Which were referred to the committee on the Legislative department. Mr. Read of Clark submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Committee No. 4, to which was referred sections 21 and 24 of article 5 of the present Constitution, have had the same under consideration, and directed me to report the following article and sections, and ask that they may be inserted in the new Constitution: NO. 1. ARTICLE -. SECTION 1. A Secretary of State shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and be commissioned by the Governor for two years, until a new Secretary be elected and qualified: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Secretary of State more than four years in any term of six years. He shall keep a fair register and attest all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor; and shall, when required, lay the same and all papers, minutes, and vouchers relative thereto before either House of the General Assembly, and shall perform such other duties as may be enjoined upon him by law. SEC. 2. There shall be chosen by the qualified electors, and commissioned by the Governor, a Treasurer and Auditor, whose powers and duties shall be prescribed by law, and who shall hold their office for two years, and until their successors be elected and qualified: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to the office of Treasurer or Auditor more than four years in any term of six years. The Article and Sections reported were read a first time and passed to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Morgan, Leave of absence was granted Mr. Helmer. MR. PRESIDENT: The committee on State officers other than executive and judiciary, to whom was referred parts of sections 8 and 10 of article 5 of the Constitution of Indiana, have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report that in the opinion of the committee the matter does not legitimately belong to them but to the committee on the organization of courts of justice, to which your committee respectfully recommend its reference, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Which report was concurred in. Mr. Moore submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT : The committee on State officers, &c., to whom was referred the resolution in relation to electing a Clerk and Reporter of the Supreme Court, have had the same under consideration and directed me to report the same back and recommend that it be referred to the committee on the organization of courts of justice, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration thereof. Which report was concurred in. Mr. Cookerly submitted the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: The select committee to whom was referred a resolution of the Convention on the subject of authorizing the Secretary of State and Auditor of State to correspond with the different Clerks in each county on the matters therein contained, have directed me to report the same back and recommend its adoption. Which report was concurred in. Mr. Graham of Warrick, in pursuance of former notice, moved to reconsider the vote taken on the 23d inst. on the resolution submitted by Mr. Huff; Which was decided in the affirmative. The question being on the adoption of the resolution, It was decided in the affirmative. The resolution of Mr. Pepper of Ohio, on the subject of the State. Bank, was taken up, The question being upon the amendment submitted by Mr. Kelso, but before action thereon, On motion of Mr. Kelso, The resolution and pending amendment was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Pettit, The further consideration of the special order of the day (in relation to grand juries) was postponed until next Monday week at 9 o'clock. The resolution of Mr. Hawkins on the subject of universal suffrage, with the pending amendment under consideration on the 23d inst., was taken up. The question being upon the adoption of the amendment submitted by Mr. Hovey, and The ayes and noes being demanded by ten members, Those who voted in the affirmative were, Messrs. Alexander, Allen, Badger, Barbour, Bascom, Berry, Bicknell, Blythe, Bourne, Bowers, Bright, Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chapman, Chenowith, Clark of Hamilton, Clark of Tippecanoe, Coats, Cookerly, Davis of Madison, Davis of Vermillion, Dick, Dobson, Dunn of Jefferson, Dunn of Perry, Duzan, Edmonston, Farrow, Fisher, Foley, Foster, Frisbie, Garvin, Gibson, Gootee, Graham of Miami, Graham of Warrick, Hall, Halliday, Harbolt, Hardin, Helm, Hitt, Hogin, Holman, Hovey, Howe, Huff, Johnson, Jones, Kelso, Kent, Kendall of Wabash, Kendall of White, Lockhart, Logan, Mathes, McFarland, Miller of Fulton, Miller of Gibson,, Milroy, Moore, Morrison of Marion, Morrison of Washington, Murray, Nave, Newman, Nofsinger, Pepper of Ohio, Pepper of Crawford, Pettit, Prather, Rariden, Read of Clark, Read of Monroe, Ristine, Robinson, Schoonover, Shannon, Sherrod, Smiley, Snook, Smith of Ripley, Smith of Scott, Spann, Steele, Stevenson, Tague, Tannehill, Taylor, Thomas, Thornton, Todd, Trembly, Wallace, Walpole, Watts, Wiley, Wolfe, Yocum, Zenor, and Mr. President-103. Those who voted in the negative were, Messrs. Anthony, Ballingall, Beach, Beard, Beeson, Borden, Bryant, Carr, Cole, Colfax, Conduit, Crumbacker, Gordon, Hamilton, Hawkins, Kilgore, Kinley, March, Mather, May, McClelland, Morgan, Mowrer, Niles, and Wheeler-25. So the amendment was adopted. On motion, Said resolution was then laid upon the table. The resolution on the subject of referring the old Constitution to the committee of the whole, which was submitted by Mr. Wolfe on the 15th inst., was taken up. Mr. Nave moved to lay said resolution on the table, Which was decided in the affirmative. The resolution submitted by Mr. Farrow on the 15th inst., on the subject of a more uniform system