Excerpt from Executive Documents, Printed for the Legislature of North Carolina: At the Session of 1852 The meeting of the Legislature affords a fit occasion for the expression of deep-felt gratitude to an all-wise Providence for the many blessings bestowed upon us as a Republic, as a State, and as a People. With the advice of the Council of State, it was deemed absolutely necessary to call a meeting of the General Assembly, at an earlier day than was provided for the regular meeting thereof, for the purpose of having legislative action in relation to the election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. This necessity arose in consequence of the action of Congress apportioning the Members of the House of Representatives among the several States, according to the Census of 1850, by which the State of North Carolina will be entitled to only ten Electoral votes, while the present Act of Assembly provides for the election of eleven Electors. The communication of the Executive to the Council of State, and the proceedings of that body thereon, and the Official Certificate of the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the apportionment under the Seventh Census, are herewith transmitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.