OF CONFEDERATE l^ROOPS. 
 
 10 call for 
 TolunlM-r--. 
 
 1 . Be it ordained by tJie Delegates of the people of North 
 Carolina^ in Convention asMmhled, and, it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of 
 the Governor, from time to time, to issue his proclamation 
 calling for volunteers to meet the requisitions of the Con- 
 federate Government, noAv made, or hereafter to be made : 
 Provided, liowever, That volunteers heretofore in ser- 
 vice, ro-enlisting, shall have credit foi^the time they have 
 served : Provided, further, That said volunteers shall not 
 
.^iy2.] Statk Convention. I^'i' 
 
 1)0 [retained iii service] for a longer time than tliree year.s, 
 ' and to be sooner discharged in case the present war ter- 
 minates before the expiration of that time : And, i^rovided, 
 further, That the Governor shall not be required to keep 
 in the Confederate service more tlian the regular quota of 
 NTorth Carolma, 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That the Governor shall call TUcrountiP? m 
 
 1 '. n-ii !.• ii supply t.h(»ir 
 
 upon the counties to furnish, by volunteering, the necessary quotas, 
 
 number of troops, under the present requisition, according 
 
 to white population (after crediting them with the troops 
 
 already in the service, for three years or the war, and^tho ^ 
 
 volunteers for twelve months) to complete their respective 
 
 quotas, on or before the 15th of March. 1862. 
 
 8. Be it further ordained, Tluit the Governor shall i,i,t,>^nfraon 
 require each Captain now in the service, on or before the fn bcVhtatned 
 15th day of March, 1862, to return to the Adjutant Gene- 
 ral a list of the officers and men under his command, with 
 ihe county of the residence of each nt the time of his^entry 
 into service. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained. That tlie Governor shall call ito.uii.im.-nt 
 
 • • /> 1 . „ of la month" 
 
 upon the several captains oi volunteer companies troni roiiinTpor=! 
 North Carolina in the field for twelve months, or officers in 
 command of companies, to muster their companies for 
 re-enlistment, and shall make known to them the earnest 
 desire of this Convention and the people of North Carolina, 
 that they shall enlist for three years or the war, and in order 
 to forward this purpose, tlie captains of companies, or offi- 
 cers in command of the company, on the occasion of sucli 
 muster, shall put the question distinctly to every officer 
 and soldier belonging thereto, whether lie will re-enlist foi- 
 three years or the war, or not; and those agreeing so to 
 ve-enlist, he will cause to 'subscribe a roll containing such 
 obligation, with their names and places of residence at the 
 times of their first entry into service, and the signatures 
 of the persons so re-enlisting shall be as binding as if they 
 had been mustered into service ; which lists he will imme- 
 diately r'^turn to tlie office of the Adjutant General of tho 
 State. 
 
\ 
 
 11 i State Co>rVKNTioN. [Kri 
 
 Kc-orK«ttU«iy.ii f,. Ji,. ,( further ordained. That voluutccr cmpanii > 
 
 .iiiMiHc „Q^y jjj service, rc-cnli.stiiig, uiav rotam tliciv present 
 
 oriraiiizatioii, or rc-nrsaiii/.f at llicii- option; and that all 
 volnntecr.s not rc-cnli;<ting with-£tlu'irj present organi/-ation. 
 sliall be thrown into companies and proceed to elect compan v 
 connnissioned officers, Avho shall he commissioned by the 
 Governor : and the company commissioned officers shall 
 elect their field officers : Provided^ however, That tbe com- 
 missions of" all officers, company or field, who shall li<' 
 re-olccted, shall bear the dates of their former commission-. 
 
 i!.-oruiiin.'. <». Be it further ordained^ That the Governor shall ha vo 
 
 power to appoint captains and lieutenants to recruit men 
 for tlic service aforesaid, and to organize the men so recruitcil 
 into companies and regiments; and the company commis- 
 sioned officers shall, in all cases, elect their field officer 
 under the rules noAv prescribed: Froridcd, however, Thar 
 no person shall receive a commission or pay under said 
 appointments, except as follows: When any person shall 
 tender forty privates, who, in writing, have agreed to serve 
 under him, a Captain's commission and pay; and in like 
 manner for twenty-five privates, a first Lieutenant's com 
 mission and pay ; and for fifteen privates, a second Lieuten- 
 ant's commission and pay. 
 
 $50bouuijto 7. Be it further ordained, That a bounty oi fifty dollar-. 
 
 vr,iunt<««r'A r deducting the bounty already paid, shall be paid by the 
 State to all privates, musicians, and non-commissioned offi- 
 cers whose term of service altogether shall be for three 
 years or the war, to be paid at the following times, to-wit : 
 To all volunteers now in service at the time of their re-entry 
 into service ; to all now in the service for three years or tin- 
 war, at the expiration of their first year's service ; to all ne\\ 
 volunteers, at the time of their entry into service : Provided, 
 however. That any soldier may permit his bounty to remain 
 in the Treasury and draw the same, with interest, at th( 
 'xpiratiou of one year from the time it is due, or at tl 
 time of his discharge: And, provided further. That sut 
 payment may be made in Treasury notes, unless otherwi 
 provided by law. [ Ratified the 1 0/7/ dmj of Fe!,ninrjj. 1 86'2.J 
 
18G2.] State Cunventiok, 119 
 
 AN OKDINANCE TO PROHIBIT, FOR A LIMITED [No. 24.] 
 TIME, THE MANUFACTURE OF SPIRITOTTS 
 LIQUORS FROM GRAIN. 
 
 1. Be it unlaliwd lui tin; hckqattn of the pevolc vf North tun ui ;;o cuu 
 
 " '^ "^ i r •' jji,|. gallon \ijr 
 
 < 'arolina.m Convention assembled, and it is herein/ ordained liquo" piauu- 
 '•>/ the author itij of the same. That there shaU be a tax of °"^V' ^''*'' 
 
 ■' 1/ •' April. 
 
 thirty cents levietl on each gallon of spirituous liquors 
 manufactured in this State, out of any corn, wheat, rye or 
 oats, or any mixture of any or either of them, from the 
 ratification of this ordinance up to the fifteenth day ol" 
 \]>ril next. 
 
 '2. Be it farther ordained. That from and after the 15th Muuuuiauiv 
 day of April next, it ^hall not be lawful for any person in fMb aphi.' ^" 
 this State to distil any such spirituous liquors, and all per- 
 sons guilty of violating this section of this ordinance shall, 
 for each and every act of distillation, be guilty of a misde- 
 meanor, and on convi<;ti<,»n thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned 
 at the discretion of the court ; the fine not to be less than 
 one hundred dollars, or the imprisonment less than thirty 
 days. 
 
 :3. Be it further ordained, Thai there shall be levied a Taxoi>ii-tr 
 tax of one dollar on every gallon of spirituous liquors sold Mquo?s''mauu- 
 iii this State, not of the manufacture of this State; and uie state. 
 said tax shall be paid by the seller, and .should the seller be 
 K non-resident, then the tax shall be paid by the purchaser. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That each and every person, Persons i.. give 
 
 1 1 • • 1 • T /• 11 1 11 1 • in numlMT (if 
 
 when he gives in his list oi taxable property, shall also give Rations man u- 
 
 ^ 1 • 1 • • 1 1- , , fnrturcdin 
 
 111, on oath, to the magistrate taking saui list, the number tii.irtflxiisi, 
 of gallons of spirituous liquors on which he is liable to pay 
 i;ixe8 under the provisions of this ordinance, under the 
 penalties, liabilities and forfeitures already provided by law 
 in such cases. 
 
 .1. Be if further ordained. That the tax of one dollar, 
 mentioned in section third of this ordinance, shall not a])- 
 ply to liquors brought into thi.=5 State before the first <lay of 
 March next. 
 
120 State Convention. PFeb., 
 
 I 
 
 ibiroiJiuHucu 6. Be it further ordained, That this ordiiuince shall be" 
 
 to coiitiuur in . ,. „ i p • • n • i • • /• 
 
 till Jnu ly Hi lorce irom and after its ratification, and continue in force 
 
 1st. 1800. 
 
 until the first day of January, 18G3. and no longer, unlc 
 re-enacted, modified or amended by the General Assembly 
 [IlatHird the 11i<t >hn) of Fi'lmmni, 18G2.] 
 
 (^■o. lb.] AN OKDixNANCE llELATlVE TU THE EXPENSES 
 [NCUllRED BY THE BOARD OF CLABIS. 
 
 luoWfuui Be it urdaiued bij the Delegates of the people of Norili 
 
 Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is Itereby ordaind 
 by the autJwrity of the same. That the Board of Claiui^ 
 may draw upon the Public Treasurer for all incidental 
 expenses necessarily incurred by them in the discharge of 
 their official duties : Provided, That such expenses shall 
 not exceed, in the whole, tlie sum of five hundred dollars : 
 And, provided further, That said Board shall, in their 
 final account, render to the State a statement of all monies 
 by them expended under this ordinance, [^llatijledthe 21st 
 day of February f ,1862.'] 
 
 (No. 26.] ^^ OlIDINANCE TO MAKE SOME PROVISION 
 FOR THE FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS DYING IN 
 SERA^CE. 
 
 uouuii oi I. He it ordained by the iJt legates of the ptople of North 
 
 iirrcsrages due !•.>-» . »t7 i > • i i -i • , 
 
 i.-Botofumiiiw Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 of doocaftL'fJ , 
 
 uidicr^ by the authority of the same, That in case of the death iii 
 
 service of any soldier, intestate, who, at the time of hi- 
 death was, or shall be, entitled to bounty or any arrearage- 
 itf pay from this State, such bounty and ])ay shall belong 
 and be payable to the widow of such intestate soldier, and 
 if there be no widow, to his children, and if there be n<> 
 children, then to his next of kin as designated in the Stat- 
 ute of DiHtfiliiitioi!^. :ni(l in the proportion,'; therein pr*- 
 
1802.] State Convention. 121 
 
 scribed, and the identity of the person or persons claiming 
 the same, and the degree of relationship of him, her or 
 them, to the intestate as aforesaid, shall be established to 
 the satisfaction of the proper executive or military author- 
 ities, according to such regulations and rules as may be 
 prescribed by the said authorities. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That any person who shall raise afiianTit,', 
 wilfully sAvear falsely in any affidavit, deposition or testi- 
 many made or given for the purpose of establishing or 
 endeavoring to establish a claim to any such bounty or pay, 
 shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof 
 shall be punished accordingly, [^llatified the 22d dai/ of 
 February, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE PAYMAS- [No. 27.] 
 TER'S DEPARTMENT. 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Deleqates of the people of North officoorAssist- 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained fstni-iisiieu. 
 by the authority of the same, That the twenty-third sec- 
 tion of the act of the last session i)f the General Assembly, 
 entitled "Militia Bill," be amemled as follows: "That 
 
 there shall be one additional officer appointed by the Gov- 
 ernor, to be attached as Assistant to the Paymaster's De- 
 partment, with the rank and pay of a First Lieutenant, 
 who shall be subject to the same chief of the said depart- 
 ment, and to the rules and regulations of the same. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That the said office, created 
 by this ordinance, may be vacated by the Governor or the 
 Legislature, whenever the public interest may require. 
 [Ratified the llth day of February, 1862.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN BEHALF OF WM. R. LOVELL. [No. 28.] 
 
 Resolved, That the Treasurer of the State pay to Wil- r»yf< m- 
 liam R, LovcU the sum of eiglity-twu dollars, expended by 
 16 
 
l22 State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 him for the use of the sick soldiers of the eleventh regi- 
 mcnt of North Carolina Volunteers, near Manassas, when 
 employed as a nurse in August and September last. [Eat- 
 ■ifu-J the 1'tth day of February, 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 29.] A RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DOOR 
 
 KEEPERS. 
 
 fttra 
 
 •ays e«rh t26 Rcsolvod, That tlic Trcasurer pay to the Doorkeepers 
 of the Convention twenty-five dollars each, for servants' 
 hire and extra expenses incurred by them during the pres- 
 ent session. [^Ratified the 2Uh day of February, 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 30.] AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE MANU- 
 FACTURE OF COTTON AND WOOL CARDS. 
 
 offTs u, innn to Be it ordaiued by the Delegates of the 'people of North 
 liPi.iugnmnu- Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 lin-tories the , ■ . . /. 7 rni • f> 
 
 amount of tiie by the autiLority oj the same, ihat il any person or per- 
 
 ( -out of Oie in 1 •! T 1 1 • r 1 
 
 ««m^ sons shall erect l)uuuings and construct machinery, tor tlu- 
 
 purpose of manufacturing cotton and wool cards, and shall 
 make proof to the Governor of the cost of such works, 
 the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw on 
 the Treasurer for sums not exceeding the cost of said 
 works, to be loaned to the owners thereof, on the execu- 
 tion by them of bonds payable to the State, with sufficient 
 security, conditioned to repay such sums at such time as 
 the General Assembly may prescribe, and with such inter- 
 est as may be required, not exceeding .six per cent, per 
 annum : Provided, That such advances shall not exceed, 
 in the aggregate, the sum of ten thousand dollars : And, 
 provided further. That the cards thus manufactured shall, 
 in the first place, be offered to sale to the citizens of this 
 State. IHafified the 25f// day of February, 18G2.] 
 
1862. 1 State Convention. 123 
 
 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS [No. 31.] 
 AUDITED AND ALLOWED BY THE BOARD OF 
 CLAIMS. 
 
 Board of 
 
 menU 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North 
 Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained olsbur^ 
 by the authority of the same. That the Public Treasurer, 
 upon the warrant of the Governor, pay 
 
 To Samuel L. Dill, of Carteret, the sum of thirteen hun- 
 dred dollars ; 
 
 To G. W. Dill & Co., of Carteret, fourteen hundred and 
 thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents ; 
 
 To W. G. Towler, of New Hanover, thirty-two dollars 
 and fifty cents ; 
 
 To the Marine Railway Company, of New Hanover, 
 forty- eight dollars and ten cents ; 
 
 To Dr. Jno. F. Miller, High Point, forty -dollars and 
 ninety cents ; 
 
 To Mclntyre & Brown, New Hanover, sixty-eight dollars 
 and twenty-six cents; 
 
 To Thomas II. Allen, of Craven, fifty-seven dollars ; 
 
 To J. M.[M. Houston & Co., Lincoln, one hundred and 
 four dollars and fifty-seven cents ; 
 
 To John M. AVolfe, Orange, three dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To E. H. Cunningham, Buncombe, one hundred and 
 forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents : 
 
 To Willie Walston, Edgecombe, forty-six dollars and 
 sixty-five cents ; 
 
 To P. B. Hardin tfc Co., Alamance, eight dollars and 
 thirty-five cents ; 
 
 To Dr. W. D. Somers, White Sulphur Springs, Va., five 
 dollars and seventy-five cents ; 
 
 To E. J. Hale & Sons, Cumberland, five dollars and 
 thirty cents ; 
 
 To J. H. Wood, Rowan, two hundred and fifty-eight dol- 
 lars and forty-eight cents ; 
 
 To John A. Graves, Caswell, twelve dollars and sixty- 
 cents : ' 
 
124 State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 B..»r.i M To II. C. Stroud, assignee for Frank Harris, Orange, 
 
 ri«iiii»— , ,, 
 
 iH'-bumeinpnu. thirty lioliars ; 
 
 To Harris & IIowcU, New Hanover, sixty dollars ; 
 
 To Philip Sale, Greenville County, Va., twenty-five dol- 
 lars ; 
 
 To Joseph Barnham, Northampton, seven dollars ; 
 
 To Phifcr & York, Cabarrus, one thousand and thirty- 
 nine dollars and sixty-seven cents ; 
 
 To Samuel Calvert, Northampton, one hundred and fifty 
 dollars ; 
 
 To W. V. Lloyd, Edgecombe, ninety-six dollars and sev- 
 enty-five cents ; 
 
 To Edwin M. Holt, Alamance, two hundred and eighty 
 dollars and thirty-two cents; 
 
 To Jas. Tiddy, Lincoln, forty dollars ; 
 
 To William Tiddy, Lincoln, four dollars ; 
 
 To John L. Bridgers, Edgecombe, thirty-five dollars and 
 fifty -five cents; 
 
 To D. C. McGregor, Buncombe, six dollars and twenty- 
 five cents ; 
 
 To W. 11. Stone, Buncombe, fifty-nine dollars and twenty- 
 five cents ; 
 
 To II. S. Alexander, Buncombe, thirty-three dollars and 
 three cents ; 
 
 To S. H. Christian, Montgomery, thirty-four dollars and 
 seventy-five cents ; 
 
 To Isaac Ramsey, Carteret, ninety-six dollars and eighty- 
 four cents ; 
 
 To Isaac Ramsey, assignee for L, II. Styron, Carteret, 
 fifteen dollars and sixty cents ; 
 
 To Jos. S. Norman, Washington, thirty-three dollars ; 
 
 To Dr. Peter E. Ilines, Craven, one hundred and two 
 dollars and sixty cents ; 
 
 To Dr. A. C. Folson, Brunswick, ninety dollars ; 
 
 To J. R. and W. B. Cainer, Martin, forty-six dollars and 
 thirty-eight cents ; 
 
 To Dunn & Spencer, I'ctersburg, one hundred and thirty- 
 three dollars and seventy-six (cents) dollars ; 
 
1862.] State Convention. 125 
 
 To Fulton. & Price, New Hanover, twenty-two dollars n^^Rvd or 
 
 ' ' '' Claims— 
 
 and fifty cents ; Digbursemcnts. 
 
