shall be inflicted which is forbidden by this Constitution.

[Sidenote: Penalty for fighting duel.]

SEC. 2. No person who shall hereafter fight a duel, or assist in the
same as a second, or send, accept, or knowingly carry a challenge
therefor, or agree to go out of the State to fight a duel, shall hold
any office in this State.

[Sidenote: Drawing money.]

SEC. 3. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of
appropriations made by law; and an accurate account of the receipts and
expenditures of the public money shall be annually published.

[Sidenote: Mechanic's lien.]

SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall provide, by proper legislation, for
giving to mechanics and laborers an adequate lien on the subject matter
of their labor.

[Sidenote: Governor to make appointments.]

SEC. 5. In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers of this
State, whether heretofore elected, or appointed by the Governor, shall
hold their positions only until other appointments are made by the
Governor, or, if the officers are elective, until their successors shall
have been chosen and duly qualified according to the provisions of this
Constitution.

[Sidenote: Seat of government.]

SEC. 6. The seat of government of this State shall remain at the city of
Raleigh.

[Sidenote: Holding office.]

SEC. 7. No person, who shall hold any office or place of trust 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 contained shall extend to officers in
the militia, justices of the peace, commissioners of public charities,
or commissioners for special purposes.

[Sidenote: Intermarriage of whites and negroes prohibited.]

SEC. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a
white person and a person of negro descent to the third generation
inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited.

INDEX TO STATE CONSTITUTION

Art. Sec.

Abuses in assessments and contracting debts
by municipal corporations, general assembly to prevent; 8 4

Actions at law and equity suits, no distinction; 4 1
Pending when constitution took effect;