The Denver Jewish news., 1919-07-09


From Standard Book Of Jewish verse.
of religion and Of the outward exercise
thereof. r.
). None Of the foregoing rights shall
be abridged, nor shall any discrimina-
tion, disability or restriction whatso-
ever be imposed by law or otherwise
upon any person on account of race.
nationality or religion, nor shall he
he denied the equal protection Of the
law. All existing laws, DEGREES and
ordinances in cOntravention herewith
are repealed.
4. The rights Of any person to use
the languages Of any national minority
Of in business, private intercourse.
at public meetings and in ,ne press as
we'll as before the various tribunals
either orally or in writing shall not
be limited, nor shall any such national
minority he restricted in the use Of
such languages in its schoois and other
institutions, nor shall the validity Of
any transaction or document be affected
by the use Of any language what
ger. Schools which eAploy the Ian
ga,age OF any national mi,sDrtfy sl,ali
II their course 0f study complied with
the general etiuca tional requirements.
enjoy equal rights with all othe:
schools OF the same grade. All existing
anguage restrictions are repealed.
8. The State of . recognizes thu
several national minorities in its pop
ulation as constituting distinct, au
tonomous organizations, and as such
having equally the right to establish.
manage and control their schoOls and
their religious, educational, charitable
and social institutions. -
Any person may declare his with
,lrawal from such national minority
Within the meaning Of the articles
Of this chapter, the Jewish population
CT =. shall constitute u national
minority with all the rights therein
specified.
6. The State Of :. agrees that to
the extent that the Establishment and
the maintenance of schools or religious.
educa tional, charitable or social lnsti-
tutions may be provided for by any
State, departmental, municipal or other
budget, to be paid for out of public
funds, each national minority shall be
allotted a proportion OF such funds
based upon the ration between Its
numbers in the respective areas and
the entire population therein. More
over, the authorities of each national
minority shall be empowered to impose
obligatory contributions upon the menf-
Lers OF such minority.
Z. The State of =. agrees that each
national minority shall have the right
10 elect such proportion Of the entire
number of representatives. In all State,
departmental, municipal and other
public elective bodies based upon the
ratio of its numbers in the respective
electoral areas to the entire pOpula-
tion therein. They are to be chosen
hy Independent electral colleges or by
such other equivalent methods as shall
assure to such minorities ike national
proportional representation.
s. Those who observe any other day
than Sunday as their Sabbath shall not
be required to perform any acts OF!
their Sabbath or holy days which b.!
the tenets of their faith are regarded
as desecra ton, nor shall they be pro
.libited from pursuing their secular at.
fairs on Sunday or other holy days.
9. The State of =. agrees that the
foregoing obligations are hereby EN-
bodied in her funda mental law as Z
bill Of rights, with which no law, reg
ulation. or official action shall con
flict or interfere and as against which
no law, regula alton, or official action
shall have validity or effect. Nont
If the foregoing provisions shall b.
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