CIVIL RIGHTS LAW L. 1909, Ch. 14. "AN ACT relating to civil rights, constituting chapter six of the Consolidated Laws." (In effect February 17, 1909.) CHAPTER 6 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS [This is a consolidation of general statutes the former location of which is noted under each section.] Article 1. Short title (§ 1). 2. Bill of rights (§§ 2-14). 3. Privilege from arrest (§§ 20-26). 4. Equal rights in places of public accommodation and amusement (§§ 40, 41). 5. Right of privacy (§§ 50, 51). 6. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 60, 61). Section 1. Short title. ARTICLE 1 Short Title § 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Civil Rights Law." [New.] ARTICLE 2 Bill of Rights Section 2. Supreme sovereignty in the people. 3. Levying taxes and charges. 4. Right to keep and bear arms. 6. Exemption from military service. 8. Right of search and seizure. 9. Freedom of elections. 10. Justice to be administered without favor and speedily. 11. Fines must be reasonable and imposed only for cause. Section 12. Rights of persons accused of crime. 13. Right to serve on juries. 14. Jurors not to be questioned for verdicts. Art. 2 § 2. Supreme sovereignty in the people. No authority can, on any pretence whatsoever, be exercised over the citizens of this state, but such as is or shall be derived from and granted by the people of this state. Formerly R. S. pt. 1, ch. 4, § 1. § 3. Levying taxes and charges. No tax, duty, aid or imposition whatsoever, except such as may be laid by a law of the United States, can be taken or levied within this state, without the grant and assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in senate and assembly; and no citizen of this state can be by any means compelled to contribute to any gift, loan, tax, or other like charge, not laid or imposed by a law of the United States, or by the legislature of this state. Formerly R. S., pt. 1, ch. 4, § 2. § 4. Right to keep and bear arms. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed. Formerly R. S., pt. 1, ch. 4, § 3. § 5. Military service by citizens. No citizen of this state can be constrained to arm himself, or to go out of this state, or to find soldiers or men of arms, either horsemen or footmen, without the grant and assent of the people of this state, by their representatives in senate and assembly, except in the cases specially provided for by the constitution of the United States. Formerly R. S.. pt. 1, ch. 4, § 4. § 6. Exemption from military service. All such inhabitants of this state of any religious denomination whatever, as from scruples of conscience may be averse to bearing arms, are to be excused therefrom by paying to the state an equivalent in money; and the legislature is required to provide by law for the collection of such equivalent, to be estimated according to the expense, in time and money, of an ordinary able-bodied militia man. Formerly R. S. pt. 1, ch. 4, § 5. § 7. Quartering soldiers. No soldier can in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Formerly R. S., pt. 1. ch. 4, § 6. L |