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TLXAS ALMANAC -19-71948
Article I -(Continued.)
account of his religious opinions or for want
of any religious belief but all oaths or af-
fir'mations shall be adminusteried in the mode
most binding upon the conscience, and shall
be taken subject to the pains and penalties
of pe]ury
See 6 Freedom in Religious Worship
Guaranteed.-All men haxle a natural and in-
defeasible right to worship Almighty God
according to the dictates of theli o, n con-
sciences No man shall be compelled to at-
tend, erect or support any place of worship,
or to maintain any ministry against his con-
sent No human authority ought, in any case
x hate oel to control i( inter fere with the
rights of conscience in matters of i eligion,
and no preference shall exer be glen by laxw
to any religious society or mode of worship
But it shall be the duty of the Legislatu e
to pass such la s as may be necessary to
pi ote t equally exei y i eligous denomination
in the peaceable enjoo.ment of its oxxn mode
of public worship
Sec 7 No Appropriation for Sectarian
Purposes.-No money shall be appi ipi rated
or diaxn from the Treasui for the benefit
of any sect, or religious society theological
or relrgious seminar s noi shall piopertx be-
longing to the state be appropirated for any
such purposes
See S Liberty of Speech and Press Guar-
anteed; Libel.-Exe y person shall be at lib-
eity to speak xri lle io publish his opinions
on any subject, being i esponsible for the
abuse of that pii ix i t( e and no la\ shall
exer be passed curtailing the liberty of
speech or of the press In prosecutions for
ine ipubliation of paper in estigating the
conduct of officers, nor men in public capac-
ity, or when the matter published is ptoper
for public info matron the ti uth thereof mnay
be given in evidence And in all indictments
for libels, the juiy shall haxe the right to
determine the lax and the facts, under the
direction of the court as in other cases
Sec 9 No Unreasonable Seizures and
Searches Allowed-The people shall be se-
cure in their pe sons, houses, papers and
possessions firm all unreasonable seizures o
searches, and no warrant to search an, place,
or to seize any pe son or thing, shall issue
without describing them as near as may be
nor without probable cause supported by
oath or affirmation
Sec 10 Right of Accused Persons in Crim-
inal Prosecutions.-In all criminal prosecu-
tions the accused shall hate a speedy public
trial by an impartial jury ie shall hate the
right to demand the natu e and cause of the
accusation against him, and to haxe a copy
thereof He shall not be compelled to gixe
evidence against himself and shall hate the
right of being heard by himself or counsel,
oi both, shall be confronted by the witnesses
against him and shall have compulsory oroc-
ess for obtaining xtnesses in his faxor Cx-
cept that then the xxitness icotdes cut of the
State and the offense charged is a x elation
of any of the antitrust laws of this State.
the defendant and the State shall ha\e the
right to produce and hate the evidence ad-
mitted by deposition under such i ules and
lax s as the Legislatur e may he eafte pr o-
tide, and no person shall be held to answer
for a criminal offense unless on an indict-
ment of a grand jury., except in cases in
which the punishment is ay fine c, irrp is-
onment other trse than in the penitentia y,
in cases of impeachment and in cases a is-
mg in the army or nota y otr in the militia.
when in actual sertce in time of xxar or
public danger
[Note -The foregoing is an amende section.
the amendment consisting of the adontin of that
clause relating to depositions of x~ltnesseis iiei-
dent outside of the state in antitrust oils Sub-
mitted by Thirt\x-Fifth Legislature 11 1T and
ad Cited at election on N,x 5 19llbSec 11 Bail.-All prisoners shall be ball-
able by sufficient sureties, unless for capital
offenses. when the proof is exldent, but this
provision shall not be so construed as to
present bail after indictment found upon
examination of the w idenc e, in such mainr
as may be prescribed by law
Sec. 12. The Writ of Haoeas Corpus -flhe
it of habeas corpus 1; a wit of right, ani
shall neer be suspenled The Legislature
shall enact laws to .endei the remedy spciay
and effectual.
Sec. 13 Excessive Bail and Fine and Un-
usual Punishment Prohibited; Courts Open.-
Excessi\e bail shall not be required, nor ex-
cessixe fines imposed. not ci uel or unusual
punishment inflicted All coui ts shall be
open, and eteiy person for an injury done
him in his lands, goods, pe son oi reputation,
shall hate i emedy by due course of lawt.
Sec 14 No Person Shall Be Put Twice in
Jeopardy.-No person, foi the same offense,
shall be twice put in jeopai dy of life or lib-
erty, no shall a person be aain put up on
trial foi the same offense ,fei a \ terdict of
not guilty in a court of competent luisdic-
tion
Sec 15 Right of Trial by Jury-The right
of ti sal by jury shall remain mx iolate ' he
Legislatui e shall pass suh laxs a5 may he
needed tio i eulate the same, and to main-
tain its putity and efficiency Proxlided, that
the Legislatui e may pi ox ide for the tem-
poral y commitment, for obsei ation anrid/ii
treatment, of mentally Ill persons not
cha iged with a criminal offense. for a period
of time not to exceed ninety (90) days, t
or del of the County Coui t without the neces-
sity of a tial by Juiy
[Note- The ,,izinal See 15 of Art I x,
amended to add the last sentence Submitted by
the Forty-Fourth Legislature (1930), adopted in an
electron Aug 24, 1935 1
Sec 16 There Shall Be No Bill of Attain-
der or Ex Post Facto Laws.-No bill of
attainder or ex post facto lax, retroactixe
lax. or any other law impairng the obliga-
tion of contracts, shall be made
See 17 Privileges and Franchise; Eminent
Domain -No person's property shall he
taken damaged or destioxed for or applied
to public use without adequate compensation
being made, unless by the consent of such
person, and. when taken, except for the use
of the State, such compensation shall be first
made oi secured by a deposit of money, and
no i clxocable or uncontrollable giant of spe-
cial pi xileges or immunities shall be made.
but all pi n leges and fi anchises granted by
the Legislature, or created under its author-
itS. shall be subject to the conti ol thereof
Sec 18 No Imprisonment for Debt.-No
person shall exer be imprisoned for debt.
Sec 19 Due Course of Law.-No citizen of
this state shall be deprived of life, liberty,
property, priileges or immunities, or in any
manner disfIanchised, except by the due
course of the law of the land
See 20 No Outlawry or Deportations.-No
citizen shall be outlawed, nor shall any per-
son be transported out of the State for any
offense committed within the same
See 21 Corruption of Blood, Forfeiture;
Suicide.-No con action shall x no k coi ruption
of blood oi foifeiture of estate, and the es-
tates of those w ho destroy their own lives
shall descend or test as in the case of nat-
ural death
See 22. Treason -Treason against the State
shall consist only in levying war against it.
or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid
and comfort, and no person shall be convict-
ed of treason except on the testimony of txwo
witnesses to the same oxelt act, or on con-
fession in open court
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