Maine Constitution
The Constitution of the State of Maine established the "State of Maine" in 1820 and is the fundamental governing document of the state. It consists of a Preamble and ten Articles (divisions), the first of which is a "Declaration of Rights".
Read more about Maine Constitution: Why It Was Written, History, Preamble, Article I. "Declaration of Rights", Article II. "Electors" (Voters), Article III. "Distribution of Powers", Article IV: "House of Representatives, Senate, and Legislative Power", Article V: "Executive Power, Secretary, Treasurer", Article VI: "Judicial Power", Article VII: "Military", Article VIII: "Education and Municipal Home Rule", Article IX: "General Provisions", Article X: Additional Provisions
Famous quotes containing the words maine and/or constitution:
“Those Maine woods differ essentially from ours. There you are never reminded that the wilderness which you are threading is, after all, some villager’s familiar wood-lot, some widow’s thirds, from which her ancestors have sledded fuel for generations, minutely described in some old deed which is recorded, of which the owner has got a plan, too, and old bound-marks may be found every forty rods, if you will search.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“A Constitution should be short and obscure.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)