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§ 1
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Political Power
Art.
I
§ 2
Supreme Law of the Land
Art.
I
§ 3
Personal Rights
Art.
I
§ 4
Right of Petition and Assemblage
Art.
I
§ 5
Freedom of Speech
Art.
I
§ 6
Oaths - Mode of Administering
Art.
I
§ 7
Invasion of Private Affairs or Home Prohibited
Art.
I
§ 8
Irrevocable Privilege, Franchise or Immunity Prohibited
Art.
I
§ 9
Rights of Accused Persons
Art.
I
§ 10
Administration of Justice
Art.
I
§ 11
Religious Freedom
Art.
I
§ 12
Special Privileges and Immunities Prohibited
Art.
I
§ 13
Habeas Corpus
Art.
I
§ 14
Excessive Bail, Fines and Punishments
Art.
I
§ 15
Convictions, Effect of
Art.
I
§ 16
Eminent Domain
Art.
I
§ 17
Imprisonment for Debt
Art.
I
§ 18
Military Power, Limitation of
Art.
I
§ 19
Freedom of Elections
Art.
I
§ 20
Bail, When Authorized
Art.
I
§ 21
Trial by Jury
Art.
I
§ 22
Rights of the Accused
Art.
I
§ 23
Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto Law, Etc
Art.
I
§ 24
Right to Bear Arms
Art.
I
§ 25
Prosecution by Information
Art.
I
§ 26
Grand Jury
Art.
I
§ 27
Treason, Defined, Etc
Art.
I
§ 28
Hereditary Privileges Abolished
Art.
I
§ 29
Constitution Mandatory
Art.
I
§ 30
Rights Reserved
Art.
I
§ 31
Standing Army
Art.
I
§ 32
Fundamental Principles
Art.
I
§ 33
Recall of Elective Officers
Art.
I
§ 34
Same
Art.
I
§ 35
Victims of Crimes — Rights
Art.
I
§ 1
Legislative Powers, Where Vested
Art.
II
§ 1(a)
Initiative and Referendum, Signatures Required
Art.
II
§ 2
House of Representatives and Senate
Art.
II
§ 3
The Census
Art.
II
§ 4
Election of Representatives and Term of Office
Art.
II
§ 5
Elections, When to Be Held
Art.
II
§ 6
Election and Term of Office of Senators
Art.
II
§ 7
Qualifications of Legislators
Art.
II
§ 8
Judges of Their Own Election and Qualification - Quorum
Art.
II
§ 9
Rules of Procedure
Art.
II
§ 10
Election of Officers
Art.
II
§ 11
Journal, Publicity of Meetings - Adjournments
Art.
II
§ 12
Sessions, When — Duration
Art.
II
§ 13
Limitation on Members Holding Office in the State
Art.
II
§ 14
Same, Federal or Other Office
Art.
II
§ 15
Vacancies in Legislature and in Partisan County Elective Office
Art.
II
§ 16
Privileges from Arrest
Art.
II
§ 17
Freedom of Debate
Art.
II
§ 18
Style of Laws
Art.
II
§ 19
Bill to Contain One Subject
Art.
II
§ 20
Origin and Amendment of Bills
Art.
II
§ 21
Yeas and Nays
Art.
II
§ 22
Passage of Bills
Art.
II
§ 23
Compensation of Members
Art.
II
§ 24
Lotteries and Divorce
Art.
II
§ 25
Extra Compensation Prohibited
Art.
II
§ 26
Suits Against the State
Art.
II
§ 27
Elections — Viva Voce Vote
Art.
II
§ 28
Special Legislation
Art.
II
§ 29
Convict Labor
Art.
II
§ 30
Bribery or Corrupt Solicitation
Art.
II
§ 31
Laws, When to Take Effect
Art.
II
§ 32
Laws, How Signed
Art.
II
§ 33
Alien Ownership
Art.
II
§ 34
Bureau of Statistics, Agriculture and Immigration
Art.
II
§ 35
Protection of Employees
Art.
