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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always, any sale, gift, lease
or devise of any quantity of
land, not exceeding five
acres, for a church, meeting-
house, or other house of wor-
ship, or parsonage, or for a
burying ground, which shall
be improved, enjoyed, or
used only for such purpose;
or such sale, gift, lease, or
devise shall be void. Pro-
vided, however, that except
in so far as the General As-
sembly shall hereafter by law
otherwise enact, the consent
of the Legislature shall not
be required to any gift,
grant, deed, or conveyance
executed after the 2nd day
of November, 1 948, or to any
devise or bequest contained
in the will of any person
dying after said 2nd day of
November, 1948 for any of
the purposes hereinabove in
this Article mentioned.
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except always, any sale, gift,
lease or devise of any quan-
tity of land, not exceeding
five acres, for a church,
meeting house, or other
house of worship, or parson-
age, or for a burying ground,
which shall be improved, en-
joyed, or used only for such
purpose; or such sale, gift,
lease, or devise shall be void.
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any sale, gift, lease or devise
of any quantity of land, not
exceeding five acres, for a
church, meeting house or
other house of worship, or
parsonage, or for a burying
ground, which shall be im-
proved, enjoyed, or used only
for such purpose; or such
sale, gift, lease or devise shall
be void.
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or devise of any quantity of
land, not exceeding five
acres, for a church, meeting
house or other house of wor-
ship, or parsonage, or for a
burying ground, which shall
be improved, enjoyed or
used only for such purpose;
or such sale, gift, lease or
devise shall be void.
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any quantity of land not ex-
ceeding two acres, for a
church, meeting, or other
house of worship, and for a
burying ground, which shall
be improved, enjoyed or
used only for such purpose
or such sale, gift, lease or
devise shall be void.
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Form of oath or
affirmation of
belief in God.
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Art. 39. That the manner
of administering an oath or
affirmation to any person,
ought to be such as those
of the religious persuasion,
profession, "or denomination,
of which he is a member,
generally esteem the most
effectual confirmation by the
attestation of the Divine
Being.
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Art. 39. That the manner
of administering an oath or
affirmation to any person,
ought to be such as those of
the religious persuasion, pro-
fession, or denomination, of
which he is a member, gen-
erally esteem the most effec-
tual confirmation by the at-
testation of the Divine Being.
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Art. 39. That the man-
ner of administering an oath
or affirmation to any person,
ought to be such as those
of the religious persuasion,
profession or denomination,
of which he is a member,
generally esteem the most
effectual confirmation by the
attestation of the Divine
Being.
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Art. 36. That the manner
of administering an oath or
affirmation to any person
ought to be such as those of
the religious persuasion, pro-
fession or denomination of
which he is a member, gen-
erally esteem the most effec-
tual confirmation by the at-
testation of the Divine Being.
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36. That the manner of
administering an oath to any
person, ought to be such as
those of the religious per-
suasion, profession or denom-
ination of which such person
is one generally esteem the
most effectual confirmation
by the attestation of the di-
vine being. And that the
people called quakers, those
called dunkers, and those
called menonists, holding it
unlawful to take an oath on
any occasion, ought to be
allowed to make their solemn
affirmation in the manner
that quakers have been here-
tofore allowed to affirm, and
to be of the same avail as an
oath in all such cases as the
affirmation of quakers hath
been allowed and accepted
within this State instead of
an oath. And further, on
such affirmation warrants to
search for stolen goods, or
the apprehension or commit-
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Proposed by Act of 1794,
chapter 49. Ratified 1795.
Every person being a
member of either of the Re-
ligious sects or societies
called Quakers, Menonists,
Dunkers or Nicolites or New
Quakers and who shall be
conscientiously scrupulous of
taking an oath on any occa-
sion being otherwise quali-
fied and duly Elected a Sen-
ator, Delegate, or Elector of
the Senate, or being other-
wise 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 Constitu-
tion and Form of Govern-
ment, 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
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