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Art. 23. That all warrants, without oath, or affirmation, to search
suspected places, or to seize any person or property, are grievous
and oppressive; and all general warrants to search suspected
places, or to apprehend suspected persons, without naming or de
scribing the place, or the person in special, are illegal and ought
not to be granted.
Art. 24. That there ought to be no forfeiture of any part of the
estate of any person for any crime, except murder- or treason
against the State, and then only on conviction and attainder.

Art. 25. That a well regulated militia is the proper and natural
defence of a free Government.
Art. 26. That standing armies are dangerous to liberty, and
ought not to be raised or kept up without consent of the Legisla
tu re.

Art. 27. That in all cases and at all times, the military ought
to be under strict subordination to, and control of the civil power.
Art. 28. That no soldier ought to be quartered in any house
in time of peace without the consent of the owner, and in time
of war, in such manner as the Legislature shall diiect.
Art. 29. That no person except regular soldiers, mariners and
marines, in the service of this State, or militia when in actual
service, ought in any case to be subject to, or punishable by
martial law.
Art. 30. That the independency and uprightness of Judges are
essential to the impartial administration of justice, and a great se
curity to the rights and liberties of the people; wherefore the
Chancellor and Judges shall not he removed except for misbe
havior, on conviction in a court of law, or by the Governor, upon
the address of the General Assembly; provided, that two-thirds of
all the members of each House, concur in such address; that
salaries, liberal, but not profuse, ought to be secured to the Chan
cellor and the Judges during the continuance of their commis
sions, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall
hereafter direct upon consideration of the circumstances of this
State; no Chancellor or Judge ought to hold any other office,
civil or military, under the Constitution or Laws of this State, or
oftlre United States, or of any member thereof, or receive fees or
perquisites of any kind for the discharge of his official duties.
Art. 31. That a long continuance in the first executive de
partments of power or trust, is dangerous to liberty; a rotation,
therefore, in those departments is one of the best securities of per
manent freedom.
Art. 32. That no person ought to hold at the same time more
than once office of profit, created by the Constitution or Laws of
this State; nor ought any person in public trust to receive any
present from any Foreign Prince, or State, or from the United
States, or any of them, without the approbation of this State.
Art. 33. That as it is the duty of every man to worship God in
such manner as he thinks most acceptable to him, all persons ate