II
§ 36
When Bills Must Be Introduced
Art.
II
§ 37
Revision or Amendment
Art.
II
§ 38
Limitation on Amendments
Art.
II
§ 39
Free Transportation to Public Officer Prohibited
Art.
II
§ 40
Highway Funds
Art.
II
§ 41
Laws, Effective Date, Initiative, Referendum —Amendment or Repeal
Art.
II
§ 42
Governmental Continuity During Emergency Periods
Art.
II
§ 43
Redistricting
Art.
II
§ 1
Executive Department
Art.
III
§ 2
Governor, Term of Office
Art.
III
§ 3
Other Executive Officers, Terms of Office
Art.
III
§ 4
Returns of Elections, Canvass, Etc
Art.
III
§ 5
General Duties of Governor
Art.
III
§ 6
Messages
Art.
III
§ 7
Extra Legislative Sessions
Art.
III
§ 8
Commander-in-Chief
Art.
III
§ 9
Pardoning Power
Art.
III
§ 10
Vacancy in Office of Governor
Art.
III
§ 11
Remission of Fines and Forfeitures
Art.
III
§ 12
Veto Powers
Art.
III
§ 13
Vacancy in Appointive Office
Art.
III
§ 14
Salary
Art.
III
§ 15
Commissions, How Issued
Art.
III
§ 16
Lieutenant Governor, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 17
Secretary of State, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 18
Seal
Art.
III
§ 19
State Treasurer, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 20
State Auditor, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 21
Attorney General, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 22
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Duties and Salary
Art.
III
§ 23
Commissioner of Public Lands — Compensation
Art.
III
§ 24
Records, Where Kept, Etc
Art.
III
§ 25
Art.
III
§ 1
Judicial Power, Where Vested
Art.
IV
§ 2
Supreme Court
Art.
IV
§ 2(a)
Temporary Performance of Judicial Duties
Art.
IV
§ 3
Election and Terms of Supreme Court Judges
Art.
IV
§ 3(a)
Retirement of Supreme Court and Superior Court Judges
Art.
IV
§ 4
Jurisdiction
Art.
IV
§ 5
Superior Court — Election of Judges, Terms of, Etc
Art.
IV
§ 6
Jurisdiction of Superior Courts
Art.
IV
§ 7
Exchange of Judges — Judge Pro Tempore
Art.
IV
§ 8
Absence of Judicial Officer
Art.
IV
§ 9
Removal of Judges, Attorney General, Etc
Art.
IV
§ 10
Justices of the Peace
Art.
IV
§ 11
Courts of Record
Art.
IV
§ 12
Inferior Courts
Art.
IV
§ 13
Salaries of Judicial Officers — How Paid, Etc
Art.
IV
§ 14
Salaries of Supreme and Superior Court Judges
Art.
IV
§ 15
Ineligibility of Judges
Art.
IV
§ 16
Charging Juries
Art.
IV
§ 17
Eligibility of Judges
Art.
IV
§ 18
Supreme Court Reporter
Art.
IV
§ 19
Judges May not Practice Law
Art.
IV
§ 20
Decisions, When to Be Made
Art.
IV
§ 21
Publication of Opinions
Art.
IV
§ 22
Clerk of the Supreme Court
Art.
IV
§ 23
Court Commissioners
Art.
IV
§ 24
Rules for Superior Courts
Art.
IV
§ 25
Reports of Superior Court Judges
Art.
IV
§ 26
Clerk of the Superior Court
Art.
IV
§ 27
Style of Process
Art.
IV
§ 28
Oath of Judges
Art.
IV
§ 29
Election of Superior Court Judges
Art.
IV
§ 30
Court of Appeals
Art.
IV
§ 31
Commission on Judicial Conduct
Art.
IV
§ 1
Impeachment - Power of and Procedure
Art.
V
§ 2
Officers Liable to
Art.
V
§ 3
Removal from Office
Art.
V
§ 1
Qualifications of Electors
Art.
VI
§ 1A
Voter Qualifications for Presidential Elections
Art.
