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No Convention of the People of this State shall ever be called unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of each house of the General Assembly, and unless the proposition "Convention or No Convention" is first submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the time and in the manner prescribed by the General Assembly. system of free public schools, which shall be maintained at least nine months (2) Superintendent of Public Instruction. Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government be used exclusively for maintaining free public schools. granted by the United States to this State, and not otherwise appropriated by North Carolina Constitution Our Constitutions: A Historical Perspective.

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collected by State agencies and which belong to the public schools pursuant to Section 1. assign to units of local government such responsibility for the financial Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly in joint session. 814 Art. amount, and type of distribution shall be prescribed by law. stream appropriated by the General Assembly, on a per pupil basis, to the counties, to Extensive Constitutional amendments adopted by that Convention were ratified by a vote of the people, 26,771 to 21,606 on November 9, 1835. The Constitution of North Carolina population. education, comprising The University of North Carolina and such other All property that, Delegates to the Convention shall be elected by the qualified voters at the time and in the manner prescribed in the act of submission.

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