For example, the subsection dealing with free speech and liberty of the press is cited as "Part I, Article 22" or "Pt.
It protects citizens against double jeopardy, unreasonable searches and seizures, and being required to quarter soldiers.
Article 2-a reads: All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.New Hampshire has the ability to govern itself independently.
The doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power, and oppression, is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.In New Hampshire all elections are free and all inhabitants 18 or older are permitted to vote in their domicile.
Article 12-a., which states that "No part of a person's property shall be taken by eminent domain...if the taking is for the purpose of private development...." was ratified in 2006.
It was one of many actions that various states took, in the wake of Kelo v. City of New London the previous year, to limit the uses of eminent domain permitted by that decision.
It provides that any "new, expanded or modified programs or responsibilities" must either be "fully funded by the state" or "approved for funding by a vote of the local legislative body...." Article 36 barred the state from providing pensions except for "actual services...and never for more than one year at a time."
Article 36–a was added in 1984 to clarify that the state retirement system is constitutional, and to earmark its funds to pay the benefits due retirees.
The remainder of Part II is subdivided in the following sections: Articles 2–8 establish the framework for the General Court and its authority to establish courts, enact state laws affecting the Government of New Hampshire, provide for the State's emergency powers, gather funding, and use collected monies.
Article 15, Compensation of the Legislature, fixes the pay for General Court members at $200 per term (two years) and $250 for the presiding officers.
Articles 25–40, excluding 28 which was repealed in 1976, define the role and makeup of The Senate, the upper house of the General Court.
The Governor of the State of New Hampshire (originally styled "President") is the supreme executive magistrate and is titled "His Excellency".
Article 58 states, "the governor and council shall be compensated for their services, from time to time, by such grants as the general court shall think reasonable;" and Article 59 requires that "permanent and honorable salaries" be established by law, for the justices of the superior court.
The Claremont cases began an era in which the supreme court repeatedly found school–funding legislation unconstitutional.
The General Court has debated, but has never approved, a constitutional amendment that would align the right of education with the legislature's authority to appropriate funds and the desire for local control.
It declares a right to "free and fair competition in the trades and industries" and specifies that a goal of regulation is to "prevent...combination, conspiracy, monopoly, or any other unfair means."
A majority vote of both houses of the General Court is required to place the following question on the ballot: "Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the constitution?"
A three-fifths vote of the number of delegates is required to send a proposed constitutional amendment to ratification (see below).
New Hampshire voters do not have the power to make or repeal laws through referendum, but a handful of proposed constitutional amendments routinely appear on the ballot in most general elections.
The popularly elected convention which framed this Constitution was called a Congress, and it was to reconstitute itself as the House of Representatives.
Should the conflict with Great Britain last beyond 1776, and barring instructions to the contrary from the Continental Congress, the Constitution provided for the popular election of the Councilors.
Together the Assembly and Council were responsible for running the government of the colony, including the appointment of all civil and military officers.