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364 MARYLAND MANUAL. of July, seventeen hundred and seventy-six; and which, by experience, have been found applicable to their local and other circumstances, and have been introduced, used and practiced by the Courts of Law or Equity; and also of all Acts of Assembly in force on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; except such as may have since expired, or may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution; subject, nevertheless, to the revision of; and amendment or repeal by, the Legislature of this State. And the Inhabitants of Maryland are also entitled to all property derived to them from or under the Charter granted by His Majesty, Charles the First, to Caecilius Calvert, Baron of Baltimore. Art. 6. That all persons invested with the Legislative or Executive powers of Government are Trustees of the Public, and as such, accountable for their conduct: Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of re dress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought to reform the old, or establish a new Government, the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish and destructive of the good and happi ness of mankind. Art. 7. That the right of the People to participate in the Legislature is the best security of liberty and the foundation of all free Government; for this purpose elections ought to be free and frequent, and every white* male**. citizen hav ing the qualifications prescribed by the Constitution, ought to have the right of suffrage. Art. 8. That the Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers of Government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other; and no person exercising the func tions of one of said Departments shall assume or discharge the duties of any other. Art. 9. That no power of suspending Laws or the execu tion of Laws, unless by, or derived from the Legislature, ought to be exercised, or allowed. Art. 10. That freedom of speech and debate, or proceed ings in the Legislature, ought not to be impeached in any Court of Judicature. Art 11. That Annapolis be the place of meeting of the Legislature; and the Legislature ought not to be convened, or held at any other place but from evident necessity. * The word “white” omitted under the 15th Amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States. ** The word “male” became inoperative under the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. |
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