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with the original states, at as early periods as may be consis- 

 tent with the general interest: 



// is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority afore- 

 said, that the following articles shall be considered as articles 

 of compact between the original states and the people and 

 states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, un- 

 less by common consent, to wit; 



Article I. No person demeaning himself in a peaceable 

 and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his 

 mode of worship or religious sentiments in the said territory. 



Article II. The inhabitants of said territory shall always 

 be entitled to the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, and of 

 the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the peo- 

 ple in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to 

 the course of the common law; all persons shall be bailable 

 unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, 

 or the presumption great; all fines shall be moderate, and no 

 cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted; no man shall 

 be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of 

 his peers, or the law of the land; and should the public exi- 

 gencies make it necessary, for the common preservation to take 

 any person's property, or to demand his particular services^ 

 full co;ppensation shall be made for the same; and in the just 

 preservation of rights and property, it is understood and de- 

 clared that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in 

 said territory, that shall in any manner whatever, interfere 

 with or affect private contracts or engagements, bonafide, and 

 without fraud previously formed. 



Article III Religion, morality, and knowledge, being ne- 

 cessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, 

 schools and the means of education shall forever be encoura- 

 ged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards 

 the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from 

 them without their consent; and in their property, rights and 

 liberty, they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in 

 just and lawful wars, authorized by congress; but laws found- 

 ed in justice and humanity, shall, from time to time, be made, 



