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# **The Constitution of the State of Mayberry**
> To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizens, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we the people of Mayberry do ordain and establish this Constitution. 
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This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land, and no law, regulation, ordinance, or otherwise, shall conflict with its contents.
## Article I. BILL OF RIGHTS
In order to provide equity and guidance under the United States of America, this declaration does, for the welfare and guidance of all peoples of our state, in part, accept and recognize our Federal Constitution. In the convention of legislation, assembly, justice, order, and the general law, the people of Mayberry assembled declare all that is tangible by representation, both visual and physical, shall be treated in such aforementioned equity, where such equity be provided to even the worst of criminals, the best saints, and to the defenders of our people. The foundations of liberty shall not be tinged, nor shall they be violated. With our endowed admission to the Union, we declare that:
### Section 1. RIGHTS OF PERSONS
**I.** This Constitution is dedicated to the principles that all persons have a natural right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the enjoyment of the rewards of their own industry; that all persons are equal and entitled to equal rights, opportunities, and protection under the law; and that all persons have corresponding obligations to the people and to the State. No race, position, color, religion, political persuasion, personal beliefs, sex, gender, or otherwise, shall abridge the pursuit of happiness.
### Section 2. PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT
**I.** All political power shall be delegated to the people. All government originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the people of Mayberry.
### Section 3. CIVIL RIGHTS
**I.** No person shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil or political right on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin.
### Section 4. PERSONAL FREEDOMS
**I.** No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. 

**II.** Every person shall enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of press, and the freedom to publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. 

**III.** The people's freedom of assembly, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and to petition the government shall never be abridged.
### Section 5. DUE PROCESS
**I.** No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; the right of all persons to fair and just treatment in the course of legislative and executive investigations shall not be infringed.

**II.** No person shall be put in jeopardy twice for the same offense, except for treason; no person shall be compelled in any criminal proceeding to be a witness against himself.

**III.** In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have (*a*) the right to a speedy and public trial, except as the public need may require; the accused is (*b*) entitled to be informed of the cause of the accusation; (*c*) to be released on bail, except for capital offenses when proof is evident or the presumption great; (*d*) to be confronted with the witnesses against him; (*e*) to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; (*f*) and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

**IV.** Excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines be imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments be inflicted. 

**V.** Criminal administration shall be based upon the following: the need for protecting the public, community condemnation of the offender, the rights of victims of crimes, restitution from the offender, and the principle of reformation.
### Section 6. TREASON
**I.** Treason against the State consists only in levying war against it, or in adhering to its enemies, providing them with aid and comfort. 

**II.** No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
 
**III.** No conviction for treason shall be imposed without a trial by a jury of at least five peers.
### Section 7. HABEAS CORPUS
**I.** The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or actual or imminent invasion. 

**II.** The Mayberry General Assembly may regulate the timeframe of which the writ of habeas corpus may be implemented, but not to the extent as to abridge Common Law.
### Section 9. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
**I.** The right of the people to remain secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be infringed upon, unless by probable cause or by a warrant issued by a Court of Law, based on sufficient evidence, and describing the place or thing to be searched. 

**II.** Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation, unless by criminal forfeiture, in a manner prescribed by law.
### Section 10. NATIONAL SECURITY.
**I.** No member of the National Guard shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner or occupant, or in time of war, except as prescribed by law.
### Section 11. ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.
**I.** The State of Mayberry shall never secede, and forever remain a member of the United States of America; the people thereof are part of the Union. 

**II.** There is no right, on the part of this State, to secede, and any attempts to dissolve or sever the Nation, shall be wholly resisted by the State. 

**III.** The laws of the United States shall not be enforced by the State of Mayberry, unless such laws have been codified by the Legislature.
## Article II. BOUNDARIES
The State of Mayberry was landed on in the year of 1719, whereby the City of Albany, City of Jameston-Lander, City of Farrington, and the City of Stoneview now lay.
### Section 1. STATE BOUNDARIES
**I.** The State thereby prescribes the boundaries of the state as three-hundred miles north, 200 miles east, and south of Albany; as well as two-hundred-and-sixty miles inland, with the State also claims the waters and islands fifteen nautical miles from the coastline, as well as two-hundred miles beyond that as exclusive to the State’s economic benefit alone - less those operating in these boundaries pay a duty set forth by the Legislature.

