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Rh with power to authorize and require, and the legilature hall, from time to time, authorize and require, the everal towns, parihes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religions ocieties, to make uitable proviion, at their own expence, for the intitution of the public worip of GOD, and for the apport and maintenance of public protetant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all caes where uch proviion hall not be made voluntarily.

the people of this Commonwealth have alo a right to, and do, invet their legilature with authority to enjoin upon all the ubjects an attendance upon the intructions of the public teachers aforeaid, at tated times and eaons, if there be any on whoe intructions they can concienciouly and conveniently attend.

notwithtanding, that the everal towns, parises, precincts, and other bodies-politic, or religious ocieties, hall, at all times, have the excluive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting with them for their upport and maintenance.

all monies paid by the ubject to the upport of public worhip, and of the public teachers aforeaid, hall, if he require it, be uniformly applied to the upport of the public teacher or teachers of his own religious ect or denomination, provided there be any on whoe intructions he attends; otherwie it may be paid towards the upport of the teacher or teachers of the parih or precinct in which the aid monies are raied.

every denomination of chritians, demeaning themelves peaceably, and as good ubjects of the Commonwealth, hall be equally under the