 To Hart & Bailey, New Hanover, two hundred and sixty- 
 eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ; 
 
 To John P. Mabry, Davidson, twenty dollars and twenty 
 cents ; 
 
 To J. B. Whitehurst, Carteret, twenty-four dollars: 
 
 To Thomas Duncan k Son, Carteret, eighty-three dol- 
 lars and seventeen cents ; 
 
 To E. G. Clark, AVilson, fifty dollars and twenty-five 
 cents ; 
 
 To Mrs. Sarah A. Reid, Wake, thirty-five dollars ; 
 
 To Patton & Alexander, Buncombe, two hundred .and 
 forty-three dollars and forty cents ; 
 
 To A. Mitchell cS: Son, Craveu, two hundred and fifty 
 dollars and twenty-five cents ; 
 
 To W. W. Smith, Buncombe, two hundred and thirty- 
 five dollars and sixty-one cents ; * 
 
 To Benjamin M. AValker, Washington, one hundred and 
 twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents ; 
 
 To J. F. Crawley, Beaufort, one hundred and thirty-eight 
 dollars and fifty-five cents ; 
 
 To Capt. C. M. Avery, Burke, fofty-two dollars and 
 fifty cents ; 
 
 To Dozier & Co., Edgecombe, eighty-one dollars and 
 thirty-five cents ; 
 
 To Jacob Bachman, Chowan, twenty-four dollars and 
 thirty-five cents ; 
 
 To J. L. Pennington, Craven, seventy-seven dollars and 
 forty-three cents : 
 
 To E. G. Mangum & Co., Orange, one hundred and eight 
 dollars and thirty-nine cents ; 
 
 To W. C. King, Carteret, two hundred and fifty-eight 
 (lollars and eighty cents; 
 
 To Geo. W. Ward, Martin, twenty-five doUnrs ; 
 
 To W. W. Ilapper, Halifax, fifty dollars and thirty 
 cents ; 
 
125 State Convention. [Feb., 
 
 Bn«^ "f To J. J. Jenkins, Clcavcland, twenty-six dollars and 
 
 »•*• tliirty-tlircc cents ; 
 
 To Millor & Foster, Davidson, three hundred and forty- 
 two doUars and twenty-eight cents ; 
 
 To James A. Washington, Wayne, five hundred and 
 ninety-one dollars and fifty-nine cents ; 
 
 To llich'd C. Coher, Northampton, forty-five dollars ; 
 
 To J. 11. Davidson, Iredell, forty-six dollars and ninety- 
 three cents ; 
 
 To Polk county, five hundred and one dollars and twen- 
 ty-eight cents; 
 
 To Richmond county, three thousand three hundred and 
 ilineteen dollars and thirty-one cents ; 
 
 To Alamance county, two thousand six hundred and 
 ninety-one dollars and fifty-four 'cents; 
 
 To Iredell county, two thousaiul one hundred and forty- 
 nine dollars and eighty-six cents ; 
 
 To Macon county, six hundred and fifty-four dollars and 
 seventy-five cents ; 
 
 To Currituck county, eighty-nine dollars and ninety-one 
 cents ; 
 
 To Cumberland county, five thousand four hundred and 
 thirty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents ; 
 
 To Alexander county, five hundred and twelve dollars 
 and eleven cents ; 
 
 To Lenoir county, six thousand four hundred and ninety- 
 nine dollars and nine cents ; 
 
 To Jos. H. Neff, New Hanover, one hundred and sixty- 
 three dollars and sixty cents ; 
 
 To Jerry Drew, and others, Northampton, one hundred 
 dollars ; 
 
 To Stanly county, two thousand seven hundred thirty- 
 three dollars and thirty-five cents; 
 
 To Surry county, two thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
 three dollars an<l thirty-one cents ; 
 
 To Caswell county, three thousand nine hundred and 
 forty-three dollars and fifty-seven cents ; 
 
 To Charles M. Rogers, one hundred and eighty-five dol- 
 lars and sixty-five cents ; and 
 
1862.] State 'CoNVENTioiT. 127 
 
 To Charles H. K. Taylor, assignee, three hundred and Boani of 
 
 I ,, ■, . . Claims — 
 
 twenty-tAvo dollars and sixty-nine cents ; uisburs.uipnt." 
 
 And that said payments be made without prejudice to 
 claims which have been presented and not allowed, on 
 account of commutation pay received from the Confede- 
 rate States. \_Eatified the 25th day of February , 18G2.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO TAX MONEY. j-^o. 32.] 
 
 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Monies on hana 
 Carolinay in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained tsxed mieifitth 
 by the authority of the same, That hercatter all monies on 
 
 hand, and all monies on deposit with individuals, or in the 
 banks or other corporations, shall be taxed one-fifth of one 
 per cent., as now imposed on money at interest ; and all 
 persons having money in possession or on deposit, as afore- 
 said, on the first day of April in each and every year, 
 sliall be required to hst the same when they list other taxa- 
 ble property, under the same liabilities and responsibilities 
 as are now imposed by law for failure or neglect to list 
 other taxable property: Provided, That bank notes and 
 Confederate State Treasury notes shall Be considered money. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That the provisions of this 1,0,=- iiian $100 
 ordinance shall not apply to those who may have less than 
 
 one hundred dollars to list. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance may be 
 modified or repealed by the General Assembly. [Ratified 
 the 2Gth day of February, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE APPOINT- [No. 33.] 
 MENT OF COMPANY OFFICERS. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Dekyates of the people of North varanriw tn he 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained pn.inoiion. 
 by the authority of the same, ThAt whenever a vacancy 
 occurs in the commissioned officers of any of the companies 
 
128 State Convbktion. [Feb., 
 
 in this State, raised under an act entitled "an act to raise 
 ten thousand State Troops," or to be raised under the ordi- 
 nance entitled "an ordinance to raise North Carolina's 
 (juota of Troops," the vacancy shall be filled by promotion 
 of the officers next in grade in said company ; and whenever 
 a vacancy shall occur in the office of junior second lieutenant, 
 the vacancy shall be filled by election by the non-commis- 
 sioned officers and privates of the company in which such 
 vacancy occurs. \^liatifie(tthc 2Gth day of Fchruary^ 18C2.] 
 
 % 
 
 [No. 34.] AN ORDINANCE CONFERRING ON THE COM- 
 MISSIONERS OF [THE] TOWN OF WILMING- 
 TON AND OTHER TOWNS CERTAIN TOWERS 
 FOR THE DEFENCE THEREOF. 
 
 Auti.ori7.pj t« 1. Be it ordained, ^-c, That the commissioners of the 
 i.ftu»iv« works town of Wilmington shall have power to place obstructions 
 in the river, and to erect or to complete, if already in 
 process of erection, any work or works upon, or at the 
 mouth of Cape Fear River, or around, near or within the 
 said town, which they may deem necessary for the defence 
 thereof, and also for the like purpose', to purchase cannon, 
 powder, ball and other munitions of war: Provided, That 
 the said obstructions are placed in the river, with the con- 
 sent of the Confederate officer in command. 
 I'roTi^ion 10 2. Be it further ordained, That to meet the expenses 
 
 txi.eii>uH. which may be incurred under the foregoing section, the said 
 commissioners shall have power to borrow money upon such 
 terms and under such regulations as they may adopt, and 
 to impose such taxes upon the subjects now liable to taxa« 
 tion within said town as may be necessary. 
 ThePtfito 3. Be it furtlmr ordained. That whenever the command- 
 
 iiMumcs the -rv. Ill -pii • 111 
 
 cxpenwB ing officer shall certiiy that the expenses incurred by the 
 
 l.rtiTi.h-d (ho ^ . . ,,.■,• r y 
 
 t'oiiwurntu connnissioners under this ordinance were necessary tor the 
 
 ioBh^unioiiMin State tlcfence, the same shall be a charge upon the Public 
 
 Treasury : Provided, That application shall have first been 
 
 luiide to the Confederate (jovernment, and they shall have 
 
, I^OI^.J 
 
 State Convention. ^-^ 
 
 failed to assume tlie paymoTit of the same six months after 
 said application. 
 
 4. Be it further ordaine.cl That the provisions of this ^-^^^^ 
 ordinance be extended to the commissioners of the towns 
 of Newbern and Washington, or any other towns that may 
 inake the same application, under similar circumstances. 
 [RaiiJirdth<'2Qthdiij^ of Fehrvmy/, 18G2.] 
 
 \N ORDINANiCE TO PROVIDE FOR FUNDING [No. 3",.] 
 THE TREASURY NOTES OF THIS STATE, AND 
 FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
 
 1. Be it ordained, #r., That any of the Treasury notes ^^''J;.,^,:-'^"^ 
 issued or hereafter to he issued under the ordinance of this »""'»'< 
 Convention, ratified the 1st of December, 1861, directing the 
 issue of three millions of Treasury notes, as well as those 
 issued by an ordinance of the present session, entitled "Atl 
 ordinance to provide for the assumption and payment of the 
 Confederate Tax," may be funded at the will of the holder 
 in coupon bonds of the State, to be prepared by the Treas- 
 urer, and payable 20 years aftSr date, or sooner, at the 
 pleasure of ihc State, and bearing interest at the rate of 
 eight per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually at the 
 Treasury, or in six per cent, bonds of the State, payable 30 
 ■ years after the 1st of January, 1802, interest payable semi- 
 annually, exchangeable in Treasury notes, at the option of 
 the holder, from time to time, until the Treasury notes fall 
 due, said bonds being of th- .lonnminntions of ^r.OO au<I 
 $1,000, in equal proportion?. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That all taxes due to the State m.v^-^ p"'.. .- 
 or to counties, and for school purposes, or taxes for the 
 poor, and all payments for entries of public lands, and all 
 other dues to Uic State, and all fines and forfeitures for the 
 use of the State or counties, shall be paid in Treasury notes 
 of the State or of the Confederate States, or in the notes 
 of such of the solvent banks of this State as shall receive 
 and continue to receive and pay out aa t.ioney nt par the 
 17 
 
no 
 
 ^TKTV C«")\VKKTTO\. 
 
 [F.'h., 
 
 
 Af>roiinl tfi \<c 
 krpt ot tllOhf 
 I* iumxl or 
 lundnl 
 
 Antborizei the 
 (■•niicoftl.MXt.- 
 OWl In Tr»-;i'^iirv 
 
 ouMKiiilini: 
 Buixunt liniilnl 
 
 |i>, |I0 and iM 
 to Im- Imii<hI ill 
 ••II h»lJ|(r li't 
 $UiBiiil {Km 
 
 1J1>I«*V 
 
 Troapurj' notes of this State, or in gold or silver coin : and 
 it shall he the duty of the Treasurer to issue instructions to 
 the Sheriffs and tax collectors in the several counties on 
 this subject, and it shall not he hnvrni fur any Sherift" or 
 collector to receive taxes in any other funds than as directed 
 hy the Treasurer under this ordinance. 
 
 •3. Be it furtht-r ordained, That all the Treasury note 
 funiled in bonds, or paid into the Treasury for taxes or 
 other public dues, may be re-issued in payment of the debt 
 of the State, or in exchange for six per cent, bonds of tli. 
 State, on application of the holder at any time before the 
 notes fall due: Provided, That the Treasury notes issued 
 to pay the Confederate tax shall not be used to pay the 
 debts of the State: and the Treasurer and Comptroller shall 
 each keep an account of all notes re-issued and thos, 
 refunded in bonds, from to time, and the date of such trans 
 action, and particularly noting the interest on each bond 
 when taken up, and the amount of interest due on each 
 bond when exchanged for Treasury notes, and in all cases 
 shall charge the party receiving such bonds with the inter- 
 est due at the time of delivery. 
 
 4. Ji, it further ordained. I'hat as the exigencies of the 
 public service may, in the opinion of the Governor, require 
 before the fi.-st day of January, 1863, the Public Treasurer 
 IS authorized and recjuired to issue other Treasury notes as 
 aforesaid, not exceeding in amount the further sum of fifteen 
 hundred thousand dollars, and that the said notes shall be 
 prepared, signed and issued as in the said ordinance, rati- 
 fied on the first day of December, 18(31. 
 
 f). Be it further ordained. That the aggregate amount 
 of said Treasury notes outstanding at an/one time, and ol 
 the bonds given in exchange for or discharge of Treasury 
 notes as aforesaid, shall not exceed the amount of suJh 
 noteo authorized by law heretofore, or in this ordinance. 
 
 t;.^ Be it further ordained. That it shall be the duty of 
 the Treasurer, as soon as convenient, to issue Treasury 
 i.otes of the denominations of five, ten and tucntv .loHars 
 n. o.p.al amounts, instead of. and io exehan-M' for. anv of 
 
1862. J State Convention. 1.31 
 
 the Treasury notes heretofore issued, not bearing interest, 
 of the denominations of fifty and one hundred dollars, on 
 the application of the holders of said notes, and when so 
 taken up or exchanged, the f;ai(l notes of fifty and one 
 liundred dollars shall be cancelled, and the same shall be 
 noted by the Treasurer on his books and on the books of 
 the Comptroller. 
 
 7. Be it further urdaiiied, That if any one shall falsely I'uniRijmpni f-i 
 forge, or knowinojly pass, or oner to pass, any false, forszed, "rpHssiuR 
 
 or counterfeited paper, purporting to be a Treasury note 
 or bond of this State, he shall be liable to indi«tment in 
 the Superior Courts in the county in which such offence 
 may be committed, and on conviction thereof, shall suffer 
 all the paiiis and penalties, according to the 59th section 
 of the S4th chapter of the Revised Code. 
 
 8. Be it further ordained, That in addition to the Treas- ti.'J'io.ono in 
 
 1 /• • 1 • 1 11 1 1 bf issued ill 
 
 ury notes heretoiore issued, it shall be the duty of the smaii dononn 
 
 •^ . ... nation?. 
 
 Treasurer to issue one million of dollars, in small denomi- 
 nations, to-wit : four hundred thousand dollars in the de- 
 nomination of two dollars, foui- hundred thousand dollars 
 in the denomination of one dollar, one hundred thousand 
 dollars in the denomination of fifty cents, fifty thousand 
 dollars in the denomination of twenty-five cents, twenty- 
 five thousand dollars in the denomination of twenty cents, 
 and twenty-five thousand dollars in the denomination of 
 ten cents, payable on the first day of January, 1866, to 
 be used in liquidation of any claims against the State to 
 persons willing to receive the same, but not to be funded 
 in bonds of the State, but shall be receivable in payment 
 of taxes or other public dues ; and he shall keep an accu- 
 rate account of the issues, from- time to time, made under 
 this section of this ordinance. 
 
 9. Be it further ordained, That no bank receiving the Bank«rcw.itinc 
 Treasury notes of this State, as contemplated in the sec- ^"'^^^^ '"'** 
 tion of this ordinance, shall be required to receive, or have 
 
 on hand at any one time, more than two-fifths of the capi- 
 tal stock of such bank in said notes. 
 
