Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1818, Page 18


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tend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can in any case whatever control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.

Sect. 4.

That no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifiation to any office or public trust under this state.

Sect. 5.

That elections shall be free and equal.

Sect. 6.

That the right of the trial by Jury shall remain inviolate.

Sect. 7.

That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures; and that general warrants, whereby an officer may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of the fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, whose offenses are not particularly described and supported by evidence, are dangerous to liberty and ought not to be granted.

Sect. 8.

That no freeman shall be imprisoned or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. And all lands which have been granted as a common to the inhabitants of any town, hamlet, village or corporation, by any person, body politic or corporate, or by any government having power to make such grant, shall forever remain common to the inhabitants of such town, hamlet, village or corporation; and the said commons shall not be leased, sold or divided under any pretence whatever; provided however, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to affect the commons of Cahokia or Prairie du Pont; provided also that the general assembly shall have power and authority to grant the same privileges to the inhabitants of the said vil-

 

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