West Rowan High School - West Wind Yearbook (Mount Ulla, NC)

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INTERESTING FACTS NAME In 1629, King Charles the First of England erected into a province, all the land from Albemarle “Sound on the north to the St. John's River on the south,which he directed should be called Carolina. The word Carolina is from the word Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, FIRST SETTLERS Our first settlers were largely from Virginia. Some came from the New England States and others came direct from England. Still others came from the English Colonies in the West Indies. There were small se,ttle- ments of French, German and Swiss. OUR CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT The first constitution of North Carolina was adopt- ed December 18, 1776. This constitution provided for three departments of government: legislative, executive, and judicial. A governor, a secretary, and a council of seven members made up the executive department. he ju- dicial devartment was formed by the General Assembly by the creation of courts and the election.of judges. The constitution was revised:in 1835. The legisiature was to meet every two years, and the members were to be elected for that period, in April 1868 the censticucion was again revised and this instrument with certain a+ mendments is the foundation of the law and government of today. The governor and all other constitutional offi- cers are elected for four year terms. POPULATION North’ Carolina ranks llth among the States in total population, 3,563,174 by the 1940 census. The popular tion of the State increased 12.4 per cent between 1930 and 1940, while. the percentage increase for the country as a whole was 7.03.

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