### Section 2. COUNTIES
**I.** The State of Mayberry shall be comprised of five counties: Lincoln County, Pickens County, Beckly-Hall County, Rockdale County, and Laurens County. The county seats are as listed: Lincoln County, Beckly-Hall County; Simmons Island, Pickens County; St. James, Rockdale County; and, Laurens County.
## Aricle III. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The state shall be divided, by law, into political subdivisions called counties. Counties may be created, abolished or changed by law, by the State General Assembly.

### Section 1. GOVERNMENT
**I.** A county government may be established by charter, which shall be adopted or repealed only upon a three-fourths vote of the Senate.

### Section 2. COUNTY OFFICERS
**I.** There shall be, elected by the qualified electors of each county, for a six month term, a sheriff and a district attorney. 

**II.** A county charter may not abolish the office of the sheriff or district attorney; transfer the duties of those officers to another officer or office; change the length of the term of office; or establish any manner of selection other than by election by the qualified electors of the county.

### Section 3. COMMISSIONERS
**I.** Except when depicted otherwise by county charter, the governing body of each county shall be a board of county commissioners, composed of five or seven members serving staggered terms of one hundred and eighty days.

### Section 4. CHARTER GOVERNMENT
**I.** Counties operating under county charters shall have all powers of local self-government not inconsistent with State law. The governing body of a county operating under a charter may enact county ordinances not inconsistent with State law. The charter shall provide which shall prevail in the event of conflict between county and municipal ordinances.

**II.** Each county ordinance shall be filed with the Central Authority, and shall become effective at such time thereafter, as is provided by the ordinance or by State law. 

**III.** Persons violating county ordinances shall be prosecuted and punished as provided by the ordinance or by State law.

### Section 5. MUNICIPALITIES
**I.** Municipalities shall have governmental, corporate, and proprietary powers to enable them to conduct municipal government, perform municipal functions and render municipal services, and may exercise these powers for municipal purposes unless otherwise prevented by three-fourths majority in the State Senate. 

**II.** Each municipal legislative body shall be elective. 

**III.** Municipalities shall remain entirely independent of their respective county, except in cases deemed appropriate by State law. 

**IV.** Municipal annexation of unincorporated territory, merger of municipalities, and exercise of extra-territorial powers by municipalities shall be determined by State law.

### Section 6. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
**I.** Municipalities may be established, abolished, and their charters amended pursuant to State law. 

**II.** Municipalities are required to author charters that express the wills, duties, positions and their duties, and responsibilities of their governments. 

**III.** Municipalities shall be responsible, through their respective charters, for the make-up, counts, and terms of their elected councils; municipalities shall not offer indefinite terms, and must ensure that all municipal offices are elected in such a manner that is fair and in compliance with State law. 

**IV.** Each municipality shall have a mayor and a legislative body, as determined by the municipality itself; the administrative authority of the municipal governments shall extend to all departments, legal, corporate, or governmental, which operate within the jurisdiction of the municipality itself.

### Section 7. DEFUNCT STATUS OF COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS
**I.** In the event that a legislature of a County or Municipality has failed to meet on record for thirty days, it shall be deemed defunct and the State Senate shall assume its duties and responsibilities.

**II.** In the event that the Executive of any County or Municipality has been absent for thirty days, he shall be deemed defunct and the responsibilities and duties of his office shall be transferred to the Governor of the State; the Lieutenant Governor shall certify, to the Mayflower Elections Commission, for new elections within seven days of a body being declared defunct; at the conclusion of voting, the responsibilities of those respective bodies shall be devolved back to them and they shall no longer be considered defunct.

## Article IV. THE LEGISLATURE
All legislative powers of the State are herein vested in the Mayberry General Assembly, which shall consist of the Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate shall consist of fifteen Senators, elected by the qualified voters in free and fair elections in five groups of three. An election for each group of three shall occur every seventy-three days.