of laws, was taken up, And the question being upon the adoption thereof, It was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Pepper of Crawford, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on elective franchise and apportionment of representation inquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution that the number of Representatives in the Legislature shall never exceed one hundred; and the number of Senators shall never exceed fifty; leaving the Legislature with power to reduce said number at any time, if such reduction shall become necessary. Mr. Cookerly moved to amend the resolution as follows: "That the committee on the elective franchise and apportionment of representation be instructed to so amend the Constitution that the House of Representatives shall consist of seventy members, and that the Senate shall consist of thirty." Mr. Rariden moved to amend the amendment as follows. "That the ratio of representation shall be one Senator to each 5,000 voters, and one Representative to each 2,500 voters, until otherwise changed by the Legislature." Mr. Cookerly moved to refer the resolution and pending amendments to the committee of the whole, and that they be made the special order for Wednesday next; Which was decided in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Walpole, The committee to whom the same subject matter was heretofore referred were discharged from the further consideration thereof, and the same was referred to the committee of the whole as above mentioned. Mr. Foster submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be directed to procure as soon as practicable, from the Marshal, the number of inhabitants of this State; and that he further be directed to procure from the proper authorities the number of inhabitants in each State of the Union, according to the present census, as authorized by act of Congress, and furnish the same to this Convention. Mr. Pettit moved to strike out of said resolution the following words: "And that he further be directed to procure from the proper authorities the number of inhabitants in each State of the Union, according to the present census, as authorized by act of Congress." Which was decided in the affirmative. And the resolution as amended was then adopted. Mr. Dunn of Perry, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Cashier of the State Bank of Indiana be requested to furnish to this Convention a full statement of the gross profits of each Branch of said Bank for the last year; what amount made on loans or notes; and what amount on bills of exchange; how much divided among stockholders; how much added to the surplus fund. The question being taken on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Watts submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Chairmen of the several committees of this Convention report back to the same the Constitution of the State with the several proposed amendments, and that this Convention will take up the same, article by article, with the proposed amendments to the same, and debate and pass the same in full Convention. Mr. Miller of Gibson, moved to lay said resolution on the table; Which was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Tague submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Superintendents of the Asylums for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind be requested to inform this Convention at as early a day as practicable the number of students in each, together with their names, ages, county, &c., together with the cause of their deafness and blindness if known. Also, that the Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane report to this Convention how many inmates are under his charge at present, how many have been discharged as cured, and the causes of the insanity of each, so far as he knows. Mr. Morrison of Marion, moved to strike out all that portion of the resolution in relation to the cause of the diseases; Which was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Kelso moved to lay the resolution as amended on the table; Which was decided in the affirmative. Mr. Kilgore submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the committee on county and township organization, powers, and officers, be instructed to report a section for the new Constitution in lieu of section 12, article 11, of the present Constitution, expressly prohibiting the Legislature from reducing any county now organized below four hundred square miles; Which resolution lies over one day under the rule. Mr. Gibson submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of State be requested to furnish this Convention with a list of the names of all persons pardoned, or whose sentences have been commuted by the Governor during the twelve years ending on the 1st day of January next, the crimes for which they were sentenced, the nature of that sentence, the date of the sentence, and the date of the pardon; also, all fines and forfeitures by the Governor remitted during the same period, the amount so remitted, the names of principal and security, and the crime or misdemeanor for which the forfeited recognizance was taken or fine imposed. The question being taken on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Logan submitted the following resolution : Resolved, That the committee on county and township organization, powers, and officers, inquire into the expediency of inserting in the Constitution the following provision: The Legislature shall provide by law for a uniform mode of doing county business by organizing, in each county in this State, a board of commissioners for transacting county business, to consist of three qualified electors, to be elected by the qualified voters of the several counties respectively; The question being on the adoption of the resolution, |