WHEREAS, On the eleventh day of March, A. D., 1861, at Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, a Constitution was adopted by a Congress of delegates from the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas, united under the name of the Confederate States of America, which Constitution hath been ratified by each of the said States:

Now, therefore, this Convention, having seen and considered the said Constitution, doth, in behalf of the people of the State of North Carolina, adopt and ratify the said Constitution and form of Government, the tenor of which appears in a schedule hereto annexed.

Resolved, That in additional to the Regiment of Cavalry at present authorized to be formed for service during the war, the Governor be authorized to receive such other companies as have tendered or may hereafter tender their services for the same period, not exceeding five troops or a half regiment, and that they be officered in like manner as the said Regiment of Cavalry herein referred to. [Ratified the 21st day of June, 1861.]

Resolved, That the President of this Convention issue a writ to the Sheriff of Bladen county, instructing him to hold an election in said county on the first Thursday in August next, for the purpose of electing a delegate to fill a vacancy in this Convention caused by the resignation of T. D. McDowell, Esq. [Ratified the 21st day of June, 1861.]

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to communicate to the Convention, at as early a day as practicable, a list of the appointments to office made by him since the third Monday of November, 1860; whether by and with the advice and consent of the Military Board or otherwise; the dates of such appointments, and under what laws made; the manner, pay and rank of each officer, and also what appointments it will be incumbent on the Executive to make under laws of the General Assembly passed at the last regular and special session.

Resolved, That if necessary, the Governor may employ such additional clerical force as may be necessary to furnish said information. [Ratified the 26th day of June, 1861.]

Resolved, That the resolution heretofore passed, providing for a recess of this Convention this evening at 7 o'clock, be, and the same is hereby rescinded, and that this Convention will adjourn on Friday next at 2 o'clock, P. M., and will meet again on the 3rd Monday in November next, unless sooner convened by the President, or by Thomas Ruffin, of Alamance; William A. Graham, of Orange; Bedford Brown, of Caswell; James W. Osborne, of Mecklenburg; and Asa Biggs, of Martin; members of the Convention, or any three of them, in case of his death. [Ratified the 26th day of June, 1861.]

Ordered, That the Secretary cause five hundred copies of all the Ordinances and Resolutions having the force of laws adopted at this session, to be printed in pamphlet form; the said ordinances and resolutions to be inserted in the order of their dates, and in the form in which they stand enrolled: Two copies of the same to be distributed to each member of the Convention, one to each of the officers; twenty-five to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State; ten to be delivered to the Clerk of the Supreme Court for the use of the Court; one to each of the Superior Court Judges and solicitors; the residue to be retained, subject to further order. Ratified the 27th day of June, 1861.]

SECTION 1. Be it ordained, &c., That the sum of three millions two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby appropriated to meet the demands on the Public Treasury for the next ensuing two years, which sum shall be raised and provided for in the way and manner following:

SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the Public Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to have suitably prepared, and to issue Treasury notes, payable to bearer, upon the faith and credit of the State, to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars, of the various denominations of ten, twenty-five and fifty cents, in the following proportions, to-wit: forty thousand dollars in notes or bills of ten cents, sixty thousand dollars in bills or notes of twenty-five cents, and one hundred thousand dollars in notes or bills of fifty cents, which said notes shall be receivable in payment of public dues; shall bear no interest; shall be made payable to bearer, and be signed by the public Treasurer, or by some person to be by him duly authorized and appointed to sign the same, and who shall receive a reasonable compensation for such service, to be paid out of the Public Treasury, and shall be redeemable on or before the first day of January, 1866: Provided, however, That no such notes shall be issued before the first day of March next, and that the General Assembly may make provision for the redemption of said notes before the time specified, or may extend the time of redemption, as in their judgment the public may require. The Public Treasurer and Comptroller shall each provide a book in which shall be kept an accurate account of all the notes of the various denominations paid out under the provisions of this ordinance, and also an accurate account of all sums returned to the Treasury; which books shall at all times be open to the inspection of the General Assembly, and for the keeping of such books, they may, if absolutely necessary, be allowed to employ some suitable person to act as clerk.

SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That the Public Treasurer of the State be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate a loan or loans, with the several banks of this State, or with private individuals, in such sums and at such times as he may deem necessary and proper, to an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of three millions of dollars, including the amount already borrowed of the banks of this State, under the provisions of an act passed at the last session of the General Assembly, enttled “An Act to provide ways and means for the public defence”—for which the said Public Treasurer shall issue the bonds of the State bearing six per cent. interest, and payable twelve months after the date thereof; and should the Public Treasurer not be prepared to pay the same at maturity, he is hereby authorized to renew the same on such terms and for such times as he may think proper, or to negotiate new loans in lieu thereof, and he, the Public Treasurer, shall keep a true and accurate account of all such loans, and make report thereof to the General Assembly from time to time.

Resolved, That from and after to-day this Convention will meet daily at ten o'clock and adjourn at two o'clock, re-assemble again at four o'clock and adjourn at its discretion. [Ratified the 8th day of December, 1861.]

Be it ordained, That the Governor of this State be, and he is hereby authorized, if he shall deem it expedient, to transfer to Col. Green's Regiment of Volunteers, the two companies now at High Point, under the command of Captains Cook and Sharp: Provided, That Capt. Cook shall first return to the Governor or the Adjutant General of this State, all such public monies and orders for public money, as he has heretofore received for the purchase of guns: And, provided further, That the said companies shall not be so transferred unless all the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of said companies shall first signify their assent thereto in writing. [Ratified the 6th day of December, 1861.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That a Commissioner be appointed by this Convention to manufacture salt for the use of the people of this State, at such place or places as he shall judge best; and that he furnish it to the people of each county at the most convenient depot on the railroad to such county, or some navigable waters, on the payment of the cost of manufacturing and transportation; which price shall be paid on the delivery of the salt.

2. Be it further ordained, That the said Commissioner shall have full power to employ the necessary agents and laborers, and to contract for materials, in the name of the State, necessary in carrying out the provisions of this ordinance, and to draw upon the Public Treasurer, from time to time, therefor, not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of said Commissioner to proceed as soon as practicable to the discharge of this duty, and as salt can be made, it be sent forward to the various depots on the several railroads of the State, or on some navigable waters, for the accommodation of every section of the State, equally, and in such order as he may find best to meet the wants of the country.

4. Be it further ordained, That Justices of the Peace of the several counties in this State, a majority being present, may meet at the Court House, in term time, or in vacation of the courts, and make such order as they may prefer, touching the delivering, distribution and payment for the salt manufactured for the use of the people of such county, and to that end may advance the money out of the Treasury of the county, or otherwise: Provided, That they shall not allow the salt to be sold in speculation, or for more than the actual cost.

5. Be it further ordained, That it shall not be lawful for any one to purchase more of the salt so made, than he requires for his own use, or for distribution, at the cost and expense of transportation, and if any one shall purchase any salt so made and re-sell it for a profit, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any of the County or Superior Courts, shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court.

Resolved, That the Governor, if he shall deem it proper, be and he is hereby authorized to transfer to Colonel W. J. Green's Independent North Carolina Regiment, such companies as have been accepted and not yet assigned to other regiments, upon their application for such transfer: Provided, That no member of a company shall be required to join said service without his consent in writing. [Ratified the 6th day of December, 1861.]

Resolved, That Dennis D. Ferebee, Esq., be, and he is hereby appointed a Commissioner whose duty it shall be to visit Richmond, and confer with the Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, and with the Congress of the Confederate States, now in session, and ascertain what kind of payment will be accepted, and that on his return, he report the result of said conference to this Convention, for their consideration and action. [Ratified the 6th day of December, 1861.]

WHEREAS, Resolutions ratified the twenty-third of February, 1861, were passed at the last General Assembly, directing the printing of certain colonial and other records:

Resolved, That the publication of the same be suspended until further order from this Convention, or of the General Assembly of the State. [Ratified the 12th day of December, 1861.]

Resolved, That the Doorkeeper and Assistant Doorkeepers to this Convention be allowed twenty-five dollars each for extra services at the present session, to be paid by the Treasurer out of any monies not otherwise appropriated. [Ratified the 13th day of December, 1861.]

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be authorized to allow Wm. B. Gulick to use, either in or out of his office, for two months, the Census Returns of 1860, or until they shall be called for by an authorized agent of the Government of the Confederate States, provided the same be not removed from the City of Raleigh. [Ratified the 25th day of January, 1862.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That a company by the name and style of the “Piedmont Railroad Company,” be, and the same is hereby incorporated, with a capital stock of fifteen hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of constructing a railroad on the best, cheapest, most direct and practicable route from the Richmond and Danville Railroad to the North Carolina Railroad.