The House of Representatives shall consist of 25 Representatives, elected by the qualified voters in free and fair elections in five groups of five every 35 days.

### Section 1. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CONGRESS
**I.** No person shall be a Senator who shall not have reached to the age of one hundred and twenty days on Roblox and a citizen of Mayberry for a minimum of thirty days preceding his entry to office, and who is not one convicted of any amount of high crimes.

**II.** No person shall be a Representative who shall not have reached to the age of one hundred days on Roblox and a citizen of Mayberry for a minimum of thirty days preceding his entry to office, and who is not one convicted of any amount of high crimes.

### Section 2. VACANCIES
**I.** A vacancy in the General Assembly shall be filled for the unexpired term through a by-election; such election shall take place no later than the Sunday following a full week of the vacancy. 

**II.** If there remain less than thirty days in a Senate term, or an election transpired less than two weeks before the vacancy, the Governor shall fill the vacancy through appointment powers.

### Section 3. DISQUALIFICATIONS
**I.** No Congressman shall hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, while also serving in the General Assembly; this section, however, does not restrict a Congressman from running for any office and resigning from their seat in the General Assembly.

### Section 4. IMMUNITIES
**I.** Congressmen may not be held to answer before any other tribunal for any statement made in the exercise of their legislative duties while the legislature is in session. 

**II.** Members attending, going to, or returning from legislative sessions are not subject to civil process and are privileged from arrest except for felony or breach of the peace.

### Section 5. PRESIDING OFFICER
**I.** The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, except when exercising the office of Governor, or when the office of the Lieutenant Governor shall be vacant. 

**II.** The Lieutenant Governor shall preside over the Senate regularly. He shall not have a vote unless the Senate is evenly divided on a question; the Senate may designate situations that he may vote outside of this provision. 

**III.** The Senate shall designate one of its members to serve as President pro tempore and preside over the Senate in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor; 

**IV.** The President pro tempore shall serve at the leisure of the Senate, but still remains a member of the Senate during his service; he shall retain the powers of the Presiding Officer of the Senate prescribed by the standing rules of the State General Assembly.

### Section 6. REGULAR SESSIONS
**I.** The Senate shall convene in a regular session at least once every two weeks, as prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor; the Senate may prescribe other regular sessions as part of their rules of order or by Law.

**II.** The House of Representatices shall convene in a regular session at least twice every two weeks, as prescribed by the Speaker of the House; the House may prescribe other regular sessions as part of their rules of order or by Law.

### Section 7. SPECIAL SESSIONS
**I.** Special sessions may be called by the Governor or by one-half of the membership of the House in which the vacancy occurred, in a written notice to the Lieutenant Governor or the President pro tempore. 

**II.** At special sessions called by the Governor, legislation shall be limited to subjects designated in his proclamation calling the session, to subjects presented by him, and the reconsideration of bills vetoed by him. 

**III.** At special sessions called by the membership of the House or Senate, the subjects of discussion shall not be limited, unless provided by the rules of order.

### Section 8. RULES
**I.** The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House shall author the standing rules of their respective houses, which shall be subject to three-fourths ratification at the beginning of every Congress; but the House or Senate, with three-fourths concurring, may make amendments or recall the standing rules, in which the process shall begin anew. 

**II.** The House and Senate may choose its officers and employees. 

**III.** The House and Senate may expel a member with the concurrence of three-fourths of its members in the circumstances of a Congressman's inactivity, lack of responsibility, or general disobedience. 

**IV.** The General Assembly shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and all bills shall be finalized in PDF format. 

**V.** Eleven Senators and 21 Representatives shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members.

### Section 9. FORM OF BILLS
**I.** Every bill shall be confined to one subject unless it is a bill with the purpose of codifying, revising, or rearranging existing laws. 

**II.** The subject of each bill shall be expressed in the title; the enacting clause shall be: “Be it enacted by the [Senate or House of Representatives] of Mayberry in Congress assembled.”

### Section 10. PASSAGE OF BILLS
**I.** The General Assembly shall establish the procedure for enactment of bills into law, beyond the provisions set forth in this Constitution. 

