Index: R-Z

Index to the Maine Constitution - R through Z

RATIFICATION BY THE ELECTORS
  (STATE DEBT)
      Article IX, Section 14
RATIFIED BY VOTE OF A MAJORITY
  (MUNICIPAL INITIATIVE AND
  PEOPLE'S VETO)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 21
REAL ESTATE
  Assessment
      Article IX, Section 8
  Emergency bills
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 16
  Legislature can insure mortgage loans
      Article IX, Section 14-A
REAL, PERSONAL AND INTANGIBLE
  PROPERTY (SCHOOL TAXES)
      Article IX, Section 8
REAPPORTIONMENT (HOUSE OF
  REPRESENTATIVES)
      Article IV, Part First, Section 2
      Article IV, Part First, Section 3
REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION
  (SENATE)
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 2
REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN (SENATE)
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 2
REBELLION OR INVASION
      Article I, Section 10
RECESS OF LEGISLATURE
  (DEFINITION OF)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
RECORDS OF DEPARTMENTS
      Article V, Part Second, Section 4
RECORDS OF STATE
      Article V, Part Second, Section 2
RECREATION
      Article IX, Section 8
RECREATIONAL ENTERPRISES
  (MORTGAGE LOANS)
      Article IX, Section 14-A
REDISTRICTING (HOUSE OF
  REPRESENTATIVES)
      Article IV, Part First, Section 2
REDRESS FOR INJURIES.
      Article I, Section 19
REDRESS OF THEIR WRONGS AND
  GRIEVANCES
      Article I, Section 15
REELECTION ELIGIBILITY
  (GOVERNOR)
      Article V, Part First, Section 2
REFERENDUM
  Direct initiative of legislation)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
  Effective date
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 19
  Municipal affairs
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 21
  People's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 17
  Petition timetable
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
REGISTER OF DEEDS
  (INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES)
      Article IX, Section 2
REGISTER OF PROBATE
  Election, tenure, vacancies
      Article VI, Section 6
  Incompatible offices
      Article IX, Section 2
  Sheriffs removed in same manner as
      Article IX, Section 10
REGULAR SESSION OF THE
  LEGISLATURE
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1
REGULATIONS (PARDONS)
      Article V, Part First, Section 11
RELIGIOUS DEFERMENTS
      Article VII, Section 5
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
      Article I, Section 3
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
      Article I, Section 3
RELIGIOUS TEACHERS
      Article I, Section 3
RELIGIOUS TEST
      Article I, Section 3
RELIGIOUS TESTS PROHIBITED
      Article I, Section 3
REMEDY BY DUE COURSE OF LAW
      Article I, Section 19
REMONSTRANCE
      Article I, Section 15
REMOVAL (GOVERNOR)
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
REMOVAL BY IMPEACHMENT OR ADDRESS
      Article IX, Section 5
REMOVAL FROM THE STATE
  (SENATORS)
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 5
REMOVAL OF SHERIFFS
      Article IX, Section 10
REPEAL (LAWS IN FORCE UNTIL)
      Article X, Section 3
REPRESENTATIVES
  Age requirement
      Article IV, Part First, Section 4
  Apportionment commission
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
  Attorney general election
      Article IX, Section 11
  Choose own officers
      Article IV, Part First, Section 3
  Compensation and expenses
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 7
  Election and constitutional amendments
      Article X, Section 4
  Election of secretary of state
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1
  Election of treasurer
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1
  Exempt from arrest
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 8
  Impeachment
      Article IV, Part First, Section 8
  Incompatible offices
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 10
  Number of
      Article IV, Part First, Section 2
  Oath of office
      Article IX, Section 1
  Time of election
      Article II, Section 4
  Vacancies
      Article IV, Part First, Section 6
REPRIEVES
      Article V, Part First, Section 11
REPUGNANT TO THIS
  CONSTITUTION
      Article X, Section 3
REPUTATION, PROPERTY OR
  IMMUNITIES
      Article I, Section 19
RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
  Electors
      Article II, Section 1
  Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 4
  House of Representatives)
      Article IV, Part First, Section 4
  Petition circulators
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
  Senators
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 6
RESIDENT (DEFINED FOR
  REQUESTING PETITION FORMS)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
RESIGNATION
  Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  House members
      Article IV, Part First, Section 6
  Judges and registers of probate
      Article VI, Section 6
  Senators
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 5
RESOLUTION
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 9
  Citizen initiative
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
  Definition of "measure"
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
  Effective date
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 16
  People's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 17
RESOLVE
  Definition of "measure"
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
  Citizen initiative
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
  Constitutional amendment
      Article X, Section 4
  People's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 17
RETIREMENT AGE (JUDICIAL OFFICERS)
      Article VI, Section 4
RETIREMENT SYSTEM
      Article IX, Section 18
REVENUE (FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE)
      Article IX, Section 22
REVENUE BILLS
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 9
REVENUES (AND BOND INTEREST)
      Article V, Part Third, Section 5
REVISED STATUTES OF THE STATE
  (CONSTITUTION PRINTING)
      Article X, Section 6
RIGHT AND JUSTICE SHALL BE
  ADMINISTERED FREELY
      Article I, Section 19
RIGHT OF HOME RULE FOR
  MUNICIPALITIES
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 16
RIGHT OF PETITION.
