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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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capable of holding any
office of profit or trust,
under this State, unless
relieved from the dis-
ability by an act of the
Legislature.
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of holding any office of
profit or trust, under this
State, unless relieved from
the disability by an act
of the Legislature.
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offended, or who has so
aided or assisted those
thus offending, since the
first Wednesday of June,
eighteen hundred and
fifty-one, shall ever there-
after be incapable of
holding any office of trust
or profit under this State.
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of holding any office of
, trust or profit under this
State.
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Elections:
Regulation by
General Assem-
bly.
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Sec. 42. The General
Assembly shall pass Laws
necessary for the pres-
ervation of the purity of
Elections.
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Sec. 42. The General
Assembly shall pass Laws
necessary for the pres-
ervation of the purity of
Elections.
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Sec. 41. The General
Assembly shall pass laws
for the preservation of
the purity of elections by
the registration of voters,
and by such other means
as may be deemed ex-
pedient; and to make ef-
fective the provisions of
the Constitution disfran-
chising certain persons,
or disqualifying them
from holding office.
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Sec. 33. The General
Assembly shall have full
power to exclude from
1 the privilege of voting at
elections, or of holding
! any civil or military o]
fice in this State, any
person who may there-
after be convicted of per-
jury, bribery, or other
felony, unless such per-
son shall have been par-
doned by the Executive.
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Wife: Protection
of property.
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Sec. 43. The property
of the wife shall be pro-
tected from the debts of
her husband.
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Sec. 43. The property
of the wife shall be pro-
tected from the debts of
her husband.
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Sec. 42. The General
Assembly shall pass laws
necessary to protect the
property of the wife, from
the debts of the husband
during her life, and for
securing the same to her
issue after her death.
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Sec. 38. The General
Assembly shall pass laws
necessary to protect the
property of the wife,
from the debts of the
husband during her life,
and for securing the same
to her issue after her
death.
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Debtor: Protec-
tion of property
from execution.
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Sec. 44. Laws shall be
passed by the General
Assembly, to protect from
execution a reasonable
amount of the property
of the debtor, not exceed-
ing in value, the sum of
five hundred dollars.
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Sec. 44. Laws shall be
passed by the General
Assembly, to protect from
execution a reasonable
amount of the property of
the debtor, not exceed-
ing in value, the sum of
five hundred dollars.
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Sec. 43. Laws shall be
passed by the General '
Assembly to protect from
execution a reasonable
amount of property of a
debtor, not exceeding in
value the sum of five hun- '
dred dollars.
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Sec. 39. Laws shall be
passed by the Legislature
to protect from execution
a reasonable amount of
the property of a debtor,
not exceeding in value
the sum of five hundred
dollars.
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Clerks and Regis-
ters of Wills:
System of
charges; com-
pensation.
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Sec. 45. The General
Assembly shall provide a
simple and uniform sys-
tem of charges' in the
offices of Clerks of
Courts, and Registers of
Wills, in the Counties of
this State, and the City
of Baltimore, and for the
collection thereof; pro-
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Sec. 45. The General
Assembly shall provide a
simple and uniform sys-
tem of charges in the
offices of Clerks of
Courts, and Registers of
Wills, in the Counties of
this State, and the City
of Baltimore, and for the
collection thereof; pro-
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Sec. 44. The General >
Assembly shall provide a j
simple and uniform sys-
tem of charges in the of-
fices of Clerks of Courts
and Registers of Wills, in
the counties of this State I
and the city of Baltimore,
and for the collection
thereof; provided the j
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Sec. 40. The Legisla-
ture shall, at its first
session after the adoption
of this Constitution,
adopt some simple and
uniform system of
charges in the offices of
clerks of courts and reg-
isters of wills in the
counties of this State and
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