**II.** No bill may become law without an affirmative vote of a majority of the membership of the Senate or Houuse of Representatives; the "yeas" and "nays" on final passage shall be entered in the journal. 

**III.** Every bill which shall have passed the General Assembly shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the opposite house in which the bill was authored.

**IV.** If the bill is passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives, the bill shall be sent to the Governor to either sign or veto; if the Governor approves, the Governor shall sign the bill; if not, the Governor shall veto and return the bill, with objections in writing, to the House in which the bill was authored; which shall re-consider it at the next session. 

**V.** If, upon such reconsideration, the General Assembly unanimously passes the bill, it shall become law; to reconsider any bill, there shall be a two-thirds quorum.

**VI.** In all such reconsiderations, the votes of the Legislature shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays", and the names of the persons voting for or against the bill shall be entered on the journal of the legislature, respectively; if any bill shall not be returned by the Governor, as aforesaid, within five days after it shall have been presented to the Governor, the same shall become a law in like manner as if the Governor had signed it.

### Section 11. IMPEACHMENT
**I.** The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the Cabinet, Chief Justice, Justices seated on the Supreme Court and District Court shall be subject to impeachment. 

**II.** Impeachment shall originate in the House of Representatives and must be approved by a majority vote of its members; the motion for impeachment shall list fully the basis for the proceeding. 

**III.** Impeachment trials shall be conducted by the Supreme Court; the Chief Justice shall preside over the trial; a concurrence of three-fourths of the members of the Supreme Court is required for a judgment of impeachment. 

**IV.** If the impeachment is for a member of the Supreme Court, the trial shall be conducted by the District Court, with the Chief Judge presiding. The judgment may not extend beyond removal from office but shall not prevent proceedings in a Court for criminal penalties.
## Article V. Executive Branch
The executive power of the State of Mayberry shall be vested in the Governor or, in his absence, the Lieutenant Governor.

### Section 1. QUALIFICATIONS AND ELECTION - GOVERNOR
**I.** No person may serve as Governor who shall not have reached the age of one hundred and ninety on Roblox and shall be a citizen of Mayberry for one hundred and thirty days, and who is not a convicted felon. 

**II.** The Governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the State every one hundred and eighty days.

**III.** The term of office of Governor shall be one hundred and eighty days.

**IV.** No person who has served two full consecutive terms as Governor of the state of Mayberry shall be again eligible to hold that office until one full term has intervened.

### Section 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND ELECTION - Lieutenant Governor
**I.** No person may serve as Lieutenant Governor who shall not have reached the age of one hundred and eighty on Roblox and shall be a citizen of Mayberry for one hundred and thirty days, and who is not a convicted felon. 

**II.** The Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen by the qualified voters of the State every one hundred and eighty days.

**III.** The term of office of Lieutenant Governor shall be one hundred and eighty days.

### Section 2. PROHIBITIONS OF OFFICE
**I.** The Governor shall not hold any other office or position of profit under the state, or its political subdivisions, excluding positions within a political party.

### Section 3. AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR
**I.** The Governor shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws. He may, by appropriate court action or proceeding brought in the name of the State, enforce compliance with any constitutional or legislative mandate, or restrain violation of any constitutional or legislative power, duty, or right by any officer, department, or agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions. This authority shall not be construed to authorize any action or proceeding against the legislature.

**II.** The Governor shall have the power, with two-thirds of the General Assembly, to make treaties.

**III.** The Governor shall nominate ambassadors, public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, District Court, and all other officers of the State of Mayberry where feasible, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law; but the legislature may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the Governor alone, in the Courts, or in the heads of department.

**IV.** The Governor shall have the power to fill vacancies that occur before the next session of the General Assembly by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of the next session. 

**V.** The Governor shall communicate with other states, foreign powers, and accredits, remove, receive, expel ambassadors, and diplomats.

**VI.** The Governor shall have the right to restore voting rights and overturn other penalties on individuals and issue executive orders, countersigned by the Lieutenant Governor, as secondary legislation.

