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guarding of elections, and again recommended that the constitutional amendments necessary to safeguard the franchise should be adopted. urged the General Assembly to change the date of holding general elections to conform to the practice in other states.

294. Date of Holding General Elections-Governor Hendricks' Recommendations (January 5, 1877).

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 34.]

Most of the States have now adopted the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November as the time for their general elections. Our general elections should take place at the same time. I need not give the reasons. They are obvious. I recommend that, without any delay, you take steps for the amendment of the Constitution so that our elections shall occur at the same time as in the other States, and so as to require a residence of at least sixty days in the election precinct as a qualification to vote. 295. Residential Qualifications for Suffrage; Date of Holding General Elections; Tenure of County Officers; Special Legislation on Subject of Fees and Salaries; Woman Suffrage; Negro Exclusion and Colonization; Stock in Corporations; Judiciary; Negro Suffrage; Registration of Voters; Special Township and Judicial Elections; Municipal Debt Limit; Duration of Regular and Special Sessions of General Assembly.

On January 6, Mr. M. Trussler, a Republican, introduced a resolution in the Senate to amend the suffrage qualifications of the Constitution.

As reconstructed from newspaper reports, the amendment was as follows:

Senate joint resolution No. 2. A joint resolution proposing to amend Section 2, Article 2, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Sec. 2. In all elections, not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have resided in the State during the six months immediately preceding such election; and every white male, of foreign birth, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in this State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he shall have resided sixty days next preceding such election, and when his name shall have been regis

tered according to such regulations as may be prescribed by law.

On January 9, Mr. Trussler introduced a resolution changing the time of holding general elections. The newspaper report is as follows: Senate joint resolution No. 3. A joint resolution to amend Article 2, Section 14, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Sec. 14. All general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

On the same day Mr. Trussler proposed another amendment relative to the tenure of county officers. This resolution fixed the term of office of the clerk of the circuit court, county auditor, treasurer and sheriff at four years and disqualified the incumbents for re-election and fixed the terms of surveyor and coroner at two years.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 59.]

Senate joint resolution No. 4. A joint resolution to amend Section 2 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

On January 10, Mr. J. D. Sarnighausen, a Democrat, introduced a resolution in the Senate to permit special legislation on the subject of fees and salaries.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 70.]

Senate joint resolution No. 5. A joint resolution amending Section 22, Article 4, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

On January 11, Mr. Addison C. Harris, a Republican, introduced a resolution in the Senate which, according to the press reports, was identical with one of the resolutions proposed in 1873 and defeated in 1875.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 78.]

Senate joint resolution No. 7. A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

On January 16, Mr. S. M. Taylor, a Republican, introduced a resolution in the Senate providing for woman suffrage.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 95.]

Senate joint resolution No. 9. A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

On January 17, Mr. Addison C. Harris introduced a resolution in the Senate to amend the Constitution so as to forbid subscriptions to the stock of any corporation or company by any city, town, county or township, or the giving of any donations of money or credit to the same, or the enactment of any law authorizing the assessment of any debt of any person or corporation by any county, city or township.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 109.]

Senate joint resolution No. 10. A joint resolution to amend Section 6, of Article 10, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

On January 18, Mr. Charles H. Reeve, a Democrat, introduced a resolution in the Senate proposing a constitutional change in the judiciary.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 122.]

Senate joint resolution No. 15. A joint resolution to amend Article 7, Section 1, of the Constitution.

On January 29, Mr. Francis M. Dice, a Republican, proposed to amend the Constitution by striking out the negro colonization and exclusion article.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 217.]

Senate joint resolution No. 17. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

All of the foregoing resolutions were referred to the Judiciary Committee; on February 5, the committee made a divided report. The committee had consolidated Senate joint resolutions Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 15 and 17 and had prepared substitutes numbered from 1 to 9 inclusive. A majority of the committee recommended that the original resolutions be laid on the table and that the proposed substitutes be printed for the use of the Senate. The first minority report proposed to substitute other amendments for those numbered 3, 5 and 6 in the majority report; a second minority report submitted a proposed substitute for amendment number 1 of the majority report. On February 16, before these resolutions came up for consideration in the Senate, Mr. Charles H. Reeve, a Democrat, introduced a resolution to amend the Constitution by fixing the duration of a regular session at 121 days and a special session at 60 days and this resolution was made a special order for consideration with the other proposed amendments.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 415.]

Senate joint resolution No. 19. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 29 of Article 4 of the Constitution, and designated as Amendment No. 10.

On February 16 and 17, the Senate Committee of the whole had these proposed amendments under consideration. Proposed amendments were selected from both the minority and the majority reports and the selection was concurred in by the Senate. On February 26, the ten amendments agreed upon were passed to third reading. On February 27, the resolutions came up for third reading. The first amendment extended the right of suffrage to negroes, prescribed residential qualifications for electors and authorized the General Assembly to enact a registration law. Mr. Reeve proposed to amend the amendment by restricting the right of suffrage extended to aliens to white males. The proposed amendment was rejected by a vote of 14-30. The resolution was then adopted by the Senate by a vote of 39-4; it passed the House on March 5 by a vote of 81-2.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 614.]

Senate joint resolution No. 1. Senate joint resolution amending Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution, and prescribing the qualifications of voters.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following amendment be and is hereby proposed to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, to-wit:

Amend Section 2 of Article 2 so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by the Constitution, every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election, and every male of foreign birth of the age of twentyone years and upwards who shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in this State during the six months, and in the township sixty days, and in the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside if he shall have been duly registered according to law.

Resolved, That in submitting this proposition to the electors to be voted upon, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 1.

Amendment No. 2 merely deleted the provision denying the right of suffrage to negroes and mulattoes. It passed the Senate by a vote of 40-1, and the House, on March 3, by a vote of 78-2.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 616.]

Senate joint resolution No. 2. A joint resolution proposing amendment to Section 5 of Article 2 of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended as follows: By striking out the words "no negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage," contained in Section 5 of Article 2 of the Constitution.

Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 2.

Amendment No. 3 fixed the date of the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November; authorized the General

Assembly to provide for holding township and judicial elections at other times and to enact a registration law. The resolution was adopted by the Senate by a vote of 39-2 and by the House on March 5, by a vote of 78-0.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 616.]

Senate joint resolution No. 3. A joint resolution proposing amendment to Section 14, Article 2, of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby proposed, to-wit:

Amend Section 14 of Article 2 to read:

Sec. 14. All general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, but township elections may be held at such time as may be provided by law: Provided, That the General Assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts of general and appellate jurisdiction by an election to be held for such officers only, at which time no other officers shall be voted for, and shall also provide for the registration of all persons entitled to vote.

Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 3.

Amendment No. 4 provided that the enumeration of voters and the apportionment of representatives should be based on the number of male, instead of white male, inhabitants of the State above the age of twenty-one years. It was adopted by the Senate by a vote of 41-1, and by the House on March 5, by a vote of 71-8.

[Senate Journal, Fiftieth Session, 617.]

Senate joint resolution No. 4. A joint resolution proposing amendment to Sections 4 and 5 of Article 4 of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended as follows:

4.

Strike out the word "white" from Sections 4 and 5 of Article

Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 4.

Amendment No. 5 authorized the General Assembly to enact local legislation to the extent of grading the compensation of public officers in proportion to population and the necessary services required. The resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 37-3, and the House by a vote of 79-2.

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