Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session, Svazek 1

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Strana 10 - SECTION 1. The powers of the government shall be divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive, and judicial; and no person or persons belonging to or constituting one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances expressly provided in this constitution. ARTICLE FOURTH.—Legislative Department.
Strana 9 - shall consist only in levying war against the same, or in adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. SEC. 10. The right of the people to be
Strana 26 - 9. That no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. 11. That
Strana 33 - 2. No member of this State shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. There
Strana 11 - the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of their respective houses, and in going to or returning from the same. For any speech or debate in either house they shall not be questioned in any other place. SEC. 9. No senator or representative shall, during the
Strana 9 - cept for capital offences, when the proof is evident or the presumption great; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not he suspended, unless, when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require. SEC. 8. Every person is entitled
Strana 37 - 14. The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment, through a concurrence of a majority of all the members elected to seats therein. All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate, and when sitting for that purpose the senators shall be upon oath or affirmation to do justice according to law and evidence. No person shall be convicted without the
Strana 28 - continued and transferred to any court of the State which shall have jurisdiction of the subject matter thereof. SEC. 6. All officers, civil and military, holding their offices under authority of the Territory of Kansas, shall continue to hold and exercise their respective offices until they shall he superseded
Strana 35 - religious test or amount of property shall ever be required as a qualification of any voter at any election in this State ; nor shall any person be rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity in consequence of his opinion upon the subject of religion. ARTICLE

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