Corpus Bilingüe Tomo I Vol. 1 - Archivo Abierto Institucional de la ...

LUIS GRAU
a natural born subject of this State; except that he shall not be capable of being
elected Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, Councillor, 48 or Representative
in Assembly, until after two years’ residence.
SECTION XXXVII.
The inhabitants of this State shall have liberty, in seasonable times, to hunt and
fowl on the lands they hold, and on other lands not inclosed; and in like manner
to fish in all boatable and other waters, not private property, under proper regulations,
to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly.
SECTION XXXVIII.
Laws for the encouragement of virtue, and prevention of vice and immorality,
ought to be constantly kept in force, and duly executed: and a competent number
of schools ought to be maintained in each town, for the convenient instruction of
youth; and one or more grammar schools be incorporated, and properly supported
in each county in this State. 49
SECTION XXXIX.
All private property, within this State, shall be rated according to the true
value thereof, in all taxes to be hereafter levied; except such personal property as
may, from time to time, be exempted by the Legislature, for the encouragement
of agriculture, arts, sciences and manufactures, or relieving the poor and necessitous.
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SECTION XL.
To prevent this this commonwealth being perpetually drained of circulating
specie, by uses not beneficial to the same, the Legislature ought to prevent corporations
and societies in remote parts, (or any other person or persons in trust
for them, or for their use) taking or holding any lands lying within this State,
and to appropriate grants which have heretofore been made to such societies or
corporations, to the use of literature within this community. Provided, on account
of the contiguity and usefulness of the corporation of Dartmouth College to this
State, this section shall not be understood to affect the said corporation, while the
48. En Poore y Thorpe “Counsellor”.
49. Sigue en Poore y Thorpe: “And all religious societies, or bodies of men, that may be hereafter
united or incorporated, for the advancement of religion and learning, or for other pious and charitable
purposes, shall be encouraged and protected in the enjoyment of the privileges, immunities,
and estates, which they in justice ought to enjoy, under such regulations as the General Assembly
of this State shall direct”.
50. En Poore y Thorpe: “The declaration of the political rights and privileges of the inhabitants
of this State, is hereby declared to be a part of the Constitution of this Commonwealth; and ought
not to be violated on any presence whatsoever”.
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