132 State Convkntion. [Feb., 1K62 
 
 Pr**iM( aru '.I \() J^f jt furtjirr ordaliird, That so much of the act el 
 AM-mMvun-i the General Assenibly, entitled "An Act to provide w;»v 
 miiflci .,^,1 means for the defence of the State," ratified Septenibei 
 
 1 8th, 1861, as authorizes tlie issue of one million dollar - 
 of the denominations of two dollars, one dollar, fifty cents, 
 twenty-five cents, twenty cents, ten cents and five cents. 
 «nd also the ordinance of the Convention, ratified Decern 
 her 1, 1861, directing the issue of three millions of dollars 
 of Treasury notes, and the ordinance to provide for tli<: 
 assumption and payment of the Confederate tax, as well 
 as all the issues of Treasury notes and bonds under said 
 act and ordinances, arc hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 Th. TtrH.nr.r H. Bc It furfJicr ordained. That in the event of the 
 
 ■ n<1C«m|>tr<>ll<r . 
 
 tn.iii,.i.,.v,H!i inability of the Public Ireasurer or Comptroller to siiin 
 
 »-on» lo ^igii the ^ _ . 
 
 notes. ti,(. Treasury notes authorized by law to be issued as speed- 
 
 ily as the demands on the Treasury may require, then it 
 shall be lawful for either of them to employ some discreet 
 person, by and with the advice and consent of the Gov 
 ernor, to sign and countersign the said notes, whose namr 
 shall be published in the newspapers in the city of Kaleigli. 
 12. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance may 
 be repealed or modified by the General Assembly, but so 
 as not to affect any transactions had or rights vested under 
 the same, previous to such modification or repeal. [liati- 
 fied the 26<A day of February, 1862.] 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS' 
 
 PASSED RV 
 
 THE STATE CONVENTION 
 
 ul- 
 
 NORTH C!AROi;iNA. 
 
 r 
 
 ^jFouvtf) 5^rssion m 'Mpxii ani) ilttan, 1863. 
 
 RALEIGH: 
 JOHN W. SYMK. PRINTER TO TIIK CONVKNTION 
 
 18G2. 
 
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONVENTION 
 
 OP 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 FOURTH SESSION IN APRIL AXD MAY, I8C2. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO HOLDING THE [No. l.J 
 COURTS IN AND FOR THE COURTY OF HERT- 
 FORD. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the 2)cople of * North my w bou in 
 Carolina^ in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained wLtoTi. 
 by the authority of the same, That hereafter, until other- 
 ^vise provided by the General Assembly, the Courts of 
 Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and also the Superior Courts 
 of Law and Equity, for tlie county of Hertford, may be 
 lield in the toAvn of AVinton, or in any convenient building 
 Avithin one-half mile of the corporate limits of said town. 
 [Ilatified the 2Gth day of April, 18G2.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO A CERTAIN CLAIM [No. 2.] 
 IN FAVOR OF J. R. DAVIDSON. 
 
 Whereas, At tlic second extra session of this Conven- pnamMr 
 tion an ordinance was passed for the payment of claims 
 audited and allowed 1)y the Board of Claims, in which was 
 IS 
 
138 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [April, . 
 
 Tr«*fiir<"r lf> 
 
 wllbbold 
 
 {■•yintot. 
 
 included a claim of J. R. Davidson, of Iredell county, for 
 forty-six dollars and ninety-three cents ; and, whereas, it 
 appears that this same claim has been paid to the claimant 
 by the Paymaster General's Department ; therefore, 
 
 lie it resolved, That the Treasurer of the State ■with- 
 hold the payment of 'the said claim of forty-six dollars and 
 ninety-three cents to said Davidson. [^Katifud the IQth 
 day of April, 1802.] 
 
 I 
 
 [No. ;i.J RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING 
 
 BURKE. 
 
 HE COUNTY OF 
 
 7(hwviic.nor 1. Resolved, That the seventh section of an act passed 
 
 tin- K«-T»nut! . <.i/-i 1 A ^ ^ r 
 
 Art not u. at the second extra session oi the General Assembly ol 
 18G0-'C1, entitled "An Act concerning Revenue," shall 
 not apply to the county of Burke, but that the Court of 
 rieas and Quarter Sessions of said county, next ensuing^ 
 shall be allowed to carry into effect the provisions of said 
 section. 
 iTiviin-oof uie 2. Be it further resolved, That the Clerk of the County 
 counij Curt. Court of Said county, shall be allowed until the 25th day 
 of August, 18G2, to deliver to the Sheriff of said county 
 a fair and accurate copy of the tax lists, as roijuirod by 
 the 20th section of said Revenue Act. 
 .luj'tirm. 3. Be it further resolved, That twelve Justices of the 
 
 Peace in and for said county of Burke, shall form a tjuo- 
 rum and have full power to assess and levy taxes, and 
 transact all other county business, provided a majority of 
 said Justices cannot be assembled. 
 
 4. Be it further resolved. That the first and second of 
 these resolutions shall expire and be ina})plicable after the 
 year 18G2. [Rafijird the 1st day of May, 18G2.] 
 
l^^J'-2.] State Convention. 130 
 
 AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE BANKy [No. 4.] 
 OF THIS STATE. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North •^iit>i'>n7.-. 
 
 n T ' /I • lit ■,..-, stockholders in 
 
 Carolina in Convcntio^i assejnOu'd, and it is herehy ordained ""nksto 
 
 ?7 7-^7 mil chnngp tlicir 
 
 by the autkonty of the same. That aurinff the continuance pi«'-<-» "f moii- 
 
 "^ t^ •' / o ,njr under 
 
 of the present war, the stockholders of all the Banks in T'"'" '■''^'■""' 
 
 ■^ ' stances. 
 
 this State, located at places occupied or in danger of being 
 occupied by the enemy, whereby the holding of the stock- 
 holders' annual meetings thereat may be impracticable, or 
 (juite uncertain ; may, if they deem it expedient, hold 
 general meetings at other times and places than those 
 -specified in their several charters, which meetings shall be 
 called in the manner prescribed in their charters and by- 
 laws, respectively, and held at places as convenient as may 
 be practicable to their respective locations ; and the Presi- 
 dent and Directors of any such Banks wlio are now in 
 office may continue therein until a meeting of its stock- 
 holders shall be held and their successor^ shall be elected. 
 [Ratified the 2d day of May, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR COLLECTING [No. 5.] 
 THE TAX ON SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS MANU- 
 FACTURED OR SOLD IN THIS STATE, IM- 
 POSED BY AN ORDINANCE OF THIS CON- 
 VENTION, WHICH AVAS RATIFED ON THE 21st 
 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1862. 
 
 1 . Be it ordained by the Deleqates of the people of North To be roiieri«i 
 
 ^ • J » 7 7 • • 7 7 7 • 7 ■• •*''' "^^ 
 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained time ts other 
 by the authority of the same. That the Sheriffs of the 
 several counties in this State be, and they arc hereby 
 authorized and directed to collect from the distillers of 
 spirituous litjuors in their respective counties, the tax of 
 thirty cents per gallon "on each gallon of spirituous 
 liijuors manuf\ictured in this State," and of "one dollar 
 on every gallon of spirituous liquors sold in this State not 
 
140 State Convention. [i^I^'y* 
 
 the manufacture of this State," imposed by an ordinance 
 
 of this Convention, rntificd February 21st, 18G2, at the 
 
 time they, the said Sheriffs, collect the other taxes as 
 
 ti,««o»» required by law. The said Sheriffs shall have power and 
 
 . ..minUlct*il to .... , 1 !• Ml 
 
 .iMiiimiaod authonty to administer oaths to such distillers or sellers 
 as to the quantity distilled or sold by them, in all cases 
 where the same shall not have been regularly listed at the 
 time for listing taxables, and shall collect the tax on the 
 same, in all cases, whether the said distillers or sellers 
 may have listed the same at the time they listed their other 
 taxables or not. The Sheriffs of the several counties shall, 
 on paying into the Treasury the taxes of their respective 
 counties, render a separate account or schedule of the tax 
 collected from this source, to be set forth by the Comp- 
 troller in his annual official report. 
 I'un'ishniont f r 2. Be it furthcr ordaiiied, That any person who sliall 
 !^."arh"thc refuse or neglect to state, on oath, to the Sheriff as before 
 ijllil^r mode or providcd, thc quantity of spirituous liquors manufactured 
 or sold, as the case may be, and to pay the tax on the 
 same, as imposed by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
 and in addition to the liability to pay double taxes, such 
 l)erson shall be indicted in the County or Superior Courts, 
 and on conviction, shall be fined at the discretion of thc 
 court ; and it is hereby made the duty of the grand juries 
 to present all such delinquents, and it is also made the 
 duty of the Sheriffs of the several counties of this State 
 to report to the County or State Solicitor for their counties, 
 the names of all persons that may fail or refuse to render 
 a statement, under oath, to thc Sheriff, of the quantity of 
 spirituous liquors manufactured or sold bytliem ; and this 
 ordinance shall be given in charge to the grand juries of 
 thc courts of the several counties of this State ; and any 
 Sheriff of any county in this State who shall fail or refuse 
 to discharge the duty imposed on him by this ordinance, 
 shall be indictable as for a misdemeanor, and, on convic- 
 tion, fined at the discretion of the court, [liatijied the 
 2nd daif of May, 18G2.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. 141 
 
 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE ELECTION [No. 6.] 
 OF GOVERNOR. 
 
 Whereas, By the construction whicli, in practice, has I'nambic. 
 been given to the Constitution of the State, the Speaker 
 of the Senate, in case of a vacancy in tlie office of Gov- 
 ernor, shall exercise the powers of Governor by virtue of 
 his office as Speaker, and without vacating the same, which 
 said office of Speaker must cease and determine Avith that 
 of the incumbent as a Senator, upon the election of his 
 successor in the next succeeding Senate, and the same 
 construction would apply to the succession of the Speaker 
 of the House of Commons to,the exercise of the powers of 
 Governor ; and whciras, according to this construction, 
 a vacancy will take place in the office of Governor from 
 and^after^the day of the next election on the first Thurs- 
 day in August next, until the first day of January, A. D., 
 1863, against which it is the duty of this Convention to 
 provide ; therefore, 
 
 1. Be it ordained hy the Delegates of the peojde of North Governor oioot 
 Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained »■■''<•* '>'■" "est 
 by the authority of the same, That the person who shall aayinscpum- 
 be elected Governor of this State at the next regular elec- 
 tion on the first Thursday in August next, as now provided 
 
 for by law, shall also fill the office and discharge the duties 
 of Governor of this State from the second Monday of 
 September until his successor shall be qualified. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That the proper returning Dutic? of 
 officers of every county, shall, as soon as the result of the offlwrT*^ 
 election is known in his county, transmit to the Secretary 
 
 of State a statement of the votes taken in his county for 
 Governor, which statement shall be made up from the poll 
 books of his county, as is now prescribed by law. 
 
 3. Be it furtlier ordained, That the Secretary of State, vote to ho 
 the Treasurer and Comptroller, shall, on the fourth Thurs- 4iii Tbur^iay 
 day in August next, in the presence of the Governor, pro- '° "^"* ' 
 cced to examine said returns, and ascertain and declare 
 
 what person shall have received the greatest number of 
 
142 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [May,^ 
 
 fJt.T'Tnor fleet 
 t/i |.-ik<>lh«M'Hth 
 iif offlip nn the 
 .M MoiKlay in 
 Scftcuiljcr. 
 
 r.f.T rUrk to 
 •-••nliiiii'' in 
 ofilci- (ill liiH 
 ■iuco'.Hr'or i.< 
 •(ualitiuU. 
 
 votes, whereupon the Governor sliall issue his prodamation, 
 (leclarin;i; such person duly elected Governor of this State 
 (Vom the second Monday of September, A. D., 1862, until 
 his successor shall be qualified. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained, That ihe person so declared 
 and proclaimed Governor as aforesaid, shall, on the second 
 Monday of September, A. D., 1802, appear before some 
 Judge of the Supreme Court, or some one of the Judges 
 of the Superior Courts of Law, and take and subscribe the 
 oath now prescribed by law for qualification of Governoi 
 of this State, and shall immediately enter upon the di 
 charge of the duties of his office, Avhich oath, so taken and 
 subscribed, shall be filed in the , office of Secretary of 
 State. 
 
 5. Be it further ordained, That His Excellency, Ilenr- 
 T. Clark, shall continue to hold the office and dischar^ 
 the duties of Governor of this State from the first Thurs- 
 day in August until the second Monday in September next, 
 or until his successors shall be (qualified, as fully and to all 
 intents and purposes, as he has heretofore done, and shall 
 leceivc the usual salary, in proportion to his extended term 
 of service. \_Ratified the %id day of 3Iay^ 1862.] 
 
 [No. 
 
 7 ] RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMPT 
 COLLECTION OF THE TAX IMPOSED ON THE 
 MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ARDENT 
 SPIRITS. 
 
 rnmptrr.llpr tc. 
 Iiarx I'rintJ'd 
 .KK) rni.i.s III 
 
 MrilinniKf. nnd 
 to fnrwNril U> 
 
 Resolved, That the Comptroller l)e authorized and di- 
 rpcted to have immediately printed three hundred copies 
 of tliQ ordinance passed this day, entitled "An Ordinance 
 l'» provide for the collecting of the tax on spirituous liquors 
 manufactured or s(dd in this State, imposed by an ordinance 
 of the Convention, ratified on the twenty-first day of Feb- 
 ruary, 1862," and forward a copy to the Sheriff, County 
 Court Clerk, the Chairman of the County Court and the 
 County Solicitor, for each and every county in the State. 
 lUatified the 2nd day of May, 1862.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. 143 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO PAY THE REV. MORRIS H. [No. 8.] 
 VAUGHAN FOR CERTAIN SERVICES. 
 
 Be it ordained hy tlie Delegates of the people of North, Pays$ioo. 
 Carolina, in Oonvention assembled, and it is lierehy ordained 
 hy the authority of the same, That the Public Treasurer 
 pay the Rev. Morris II. Vaughan one hundred dollars for 
 services as Chaplain at Roanoke Station from the 2.5th of 
 June to the 25th of August, 1861, and that the same be 
 allowed the Treasurer in the settlement of his accounts. 
 lliatified the 5th day of May, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE AMENDATORY OF AN ORDI- [No. 9.J 
 NANCE TO RAISE NORTH CAROLINA'S QUOTA 
 OF CONFEDERATE TROOPS, PASSED AND 
 RATIFIED THE 19th OF FEBRUARY, A. D., 
 
 1862. 
 
 1. Be. it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North tiip iK.uutv to 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is Jtereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same. That under the 7th section of 
 "An Ordinance to raise North Carolina's quota of Con-' 
 federate Troops," the bounty to privates, musicians and 
 non-commissioned officers shall be paid as follows : To all 
 volunteers between eighteen and thirty-five years of age, 
 for three years or the war, including those accepted directly 
 by the Confederate Government, where North Carolina is 
 or may be credited for the same ; to all volunteers between 
 eighteen and thirty-five years of age for a less term, re-en- 
 listing or continuing in service for three years or the war, 
 including their former term, by virtue of the Conscription 
 Act of Congress ; and to all persons, substitutes excepted, 
 mustered into companies already organized, or organized 
 into companies preparatory to active service by virtue of 
 said Act of Congress : Provided, however. That the officers 
 of all volunteers directly to the Confederate Government, 
 claiming the said bounty, shall make such returns as the 
 Governor m.ay require. 
 
144 State Convention. [Mfiy> 
 
 vhr-n due and 2. Be U furthc)' ordained. That the bounty to those 
 now in service shall be due presently and be paid accord- 
 ing to seniority of regiment. 
 ■ oTcrnorU) 3. Be it further ordauicd^ That the Governor be, and 
 
 iintcerR ovr 30 he is hcrebv directed to discharge all volunteers over thir- 
 f rr«>d. ty-iive years of ago not yet transferred to the Contederate 
 
 Government, that may desire a discharge. 
 
