Sec. 6. No lottery shall be authorized by this state, nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed.
Sec. 7. Internal improvements shall be encouraged by the government of this state; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as may be, to make provision by law for ascertaining the proper objects of improvement in relation to roads, canals and navigable waters; and it shall also be their duty to provide by law for an equal, systematic and economical application of the funds which may be appropriated to these objects.
Sec. 8. Returns for all elections for officers who are to be commissioned by the governor, and for members of the general assembly, shall be made to the secretary of state.
Sec. 9. Within five years after the adoption of this constitution, the laws, civil and criminal, shall be revised, digested and arranged, and promulgated in such manner as the general assembly may direct; and a like revision, digest and promulgation shall be made within every subsequent period of ten years.
Sec. 10. In the event of the annexation of any territory to this state, by a cession from the United States, laws may be passed extending to the inhabitants of such territory all the rights and privileges which may be required by the terms of such cession, anything in this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 11. The person of a debtor, except where there is strong presumption of fraud, shall neither be imprisoned nor continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
revenue.
Section 1. All revenue shall be raised by taxation, to be fixed by law.
Sec. 2. All property subject to taxation, shall be taxed according to its value—that value to be ascertained in such manner as the general assembly shall direct; making the same equal and uniform throughout the state. No one species