      Article I, Section 15
RIGHT OF REDRESS FOR INJURIES
      Article I, Section 19
RIGHT OF SECRET VOTING
      Article II, Section 5
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE
      Article II, Section 1
      Article IX, Section 13
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
      Article I, Section 20
RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE
      Article I, Section 15
RIGHT TO BE HEARD BY THE
  ACCUSED
      Article I, Section 6
RIGHT TO INSTITUTE GOVERNMENT
      Article I, Section 2
RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
      Article I, Section 16
RIGHT TO WORSHIP ALMIGHTY
  GOD
      Article I, Section 3
RIGHTS
      Article I, Section 1
RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE
  PEOPLE (AND EDUCATION)
      Article VIII, Part First, Section 1
RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED
      Article I, Section 24
RIGHTS OF PERSONS ACCUSED.
      Article I, Section 6
RIGHTS RETAINED BY THE PEOPLE
      Article I, Section 24
RULES (OF THE HOUSE AND
  SENATE)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 4
SAFETY
      Article I, Section 10
  Emergency bills
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 16
SAFETY AND HAPPINESS
      Article I, Section 1
      Article I, Section 2
SANGUINARY LAWS
      Article I, Section 9
SCENIC NATURAL BEAUTY
      Article IX, Section 8
SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY
      Article IX, Section 14-B
SCHOOL DISTRICTS (TAX POWER)
      Article IX, Section 8
SCHOOLS
      Article VIII, Part First
SEAL OF THE STATE
      Article IX, Section 3
SEARCHES
      Article I, Section 5
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
      Article IX, Section 16
SECRECY (HOUSE AND SENATE)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 5
SECRET VOTING
      Article II, Section 5
SECRETARY OF STATE
      Article V, Part Second
  Ballot language
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
  Citizen initiative
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
  Commissions
      Article IX, Section 3
  Constitution printing
      Article X, Section 6
  Election
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1
  Governor vacancy
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  Gubernatorial election
      Article V, Part First, Section 3
  House elections
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
  Judicial review of petitions
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 22
  Official records
      Article V, Part Second, Section 4
  People's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 17
  Petition forms
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
  Records of state
      Article V, Part Second, Section 2
  Senate elections
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 3
  Shall attend the Governor
      Article V, Part Second, Section 3
  Shall attend the House
      Article V, Part Second, Section 3
  Shall attend the Senate
      Article V, Part Second, Section 3
  Temporary disability of Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 15
  Vacancy
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1-A
  Written petitions for a people's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 8
  Apportionment plan
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 2
SECTS EQUAL
      Article I, Section 3
SELECTMEN (AMENDMENTS TO
  CONSTITUTION)
      Article X, Section 4
SEMINARIES
      Article VIII, Part First, Section 1
SEMINARY OF LEARNING
      Article II, Section 1
SENATE
      Article IV, Part Second
  Adjournments
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 12
  Amendments to constitution
      Article X, Section 4
  Apportionment commission
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
  Call into session
      Article V, Part First, Section 8
  Confirmation procedure for Governor
  appointees
      Article V, Part First, Section 8
  Gubernatorial election
      Article V, Part First, Section 3
  Journal
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 5
  Judge of its elections
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 3
  Majority
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 3
  May originate bills
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 9
  May punish and expel members
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 4
  Members exempt from arrest
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 8
  Quorum
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 3
  Records kept by secretary
      Article V, Part Second, Section 4
  Requires supreme judicial court opinion
      Article VI, Section 3
  Rules
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 4
  To fill Governor vacancy
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  Vacancies
      Article IX, Section 4
SENATORS
  Age requirement
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 6
  Attorney general election
      Article IX, Section 11
  Compensation and expenses
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 7
  Districts
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 2
  Election and constitutional amendments
      Article X, Section 4
  Election of secretary of state
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1
  Election of treasurer
