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Niles' Weekly Register, March 19, 1825: Publication of the Maryland Jew Bill
Issue of Niles' Weekly Register dated March 19, 1825, containing the first non-governmental publication of the final Maryland Jew Bill. This bill, which became Maryland law upon passage by the Assembly on January 5, 1826, is featured prominently in a page 2 report from "Maryland." The report details three acts passed by the legislature, with the Jew Bill being the most significant. The text of the bill includes a requirement for Jewish citizens appointed to public office to make a declaration of belief in a future state of reward and punishment in lieu of the existing constitutional declaration.
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- Jews -- Maryland
- Maryland -- Politics and government
- Religious liberty -- Maryland
- Oaths -- Maryland
- Civil rights -- Maryland