A short history of Rhode IslandGreene, George Washington
History
A short history of Rhode Island
Greene, George Washington
Rhode Island -- History
SEC. 21. The citizens have a right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble
for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the
powers of government, for redress of grievances, or for other purposes,
by petition, address, or remonstrance.
SEC. 22. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.
SEC. 23. The enumeration of the aforegoing rights shall not be
construed to impair or deny others retained by the people.
ARTICLE II.
OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS.
SECTION 1. Every male citizen of the United States, of the age of
twenty-one years, who has had his residence and home in this state
for one year, and in the town or city in which he may claim a right
to vote, six months next preceding the time of voting, and who is
really and truly possessed in his own right of real estate in such
town or city, of the value of one hundred and thirty-four dollars,
over and above all incumbrances, or which shall rent for seven dollars
per annum, over and above any rent reserved, or the interest of any
incumbrances thereon, being an estate in fee simple, fee tail, for
the life of any person, or an estate in reversion or remainder, which
qualifies no other person to vote, the conveyance of which estate,
if by deed, shall have been recorded at least ninety days, shall
thereafter have a right to vote in the election of all civil officers,
and on all questions in all legal town or ward meetings, so long as
he continues so qualified. And if any person hereinbefore described
shall own any such estate within this state out of the town or city in
which he resides, he shall have a right to vote in the election of all
general officers and members of the General Assembly, in the town or
city in which he shall have had his residence and home for the term of
six months next preceding the election, upon producing a certificate
from the clerk of the town or city in which his estate lies, bearing
date within ten days of the time of his voting, setting forth that
such person has a sufficient estate therein to qualify him as a voter;
and that the deed, if any, has been recorded ninety days.
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