2. Be it further ordained, That for the purpose of creating the capital stock of said company, the following persons be, and they are hereby appointed general commissioners: Wm. T. Sutherlin, of Danville; William P. Watt, John H. Dillard, George D. Boyd and William B. Carter, of Rockingham; Phil. Barrow, John F. Poindexter and A. J. Stafford, of Forsyth county; William A. Lash, John J. Martin and Jas. Riason, of Stokes county; Jesse H. Lindsay, Levi M. Scott and Ralph Gorrell, of Guilford county; Bedford Brown, Thomas D. Johnston, Allen Green and Montford McGee, of Caswell county; Giles Mebane, Jesse Gant and Eli F. Watson, of Alamance; Jno. W. Cunningham, Edwin G. Read and Thos. McGee, of the county of Person; Wm. Johnston, of the town of Charlotte; James C. Turrentine and Wm. F. Strayhorn, of the county of Orange; Benjamin A. Kittrell, of the town of Lexington; H. C. Jones, Sr., of Salisbury; Jonathan Worth, of the town of Ashboro'; Wm. P. Taylor, of Pittsboro'; whose duty it shall be to direct the opening of books for subscriptions of stock at such times and places, and under such persons as they, or a majority of them, may deem proper, and in the mean time it shall and may be lawful for books of subscriptions to said stock to be opened in the town of Charlotte under the direction o John A. Young, Wm. Johnston and James W. Osborne, or any one of them; in Concord, under the direction of V. M. Barringer, Caleb Phifer and Daniel Coleman, or any one of them; in Salisbury, under the direction or Nathaniel Boyden, N. N. Fleming, J. I. Shaver, or any one of them; at Lexington, under the direction of Wm. R. Holt, John P. Mabrey and Samuel Hargrove, or any one of them; at High Point, under the direction of W. F. Bowman, Dr. Robert Lindsay and Nathan Hunt, or any one of them; at Greensboro', under the direction of James Sloan, Jed. H. Lindsay and J. A. Long, or any one of them; at Salem, under the direction of D. H. Starbuck, J. G. Lash, Francis Fries and C. L. Bonner, or any one of them; at Danbury, under the direction of Nathaniel Moody, A. H. Joyce and S. Taylor, or any one, of them; at Graham, under the direction of Thomas Ruffin, Jr., John Trollinger and Edward Holt, or any one of them; at Roxboro', under the direction of Charles Winstead, Dr. C. H. Jordan and Green Williams, or any one of them; at Yanceyville, under the direction of John Kerr, Dr. N. M. Roan and Thomas W. Graves, or any one of them; at Milton, under the direction of Samuel Watkins, John Wilson and Thomas Donaho, or any one of them; at Wentworth, under the direction of John W. Ellington, W. M. Ellington and B. J. Low, or any one of them; at Madson, under the direction of Wm. L. Scales, Joseph H. Cardwell and Nicholas Dalton, or any one of them; at Leaksville, under the direction of George L. Aiken, Jones W. Burton and E. T. Brodnax, or any one of them; at High Rock, under the direction of Francis L. Simpson, Dr. R. H. Scales and Geo. W. Garret, or any one of them; at Danville, Va., under the direction of William T. Sutherlin, James M. Williams and Dr. T. P. Atkinson, or any one of them; at Hillsboro', under the direction of J. C. Turrentine, Henry K. Nash and W. F. Strayhorn, or any one them; and in the city of Richmond, Va., under the direction of A. Y. Stokes, Lewis E. Harvey and Thomas N. Brockenbrough, or any one of them; and said commissioners shall have power to appoint a Chairman of their body, Treasurer, and all other officers their organization may require, and sue for and recover all sums of money that ought, under this ordinance, to be recovered by them in the name of said corporation.

