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" The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on... "
Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York for the Year ... - Page 28
by New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1854
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Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 20

Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1860 - 692 pages
...(article 38,) and in that of 1822, (article 7, § 3.) The only change is the additional clause, that no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief. This historical investigation establishes, as I think, beyond doubt, that there has never been a period...
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Statutes of California and Digests of Measures

California - Session laws - 1863 - 908 pages
...without diacrimiafttion or preference, shall forever bo allowed in this State; and no person shall bo rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of...conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed us to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of...
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The Debates of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Maryland, Volume 1

Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - Constitutional conventions - 1864 - 744 pages
...— "The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." Now, so far as the striking out the part relating to jurors is concerned, that is a matter which the...
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The General Laws of the State of California, from 1850 to 1864, Inclusive ...

California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Law - 1865 - 662 pages
...profession and wi without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ;(') a opiiii matters of religious belief ;(d) but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, sh be so construed...
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American Ecclesiastical Law: The Law of Religious Societies ..., Volume 983

Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Cemeteries - 1866 - 568 pages
...without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed," in the State, "to all mankind;" and that "no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief." This declaration, however, is made with the express reservation that the liberty of conscience thereby...
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Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Constitutional ...

Nevada. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1866 - 980 pages
...without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State; and no person uluill be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious bulief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of...
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Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Constitutional ...

Nevada. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1866 - 972 pages
...profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of bis opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

James Kent - Law - 1866 - 724 pages
...York, in 1846, seems to have set at liberty even the consciences of witnesses, for it declares that " No person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinion on matters of religious belief." 54 APPENDIX. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. WE, the people...
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NEW YORK CONVENTION MANUAL,

FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...professional employment. No person shall be imprisoned for a militia fine in time of peace. § 34. No person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness...account of his opinions on matters of religious belief. § 35. The style of all process shall be, " In the name of the People of the State of Michigan." ARTICLE...
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Statutes of the State of Nevada

Nevada - Law - 1867 - 242 pages
...profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of his religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to...
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