The New Hampshire state constitution

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Autor principal: Marshall, Susan E., 1944- (-)
Autor Corporativo: New Hampshire (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press [2011]
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Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States.
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  • Machine generated contents note: pt. One The History of the New Hampshire Constitution
  • Introduction and Overview
  • The Temporary Constitution of 1776
  • Dissent Develops against the 1776 Constitution
  • The World's First Modern Constitutional Convention
  • Adoption of the 1784 Permanent Constitution
  • The Revision of 1792
  • Over 80 Years of Constitutional Satisfaction
  • Important Changes Reshape State Government in 1877
  • Constitutional Conventions
  • Amendments to the Constitution, 1792
  • 2002
  • Conclusion
  • pt. Two The New Hampshire Constitution and Commentary
  • Introduction to Constitutional Commentary
  • pt. 1 The BUI of Rights
  • Article 1 Equality of Men Origin and Object of Government
  • Article 2 Natural Rights
  • Article 2-a The Bearing of Arms
  • Article 3 Society, Its Organization and Purposes
  • Article 4 Rights of Conscience Unalienable
  • Article 5 Religious Freedom Recognized
  • Article 6 Morality and Piety
  • Article 7 State Sovereignty
  • Article 8 Accountability of Magistrates and Officers
  • Public's Right to Know
  • Article 9 No Hereditary Office or Place
  • Article 10 Right of Revolution
  • Article 11 Elections and Elective Franchises
  • Article 12 Protection and Taxation Reciprocal
  • Article 13 Conscientious Objectors Not Compelled to Bear Arms
  • Article 14 Legal Remedies to Be Free, Complete, and Prompt
  • Article 15 Right of Accused
  • Article 16 Former Jeopardy, Jury Trial in Capital Cases
  • Article 17 Venue of Criminal Prosecutions
  • Article 18 Penalties to Be Proportioned to Offenses
  • True Design of Punishment
  • Article 19 Searches and Seizures Regulated
  • Article 20 Jury Trial in Civil Causes
  • Article 21 Jurors
  • Compensation
  • Article 22 Free Speech
  • Liberty of the Press
  • Article 23 Retrospective Laws Prohibited
  • Article 24 Militia
  • Article 25 Standing Armies
  • Article 26 Military Subject to Civil Power
  • Article 27 Quartering of Soldiers
  • Article 28 Taxes, by Whom Levied
  • Article 28-a Mandated Programs
  • Article 29 Suspension of Laws by Legislature Only
  • Article 30 Freedom of Speech
  • Article 31 Meetings of Legislature, for What Purposes
  • Article 32 Rights of Assembly, Instruction, and Petition
  • Article 33 Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Prohibited
  • Article 34 Martial Law Limited
  • Article 35 The Judiciary
  • Tenure of Office, etc
  • Article 36 Pensions
  • Article 36-a Use of Retirement Funds
  • Article 37 Separation of Powers
  • Article 38 Social Virtues Inculcated
  • Article 39 Changes in Town and City Charters, Referendum Required
  • pt. 2 The Form of Government
  • Numbering of Articles in Part 2
  • Article 1 Name of Body Politic
  • Article 2 Legislature, How Constituted
  • Article 3 General Court, When to Meet and Dissolve
  • Article 4 Power of General Court to Establish Courts
  • Article 5 Power to Make Laws, Elect Officers, Define Their Powers and Duties, Impose Fines and Assess Taxes
  • Prohibited from Authorizing Towns to Aid Certain Corporations
  • Article 5-a Continuity of Government in Case of Enemy Attack
  • Article 5-b Power to Provide for Tax Valuations Based on Use
  • Article 6 Valuation and Taxation
  • Article 6-a Use of Certain Revenues Restricted to Highways
  • Article 6-b Use of Lottery Revenues Restricted to Educational Purposes
  • Article 7 Members of Legislature Not to Take Fees or Act as Counsel
  • Article 8 Open Sessions of Legislature
  • Article 9 Representatives Elected Every Second Year
  • Apportionment of Representatives
  • Article 9-a Legislative Adjustments of Census with Reference to Non-Residents
  • Article 10 Representation of Small Towns (Repealed in 1889)
  • Article 11 Small Towns
  • Representation by Districts
  • Article 11-a Division of Town, Ward or Place
  • Representative Districts
  • Article 12 Biennial Election of Representatives in November
  • Article 13 Qualifications of Electors (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 14 Representatives
  • How Elected, Qualifications of
  • Article 15 Compensation of the Legislature
  • Article 16 Vacancies in House, How Filled
  • Article 17 House to Impeach Before the Senate
  • Article 18 Money Bills to Originate in House
  • Article 18-a Budget Bills
  • Article 19 Adjournment
  • Article 20 Quorum, What Constitutes
  • Article 21 Privileges of Members of Legislature
  • Article 22 House to Elect Speaker and Officers, Settle Rules of Proceedings, and Punish Misconduct
  • Article 23 Senate and Executive Have Like Powers
  • Imprisonment Limited
  • Article 24 Journals and Laws to Be Published;
  • Yeas and Nays
  • And Protests
  • Article 25 Senate, How Constituted
  • Article 26 Senatorial Districts, How Constituted
  • Article 26-a Division of Town, Ward or Place
  • Senatorial Districts
  • Article 27 Election of Senators
