§ 123-4. Power of presiding officer. - North Carolina Statutes

§123‑4.  Power of presiding officer.

The presiding officer of theSenate shall have power:

(1)        To direct allnecessary preparations in the Senate chamber.

(2)        To make and issue byhimself or by the clerk of the Senate all orders, mandates, writs, and preceptsauthorized by law or by the Senate.

(3)        To direct all theforms of procedure during the trial not otherwise specially provided for.

(4)        To decide in thefirst instance, without a division, all questions of evidence and incidentalquestions; but the same shall, on demand of one fifth of the members present,be decided by yeas and nays. (1868‑9, c. 168, s. 5;Code, s. 2927; Rev., s. 4627; C.S., s. 6247.)