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not be kept up; tnid th it the rnilitary shall be kept undei 

 strict subordination to the civil power. 



Sec. 21. Thit no person in this state, except such as afe 

 employed in the army or navy of the United States, or militia 

 in actual service, shall be subject to corporal punishment un- 

 der the military law. 



Skc. 22. That no soldier, in time of peace, be quartered 

 in any h'juse without the consent of the owner; nor in time of 

 war, but in the nnnner prescribed by law. 



Sec. 23. That ihc levying taxes by the poll is grievous 

 and oppressive; therefore, the legislature shall never levy a 

 poll tax fir county or state purposes. 



Sec. 24. Th:it no hereditary emolument'^, privileges or 

 htjnors, shall ever be granted or conferred by this state. 



Sec. 25. That no law shall be passed to prevent the poor 

 in the several counties and townships within this state, from 

 an equal participi ion in the schools, academies, colleges and 

 universities within this state, which are endowed, in whole or 

 ill part, from the revenue arising from donations made by the 

 United > tates, for the support of schools and colleges; and the 

 doors of the said schools, academies and universities, shall be 

 open for the reception of scholar;^, students and teachers, of 

 every grade without any distinction or preference whatever, 

 contrary to the intent for which said donations were made. 



Sec. 28. That laws shall be passed by the legislature, 

 which shall secure to each and every denomination of re- 

 ligious societies, in each surveyed township which now is, or 

 may hereafter be, formed in the state, an equal participation, 

 according to their number of adherents, of the profits arising 

 from the land granted by congre.ss for the support of religion, 

 agreeably to the ordinance or act of congress, making the ap- 

 propriation. 



Se '. 27. That every association of persons, when regular- 

 ly formed, within this state, and having given themselves a 

 name, may, on application to the legislature, be entitled to re- 

 ceive letters of incorporation, to enable them to hold estates, 



