Sec. 17. Any member of either House may dissent from and protest against any act or resolve, which he may think injurious to the public, or any individual, and have the reasons of his dissent entered on the journal.
Officers of the House.
Sec. 18. The House of Representatives shall choose their own Speaker and other officers.
President of the Senate.
Sec. 19. The Lieutenant-Governor shall preside in the Senate, but shall have no vote unless it may be equally divided.
Other senatorial officers.
Sec. 20. The Senate shall choose its other officers and also a Speaker (pro tempore) in the absence of the Lieutenant-Governor, or when he shall exercise the office of Governor.
Style of the acts.
Sec. 21. The style of the acts shall be: "The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact."
Powers of the General Assembly.