  • Article 28 Senators, How and by Whom Chosen
  • Right of Suffrage (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 29 Qualifications of Senators
  • Article 30 Inhabitant Defined
  • Article 31 Inhabitants of Unincorporated Places
  • Their Rights, etc. (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 32 Biennial Meetings, How Warned, Governed, and Conducted
  • Return of Votes, etc
  • Article 33 Secretary of State to Count Votes for Senators and Notify Persons Elected
  • Article 34 Vacancies in Senate, How Filled
  • Article 35 Senate, Judges of Their Own Elections
  • Article 36 Adjournment
  • Article 37 Senate to Elect Their Own Officers
  • Quorum
  • Article 38 Senate to Try Impeachments
  • Mode of Proceeding
  • Article 39 Judgment on Impeachment Limited
  • Article 40 Chief Justice to Preside on Impeachment of Governor
  • Article 41 Governor, Supreme Executive Magistrate
  • Article 42 Election of Governor, Return of Votes
  • Electors
  • If No Choice, Legislature to Elect One of Two Highest Candidates
  • Qualifications for Governor
  • Article 43 In Cases of Disagreement Governor to Adjourn or Prorogue Legislature
  • If Causes Exist, May Convene Them Elsewhere
  • Article 44 Veto to Bills
  • Article 45 Resolves to Be Treated Like Bills
  • Article 46 Nomination and Appointment of Officers
  • Article 47 Governor and Council Have Negative on Each Other
  • Article 48 Field Officers to Recommend, and Governor to Appoint, Company Officers (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 49 President of Senate, etc., to Act as Governor When Office Vacant
  • Speaker of House to Act When Office of President of Senate Is also Vacant
  • Article 49-a Prolonged Failure to Qualify
  • Vacancy in Office of Governor Due to Physical or Mental Incapacity, etc
  • Article 50 Governor to Prorogue or Adjourn Legislature, and Call Extra Sessions
  • Article 51 Powers and Duties of Governor as Commander-in-Chief
  • Article 52 Pardoning Power
  • Article 53 Militia Officers, Removal of (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 54 Staff and Non-Commissioned Officers, by Whom Appointed (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 55 Division of Militia into Brigades, Regiments, and Companies (Repealed in 1976)
  • Article 56 Disbursements from Treasury
  • Article 57 Accounts of Military Stores (Repealed in 1950)
  • Article 58 Compensation of Governor and Council
  • Article 59 Salaries of Judges
  • Article 60 Councilors
  • Mode of Election, etc
  • Article 61 Vacancies, How Filled, if No Choice
  • Article 62 Subsequent Vacancies
  • Governor to Convene
  • Duties
  • Article 63 Impeachment of Councilors
  • Article 64 Secretary to Record Proceedings of Council
  • Article 65 Councilor Districts Provided For
  • Article 66 Elections by Legislature May Be Adjourned from Day to Day
  • Order Thereof
  • Article 67 Election of Secretary and Treasurer
  • Article 68 State Records, Where Kept
  • Duty of Secretary
  • Article 69 Deputy Secretary
  • Article 70 Secretary to Give Bond
  • Article 71 County Treasurers, Registers of Probate, County Attorneys, Sheriffs, and Registers of Deeds Elected
  • Article 72 Counties May Be Divided into Districts for Registering Deeds
  • Article 72-a Supreme and Superior Courts
  • Article 73 Tenure of Office to Be Expressed in Commissions
  • Judges to Hold Office During Good Behavior, etc
  • Removal
  • Article 73-a Supreme Court, Administration
  • Article 74 Judges to Give Opinions, When
  • Article 75 Justices of Peace Commissioned for Five Years
  • Article 76 Divorce and Probate Appeals, Where Tried
  • Article 77 Jurisdiction of Justices in Civil Causes
  • Article 78 Judges and Sheriffs, When Disqualified by Age
  • Article 79 Judges and Justices Not to Act as Counsel
  • Article 80 Jurisdiction and Term of Probate Courts
  • Article 81 Judges and Registers of Probate Not to
  • Act as Counsel
  • Article 82 Clerks of Courts, by Whom Appointed
  • Article 83 Encouragement of Literature, etc
  • Control of Corporations, Monopolies, etc
  • Article 84 Oath of Civil Officers
  • Article 85 Before Whom Taken
  • Article 86 Form of Commissions
  • Article 87 Form of Writs
  • Article 88 Form of Indictments, etc
  • Article 89 Suicides and Deodands
  • Article 90 Existing Laws Continued if Not Repugnant
  • Article 91 Habeas Corpus
  • Article 92 Enacting Style of Statutes
  • Article 93 Governor and Judges Prohibited from Holding Other Offices
  • Article 94 Incompatibility of Offices
  • Only Two Offices of Profit to Be Holden at Same Time
  • Article 95 Incompatibility of Certain Offices
  • Article 96 Bribery and Corruption Disqualify for Office
  • Article 97 Value of Money, How Computed (Repealed in 1950)
  • Article 98 Constitution, When to Take Effect
  • Article 99 Revision of Constitution Provided For (Repealed in 1980)
  • Article 100 Alternate Methods of Proposing Amendments
  • Article 101 Enrollment of Constitution
  • Tables and Appendices
  • Table 1 Constitutional Conventions in New Hampshire
  • Table 2 Constitution Amendments Proposed for Ratification Grouped by Topic
  • Table 3 Amendments to the Constitution, 1792
  • 2002
  • Appendix 1 Text of 1776 Constitution
  • Appendix 2 Text of 1784 Constitution.