1792
Proposed by Act of 1791, chapter 80.
Ratified 1792.
No Member of Congress, or person
holding an office of Trust or Profit
under the United States shall be capable
of having a Seat in the General Assem-
bly or being an Elector of the Senate or
holding any Office of Trust or Profit
under this State, and if any Member of
the General Assembly, Elector of the
Senate, or person holding an Office of
Trust or Profit under this State, shall
take his Seat on Congress or accept of
an Office of Trust or profit under the
United States, or being elected to Con-
gress or appointed to an Office of Trust
or profit under the United States, not
make his resignation of his Seat in Con-
gress or of his office, as the case may be
within thirty days after notice of his
Election or Appointment to office as
aforesaid his seat in the Legislature of
this State or as Elector of the Senate, or
of his Office held under this State as
aforesaid shall be void; Provided, That
no person who is now or may be at the
time when this act becomes part of the
Constitution a member both of Congress
and of the Legislature of this State, or
who now holds or may hold at the time
when this Act becomes part of the Con-
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stitution an office as aforesaid both
under this State and the United States,
shall be affected by this Act, if within
fifteen days after the same shall become
part of the Constitution he shall resign
his seat in Congress or his office held
under the United States.
1795
Proposed by Act of 1794, chapter 49.
Ratified 1795.
Every person being a member of either
of the Religious sects or societies called
Quakers, Menonists, Dunkers or Nico-
lites or New Quakers and who shall be
conscientiously scrupulous of taking an
oath on any occasion being otherwise
qualified and duly Elected a Senator,
Delegate, or Elector of the Senate, or
being otherwise qualified and duly ap-
pointed or elected to any office of Profit
or Trust, on making affirmation instead
of taking the several Oaths appointed
by the Constitution and Form of Gov-
ernment, and the several Acts of
Assembly of this State now in force, or
that hereafter may be made, such person
may hold and exercise any office of
Profit or Trust to which he may be
appointed or elected, and may by such
affirmation qualify himself to take a seat
in the Legislature and to act therein as
a Member of the same in all cases what-
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