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ment inquire into and report upon the expediency of abol-
ishing the office of Lieutenant Governor.
Mr. Jones, from the committee on the declaration of
rights, reported the following:
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
We, the people of the State of Maryland, grateful to
Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and tak-
ing into our serious consideration the best means of es-
tablishing a good constitution in this State for the sure
foundation and more perfect security thereof, declare:
Article 1. That all government of right originates
from the people, is founded in compact only, and insti-
tuted solely for the good of the whole, and they have at
all times the unalienable right to alter, reform or abolish
their form of government in such manner as they may
deem expedient.
Art. 2. The Constitution of the United States and the
laws made, or which shall be made in pursuance thereof,
and all treaties which shall be made under the authority
of the United States, are and shall be the supreme law of
the State, and the judges of this State and all the people
of this State are and shall be bound thereby, anything in
the constitution or laws of this State to the contrary not-
withstanding.
Art. 3. The powers not delegated to the United States
by the constitution thereof, nor prohibited by it to the
State, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the
people thereof.
Art. 4. That the people of this State ought to have the
sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal gov-
ernment and police thereof.
Art. 5. That the inhabitants of Maryland are entitled
to the common law of England, and the trial by jury, ac-
cording to the course of that law, and to the benefit of
such of the English statutes as existed on the fourth day
of July, 1776, and which by experience have been found
applicable to their local and other circumstances, and
have been introduced, used and: practice? by the courts
of law in equity, and also are acts of Assembly in force
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