VI
§ 2
School Elections — Franchise, How Extended
Art.
VI
§ 3
Who Disqualified
Art.
VI
§ 4
Residence, Contingencies Affecting
Art.
VI
§ 5
Voter — When Privileged from Arrest
Art.
VI
§ 6
Ballot
Art.
VI
§ 7
Registration
Art.
VI
§ 8
Elections, Time of Holding
Art.
VI
§ 1
Taxation
Art.
VII
§ 2
Limitation on Levies
Art.
VII
§ 3
Taxation of Federal Agencies and Property
Art.
VII
§ 4
Art.
VII
§ 5
Taxes, How Levied
Art.
VII
§ 6
Taxes, How Paid
Art.
VII
§ 7
Annual Statement
Art.
VII
§ 8
Tax to Cover Deficiencies
Art.
VII
§ 9
Special Assessments or Taxation for Local Improvements
Art.
VII
§ 10
Retired Persons Property Tax Exemption
Art.
VII
§ 11
Taxation Based on Actual Use
Art.
VII
§ 12
Budget Stabilization Account
Art.
VII
§ 1
State Debt
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Powers Extended in Certain Cases
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Special Indebtedness, How Authorized
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Moneys Disbursed Only by Appropriations
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Credit not to Be Loaned
Art.
VIII
§ 6
Limitations Upon Municipal Indebtedness
Art.
VIII
§ 7
Credit not to Be Loaned
Art.
VIII
§ 8
Port Expenditures — Industrial Development — Promotion
Art.
VIII
§ 9
State Building Authority
Art.
VIII
§ 10
Energy, Water, or Stormwater or Sewer Services Conservation Assistance
Art.
VIII
§ 11
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Public School System
Art.
IX
§ 3
Funds for Support
Art.
IX
§ 4
Sectarian Control or Influence Prohibited
Art.
IX
§ 5
Loss of Permanent Fund to Become State Debt
Art.
IX
§ 1
Who Liable to Military Duty
Art.
X
§ 2
Art.
X
§ 3
Soldiers' Home
Art.
X
§ 4
Public Arms
Art.
X
§ 5
Privilege from Arrest
Art.
X
§ 6
Exemption from Military Duty
Art.
X
§ 1
Existing Counties Recognized
Art.
XI
§ 2
County Seats — Location and Removal
Art.
XI
§ 3
New Counties
Art.
XI
§ 4
County Government and Township Organization
Art.
XI
§ 5
County Government
Art.
XI
§ 6
Vacancies in Township, Precinct or Road District Office
Art.
XI
§ 7
Tenure of Office Limited to Two Terms
Art.
XI
§ 8
Salaries and Limitations Affecting
Art.
XI
§ 9
State Taxes not to Be Released or Commuted
Art.
XI
§ 10
Incorporation of Municipalities
Art.
XI
§ 11
Police and Sanitary Regulations
Art.
XI
§ 12
Assessment and Collection of Taxes in Municipalities
Art.
XI
§ 13
Private Property, When May Be Taken for Public Debt
Art.
XI
§ 14
Private Use of Public Funds Prohibited
Art.
XI
§ 15
Deposit of Public Funds
Art.
XI
§ 16
Combined City-County
Art.
XI
§ 1
Corporations, How Formed
Art.
XII
§ 2
Existing Charters
Art.
XII
§ 3
Existing Charters not to Be Extended nor Forfeiture Remitted
Art.
XII
§ 4
Liability of Stockholders
Art.
XII
§ 5
Term "Corporation," Defined — Right to Sue and Be Sued
Art.
XII
§ 6
Limitations Upon Issuance of Stock
Art.
XII
§ 7
Foreign Corporations
Art.
XII
§ 8
Alienation of Franchise not to Release Liabilities
Art.
XII
§ 9
State not to Loan Its Credit or Subscribe for Stock
Art.
XII
§ 10
Eminent Domain Affecting
Art.
XII
§ 11
Stockholder Liability
Art.
XII
§ 12
Receiving Deposits by Bank After Insolvency
Art.
