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Vermont

Vt. Const.

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Vermont — Vt. Const.
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Article 1. [All persons born free; their natural rights; slavery and indentured servitude prohibited0447
Article 2. [Private property subject to public use; owner to be paid]0290
Article 3. [Freedom in religion; right and duty of religious worship]01,071
Article 4. [Remedy at law secured to all]0405
Article 5. [Internal police]0196
Article 6. [Officers servants of the people]0293
Article 7. [Government for the people; they may change it]0530
Article 8. [Elections to be free and pure; rights of voters therein]0350
Article 9. [Citizens’ rights and duties in the State; bearing arms; taxation]0971
Article 10. [Rights of persons accused of crime; personal liberty; waiver of jury trial]01,040
Article 11. [Search and seizure regulated]0510
Article 12. [Trial by jury to be held sacred]0213
Article 13. [Freedom of speech and of the press]0257
Article 14. [Immunity for words spoken in legislative debate]0303
Article 15. [Legislature only may suspend laws]0290
Article 16. [Right to bear arms; standing armies; military power subordinate to civil]0368
Article 17. [Martial law restricted]0231
Article 18. [Regard to fundamental principles and virtues necessary to preserve liberty]0638
Article 19. [Right to emigrate]0143
Article 20. [Right to assemble, instruct and petition]0268
Article 21. [No transportation for trial]0161
Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty]042,853

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