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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Constitution of Vermont
		The constitution of the State of Vermont was first enacted in 1777.
		At this time the Republic of Vermont was an independent nation, and did not join the United States until 1791.
		The Vermont constitution was the first in the country to ban slavery, and to grant voting rights to non-land owners.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/co/Constitution_of_Vermont (77 words)

	ipedia.com: Constitution of Vermont Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The first constitution of Vermont, adopted in 1777, was that of the Vermont Republic.
		The Vermont constitution was the first in the country to ban slavery, as well as the first to grant voting rights to non-land owners.
		Constitution of the State of Vermont - Full text of the modern constitution of the U.S. state of Vermont.
	fav.ipedia.com /constitution_of_vermont.html (201 words)

	Constitution of Vermont
		The constitution of the State of Vermont was first enacted in 1777.
		At this time the Republic of Vermont was an independent nation, and did not join the United States until 1791.
		The Vermont constitution was the first in the country to ban slavery, and to grant voting rights to non-land owners.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ve/Vermont___Constitution.html (52 words)

	The Avalon Project : Constitution of Vermont - July 4, 1786
		All commissions shall be in the name of the freemen of the State of Vermont, sealed with the State seal, signed by the Governor, and in his absence the Lieutenant-Governor, and attested by the Secretary; which seal shall be kept by the Council.
		"Vermont State Papers; being a Collection of Records and Documents connected with the assumption and establishment of Government by the people of Vermont; together with the Journal of the Council of Safety, the First Constitution, the early Journals of the General Assembly and the Laws from the year 1779 to 1786 inclusive.
		This constitution was adopted by the legislature and declared to be a part of the laws of the State, in March, 1787.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/vt02.htm (3202 words)

	United States House of Representatives - Amendments to the Constitution
		The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-ninth Congress, on the 13th of June, 1866.
		The twenty-first amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 20th day of February, 1933, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of State, dated on the 5th day of December, 1933, to have been ratified by 36 of the 48 States.
		This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.
	www.house.gov /house/Constitution/Amend.html (2086 words)

	U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Constitution of the United States
		The Constitution also provides that the Senate advise and consent on key executive and judicial appointments and on the ratification of treaties.
		For over two centuries the Constitution has remained in force because its framers successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, of liberty and equality, and of the central and state governments.
		As with representatives, the Constitution fixes the qualifications a person must meet to be eligible to be a senator.
	www.senate.gov /civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm (3655 words)

	Constitution of Vermont . Enpsychlopedia
		Prior to 1791 Vermont was an independent state, known as the Vermont Republic, governed under the Constitution of the Vermont Republic.
		It is the first constitution in the new world to prohibit slavery, guarantee universal manhood suffrage regardless of property ownership, and universal free education, a mandate for public funding of primary and secondary education available to all citizens.
		The constitution's Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the State of Vermont anticipates the United States Bill of Rights by a dozen years and was a model for France's Déclaration universelle sur des droits de l'homme (Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man).
	www.enpsychlopedia.org /psypsych/Constitution_of_Vermont (317 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: news
		Throughout the tortured history of the Vermont flag resolution, though, the debate has been conducted as if the U.S. Constitution were being amended by the action of the Vermont Legislature.
		Vermont remained the only state whose Legislature had not acted on the issue.
		Vermont was "brought into the fold," in the words of state Sen. Julius Canns, R-Caledonia, when the House voted 113-23 and the Senate voted 22-6 in favor of the resolution.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /news.aspx?id=4294 (773 words)

	Finally, A Sensible Gun Registration Plan
		Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as well as Vermont's own Constitution very carefully, and his strict interpretion of these documents is popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.
		Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the previlige of not owning a gun.
		Vermont already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along with the least restrictive laws of any state - it's currently the only state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.
	www.rense.com /general6/finally.htm (502 words)

