114 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND.

Art. 38. That every gift, sale or devise of land to any
Minister, Public Teacher or Preacher of the Gospel, as such,
or to any Religious Sect, Order or Denomination, or to, or for
the support, use or benefit of, or in trust for, any Minister,
Public Teacher or Preacher of the Gospel, as such, or any
Religious Sect, Order or Denomination; and every gift or sale
of goods, or chattels, to go in succession, or to take place after
the death of the Seller or Donor, to or for such support, use
or benefit; and also every devise of goods or chattels to or for
the support, use or benefit of any Minister, Public Teacher or
Preacher of the Gospel, as such, or any Religious Sect, Order
or Denomination, without the prior or subsequent sanction of
the Legislature, shall be void; except always, any sale, gift,
lease or devise of any quantity of land, not exceeding five
acres, for a church, meeting-house, or other house of worship,
or parsonage, or for a burying-ground, which shall be improved,
enjoyed or used only for such purpose; or such sale, gift, lease
or devise shall be void.

Vansant v Roberts, Admr., 3 Md. 119. Grove v. Trustees of the Dis-
ciples, 33 Md 451. England, Ex'r v Vestry of P. George's Par., 53 Md.
466. Church Extension Society v. Smith, 56 Md. 362. Trustees v. Man-
ning, 72 Md. 121. Halsey v. Prot. Epis. Church, 75 Md. 275. Kelso v.
Stlgar, 75 Md. 376. Rogers v. Sisters of Charity, 97 Md. 554.

Art. 39. That the manner of administering the oath or
affirmation to any person ought to be such as those of the
religious persuasion, profession, or denomination, of which he
is a member, generally esteem the most effectual confirmation
by the attestation of the Divine Being.

Art. 40. That the liberty of the press ought to be inviolably
preserved; that every citizen of the State ought to be allowed
to speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects,
being responsible for the abuse of that privilege.

Negley v. Farrow, 60 Md. 148.

Art. 41. That monopolies are odious, contrary to the spirit
of a free government and the principles of commerce, and
ought not to be suffered.

The Broadway and Locust Point Ferry Co. v. Hankey, 31 Md. 346.
Wright v State, 88 Md. 443. Scholle v. State, 90 Md. 734.

Art. 42. That no title of nobility or hereditary honors ought
to be granted in this State.

Art. 43. That the Legislature ought to encourage the diffusion
of knowledge and virtue, the extension of a judicious system