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1
  Election of
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 3
  Incompatible offices
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 10
  Number of
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 1
  Oath of office
      Article IX, Section 1
  Qualifications
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 6
  Term
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 1
  Time of election
      Article II, Section 4
SEPARATION OF POWERS
      Article III, Section 2
SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR OR
  PUBLIC DANGER
      Article I, Section 14
SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1
SHAKERS (MILITARY DEFERMENTS)
      Article VII, Section 5
SHERIFFS
  Incompatible offices
      Article IX, Section 2
  Removal
      Article IX, Section 10
  Tenure
      Article IX, Section 10
  Vacancies
      Article IX, Section 10
SICKNESS (AND LEGISLATIVE
  ADJOURNMENT)
      Article V, Part First, Section 13
SIGNATURES FOR WRITTEN PETITIONS
  (DEFINITION OF "CIRCULATOR")
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
SIGNATURES NECESSARY ON
  DIRECT INITIATIVE PETITIONS
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
SOLDIERS
      Article I, Section 18
SOLEMN OCCASIONS
      Article VI, Section 3
SOVEREIGN RULER OF THE UNIVERSE
      Preamble
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      Article IV, Part First, Section 7
  Apportionment commission
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
  Convenes legislature
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1
  Governor vacancy
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  Temporary disability of Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 15
SPECIAL ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 14
SPECIAL ELECTION
  Citizen initiative
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
  People's veto
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 17
  State debt
      Article IX, Section 14
SPECIAL LEGISLATION
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 13
SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
SPEEDY, PUBLIC AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL
      Article I, Section 6
STANDING ARMIES
      Article I, Section 17
STATE ELECTIONS (VOTING DISTRICTS)
      Article IX, Section 12
STATE EXCISE TAX
      Article IX, Section 8
STATE GOVERNMENT CONTINUITY
  IN CASE OF ENEMY ATTACK
      Article IX, Section 17
STATE MANDATES
      Article IX, Section 21
STATE OF MAINE
      Preamble
STATE OF THE STATE
      Article V, Part First, Section 9
STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
      Article IX, Section 18
STATEWIDE ELECTION (DEFINITION OF)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
STUDENTS
      Article II, Section 1
      Article VIII, Part First, Section 2
STYLE OF ACTS
      Article IV, Part First, Section 1
SUBSCRIPTIONS
      Article IX, Section 1
SUCCESSION
  Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  Secretary of state
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1-A
  Treasurer
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1-A
SUFFRAGE (ELECTION BRIBERY)
      Article IX, Section 13
SUITS
      Article I, Section 20
SUMMONS (GOVERNOR ISSUES TO
  ELECTED HOUSE MEMBERS)
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
SUMMONS OF PERSONS WHO
  APPEAR TO BE ELECTED
  For House
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
  For Senate
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 4
SUNDAYS EXCEPTED
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 2
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
      Article VI, Section 1
      Article X, Section 6
  Governor vacancy
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  Oaths of office
      Article IX, Section 1
  Opinion to Governor, etc.
      Article VI, Section 3
  Reapportionment of House
      Article IV, Part First, Section 3
  Reapportionment plan, Senate
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 2
  Temporary disability of Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 15
SUPREME LAW OF THE STATE
      Article X, Section 6
SURETY BOND (TREASURER).
      Article V, Part Third, Section 2
SUSPENSION OF LAWS
      Article I, Section 13
TAX RELIEF (STATE MANDATES)
      Article IX, Section 21
TAX TRUST FUND (MINING)
      Article IX, Section 20
TAXATION
      Article IX, Section 8
  Power of
      Article IX, Section 9
  State debt
      Article IX, Section 14
  Watercraft
      Article IX, Section 4
TAXES
      Article I, Section 22
  Highway fund
      Article IX, Section 19
TENURE
  Judges
      Article VI, Section 6
  Judicial officers
      Article VI, Section 4
  Sheriffs
      Article IX, Section 10
TENURE OF OFFICE
      Article I, Section 23
      Article IX, Section 6
TERM
  Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 2
  Representatives
      Article IV, Part First, Section 2
  Senators
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 1
TERM LIMITS (GOVERNOR)
      Article V, Part First, Section 2
TERM OF OFFICE (JUDICIAL OFFICERS)
      Article VI, Section 4
TESTIMONY OF 2 WITNESSES
      Article I, Section 12
THREATENING (CONTEMPT OF THE
  HOUSE OR SENATE)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 6
