112 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND.

Sprigg v. Garrett Park, 89 Md. 406. State v. Broadbelt, 89 Md. 565. Fox:
v. State, 89 Md. 381. State v. Knowles, 90 Md. 653. Lancaster v. State,
90 Md. 213. Lurman v. Hitchens, 90 Md. 17. Board Police Balto City v.
Wagner, 93 Md. 182.

Art. 24. That slavery shall not be re-established in this State;
but having been abolished, under the policy and authority of
the United States, compensation, in consideration thereof, is
due from the United States.

Art. 25. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment
inflicted by the Courts of Law.

Mitchell v. State, 82 Md. 527

Art. 26. That all warrants, without oath or affirmation, to
search suspected places, or to seize any person or property, are
grievous and oppressive; and all general warrants to search
suspected 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.

Blum v. State, 94 Md. 382.

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; where-