TABLE OF CONTENTS. ARTICLE I. BILL OF RIGHTS. Equality and rights of men. SEC. 1. SEC. 2. People the source of power. 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. SEC. 9. SEC. 10. SEC. 11. SEC. 12. SEC. 13. SEC. 14. SEC. 15. SEC. 16. Excessive bail or fines and cruel and unusual punishments prohibited. No person to be deprived of property without due process of law; 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. Qualities necessary to preservation of free government. 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. 21. SEC. 22. SEC. 23. Conditions for voting. 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. |