3. Be it further ordained, That all persons who are, by this ordinance authorized, or who may be hereafter, by the general commissioners, authorized to open books of subscription, may do so at any time after the passage of this ordinance, upon giving twenty days notice of the time and place when said books shall be opened, and said books shall be kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, and as long thereafter as the general commissioner shall direct; and that all subscriptions of stock shall be in shares of hundred dollars, the subscriber paying, at the time he makes his subscription, five dollars on each share by him subscribed, to the person or persons authorized to receive such subscriptions; and upon closing the books, all such sums as shall have thus been received of subscribers, on the first cash instalment, shall be paid over to the general commissioners, by the persons receiving the same, and in case of failure to pay, as aforesaid, such person or persons, receiving said money, shall be personally liable to said general commissioners, before the organization of said company, and to the company itself, after the organization, to be recovered within the Superior Courts of Law within this State, in the county where such delinquent resides, or if he resides in another State, then, in any court in such State having competent jurisdiction. The general commissioners shall have power to call on and require all persons empowered to receive subscriptions of stock, at any time, and from time to time, as a majority of them may think proper, to make return of the stock by them respectively received, and to make payment of all sums of money paid by subscribers; that all persons receiving subscriptions of stock shall pass a receipt to the subscriber or subscribers for the payment of the first instalment, as heretofore required to be paid, and upon their settlement with the general commissioners as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said general commissioners, in like manner, to pass their receipts for all sums thus received to the persons from whom received, and such receipts shall be taken and held to be good and sufficient vouchers to persons holding them; that subscriptions of stock may be received as aforesaid or as hereafter provided for, to the amount of fifteen hundred thousand dollars.

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of effecting a railroad communication between the town of Washington and the town of Tarboro', the formation of a corporate company, with a capital of four hundred thousand dollars, is hereby authorized, to be called the Washington and Tarboro' Railroad Company, and when formed in compliance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed, to have a corporate existence as a body politic in perpetuity.

2. Be it further ordained, That the said company be, and the same is hereby authorized to construct a railroad from the town of Washington, in the county of Beaufort, through the counties of Pitt and Edgecombe, to the town of Tarboro'.

3. Be it further ordained, That for the purpose of raising the capital stock of said company, it shall be lawful to open books under the direction of the following named commissioners, to-wit: At Washington, under the direction of John Myers, Jos. Potts, Benj. F. Havens, B. M. Selby and George H. Brown; at Pactolus, under the direction of Churchill Perkins, Peyton A. Atkinson, J. G. B. Grimes, Rippon Ward, and Henry Stancil; at Tarboro', under the direction of John S. Dancy, R. H. Pender, R. R. Bridgers, William S. Battle, and James R. Thigpen, and at such other places and under the direction of such other persons as a majority of the commissioners first named may deem proper, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the amount of four hundred thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each.

4. Be it further ordained, That the commissioners above named, and all other persons who may hereafter be authorized as aforesaid to open books for subscriptions, shall open the same at any time after the ratification of this ordinance, first giving ten days' notice thereof, of the time and place, in one or more of the newspapers published in Washington and Tarboro'; and the said books, when opened, shall be kept open for the space of thirty days, at least, and as long thereafter as the commissioners first above named shall direct, and the said first commissioners shall have power to call on and require all persons empowered to receive subscriptions of stock, at any time, and from time to time, as a majority of them may think proper, to make return of subscriptions of stock by them respectively received.

5. Be it further ordained, That whenever the sum of ten thousand dollars shall be subscribed in the manner and form aforesaid, the subscribers, their executors, administrators or assigns, shall be, and they are hereby declared incorporated into a company by the name and style of the Washington and Tarboro' Railroad Company, and by that name shall be capable, in law and equity, of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying estates, real, personal and mixed, and acquiring the same by gift or devise, so far as shall be necessary for the purposes embraced within the scope, object and intent of their charter, and no further; and shall have perpetual succession, and by their corporate name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law and equity in this State, and may have and use a common seal, which they may alter and renew at pleasure, and shall have and enjoy all other rights and immunities which other railroad corporate bodies may, and of right do exercise, and make all by-laws, rules and regulations that are necessary for the government of the corporation, or effecting the object for which it was created, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State.

6. Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners named in this ordinance for receiving subscriptions in Washington, or a majority of them, as soon as the sum of ten thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, in manner aforesaid, to give public notice thereof, and at the same time to call a general meeting of the stockholders, giving at least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of meeting; a majority of the stockholders being represented in person, or by proxy, shall proceed to elect a President and Treasurer, and six Directors, out of the number of stockholders; and the said Directors, shall have power to perform all the duties necessary in the government of the corporation, and the transaction of its business; and the persons elected as aforesaid, shall serve such period, not exceeding one year, as the stockholders may direct; and, at that meeting, the stockholders shall fix on the day and place or places where the subsequent election of President, Treasurer and Directors shall be held, and such election shall, thenceforth, be annually made; but if the day of the annual election of officers should, under any circumstances, pass without an election, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but the officers formerly elected shall continue in office until a new election takes place.

