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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of any office, held by any
other person during his act-
ing in his office of governor,
senator, delegate to Congress
or assembly, or member of
the council, or the profits,
or any part of the profits
arising on any agency, for
the supply of clothing or
provisions for the army or
navy."
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53. That if any governor,
chancellor, judge, register
of wills, attorney general,
register of the land office,
commissioner of the loan
office, register of the chan-
cery court, or any clerk of
the common law courts,
treasurer, naval officer, sher-
iff, surveyor, or auditor of
public accounts, shall receive
directly or indirectly, at any
time, the profits or any part
of the profits of any office,
held by any other person,
during his acting in the office
to which he is appointed, his
election, appointment and
commission, on conviction in
a court of law, by the oath
of two credible witnesses,
shall be void, and he shall
suffer the punishment for
wilful and corrupt perjury,
or be banished this State for
ever, or disqualified for ever,
from holding any office or
place of trust or profit, as
the court may adjudge.
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Freedom of
worship; re-
Quirement that
witnesses and
jurors believe
in God.
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Art. 36. That as it is the
duty of every man to wor-
ship God in such manner as
he thinks most acceptable to
Him, all persons are equally
entitled to protection in their
religious liberty; wherefore,
no person ought by any Law
to be molested in his person
or estate, on account of his
religious persuasion, or pro-
fession, or for his religious
practice, unless, under the
color of religion, he shall dis-
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Art. 36. That as it is the
duty of every man to wor-
ship God in such manner
as he thinks most acceptable
to Him, all persons are equal-
ly entitled to protection in
their religious liberty; where-
fore, no person ought, by
any Law to be molested in
his person or estate, on ac-
count of his religious per-
suasion, or profession, or for
his religious practice, unless,
under the color of religion,
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Art. 36. That as it is the
duty of every man to wor-
ship God in such manner as
he thinks most acceptable to
Him, all persons are equally
entitled to protection in their
religious liberty, wherefore,
no person ought, by any law,
to be molested in his person
or estate, on account of his
religious persuasion or pro-
fession, or for his religious
practice, unless under the
color of religion any man
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Art. 33. That as it is the
duty of every man to wor-
ship God in such manner -as
he thinks most acceptable
to Him, all persons are
equally entitled to protection
in their religious liberty,
wherefore, no person ought,
by any law, to be molested
in his person or estate, on
account of his religious per-
suasion or profession, or for
his religious practice, unless
under color of religion any
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33. That as it is the duty
of every man to worship
God in such manner as he
thinks most acceptable to
him, all persons professing
the Christian religion are
equally entitled to protection
in their religious liberty,
wherefore no person ought
by any law to be molested
in his person or estate on ac-
count of his religious per-
suasion or profession, or for
his religious practice, unless
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