CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [DECLARATION OF RIGHTS] COMPARISON
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Headnotes
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Present
Constitution
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Constitution of
1867
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Constitution of
1864
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Constitution of
1851
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Constitution of
1776
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Amendments to
1776 Constitution
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Accountability
of Legislative
and Executive
Officers; right
to establish
new govern-
ment.
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Art. 6. That all persons
invested with the Legislative
or Executive powers of Gov-
ernment are the Trustees of
the Public, and, as such, ac-
countable 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,
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.
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Art. 6. That all persons
invested with the Legislative
or Executive powers of Gov-
ernment are the Trustees of
the Public, and, as such, ac-
countable 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, 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.
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Art. 6. That all persons
invested with the Legislative
or Executive powers of gov-
ernment, are the trustees of
the public, and as such ac-
countable 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,
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.
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Art. 4. That all persons
invested with the Legislative
or Executive powers of gov-
ernment, are the trustees of
the public, and as such ac-
countable 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, 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.
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4. That all persons in-
vested with the legislative or
executive powers of govern-
ment are the trustees of the
public, and as such account-
able for their conduct;
wherefore whenever the ends
of government are perverted,
and public liberty manifestly
endangered, and all other
means of redress are ineffec-
tuall the people may, and of
right ought, to reform the old
or establish a new govern-
ment; the doctrine of non1-
resistance against arbitrary
power and oppression, is ab-
surd, slavish, and destructive
of the good and happiness of
mankind.
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Right to partici-
pate in Legisla-
ture; Suffrage,
elections.
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Art. 7. That the right of
the People to participate in
the Legislature is the best
security of liberty and the
foundation of all free Gov-
ernment; for this purpose,
elections ought to be free
and frequent; and every
white male1 citizen, having
the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, ought to
have the right of suffrage.
1 The words "white" and
"male" are now ineffective, un-
der the 15th and 19th Amend-
ments to the Constitution of the
United States.
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Art. 7. That the right of
the People to participate in
the Legislature is the best
security of liberty and the
foundation of all free Gov-
ernment; for this purpose,
elections ought to be free
and frequent; and every
white male citizen, having
the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, ought to
have the right of suffrage.
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Art. 7. That the right of
the people to participate in
the Legislature is the best
security of liberty, and the
foundation of all free gov-
ernment; for this purpose
elections ought to be free
and frequent, and every free
white male citizen having
the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, ought to
have the right of suffrage.
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Art. 5. That the right of
the people to participate in
the Legislature is the best
security of liberty, and the
foundation of all free gov-
ernment; for this purpose
elections ought to be free
and frequent, and every free
white male citizen having
the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, ought to
have the right of suffrage.
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5. That the right in the
people, to participate in the
legislature is the best se-
curity of liberty, and the
foundation of all free gov-
ernment; for this purpose,
elections ought to be free
and frequent, and every man
having property in, a com-
mon interest with, and at-
tachment to the community,
ought to have a right of
suffrage.
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Proposed by Act of 1801,
chapter 90. Ratified 1802.
Every free white male
Citizen of this State, and no
other, above twenty one
years of age, having resided
twelve months in the County
next preceding the elec-
tion at which he offers
to vote; and every free
white male Citizen of this
State above twenty one years
of age, and having obtained
a residence of twelve months
next preceding the election
in the City of Baltimore or
the City of Annapolis and
at which he offers to vote,
shall have a right of suf-
frage and shall vote by Ballot
in the election of such
County or City or either of
them for Delegates to the
general Assembly, Electors
of the Senate and Sheriffs.
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Proposed by Act of 1809,
chapter 83. Ratified 1810.
Every free white male
Citizen of this State above
twenty one years of age, and
no other having resided
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