7. Be it further ordained, That the election of officers aforesaid, shall be, by ballot, each stockholder having as many votes as he has shares in the stock of the company, and the person having the greatest number of votes polled, shall be considered duly elected to the office for which he is nominated, and at all elections and upon all votes taken at any meeting of the stockholders, upon any by-law or any of the affairs of the company, each share of the stock shall be entitled to one vote, to be represented either in person or by proxy; and proxies may be verified in such manner as the by-laws of the company may prescribe.

8. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors may fill any vacancies that may occur in it during the period for which they have been elected, and in the absence of the President, may appoint a President, pro tempore, to fill his place.

9. Be it further ordained, That the Board of Directors may call for the sums subscribed as stock in said company in such instalments as the interest of said company may, in their opinion, require. The call for each payment shall be published in one or more newspapers of the State, for one month before the day of payment, and on failure of any stockholder to pay each instalment as thus required, the Directors may sell, at public auction, on a previous notice of ten days, for cash, all the stock subscribed for in said company by such stockholder, and convey the same to the purchaser at the said sale, and if the said sale of stock does not produce a sum sufficient to pay off the incidental expenses of the sale, and the entire amount owing by such stockholder to the company for such subscription of stock, then, and in that case, the whole of such balance shall be held as due at once to the company, and may be recovered of such stockholder, or his executors, administrators or assigns, at the suit of said company, either by summary motion in any court of superior jurisdiction in the county where the delinquent resides, on previous notice of ten days to said subscriber, or by action of assumpit, in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by warrant before a Justice of the Peace, when the sum does not exceed one hundred dollars; and in all cases of assignment of stock before the whole amount has been paid to the company, then, for all sums [due] on such stocks, both the original subscriber and all subsequent assignees, shall be liable to the company, and the same may recovered as above described.

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Public Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to issue any amount of Treasury notes, now on hand, not exceeding one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, above the denomination of twenty dollars: Provided, Said notes shall bear no interest: And provided, further, That this amount shall be a part of the three millions heretofore ordered to be issued. [Ratified the 4th day of February, 1862.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Chairman of the County Court, and where there is no Chairman, the County Court Clerk of each and every county in this State, shall, by public notice, convene the Justices of the County Courts at their respective court houses on the first Monday in May, 1862; and a majority of the Justices being present, they shall proceed to levy taxes for county purposes, and may, in their discretion, as now provided by law, levy the taxes for school purposes; and the Clerk of the respective County Courts, shall, in such cases, enter the proceedings of said Justices on the minute docket of said County Courts, as a part of the record of said courts thus convened in special session: Provided, That in counties holding regular terms of their County Courts in said month of May, or the first Monday of June, the levy hereby required shall be made at such regular term.

2. Be it further ordained, That the act of the last extra session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act to enlarge the powers of the County Courts for raising revenue for county purposes;” which requires the Justices of the several County Courts, at their first court after the first day of January in every year, to levy a tax for county and school purposes, &c., be, and the same is hereby modified and repealed, so far as the same may apply to the present year, 1862.

3. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall expire and be inapplicable after the year 1862.

4. Be it further ordained, That those counties in which their County Courts have already levied taxes for county and school purposes, and in those counties in which they may hereafter levy the same in ignorance of the provisions of this ordinance, the same shall be void and of no effect. [Ratified the 10th day of February, 1862.]

1. Resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to raise by volunteer enlistment, not exceeding three artillery companies to serve at the batteries already erected, or which may hereafter be erected on the Cape Fear River, below or at, and in the vicinity of the town of Wilmington, and that the men constituting such companies be entitled to the same bounty, pay and allowances as are by law allowed to the companies in the service of the Confederate States.

2. Be it further resolved, That the Governor be authorized to appoint Captains and Lieutenants to recruit such companies; the term of service of said companies to be for twelve months, or for three years or the war, unless sooner discharged by the Governor. [Ratified the 15th day of February, 1862.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the Governor, from time to time, to issue his proclamation calling for volunteers to meet the requisitions of the Confederate Government, now made, or hereafter to be made: Provided, however, That volunteers heretofore in service, re-enlisting, shall have credit for the time they have served: Provided, further, That said volunteers shall not be [retained in service] for a longer time than three years, and to be sooner discharged in case the present war terminates before the expiration of that time: And, provided, further, That the Governor shall not be required to keep in the Confederate service more than the regular quota of North Carolina.

2. Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall call upon the counties to furnish, by volunteering, the necessary number of troops, under the present requisition, according to white population (after crediting them with the troops already in the service, for three years or the war, and the volunteers for twelve months) to complete their respective quotas, on or before the 15th of March, 1862.

3. Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall require each Captain now in the service, on or before the 15th day of March, 1862, to return to the Adjutant General a list of the officers and men under his command, with the county of the residence of each at the time of his entry into service.

4. Be it further ordained, That the Governor shall call upon the several captains of volunteer companies from North Carolina in the field for twelve months, or officers in command of companies, to muster their companies for re-enlistment, and shall make known to them the earnest desire of this Convention and the people of North Carolina, that they shall enlist for three years or the war, and in order to forward this purpose, the captains of companies, or officers in command of the company, on the occasion of such muster, shall put the question distinctly to every officer and soldier belonging thereto, whether he will re-enlist for three years or the war, or not; and those agreeing so to re-enlist, he will cause to subscribe a roll containing such obligation, with their names and places of residence at the times of their first entry into service, and the signatures of the persons so re-enlisting shall be as binding as if they had been mustered into service; which lists he will immediately return to the office of the Adjutant General of the State.

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Board of Claims may draw upon the Public Treasurer for all incidental expenses necessarily incurred by them in the discharge of their official duties: Provided, That such expenses shall not exceed, in the whole, the sum of five hundred dollars: And, provided further, That said Board shall, in their final account, render to the State a statement of all monies by them expended under this ordinance. [Ratified the 21st day of February, 1862.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the twenty-third section of the act of the last session of the General Assembly, entitled “Militia Bill,” be amended as follows: “That there shall be one additional officer appointed by the Governor, to be attached as Assistant to the Paymaster's Department, with the rank and pay of a First Lieutenant, who shall be subject to the same chief of the said department, and to the rules and regulations of the same.”

2. Be it further ordained, That the said office, created by this ordinance, may be vacated by the Governor or the Legislature, whenever the public interest may require. [Ratified the 24th day of February, 1862.]

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That if any person or persons shall erect buildings and construct machinery, for the purpose of manufacturing cotton and wool cards, and shall make proof to the Governor of the cost of such works, the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to draw on the Treasurer for sums not exceeding the cost of said works, to be loaned to the owners thereof, on the execution by them of bonds payable to the State, with sufficient security, conditioned to repay such sums at such time as the General Assembly may prescribe, and with such interest as may be required, not exceeding six per cent. per annum: Provided, That such advances shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the sum of ten thousand dollars: And, provided further, That the cards thus manufactured shall, in the first place, be offered to sale to the citizens of this State. [Ratified the 25th day of February, 1862.]

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That whenever a vacancy occurs in the commissioned officers of any of the companies in this State, raised under an act entitled “an act to raise ten thousand State Troops,” or to be raised under the ordinance entitled “an ordinance to raise North Carolina's quota of Troops,” the vacancy shall be filled by promotion of the officers next in grade in said company; and whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of junior second lieutenant, the vacancy shall be filled by election by the non-commissioned officers and privates of the company in which such vacancy occurs. [Ratified the 26th day of February, 1862.]

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That hereafter, until otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, and also the Superior Courts of Law and Equity, for the county of Hertford, may be held in the town of Winton or in any convenient building within one-half mile of the corporate limits of said town. [Ratified the 26th day of April, 1862.]

WHEREAS, At the second extra session of this Convention an ordinance was passed for the payment of claims audited and allowed by the Board of Claims, in which was included a claim of J. R. Davidson, of Iredell county, for forty-six dollars and ninety-three cents; and, whereas, it appears that this same claim has been paid to the claimant by the Paymaster General's Department; therefore,

Be it resolved, That the Treasurer of the State withhold the payment of the said claim of forty-six dollars and ninety-three cents to said Davidson. [Ratified the 26th day of April, 1862.]

1. Resolved, That the seventh section of an act passed at the second extra session of the General Assembly of 1860-'61, entitled “An Act concerning Revenue,” shall not apply to the county of Burke, but that the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said county, next ensuing, shall be allowed to carry into effect the provisions of said section.

