Vermont constitution

Article 1st - That all persons are born equally free and independent, and...

Article 2nd - That private property ought to be subservient to public uses...

Article 3rd - That all persons have a natural and unalienable right, to...

Article 4th - Every person within this state ought to find a certain...

Article 5th - That the people of this state by their legal representatives,...

Article 6th - That all power being originally inherent in and co[n]sequently derived...

Article 7th - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the...

Article 8th - That all elections ought to be free and without corruption,...

Article 9th - That every member of society hath a right to be...

Article 10th - That in all prosecutions for criminal offenses, a person hath...

Article 11th - That the people have a right to hold themselves, their...

Article 12th - That when any issue in fact, proper for the cognizance...

Article 13th - That the people have a right to freedom of speech,...

Article 14th - The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, in the Legislature,...

Article 15th - The power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws,...

Article 16th - That the people have a right to bear arms for...

Article 17th - That no person in this state can in any case...

Article 18th - That frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, and a firm adherence...

Article 19th - That all people have a natural and inherent right to...

Article 20th - That the people have a right to assemble together to...

Article 21st - That no person shall be liable to be transported out...

Article 22nd - That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central...

Delegation and distribution of powers

Section 1 - The Commonwealth or State of Vermont shall be governed by...

Section 2 - The Supreme Legislative power shall be exercised by a Senate...

Section 3 - The Supreme Executive power shall be exercised by a Governor,...

Section 4 - The judicial power of the State shall be vested in...

Section 5 - The Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary departments, shall be separate and...

Legislative department

Section 6 - The Senate and the House of Representatives shall be styled,...

Section 7 - The General Assembly shall meet biennially on the first Wednesday...

Section 8 - The doors of the House in which the General Assembly...

Section 9 - The votes and proceedings of the General Assembly shall be...

Section 10 - This style of the laws of this State shall be,...

Section 11 - But, in all such cases, the votes of both Houses...

Section 12 - No member of the General Assembly shall, directly or indirectly,...

Section 13 - In establishing representative districts, which shall afford equality of representation,...

Section 14 - The Representatives so chosen (a majority of whom shall constitute...

Section 15 - No person shall be elected a Representative or a Senator...

Section 16 - Under the pains and penalties of perjury.

Section 17 - You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you did not...

Section 18 - In establishing senatorial districts, which shall afford equality of representation,...

Section 19 - The Senate shall have the like powers to decide on...

Executive department

Section 20 - The Governor, and in the Governor's absence, the Lieutenant-Governor, shall...

Section 21 - The Governor may have a Secretary of Civil and Military...

Section 22 - All commissions shall be in the name of The People...

Section 23 - No person shall be eligible to the office of Governor...

Section 24 - The Legislature shall provide by general law what officer shall...

Section 25 - The Treasurer of the State shall, before entering upon the...

Section 26 - The Treasurer's accounts shall be annually audited, and a fair...

Section 27 - No money shall be drawn out of the Treasury, unless...

Judiciary department

Section 28 - The Courts of Justice shall be open for the trial...

Section 29 - The Supreme Court shall consist of the Chief Justice of...

Section 30 - The Supreme Court shall exercise appellate jurisdiction in all cases,...

Section 31 - All other courts of this State shall have original and...

Section 32 - The Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate,...

Section 33 - When the Senate is not in session, the Governor may...

Section 34 - The justices of the Supreme Court and judges of all...

Section 35 - All justices of the Supreme Court and judges of all...

Section 36 - The justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of...

Section 37 - The Supreme Court shall make and promulgate rules governing the...

Section 38 - Trials of issues, proper for the cognizance of a Jury...

Section 39 - All prosecutions shall commence, By the authority of the State...

Section 40 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt.

Section 41 - The Writ of Habeas Corpus shall in no case be...

Qualifications of freemen and freewomen

Section 42 - Every person who will attain the full age of eighteen...

Elections; officers; terms of office

Section 43 - The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts,...

Section 44 - Senators and Representatives shall be elected to office at a...

Section 45 - The manner of election, certification, and filling of vacancies in...

Section 46 - The term of office of Senators and Representatives shall be...

Section 47 - If, at any time, there shall be no election, of...

Section 48 - The Secretary of State and the Auditor of Accounts shall...

Section 49 - The term of office of the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor and Treasurer...

Section 50 - State's Attorneys shall be elected by the voters of their...

Section 51 - Judges of Probate shall be elected by the voters of...

Section 52 - Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the voters...

Section 53 - The manner and certification of election and filling of vacancies...

Section 54 - No person in this State shall be capable of holding...

Section 55 - All elections, whether by the people or the Legislature, shall...

Oath of allegiance; oath of office

Section 56 - You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will faithfully...

Section 57 - The House of Representatives shall have the power to order...

Section 58 - The Senate shall have the sole power of trying and...

Section 59 - The inhabitants of this State shall be trained and armed...

General provisions

Section 60 - No person ought in any case, or in any time,...

Section 61 - As all persons of full age, to preserve their independence...

Section 62 - All deeds and conveyances of lands shall be recorded in...

Section 63 - The Legislature shall regulate entails in such manner as to...

Section 64 - To deter more effectually from the commission of crimes, by...

Section 65 - The estates of such persons as may destroy their own...

Section 66 - Every person of good character, who comes to settle in...

Section 67 - The inhabitants of this State shall have liberty in seasonable...

Section 68 - Laws for the encouragement of virtue and prevention of vice...

Section 69 - No charter of incorporation shall be granted, extended, changed or...

Section 70 - The General Assembly may pass laws compelling compensation for injuries...

Section 71 - The Declaration of the political Rights and privileges of the...

Amendment of the constitution

Section 72 - The General Assembly shall provide for the manner of voting...

Section 73 - At the biennial session following the taking of each decennial...

Temporary provisions

Section 74 - The persons severally elected in 1912 to the offices mentioned...

Section 75 - The Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby authorized and...

Section 76 - The Justices of the Supreme Court are hereby authorized and...