Maryland Constitution (1795) Amendment proposed by Act of 1794:
<CHAPTER 49. Every person being a member of either of the Religious sects or societies called Quakers, Menonists, Dunkers or Nicolites or New Quakers and who shall be conscientiously scrupulous of taking an oath on any occasion being otherwise qualified and duly Elected a Senator, Delegate, or Elector of the Senate, or being otherwise qualified and duly appointed or elected to any office of Profit or Trust, on making affirmation instead of taking the several Oaths appointed by the Constitution and Form of Government, and the several Acts of Assembly of this State now in force, or that hereafter may be made, such person may hold and exercise any office of Profit or Trust to which he may be appointed or elected, and may by such affirmation qualify himself to take a seat in the Legislature and to act therein as a Member of the same in all cases whatever, or to be an Elector of the Senate in as full and ample a manner to all intents and purposes whatever, as persons are now competent and qualified to act who are not conscientiously Scrupulous of taking such Oaths.> 1795MD001
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Endnotes:
1795MD001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Maryland Constitution, Amendment, 1795.