CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND,
ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION
WHICH ASSEMBLED AT THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS ON THE EIGHTH
DAY OF MAY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AND
ADJOURNED ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST,
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AND RATIFIED
BY THE PEOPLE ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF SEP-
TEMBER, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN,
WITH AMENDMENTS AND DECISIONS OF THE
COURT OF APPEALS, TO AND INCLUDING
102 MARYLAND.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
We, the people of the State of Maryland, grateful to |
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Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty, and
taking into our serious consideration the best means of
establishing a good Constitution in this State for the sure
foundation and more permanent security thereof, declare:
Article 1. That all Government of right originates from |
Preamble. |
the People, is founded in compact only, and instituted solely
for the good of the whole; and they have, at all times, the
inalienable right to alter, reform or abolish their form of
Government in such manner as they may deem expedient.
Hepburn's Case, 3 Bl., 95. Manly v. State, 7 Md., 147.
Art. 2. The Constitution of the United States, and the |
Origin and
foundation
of govern-
ment. Right
of reform. |
Laws made or which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and
all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the au-
thority 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, any-
thing in the Constitution or Law of this State to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
Barney v. Patterson, 6 H. & J. 203. Ches. & Ohio Canal Co. v.
B. & 0. R. R. Co., 4 G. & J. 1. Howell v. State, 3 Gill, 14. Wilson
v. Turpin, 5 Gill, 56. Larabee v. Talbott, 5 Gill, 426. Irvin v. Sprigg,
6 Gill, 200. Evans v. Sprigg, 2 Md., 457. |
Constitution
of U. S. the
supreme
law, |
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