AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the Constitution of the State of North Carolina be and the same is hereby amended in manner and form as follows:
Substituting words "war between the States" for the words "insurrection or rebellion against the United States."
I. By striking out of article one, section six, the words "insurrection or rebellion against the United States," and inserting to lieu thereof the following words: "the War Between the States," and by striking out the word "rebellion" in section thirteen of article seven and inserting in lieu thereof the words "War Between the States."
II. By striking out section twenty-eight of article two, and substituting in lieu thereof the following:
Increasing per diem and reducing mileage of members of the general assembly.
"Sec. 28. The members of the General Assembly for the term for which they have been elected shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of six dollars per day for each day of their session, for a period not exceeding sixty days; and should they remain longer in session they shall serve without compensation. They shall also be entitled to receive five cents per mile both while coming to the seat of government and while returning home, the said distance to be computed by the nearest line or route of public travel. The compensation of the presiding officers of the two houses shall be eight dollars per day and mileage. Should an extra session of the General Assembly be called, the members and presiding officers shall receive a like rate of compensation for a period not exceeding twenty days."
III. By adding at the end of article two a new section, to wit:
Restricting local, private, and special legislation.