[48] Acts of 1779, Ch. 12, Sec. 2.

[49] Ibid., Sec. 3.

[50] Acts of 1788, Ch. 20, Sec. 1.

[51] Declaration of Rights of North Carolina, Sec. 6.

[52] Constitution of 1776 of N. C., Secs. 7, 8, and 9.

[53] Acts of 1787, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.

[54] Acts of 1741, Ch. 1, Sec. 13.

[55] Ibid., Sec. 14.

[56] Acts of 1787, Ch. 6, Sec. 2.

[57] Ibid., Sec. 3.