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§ 1	That all Government of right originates from the People, is founded...
§ 2	The Constitution of the United States, and the Laws made, or which...
§ 3	The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution...
§ 4	That the People of this State have the sole and exclusive right...
§ 5	That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to the Common Law...
§ 6	That all persons invested with the Legislative or Executive powers...
§ 7	That the right of the People to participate in the Legislature is...
§ 8	That the Legislative, Executive and Judicial powers of Government...
§ 9	That no power of suspending Laws or the execution of Laws, unless...
§ 10	That freedom of speech and debate, or proceedings in the Legislature,...
§ 11	That Annapolis be the place of meeting of the Legislature; and the...
§ 12	That for redress of grievances, and for amending, strengthening...
§ 13	That every man hath a right to petition the Legislature for the...
§ 14	That no aid, charge, tax, burthen or fees ought to be rated or levied,...
§ 15	That the levying of taxes by the poll is grievous and oppressive,...
§ 16	That sanguinary Laws ought to be avoided as far as it is consistent...
§ 17	That retrospective Laws, punishing acts committed before the existence...
§ 18	That no Law to attaint particular persons of treason or felony,...
§ 19	That every man, for any injury done to him in his person or property,...
§ 20	That the trial of facts, where they arise, is one of the greatest...
§ 21	That in all criminal prosecutions, every man hath a right to be...
§ 22	That no man ought to be compelled to give evidence against himself...
§ 23	In the trial of all criminal cases, the Jury shall be the Judges...
§ 24	That no man ought to be taken or imprisoned or disseized of his...
§ 25	That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines...
§ 26	That all warrants, without oath or affirmation, to search suspected...
§ 27	That no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture...
§ 28	That a well regulated Militia is the proper and natural defence...
§ 29	That standing Armies are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to...
§ 30	That in all cases, and at all times, the military ought to be under...
§ 31	That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house,...
§ 32	That no person except regular soldiers, marines, and mariners in...
§ 33	That the independency and uprightness of Judges are essential to...
§ 34	That a long continuance in the Executive Departments of power or...
§ 35	That no person shall hold, at the same time, more than one office...
§ 36	That as it is the duty of every man to worship God in such manner...
§ 37	That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification...
§ 39	That the manner of administering an oath or affirmation to any person,...
§ 40	That the liberty of the press ought to be inviolably preserved;...
§ 41	That monopolies are odious, contrary to the spirit of a free government...
§ 42	That no title of nobility or hereditary honors ought to be granted...
§ 43	That the Legislature ought to encourage the diffusion of knowledge...
§ 44	That the provisions of the Constitution of the United States, and...
§ 45	This enumeration of Rights shall not be construed to impair or deny...
§ 46	Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied...
§ 47	A victim of crime shall be treated by agents of the State with dignity,...

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