 4. Be it further ordained^ That all volunteers for three 
 years or the war that have volunteered or may volunteer 
 before the seventeenth 6f this month, and shall continue in 
 service for the war, shall be entitled to the bounty of fifty 
 dollars as heretofore paid, nlthougli they may be over 
 thirty-five years of age. \_llatifii:d the Gth day of Ma//, 
 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 10.] AN ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE PROrERTY 
 OF DELINQUENT SOLDIERS FROM DOUBLE 
 TAXES. - 
 
 iTcMiiMc. AViiEREAS, At the time prescribed by law for listing 
 
 taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were 
 in the military service of their State and of the Confede- 
 rate States, and in consequence thereof failed to give in 
 their lists of taxable property ; therefore, 
 .^hcriiTi in- Be it ordained by the Belei/ates of the people of North 
 
 oi^y ih.- «i'ni-'i.; Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 \ 
 
 tax. 
 
 by the authority of the same, That the Slicriffs of the 
 respective counties in this State arc hereby instructed to 
 collect no more taxes from such delinquents than they would 
 have been liable for had they rontlered in tlieir lists of 
 taxables according to law. \_liatifu'd the 1th day of May, 
 18G2.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. 145 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC [No. 11.] 
 TREASURER TO PAY REV. F. V. HOSKINS 
 FOR SERVICES AS CHAPLAIN OF THE SEV- 
 ENTH REGIMENT OF NORTH CARQLINA VOL- 
 UNTEERS. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the jjeople of North r^ys $ioo- 
 Carolina, in Conventioti assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same, That the Treasurer pay the 
 Rev. F. \. Hoskins the sum of one hundred dollars for his 
 services as Chaplain to the Seventh Regiment of North 
 Carolina Volunteers, from the twenty- ninth of August, 
 1861, to the twenty-ninth of October, 1861, while prisoners 
 of war, and that he be allowed the same in the settlement 
 of his public account. \_Eafifed the 1th day of May, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO THE BOARD [No. 12.] 
 OF CLAIMS. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North To report to 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained wy 
 by the authority of the same, That after the adjournment 
 of this Convention, the Board of Claims, during their 
 continuance in office, may report the result of their action 
 on such claims as they allow to the General Assembly ; 
 and the General Assembly is hereby authorized to pass, 
 finally, upon such claims, and make provision for their 
 immediate payment. [^Ratified the 1th day of May, 1862.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ALAMANCE COUNTY. [No. 13.] 
 
 Resolved, That the Public Treasurer pay to the County raypjaseai. 
 of Alamance the sum of five hundred and thirty-six dol- 
 lars and thirty-one cents, allowed by the Board of Claims, 
 as reported by the said Board this day, by way of making 
 up the proper sum, which ought to have l)ccn allowed in 
 the report in February last. [Ratified the 7th day of 
 May, 1862.] 
 lU 
 
14«^ State ConveN'tion\ [May, 
 
 [No. 14.] AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN ORDINANCE, EN- 
 TITLED '' AN ORDINANCE TO SECURE TO CER- 
 TAIN OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS THE RIGHT 
 TO VOTE.' 
 
 K-tumins: 1. Be it Ordained by the Ikbiindii vj (he people of North 
 
 jod«)^ u. (Jarolina, in {Jonvention assemlded, and it is herebu ordained 
 
 iwelre the vote 7 • /. 7 mi i 
 
 offloijicrs by the authonti/ of the same, That the proper returning 
 officers of every county in this State shall include in their 
 returns the votes of officers and soldiers given in any 
 election in which they may be entitled to 'vote by law, if 
 received within twenty days after they are cast, and the 
 said returning officers shall not make up their returns and 
 declare the result of said elections until the expiration of 
 twenty days as aforesaid. 
 
 To tranotnit the 2. Br. it further ordahied, That the proper returning 
 ruorwiUiins officcr of cvcry couuty sliall, witliiu eight days after the 
 period fixed for comparing the returns, transmit to the seat 
 of government and deliver to the proper officcr a statement 
 of vot^s given in his county for Governor, which statement 
 shall be made in the manner and form now required by 
 law. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained. That the Govcihior be di- 
 rected to make known, by proclamation, the provisions of 
 the ordinance securing to officers and soldiers the right to 
 votf.. IRatified the Sth day of May. 1862.] 
 
 1 
 
 [No. ir,.] AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT 
 OF CERTAIN CLAIMS ALLOWED AND RE- 
 PORTED BY THE BOARD OF CLAIMS. 
 
 •Jf'""^ «»' />' il ordained bii the .Delei/alia of the ueonli' of North 
 
 Disburoemenu (Jarolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 by the authority of the same, That the Treasurer be, and he 
 is herol)y authorized to pay the following claims out of any 
 monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 
 shiili III' allowed the same in the settlement of his account : 
 
1862.] State Convention. 147 
 
 To Bladen county, six thousand eight hundred and sixty Boaj'i "f 
 doUars and twenty-three cents ; Disbursements. 
 
 To Mecklenburg county, six thousand one hundred and 
 seventy-seven dollars and three cents; 
 
 To Davidson county, four thousand one hundred and 
 eighty-nine dollars and thirty cents ; 
 
 To B. F. Biddlo, one hundred dollars; 
 
 To Ellis k Mitchell, sixty dollars and forty-two cents ; 
 
 To Samuel li. Bunting, seven dollars and twelve cents ; 
 
 To J. F. Post, L. 11. Bowen, W. T. J. Vann, G. L. 
 Dudley, J. L. Wooster, Thad. II. Nichols, Thos. E. Law- 
 rence, D. E. Bunting, Tiios. J. Southerland, Sara'l Shcpard, 
 W. P. Elliott, Tlionias C. Moore, D. K. F. Everitt, H. A: 
 Martindale, S. A. Story, J. A. Wright, James W. Lippitt, 
 John W. Zimmerman, and 11.' J. Howard thirty-seven dol- 
 lars and fifty-two and two-third cents each; 
 
 To Pitt county, seven thousand three hundred and sixty- 
 one dollars and sixty-seven cents; 
 
 To Gates county, five thousand six hundred and twenty- 
 one dollars and fifty-four cents; 
 
 To Rutherford county, four thousand three hundred and 
 seventy-one dollars and eighty-two cents ; 
 
 To Ashe county, one thousand one hundred and eighty- 
 one dollars and eighty cents ; 
 
 To Hyde county, one thousand nine hundred and sev- 
 enty-six dollars and fifty-nine cents ; 
 
 To Wilson county, three thousand six hundred and 
 eighty-nine dollars ; 
 
 To Caldwell county, one thousand tAvo hundred and one 
 dollars and forty-two cents ; 
 
 To J. II. Neflf, one hundred and sixty dollars and thirty- 
 eight cents ; 
 
 To Rockingham county, three thousand eight hundred 
 and fifty-one dollars and ninety-six cents ; 
 
 To W. U. (fc K. S. Tucker, one hundred and fifty-seven 
 dollars and fifty-two cents ; 
 
 To James Cassiday, eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Capt. J. W. Francis, one thousand one hundred and 
 sixty-two dollars and ninety-five cents ; 
 
148 State Convention. [M«''y, 
 
 Bow^ »f To J. R. Love, twcnty-foui- dollars ; 
 
 Clkbn*— •> J 
 
 Dtabardcmcnu. q^q B. D. Morrill, scven dollars ; 
 
 To J. S. Williams, seventy-eight dollars and sixty-six 
 cents ; 
 
 To J. P. Flannagan, (Iredell,) twelve dollars ; 
 
 To Columbus county, six thousand six hundred and 
 thirty-three dollars and fifty-one cents; 
 
 To Anson county, seven thousand seven hundred and 
 twenty-one dollars and eighty-two cents ; 
 
 To Franklin G. Pitt, two hundred and thirty-five dollars 
 and seventy cents ; 
 
 To Charles Green, fifty-seven dollars ; 
 
 To Stanly county, six hundred and twenty-five dollars 
 and twenty-nine cents ; 
 
 To B. M. Walker, one hundred and forty-five dollars ; 
 
 To J. M. Israel, two hundred and twenty-three dollars 
 and one cent ; 
 
 To W. II. Cunningham, one hundred and nine dollars 
 and eighty-five cents ; 
 
 To James Wilson, two hundred and eighty-two dollars 
 and forty-four cents ; 
 
 To John J. Long, Trustee for Virginia A. Johnson, sev- 
 enty-five dollars ; 
 
 To J. W. Bennett & J. W. McDanicl, Administrators of 
 W. T. Bennett, deceased, eighteen dollars and twenty 
 cents; 
 
 To Dr. E. S. Carter, forty-three dollars and twenty-four 
 cents ; 
 
 To Bertie county, six hundred and fifty-four dollars and 
 twenty-two cents ; 
 
 To Daughtry, Cox & Co., fourteen dollars and twenty- 
 eight cents ; 
 
 To Freer & Elliott, fourteen dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To W. R. Blanchard, eleven dollars and thirty-eight 
 cents ; 
 
 To Barrow & Co., thirteen dollars and ninety-three cents; 
 
 To J. II. Dalton, twenty dollars ; 
 
 To Dr. L. R. Sanders, three hundred and ninety dollars ; 
 
1862.] State Convention. 149 
 
 To John Cohoon, fifty.-nine dollars and nincty-tAVO cents ; Ronni or 
 
 To James Cassiday, Assignee, four hundred and twenty- Di"bur^monts. 
 five dollars ; 
 
 To A. S*. Crowson, twenty-seven dollars and twenty-five 
 cents ; 
 
 To E. Stanly, four dollars and fifty-one cents ; 
 
 To Jas. B. Gordon, sixteen dollars and fifty-seven cents; 
 
 To H. Iloer, two dollars and twenty-five cents ; 
 
 To John K. Currie, thirty-four dollars ; 
 
 To Dr. John W. Davis, one hundred and sixty-three 
 dollars and twenty-five cents ; 
 
 To D. Pender & Co., one hundred and one dollars and 
 forty-seven cents; 
 
 To McNair, Bro. & Co., one hundred and thirty-seven 
 dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To B. 11. Merriman, three hundred dollars and ninety- 
 nine cents ; 
 
 To W. F. & T. J. Strayhorn, twenty-nine dollars and 
 eighty-two cents; 
 
 To Dr. Joseph Commander, seventy-eight dollars ; 
 
 To Samuel C. Bryson, seven hundred and forty-five dol- 
 lars and twenty-three cents ; 
 
 To Worth & Daniel, thirty-seven dollars and sixty-four 
 cents ; 
 
 To R. T. Clark, sixty dollars ; and 
 
 To Montgomery county, two thousand nine hundred and 
 seventy-six dollars and eighty-nine cents. [Matified the 
 Sth dmj of May, 18G2.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE STOCK- [No. 16.] 
 HOLDERS OF THE MINERS' AND PLANTERS' 
 BANK, OF MURPHY, TO ESTABLISH AN 
 AGENCY OR BRANCH EAST OF THE BLUE 
 RIDGE. 
 
 1. Be it ordained hy the Delegates of the people of North Tobewtab- 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained "t^ckhnidow 
 
 may dc^i^ate. 
 
 hy the authority of the same, That the 8tockholdei;s of the 
 
150 State Convention. [May, 
 
 Miners' and Planters' Bank, at Murphy, shall have the 
 right to establish an Agency or Branch east of the Blue 
 Ridge at such place as said stockholders in general meet- 
 ing may agree upon. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That hereafter all the sub- 
 iju.i.iii- ^criptions to the capital stock of said bank shall be paid 
 
 in full within twelve months from the date of subscription. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall be 
 in force from and after its passage. [Ratijied the 9th day 
 of May, 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 17.] AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE COL- 
 LECTION OF TAXES, AND FOR OTHER PUR- 
 POSES. 
 
 A .n«,r.rit.v .1 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North 
 i . ;,.«*'^ ' Carqlina, in Convention anBemhled, and it is hereby ordained 
 ii'i"vu"bc hif the. authority of the same. That in all cases retiuiring a 
 , :iiv\.iiiif majority of the Justices of the Peace to <lischarge an}' 
 duty pertaining to their offices as members of the several 
 Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of this State, a 
 majority of those at the time remaining in the county, 
 shall be deemed and held to be a majority within the pur- 
 view of the ordinance of this Convention or of the acts ol 
 the General Assembly. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained, That in those counties which 
 have failed to make provision for the collection of revenue 
 according to tlie seventh section of an act passed at the 
 second extra section of the General Assembly of 18GO-'(3], 
 entitled ''An Act concerning Revenue," it shall be the 
 duty of the Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at their 
 next session, to proceed to execute said section. 
 ("u.rki.Hii<.wcd 3. Be it further ordained. That the Clerks of said coun- 
 in rrturn u'x tlcs shall bc allowcd until the twenty-fifth of August, 
 
 li"U to SlicrlllH . , 111 1 • 1 !• 1 i-(i •«Y. 
 
 eighteen Imndred and sixty-two, to deliver to the bheriffs 
 of said counties, copies of the tax lists so required by the 
 twentieth section of said Revenue Act. 
 
1862.] State Convention. 151 
 
 4. Be it further ordained. That this ordinance shall be 
 in force for thirty days only after the rise of the next 
 General Assembly. {^Ratified the Qth daij of Majf, 18G2.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE IN ADDITION TO AND AMEND- [No. 18.] 
 MENT OF AN ORDINANCE, ENTITLED ^'AN 
 ORDINANCE IN REGARD TO THE SUPPLY OF 
 SALT." 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the peo- Powers confor- 
 pie of North Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is suit commis- 
 
 J , sioiipr in regard 
 
 hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That said j" i-urcuasp or 
 
 •-' ■J •■ ' la ml for salt 
 
 Commissioner may agree with the owners of any land upon *'"'■''"• *''• 
 which he has or may hereafter erect salt works, for the 
 purchase or lease of oaid land, and also for the purchase of 
 the right of way to and from said works, and also of any 
 canals which may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining 
 wood to supply the State Salt Works ; and in case of dis- 
 agreement with the owner of such land, or if the owners 
 be feme coverts, non compos, under age or out of the State, 
 said Commissioner, upon giving five days notice to the owner 
 of said land, if he be a citizen of the State, may apply to 
 any Justice of the Peace for the county in wliicli the land 
 is situated, who shall thereupon issue \\\i warrant to the 
 Sheriff, or any other lawful officer of said county, to sum- 
 mon twelve freeholders to meet on the land to be valued on 
 a day to be expressed in such warrant, which shall be within 
 ten days from issuing thereof, ;ind the Slieriff or other offi- 
 cer, upon the receipt of any sucli warrant, shall summon 
 such freeholders accordingly, and when met, provided as 
 many as seven be present, he shall administer an oath tD 
 them that they will impartially estimate the value of such land 
 as may be rcfjuircd by said Commissioner for the use of 
 said works, and their proceedings shall be reduced to writ- 
 ing under their hands and seals, and returned by the officer 
 to the next Superior Court of law for the county in which 
 the land is located ; but if either the Commissioner or the 
 
152 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [May, 
 
 AwtlKirity^to 
 hon" fi>r S«lt 
 nnil I'-ilnblish 
 salt M'orkii. 
 
 Froe neproos 
 Ui bffiiiiiliiyod 
 
 UJK)I1 tlic Kilt 
 
 works. 
 
 Ppr*on8inakiD|; 
 mil expuipt 
 from military 
 duty. 
 
 owner of the land shall be dissatisfied with the assessment of 
 the freeholders, either party may appeal to the same term 
 of the court to which the return is directed to be made, and 
 have his appeal entered at that term ; but such appeal shall 
 in no way hinder or delay the operations of the Salt Com- 
 missioner, and whenever such value shall be ascertained, 
 it shall be paid by the Commissioner, out of the sum here- 
 tofore placed at his disposal, and the title to said lands 
 shall vest in the State during the continuance of the pres- 
 ent war. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it fm-ther ordained, That said Commissioner 
 is authorized to bore for salt and establish salt works 
 wherever in the State he may deem it advisable or expedi- 
 ent ; and if, upon examination and experiment, he shall be 
 satisfied that salt or salt water is found in sufiicient quan- 
 tities to make salt, he may contract with the owner of the 
 land, for the renting, leasing or purchasing of said land or 
 salt mines, and in case of disagreement, the toll, rent or 
 value of said land or mines shall be ascertained as pre- 
 scribed in the first section of this ordinance, and upon pay. 
 ment of such assessed rent or value, the title to said land 
 or mines shall vest in the State during the war. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That said Commissioner 
 is authorized to employ the free negroes of the State upon 
 the salt works, and to give them the rations and pay of 
 soldiers ; and in the event he shall not be able to obtain 
 such a number as may be needed for said works, the Go\ - 
 ernor is hereby required to impress into the service of the 
 State as many able bodied free negro men as may l)e 
 necessary for that purpose. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained^ Tlrat all persons who 
 are or may be employed in making salt, under contract 
 with the salt commissioner, shall be exempt from military 
 duty and militia service wliilo so employed. 
 
 Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance 
 shall take effect from its passage, and shall be subject to 
 alteration, juodification or repeal by the General Assembly. 
 [Ilatified the dth day of May, 1862.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. Lv 
 
 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE [No. 19.] 
 OF THE SALARIES OF THE TREASURE!?, 
 COMPTROLLER AND SECRETARY OF STATE 
 FOR THE YEAR 1862. 
 
 Section 1. Ba it ordained by the Delegates of the peo- Treasurer fo 
 
 7 /» TIT 7 /^ 7 • • y-y "^ ' hnvo $'2,50(1. 
 
 pie of JSorth tarolina in (Jonvcntion assembled, and it is comptroller 
 
 II 7-777 7. /.-. rr. $1,500. HUd 
 
 hei'eby ordained by the authority of the same. That for the t'ecreuryor 
 
 . , 17 1-1. State $1 .(XII). 
 
 year eighteen Imndred and sixt3'-two, tlie Treasurer of this 
 State shall receive as his salary', twenty-five Imndred dol- 
 lars, the Comptroller shall receive fifteen hundred dollars, 
 and the SocrolMvy of Stnto ^shnll rocoivo one tlionsand dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 2. Bf il Jartkcr ordained, That tliis ordinance Ordinance 
 
 expires Uii\ 
 
 shall expife and cease to be in force and operation on tlie •"'■ '""'^ 
 thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred 
 aiid sixty-tAvo. IRatified the 9th day of May, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO ENLARGE THE POLICE [No. 20.] 
 POWERS OF THE SEVERAL CORPORATE 
 TOWNS IN THIS STATE. 
 
 Section 1. JJ< it oidaincd by the Behgatea of the peo- Autii(.ri/,e> 
 pie of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is thm^ueM.""' 
 hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the reftnTiu or > 
 corporate authorities of the several cities and towns of this of 8pirituOTir ' 
 State, shall have power to regulate, restrain or prohibit 
 within their corporate limits, or within one mile thereof, 
 the sale of spirituous li(iuors : Provided, nevertheless, That 
 where any tax shall have been paid for an annual license, 
 it .shall be the duty of the Commissioners to make a ^>ro 
 rata compensation for such time as such license shall be 
 suspended. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That for the violation cc.mmi.rioneri. 
 of any by-law, or rule made by said Commissioners in pur- r<'uaitic» for 
 
 •^ ^ , . ,. , *^ .. , . TloUtinp their 
 
 suance of this ordinance, they may prescribe penalties not iswiionthe 
 
 f'XCeefliu'^ OlIO hl'Min-iil ilnllilv- fm- rvu-l* iiflTcticc. <r> be 
 
 20 
 
154 State Coxventiok. [May, 
 
 recovered before the Mayor, Intendant^ or Magistrate of 
 Police, without any stay of process, mesne or final, and 
 when judgment shall be given for any such penalty, the 
 party convicted may, unless the penalty and costs be paid, 
 be immediately committed to jail for the space of thirty 
 da^'s, or until payment thereof shall be made, or else the 
 Mayor, Intcndant, or Magistrate of Police may issue exe- 
 cution therefor: Provided, That any party dissatisfied 
 with such judgment shall be allowed an appeal to the next 
 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for tlie county, upon 
 entering into recognizance with sufficient security for his 
 appearance to said court, and also for the penalty ami 
 costs. 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That this or<iinance may 
 be altered, modified or repealed by the General Assembly. 
 [Ratified the Of// da.i/ of May. 18(V2.] 
 
 [No. 21.] AN ORDINANCE TO INCUKPURATE THE SAPONA 
 
 IRON COMPANY. 
 
 poworp i.t Section 1. Be it ordained hy the Delegates of the people 
 
 ompa >. of North Carolina, in Convention asftrmhlrd, and it is hereby 
 ordained by the authority of the mnie. That John C. Wash- 
 ington, James E. Hoyt, George Washington and William 
 Mnrdock, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and 
 they arc hereby created and constituted a body politic and 
 corporate, by the iiamc and style of " The Sapona Iron 
 Company," and as such, shall have perpetual succession, 
 and may have and use a common seal, and change the same 
 Ml pleasure ; may sue and be sued, plead and be iraj)leaded 
 in any Court of Law and Equit}' ; sliall have power to 
 make all such by-laws and regulations (not inconsistent with 
 the existing laws and Constitution of this State,) as may 
 be deemed necessary for the govennnent of said company, 
 which shall be binding thereon, and shall have, exercise 
 and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a body corporate 
 necessary or re(juisite to carry oti the business of exploring 
 
1862.] State Convention. 155 
 
 and mining uoals, iron ores, and other niinerais, and smelt- 
 ing, manufacturing, transporting and vending the same; 
 and shall also have power to purchase, lease, hold, convey 
 and dispose of any estate, real and personal : Prwided, 
 That said corporation shall, at no one time, hold more than 
 twenty thousand acres of land. Said company sliall have, 
 also, the right, power and authority, to huild and construct 
 roads and ways, whether ti-am, plank or turnpike, and to 
 charge the same as to them may seem advisable, for the 
 transportation to, from, or between their mines and furnaces 
 of iron, coal, coke, ores, minerals and materials, and also to 
 construct such canal or canals and drains as may be required 
 or needful for the supply of water to their furnaces, the 
 transportations of coal, ores, and materials as aforesaid, 
 and the drainage of their mines : and that any or all of 
 such roads, canals and drains shall be opened to the use of 
 the public upon the payment of such reasonable tolls and 
 compensation, and subject to such rules and regulations as 
 said corporation may, by their b3^-laws, establish. 
 "^ »3ec. 2. Be it futi/ier ordained, That when any lands or Authority t>. 
 
 , , « 1 • 1 1 • 1 n «"i7,o and con- 
 
 nghts 01 way may be requn-ed by said company for con- demn iHndn or 
 structing said road, canals or drains, and for the want of 
 agreement as to the value thereof or for any other cause, the 
 same cannot be purchased of the owi\er or owners, the same 
 may be taken and the value thereof ascertained, as follows, 
 viz : On application by the company to any Justice of the 
 Peace, for the county where said land or right of way may 
 ^be situate, it shall be his duty to issue his warrant to the 
 Sheriff of said county to summon a jury of at least five 
 freeholders, to meet on the land, on a day expressed in 
 such warrant, not less than five nor more than twenty days 
 thereafter, and the Sheriff, on the receipt of said warrant, 
 shall summon the jury, and when met, shall administer an 
 oath or affirmation to them, if three or more appear, that 
 they will impartially value the land in (j(uestion, or right of 
 way. The proceedings of such jurors accompanied by a 
 description of the land or right of way, shall be returned 
 under tlieir haiids and seals, or a majority of them, by the 
 
15t> 
 
 State Convention. 
 
 [May, 
 
 CHiiiUil htix'k 
 nol to I'xoeed" 
 
 $1.000,fXK.I. 
 
 AITniriof ibo 
 CumpkDy to U* 
 niBuaKt>(l by « 
 lUiuj'l of W 
 rcftorf. Ac 
 
 Sln.-riiJ 10 me Clerk of tlie Oomuy LOun, tiK-rc lu leiiiaiu 
 as a matter of record, and on the payment of said valua- 
 tion, the lands or right of way so valued shall vest in said 
 company so U)ng as the same shall be used for the purpose 
 of said road, canal or drain: Provuh'd, That the location 
 of said road, canal or drain, shall not interfere with any 
 grave-yard, or with any hou.se, houselot or garden, without 
 the consent of the owners thereof: Provuh'd, fart her, That 
 no more land shall be condemned for the purposes aforesaid, 
 than twenty feet in width on either side from the centre of 
 said road, canal or drain: And, provided f« filter, That if 
 any person or persons over whose land said roads, canals 
 or drains may pass, or said company shall be dissatisfied 
 with the valuation of said jurors, either party may have an 
 appeal to the Superior Court of the county in which tlic land 
 lies ; but such appeal shall not delay or interru])! tlie use 
 or enjoyment of said right of way by said company. 
 
 Sec. 3, Be it further ordained, That the capital stock 
 of said company may be divided into such number of shares 
 and of such amount for each share as the stockluolders 
 thereof, may, in general meeting, direct: Provided, That 
 the capital stock of said company shall not exceed one 
 million of dollars ; that said shares sliall be personal pro- 
 perty, and certificates thereof may be issued and the same 
 may be made transferable and assignable, and liable to 
 assessment, forfeiture and sale by the Board of Directors 
 in such manner as the })y-laws of sai<l corporation may 
 ju'escribe. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it farther ordained; That the affairs of said 
 company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, all of 
 whom shall be stockholders of said company, and citizens 
 of the Confederate States. Said Board of Directors shall 
 be composed of such number and shall be elected by the 
 stockholders in such manner as the by-hnvs shall direct, 
 and who shall choose one of their number to be President of 
 the Board, and of the Company : three of said Board shall 
 constitute a quorum to transact business, of whom the 
 President or one appointed by him to fill his place, shall 
 
1862.] State Convention. 157 
 
 always be one ; they shall have power to fill vacancies 
 which may happen in their body, and until the first election 
 of directors by the stockholders the said John C. Wash- 
 ington, James E. Hoyt, George Wasliington ^nd "William 
 Murdock shall constitute the Board of Directors of said 
 company, with full power and authority to exercise all the 
 corporate powers thereof. 
 
 Sec, 5. Be it furthr ordained. That general meetings Geueraimwt- 
 of the stockholders may be called and held as the by-laws holde'r*!^'' 
 may prescribe ; that to constitute a meeting there must be 
 present, in person or by proxy, (the proxy being a stock- 
 holder) a number holding a majority of the stock, each 
 share of which shall entitle the holder to one vote, and every 
 act shall reijuire the sanction of a majority of the votes 
 present. 
 
 Sec. 6. Be it further urdained, That tliis ordinance shall 
 take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and 
 shall continue in force for the period of ninety-nine years. 
 [Ratified the Wi day of May, 1862.] 
 
 RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING [N... 22.] 
 OF THE JOURNALS OF THE CONVENTION. 
 
 Resolved, That when this Convention shall be dissolved, suo lopiea to bo 
 that the Principal Secretary have printed five hundred ^ °'**'' 
 copies of its Journal ; two copies to be furnished to ev^ry 
 former and present member of the Convention ; two to each 
 of the Secretaries of the Convention ; two to the Library 
 of the University ; one to each County and Superior Court 
 Clerk's office in the State; and one-half of the residue to 
 be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State ; and 
 the other half in the public Library of the State ; and that 
 the Secretary be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars 
 for transcribing the Journal. [" Hat Hied the 9th dau of 3fnif. 
 
15« State Convention. [Ma\ 
 
 [No. 23.] AxN ORDINANCE IN ilELATION TO ELECTOKiS 
 
 OF THE SENATE. 
 
 Carolina., in Convention asscmbleJy and it is hcrehy ordain< 
 hy the authority of the samey That every free white man. 
 of the age of twenty-oue years, being a native or natural- 
 ized citizen of the Confodcrate State.'*, who has been an 
 inhabitant of the State for twelve months, and of the di.-- 
 trict in which he propo.ses to vote six months next before 
 the day of any election, and shall have paid public taxes, 
 shall be entitled to vote for a member of the Senate for 
 the district in whiob he resides. \1\ati.fied the 10th day <■' 
 Mail. 1.S62.] 
 
 [No. 24.J A.\ ORDINANCE iFOR THE RELIEF OF SUCH 
 PERSONS AS MAY SUFFER FROM THE DE'- 
 STRUCTION OF THE RECORDS OF HERTFORD 
 COUNTY, OCCASIONED BY THE BURNING OF 
 THE COURT HOUSE y\ND CLERK'S (»FFrCES 
 OF SAID COUNTY. 
 
 rriJimbir Whehlas, iu the luoiith of March last, the Court Houac 
 
 nf Hertford county was burned by the public enemy, and 
 with the Court House was destroyed the Clerk's offices of 
 <aid county, whereby the former records of wills, deeds, 
 and other instruments of writing were destroyed, and the 
 title of the citizens of said county to their property, if not 
 cTitirely lost, are in a loose and confused condition ; and 
 ivherca«, the county of Hertford met with a like misfor- 
 tune in March, 1830, by having its Court House and records 
 burnt by some evil disposed person ; an<l, whereas, the evil 
 was then remedied, as far as practicable, by the passing an 
 act by the General Assembly at its session of 18o0-'31, 
 entitled ''an act for the relief of such persons as may 
 suffer from the destruction of the records of Hertforfl 
 county occasioned by the burning of the Court House and 
 
1862.] State Convention. 259 
 
 Clerk's offices of said county,' chapter LXVIII, and the 
 further passage of another act of the General JV-saembly, 
 at its session of 1831-'32, entitled " an act in addition to 
 an act passed at the last session of the General Assembly 
 of this State, in relation to the burning of tlH records of 
 ilie county of Hertford,*' chapter XCVI; and, whereaa, 
 the like calamity has happened to the county of Hertford 
 again by the burning of the Court House nnd the public 
 records of the county by the public enemy : therefore, 
 
 Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Previous acts or 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled^ and it. is hereby ordained w^tTapptri" 
 by the authority of the same, That the same and identical ' "" ''"'^' 
 provisions of the before recited acta of the General Assem- 
 bly of the session of 1830-'31, chapter LXVIII : and of 
 the session of 1831'-32, chapter XCVI be, and the same 
 are hereby revived and re-enacted, and made applicable to 
 the present wants, necessities and condition of the county 
 of Hertford, to all intents and purposes, and with the same 
 force and effect as if the two before recited acts of. the 
 General Assembly were herein specially set forth with all 
 and every of their parts nnd provisions. [^Ratififd the \Oth 
 day of May, 1862.] 
 
 RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF ROBERT TOWLES. [-Xn.- 2.5.] 
 
 Resolved, That Robert^ Towles be allowed twenty dollars p,,., ^..^n 
 for his attendance on this Convention during the present 
 session of this Convention, and that the Public Treasurer 
 bo directed to pay tln^ •^anic \^1iafiiifid iJir 10th day of 
 May, 1S62.'] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO LEGALIZE THE LAYING OF r^^ 26.] 
 TAXES IN UNION COUNTY. 
 
 Be it ordained by thf Delegates of the people of North acuob of joh- 
 ( 'arolina in Convention assembled, and it ?j» hereby ardmned ,p?„V' "^ 
 by the authority of the namr^ Thnt the act of the .TiiHtioe- 
 
100 State Convention. [Hay, 
 
 jii 
 
 l)ly n-i". 
 
 of the Peace of Union county, laying a tax for the yes 
 eighteen hundred and sixty-two, though done hy less than 
 a majority, he, and the same is herehy dechired to he legal. 
 [Ratified the 10th dai/ of May, 18G2.] 
 
 [No. 27.] AN ORDINANCE TO ENABLE THE WESTERN 
 RAILROAD COMPANY To COMPLETE THEIR 
 ROAD. 
 
 I -'t- Section 1. Be it ordained bj the JJelei/atc.s of the pe<' 
 ■ "•- pie of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it <> 
 herehy ordained by the authority of the same, That tliat 
 part of section fifth of an aet of the Legislature of North 
 Carolina, ratified February 16th, eighteen hundred and 
 sixty-one, entitled " an act to enable the Western Railroad 
 Company to extend their road from the Coalfields to the 
 North Carolina Railroad," Avliich requires the President of 
 said road to certify to the (Governor that the Company has 
 purchased the iron rails, chairs and spikes, and will, forth- 
 with, proceed to lay down and complete each section of ten 
 miles l)efore said company is entitled to receive the sum of 
 one hundred thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby 
 repealed. 
 Extenaioii.t Sec. 2. Bc it further ordained, Thai the lein created 
 
 by the said act, shall extend to and cover both the eastern 
 and Avestern divisions of said road, and all the other pro- 
 perty of said corporation. [Ratified the l^th day of 3Ia//, 
 18(32.] 
 
 [No. 28.] AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL THE NINTH SEC- 
 TION OF THE CHARTER OF THE CHERAAV 
 AND COALFIELDS RAILROAD, AS AMENDED 
 BY THE LEGISLATURE OF 18G0-'61. 
 