**VII.** The Governor shall be obligated to provide for the means of protection for officials designated in the line of succession. The Governor may not revoke or suspend protection for these officials, however, shall have the discretion to determine which Department, through executive order, shall be responsible for their protection. Any Department charged with these duties shall be obligated to uphold and perform their duties professionally and adequately. The legislature may broaden or regulate the powers, terms and responsibilities of those charged with protecting officials.

### Section 4. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
**I.** If the event that there is no Lieutenant Governor due to death, resignation, or impeachment, an emergency election shall be called by the Governor to fill the position; until a new Lieutenant Governor has been elected, the President pro tempore shall take care of the office's duties as Acting Lieutenant Governor. 

**II.** The Lieutenant Governor’s term shall expire at the expiration of the Governor’s term.

**III.** He shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by law and as may be delegated to him by the Governor.

### Section 5. VACANCY AND ABSENCE
**I.** In case of the temporary absence of the Governor from office, the Lieutenant Governor shall serve as acting Governor. In case of a vacancy in the office of Governor for any reason, the Lieutenant Governor shall succeed to the office for the remainder of the term.

### Section 6. SUCCESSION
**I.** In the event that the Lieutenant Governor is unable to succeed the office or act as Governor, the following individuals shall act as Governor until the Mayberry Elections Commission proclaims an election: Speaker of the House, President pro tempore, Secretary of State, then the Attorney General. In the event none of these individuals can act as Governor, the line of seccession shal continue throughout the Governor's cabinet.

### Section 7. NATIONAL GUARD AUTHORITY
**I.** The Governor is commander-in-chief of the National Guard of the State. He may call out the National Guard to execute the laws, suppress or prevent insurrection or lawless violence, or repel invasion, or for any other emergency he may determine.

**II.** The Governor shall appoint the Adjutant General, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Senate. The Adjutant General shall appoint and commission all other officers, unless otherwise prescribed by Law.

### Section 8. MARTIAL LAW
**I.** The Governor may proclaim martial law when the public safety requires it in case of rebellion or actual or imminent invasion. 

**II.** Martial law shall not continue for longer than twenty-four hours without the approval of a majority of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

### Section 9. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
**I.** Subject to procedure prescribed by law, the Governor may grant pardons, commutations, and reprieves, and may suspend and remit fines and forfeitures; he may also expunge records as he sees fit. The Governor shall be afforded the permissions in-game to execute this section.

### Section 10. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
**I.** All executive and administrative offices, departments, and agencies of the state government and their respective functions, powers, and duties shall be allocated by law among and within not more than ten principal departments, so as to group them as far as practicable according to major purposes. Regulatory, quasi-judicial, and temporary agencies may be established by law and need not be allocated within a principal department.

**II.** The Governor may make changes in the organization of the executive branch or in the assignment of functions among its units which he considers necessary for efficient administration. Where these changes require the force of law, they shall be set forth in executive orders. 

**III.** The legislature shall have thirty days to disapprove these executive orders. Unless disapproved by resolution concurred in by a majority of the members of the Senate, these orders become effective at a date thereafter to be designated by the Governor. The Governor cannot change the organization of the Department of Justice without the consent of the Attorney General insofar as the Attorney General’s Office is concerned.

### Section 11. DEPARTMENT HEADS
**I.** Each principal department shall be under the supervision of the Governor, and shall serve in the Governor’s cabinet. The Department of Justice shall not be under the supervision of the Governor; he shall only have advisory status.

**II.** The head of each principal department shall be a single executive unless otherwise provided by law. They shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, except as otherwise provided in this article with respect to the Attorney General.

**.III.** The Governor shall set the budget for each principal department.

### Section 12. LINE-ITEM VETO
**I.** When a bill shall be presented to the Governor, he may choose, contrary to a normal veto, object to up to three provisions of the bill but may approve the other portion of the bill. In such case, the Governor shall append to the bill, at the time of signing it, a statement to which he objects; and the provisions so objected to shall not take effect. The Governor shall thereafter transmit to the House or Senate a copy of such statement, and the provisions objected to shall be separately reconsidered immediately at the next session. If, on reconsideration, one or more such items be approved unanimously by the members of the General Assembly, the same shall be part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor. A quorum for reconsideration shall be two-thirds.