	Old Constitution House State Historic Site - www.HistoricVermont.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Vermont Constitution was adopted at this tavern during a violent thunderstorm in 1777.
		Their constitution was the first in America to prohibit slavery and the first to establish universal manhood suffrage without the requirements of property ownership or specific income for voting rights.
		The Old Constitution House is located on Main Street at the northern end of the village of Windsor on U.S. Route 5, between exits 8 and 9 on Interstate 91.
	www.historicvermont.org /constitution/constitution.html (821 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vermont
		Vermont system extending from the Canadian border tot he Connecticut River; the Rutland Railroad system extending from Bellows Falls, on the east, and Bennington on the South, through the Western part of the state to the Canadian border, is controlled and operated by the
		Vermont was included within the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Baltimore, established in 1789, and the bishops of
		of Vermont (1853); CONANT, Vermont (1907); MICHAUD, Diocese of Burlington in Hist.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15354b.htm (4319 words)

	The Vermont Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		All commissions shall be in the name of The People of the State of Vermont, sealed with the State Seal, signed by the Governor, and in the absence of the Governor by the Lieutenant-Governor, and attested by the Secretary; which Seal shall be kept by the Governor.
		Prior to the submission of a proposed amendment to a vote in accordance with this section, public notice of the proposed amendment shall be given by proclamation of the Governor.
		The Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby authorized and directed to revise Chapters I and II of the Constitution in gender inclusive language.
	www.usconstitution.net /vtconst.html (5004 words)

	About Vermont @VermontVacation.com
		State admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution was Vermont on March 4, 1791.
		Constitution to outlaw slavery was Vermont's in 1777.
		Constitution to abolish the requirement that voters must be property owners was Vermont's in 1777.
	www.1-800-vermont.com /about/historyindex.asp (171 words)

	Historic Documents - Constitution of Vermont
		The person of a debtor, where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up, bone fide, all his estate, real and personal, for the use of his creditors, in such manner as shall be hereafter regulated by law.
		This constitution was framed by a convention which assembled at Windsor, July 2, 1777, and completed its labors July 8, 1777.
		The publick attention being arrested by the evacuation of Tyconderoga, and the progress of the enemy under General Burgoyne; the constitution was not printed, seasonable, to have the election holden in December.
	patriotpost.us /histdocs/constitution_of_vermont.asp (3150 words)

	The Avalon Project : The American Constitution - A Documentary Record
		Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Maryland; April 28, 1788.
		Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26, 1788.
		Resolution of the Congress, of September 13, 1788, Fixing Date for Election of a President, and the Organization of the Government Under the Constitution, in the City of New York.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm (801 words)

	The Avalon Project : Constitution of Vermont - July 8, 1777
		Constitution of Vermont - July 8, 1777 (1)
		CHAPTER II THE COMMONWEALTH or STATE of VERMONT, shall be governed, hereafter, by a Governor, Deputy Governor, Council, and an Assembly of the Representatives of the Freemen of the same, in manner and form following.
		(1) Verified from "Vermont State Papers; Being a Collection of Records and Documents, Connected with the Assumption and Establishment of Government by the People of Vermont: together with the Journal of the Council of Safety, the First Constitution, the early Journals of the General Assembly, and the Laws from the year 1779 to 1786, inclusive.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/states/vt01.htm (3129 words)

	A Refresher Course on the Constitution
		Vermont’s Constitution provides that if no candidate for Governor, Lt. Governor or Treasurer wins “the major part of the votes” cast in the general election, the newly elected Senators and Representatives “shall by joint ballot, elect to fill the office” from among the top three vote getters in the general election.
		Welch is not alone in viewing the Vermont constitution as out of date and an inadequate basis for advancing the modern progressive agenda.
		In 1997 Justice John Dooley crafted the Brigham decision, in which the Court converted a constitutional requirement that a competent number of schools be maintained into a sweeping mandate to the legislature to produce substantially equal tax resources per pupil in every school district.
	www.ethanallen.org /commentary.php?commentary_id=45 (661 words)

	FairVote - All Articles
		Although Jim Douglas will be Vermont's next governor, it won't be official until the legislature votes him in this January, because he didn't get to the 50.1 percent level.
		The unique circumstances of this past election are prompting lawmakers to re-examine the state's constitution.
		Vermont and Mississippi are the only two states in the nation, with this 50% majority requirement.
	www.fairvote.org /president/?page=703&articlemode=showspecific&showarticle=2263 (262 words)

