CONSTITUTION. 13
Art 3. The powers not delegated to the United States
by the Constitution thereof, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the
People thereof. |
Powers reser-
ved. |
Art. 4. That the People of this State have the sole
and exclusive right of regulating the internal government
and police thereof, as a free, sovereign and independent
State. |
State's rights. |
Art. 5. That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled
to the Common Law of England, and the trial by Jury, |
Common law:
trial by jury. |
according to the course of that law, and to the benefit of
such of the English statutes as existed on the Fourth
day of July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six; and
which, by experience, have been found applicable to their
local and other circumstances, and have been introduced,
used and practiced by the Courts of Law or Equity; and
also of all Acts of Assembly in force on the first day of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; except such as
may have since expired, or may be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Constitution; subject, nevertheless, to
the revision of, and amendment or repeal by, the Legisla- |
English stat-
utes. |
ture of this State. And the Inhabitants of Maryland are
also entitled to all property derived to them from or under
the Charter granted by His Majesty, Charles the First,
to Caecilius Calvert, Baron of Baltimore.
State v. Buchanan, 5 H. &J. 317. Dashiell v. Attorney-Gene-
,ral, 5 H. & J. 401. State v. Wayman, 2 G. & J. 254. State v.
Bank of Maryland, 6 G. & J. 205. Smith v. State, 5 Gill, 45-
Wright v. Wright's Lessee, 2 Md , 429. Manly v. State, 7 Md. 135.
Broadbent v. State, 7 Md. 416. Stewart v. Mayor, &c., of Balto.,
7 Md. 500. Eichelberger v. Hardesty, 15 Md., 548. Pue v. Het-
zeil, 16 Md., 539. Koontz v. Nabb, 16 Md., 549- McCoy V.John-
son, 70 Md.,490. Ford v. State, 85 Md.,465. Knee v. City Pass.
Ry, 87 Md, 624. Banner v. State, 89 Md., 225. In re Maddox, 93
Md., 727. |
Charter of the
State. |
Art. 6. That all persons invested with the Legislative
or Executive powers of Government are Trustees of the
Public, and as such, accountable for their conduct:
Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are per-
verted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all
other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, |
Right of re-
form. |
and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new
Government; the doctrine of non-resistance against arbi-
trary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and de-
structive of the good and happiness of mankind. |
Non-resist-
ance. |
Art 7. That the right of the People to participate in
the Legislature is the best security of liberty and the |
Right of suf-
frage. |
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