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§ 1
Preamble
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Object of government
Art.
I
§ 2
Rights and privileges
Art.
I
§ 3
Liberty of the press
Art.
I
§ 4
Trial by jury
Art.
I
§ 5
No excessive bail or unusual punishments
Art.
I
§ 6
Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions
Art.
I
§ 7
Due process; prosecutions; double jeopardy; self-incrimination; bail; habeas corpus
Art.
I
§ 8
Redress of injuries or wrongs
Art.
I
§ 9
Treason defined
Art.
I
§ 10
Unreasonable searches and seizures prohibited
Art.
I
§ 11
Attainders, ex post facto laws and laws impairing contracts prohibited
Art.
I
§ 12
Imprisonment for debt; property exemption
Art.
I
§ 13
Private property for public use
Art.
I
§ 14
Military power subordinate
Art.
I
§ 15
Lands allodial; void agricultural leases
Art.
I
§ 16
Freedom of conscience; no preference to be given to any religious establishment or mode of worship
Art.
I
§ 17
Religious tests and property qualifications prohibited
Art.
I
§ 1
Name and boundaries; acceptance of organic act
Art.
II
§ 2
Jurisdiction on boundary waters
Art.
II
§ 1
Division of powers
Art.
III
§ 1
Composition of legislature
Art.
IV
§ 2
Apportionment of members
Art.
IV
§ 3
Census enumeration apportionment; congressional and legislative district boundaries; senate districts
Art.
IV
§ 4
Terms of office of senators and representatives; vacancies
Art.
IV
§ 5
Restriction on holding office
Art.
IV
§ 6
Qualification of legislators; judging election returns and eligibility
Art.
IV
§ 7
Rules of government
Art.
IV
§ 8
Oath of office
Art.
IV
§ 9
Compensation
Art.
IV
§ 10
Privilege from arrest
Art.
IV
§ 11
Protest and dissent of members
Art.
IV
§ 12
Biennial meetings; length of session; special sessions; length of adjournments
Art.
IV
§ 13
Quorum
Art.
IV
§ 14
Open sessions
Art.
IV
§ 15
Officers; journals
Art.
IV
§ 16
Elections viva voce
Art.
IV
§ 17
Laws to embrace only one subject
Art.
IV
§ 18
Revenue bills to originate in house
Art.
IV
§ 19
Reporting of bills
Art.
IV
§ 20
Enrollment of bills
Art.
IV
§ 21
Passage of bills on last day of session prohibited
Art.
IV
§ 22
Majority vote of all members to pass a law
Art.
IV
§ 23
Approval of bills by governor; action on veto
Art.
IV
§ 24
Presentation of orders, resolutions, and votes to governor
Art.
IV
§ 25
Disorderly conduct
Art.
IV
§ 26
Banking laws; two-thirds votes
Art.
IV
§ 1
Executive officers
Art.
V
§ 2
Term of governor and lieutenant governor; qualifications
Art.
V
§ 3
Powers and duties of governor
Art.
V
§ 4
Terms and salaries of executive officers
Art.
V
§ 5
Succession to offices of governor and lieutenant governor
Art.
V
§ 6
Oath of office of state officers
Art.
V
§ 7
Board of pardons
Art.
V
§ 1
Judicial power
Art.
VI
§ 2
Supreme court
Art.
VI
§ 3
Jurisdiction of district court
Art.
VI
§ 4
Judicial districts; district judges
Art.
VI
§ 5
Qualifications; compensation
Art.
VI
§ 6
Holding other office
Art.
VI
§ 7
Term of office; election
Art.
VI
§ 8
Vacancy
Art.
VI
§ 9
Retirement, removal and discipline
Art.
VI
§ 10
Retired judges
Art.
VI
§ 11
Probate jurisdiction
Art.
VI
§ 12
Abolition of probate court; status of judges
Art.
VI
§ 13
District court clerks
Art.
VI
§ 1
Eligibility; place of voting; ineligible persons
Art.