	Effects of the marriage amendment on state laws and courts
		The marriage law in Vermont at the time was such that if "Jane" wanted to marry "Bill" then she would have been able to obtain a marriage license, get married and have the marriage recognized by the state.
		But the existing anti-discrimination section of Vermont's constitution required men and women to be treated equally; there is to be no discrimination in the state on the basis of gender.
		The state constitution thus was in conflict with the marriage act.
	www.religioustolerance.org /mar_amend2.htm (1611 words)

	UUA.org Forums :: Marriage Protection Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Constitution is not a place to wage political morality battles.
		Last week, Alabama voted in favor of amending the state constitution to recognize a marriage as being only between a man and a woman.
		Twenty states have constitutional amendments explicitly barring the recognition of same-sex marriage, confining civil marriage to a legal union between a man and a woman.
	www.uua.org:443 /programs/forums/index.php?action=vthread&topic=407&forum=3&page=-1 (1453 words)

	Unorganized Militia of Vermont - Proudly Serving Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Unorganized Militia of Vermont is the legal and lawful militia of the Vermont republic and is legally formed and maintained under the laws of the several States as enshrined in the Constitution for the united States of America as well as the laws enshrined in the Constitution of the State of Vermont.
		The Unorganized Militia of Vermont remains at a state of heightened alert and preparedness due to the Homeland Security threat level, deployment of Vermont National Guard and Reserve military unit troops and military assets abroad for the Iraq conflict as well as the the current national DEFense CONdition.
		Contents are the property of the Unorganized Militia of Vermont and are protected by copyright and may not be used in any manner whatsoever without the express written consent of the Unorganized Militia of Vermont.
	www.radiofreevermont.org /umov (990 words)

	Index Page - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		In August 2005, the Not in the Constitution page was listed on Digg and it became a featured link on dozens of blogs.
		The show was focusing on a new law slipped into a 2004 spending bill that requires all federal employees and students in schools that get federal funds to get training on the Constitution on Constitution Day (September 17).
		The Vermont Constitution Page is rated as "Noteworthy" by Britannica
	www.usconstitution.net (743 words)

	Vermont Division For Historic Preservation
		The small state of Vermont boasts a rich and rewarding historical heritage.
		Today, that history is well preserved in an exceptional collection of state-owned historic sites stretching the length of the state.
		Ranging from precontact encampments, to pivotal Revolutionary War sites, to the private homesteads of U.S. presidents, Vermont's historic sites chronicle the development of a state, its people and the nation around it.
	www.historicvermont.org (302 words)

	Office of Vermont Secretary of State Deb Markowitz -- State Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vermont's 1777 Constitution gave birth to the State, which at the time was claimed by New York and New Hampshire.
		The Council of Censors proposed a variety of amendments which were adopted and became the 1786 Constitution. The new constitution was generally perceived as curtailing some direct powers granted citizens and as a retrenchment from the more radical republicanism of the State's founders.
		The 1793 Constitution reflected the Censors' proposals to adjust constitutional language in accordance with Vermont's joining the United States in 1791. For example, the preamble, which enumerated Vermont's grievances with New York, was eliminated. The 1793 Constitution remains the core of the current Vermont Constitution.
	www.vermont-archives.org /govhistory/constitut/constitutions.htm (191 words)

	Wildernet - The Old Constitution House, Vermont
		Using Benjamin Franklin's constitution for Pennsylvania as a model, they went further: Vermont's Constitution was the first in America to prohibit slavery, to establish universal voting rights for all males and to authorize a public school system.
		Vermont became a Republic and remained so until 1791 when it was admitted to the Union as the fourteenth state, the first after the original thirteen.
		The Heart of Vermont Travel Region has diverse precipitation totals ranging from 40 to 44 inches (102 and 112 centimeters) in the center area of the region decreasing to less than 36 inches (91 centimeters) along the state lines of New York and New Hampshire.
	areas.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=VTHSOC&CU_ID=1 (697 words)

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