 | David Price Belknap - Forms (Law) - 1860 - 778 pages
...be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall...practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. 5. The privilege of the writ of Juibeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when,... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1860 - 692 pages
...state to all mankind ; provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall not be construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. It is of importance here to notice, that the constitution of 1777 does not contain the... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1861 - 618 pages
...thereafter be allowed, provided that the liberty of conscience thereby guaranteed should not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state. The same provision was incorporated in the constitution of 1821, art. 7, § 3, and in that of 1846,... | |
 | Genealogy - 1881 - 1148 pages
...law, to be molested in his person or estate, on account of his religious persuasion or profession ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, nor to justify practices inconsistent with the good order, peace or... | |
 | Helen M. Jellison, Bascomb Associates - Education and state - 1975 - 404 pages
...of conference; no preference to be given to any religious establishment or mode of worship.—* * * the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies, or religious... | |
 | Rennard Strickland - Social Science - 1982 - 272 pages
...be allowed within this Nation; Provided, That this liberty of conscience shall not be so constructed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this Nation. Sec. 4.— Whenever the General Council shall determine the expediency of appointing delegates... | |
 | James L. Underwood - Law - 1986 - 460 pages
...proviso stipulating ". . . that the liberty of conscience hereby declared shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State." The 1895 Constitution contains a free exercise clause virtually identical to that in the... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - Constitutional history - 2000 - 498 pages
...to all mankind. Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby declared shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. SC CONST, of 1790, art. VIII, I t, reprinted in 1 FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS, SHjfrea... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...to all mankind. Provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall not be so construed, as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. XXXIX. AND WHEREAS the ministers of the gospel, are by their profession dedicated to the... | |
 | Arlin M. Adams, Charles J. Emmerich - Law - 1990 - 200 pages
...preference, . . . Provided, That the liberty of conscience, hereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State."45 Along with Virginia, the other Southern states that recognized broad religious rights... | |
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... no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent... 
