LE XII.

MILITIA.

[Sidenote: Who are liable to militia duty.]

SECTION 1. All able-bodied male citizens of the State of North Carolina,
between the ages of twenty-one and forty years, who are citizens of the
United States, shall be liable to do duty in the militia: _Provided_,
that all persons who may be averse to bearing arms, from religious
scruples, shall be exempt therefrom.

[Sidenote: Organizing, etc.]

SEC. 2. The General Assembly shall provide for the organizing, arming,
equipping and discipline of the militia, and for paying the same, when
called into active service.

[Sidenote: Governor commander in chief.]

SEC. 3. The Governor shall be Commander in Chief, and shall have power
to call out the militia to execute the law, suppress riots or
insurrection, and to repel invasion.

[Sidenote: Exemptions.]

SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall have power to make such exemptions as
may be deemed necessary, and enact laws that may be expedient for the
government of the militia.

ARTICLE XIII.

AMENDMENTS.

[Sidenote: Convention, how called.]

SECTION 1. No convention of the people of this State shall ever be
called by the General Assembly, unless by the concurrence of two-thirds
of all the members of each House of the General Assembly, and except the
proposition, Convention or No Convention, be first submitted to the
qualified voters of the whole State, at the next general election in a
manner to be prescribed by law. And should a majority of the votes cast
be in favor of said convention, it shall assemble on such day as may be
prescribed by the General Assembly.

[Sidenote: How the Constitution may be altered.]

SEC. 2. No part of the Constitution of this State shall be altered
unless a bill to alter the same shall have been agreed to by
three-fifths of each House of the General Assembly. And the amendment or
amendments so agreed to shall be submitted at the next general election
to the qualified voters of the whole State, in such a manner as may be
prescribed by law. And in the event of their adoption by a majority of
the votes cast, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of the
Constitution of the State.

ARTICLE XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS.

[Sidenote: Indictments.]

SECTION 1. All indictments which shall have been found, or may hereafter
be found, for any crime or offense committed before this Constitution
takes effect, may be proceeded upon in the proper courts, but no
punishment