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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Prohibition
against slavery;
Right of com-
pensation from
United States.
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Art. 24. That Slavery
shall not be re-established in
this State; but having been
abolished under the policy
and authority of the United
States, compensation, in con-
sideration thereof, is due
from the United States.
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Art. 24. That Slavery
shall not be re-established in
this State; but having been
abolished, under the policy
and authority of the United
States, compensation, in con-
sideration thereof, is due
from the United States.
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Art. 24. That hereafter,
in this State, there shall be
neither slavery nor involun-
tary servitude, except in
punishment of crime, where-
of the party shall have been
duly convicted; and all per-
sons held to service or labor
as slaves, are hereby declared
free.
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Art. III, sec. 43. The
Legislature shall not pass
any law abolishing the rela-
tion of master or slave, as it
now exists in this State.
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Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 148. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 26. The relation of
Master and Slave in this
State, shall not be abolished,
unless a Bill so to abolish the
same, shall be passed by a
unanimous vote of the mem-
bers of each branch of the
General Assembly, and shall
be published at least three
months before a new election
of Delegates, and shall be
confirmed by a unanimous
vote of the members of each
branch of the General As-
sembly, at the next regular
constitutional session after
such new election, nor then
without full compensation to
the master for the property
of which he shall be thereby
deprived.
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Prohibition
against exces-
sive bail, fines
and cruel pun-
ishment.
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Art. 25. That excessive
bail ought not to be re-
quired, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel or un-
usual punishment inflicted,
by the Courts of Law.
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Art. 25. That excessive
bail ought not to be re-
quired, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel or un-
usual punishment inflicted,
by the Courts of Law.,
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Art. 25. That excessive
bail ought not to be re-
quired, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel or un-
usual punishment inflicted
by the courts of law.
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Art. 22. That excessive
bail ought not to be re-
quired, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel or un-
usual punishment inflicted
by the courts of law.
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22. That excessive bail
ought not to be required,
nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel or unusual punish-
ments inflicted by the court
of law.
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Prohibition
against general
warrants and
warrants with-
out oath or af-
firmation.
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Art. 26. That all war-
rants, without oath or af-
firmation, to search suspect-
ed places, or to seize any
person or property, are
grievous and oppressive; and
all general warrants to
search suspected places, or
to apprehend suspected per-
sons, without naming or de-
scribing the place, or the
person in special, are illegal,
and ought not to be granted.
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Art. 26. That all war-
rants, without oath or af-
firmation, to search suspect-
ed places, or to seize any
person or property, are
grievous and oppressive; and
all general warrants to
search suspected places, or
to apprehend suspected per-
sons, without naming or de-
scribing the place, or the
person in special, are illegal,
and ought not to be granted.
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Art. 26. That all war-
rants, without oath, or af-
firmation, to search suspect-
ed places, or to seize any
person or property, are
grievous and oppressive; and
all general warrants to
search suspected places, or
to apprehend suspected per-
sons, without naming or de-
scribing the place, or the
person in special, are illegal,
and ought not to be granted.
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Art. 23. That all war-
rants, without oath, or af-
firmation, to search suspect-
ed places, or to seize any
person or property, are
grievous and oppressive; and
all general warrants to
search suspected places, or
to apprehend suspected per-
sons, without naming or de-
scribing the place, or the
person in special, are illegal,
and ought not to be granted.
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23. That all warrants
without oath or affirmation,
to search suspected places,
or to seize, any person, or
property, are grievous and
oppressive; and all general
warrants to search suspected
places, or to apprehend sus-
pected persons, without nam-
ing or describing the place,
or the person in special, are
illegal, and ought not to be
granted.
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Conviction not
to result in cur-
ruption of blood
or forfeiture of
estate.
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Art. 27. That no convic-
tion shall work corruption of
blood or forfeiture of estate.
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Art. 27. That no convic-
tion shall work corruption
of blood or forfeiture of
estate.
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Art. 27. That no convic-
tion shall work corruption of
blood, nor shall there be any
forfeiture of the estate of
any person for any crime,
except treason, and then
only on conviction.
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Art. 24. That no convic-
tion shall work corruption of
blood, or forfeiture of estate.
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24. That there ought to
be no forfeiture, of any part
of the estate of any person
for any crime, except mur-
der, or treason against the
State, and them only on con-
viction and attainder.
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612
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613
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