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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Convening
Legislature.
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Art. 12. That for redress
of grievances, and for
amending, strengthening and
preserving the Laws, the
Legislature ought to be fre-
quently convened.
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Art. 12. That for redress
of grievances, and for
amending, strengthening and
preserving the Laws, the
Legislature ought to be fre-
quently convened.
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Art. 12. That for the re-
dress of grievances, and for
amending, strengthening and
preserving the laws, the Leg-
islature ought to be fre-
quently convened.
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Art. 10. That for the re-
dress of grievances, and for
amending, strengthening and
preserving the laws, the Leg-
islature ought to be fre-
quently convened.
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10. That for redress of
grievances, and for amend-
ing, strengthening and pre-
serving the laws, the legis-
lature ought to be frequently
convened.
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Petitioning
Legislature.
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Art. 13. That every man
hath a right to petition the
Legislature for the redress of
grievances in a peaceable
and orderly manner.
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Art. 13. That every man
hath a right to petition the
Legislature for the redress
of grievances in a peaceable
and orderly manner.
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Art. 13. That every man
hath a right to petition the
Legislature for the redress of
grievances in a peaceable
and orderly manner.
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Art. 11. That every man
hath a right to petition the
Legislature for the redress of
grievances in a peaceable
and orderly manner.
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11. That every man hath
a right to petition the legis-
lature for the redress of
grievances, in a peaceable
and orderly manner.
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Taxation.
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Art. 14. That no aid,
charge, tax, burthen or fees
ought to be rated or levied,
under any pretence, without
the consent of the Legisla-
ture.
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Art. 14. That no aid,
charge, tax, burthen or fees
ought to be rated or levied,
under any pretence, without
the consent of the Legisla-
ture.
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Art. 14. That no aid,
charge, tax, burthen, or fees,
ought to be rated or levied,
under any pretence, without
the consent of the Legisla-
ture.
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Art. 12. That no aid,
charge, tax, burthen, or fees,
ought to be rated or levied,
under any pretence, without
the consent of the Legisla-
ture.
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12. That no aid, charge,
tax, burthen, fee, or fees,
ought to be set, rated or
levied, under any pretence,
without the consent of the
legislature.
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Poll tax prohi-
bition; exemp-
tion of paupers
from taxation;
assessment of
land, improve-
ments and prop-
erty; uniform-
ity of taxes;
power to impose
fines and taxes;
purpose.
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Art. 15. That the levying
of taxes by the poll is griev-
ous and oppressive, and
ought to be prohibited; that
paupers ought not to be as-
sessed for the support of the
Government; that the Gen-
eral Assembly shall, by uni-
form rules, provide for the
separate assessment, classifi-
cation and subclassification
of land, improvements on
land and personal property,
as it may deem proper; and
all taxes thereafter provided
to be levied by the State for
the support of the general
State Government, and by
the Counties and by the City
of Baltimore for their re-
spective purposes, shall be
uniform within each class or
sub-class of land, improve-
ments on land and personal
property which the respec-
tive taxing powers may have
directed to be subjected to
the tax levy; yet fines, duties
or taxes may properly and
justly be imposed, or laid
with a political view for the
good government and benefit
of the community.
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Art. 15. That the levying
of taxes by the poll is griev-
ous and oppressive, and
ought to be prohibited; that
paupers ought not to be as-
sessed for the support of the
Government; but every per-
son in the State, or person
holding property therein,
ought to contribute his pro-
portion of public taxes for
the support of the Govern-
ment, according to his actual
worth in real or personal
property; yet, fines, duties
or taxes may properly and
justly be imposed, or laid,
with a political view for the
good government and benefit
of the community.
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Art. 15. That the levying
of taxes by the poll is griev-
ous and oppressive, and
ought to be prohibited; that
paupers ought not to be as-
sessed for the support of the
Government, but every other
person in the State, or per-
son holding property therein,
ought to contribute his pro-
portion of public taxes, for
the support of Government,
according to his actual worth
in real or personal property;
yet fines, duties, or taxes
may properly and justly be
imposed or laid, with a po-
litical view for the good
government and benefit of
the community.
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Art. 13. That the levying
of taxes by the poll is griev-
ous and oppressive, and
ought to be abolished; that
paupers ought not to be as-
sessed for the support of
Government, but every other
person in the State, or
person holding property
therein, ought to contribute
his proportion of public
taxes, for the support of
Government, according to
his actual worth in real or
personal property; yet fines,
duties, or taxes may properly
and justly be imposed or laid,
on persons or property, with
a political view, for the good
government and benefit of
the community.
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13. That the levying
taxes by the poll is grievous
and oppressive, and ought to
be abolished; that paupers
ought not to be assessed for
the support of government,
but every other person in
the State ought to contribute
his proportion of public
taxes for the support of gov-
ernment according to his
actual worth in real or per-
sonal property within the
State; yet fines, duties, or
taxes, may properly and
justly be imposed or laid
with a political view for the
good government and benefit
of the community.
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606
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607
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