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North Carolina’s 1868 State Constitution still serves as the basis of North Carolina’s state government. The constitution has been amended many times over the last 136 years, most notably in 1970-71 when a revision of the constitution reduced the number of state agencies from roughly 200 to 25. Below you will find a copy of the original, hand-written 1868 North Carolina Constitution, complete with the signatures of the men who drafted the document.

Some of these files are rather large (> 10 MB). You may want to click on the icon and download the file to your PC rather than trying to open and view it from this location.


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