Responsibility 3

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. This indicates soldiers cannot simply by quartered in our homes without our permission, as was the problem before and during the revolution. The British would come in and occupy someones house and use up their food without permission or compensation leaving the property owners destitute and hungry. Today special provisions in the laws have to be passed in order to even billet troops in private houses and compensation must be paid any time this happens. So what is the responsibility for the citizens in this situation. Well, first it is the responsibility of each person to know when such conditions exist which required such provisions to be passed. They also have the responsibility to keep track of the information they will need in order to be compensated.