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1. All men are naturally equal and have certain inalienable rights. - Origin of power and object of government.

2. Religious freedom.

3. Laws not to control religious opinion.

4. No preference to be given to any particular sect.

5. Religious tests and qualifications for office not allowed.

6. No money to be drawn from the treasury for religious or theological institutions.

7. Witnesses not rendered incompetent on account of religion.

8. Mode of administering oaths.

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10. Prosecutions for libel,

11. Exemption from illegal seizures and searches.

12. Courts open.- Right of justice. 13. Rights of persons accused of crime.-Witnesses.- Counsel. 14. Second trial forbidden.- Not to testify against one's self. 15. Confinement in jail not to be unnecessarily rigorous.

16. Excessive bail and fines.- Cruel punishments.

17. Right of bail.

18. Penal Code founded on princi

ples of reformation.

19. Juries to determine the law and

facts.

20. Right of trial by jury in civil

cases.

21. Particular services or private property not to be taken without payment.

22. Imprisonment for debt not allowed.

23. Exclusive privileges not to be allowed.

24. Ex post facto laws forbidden.Contracts.

25. No law to be passed by any authority not recognized in Constitution.

26. Laws only to be suspended by General Assembly.

27. Privilege of writ of habeas cor

pus.

28. Treason defined.

29. Treason, how proven.

30. Conviction not to work corrup

tion of blood or forfeiture.

9. Freedom of speech and of the 31. The people have the right to as

press.

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5. Negroes and mullatoes denied the right of voting. out.)

6. Bribery at elections to forfeit right.

7. Duelling to disqualify from voting.

8. Laws may be passed depriving criminals of the right to vote or hold office.

9. No person holding a lucrative office or appointment under the United States, or under this State, shall hold office. - Exceptions.

10. Non-accounting holders of public money to be eligible to office.

11. Appointments pro tempore. 12. Electors privileged from arrest. 13. Election by the people to be by ballot by the General Assembly

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22. The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws as in any of the following enumerated cases.

23. General laws shall be of uniform

operation.

24. Suits against the State.-Special

acts for this not allowed.

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12. The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the militia.

13. To communicate by a message. 14. To sign bills.-Veto power limited.

15. To transact business with officers of government.- May require information.

16. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed.

17. Pardoning powers.

18. To fill certain vacancies in office. 19. To issue writs of election to fill vacancies.

20. May in certain cases convene General Assembly elsewhere than at the seat of government.

21. Lieutenant-Governor to preside in Senate.-May speak in com

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