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 6. It hall not be in their Power, to make or continue any Law, for taking away any mans life, except for Murther, or for endeavoring by force, to detroy this Agreement; but hall ue their uttermot endeavor, to propound punihments equal to Offences, That o mens Lives, Limbs, Liberties, and Etates, may not as hitherto, be lyable to be taken away upon trivial or light occaion; and hall have pecial care, to keep all orts of people from Miery and Beggery.

7. They hall not continue or make a Law, to deprive any peron, in Cae or Tryal, from the benefit of Witnees, as well for, as againt him.

8. They hall not continue the grievance and oppreion of Tithes, longer then to the end of the firt Repreentative; in which time, they hall provide for, and atisfie all Impropriators: Neither hall they force any peron, to pay toward the maintenance of the publike Miniters, who out of Concience cannot ubmit thereunto; but hall provide for them in ome other unoppreive way.

9. They hall not continue or make a Law, for any other ways of Judgment or Conviction of Life, Liberty, or Etate, but onely by twelve worn men of the Neighborhood.

10. They hall not continue or make a Law, to allow any peron to take above ix pound per cent. for loan of Money for a yeer.

11. They hall not diable any peron from bearin any Office in the Common-wealth, for any opinion practie in Religion, though contrary to the puble way.

I. That the next Repreentative, be mot earetly