SEC. 7. No person, who shall hold any office or place of trust Holding office. or profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under this State, or under 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 con- Proviso. tained shall extend to officers in the militia, justices of the peace, commissioners of public charities, or commissioners for special purposes. whites and SEC. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or Intermarriage of between a white person and a person of negro descent to the third generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited. INDEX TO STATE CONSTITUTION. A. ARTICLE, S. SECTION. Abuses in assessments and contracting debts by municipal cor- Actions at law and equity suits, no distinction, A. 4, S. 1. Acts of General Assembly, style of, A. 2, S. 21. Levying taxes, must state object, A. 5, S. 7. Agriculture, department of, A. 3, S. 17. In connection with University, A. 9, S. 14. Alimony, General Assembly does not secure, A. 2, S. 10. Amendments, A. 13. Do not vacate existing offices, A. 4, S. 33. Answer to criminal charge, A. 1, S. 12. Apportionment of Senators and Representatives, A. 2, SS. 4, 5, 6. Article seven, General Assembly may modify or repeal certain Assemblage, right of, A. 1, S. 25. Attorney-General advises Executive, A. 3, S. 14. Duties of, A. 3, S. 13. Auditor, duties of, A. 3, S. 13. Bail, excessive, A. 1, S. 14. Ballot, elections to be by, A. 6, S. 6. Bills of General Assembly, read three times, A. 2, S. 23. Blind provided for, A. 11, S. 10. Board of Charities, A. 11, S. 7. Boundaries of State, A. 1, S. 34. Capital punishment, A. 11, S. 2. Capitation tax, application of proceeds from, A. 5, S. 2. Exempts, A. 5, S. 1. Charities, public, A. 11. Deaf mutes and the blind, A. 11, S. 10. Idiots and inebriates, A. 11, S. 9. Provision for orphans and the poor, A. 11, S. 11. Self-supporting, as far as possible, A. 11, S. 11. Cities organized by Legislature, A. 8, S. 4. Citizenship, restoration to, A. 2, S. 11. Civil and criminal actions, A. 4, S. 1. Claims against the State, A. 4, S. 9. Clerk of Superior Court, election of, A. 4, S. 16. Removal for inability, A. 4, S. 32. Term of office of, A. 4, S. 17. Clerks, removal of, A. 4, S. 32. Commutations, A. 3, S. 6. Compulsory education, General Assembly may provide, A. 9, S. 15. Constitution, how changed, A. 13, S. 2. Controversies at law about property, A. 1, S. 19. Convention, how called, A. 13. Convict labor, A. 11, S. 1. Coroner and sheriff, A. 4, S. 24. Corporations, municipal, A. 7. 'Charters remain in force till legally changed, A. 7, S. 12. Corporations other than municipal, A. 8. Debts of, how secured, A. 8, S. 2. Definition of, A. 8, S. 3. Under general laws, A. 8, S. 1. Correction, houses of, A. 11, S. 4. Council of State, A. 3, S. 14. Counsel allowed defendant, A. 1, S. 11. County commissioners, election and duty of, A. 7, SS. 1, 2. Districts have corporate powers as townships, A. 7, S. 4. Officers enter on duty, when, A. 7, S. 10; of townships, A. 7, School districts, A. 9, S. 3; fund, A. 9, S. 5. Taxes to be ad valorem, A. 7, S. 9. Township trustees assess property, A. 7, S. 6. County treasurer, A. 7, S. 1. . Courts to be open, A. 1, S. 35. Kinds of, A. 4, S. 2. Criminal and civil actions, A. 4, S. 1. Courts for cities and towns, A. 4, S. 14. Prosecutions, A. 1, S. 11. Criminal charges, answer to, A. 1, S. 12. Deaf mutes provided for, A. 11, S. 10. Death punishment, A. 11, S. 2. Debt does not affect homestead, A. 10, S. 3. County, city or town can not contract except by majority of qualified voters, A. 7, S. 7. Imprisonment for, A. 1, S., 16. In aid of rebellion, void, A. 7, S. 13. Restrictions upon increase of public, etc., A. 5, S. 4. What bonds declared invalid, A. 1, S. 6. Declaration of rights, A. 1. Department of Agriculture, A. 3, S. 17. Divorce, General Assembly does not grant, A. 2, S. 10. Disqualification for office, A. 6, S. 8; A. 14, S. 7. Dueling disqualifies, A. 14, S. 2. Education, Board of, A. 9, S. 8; officers, A. 9, S. 9; expenses, First session of, A. 9, S. 11; power of, A. 9, S. 10. Quorum, A. 9, S. 12. County school fund, A. 9, S. 5. Encouraged, A. 9, S. 1; A. 1, S. 27. Property devoted to, A. 9, SS. 4, 5. Election of officers by General Assembly, viva voce, A. 2, S. 9. Contested, returns of, A. 3, S. 3. Free, A. 1, S. 10; frequent, A. 1, S. 28. Qualification of, A. 6, S. 2. Who may vote, A. 6, S. 1. Electors, registration of, A. 6, SS. 3, 4. Emoluments, exclusive, none, A. 1, S. 7. Hereditary, A. 1, S. 30. Entails to be regulated, A. 2, S. 15. Enumeration of rights, not to impair others retained by people, Equity suits and actions at law, distinction abolished, A. 4, S. 1. Evidence against himself, criminal not compelled to give, A. 1, Executive, Attorney-General advises, A. 3, S. 14. Department of, A. 3; distinct, A. 1, S. 8. Terms of office of, A. 3, S. 1. Seal of State, A. 3, S. 16. Vacancy in, how filled, A. 3, S. 13. Exemption, A. 10, S. 1. By reason of military duty, etc., A. 12, S. 4. Property of feme covert not liable for husband's debts, A. 10, S. 6. Ex post facto laws, A. 1, S. 32. Extra session of General Assembly, A. 3, S. 9. Feigned issues abolished, A. 4, S. 1. Feme covert, property of, not liable for husband's debts, A. 10, S. 6. Fines, excessive, A. 1, S. 14. Freedom of the press, A. 1, S. 20. Fundamental principles, frequent recurrence to, A. 1, S. 29. General Assembly, acts, style of, A. 2, S. 21. Article seven may be modified or repealed by, A. 7, S. 14. |