## Article VI. STATE POLICE
The State Police shall be established at the seat of government and be a principal department in the Governor’s cabinet.

### Section 1. THE COLONEL
**I.** The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, a Colonel.

**II.** The Colonel shall be responsible for the management and control of the State Police. The Colonel shall make and adopt rules and regulations for the direction, control, discipline and conduct of the members of the State Police and such other rules for the government and operation of the State Police as he may deem necessary. He shall also designate the authority and responsibility for each rank of state troopers in the State Police. This section shall not be construed as limiting the legislature’s ability to regulate the State Police.

### Section 2. AUTHORITIES
**I.** The State Police’s main focus shall be the safety and security of the State’s highways, but may enter and secure the safety of any local subdivision or unincorporated territory. The General Assembly shall have the power to broaden these authorities by law.

## Article VII. NATIONAL GUARD
The National Guard shall be established at the seat of government and be a principal department in the Governor’s cabinet.

### Section 1. COMPOSITION
**I.** The Mayberry National Guard shall consist of citizens of Mayberry who have voluntarily enlisted, and who, upon original enlistment, are organized, armed, equipped, and uphold the general standards of battle readiness. 

**II.** The Mayberry National Guard shall be a federally recognized militia, but in times where the Guard is not federalized, shall be subject to the State only. The Guard remains as a state agency during these times and possesses no authority to charge people under US code.

### Section 2. ACTIVE SERVICE
**I.** In the event of war, disaster, insurrection, rebellion, tumult, catastrophe, wildland fire, invasion, or riot; or if a mob or body of men act together by force with intent to commit a felony or to offer violence to persons or property, or by force and violence to break and resist the laws of the state; or in the case of imminent danger of the occurrence of any of these events; or whenever responsible civil authorities fail to preserve law and order, or protect life and property, or the Governor believes that failure is imminent, the Governor may order the National Guard, or any part of it, into active service to execute the laws and to perform duties in connection with them that the Governor considers proper. 

**II.** Whenever any portion of the National Guard is ordered into active state service by the Governor, it becomes an additional police force, retaining its separate entity and operating at all times as a military organization under military command, with power to cooperate with but not to supersede the existing civilian law enforcement officers whenever possible, for the re-establishment of law and order and for the protection of life and property.

**III** Whenever any portion of the National Guard is ordered to duty by the Governor, the decision of the Governor in this matter is subject to judicial review.

### Section 3. GROUNDS FOR MARTIAL LAW
**I.** The Governor may proclaim martial law when the public safety requires it in case of rebellion or actual or imminent invasion, and may order all or any part of the National Guard into active service to enforce the proclamation. The National Guard shall assume only those functions of civil government specified by the Governor, or those that, in the discretion of the National Guard adjutant general, must be assumed in order to accomplish a specific mission assigned by the Governor. 

**II** Martial law may not continue for longer than one day without the approval of a majority of the members of the General Assembly.

### Section 4. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF ADJUTANT GENERAL
**I** The Adjutant General of the state shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. The Governor shall prescribe the grade of the Adjutant General, which may not exceed major general. To be eligible for appointment as Adjutant General, a person must be a citizen of the state and of had adequate military experience in the capacity of a Senior Officer.

**II** The Governor’s command shall be exercised through the Adjutant General, who shall carry out the policies of the Governor. The Adjutant General represents the Governor and shall act in complete conformity with the Governor’s instructions. The Adjutant General shall exercise control over the National Guard of the state.

**III** The Adjutant General shall adopt and publish orders and regulations not contrary to State law that in the Adjutant General’s judgment are necessary to bring the organizations, armament, equipment, and discipline of the National Guard to a high degree of efficiency. The Adjutant General shall perform all the administrative functions incident to the operation of the Mayflower National Guard.

**IV.** The Adjutant General shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

## Article VIII. JUDICIAL BRANCH
### Section 1. ESTABLISHMENT
**I** The judicial power of Mayberry shall be vested in one Supreme Court and one District Court within each county. The Judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior Courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior.

