Section 18.. 55. How Is the Independence of the Judges Secured ? Section 18.

55. How is the independence of the Judges secured ? Section 18.

56. What laws of North Carolina are in force? Section 19.

57. Where may these laws be found ? Answer. -Same may be found in the acts of Assembly, State Codes, &c. but besides these we have the "Common Law," inherited from our ancestors, not found in any statute book.

58. Where are the principles of this " Common Law'" to be looked for Answer. -In the reports of judicial decisions, writings of eminent lawyers, &c.

59. Who can alter these laws? Article II, section 1.

60. What was done with actions and suits pending when the Constitution went into effect ? Section 20.

61. How were these old suits to be-heard and determined ?