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5.
Trial by jury; verdict in civil cases.
6.
Excessive bail; cruel punishments.
7.
Rights of accused.
8.
Prosecutions; double jeopardy; self-incrimination; bail; habeas corpus.
9.
Remedy for wrongs.
9m.
Victims of crime.
10.
Treason.
11.
Searches and seizures.
12.
Attainder; ex post facto; contracts.
13.
Private property for public use.
14.
Feudal tenures; leases; alienation.
15.
Equal property rights for aliens and citizens.
16.
Imprisonment for debt.
17.
Exemption of property of debtors.
18.
Freedom of worship; liberty of conscience; state religion; public funds.
19.
Religious tests prohibited.
20.
Military subordinate to civil power.
21.
Rights of suitors.
22.
Maintenance of free government.
23.
Transportation of school children.
24.
Use of school buildings.
25.
Right to keep and bear arms.
26.
Right to fish, hunt, trap, and take game.
ARTICLE II.
BOUNDARIES.
Section
1.
State boundary.
2.
Enabling act accepted.
ARTICLE III.
SUFFRAGE.
Section
1.
Electors.
2.
Implementation.
3.
Secret ballot.
4.
Repealed.
5.
Repealed.
6.
Repealed.
7.
Private donations and grants; designated election officials.
ARTICLE IV.
LEGISLATIVE.
Section
1.
Legislative power.
2.
Legislature, how constituted.
3.
Apportionment.
4.
Representatives to the assembly, how chosen.
5.
Senators, how chosen.
6.
Qualifications of legislators.
7.
Organization of legislature; quorum; compulsory attendance.
8.
Rules; contempts; expulsion.
9.
Officers.
10.
Journals; open doors; adjournments.
11.
Meeting of legislature.
12.
Ineligibility of legislators to office.
13.
Ineligibility of federal officers.
14.
Filling vacancies.
15.
Exemption from arrest and civil process.
16.
Privilege in debate.
17.
Enactment of laws.
18.
Title of private bills.
19.
Origin of bills.
20.
Yeas and nays.
21.
Repealed.
22.
Powers of county boards.
23.
Town and county government.
23a.
Chief executive officer to approve or veto resolutions or ordinances; proceedings on veto.
24.
Gambling.
25.
Stationery and printing.
26.
Extra compensation; salary change.
27.
Suits against state.
28.
Oath of office.
29.
Militia.
30.
Elections by legislature.
31.
Special and private laws prohibited.
32.
General laws on enumerated subjects.
33.
Auditing of state accounts.
34.
Continuity of civil government.
ARTICLE V.
EXECUTIVE.
Section
1.
Governor; lieutenant governor; term.
1m.
Repealed.
1n.
Repealed.
2.
Eligibility.
3.
Election.
4.
Powers and duties.
5.
Repealed.
6.
Pardoning power.
7.
Lieutenant governor, when governor.
8.
Secretary of state, when governor.
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