CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS
[LEGISLATIVE BRANCH] 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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general or special law
for the benefit of such
corporation except upon
the condition that such
corporation shall sur-
render all claim to ex-
emption from taxation or
from the repeal or mod-
ification of its charter,
and that such corpora-
tion shall thereafter hold
its charter subject to the
provisions of this Con-
stitution; and any corpo-
ration chartered by this
State which shall accept,
use, enjoy, or in any
wise avail itself of any
rights, privileges, or ad-
vantages that may here-
after be granted or con-
ferred by any general or
special Act, shall be con-
clusively presumed to
have thereby surrendered
any exemption from tax-
ation to which it may be
entitled under its charter,
and shall be thereafter
subject to taxation as if
no such exemption has
been granted by its
charter.
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existence on the first day
of June, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-seven, pro-
viding for the creation
of corporations, and for
other purposes; and such
drafts of Laws shall by
said commissioners, be
submitted to the General
Assembly at its first
meeting, for its action
thereon; and each of said
commissioners shall re-
ceive a compensation of
five hundred dollars for
his services, as such com-
missioner.
All Charters granted,
or adopted, in pursuance
of this section, and
all Charters heretofore
granted and created, sub-
ject to repeal or mod-
ification, may be altered,
from time to time, or be
repealed; provided, noth-
ing herein contained
shall be construed to ex-
tend to Banks, or the in-
corporation thereof.
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Election Judges:
Regulation by
General
Assembly.
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Sec. 49. The General
Assembly shall have
power to regulate by
Law, not inconsistent with
this Constitution, all mat-
ters which relate to the
Judges of election, time,
place and manner of
holding elections in this
State, and of making
returns thereof.
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Sec. 49. The General
Assembly shall have
power to regulate by
Law,' not inconsistent
with this Constitution, all
matters which relate to
the Judges of election,
time, place and manner
of holding elections in
this State, and of making
returns thereof.
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Sec. 54. The General
Assembly shall have
power to regulate by
law, not inconsistent with
this Constitution, all mat-
ters which relate to the
Judges of Election, time,
place and manner of
holding elections in this
State, and of making
returns thereof.
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Sec. 33. The General
Assembly shall have full
power to exclude from the
privilege of voting at elec-
tions, or of holding any civil
or military office in this
State, any person who may
> thereafter be convicted of
"• perjury, bribery, or other
felony, unless such person
shall have been pardoned
by the Executive.
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Proposed by Act of 1836,
chapter 197. Ratified 1837.
Sec. 12. The General
Assembly shall have power
from time to time to regu-
late all matters relating to
the judges, time, place and
manner of holding elections
for Senators and delegates,
and of making returns
thereof, and to divide the
several counties into elec-
tion districts, for the more
convenient holding of elec-
tions, not affecting their
terms or tenure of office.
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