Article V. An Ordinance to Amend the 4th Section of the 4th Article of the Amendments to the Constitution

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An Ordinance to Amend the 4th Section of the 4th Article of the Amendments to the Constitution

Be it ordained by this Convention of the people, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the 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 Confederate before the word States.

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Amendment Source: 1861 62 Ordinances and Resolutions Passed by the State Convention of North Carolina Ord 14

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No person who shall hold any office or place of trust or profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under this State, or any other State or Government, shall hold or exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the authority of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General Assembly: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall extend to officers in the Militia, or Justices of the Peace.

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Summary: Dual officeholding prohibition

Election Date: November 9, 1835

Votes For Ratification: 26771

Votes Against Ratification: 21606

Percent for Ratification: 55%

Percent Against Ratification: 45%

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Amendment Source: 1835 Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North Carolina p 418 24

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That No person in the State shall hold more than one Lucrative Office at any one time, Provided that no appointment in the Militia or to the Office of a Justice of the Peace shall be considered as a lucrative Office.

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