 Repcmiitoib Bc it ordaiued by the JJeleyates of the people of North 
 
 chCT»w and Carolina, in Convention ansembled, and it is herehy ordained 
 
 CoulIii'klH 17 7./., rni • • i- 
 
 luiinwti by the authority of the same. That section nine oi an act 
 
1862.] State Convention. IGl 
 
 passed in 1861 to revive and continue in force an act to 
 incorporate the Chcraw and Coalfields Railroad Company, 
 passed at the session of 1856-7, chapter sixty -six, be, and 
 the same is hereby repealed : Provided, That the said 
 Cheraw and Coalfields Railroad Company shTll do as much 
 work and expend as much money in the construction of 
 their road north of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther- 
 for.d Railroad as they do south at the same time ; and said 
 road shall not cross, tap or connect with the said Wilming- 
 ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad further west than 
 welve miles from the town of Rockingham, and shall, in * 
 
 five years after the close of the present war, complete the ^ 
 
 road to the Coalfields in Chatham county, or its charter 
 qhall thereupon cease and determine. [Batified the 10th 
 day of May, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE PUBLIC [No. 29.] 
 TREASURER TO REDEEM MUTILATED TREAS- 
 URY NOTES. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Deleqates of the people of i^or^A To micem them 
 Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained "»■".'' J''"""" 
 
 . jiiition 
 
 by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty 
 of the Public Treasurer, on application by the holders of 
 mutilated Treasury notes, to redeem the same with other 
 notes of like denominations ; and that he be required to 
 keep a record of all notes thus redeemed, in a separate 
 book for this purpose, and make a report of the same to 
 the General Assembly. \_Ratified the 12th day of May, 
 1862.] 
 
 RESOLUTION FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE [No. 30.] 
 ORDINANCES OF THE PRESENT SESSION OF 
 THE CONVENTION. 
 
 Resolved, That the Secretary of State cause the Ordi- to w pubn»h«i 
 
 ' •' _ in three Bi'wo- 
 
 iiaiuH'S and Resolutions, pasHcd and ratified at th<! prcHcnt p"i*" 
 ' 21 
 
\{V2 State Convention. [May. 
 
 session of this Convention, to be published in three news- 
 papers printed in the city of Raleigh. \_Ratified the l'2th 
 day of May, 1862.] 
 
 |>i-l.iir—iii(iil- 
 
 [No. 31.] AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT 
 OF CERTAIN CLAIMS' ALLOWED 13Y THE 
 BOARD OF CLAIMS. 
 
 iioHr.j of Be it ordained hy the Delet/ates of the j>(iople of North 
 
 Carolina, in Convention asaenihled, and it ix hereby ordained 
 hy the authority of the same, That tlie Public Treasurer 
 pay to R. D. Williams, of New Hanover, nine hundred 
 tind sixt3'-eiglit dollars; 
 
 To John N. Whitford, of Craven, seven hundred ;tnd 
 thirteen dollars and fifty cents : 
 
 To Dr. C. Winslow, of Perquinions. one hundred lurt v- 
 seven dollars and fifty cents ; 
 
 To Henderson coimty, two thousand two hundred and 
 seventy dollars and seventy-five cents ; 
 
 To Kahmveiler &. Bro.. of J\TeoklenbuvL^ three liundred 
 and twenty -six dollars ; 
 
 To Jacob LudAvick, of Ciiharr;is, fourteen d(dl:irs :ind 
 twenty cents ; 
 
 To Haywood county, six hundred and twenty dollars; 
 
 To Iredell county, fifty dollars ; 
 
 To Alleghany county, one thousand thi-ee lunuh-ed and 
 seventy-eight dollars ; 
 
 To D. C. Murray, thirteen dollais and sixty-nine cents; 
 and that he be allowed the same in the settlenient^of his 
 |iid»lic accounts. [Ratified the Vlth day of May, 18G2.] 
 
 No. ^2.] AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AN ORDINANCE 
 PASSED AT THE PRESENT SESSION OF THIS 
 CONVENTION, ENTITLED -AN ORDINANCE 
 AMENDATORY OF AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE 
 Noirril OAHOLiNAS (,H OTA OF CONFEDEP 
 
i862,J State Convention. 163 
 
 ATE TROOPS, PASSED AND RATIFIED THE 
 NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. D., 1862,' 
 AND TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS AS TO 
 BOUNTY TO CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS. 
 
 ordinanci-. Ac. 
 
 Section 1. Be It urdained hijjhe Ueletiatcst of t/w peo- ai.uui- 
 ple of North Carolina, in Gunvention assembled, and it is ""* 
 hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That an ordi- 
 nance, entitled "An Ordinance amendatory of an ordi- 
 nance to raise Nortli Carolinn's (^uota of Confederate 
 Troops," passed at tlic present session of tliis Convention 
 be, and the same is hereby abrogated and annulled. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That a bounty of fifty DuMiination ot 
 dollars, deducting the bounty already paid and received, whom bouuty 
 shall be paid by the State to all privates, musicians and v'^id^^'" " 
 non-commissioned officers, as follows: To all volunteers 
 between eighteen and thirty-five years of age for three 
 years or the war, including those accepted directly by the 
 Confederate Government, where North Carolina is or may 
 be credited for the same : to all volunteers between eight- 
 een and thirty-five years of age foi- a less term, re-enlist- 
 ing or continuing in service by virtue of the Conscription 
 Act of the Confederate Congress for three years or the 
 war, including their former service ; to all persons, sub- 
 stitutes excepted, mustered into companies already organ- 
 ized, or which may be organized into companips prepara- 
 tory to active service by virtue of the provisions of the 
 said act of Congress ; to all volunteers over thirty-fivi- 
 years of age Avho may decline to be discharged under tlu- 
 provisions of said act of Congress and be retained in the 
 public service ; to all volunteer^ under eighteen years of 
 age for three years or the Avar who shall elect and be 
 bound to remain in service ; to all persons who have volun- 
 teered since the nineteenth day of Februrary, eighteen 
 hundred and sixty-two. 
 
 Sec. o. Be it further ordained, That the commanding voiunuir.. to 
 
 Pf, ,. • 1 i, !• • i 1 • the Conf<Mlpriit' 
 
 oiticers or companies, battahons, regiments or legions, sutesdim-i. 
 volunteering directly to the Confederate Government, 
 
1(;4 State Convention. [May, 
 
 claiming bounty, sliall make out such muster rolls and 
 returns as the Governor may require. [Ratified the 12th 
 day of May, 1862.] 
 
 [No., 33.] RESOLUTION IN FAVOR OF THE DOORKEEPlGRS. 
 
 pmv- *si . Resolved, That the Public Treasurer be directed to pay 
 
 to John C. Moore and Drewry Kiug, Doorkeepers of the 
 Convention, the sum .of fifty-one dollars for discharging 
 the duties of Wm. R. Lovell, Principal Doorkeeper, during 
 his absence of seventeen days, and that the Treasurer be 
 directed to pay the further sum of ten dollars each to 
 Messrs. Moore and King, and also W. R. Lovell, as extra 
 allowance for services as Doorkeepers during the present 
 scBsion. [Ratified the 12th day of May, 1862.] 
 
 [No. 34.] AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT MEMBERS OF 
 THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FROM PERFORM- 
 INNG MILITARY DUTY. 
 
 To pny inio m> 1. Be it ordaiiied by the Delegates of the people of North > 
 "?toCKUt in Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained 
 
 in the mnnn 
 fncturc of sal 
 or act as nurl^t•^■ 
 
 fncturc of salt by the authbrifij of the same. That members of good stand- 
 ing in the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, 
 who shall produce a regular certificate of membership, shall 
 be exempt from performing militia duty and military ser- 
 vice : Provided, That as an e(]uivalent for such exemption 
 from military service, when called for by the proper 
 authorities, tliey shall pay the sum of one hundred dollars, 
 to be collected by the Sheriffs of the several counties, as 
 other State taxes are collected, to be paid into the State 
 Ti'easury for the general purposes thereof, and in case they 
 be unable to pay the same, the Governor shall have power 
 to detail them to assist in tlic manufacture of salt, or to 
 attend in the ho.spitals of the State. [Ratified the 12th 
 day of May, 1862.] 
 
1862.] State Convention. 165 
 
 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE COLLEC- [No. 3r,.] 
 TION OF TAXES .IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. 
 
 1. Be it ordained, iSrc. That the Sheriifs of such coun- Puti^orsiM-r- 
 ties as are or shall be invaded or taken possession of by i" pofw.-^-'"" «'f 
 
 . the enemy. 
 
 the enemy, shall severally, at the time prescribed by law, 
 settle their accounts with the Comptroller, so far as they 
 shall have received or collected the State taxes, and the 
 residue of the taxes for which they are chargeable they 
 shall account for and pay into the Treasury at sucli,timc 
 as shall be prescribed by the next General Assembly. 
 
 2. Be it further ordained. That it shall not be the duty TheTrMPimi 
 of the Treasurer, as is now provided by law, to move for fo" 8i"mniary 
 summary judgment against such of the aforesaid Sheriifs 
 
 as shall not have been able to collect and pay over the full 
 amount of taxes with which they are severally chargeable. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained, That the penalties prescribed Penalties oi 
 
 IlcTcnuo Act. 
 
 in the act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act nottobe 
 
 enforced. 
 
 entitled Revenue," ratified the 23d day of September, A. 
 D., 1861, for the failure to list taxable property, shall not 
 apply to persons living in such counties as have been 
 invaded and taken possession of by the enemy. {^Ratified 
 
 tlw 12/7; ,% of May, 1862. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW CERTAIN PERSONS [No. 36] 
 TO VOTE FOR GOVERNOR IN ANY OTHER 
 THAN THE COUNTIES IN WHICH THEY 
 RESIDE. 
 
 ♦ 
 Section 1. Be it ordained ly the Delegates of the peo- cuiKcn»to rot.. 
 
 vie of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is nny '*>""'>■ >o 
 
 i ' ' ' the Stale. 
 
 hereby ordained by the authority of the same. That any 
 citizen of this State who shall be entitled to vote for Gov- 
 ernor in the county wherein he is domiciled, shall be enti- 
 tled to vote for Governor in any county in this State. 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That it shall or may be 8hcriff« to rom- 
 lawful for the Sheriffs of the counties in this State, in the 
 
li;«i State Convention. [Way, 
 
 posscsi^ion of or under the control of the cneiuy, to coui- 
 jiare the polls of their respective counties for Governor and 
 iiicnihcrs of the Legislature at any place in iliis State thcv 
 may think proper, 
 nrdin.iiwin Sec. 3. Bc it fiu'tho' orduiued. That this ordinance shall 
 
 f..n.-.lurintJth.- • • r r i i • , 
 
 '•■■'■ lie and continue in lorce lor and during tiie present >var. 
 
 ;ind no longer, unless sooner repealed or modified by the 
 General Assembly. [ Ratified the 1 2tli day of 3Iai/, 1862.] 
 
 [No. 37.] IIESOLUTION TO TIUNT THE UKDLNANCES ANP 
 RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONVENTION. ^ 
 
 .1.HJ ,•..,. uvK u, u> Jiesolvc.d, That five hundred copies of the Ordinanci- 
 and Resolutions of the Convention be printed and distribu- 
 ted in the same manner as the Journals thereof. \^Ratified 
 th,' mil da}/ of Mail, 1802.] 
 
 [No. 38.] AN ORDINANCE TO CHARTER THE FLORENCE 
 AND FAYETTEVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. 
 
 Autboiizcu Section 1. Be it ordained b// the JJeleyates of the peo- 
 
 %\,wi,(m. pie of North Carolina, in Convention ansembled, and it is 
 lu'vebij ordained Inj the anihoritij of the savw. That for the 
 purpose of establishing a communication by railroad, be- 
 tween Fayetteville, N. C, and Florence, S. C, the forma- 
 tion of a corporate company with a capital of one milli(»n 
 five hundred thousand dollars, to be called the Fayetteville 
 and Florence Railroad Company, [is hereby authorized] 
 and when formed in compliance with the conditions herein- 
 after prescribed, to have a. eorporate existence as a body 
 politic. 
 The rouu-. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, Tliat the said company 
 
 be, and the same is hereby authorized to construct a rail- 
 road from Fayetteville, N. C, to Florence, S. C, uj)on 
 such route as may be determined upon by said eompaily 
 after the same shall have been formed. t 
 
1862.] State Convention. IGT 
 
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained^ That for the purpose of Torai.^cthe 
 raising the capital stock of said company, it shall be lawful 
 to open books in the town of Fayetteville, under the direc- 
 tion of the following commissioners, to-wit : A\igustus W. 
 Steele, David A. Ray, A. A. McKcthan, William McL. 
 McCoy and J. M. Rose, and at such other })laces, and under 
 the direction of sucli other persons as a majority of the 
 above named commissioners may deem proper, for the pur- 
 pose of receiving sul)scriptions to an amount not exceeding 
 one million live hundred thousand dnll;irs. in ^Iimvps of (inc 
 hundred dollars each. 
 
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That the commissioners Ronusioim 
 
 1 iini 1 11 /> 1 o)H'iieil after 20 
 
 above named, and all others who may be liereaitcr author- days notu-p, ana 
 ized as aforesaid, to open books for siibscription, shall open (■i><\»y>'. 
 the same at any time after the ratification of this ordinance, 
 first giving twenty days notice thereof of the time and place, 
 in one or more of the newspapers in the town of Fayette- 
 ville, and the said books, when opened, shall be kept open 
 for the space of sixty days, at least, and the said first 
 named commissioners shall have power to call on and 
 require all persons authorized to receive subscriptions of 
 stock, from time to time, as a majority of them may see 
 proper, to make returns of tho subscriptions of stock, l)y 
 them respectively received. 
 
 Sec. 5. Beit further ordained. That whenever the sum PnviJojrnsofthr 
 of one hundred thousand dollars shall be subscribed by $100,00.1 .th 
 solvent men, in manner and form aforesaid, the subscribers, 
 their execittors, admiuistors, or assigns, shall be, and are 
 hereby declared incorporated into a company by the name 
 and style of the Florence Railroad Company, and by that 
 name shall be capable in law and equity, of purchasing, 
 holding, selling, leasing, and conveying estates, both real 
 and personal, and of ac<iniring the same by gift or devise, 
 so far as shall be necessary for the purposes embraced 
 within the intent of their charter, and no further, and may, 
 by their corporate Jianie, sue and l»e sued, plead and be 
 impleaded in any court of law and equity in this State : 
 mid may have and use a cfiminon seal, which they may 
 
168 State Convention. [May. 
 
 iUtcr and renew at pleasure, and shall have and enjoy all 
 other rights and immunities which other corporate bodies 
 may and of right do exercise, and make all such by-laws, 
 rules and regulations as arc necessary for the governmeir 
 of the corporation, or effecting the object for which it was 
 created, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of 
 this State. 
 Kei«ctionof Sec. 6. Beit fuvther ordained, Thdt it shall be tht 
 
 ..riiccrf, Ac. duty of the commissioners named in this ordinance, in Fay 
 etteville, or a majority of them, as soon as the sum of onr 
 hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, in 
 the manner aforesaid, to give public notice thereof, and at 
 the same time call a general meeting of the stockholders, 
 giving at least thirty dayf notice of the time and place of 
 meeting, at which meeting a majority of the stockholders 
 being represented, in person or by proxy, shall proceed to 
 elect a President and Treasurer, and nine Directors, out of 
 the number of stockholders, and the said Directors shall 
 have power to perform all the duties necessary for the gov- 
 ernment of the corporation and the transaction of the 
 of the business. And the persons so elected, as aforesaid, 
 shall serve such period, not exceeding one year, as the 
 stockholders may direct, and at that meeting the stockholders 
 shall fix the day and place or places, where the subsequent 
 election of President, Treasurer, and Directors, shall bi 
 held, and such elections shall thenceforth be annually 
 made ; but if the day of the annual election of officers 
 shall, under any circumstances, pass without an election, 
 the corporation shall not tliercby be dissolved, but the offi 
 cers formerly elected shall continue in office until a new 
 election takes place. 
 Mode of flection Sec. 7. Bo it furthcv crdmncd, That the election of 
 officers aforesaid shall be by ballot, each stockholder hav- 
 ing as many votes as he has shares in tlie stock of the 
 company, and the person having the greatest number of 
 votes polled, shall be considered duly elected to the office 
 for which he is nominated ; and at all elections, and upon 
 all votes taken, at any meeting of the stockholders upon 
 
1862,] State Convention. 169 
 
 ;uij by-law, or any of the officers of the company, each 
 share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, to be repre- 
 sented in person or by proxy, and proxies may he verified 
 in such manner as the by-laws of the company prescril)e. 
 
