Oklahoma Constitution

Adopted by Constitutional Convention July 16, 1907

Ratified by vote of the People September 17, 1907

Became effective upon Admission November 16, 1907

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Table of Contents

Article I: Federal Regulations

Supreme law of land

Religious liberty - Polygamous or plural marriages

Unappropriated public lands - Indian lands - Jurisdiction of United States

Territorial debts and liabilities

Public schools - Separate schools

Right of suffrage

Article II: Bill Of Rights

Political power - Purpose of government - Alteration or reformation

Inherent rights

Right of assembly and petition

Interference with right of suffrage

Public money or property - Use for sectarian purposes

Courts of justice open - Remedies for wrongs - Sale, denial or delay

Due process of law

Right to bail - Exceptions

Excessive bail or fines - Cruel or unusual punishment

Habeas corpus - Suspension

Officers - Personal attention to duties - Intoxication

Officers of United States or other states - Ineligibility to office

Imprisonment for debt

Military subordinate to civil authorities - Quartering without owner's consent

Bills of attainder - Ex post facto laws - Obligation of contracts - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed

Treason

Indictment or information - Preliminary examination - Prosecutions in courts not of record

Grand jury

Trial by jury

Rights of accused in criminal cases

Self-incrimination - Double jeopardy

Liberty of speech and press - Truth as evidence in prosecution for libel

Private property - Taking or damaging for private use

Private property - Public use - Character of use a judicial question