### Section 2. JUDICIAL POWERS
**I** The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the State of Mayberry, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority—to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls—to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction—to controversies to which the State of Mayberry shall be a party—to controversies between two or more municipalities—to controversies to which the State of Mayberry shall be a party—between citizens of different municipalities—between citizens of the same municipality claiming lands under grants of different municipalities, and between a municipality, or the citizens thereof, and foreign municipalities, citizens or subjects. 

**II** In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which the state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction and shall be protectors of this Constitution. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have final appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the General Assembly shall make. The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases of appeal on civil and criminal matters, and expungements. The District Courts shall have original jurisdiction in all civil matters and all suits involving criminal charges.

### Section 3. SUPREME COURT
**I.** The Supreme Court shall have four associate justices and a Chief Justice--the District Courts shall have a maximum nine judges and a Chief Judge who is designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

**II.** An appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court as of right in an action, originating in the District Court: (*a*) from an interlocutory or final order or judgment deciding a constitution question; (*b*) from a final judgment exceeding $3,000 in monetary damage; (*c*) from a final judgment of a sentence exceeding two hours in prison; (*d*) from an interlocutory or final order directing a government official perform a duty; (*e*) from a final judgment deciding a question of false arrest; or (*f*) from an order refusing to recuse from an action.

### Section 4. NOMINATION OF JUDGES
**I.** The Governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chief Justice, all Justices of the Supreme Court, and the Judges of the District Court. The Governor may establish a commission to review nominations at his discretion.

### Section 5. WARRANTS AND WRITS
**I.** The Supreme Court and the District Courts of the State shall have the ability to issue all Warrants and Writs, and those who are served with one shall be obligated to follow them. Those barred by the Supreme Court shall have the exceptional ability to appeal writs before the collective Justices, provided quorum is met.

### Section 6. POWER OF DISCIPLINE
**I.** The Supreme Court shall have, with a majority vote, the right to discipline any Judge in the Supreme Court and its inferiors as it sees fit, by suspension from the bench for an indefinite number of days, until the Judge is impeached. Justices shall only be disciplined with a three-fourths vote.

### Section 7. POWER OF NULLIFICATION
**I.** Judicial nullification shall be recognized by the State, and exercised in all Courts with proper jurisdiction.

### Section 8. STATE BAR
**I.** The State Bar of Mayberry shall be designed as a judicial organization. Every person admitted and licensed to practice law in this State is and shall be a member of the State Bar. 

**II.** The Director of the State Bar shall be in charge of the just suspension and acquisition of licensing, creation of policies, processes of examination, acceptance, employments, and other grants by the legislature. The Chief Justice shall have the power to delegate the Director of the State Bar, with a confirmation vote by the Supreme Court.

**III.** The Supreme Court shall maintain the right to expel attorneys with a majority vote in the event the Director of the State Bar is incapacitated or fails to complete duties. The Supreme Court, with majority vote, may depose or suspend the Director of the State Bar indefinitely.

### Section 9. ADVISORY JUDGEMENT
**I.** The Supreme Court shall issue its opinion upon important questions when required by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, or the State General Assembly by resolution; and all such opinions shall be published by the Court in connection with the reported decision.

## Article IX. ELECTIONS, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL
### Section 1. STANDARDS OF ELECTIONS
**I** Every citizen of Mayberry may vote in any state or local election. No citizen shall be restricted from voting unless by provisions made in this Constitution.

**II** Methods of voting shall be prescribed by the Mayberry Electoral Commission. Secrecy of voting shall be preserved. The procedure for determining election contests, with right of appeal to the courts, shall be prescribed by the Mayberry Electoral Commission.

**III** All public offices that require the assent of the people shall be held in free and fair elections; no person shall be restricted voting voting or running for public office, unless by lack of qualification or support of an insurrection or rebellion.

### Section 2. REFERENDUM AND INITIATIVES
**I.** The people may propose and enact laws by the initiative, and approve or reject acts of the legislature by the referendum.

**II.** An initiative or referendum is proposed by an application containing the bill to be initiated or the act to be referred. The application shall be signed by not less than fifty qualified voters as sponsors and one member of the Senate, and shall be filed with the Lieutenant Governor after the Mayberry Electoral Commission counts up all the signatures. If he finds it in proper form, he shall so certify. Denial of certification shall be subject to judicial review.