2. Be it further resolved, That the Clerk of the County Court of said county, shall be allowed until the 25th day of August, 1862, to deliver to the Sheriff of said county a fair and accurate copy of the tax lists, as required by the 20th section of said Revenue Act.

3. Be it further resolved, That twelve Justices of the Peace in and for said county of Burke, shall form a quorum and have full power to assess and levy taxes, and transact all other county business, provided a majority of said Justices cannot be assembled.

4. Be it further resolved, That the first and second of these resolutions shall expire and be inapplicable after the year 1862. [Ratified the 1st day of May, 1862.]

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That after the adjournment of this Convention, the Board of Claims, during their continuance in office, may report the result of their action on such claims as they allow to the General Assembly; and the General Assembly is hereby authorized to pass, finally, upon such claims, and make provision for their immediate payment. [Ratified the 7th day of May, 1862.]

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That in all cases requiring a majority of the Justices of the Peace to discharge any duty pertaining to their offices as members of the several Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of this State, a majority of those at the time remaining in the county, shall be deemed and held to be a majority within the purview of the ordinance of this Convention or of the acts of the General Assembly.

2. Be it further ordained, That in those counties which have failed to make provision for the collection of revenue according to the seventh section of an act passed at the second extra section of the General Assembly of 1860-'61, entitled “An Act concerning Revenue,” it shall be the duty of the Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, at their next session, to proceed to execute said section.

3. Be it further ordained, That the Clerks of said counties shall be allowed until the twenty-fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to deliver to the Sheriffs of said counties, copies of the tax lists so required by the twentieth section of said Revenue Act.

SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That John C. Washington, James E. Hoyt, George Washington and William Murdock, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of “The Sapona Iron Company,” and as such, shall have perpetual succession, and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law and Equity; shall have power to make all such by-laws and regulations (not inconsistent with the existing laws and Constitution of this State,) as may be deemed necessary for the government of said company, which shall be binding thereon, and shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a body corporate necessary or requisite to carry on the business of exploring and mining coals, iron ores, and other minerals, and smelting, manufacturing, transporting and vending the same; and shall also have power to purchase, lease, hold, convey and dispose of any estate, real and personal: Provided, That said corporation shall, at no one time, hold more than twenty thousand acres of land. Said company shall have, also, the right, power and authority, to build and construct roads and ways, whether tram, plank or turnpike, and to charge the same as to them may seem advisable, for the transportation to, from, or between their mines and furnaces of iron, coal, coke, ores, minerals and materials, and also to construct such canal or canals and drains as may be required or needful for the supply of water to their furnaces, the transportation of coal, ores, and materials as aforesaid, and the drainage of their mines; and that any or all of such roads, canals and drains shall be opened to the use of the public upon the payment of such reasonable tolls and compensation, and subject to such rules and regulations as said corporation may, by their by-laws, establish.

SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That when any lands or rights of way may be required by said company for constructing said road, canals or drains, and for the want of agreement as to the value thereof or for any other cause, the same cannot be purchased of the owner or owners, the same may be taken and the value thereof ascertained, as follows, viz: On application by the company to any Justice of the Peace, for the county where said land or right of way may be situate, it shall be his duty to issue his warrant to the Sheriff of said county to summon a jury of at least five freeholders, to meet on the land, on a day expressed in such warrant, not less than five nor more than twenty days thereafter, and the Sheriff, on the receipt of said warrant, shall summon the jury, and when met, shall administer an oath or affirmation to them, if three or more appear, that they will impartially value the land in question, or right of way. The proceedings of such jurors accompanied by a description of the land or right of way, shall be returned under their hands and seals, or a majority of them, by the Sheriff to the Clerk of the County Court, there to remain as a matter of record, and on the payment of said valuation, the lands or right of way so valued shall vest in said company so long as the same shall be used for the purpose of said road, canal or drain: Provided, That the location of said road, canal or drain, shall not interfere with any grave-yard, or with any house, houselot or garden, without the consent of the owners thereof: Provided, further, That no more land shall be condemned for the purposes aforesaid, than twenty feet in width on either side from the centre of said road, canal or drain: And, provided further, That if any person or persons over whose land said roads, canals or drains may pass, or said company shall be dissatisfied with the valuation of said jurors, either party may have an appeal to the Superior Court of the county in which the land lies; but such appeal shall not delay or interrupt the use or enjoyment of said right of way by said company.