TIE (GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION)
      Article V, Part First, Section 3
TIMBERLANDS (ASSESSMENT)
      Article IX, Section 8
TIME OF STATE ELECTION
      Article II, Section 4
TIME OF WAR OR PUBLIC DANGER
      Article II, Section 3
TIMING OF ELECTIONS (CITIZEN
  INITIATIVE)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 18
TITLE OF NOBILITY PROHIBITED
      Article I, Section 23
TOWN CLERKS
  House elections
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
  Senate elections
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 3
TOWN COUNCIL MAY ESTABLISH
  DIRECT INITIATIVE AND PEOPLE'S VETO
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 21
TOWNS
  And education
      Article VIII, Part First, Section 1
  Voting districts
      Article IX, Section 12
TRAFFIC LAWS (HIGHWAY FUND)
      Article IX, Section 19
TRANQUILITY
      Preamble
TRAVEL EXPENSES
  (APPORTIONMENT COMMISSION)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 1-A
TRAVELING EXPENSES (SENATORS
  AND REPRESENTATIVES)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 7
TREASON
      Article I, Section 12
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 8
TREASON, FELONY OR BREACH OF
  THE PEACE
      Article II, Section 2
TREASURER
      Article V, Part Third
  Deputy
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1-A
  Election
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1
  Incompatible offices
      Article IX, Section 2
  Not to engage in trade
      Article V, Part Third, Section 3
  Vacancy
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1-A
TREASURY (NO MONEY DRAWN
  EXCEPT BY LAW)
      Article V, Part Third, Section 4
TRIAL BY JURY
      Article I, Section 20
TRIALS
      Article I, Section 6
TRIALS BY MARTIAL LAW OR
  IMPEACHMENT
      Article I, Section 6
TRIBAL RESERVATIONS
      Article II, between Sections 1 and 2
TRUST FUND (MINING)
      Article IX, Section 20
TRUTH GIVEN IN EVIDENCE
      Article I, Section 4
UNREASONABLE SEARCHES PROHIBITED
      Article I, Section 5
VACANCY
  Attorney general
      Article IX, Section 11
  Governor
      Article V, Part First, Section 14
  House members
      Article IV, Part First, Section 6
  Judges
      Article VI, Section 6
  Order of filling
      Article IX, Section 4
  Secretary of state
      Article V, Part Second, Section 1-A
  Senate
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 5
  Treasurer
      Article V, Part Third, Section 1-A
VALUATION
      Article IX, Section 7
      Article IX, Section 8
VALUATION OF THE STATE OF MAINE
      Article IX, Section 14
VEHICLE FUEL REVENUES
      Article IX, Section 19
VESSEL REGISTERED UNDER STATE LAW
      Article IX, Section 14-A
VETERANS' MORTGAGE LOANS
      Article IX, Section 14-D
VETO
  Of bills
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 2
  Pocket
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 2
VETO POWER (OF GOVERNOR
  LIMITED IN INITIATIVE/
  REFERENDUM/PEOPLE'S VETO)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 19
VOTES
  Bonds for local industrial development
      Article VIII, Part Second, Section 2
  Electing judges and registers of probate
      Article VI, Section 6
  Examined by Governor, Senate elections
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 4
  Gubernatorial election
      Article V, Part First, Section 3
  Lists for election of Representatives
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
  Lists of, Senate elections
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 3
  Received, sorted, counted and declared
  and recorded, gubernatorial elections
      Article V, Part First, Section 3
  Received, sorted, counted and declared,
  House elections
      Article IV, Part First, Section 5
  Received, sorted, counted, declared and
  recorded, Senate elections
      Article IV, Part Second, Section 3
  Sheriff elections
      Article IX, Section 10
  Tabulation method
      Article IX, Section 12
VOTING (ELECTION BRIBERY)
      Article IX, Section 13
VOTING DISTRICTS
      Article IX, Section 12
VOTING LIST OF THE CITY, TOWN
  OR PLANTATION
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
VOTING MACHINES
      Article II, Section 5
WAR
      Article I, Section 12
  State debt
      Article IX, Section 14
WAR OR PUBLIC DANGER
      Article I, Section 14
      Article I, Section 7
      Article II, Section 3
WARRANT TO SEARCH
      Article I, Section 5
WATERCRAFT (TAXATION)
      Article IX, Section 8
WELFARE
      Preamble
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT REVENUES
      Article IX, Section 22
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
  (ASSESSMENT)
      Article IX, Section 8
WITNESSES AGAINST THE ACCUSED
      Article I, Section 6
WOODLANDS (ASSESSMENT)
      Article IX, Section 8
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
      Article I, Section 10
WRITTEN PETITION (DEFINITION OF)
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
WRITTEN PETITIONS FOR DIRECT
  INITIATIVE
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
WRITTEN PETITIONS FOR PEOPLE'S VETO
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 20
WRONGS AND GRIEVANCES
      Article I, Section 15
YEAS AND NAYS
      Article IV, Part Third, Section 5
YOUTH OF MAINE
      Article VIII, Part First, Section 2
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