By and with the advice of the Council of State, I, Thomas Walter Bickett, Governor of the State of North Carolina, in the exercise of the power conferred upon me by the Constitution and as contemplated by section 3 of chapter 84 of the Public Laws of 1919, do issue this my proclamation on this extraordinary occasion convening the General Assembly in extra session, and I hereby notify and request the Senators and members of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of North Carolina to meet in their respective halls in the Capitol, in the City of Raleigh, on Tuesday, the 10th day of August, 1920, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the following specific purposes:

1. To prescribe such tax rates as may be wise and just in view of the actual value of the property in the State as ascertained by the Revaluation Act.

2. To consider constitutional amendments reducing the tax rates that may be hereafter levied.

3. To consider such other matters of grave importance to the public as the General Assembly may deem wise.

In witness where of, I, Thomas Walter Bickett, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed.

Done in our city of Raleigh, this the 7th day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and in the one hundred and forty-fifth year of our Independence.