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THE

CONSTITUTION

SEC. 3.

SEC. 4.

Government instituted for common benefit.

No man entitled to exclusive emoluments or privileges; offices not to

be hereditary.

SEC. 5. Legislative, executive and judicial departments of States should be
separate; elections should be periodical.

Elections to be free.

Excessive bail or fines and cruel and unusual punishments prohibited.
General warrants of search or seizure prohibited.

SEC. 6.

SEC. 7.

Laws should not be suspended.

SEC. 9.

SEC. 10.

SEC. 11.

SEC. 12.

SEC. 13.

SEC. 14.

No person to be deprived of property without due process of law;
trial by jury to be held sacred.
Freedom of the press and of speech.

Militia the proper defence of a free State; standing armies should be
avoided; military should be subordinate to civil power.

Government should be uniform.

SEC. 15. Qualities necessary to preservation of free government.
SEC. 16. Religious freedom.

SEC. 17.

Construction of the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE II.

ELECTIVE FRANCHISE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.

SEC. 18. Qualifications of voters.

SEC. 19. Registrations of voters; who are entitled to register prior to 1904.

SEC. 20. Who may register after 1904.

SEC. 22.

SEC. 23.

Payment of poll tax by veterans of Civil War not prerequisite to

their right to vote; when payment of poll tax enforced.

Persons excluded from registering and voting.

SEC. 24. Who not deemed to have gained legal residence.

SEC. 25. Directions to General Assembly in regard to registration and transfers.