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grievous and oppressive; and all general warrants to search sus-
pected places, or to apprehend suspected persons, without naming
or describing the place, or the person in special, are illegal, and
ought not to be granted.

ART. 27. That no conviction shall work corruption of blood or
forfeiture of estate.

ART. 28. That a well regulated Militia is the proper and natural
defence of a free Government.

ART. 29. That Standing Armies are dangerous to liberty, and
ought not to be raised, or kept up, without the consent of the
Legislature.

ART. 30. That in all cases, and at all times, the military ought
to be under strict subordination to, and control of, the civil power.

ART. 31. That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered
in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of
war, except in the manner prescribed by Law.

ART. 32. That no person except regular soldiers, marines and
mariners in the service of this State, or militia, when in actual
service, ought, in any case, to be subject to, or punishable by
Martial Law.

ART. 33. That the independency and uprightness of Judges are
essential to the impartial administration of Justice, and a great
security to the rights and liberties of the People; wherefore, the
Judges shall not be removed, except in the manner, and for the
causes, provided in this Constitution. No Judge shall hold any
other office, civil or military, or political trust, or employment of
any kind whatsoever, under the Constitution or Laws of this
State, or of the United States, or any of them; or receive fees, or
perquisites of any kind, for the diseharge of his official duties.

Bradford v. Jones, 1 Md. 368. Cantwell v. Owens, 14 Md. 215.

ART. 34. That a long continuance in the Executive Depart-
ments of power or trust is dangerous to liberty; a rotation, there-
fore, in those Departments is one of the best securities of perma-
nent freedom.