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§ 1
Objects of government
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Natural rights
Art.
I
§ 2
Power inherent in people
Art.
I
§ 3
Religious freedom; sects equal; religious tests prohibited; religious teachers
Art.
I
§ 4
Freedom of speech and publication; libel; truth given in evidence; jury determines law and fact
Art.
I
§ 5
Unreasonable searches prohibited
Art.
I
§ 6
Rights of persons accused
Art.
I
§ 6-A
Discrimination against persons prohibited
Art.
I
§ 7
No person to answer to certain crimes but on indictment; exceptions; juries
Art.
I
§ 8
No double jeopardy
Art.
I
§ 9
Sanguinary laws, excessive bail, cruel or unusual punishments prohibited
Art.
I
§ 10
Bailable offenses; habeas corpus
Art.
I
§ 11
Attainder, ex post facto and contract-impairment laws prohibited
Art.
I
§ 12
Treason; testimony of 2 witnesses
Art.
I
§ 13
Suspension of laws
Art.
I
§ 14
Corporal punishment under military law
Art.
I
§ 15
Right of petition
Art.
I
§ 16
To keep and bear arms
Art.
I
§ 17
Standing armies
Art.
I
§ 18
Quartering of soldiers on citizens
Art.
I
§ 19
Right of redress for injuries
Art.
I
§ 20
Trial by jury
Art.
I
§ 21
Private property, when to be taken
Art.
I
§ 22
Taxes
Art.
I
§ 23
Title of nobility prohibited; tenure of offices
Art.
I
§ 24
Other rights not impaired
Art.
I
§ 25
Right to food
Art.
I
§ 1
Qualifications of electors; written ballot; military servicemen; students
Art.
II
§ 2
Electors exempt from arrests on election days
Art.
II
§ 3
Exemption from military duty
Art.
II
§ 4
Time of state election; absentee voting
Art.
II
§ 5
Voting machines
Art.
II
§ 1
Powers distributed
Art.
III
§ 2
To be kept separate
Art.
III
§ 1
Legislative department; style of acts
Art.
IV
§ 2
Number of Representatives; biennial terms; division of the State into districts for House of Representatives
Art.
IV
§ 3
Submission of reapportionment plan to Clerk of House; Legislature's action on commission's plan
Art.
IV
§ 4
Qualifications; residency requirement
Art.
IV
§ 5
Election of Representatives; lists of votes delivered forthwith; lists of votes examined by Governor; summons of persons who appear to be elected; lists shall be laid before the House
Art.
IV
§ 6
Vacancies
Art.
IV
§ 7
To choose own officers
Art.
IV
§ 8
Power of impeachment
Art.
IV
§ 1-A
Legislature to establish Apportionment Commission; number of quorum; compensation of commission members; commission's budget; division among political parties
Art.
IV
§ 2-A
Line-item veto of dollar amounts appearing in appropriation or allocation sections of legislative documents
Art.
IV
§ 9
Either House may originate bills; revenue bills
Art.
IV
§ 10
Members not to be appointed to certain offices
Art.
IV
§ 11
Persons disqualified to be members
Art.
IV
§ 12
Adjournments
Art.
IV
§ 13
Special legislation
Art.
IV
§ 14
Corporations, formed under general laws
Art.
IV
§ 15
Constitutional conventions
Art.
IV
§ 16
Acts become effective in 90 days after recess; exception; emergency bill defined
Art.
IV
§ 17
Proceedings for people's veto
Art.
IV
§ 18
Direct initiative of legislation
Art.
IV
§ 19
Effective date of measures approved by people; veto power limited
Art.
IV
§ 20
Meaning of words "electors," "people," "recess of Legislature," "statewide election," "measure," "circulator," and "written petition"; written petitions for people's veto; written petitions for direct initiative
Art.
IV
§ 21
City council of any city may establish direct initiative and people's veto
Art.
IV
§ 22
Election officers and officials, how governed
Art.
IV
§ 23
Municipalities reimbursed annually
Art.
IV
§ 1
Governor
Art.
V
§ 2
Term of office; reelection eligibility
Art.
V
§ 3
Election; votes to be returned to Secretary of State; Secretary of State to lay lists before the Senate and House of Representatives; provision in case of tie
Art.
