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Maryland Manual, 1902
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CONSTITUTION.

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Art. 38. That every gift, sale or devise of land to
any Minister, Public Teacher or Preacher of the Gos-
pel, as such, or to any Religious Sect, Order or Denom-
ination, or to, or for the support, use or benefit of, or in
trust for, any Minister, Public Teacher or Preacher of
the Gospel, as such, or any Religious Sect, Order or
Denomination; and every gift or sale of goods, or chat-
tels, to go in succession, or to take place after the death
of the Seller or Donor, to or for such support, use or
benefit; and also every devise of goods or chattels to or
for the support, use or benefit of any Minister, Public
Teacher or Preacher of the Gospel, as such, or any
Religions Sect, Order or Denomination, without the
prior or subsequent sanction of the Legislature, shall be
void; except always, any sale, gift, lease or devise of
any quantity of land, not exceeding five acres, for a
church, meeting-house, or other house of worship, or
parsonage, or for a burying-ground, which shall be im-
proved, enjoyed or used only for such purpose; or
such sale, gift, lease or devise shall be void.

Vansant v. Roberts, Admr., 3 Md., 119. Grove vs. Trustees
of the Disciples, 33 Md., 451. England, Ex'r v. Vestry of P.
George's Par., 53 Md., 466. Church Extension Society v. Smith,
56 Md., 362. Halsey v. Prot. Epis. Church, 75 Md., 275. Kelso
vs. Stigar, 75 Md., 376,

Disqualifica-
tions of Min-
isters and
religious
bodies.

Art. 39. That the manner of administering the oath
or affirmation to any person ought to be such as those
of the religious persuasion, profession, or denomination,
of which he is a member, generally esteem the most
effectual confirmation by the attestation of the Divine
Being.

Administering
oaths.

Art. 40. That the liberty of the press ought to be in-
violably preserved; that every citizen of the State
ought to be allowed to speak, write and publish his
sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the
abase of that privilege.

Negley v. Farrow, 60 Md., 148.

Liberty of the

Press.

Art. 41 . That monopolies are odious, contrary to the
spirit of a free government and the principles of com-
merce, and ought not to be suffered.

The Broadway and Locust Point Ferry Co. v. Haukey, 31 Md.,
346. Wright vs. State, 88 Md., 443. Scholle v. State, go Md.,
734-

Monopolies.

Art. 42. That no title of nobility or hereditary
honors ought to granted in this State.

Titles of no-
bility.



 
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