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6 and of the evangelical reformed church shall receive such annual support as we shall be disposed to grant for their use.

XVI. The liberty of the press is guaranteed. The law shall determine the method of restraining its abuses.

XVII. The law shall protect every class of citizens alike, without regard to their rank or condition.

XVIII. The ancient fandamental law “neminem captivari permittemus nisi jure victum” shall be observed with regard to all classes of the inhabitants, as below explained.

XIX. No man shall be arrested except with the forms, and in the cases prescribed by the law.

XX. Every man shall be informed immediately, and by writing, of the cause of his being arrested.

XXI. Every individual, so arrested, shall be presented within three days, at the furthest, before the competent tribunal, that he may be there examined or tried. If on the first examination he be found to be innocent, he shall be forthwith discharged.

XXII. In such cases as the law directs, the prisoner, if he give bail, shall be set at liberty for the time.

XXIII. No man shall be punished except in conformity with the existing laws, and by the decree of the competent Magistrate.

XXIV. Every Pole is at liberty to remove his