V
§ 4
Qualifications
Art.
V
§ 5
Disqualifications
Art.
V
§ 6
Compensation
Art.
V
§ 7
Commander in chief
Art.
V
§ 8
To appoint officers
Art.
V
§ 9
To give information and recommend measures
Art.
V
§ 10
May require information of any officer
Art.
V
§ 11
Power to pardon and remit penalties, etc.; conditions
Art.
V
§ 12
Shall enforce the laws
Art.
V
§ 13
Convene the Legislature on extraordinary occasions, and adjourn it in case of disagreement; may change the place of meeting
Art.
V
§ 14
Vacancy, how supplied
Art.
V
§ 15
Temporary mental or physical disability of Governor
Art.
V
§ 1-A
Succession to the office of Secretary of State
Art.
V
§ 1
Courts
Art.
VI
§ 2
Compensation
Art.
VI
§ 3
To give opinion when required by Governor or either Branch of the Legislature
Art.
VI
§ 4
Tenure of judicial officers; 6-month holdover period
Art.
VI
§ 5
Limitation on holding other office
Art.
VI
§ 6
Judges and registers of probate, election and tenure; vacancies
Art.
VI
§ 1
Officers, how appointed
Art.
VII
§ 2
Qualifications and selection
Art.
VII
§ 3
Adjutant General
Art.
VII
§ 4
Standard of organization, armament and discipline
Art.
VII
§ 5
Persons exempt from military duty
Art.
VII
§ 1
Legislature shall require towns to support public schools; duty of Legislature
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Authority to pledge the credit of the State and to issue bonds for loans to Maine students in higher education and their parents
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Oaths and subscriptions
Art.
IX
§ 2
Offices incompatible with each other; election to Congress disqualifies
Art.
IX
§ 3
Commissions
Art.
IX
§ 4
Elections on the first Wednesday after first Tuesday of January may be adjourned from day to day
Art.
IX
§ 5
Removal by impeachment or address
Art.
IX
§ 6
Tenure of office
Art.
IX
§ 7
Valuation
Art.
IX
§ 8
Taxation
Art.
IX
§ 9
Power of taxation
Art.
IX
§ 10
Tenure of sheriffs
Art.
IX
§ 11
Attorney General
Art.
IX
§ 12
Voting districts
Art.
IX
§ 13
Bribery at elections
Art.
IX
§ 14
Authority and procedure for issuance of bonds
Art.
IX
§ 14-A
Authority to insure industrial, manufacturing, fishing, and agricultural mortgage loans
Art.
IX
§ 14-B
Authority to insure revenue bonds of the Maine School Building Authority
Art.
IX
§ 14-C
Authority to insure mortgage loans for Indian housing
Art.
IX
§ 14-D
Authority to insure Maine veterans' mortgage loans, and to appropriate moneys and issue bonds for the payment of same
Art.
IX
§ 15
Municipal borrowing regulated by Legislature through general law
Art.
IX
§ 16
Seat of government
Art.
IX
§ 17
Continuity of Government in case of enemy attack
Art.
IX
§ 18
Limitation on use of funds of Maine State Retirement System
Art.
IX
§ 18-A
Funding of retirement benefits under the Maine Public Employees Retirement System
Art.
IX
§ 18-B
Payment of unfunded liabilities of the Maine State Retirement System
Art.
IX
§ 19
Limitation on expenditure of motor vehicle and motor vehicle fuel revenues
Art.
IX
§ 20
Mining Excise Tax Trust Fund
Art.
IX
§ 21
State mandates
Art.
IX
§ 22
Revenues generated by fisheries and wildlife management
Art.
IX
§ 23
State park land
Art.
IX
§ 24
Reapportionment
Art.
IX
§ 25
Apportionment of county commissioner districts
Art.
IX
§ 1
Art.
X
§ 2
Art.
X
§ 3
Laws now in force continue until repealed
Art.
X
§ 4
Amendments to Constitution
Art.
X
§ 5
Art.
X
§ 6
Constitution to be arranged by Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; Constitution to be enrolled and printed with laws; supreme law of the State
Art.
X
§ 7
Original sections 1, 2, 5, of Article X not to be printed; section 5 in full force
Art.
X