The public officers of the State are legislative, executive, and judicial. But this classification shall not be construed as defining the legal powers of either class.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 147-1
Public State officials classified
1868-9, c. 270, ss. 1, 2; Code, s. 3317; Rev., s. 5323; C.S., s. 7624.
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