New Hampshire Constitution

Adopted by Constitutional Convention September 5, 1792

Ratified by vote of the People August 27, 1792

Became effective June 5, 1793

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Documents of August 1792

August 27, 1792

[Name of Body Politic]

[Equality of Men; Origin and Object of Government.]

[Natural Rights.]

[General Court, When to Meet and Dissolve]

[Legislature, How Constituted]

[Representatives Elected Every Second Year;Apportionment of Representatives.]

[The Judiciary; Tenure of Office, etc.]

[Taxes, by Whom Levied.]

[Quartering of Soldiers.]

[Military Subject to Civil Power.]

[Retrospective Laws Prohibited.]

[Jury Trial in Civil Causes.]

[Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public'sRight to Know.]

[Legal Remedies to be Free, Complete, and Prompt.]

[No Hereditary Office or Place.]

[Journals and Laws to be Published; Yeas and Nayes; and Protests.]

[Senate and Executive Have Like Powers; ImprisonmentLimited.]

[House to Elect Speaker and Officers, Settle Rules ofProceedings, and Punish Misconduct.]

[Representation of Small Towns.]

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