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PART I.

Bill of Rights.

1. All men are born equally free. 2. They have certain inherent rights.

3. When men enter into a state of society they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society.

4. Some are unalienable. Of this kind are the rights of conscience.

5. Freedom of religious thought and worship.

6. The rights of religious societies. 7. The people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves.

8. All magistrates and officers of government are accountable to the people.

9. No office shall be hereditary. 10. The government is instituted for common benefit.

11. All elections to be free.

12. The rights of every member of the community.

13. Those who shall not be compelled to bear arms.

14. Right and justice to be free and without denial.

15. No subject shall be held to answer for any crime until fully and plainly described to him.

16. No person in jeopardy twice for the same offense.

17. In criminal prosecutions the trial shall be in the vicinity where the crime was committed.

18. All penalties ought to be proportioned to the nature of the offense.

24. Militia natural defense of the State.

25. Standing armies prohibited. 26. Military subordinate to civil power.

27. Quartering of soldiers.

28. In regard to taxes, impost and duty.

29. The power suspending the laws or the execution of them only to be exercised by the Legislature.

30. Freedom of speech in debate in the Legislature.

31. The redress of public grievances. 32. The people have the right to assemble in a peaceable manner for the common good. 33. Excessive bail and fines or cruel punishments not allowed.

34. Court martial.

35. The right of trial by impartial judge.

36. No pensions should be granted but in consideration of actual service.

37. The legislative, executive and judicial powers to be kept separate from and independent of each other.

38. Moderation, temperance, industry and frugality.

PART II.

Form of Government.

1. Forming the State.

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2. Supreme legislative power vested in the Senate and House of Representatives.

3. They shall assemble biennially, and shall be called the General Court.

4. The powers and authority of the General Court.

5. A further enumeration of its powers, etc.

6. There shall be a valuation of estates within the State at least once in five years.

7. No member of the General Court shall take fees, etc.

8. The doors to be kept open, except in certain cases.

9. Apportionment of members of

the Legislature.

10. Stricken out.

11. In case of a town, place or city where having less than six hundred inhabitants.

12. The members shall be chosen biennially.

13. Qualifications for voting. 14. Every member of the house shall be chosen by ballot for two years.

15. Compensation and mileage. 16. Vacancies, how filled.

17. Impeachments to be heard and made by the Senate.

18. All money bills shall originate, where.

19. Power to adjourn for two days. 20. What constitutes a quorum. 21. Privileged from arrest.

22. The house shall choose their own speaker, etc.

23. Power of Senate, Governor and council.

24. Both houses to keep a journal. 25. The Senate shall consist of twenty-four members.

26. The State to be equally represented.

27. Election of Senators.

28. How Senators shall be chosen. 29. What disqualifies.

30. Those qualified to be considered an inhabitant.

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31. In regard to rights, etc., of certain inhabitants.

32. Election of Governor, etc. 33. Notifying those Senators elected. 34. In case of tie.

35. The Senate shall judge of the election and qualification of its own members.

36. May adjourn themselves. 37. Shall appoint their officers. 38. They have power of impeachment.

39. Removal from office.

40. If the Governor is impeached.

Executive Porcer.

41. The Governor.

42. Shall be chosen biennially. 43. The Governor may adjourn the Legislature in case of disagreement.

44. All bills to be signed by the Governor.

45. Every resolve to be presented to the Governor.

46. All judicial and army officers to be appointed by the Governor and council.

47. The Governor and council shall have a negative on each other. 48. Captains and subalterns to be commissioned by the Governor. 49. Whenever the chair of the Governor shall become vacant. 50. The Governor and council may prorogue the General Court. 51. The Governor to be commanderin-chief of the army of the State.

52. The Governor's power of pardoning offenses, etc.

53. Removal of commissioned officers of the militia.

54. Appointment of adjutants, etc. 55. Division of militia into brigades, regiments and companies. 56. No money to be issued out of the treasury, except by appropria

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57. Certain officers to deliver an account of all goods, stores, etc., to the Governor.

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58. Compensation of the Governor

and council.

59. Permanent and honorable salaries for justices of the Supreme Court.

60. Election of Governor's councillors.

61. Those having a majority of the votes to be considered elected. 62. In regard to the refusal or acceptance of an office if elected. 63. The members of the council may be impeached for bribery, etc. 64. The resolutions, etc., of the council to be recorded.

65. State may be divided into five districts, each to elect a councillor.

66. Elections may be adjourned. 67. Choosing of the Secretary, Treasurer and Commissary-Generai.

68. Records of the State.

69. Secretary of State to have a deputy.

70. Secretary shall give bond.

71. Election of county treasurers, etc. 72. Two deeds.

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73. Judicial officers to hold office during good behavior.

74. May require opinions of the justices of Superior Court.

75. Commissions of justices of the peace to expire in five years. 76. Marriage, divorce and alimony. 77. Justices of the peace, jurisdiction when damages shall not exceed one hundred dollars.

78. No person to hold office after the age of seventy.

79. No judge or justice of the peace to act as attorney, etc.

80. Judges of probate, duties of. 81. May not be counsel or act as advocate.

82. The judges of the courts shall appoint their respective clerks

91. Privilege of habeas corpus. 92. The enacting style.

93. No Governor or judge of the Supreme Judicial Court shall hold any office or place of authority under this State, except.

94. No person shall be capable of exercising at the same time more than one of the following offices.

95. No member of the council shall have a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives.

96. Bribery. etc., debars from office. 97. In all cases where sums of money are mentioned in this Constitution, the value thereof shall be computed in silver as six shillings and eight pence per ounce.

98. The General Court to fix the time and alterations when amendments shall take effect. 99. In regard to the revision of the Constitution.

100. A convention for revising the Constitution may be called every seven years.

101. The form of government shall be enrolled on parchment and deposited in the Secretary's office.

102. Prohibition.