NH COMICStitution / ARTICLE 12: Protection & Taxation

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Article 12. [Protection and Taxation Reciprocal.]

Every member of the community has a right to be protected by it, in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property; he is therefore bound to contribute his share in the expense of such protection, and to yield his personal service when necessary. But no part of a man’s property shall be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people. Nor are the inhabitants of this State controllable by any other laws than those to which they, or their representative body, have given their consent.

June 2, 1784 // Amended 1964 by striking out reference to buying one’s way out of military service.