SEC. 3. Be it further ordained, That the capital stock of said company may be divided into such number of shares and of such amount for each share as the stockholders thereof may, in general meeting, direct: Provided, That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed one million of dollars; that said shares, shall be personal property, and certificates thereof may be issued and the same may be made transferable and assignable, and liable to assessment, forfeiture and sale by the Board of Directors in such manner as the by-laws of said corporation may prescribe.

SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, That the affairs of said company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, all of whom shall be stockholders of said company, and citizens of the Confederate States. Said Board of Directors shall be composed of such number and shall be elected by the stockholders in such manner as the by-laws shall direct, and who shall choose one of their number to be President of the Board, and of the Company: three of said Board shall constitute a quorum to transact business, of whom the President or one appointed by him to fill his place, shall always be one; they shall have power to fill vacancies which may happen in their body, and until the first election of directors by the stockholders the said John C. Washington, James E. Hoyt, George Washington and William Murdock shall constitute the Board of Directors of said company, with full power and authority to exercise all the corporate powers thereof.

SEC. 5. Be it further ordained, That general meetings of the stockholders may be called and held as the by-laws may prescribe; that to constitute a meeting there must be present, in person or by proxy, (the proxy being a stockholder) a number holding a majority of the stock, each share of which shall entitle the holder to one vote, and every act shall require the sanction of a majority of the votes present.

SEC. 6. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and shall continue in force for the period of ninety-nine years. [Ratified the 9th day of May, 1862.]

Resolved, That when this Convention shall be dissolved, that the Principal Secretary have printed five hundred copies of its Journal; two copies to be furnished to every former and present member of the Convention; two to each of the Secretaries of the Convention; two to the Library of the University; one to each County and Superior Court Clerk's office in the State; and one-half of the residue to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State; and the other half in the public Library of the State; and that the Secretary be allowed the sum of one hundred dollars for transcribing the Journal. [Ratified the 9th day of May, 1862.]

Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the act of the Justices of the Peace of Union county, laying a tax for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, though done by less than a majority, be, and the same is hereby declared to be legal. [Ratified the 10th day of May, 1862.]

Resolved, That five hundred copies of the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Convention be printed and distributed in the same manner as the Journals thereof. [Ratified the 12th day of May, 1862.]

SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of establishing a communication by railroad, between Fayetteville, N. C., and Florence, S. C. , the formation of a corporate company with a capital of one million five hundred thousand dollars, to be called the Fayetteville and Florence Railroad Company, [is hereby authorized] and when formed in compliance with the conditions hereinafter prescribed, to have a corporate existence as a body politic.

SEC. 2. Be it further ordained, That the said company be, and the same is hereby authorized to construct a railroad from Fayetteville, N.C., to Florence, S. C., upon such route as may be determined upon by said company after the same shall have been formed.

1. Be it ordained by the Delegates of the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That the Public Treasurer is authorized to issue two millions more of Treasury notes, in sums of five dollars, ten dollars, and twenty dollars, each, in the following amounts, viz: eight hundred thousand in five dollars, seven hundred thousand in ten dollars, and five hundred thousand in twenty dollars, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance passed February 26th, 1862, should it, in the opinion of the Governor and Treasurer, become necessary to do so, and that said notes shall be fundable, as provided for in said ordinance.

2. Be it further ordained, That in the event of the Treasurer being unable, from any cause to issue said notes, that he be allowed to borrow any portion of said two millions from the banks or other sources.

3. Be it further ordained, That the Public Treasurer be authorized to issue ten thousand dollars in denominations of five cents, and ten thousand dollars in ten cents, in addition to the amount heretofore issued by him of said denominations.

4. Be it further ordained, That he have authority to employ some discreet person, if necessary, to be approved of by the Governor, and whose appointment shall be published in three newspapers of this city, to sign coupon and State bonds for the Public Treasurer.

5. Be it further ordained, That if any one shall falsely forge, or knowingly pass, or offer to pass any false, forged, or counterfeit paper purporting to be a Treasury note or bond, or coupon of any such bond, issued under this ordinance of this State, he shall be liable to indictment in the Superior Courts in the county in which such offence may be committed, and on conviction therefor, shall suffer all the pains and penalties according to the 59th section of the 34th chapter of the Revised Code. [Ratified the 12th day of May, 1862.]