Maryland | The state's fourth and current constitution

Maryland

The Constitution of the State of Maryland. Formed and Adopted by the Convention which Assembled at the City of Annapolis, May 8, 1867, and Submitted to and Ratified by the People on the 18th Day of September, 1867. With Marginal Notes and References … by Edward Otis Hinkley. … Printed by Order of the Convention. Baltimore: Printed and Published by John Murphy & Co., 1867

8vo (229 x 145 mm). Half-title, woodcut vignette of the seal of Maryland on title-page; minor browning and offsetting, a few tray stains. Modern half calf and marbled paper-covered boards.

The state's fourth and current constitution. The present constitution, replaced the Constitution of 1864, which disenfranchised Confederate supporters.

Still in force today