, 1857-10-09


for debt, except in case Of fraud or abscou
) ding debtors.
90 No law shall be passed granting
to any citizen or class of citizens privileges
or immunities which, upon the same terms,
q shall not equally belong to all citizens
!, s q. No eX-post facto law, or law i'm
pairing the obligation of contracts shall ever
be passed; nor shall any law be passed the
taking effect Of which shall be made to de-
pend upon any authority except as provi-
. ded in this constitution Provided, that
laws locating the capitol of the State, loca-
I ting Couuty-scats, and submitting town and
corporate acts, and other local and special
laws may take effect, Or not, upon a vote
+, of the electors interested.
. 90 The operations of the laws shall
never be suspended, except by tie author
ity Of the legislative assembly.
s % The privilege Of the writ Of
habeas corbus shall not be suspended, M
less in case Of rebellion or Invasion, the
public safety require it.
"a. Treason against the State shall
consist only in leyying war against it,, ad-
herring to its enemies, OF giving them aid
or comfort No person shall be convicted
Of treason, unless on the testimony Of two
witnesses to the same overt act, or conles-
sion in open court.
25 No conviction shall work corrup-
tion of blood or forfeiture Of estate.
2G. No law shall be passed restrain
ing any of the inhabitants of the State
from assembling together in a peaceable
manner TO consult for their common good:
nor from insructing their representatives.;
nor from applying To- tho Legislature for re,
dress Of grievances.
p The pei bpe shall have the right
to be9F arnisfoC/the defence of themselves
and Nie State, but the military shall he
kept in strict subordination to the civil
power.
IS. No soldier shall in time of peace
be quariered in any house, without the
consent Of the owner; nor in time of war,
except in manner prescribed by Law.
20 No law shall he passed granting
any title of nobility or confering heredi-
tary distinctions.
80. No law shall be passed prohibi-
ling emigration from the State
/ s 81 White Foreigners who are, or who
may hereafter become residents of this
State, shall enjoy the same rights in res
poet to the possession, enjoyment, and
descent Of property, as nativc.born citizens,
and the Legislative Assembly shall have
power to restrain and regulate the immi-
grafton 10 the State of persons not quail
fed 10 becoms citizens of the United
States.
80. No tax or duty shall be imposed
without the consent Of the people or their
representatives in thy legislative assembly,
aud al taxation shall be equal and uniform.
33. This enumeration Of rights and
privileges shall not be construed to impair
or deny others retained by the people.
ART. II.-SUFFRAGE AND ELEC-
TIONS.
SECTION /. All elections shall be free and
equal
I .S2. In al elections not otherwise pro
yided for by this constitution, every white
, male citizen Of the United States, of the
age of twenty-one years and upwards, who
shall have resided in the State during the
six months Immediately preceding such
election; and every white male of ioreigu
birth of the age OF twenty-one years and
upwards, who shall have resided in this
State during the six months Immediately
preceding such election, and shall have de-
eared his intention to become citizen Of
the United States, one year preceding such
election, coniormably to the laws of the
United States on the subject Of uaturalza-
ton, shall be entitled to vote at all cleo
tions authorized by law.
S3. No idiot or insane person shall be
entitled 10 the privileges Of an elector; and
the privilege of an elcctor shall be forfeit
ed by a conviction Of any crime which is
punishable by Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
S4. For the purpose voting, no person
shall be deemed to have gained or lost q
residence, by reason Of his presence or alb
sence while employed in the service Of the
!, United States or Of this State, nor while
, engaged in the navigation Of the waters Of
this State or Of the United States, or of
the high seas; nor while student Of any
seminary of learning; nor while kept at
any alms-house, or other asylum at public
expense; nor while confined IN any puolh'
, prison.
SO No soldier seaman or marine IN the
army or navy of the United States, Of their
allies, shall be deemed to have acquired a
residence in the State, in consequence OF
having been stationed within the same; nor
shall any such soldier, seaman or marine
have the right to vote,
Sc. No negro, cinnamon, or mulatto,
shall have the right of suffrage.
ST. Every person shall be disqualified
= from holding Office during the term for
which he may have been elected, who shall
e have given or offered bribe, threat, or
reward to procure his election.
IS. The Legislative Assembly shall en-
t act laws to support the privilege Of free
suffrage prescribing the manner of regula-
= ting and conducting elections, and prOhibi-
" .;. ,,,dor odanuatp nenalties all undue