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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 ex |
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State's rights. |
elusive right of regulating the internal government and po-
lice thereof as a free, sovereign and independent State. |
Common law;
trial by Jury, |
Art. 5. That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to
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 the |
English
statutes. |
English statutes as existed on the Fourth day of July, seven
teen 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 Court;
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 incon-
sistent with the provisions of this Constitution; subject
nevertheless, to the revision of, and amendment or repeal by |
Charter of
the State |
the Legislature of this State. And the Inhabitants of Mary
land 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 vs. Buclianan, 5 H. & .J„ 317. Dashiell vs. Attorney General
5 H. & J., 401. State vs. Wayman, 2 G. & J., 254. State vs. Bank o
Maryland, 6 U. & J„ 205. Smith vs. State, 5 Gill, 45. Wright vs.
Wright's Lessee, 2 Md.. 429. Manly vs. State, 7 Md., 135. Broadben
vs. State, 7 Md., 416. Stewart vs. Mayor, &c, of Balto., 7 Md., 500
Eichelberger vs. Hardesty, 15 Md., 548. Pue vs. Hetzell, 16 Md., 531
Koontz vs. Nabb, 16 Md., 549. McCoy vs. Johnson, 70 Md„ 490. Ford
is. State, 85 Md., 465. Knee vs. City Pass. By., 87 Md., 625. Danne
vs. State, 89 Md., 225. In re Maddox, 93 Md., 727. Beasley vs. Ridout,
94 Md., 659.
Art. 6. That all persons invested with the Legislative or |
Right 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 redress |
Non-resist-
ance |
are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought to reform
the old, or establish a new Government; the doctrine of non
resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd
slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind |
Right of suf-
frage. |
Art. 7. That the right of the People to participate in the
Legislature is the best security of liberty and tile founda-
tion of all free Government; for this purpose elections ought |
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