 Sec. 8. Be it further ordained. That the Board of Direc- VB<*mie.:. 
 tors may fill any vacancies that may occur in it during the 
 period for which they have been elected, and in the absence 
 of the President, may a|)point a President, pro tempore, 
 to fill his place. 
 
 Sec. 9. Be H further ordained, Tliat the lioard ul Direc- tlc .-oiipciioD 
 tors may call for the sums subscribed as stock in the said ** "" "cnptiout 
 company, in such instalments as the interests of said com- 
 pany may, in their opinion, require. The call for each 
 payment shall be published in one or more newspapers of 
 the State, for one month before the day of payment, and 
 on failure of any stockholder to pay each instalment as 
 thus required, the directors may sell, at public auction, on 
 a previous notice of ten days, for cash, all the stock sub- 
 scribed for in said company by such stockholders, and con- 
 vey the same to the purchaser at sale; and if the said sale 
 of stock do nut ])roduoe a sum sufficient to pay off" the 
 incidental expenses of the sale, and the entire amount 
 owing by such stockholder to the company for such sub- 
 scriptions of stock, then and in that case, the w hole of such 
 balance shall be held as due at once to the company, and 
 "may be recovered of such stockholder, or his executors, 
 administrators or assigns, at the suit of said company, 
 cither by summary motion, in any court of superior juris- 
 diction in the county where the delinquent resides, on pre- 
 vious notice of ten days to said subscriber, or by an action 
 of assumpsit, in any court of competent jurisdiction, or 
 by warrant before any Justice of the Peace, when the suiu 
 does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars: and in 
 all cases of assignment of stock, before the whole amount 
 has been paid to the company, then for all sums due on 
 such stock, both the original subscribcns and the first and 
 all sub.sequent assignees, shall be liable to the company, 
 and the same be recovered as above described. 
 
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170 
 
 State Convention. 
 
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 Author ilT t" 
 rapiUl sltMrk. 
 
 ronlrarU «n<l 
 aprm^ment.". 
 
 Auihnnty I" 
 jiurohtse rvnl 
 •ntntc. 
 
 HiKbU <'f Ibi' 
 lompanv. 
 
 Sec. 10. Be it further ordaiuvd. That llic debt of tl.' 
 Stockholders due to the Company for stock therein, either 
 a.s original proprietors, or as first or subsequent assignees, ( 
 shall be considered as of equal dignity with judgments in 
 the distribution of assets of a decease*! stockholder by 
 his legal representatives. 
 
 Sec. 11. Be it farther ordamt^d^ Tliai <;iul Cuinpaii} 
 shall issue certificates of stock to its members, and said 
 stock may be transferred in such manner and form as may 
 be directed by the by-laws of the Company. 
 
 Sec. 12. Be it further ordidiicd, That the said Ct»m- 
 pany may, at any time, increase its capital stock to a sum 
 sufficient to complete said road, by opening books for suli- 
 scriptiou of new stock, or borrowing money on the credit 
 of the company, an_d on the mortgage of its charter and 
 works, and the manner in which the same shall be done in 
 either case shall be prescribed by the Stockholders. 
 
 Sec. 13. Be it further urdaincJ, That said Company 
 shall have power of using any section of said road con- 
 structed by them before the whole of the said road is com- 
 pleted, and may charge for transportation thereon. 
 
 Sec. 14. Be it further ordained^ That all contracts or 
 agreements, authenticated by the President and Secretary 
 of said road, shall be binding on the Company, either with 
 or without a seal. Such a mode of authentication shall be 
 used as the Company by their by-laws may adopt. 
 
 Sec. 15. Be it further ordained, That the said Com- 
 pany may purchase and have, and hohl in fee. or for a term 
 of years, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, which 
 may be necessary for the said road, or for the erection of 
 •lepositories, houses for the officers and agents of the Com- 
 pany, or for workshops, or foundries for the Company, or 
 for any other purposes for the furtherance of said road. 
 
 Sec. 16. Be it further onlained, That the Company 
 shall have the right, when necessary, to construct the said 
 Railroad across any public road, or abuig the side of any 
 public road: Provided, That the said Company shall not 
 obstruct any public road, without first constructing one 
 
1802. J Statk Convention. 171 
 
 equally as good nnd convenient ns the one taken by said 
 Company. 
 
 Sec. 17. Bf it furtJier ordained, That when any land Authmiv lo 
 or right of way be i-cquii-ed by said Company, for the pur- p;";yT4uirod 
 pose of constructing their road, building warehouses, water ^^^ lltZZ^^n'^ 
 stations, workshops or depositories, and for want of agree- vhu™.""* 
 ment as to the value thereof, the same cannot be purchased 
 from the owner or owners, the same may be taken at a 
 valuation, to be m-.ide by a jury of good and lawful men. 
 to be summoned by the Sheriff of the county in which the 
 land may lie, and in making the said valuation, the said 
 jury shall take into consideration the loss or damage which 
 may accrue to the owner or owners in consequence of the 
 hind*or right of way being surrendered, and also any spe- 
 cial benefit or advantage, he, she, or tlioy may receive from 
 the erection of the said road, and shall state the value and 
 amount of each, and the excess of loss or damage over and 
 above the advantages, shall form the measure of valuation 
 of said land or right of way: Provided, nevertheless, That 
 if any person over whose land the said road may pass, or 
 the Company should be dissatisfied with the vahiation thus 
 made, then, and in that case, either party may have an 
 appeal to the Court of the county, to be held thereafter, 
 and the Sheriff return to said Court the verdict of the 
 jury, with their proceedings thereon, and the lamls or rights 
 of way so valued by the jury, shall vest in the Company 
 so long as the same shall be used for the purposes of said 
 Hailroad, so soon as the valuation may be paid, or if 
 refused, paid over to the Clerk of the County Court : 
 Provided, That the right of condemnation shall not au- 
 thorize the said Company to invade any dwelling house, 
 yard, garden, or graveyard of any individual without his 
 consent. 
 
 Sec. is. Be it further ordained, That the said Com- Tran^p. rtdtiou 
 pany shall have the exclusive right of convc^'ance or trans- 
 portation, of persons or goods, merchandise and produce 
 of all kinds over said road, at sucli charges as may be fix<'<l 
 on by a majority of the Directors. 
 
172 State Convention. |M:"y. 
 
 >'rofii» Skc. 19. Be it further ordained. That the profits of 
 
 said Company, or so much thereof as the Board of Direc- 
 tors may deem advisable, shall, when the affairs of the 
 Company will permit, be annually or semi-annually divided 
 among the Stockholders in proportion to their stock. 
 w Sko. 20. Be it further ordaincdy That notice of process 
 
 ' " upon the President or any of the Directors, shall be deemed 
 
 and taken as due and lawful notice of service upon the 
 Company. 
 
 Brsurh rf.s.i^. Skc. 21. Bi'it further Ordained. That the said Com- 
 pany sliall have power to construct branches to said road 
 .and connect with any other railroad that may be constructed, 
 and any contract that may be entered into with any other 
 railroad company, by the President and Directors of'said 
 1,'ouipany, after the consent of a majority of the Stock- 
 holders, first obtained, shall be binding on said Company. 
 
 Authority to Sec. 22. Beit further ordained. That it may and shall 
 
 in t«n.i-. be lawful for the Fayetteville and Florence Railroad Com- 
 
 pany, to make and issue bonds to the amount not exceed- 
 ing one million dollars, to be signed by the President of 
 said Company, under the common seal of the same, in sums 
 of one hundred dollars each, bearing interest at seven per 
 cent., and redeemable according to the contract that may 
 be made at the time of the sale. 
 
 Sp:c. 28. Be it fnrther ordained. That to secure the 
 faithful payment of said b(mds, it may be lawful for the 
 President and Directors of said Company to make and 
 execute a mortgage or deed of trust under the common 
 seal of said Company, wherein shall be conveyed to the 
 person thus appointed trustee, the road, property and fran- 
 chises of said Company, conditioned for the payment of 
 the interest and final r<Mleniption of said bonds. 
 
 To I* commpuo- Siic. 24. Be it further ordained^ That all the work 
 
 ■•(I witbin four , , • i i ii i . i • i i i i- i 
 
 v.ars. hereny re(|Uired, sliali he cxccMitecl with liuc diligence, and 
 
 if it be not commenced within four years after the ratifica- 
 tion of this ordinance, then this cliartrT to be void, 
 r..r|ioniiioii> Skc. 25. Fie it fnrther ordained. That it shall be law- 
 
 Hiiihorizeu to lul lor all solvcnt corporatious to take stock m the said 
 road, which stock, when taken, shall be represented by the 
 
 id liOti I" 
 
1862.] State Convention. 17 
 
 Presidents of said corporations, and in tho case of a county, 
 by the chairman of the County Court. 
 
 Sec. 26. Be it further ordained. That this ordinaiu^.o 
 be in force from and after its ratification, and shall ho 
 regarded a.s a public act, and shall he continued in force 
 until the year nineteen hundred : Provided, That nothing 
 herein contafned shall he so construed at to aiithorize an 
 appropriation to said road by the State, or allow said cor- 
 poration bankino; privileges. \_R<tfiJj('<I tJi<' 12lh dm/ of 
 Mai,, 1862.] 
 
 AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE FURTHER PHOVIS- [No. 39.] 
 ION FOR TlfE PUBLIC TREASURY. 
 
 1. Be if ordained by tlie Deleqaten of the people of jS'vrfh T" i-hiip 
 
 _ "' •' . I J .' $2,000,0(10 iu 
 
 ('arolina, in Conventio)i aasi'mh/ed, and it in hereby ordained Tre««iin m.tpp. 
 hy the authority of the same, Tiiat tlie Public Treasurer is 
 authorized to issue two millions more of Treasury notes, in 
 sums of five dollars, ten dollars, and twenty d(dlars, each, 
 in the following amounts, viz : eight hundred thousand 
 in five dollars, seven hundred thousand in. ten dollars, and 
 five hundred thousand in twenty dollars, in accordance 
 with the provisions of the ordinance passed February 26th.' 
 1862, should it, in the opinion of the Governor and Treas- 
 urer, become necessary to do so, and that said notes shall 
 be fundable, as provided for in said finlinancc. 
 
 2. Be if further ordained, That in the event of the in ra^rofinii- 
 "^Preasurer beincr unable, from anv cause to issue saul notes, tii.- imouot. 
 ihat he be allowed to borrow anv portiou of said two uiillious Hnthf.nnd to 
 
 ' borrow 
 
 from the banks or other sources. 
 
 3. Be it further ordained. That the Public Treasurer jio.ooo in ctp 
 be authorized to issue ten thousand dollars iu denomina- Ten'-ntMou 
 tions of five cents, and ten thousand dollars in ten cents, in "*" 
 addition to the amount ht-retoforp is^sued by him of said 
 denominations. 
 
 4. Be if further ordained. That he have authority to 
 employ some discreet person, if necessary, to bo approved 
 of by the Governor, and whose appointment shall he pub- 
 
'74 State Convention. [May. 
 
 lished in tlirec newspapers of this city, to sij^n oonpon anil 
 State bonds for the I'ublic Treasurer. 
 puni/.iim*nt for ;",, j^^. ji furthtii' otdainrd. That if anv one shall falsely 
 f<tr^e, or knowingly pass, or oft'er to pass any false, forged, 
 or counterfeit papi-r purporting to be a Treasury note or 
 bond, or coupon of any such bond, issued under this ordi- 
 nance of this State, he shall be liable to indictment in the 
 Superior Courts in the county in which such oft'ence may 
 )»e committed, and on conviction thend'or, shall suflfo- all 
 the pains and penalties according to the '>9th secti(»n ol 
 ihe 34th chapter of the Revised Code. [Hafijii'd (Ik- I'ltli 
 day of Jfxt/, 1>^<>"2.] 
 
 [No. 10. J AN ORDINANCE DECLAIUNC WHAT ORDI- 
 NANCES OF THIS CONVENTION Sll.VLL ILW'K 
 PERMANENT OPERATION. 
 
 I'lrliiniiPtil 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it ordained hy the Deh'i/ates of the peo- 
 ple of North Carolina in Conventio?\ assembled, and it /x 
 hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That follow- 
 ing Ordinances passed by this Convention shall be of per- 
 manent operation, and l>e irrepealablc by the (leneral 
 Assembly, namely : 
 
 I. An ordinance to dissolve the union between the State 
 (»f North Carolina and the other States united with her 
 under the compact of Government, entitled '"The Consti- 
 tution of the United States." 
 
 II. '^ Aw Ordinance defining treason against the State.' 
 
 III. "An Ordinance to ratify the Constitution of the 
 Provisional Government ni' the Confederate States of 
 America." 
 
 IV. "An Ordinance to ratify the Constitution of the 
 Confederate States of America." 
 
 V. " An Ordinance to amend the fourth section of the 
 fourth article of the Amendments to the Constitution." 
 
 VI. "An Ordinance in relation to Taxation." 
 
 VH. "An Ordinance to secure to certain officers and 
 soldiers the right to vote." 
 
1862.] State Convention. 175 
 
 VIII. "All Oi'liuaiice in relation U) takin;^ [>> ihv yvm^ 
 and nays in the General Assembly." 
 
 IX. "An Ordinance to amend the second section of the 
 fourth article of the Amendments to the Constitution." 
 
 X. "• An Ordinance in relation to electors of the Senate." 
 
 XI. ''An Ordinance concerning the election of Gov- 
 ernor." 
 
 XII. " An Ordinance to allow certain persons to vote 
 for Governor in any other county than that in which they 
 reside." 
 
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordtiinaL That all other ordinances oihn oph 
 and resolutions passed by this Convention at any of its '"IT"*',. •"■ 
 sessions, shall have the force and effect only of acts of the '»"•"•";•• 
 ordinary Legislature, and maybe repealed or modified at the 
 pleasure of the General Assembly, in the same manner 
 and to the same extent that public statutes are liable to 
 repeal or modification, \liat\fied the \Zth daij of Maij, 
 1862.] 
 
 ion by 
 n«TBl 
 
ESTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, I . 
 Office of ISecrktary of Stati:. / 
 I. Rtifus H. Pjigc, Secretary of State in and for the State of 
 North Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing are true copies 
 of the originjils on file in this office. 
 
 Given under my hand this 21bt dav of Mav. 18H2. 
 
 RUFUS II. PAGE, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
I N I) 1 (J i: S 
 
 TU THH 
 
 0RDINAN(!E8 AND RESOLUTIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE CONYENTIOX : 
 
 FIRST AND ADJOURNED SESSIOINS, 1861-'62. 
 
 23 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 FIKST SESSION. 
 
 ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY— m«.t «n.i .lun^ 
 
 An Ordinance repealing the Act of the General Assembly '**^' 
 
 convening the Letjislaturo on the 25th of June, 1861, 7 
 
 AMENDMENTS TO TdE CONSTITUTION— 
 
 An Ordinance to amend the 4th Section of the 4th Article 
 
 of the Amendnienl« to the Constitution, 2'.' 
 
 BOARDS OF CLAIMS— 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a Board 
 Claims, o 
 
 An Ordinance to amend an ordinance passed at the 
 ))rcsent session of this Convention, entitled " An 
 ()rdinance to provide for a Board of Claimb," J"i 
 
 FINANCIAL— 
 
 An Ordinance to provide ways and meanf< for the defence 
 
 of the State. ' 42 
 
 MILITIA— 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for thi- ])ayment ul the n)ilitia 
 
 while in active service, ' 33 
 
 NATIONAL AFFA1118— 
 
 An Ordinance to dissolve the union between the State ot 
 North Carolina and the other States united with her 
 under the compact of Government entitled the Consti- 
 tution of the United States, 
 
 An Ordinance vesting in the Confederate States of 
 America, jurisdiction over certain tracts of land in the 
 town of Fayetteville, N. C, I 
 
 An Ordinance to ratify the Constitution of the Confede- 
 rate States of America, s 
 
 Constitution of the Confederate States of America, 'J 
 
 An Ordinance to ratify the Provisional Government of 
 the Confederate States of America, 30 
 
 An Ordinance to cede to the Confederate States the pro- 
 perty in and jurisdiction over tin* Forts, Lit;iit Houses, 
 Beacons, Marine Hosr'itals and Mint in North Carolina, 30 
 NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for the disposition of the State 
 Troops and Volunteers raised under the acts of the 
 General Assc'mbly, rr-spectivily, entitlod "An Actio 
 raise ten thousand State Troops," ratified the 8th day 
 of May, and "An Act to provide for the Public De- 
 fence," ratified the loth day of May, 1861, and for 
 oth<T purposes, S7 
 
 An Ordinance to secure to certain officers and ioldier*. 
 the right to vote, 10 
 
II ■ INDEX. 
 
