Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-12-11
SLAVERY.

SEC. l. The right of property is before and higher
than any constitutional sanction and the right of the
owner of slave to such slave and its increase the
same and involabe the right of the of any
property whatever.
SEC 2 The legislature shall have no power to pass
laws for the emancipation of slaves without the consent
of the owners, without paying the owners previous
to their emancipation full equivalent in money for the
slaves so emancpated. They shall have no power to
prevent emgrans to the State from bringing with them
such persons deemed slaves by the laws any one
of the United States Territories long any person
of the same age description shall continued III slavery
by the laws of this State ProUded That such person or
slave be the bona de property OF such emigrans Ana
provided do That laws may be passed to prohibit the In
PRODUCTION into this State of slaves who have committed
high crimes in other States or Territories They shall
have power to pass laws to permit the owners OF slaves
to emancipae Them saving the rights of creditors and
preventing them from becoming public charge. They
shall have power to obge the owners of slaves to treat
them with humanity to provide for them necessary food
and clothing to abstain from all injuries to them,
tending to life limb and, in case OF their neglect or
refusal to comply with the direction of such laws to have
such slave slaves sold for the benefit of the
owners.
Sec g. In the prosecution of slaves for crimes of
higher grade than petit larceny theegature shall have
no power to deprive them of an impartial trial by petit
jury.
| SEC d. Any person who shall maliciousy dismember
deprive slave of life shall suffer such punishment
WOulu DC III case ike
mitted free white person. and the like proof
cept in of insurrectiOn of such slave.
By provision of the schedule annexed to the Con
stitution it is ordered that the question shall be submit
ted to the voters of Kansas of Constitution with slave
ry" or Constitution with slavery" IT, on an ex-
animation of all the votes cast at election to be held
for the purpose, it shall appear that majority of the
legal votes cast for Constitution with no slavery
then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken
from the Constitution by the President of the Conven
ton and slavery shall longer exist in Kansas except
that the rights of property in slaves now in the Territory
shall in no manner be interfered with.
Taxation shall be uniform and the State may contract
public debts but such debts shall never in the aggregate
exceed five hundred thousand dollars.
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives No lotteries shall be author
lied by law as source of revenue The Legislature
may create corporations by general Or special laws
this subect-but all such special or general laws NAV
be altered, amended, repealed by the Legislature al
any time.
SEC 4. The legislature may incorporate banks of de
Pte and exchange but such banks shall not issue any
'lls, notes, checks, or other paper as money.
SEC. o. The legislature may incorporate bank OIL
discount and ISSUE with not more than two branches
provided that the act incorporating the said bank and
branches thereof shall not take effect until it shall be-
submitted to the people at the general election next