**III.** An initiative or referendum application may be filed at any time, but any application filed within a week from an election shall be preserved for the next election. The Lieutenant Governor shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the proposed law, and shall place them on the ballot and send it to the Mayberry Electoral Commission. If, before the election, substantially the same measure has been enacted by the Legislature, the petition is void.

**IV.** If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor its adoption, the initiated measure is enacted as law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition favor the rejection of the proposition, it is rejected. The Lieutenant Governor shall certify the election returns. An initiated law becomes effective one week after certification, is not subject to veto, and may not be repealed by the legislature within two weeks of its effective date. It may be amended at any time. Additional procedures for the initiative and referendum may be prescribed by law.

**V.** The initiative shall not be used to create courts, define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules, or enact any local ordinance.

### Section 3. RECALL OF OFFICERS
**I.** The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, any Congressman, any district attorney of any county, and any sheriff of any county shall be subject to recall by the voters of the state or the political subdivision from which elected--should there be sufficient grounds as stipulated in this constitution.

**II.** The recall of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Congressman, any county district attorney, and any county sheriff or any other person elected shall be proposed by filing an application with the Lieutenant Governor; but no recall application shall be filed within the first fourteen days of any person’s term.

**III.** The application must include the name and office of the person to be recalled; the grounds for recall described in particular in not more than 200 words and physical evidence which supports the grounds stipulated in this constitution. Once an application is filed with the Lieutenant Governor, he or she shall, if the application meets the requirements, certify it with the Mayberry Electoral Commission. The Mayberry Electoral Commission must count at least fifty sponsors who are citizens of the state for an election to commence. The manner of collecting sponsors shall be at the discretion of the Mayberry Electoral Commission.

**IV.** The grounds for recall are (*a*) incompetence; which shall only apply in a situation where the official in question has shown a clear ignorance of the duties their office holds or lack of knowledge on how to complete the duties their office holds, (*b*) neglect of duties; which shall only apply in a situation where an official has clearly neglected a duty charged upon their office by this constitution or any other lawful document for a period of 15 days or more, or (*c*) corruption; which shall only apply in a situation where an official has abused the powers and authority of their office to support or conduct unethical practices or be fraudulent or untruthful to their constituents, or (*d*) conviction; which shall only apply in a situation where the official has been convicted of a crime in a court of law.

**V.** After the required amount of sponsors have been counted by the Mayberry Electoral Commission, the Lieutenant Governor shall publish the ballot with the Mayberry Electoral Commission for a recall election to occur within a week, on the next available Sunday, or with any scheduled election occurring within two weeks. In the event that the Recall is of the Lieutenant Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor is unable to fulfil his duties concerning recalls, those duties shall be given to the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
## Article X. IMPEACHMENT
### Section 1. SUSPENSION PENDING IMPEACHMENT
**I** The House of Representatives may, upon filing articles of impeachment, suspend an impeached officer; but such suspension shall not extend past one week.

**II.** Section 2. GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT
**I.** No person shall be impeached but for a commission of a felony or misdemeanor defined by law, neglect of duty, incompetence, unexcused inactivity or corruption or bribery.

## Article XI. OATHS OF OFFICE
**I.** The Governor shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the Governor of Mayberry, and will to the best of my ability, preserve and defend the People and the Constitution."

**II.** The Lieutenant Governor shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Mayberry, and will to the best of my ability, preserve and defend the People and the Constitution."

**III.** Each head of a principal department shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office I am about to enter, and will to the best of my ability assist the Governor, preserve and defend the People, the laws and the Constitution."

**IV.** Each Senator, at the beginning of each term, shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution; that I will bear true allegiance to the People that I represent; and that I take this obligation freely, ready to discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."

**V.** Every member of the Judiciary shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution and all laws of the State of Mayberry; I shall hold no prejudice, and administer justice irrespective of the persons before me; and that I take this obligation freely, ready to impartially discharge the duties of the office."

**VI.** Upon enlistment in the National Guard, they shall take the following oath:

> "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the State of Mayflower against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."