Graham guardian., 1910-12-23

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estate.
Sec. II. Private property shall
not be taken for private use, except
for private ways of necessity, and
for drains, fumes, or bitches, on or
across the lands of others for min
ing, agricultural domestic, or sani-
tary purposes. No private property
shall be taken or damaged for pub
Tic or private use without just COM
pensatioh having been first made.
or paid into court for the owner,
and no right of way shall be appro-
priated to the use of any corpor-
alton other than municipal, until
full compensation therefor be first
made in money, or ascertained and
paid into court for the owner, ir-
respective of any benefit from any
improvement proposed by such cor
poration. which compensation shall
be ascertained by jury, unless a
jury be waived as in other civil
cases in courts Of record, In the
manner prescribed by law When
ever an attempt is made to take
private property for use alleged
to be public, the question whether
the contemplated use be really pub
lie shall be a judicial question, and
determined as such without regard
to.any legislative assertion that the
use is public,
, Sec, IS. There shah be no impris-
onment for debt. except In cases
Of fraud,
Sec. 10. Any person having
knowledge or possession of facts
that tend to establish the guilt Of
any other person or corporation
charged with bribery or illegal re-
batting, shall not be excused from
giving testimony or producing eyi-
dence, when legally called upon to
do so, on the ground that it may
tend to incriminate him under the
laws of the State; but no person
shall be prosecuted or sabject ia
any penalty or forfeiture for, OF on
account Of, any transaction, matter,
or thing concerning which he may
SO testify or produce evidence,
Sec. 20. The military shall be in
strict subordination to the civil
powers.
Sec. 2t. All elections shall be
free and equal, and no power, civil
or military, shall at any time inter.
fere to prevent the free exercise OF
the right of suffrage.
Sec. %. All persons charged
with crime shall be bailable by
sufficient sureties, except for capital
offenses, when the proof is evident
or the presumption great.
Sec. %. The right Of trial by
jury shall remain inviolate, but
provision may be made by law for 8
jury of any number of less thar
twelve in courts not of record, anc
for a verdict by nine or more jurors
! in civil cases in any court of record
and for waving Of a.jury In civi
cases where the consent of the
parties interested is given thereto
Sec. "a. In criminal prosecutions
the accused shall have the right tc
appear and defend in person, anG
by counsel, to demand the nature
and cause of the accusation against
him, to have a copy thereof. tt
testify in his own behalf, to meet
| the witnesses against him face t.
face, to have compulsory process tt
compel the attendance of witnesse.
in his own behalf, TO have a speed,
public trial by an impartial jury o.
the county in which the offense i,
alleged to have been committed
and the right to appeal in all cases
and in no instance shall any accused
person before final judgment b
compelled to advance money or fee,
to secure the rights herein guaran
teed.
Sec. 25. No bill of attainder, ex
post-facto law, or law impairing tn,
obligation of contracts, shall evel
be enacted.
Sec. ,26. The right of the indi
vidual citizen to bear arms in de
fense Of himself or the State sha)
not be impaired, but nothing il
this section shall be construed a
authorizing individuals or corpor
ations to organize, maintain, or EN-
ploy an armed body of men.
Sec. 27. No standing army shall
be kept up by this State ia time O.
peace, and no soldiers shall in tim,
of peace be quartered in any hous,
without the consent of its owner
nor in time of war except in tn,
manner prescribed by law.
| Sec. 28. Treason against tn,
State shall consist only in levyin,
war against the State, or adherin,
to its enemies, or in giving then
aid and comfort. No person shal
be convicted of treason unless OF
the testimony of two witnesses Il
the same overt act, or confession il
open court.