The Vermont Statutes Online

Title CONST: Constitution of the State of Vermont AS ESTABLISHE

Chapter I: A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT

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•    0001Article 1. [All persons born free; their natural rights; slavery and indentured servitude prohibited]

•    0002Article 2. [Private property subject to public use; owner to be paid]

•    0003Article 3. [Freedom in religion; right and duty of religious worship]

•    0004Article 4. [Remedy at law secured to all]

•    0005Article 5. [Internal police]

•    0006Article 6. [Officers servants of the people]

•    0007Article 7. [Government for the people; they may change it]

•    0008Article 8. [Elections to be free and pure; rights of voters therein]

•    0009Article 9. [CitizensG¦+ rights and duties in the State; bearing arms; taxation]

•    0010Article 10. [Rights of persons accused of crime; personal liberty; waiver of jury trial]

•    0011Article 11. [Search and seizure regulated]

•    0012Article 12. [Trial by jury to be held sacred]

•    0013Article 13. [Freedom of speech and of the press]

•    0014Article 14. [Immunity for words spoken in legislative debate]

•    0015Article 15. [Legislature only may suspend laws]

•    0016Article 16. [Right to bear arms; standing armies; military power subordinate to civil]

•    0017Article 17. [Martial law restricted]

•    0018Article 18. [Regard to fundamental principles and virtues necessary to preserve liberty]

•    0019Article 19. [Right to emigrate]

•    0020Article 20. [Right to assemble, instruct and petition]

•    0021Article 21. [No transportation for trial]

•    0022Article 22. [Personal reproductive liberty]

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