The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-17
ART1cLE XIII.-ELEcr1oSs.

deemed vacant, WneE6 No Ifvs LSlOH Is
made for that purpose in this eonstitu-
ton.
ARTICLE XIII.-EIEcTIoEs.
Section /. All elections shall be free
and equal.
Sec. 2. Electors shall, in all cases, ex-
cept treason, felony and breach OF the
peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance on elections, and in
going to and returning from them.
Sec. 8. All elections by the people shall
be by ballot, and all elections by the GEN
,eral Assembly, or by either branch there
OF, shall be Ciua voce
Sec. 4. All general elections shall be
held on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday in November Of each
year.
Sec. 5. Returns of elections for MEM
bers of Congress, the General Assembly,
and all other officers not otherwise pro-
vided for, shall be made to the Secretary
of State in such manner as may be pre-
scribed by law.
ARTICLE XIV.-C0RPoRATI0Ns.
Section. 1. Corporations may be crea-
ted under general law, but shall not be
created by special acts, except for munich
pal purposes. All general laws and spe-
cial acts authorizing or creating corpora
tions may be altered from time to time,
or repealed.
Sec. 2. Dues from corporations shall be
secured by such individual liability ofthe
stockholders and other means as shall be
prescribed by law, and each stockholdef
of corporation or joint stock association,
except corporations for charitable purpo-
ses and railroad corporations, shall be in
diyidually liable over and above the stock
by him or her owned. and any amount
unpaid thereon, to further sum at least
equal in amount to such stock.
Sec. 8. The property of corporations.
except for charitable and religious purpo-
ses, now existing, and to be hereafter Gre
ated, shall be subject to taxation the same
as the property of individuals.
Sec. f. All Real Estate or other prop
erty of religious corporations shall vest in
trustees whose election shall be by the
members of such corporation.
Sec. 5. The General Assembly shall
provide for the organization of cities and
villages by general laws, and restrict their
power of taxation, assessment, borrowing
money, contracting debts aud loaning
their credit, so as to prevent the abuse Of
such power.
Sec. 6. The term corporations as used
| in this article, shall be construed to in
clude all associations and joint stock COM
panies having any of the powers or priyi-
| leges of corporations not possessed by
individuals or partnerships and all corpo-
rations shall have the right to sue and
shall be subject to be sued in all courts
the same as natural persons.
ARTICLE XV.-JURIsPRUDENcH.
Section 1. The General Assembly at
/ its first session under this Constitution
shall constitute a commission to consist of
| three persons not members of the Senate
or House of Representatives, whose duty
! it shall be to revise, reform, simplify, and
| abridge the rules of Practice, Pleading and
proceeding in the courts of record Of this
State, abolishing the forms of action known
| to the Common Law, and distinctions as
to form, between proceedings at law and
in equity.
Sec 2. The proceedings of the Com
missioners shall be reported to, and be
1 subject to the action of the General As
sembly.
Sec. 3. All the proceedings Of the
Courts of this State shall be instituted and
conducted in the English language, avoid
ing, as far as practicable the use of tech
nical terms.
ARTICLE XVL-MIscELL4NEoUs.
Section 1. No person shall be taken,
/ imprisoned or disseized of his freehold,
outlaWed, exiled, or in any manner de-
prived of his life, liberty or property but
by the Judgment Of his peers and the law
of the land.
Sec. q The printing of the laws and
] journals, bills, legislative documents and
papers for each branch Of the General
Assembly and all printing for the Exe-
eutiye and other departments Of state,
shall be let to the lowest responsible bid
der by such officers and in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law.
Sec. g. The General Assembly shall
provide by law for the protection of the
rights of women, married and single, in
the acquiring and possessing of property,
real, personal and mixed, separate and
! apart from the husband or other person
and shall also provide for the equal rights
of women in the protection, with the
husband, of their children, during their
minority; also shall provide for the sscur-
| ing of homestead which, without the
consent of the wife, she cannot be diyested
of.
Sec. 4. No person shall be elected or
appointed to any Office in this State unless
| he possesses the qualification of an elsc-
| tor at the time of his election or appoint
ment
Sec. 5. There shall be established in
the Secretary Of States Office, Bureau
of Statistics and Agriculture, under such
regulations as may be prescribed BY Law,
and provision shall be made by the GEN
ersl Assembly for the organization and
encouragement Of State and County Agri-
cultural Associations.
Sec. 6. Lotteries, Gift Enterprises. and
the sale OF Lottery and Gift Enterprise
Tickets for any purpose whatever, shall
be forever prohibited in the State.
Sec. Z. 4 homestead of one hundred and
sixty acres of land, or in lieu thereof, .
house and lot, or other property not ex-
ceeding In value two thousand dollars,
belonging to any one family, shall by law
be exempted from forced sale under any
process Of law and shall not be siienated
without the joint consent Of husband and
wife, in cases where that relation exists:
but no property shall be exempt from sale
for taxes or Cor the payment Of obligations
contracted for its purchase.
See. s. This State shall have jurisdic-
ton concurrent with the State of Missou-
II, on the Missouri river, 50 far as toe said
river may be the common boundary Of
the two States.
Sec. 9. For the purpose of preserving
the public health, the General Assembly
shall have power to pass general sanitary