Chapter LVI: Section 1: Right of the people to make and alter their Constitution

SEC. 2. Object of government--How laws should be made and burdens distributed.

SEC. 3. Religious freedom secured.

SEC. 4. Slavery prohibited.

SEC. 5. Laws should provide remedies--Justice shall be free, complete, prompt.

SEC. 6. Rights of search and seizure regulated.

SEC. 7. Provisions concerning criminal proceedings.

SEC. 8. Bail, fines and punishments.

SEC. 9. Bail and _habeas corpus_.

SEC. 10. Rights of the accused in criminal proceedings.

SEC. 11. Debtors entitled to relief.

SEC. 12. No _ex post facto_ law, &c., to be passed.

SEC. 13. No man to criminate himself.

SEC. 14. Presumption of innocence--Accused to be secured without severity.

SEC. 15. Trial by jury.

SEC. 16. Private property secured.

SEC. 17. Rights of fishery.

SEC. 18. Military subordinate--Martial law.

SEC. 19. Of quartering soldiers.

SEC. 20. Liberty of the press secured--Truth as a defence to libel.

SEC. 21. Right of the people to assemble, and to petition.

SEC. 22. Right to bear arms.

SEC. 23. Rule of construction.

ARTICLE II.--_Electors._

SEC. 1. Of electors owning real estate.

SEC. 2. Of electors qualified to vote on adoption of Constitution-- Registered voters--Qualified by dollar tax--Military duty---Who to vote for City Council in Providence, to impose a tax, &c.

SEC. 3. Of assessment and payment of registry tax.

SEC. 4. Who shall not gain residence or be permitted to vote.

SEC. 5. Residents on lands ceded, &c., not electors.

SEC. 6. Power of General Assembly over elections.

ARTICLE III.--_Powers Distributed._

Three Departments.

ARTICLE IV.--_Legislative Powers._

SECTION 1. Constitution supreme law.

SEC. 2. Two houses--General Assembly--Style of laws.

SEC. 3. Sessions of General Assembly.

SEC. 4. Members not to take fees, &c.

SEC. 5. Members exempt from arrest, &c.

SEC. 6. Powers of each house--Organization.

SEC. 7. Powers to make rules, &c.

SEC. 8. Of the journal and yeas and nays.

SEC. 9. Of adjournments.

SEC. 10. Of powers not prohibited.

SEC. 11. Pay of members.

SEC. 12. Lotteries prohibited.

SEC. 13. Debts not to be incurred.

SEC. 14. Private or local appropriations.

SEC. 15. Of valuations of property and assessments.

SEC. 16. Officers may be continued until successors are qualified.

SEC. 17. Bills to create corporations to be continued, except, &c.

SEC. 18. Of election of senators to Congress.

ARTICLE V.--_House of Representatives._

SECTION 1. House, how constituted--Ratio of representation.

SEC. 2. May elect its officers, &c.

ARTICLE VI.--_Senate._

SECTION 1. How constituted.

SEC. 2. Governor to preside--when to vote in grand committee.

SEC. 3. May elect presiding officer in case of vacancy, &c.

SEC. 4. Secretary and other officers.

ARTICLE VII.--_Executive._

SECTION 1. Of the governor and lieutenant-governor--How elected.

SEC. 2. Duty of governor.

SEC. 3. He shall command military and naval forces, except, &c.

SEC. 4. He may grant reprieves, &c.

SEC. 5. He may fill vacancies.

SEC. 6. He may adjourn assembly, in case, &c.

SEC. 7. He may convene assembly, when, &c.

SEC. 8. Commissions, how signed, &c.

SEC. 9. Lieutenant-governor, when to act as governor.

SEC. 10. Vacancies, how filled.

SEC. 11. Compensation of governor, &c.

SEC. 12. Duties of general officers.

ARTICLE VIII.--_Elections._

SECTION 1. Governor and general officers, when elected.

SEC. 2. General officers and members of assembly, how voted for.

SEC. 3. Same subject--How votes to be sealed up, transmitted and counted.

SEC. 4. List of voters to be kept. [Obsolete.]

SEC. 5. Ballots for members of Assembly, how counted--Adjournment of elections, when.

SEC. 6. Of voting in the City of Providence.

SEC. 7. If governor or lieutenant-governor not elected by the people grand committee to elect, how.

SEC. 8. In case general officers not elected by the people, how vacancies shall be filled.

SEC. 9. Vacancies in Assembly, how filled.

SEC. 10. Majority required to elect.

ARTICLE IX.--_Qualifications for Office._

SECTION 1. Qualified electors only eligible.

SEC. 2. Conviction of bribery a disqualification.

SEC. 3. Oath of general officers.

SEC. 4. Officers, how engaged.

SEC. 5. How oath to be administered to governor, &c.

SEC. 6. Holding office under United States, or other governments, a disqualification for certain offices,--except, &c.

ARTICLE X.--_Judiciary._

SECTION 1. One supreme court--Inferior courts how established.

SEC. 2. Jurisdiction of courts--Chancery powers.

SEC. 3. Judges of supreme court to instruct jury--To give opinions, &c.

SEC. 4. Of election and tenure of office of judges of supreme court.

SEC. 5. Vacancies, how filled.

SEC. 6. Compensation of judges.

SEC. 7. Justices of the peace and wardens, how elected--Their jurisdiction.

ARTICLE XI.--_Impeachments._

SECTION 1. Impeachments, how ordered.

SEC. 2. Impeachments, how tried.

SEC. 3. What officers liable to impeachment--Effect of conviction.

ARTICLE XII.--_Education._

SECTION 1. Duty of General Assembly to promote schools, &c.

SEC. 2. The permanent school fund.

SEC. 3. Donations for support of schools.

SEC. 4. Powers of General Assembly under this article.

ARTICLE XIII.--_Amendments._

SECTION 1. Amendments, how proposed,--how voted upon,--how adopted.

ARTICLE XIV.--_Adoption of the Constitution._