 Paox. 
 
 Mhv nn.l J.inr. 0UD1NA^'CES— 
 
 '*'•'' An Ordinance touching the authentication of ordinances 
 
 and other acts of the Convention, 6 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 In favor of L. W. Joyncr, G 
 
 To authorize the Firel Kegiment t«> incribc " Bethel " on 
 
 their colors, 6 
 
 Fixing the oomjicnsation of ofBcors of the Convention, 
 
 and a)i|>ointiiig an auditing couiniittce, 7 
 
 To print Army lUguhitions, 8 
 
 Calling upon Couiplroller for staUMiiunt of Taxes for the 
 
 livo years precetiing January, IbtiU, 128 
 
 Touching the conipensation of' the Printers to this Con- 
 vention, ;^o 
 To raise an additional liattalion of Cavalry. 30 
 To fill a vacancy in thu Convention, 31 
 Authorizing the raising of recruilj- for the First Kegi- 
 ment of North Carolina N'olunteors, 31 
 In relation to the dejiosit and publication of the ordi- 
 nances ol the Convention, "'2 
 1 n favor of the Doorkeeper.-, -i'', 
 Authorizing the President to i.-sue wriL>^ of election to 
 
 till vacancies, S4 
 
 Asking information from the (governor. ;}4 
 
 Exempting volunteers from poll tax, H;i 
 
 To rescind a resolution in regard to adjouniiriciil. ;!■'» 
 
 Ordering the ordinances to he printed in pamphlet form. -11 
 In favor of the W., C. and K. Railroad Company, 1-' 
 
 SHERIFFS— 
 
 An Ordinance providing for compensation to SherilTs for 
 
 holding elections for delegates to this Convention. '2\) 
 
 STATE FLAG— 
 
 An Ordinance in relation to a State Flag, ;>'_' 
 
 TAXATION— 
 
 An Ordinance in relation to Taxation, ;»'_' 
 
 TREASON— 
 
 An Ordinance defining Treason against the Stale, 7 
 
INDEX 
 
 TO ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 SECOND SESSION. 
 
 ACTS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY— " NovcmW nt-d 
 
 An Ordinance concerning the repeal of the 14th chupter Pwcnibpr, 1861. 
 
 of the acts of the second extra session of 1861, .'.ri 
 
 BOARD OF CLAIMS— 
 
 An Ordinance directing the payment of claims^ awarded 
 
 by the Board of Claims, ' oj 
 
 An Ordinance for continuing the Board created by an 
 ordinance of this Convention, passed the 8th day of 
 June, 18(JL entithsd an ordinance to provide for th< 
 appointment of the Board of Claims, and for enlarginu 
 the powers and duties of said Board. 7n 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF TUE STATK- 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for amending tho 40th Miction 
 of the Constitution of this State in regard to takiTig 
 the yeas and nays in either house of the General As- 
 sembly, .'ifi 
 
 An Ordinance to amend the second section uf the 4th 
 article of the amendments to the Constitution, .i<i 
 
 FINANCIAL— 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for the raisng of money fur tli'- 
 support of Government, and for the i,ssue of Treasury 
 notes for the purpose of paying the public debt, anri 
 purchasing supplies for the military forces employed ' 
 
 for defence in the present war, and for other purposes. oT 
 MILITIA— 
 
 An Ordinance to regulate militia muster, (iH 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS— 
 
 An Ordinance to transfer certain companies to Colonel 
 
 Green's Regiment, 50 
 
 A Resolution to transfer certain military companies to 
 Col. W. J. Green, 5."> 
 
 An Ordinance authorizing the raising of a battalion of 
 &\x companies, or regiment of troops for twelve months, 7 i 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 To transmit a copy of the Supreme Court Reports to the 
 
 Department of Justice of the Confederate States. 40 
 
 Relative to the daily sittings of this Convention, 4'.« 
 
 In favor of Dr. William E. Pool, .'id 
 
 Of confidence in our cause of War, and in the President 
 and Army, t>I 
 
 Requesting our Senators and Representatives in CongrcBs 
 
 to vote for an increase of the pay of soldiers, 52 
 
 On taking a recess, 65 
 
If INDEX. 
 
 Pa. 
 
 NoT^mUr.nd KKMJLUTIONS- 
 
 Dwrmbcr, libi Appointing Dennis 1). Fcrcbcc, Esq., Cunmii>biunci !■ 
 
 Richmond, .'><• 
 
 Of thanks to the oflBccrs and soldicrn for gallant conduct 
 
 in defendinjj Hultcras, 67 
 
 I'ustponing the jiulilicalion of Colonial Records, 73 
 
 Authorizine: the rre.<idcnt to call this Convention together 
 
 if the pul»lic inlLTo.-^t require it, 7.1 
 
 In Aivor of the Doorkeeper and iVssistant Doorkeepers, 78 
 
 To publish the ordinances, 7 I 
 
 Asking information as to the state and condition of* the 
 
 Cajie Fear luid Deep River Improvement, 76 
 
 In favor of D. D. Fcrcbcc, Esq., 75 
 
 SALT— 
 
 An Ordinance in regard to the supply of Salt, •'•2 
 
 SPECULATION— 
 
 An Ordinanco fur bupprcestng oppres-sivc speculation 
 upon thfi present necessities of the people, GO 
 
 TliEASUKY DEPARTMENT— 
 
 An Ordinance to nuthorizo the Public Treasurer to em- 
 ploy ixn additional Clerk in the Treasury Department, 
 and other purposos, hO 
 
1 N 1 ) E X 
 
 TO ORDINANCES AND KKSOLUTTONS. 
 
 THIRD SESSION. 
 
 Paok. 
 ACTS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY— January and 
 
 An Ordinance to nbrogato tho 4th section of an act of Fei>ruaiy, 1862. 
 
 the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, passed 
 Ht the last extra se.ssion. entitled " An Act entitled 
 Revenue," 8l' 
 
 BOARD OF CLAIMS— 
 
 An Ordinance relative to the exponscp incurred b3- tho 
 
 Board of Claims, 120 
 
 An Ordinance for the payment of claims audited and 
 allowed bj' the Board of Claims. 12:] 
 
 BOUNTY— 
 
 An Act grantinsr bounly to nortnin North f";irolinn 
 Volunteers, 111 
 
 COURTS— 
 
 An Ordinance to ratily and confirm the acts and judicial 
 proceedincjs of the Superior Courts lately held by his 
 Honor, Judge French, in the counties of Henderson, 
 Buncombe, Madison and Yancey, 81 
 
 An Ordinance authorising the holding of a Court of 
 Oyer and Terminer at Waynesville, in Haywood county, llU 
 FINANCIAL— 
 
 An Ordinance to modify and perfect an ordinance passed 
 at the last session <^ the Convention, entitled "An 
 Ordinance to provide for the rai.sing of money for the 
 support of Government, and for the issue of Treasury 
 notes for the purpose of paying the public debt and ^ 
 
 purchasing supplies for the military forces employed fur 
 defence in the present war, and for other purposes. 7'.* 
 
 An Ordinance to authorize tho Treasurer to issue Treas- 
 ury notes, 107 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for funding the Treasury notes 
 
 of this State, and for other purposes, l-H 
 
 M I LIT I A- - 
 
 An Ordinance to authorize the Governor to embody the 
 
 militia for the defence of the State, 7'* 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS— 
 
 An Ordinance to make some provi.aion for the families 
 
 of soldiers dying in the service, llIO 
 
 An Ordinance concerning the Paymaster's Department, 121 
 
 An Ordinance to encourage the manufacturo of Cotton 
 and Woolen Cards, 122 
 
 An Ordinance conferring on the Commissioners of (the] 
 town of Wilmington and other towns certain iHiwerp 
 for the defence thereof, l2b 
 
H l\T»F\. 
 
 Paok 
 .i«nu»ry.nd NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS- 
 
 ■ iTMsrv. iwj. An Ordinance to raise North ( tiri.iina'« Qiiotn of Con - 
 
 f»Hlt*rate Troops, 116 
 
 An Ordinunrp regulatinij the nppointmont of company 
 1 ofRoers, " 1.7 
 
 P.AILROAI) COMPANIES— 
 
 An Ordinance in addition to and anu'ndment of an act 
 of the General Assombly. rati tied tlic 16th day of Fcb- 
 ' niary. 1801, cntitlod "An Act to incorporate tht» 
 
 Chatham Railroad Com])any," and to repeal an act 
 supplemental thoroto. ratified the '_'3rd day of Febru- 
 ary. 18r,]. ' 83 
 An Ordinance to incorp<irate the Piedmont Railroad 
 
 Company, 85 
 
 An Ordinance to incorporate the Wiuhington and Tar- 
 
 boro' Railroad Company. 100 
 
 An Ordinance supplemental to an ordinance, ratified at 
 the present session of this Convention, entitled " An 
 Ordinance in addition to and amendment of an act of 
 the General Assenibly. ratified the 15th day of Febru- 
 ary, 1801, entitled an act to incorporate the Chatham 
 Railroad Comjiany, and to repeal an act suppiementa! 
 thereto, ratified the "Ji^rd of February, 18t'il." and au- 
 thorizing certain persons to open books of subscription 
 to the capital stock of ,:nid company, 1 1 1 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 Authorizing W. B. Gulick to use Census Returns, 80 
 
 In relation to the Mints, 108 
 
 Respecting the pay of the 38th Regiment North ('arolina 
 
 Volunteers, 108 
 
 To print an ordinance, UM» 
 
 Relating to ro-enlistment of volunteers. 118 
 
 (/'oncerning the manufacture of Sulphur and Saltpetre, 115 
 
 In favor of soldiers detained at railroad stations in this 
 
 State, no 
 
 In behalf of Wm. U. Lovell, iL'l 
 
 In favor of tbi' I)o<)rkop|icrs, Ili'J 
 
 SALT— 
 
 An Ordinance to encourage the mining and manufactu- 
 ring of Salt in the interior of this State, 8'J 
 <I'nilTITOrs LIQUORS— 
 
 An Ordinance to prohibit, for a limited time, tlie manu- 
 facture of spirituous liquors from grain, ll'.t 
 ■JA.XATION— 
 
 An Ordinance concerning the levying of Ta.\r.-, l»y llic 
 
 (•ounty Courts, lOK 
 
 An Ordinance to Tax Mt>nev. 127 
 
I N D E X 
 
 TU UllUilSANCKS AND KKSOLUTlOiNS, 
 Fonrni kession. 
 
 P.VfJK- 
 I i A N KS— April ana May, 
 
 An Ordinanco for the relief of the Brinks of this State, l:]'.> ^^'''^■ 
 
 An Ordinance t>> authorize the Stockholder? of the Miner?' 
 and Planter?' Unnk. of Murphy, to establish an Aiienev 
 uv IJranch east <>f the IjIu'? Kidge, H'l 
 
 UOARD OF CLAIMS— 
 
 An Ordinance in regard to the Board of Claim.-, 1 )") 
 
 An Ordinance to authorize the ]>aynient of certain claim- 
 allowed and re]>()rtcd bj- the Board of Claim?. Mii 
 
 An Ordinance to authorize the payment of certain claim* 
 
 allowed by the Board of Claim?, ]t,-2 
 
 ^ <'[■ KTS— 
 
 An Ordinanco in regard to holding of the Court? in and 
 for the coujity of 'Hertford, !:;? 
 
 KXKCUTIVE— 
 
 An Ordinance concerning the election of Governor. Ill 
 
 FINANCIAL— 
 
 An Ordinance to nijike further provision for the l'uli!ic 
 
 Trea?urv. 17-5 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS— 
 
 An Ordinanco to pay the Kev. Morri;- H. Vauirhan tor 
 certain ?ervice?, V\j 
 
 An Ordinance to authorize the Public Troa?urer to ]>ay . 
 Kev. F. V. Hoskin? for service? as? Clinplain of the 
 Seventh Kegimcnt of North Carolina Volunteers, 1 Ij 
 
 An Ordinance (oamend an ordinance entitled " An Ordi- 
 nance to ?<?cure to certain officer- and ?oldiers the right 
 to vote,'" 1 Hi 
 
 An Ordinance providing for an increase of the !«alarie.eo| 
 the Treasurer, Comptroller and Secretary of State for 
 the year 1862, 1-VJ 
 
 An Ordinance to enlar^re the police power? of the soverai 
 corporate town? in this State, 1 VJ 
 
 An Ordinance to incorporate the SaponH Iron Comjiany. l."»4 
 
 An Ordinance in relation to Elector? of the Senate. 15M 
 
 An Ordinance for the relief of «uch per(»on? an may puffer 
 '--.iTii 111' dc-l; Miction of the record^ of HertforV] county. 
 ,(r;. M .() by the hurninii of th/* Court Hou-e and 
 C'I'rk'r cince? of said countv, ^'*ii 
 
 An Ordinance ri<)iiiriii:: tlio }*ublic Treapurcr to rpdeom 
 mutilated Trea-ury tint.- 101 
 
 An Ordinance \n exen I the Stxrwiy of 
 
 ..f Friendh from iK-rl. dutv. ' i<ri 
 
 •2A 
 
II INDKX. 
 
 P-UIK. 
 
 April an.i M:iy. M ISCELLANEOUS— 
 
 ^'^"-- An Ordinance to allow certain persons to vote for Gover- 
 
 nor in nnv other than the counties in which they reside. 16'i 
 NORTH CAROLINA T1100P8— 
 
 An Ordinance amendatory of an ordinance to raise North 
 Csirolina's Quota of Confederate Troops, passed and 
 ratitied the lOtli day of February, A. I).. 18t)2, 1J;1 
 
 A n Ordinance to repeal an ordinance passed at the present 
 •■•ession of this Convention, entitled " An Ordinancf 
 amendatory of an ordinance to raise North Carolina's 
 t^uota of Confederate Troops, jia.-sed and ratilied tht^ 
 nineteenth day of February, A. 1)., 1S02," and to extend 
 the provisions as to bounty to certain other jiersons. Iii2 
 
 r K R M A N FN T O RIM N ANC ES— 
 
 An Ordinance dcclurinsj what ordinance? of this Con- 
 vention sliall have permanent operation. 174 
 RAILROAD CO M 1' A N I FS— 
 
 An Ordinance l<> enable the "Western Kailroad Company 
 
 to complwte their road, IdO 
 
 An Ordinance to rcjieal the ninth section of the charter 
 of the Cheraw and Coallields Railro.nd, as amended by 
 the Lei^islaturc of 18(iO'-ril, lou 
 
 An Ordinance to charter ti>e Flor^^nce and Kavi'ltevilie 
 
 Railroad Conipanv. ItiO 
 
 RESOLUTIONS— 
 
 in regard to a certain claim in favor .>r.|. R. Davidson. ]."I7 
 (^>ncernini^ tly^ County of Burke, l;iS 
 
 In favor of Alamance County, l-lo 
 
 j-'roviding for the printing of the .Fnurnals of the Con- 
 vention, J. 57 
 In favor of Robert Towles, \h^.i 
 For the publication of the ordinnnoes of llie present 
 
 session of the Convention, lUI 
 
 In favor of the Doorkeepers, 1C4 
 
 To print tln' Ordinances and Resolution^ of the Conven- 
 tion, l(;i) 
 SALT— 
 
 An Ordinance in addition to and amendment of an onii- 
 "luince, entitled "An Ordinanee in regard to the suji- 
 plv of Salt,' l.jl 
 
 ■PAXFS— * 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for collecting the tax on sjiirit- 
 uous liquors m.-mufactured or scdd in this State im})Osed 
 by an ordinance of this Convention whicli was r.atilled . 
 on the lilst day of February, l^fili, i;;".i 
 
 Picsolution to provide for the. prompt collection of the 
 tax imposed on the (nanufactiire und sale of ardent 
 sjiirits, 142 
 
 An Ordinance exempting the property of delinquejii 
 
 soldiers from double taxes, 144 
 
 An Ordinance to provide for the collection of taxes, aiui 
 
 for other purposes, loO 
 
 An Ordinance legalizing the laying of taxes in rnion 
 
 County, l.'i".* 
 
 An Ordinance ctmceming the colleiUion of taxes in i-er- 
 
 tain counties. llJO 
 
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