XII
§ 13
Common Carriers, Regulation of
Art.
XII
§ 14
Prohibition Against Combinations by Carriers
Art.
XII
§ 15
Prohibition Against Discriminating Charges
Art.
XII
§ 16
Prohibition Against Consolidating of Competing Lines
Art.
XII
§ 17
Rolling Stock, Personalty for Purpose of Taxation
Art.
XII
§ 18
Rates for Transportation
Art.
XII
§ 19
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Art.
XII
§ 20
Prohibition Against Free Transportation for Public Officers
Art.
XII
§ 21
Express Companies
Art.
XII
§ 22
Monopolies and Trusts
Art.
XII
§ 1
Educational, Reformatory, and Penal Institutions
Art.
XIII
§ 1
State Capital, Location of
Art.
XIV
§ 2
Change of State Capital
Art.
XIV
§ 3
Restrictions on Appropriations for Capitol Buildings
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Harbor Line Commission and Restraint on Disposition
Art.
XV
§ 2
Leasing and Maintenance of Wharves, Docks, Etc
Art.
XV
§ 3
Extension of Streets Over Tide Lands
Art.
XV
§ 1
Disposition of
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Manner and Terms of Sale
Art.
XVI
§ 3
Limitations on Sales
Art.
XVI
§ 4
Art.
XVI
§ 5
Investment of Permanent Common School Fund
Art.
XVI
§ 6
Investment of Higher Education Permanent Funds
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Declaration of State Ownership
Art.
XVII
§ 2
Disclaimer of Certain Lands
Art.
XVII
§ 1
Seal of the State
Art.
XVIII
§ 1
Exemptions — Homesteads, Etc
Art.
XIX
§ 1
Board of Health and Bureau of Vital Statistics
Art.
XX
§ 2
Regulations Concerning Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy
Art.
XX
§ 1
Public Use of Water
Art.
XXI
§ 1
Senatorial Apportionment
Art.
XXII
§ 2
Apportionment of Representatives
Art.
XXII
§ 1
How Made
Art.
XXIII
§ 2
Constitutional Conventions
Art.
XXIII
§ 3
Submission to the People
Art.
XXIII
§ 1
State Boundaries
Art.
XXIV
§ 1
Authority of the United States
Art.
XXV
§ 1
COMPACT WITH THE UNITED STATES
Art.
XXVI
§ 1
Existing Rights, Actions, and Contracts Saved
Art.
XXVII
§ 2
Laws in Force Continued
Art.
XXVII
§ 3
Debts, Fines, Etc
Art.
XXVII
§ 4
Recognizances
Art.
XXVII
§ 5
Criminal Prosecutions and Penal Actions
Art.
XXVII
§ 6
Retention of Territorial Officers
Art.
XXVII
§ 7
Constitutional Officers, When Elected
Art.
XXVII
§ 8
Change of Courts - Transfer of Causes
Art.
XXVII
§ 9
Seals of Courts and Municipalities
Art.
XXVII
§ 10
Probate Court, Transfer of
Art.
XXVII
§ 11
Duties of First Legislature
Art.
XXVII
§ 12
Election Contests for Superior Judges, How Decided
Art.
XXVII
§ 13
Representation in Congress
Art.
XXVII
§ 14
Duration of Term of Certain Officers
Art.
XXVII
§ 15
Election on Adoption of Constitution, How to Be Conducted
Art.
XXVII
§ 16
When Constitution to Take Effect
Art.
XXVII
§ 17
Separate Articles
Art.
XXVII
§ 18
Ballot
Art.
XXVII
§ 19
Appropriation
Art.
XXVII
§ 1
Art.
XXVIII
§ 1
May Be Invested as Authorized by Law
Art.
XXIX
§ 1
Authorizing Compensation Increase During Term
Art.
XXX
§ 1
Equality not Denied Because of Sex
Art.
XXXI
§ 2
Enforcement Power of Legislature
Art.
XXXI
§ 1
Special Revenue Financing
Art.
XXXII