VII
§ 2
Residence
Art.
VII
§ 3
Uniform oath at elections
Art.
VII
§ 4
Civil process suspended on election day
Art.
VII
§ 5
Elections by ballot
Art.
VII
§ 6
Eligibility to hold office
Art.
VII
§ 7
Official year of state
Art.
VII
§ 8
Election returns to secretary of state; board of canvassers
Art.
VII
§ 9
Campaign spending limits
Art.
VII
§ 1
Impeachment powers
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Officers subject to impeachment; grounds; judgment
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Suspension
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Service of impeachment papers
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Removal of inferior officers
Art.
VIII
§ 6
Recall
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Amendments; ratification
Art.
IX
§ 2
Constitutional convention
Art.
IX
§ 3
Submission to people of constitution drafted at convention
Art.
IX
§ 1
Power of taxation; exemptions; legislative powers
Art.
X
§ 2
Forestation
Art.
X
§ 3
Occupation tax; ores
Art.
X
§ 4
Motor fuel taxation
Art.
X
§ 5
Aircraft
Art.
X
§ 6
Taconite taxation
Art.
X
§ 7
Art.
X
§ 8
Parimutuel betting
Art.
X
§ 1
Money paid from state treasury
Art.
XI
§ 2
Credit of the state limited
Art.
XI
§ 3
Internal improvements prohibited; exceptions
Art.
XI
§ 4
Power to contract public debt; public debt defined
Art.
XI
§ 5
Public debt and works of internal improvement; purposes
Art.
XI
§ 6
Certificates of indebtedness
Art.
XI
§ 7
Bonds
Art.
XI
§ 8
Permanent school fund; source; investment; board of investment
Art.
XI
§ 9
Investment of permanent university fund; restrictions
Art.
XI
§ 10
Exchange of public lands; reservation of rights
Art.
XI
§ 11
Timber lands set apart as state forests; disposition of revenue
Art.
XI
§ 12
County, township or municipal aid to railroads limited
Art.
XI
§ 13
Safekeeping state funds; security; deposit of funds; embezzlement
Art.
XI
§ 14
Environment and natural resources fund
Art.
XI
§ 15
Outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage; sales tax dedicated funds
Art.
XI
§ 1
Prohibition of special legislation; particular subjects
Art.
XII
§ 2
Special laws; local government
Art.
XII
§ 3
Local government; legislation affecting
Art.
XII
§ 4
Home rule charter
Art.
XII
§ 5
Charter commissions
Art.
XII
§ 1
Uniform system of public schools
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Prohibition as to aiding sectarian school
Art.
XIII
§ 3
University of Minnesota
Art.
XIII
§ 4
Lands taken for public way or use; compensation; common carriers
Art.
XIII
§ 5
Lotteries
Art.
XIII
§ 6
Prohibition of combinations to affect markets
Art.
XIII
§ 7
No license required to peddle
Art.
XIII
§ 8
Veterans' bonus
Art.
XIII
§ 9
Militia organization
Art.
XIII
§ 10
Seat of government
Art.
XIII
§ 11
State seal
Art.
XIII
§ 12
Preservation of hunting and fishing
Art.
XIII
§ 1
Authority of state; participation of political subdivisions
Art.
XIV
§ 2
Trunk highway system
Art.
XIV
§ 3
County state-aid highway system
Art.
XIV
§ 4
Municipal state-aid street system
Art.
XIV
§ 5
Highway user tax distribution fund
Art.
XIV
§ 6
Trunk highway fund
Art.
XIV
§ 7
County state-aid highway fund
Art.
XIV
§ 8
Municipal state-aid street fund
Art.
XIV
§ 9
Taxation of motor vehicles
Art.
XIV
§ 10
Taxation of motor fuel
Art.
XIV
§ 11
Highway bonds
Art.
XIV
§ 12
Motor vehicle sales tax apportionment
Art.
XIV
§ 13
Motor vehicle sales tax allocation
Art.
XIV