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Art. 3. The powers not delegated to the United States by |
Powers re-
served. |
the Constitution thereof, nor prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States respectively, or to the People
thereof.
Art. 4. That the People of this State have the sole and |
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State's rights. |
exclusive right of regulating the internal government and
police thereof as a free, sovereign and independent State.
Art. 5. That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to |
Common law;
trial by Jury. |
the Common Law of England, and the trial by Jury, accord-
ing to the course of that law, and to the benefit of such of |
English
statutes. |
the English statutes as existed on the Fourth day of July,
seventeen hundred and seventy-six; and which, by experi-
ence, have been found applicable to their local and other cir-
cumstances, and have been introduced, used and practiced
by the Courts of Law or Equity; and also of all Acts of As-
sembly 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 Legislature of this State. And the Inhabi- |
Charter of
the State. |
tants 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 General,
5 H. & J., 401. State v. Wayman, 2 G. & J., 254. State v. Bank of
Maryland, 6 G. & J„ 205. Smith v. State, S Gill, 45. Wright v.
Wright's Lessee, 2 Md., 429. Manly v. State, 7 Md.. 135. Brondhent
v. Stute, 7 Md., 41C. Stewnrt v. Mayor, &c., of Balto., 7 Md., BOO.
Eichelberger v. Hardesty, 15 Md., 548. Pue v. Hetnell, 16 Md., 839.
Koontz v. Nabb, 36 Md.. 549. McCoy v. Johnson, 70 Md., 490. Ford v.
State, 85 Md., 405. Knee v. City Pass. Ry., 87 Md., U24. Danner v.
Stute, 89 Md., 225. In re Maddox, 93 Md., 727. Beasley v. Ridout,
94 Md., 659.
Art. 6. That all persons invested with the Legislative or |
Bight of re-
form. |
Executive powers of Government are Trustees of the Public,
and as such, accountable for their conduct: Wherefore,
whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public
liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of re-
dress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought to
reform the old, or establish a new Government; the doctrine |
Non-resist-
ance. |
of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is
absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of
mankind.
Art. 7. That the right of the People to participate in |
Right of suf-
frage. |
the Legislature is the best security of liberty and the founda-
tion of all free Government; for this purpose elections |
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