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[House Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 311.]

House Joint Resolution No. 7.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana:

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, be and the same is hereby proposed, to-wit: Amend Section 2 of Article 2 thereof, as follows:

Strike from said Section 2, the word "male", wherever such word occurs therein.

Resolved, further, That in voting on this amendment it shall be designated and be known as Amendment No. 4.

379.

Woman Suffrage (February 19, 1885).

A woman suffrage amendment was also introduced in the Senate on February 19 by Mr. William Dudley Foulke, a Republican, but was rejected by a vote of 22-25.

[Senate Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 361.]

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following amendment is proposed and agreed to Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Sec. 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every citizen of the United States, without distinction of sex, 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 male2 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, 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 of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to law.

380.

Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors (February 7, 1885).

An amendment designed to prohibit the traffic in intoxicating liquors was proposed in the House on February 7 by Mr. E. H. Staley, a Democrat, but was indefinitely postponed.

2.

Either by design or inadvertence, foreign born women, by this provision, would have been deprived of suffrage.

[House Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 501.]

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 119 (being Section 23 of Article 4) of the Constitution.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That Section 119 (being Section 23 of Article 4) of the Constitution of Indiana be amended to read as follows:

Laws must be general-23. In all cases enumerated in the preceding section, and in all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, all laws shall be general and of uniform operation throughout the State: Provided, That the legislature may regulate or prohibit the traffic in intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes by laws that shall be general, or by laws that shall be applicable in specified portions of the State only.

381.

Duration of Legislative Sessions (February 19, 1885).

Mr. Samuel W. Williams, a Democrat, introduced a resolution in the House on February 19 fixing the duration of a regular session of the General Assembly at 100 days and special sessions at 50 days. On March 3, the resolution was adopted by the House by a vote of 68-11. The resolution came up for consideration in the Senate on March 7 and several amendments relative to the compensation of members of the General Assembly were proposed. A motion to fix the compensation of members at $500 per annum, payable quarterly, was rejected by a vote of 23-19; a motion to fix the compensation of members at $300 per annum, payable quarterly, was lost by a vote of 23-20; other amounts suggested were $400 and $450. The whole proposition was postponed indefinitely by a vote of 28-15.

[House Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 797.]

House Joint Resolution No. 13.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, be and the same is hereby proposed, to-wit: Amend Section 29 of Article 4, so that it shall be read as follows:

The members of the General Assembly shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law, but no increase of compensation shall take effect during the session at which such increase may be made. No session of the General Assembly shall extend beyond the term of one hundred days, nor any special session beyond the term of fifty days.

382.

Membership of Supreme Court (March 17, 1885).

On March 17, Mr. Charles Kellison introduced a resolution in the House proposing to increase the membership of the Supreme Court to a maximum of nine judges.

[House Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 1211.]

A joint resolution proposing amendments to Section 2, Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment be and is hereby proposed to the Constitution of the State of Indiana: Amend Section 2, Article 7, so that it will read as follows:

Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than three nor more than nine Judges, a majority of whom shall form a quorum. They shall hold their office for six years if they so long behave well.

Resolved, That in submitting this proposed amendment to the electors to be voted on it shall be designated as amendment No.

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On March 20, the foregoing resolution was withdrawn and the following resolution introduced in lieu thereof. On April 2, the resolution passed by a vote of 68-10, and was reported to the Senate but not acted upon.

[House Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 1256.]

A joint resolution proposing amendments to Sections 2 and 3 of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana:

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the following amendment is hereby proposed to the Constitution of Indiana: Amend Section 2, Article 7, to read as follows:

The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than six nor more than nine Judges. They shall hold their offices for the term of six years, if they so long behave well. Amend Section 3, Article 7, to read as follows:

The State shall be divided into three districts, and such districts shall be formed of contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as, without dividing a county, the same can be made. Not less than two, or more than three Judges shall be elected from each district, and reside therein; but said Judges shall be elected by the electors of the State at large.

The Judges of the Supreme Court shall be divided into not less than two nor more than three benches, and three Judges shall constitute a bench, and a majority of the Judges in any bench shall constitute a quorum. Each bench of Judges shall have exclusive jurisdiction of such class or classes of appeals, and such original jurisdictions as the General Assembly may prescribe.

Where all the Judges of any bench having jurisdiction of a cause to all, the Judges of the Supreme Court, and in such case a majority of them shall constitute a quorum.3

383. Membership of Supreme Court (February 13, 1885).

A resolution designed to increase the membership of the Supreme Court was introduced in the Senate on February 13, by Senator Inman H. Fowler, a Democrat, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. On March 31, the committee reported the resolution back in an amended form and recommended its passage. The resolution failed to pass for want of a constitutional majority.

[Senate Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 844.1

A concurrent resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2 of Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

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 and agreed to, to-wit: Amend Section 2 of Article 7, to read as follows:

Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than five nor more than seven Judges, a majority of whom shall form a quorum. They shall hold their offices for six years if they so long behave well.

But the General Assembly may by law divide the Judges into classes in such manner that a number as nearly equal as possible shall be elected biennially, and Judges elected to fill vacancies shall only hold for the unexpired term of the Judge whose vacancy is so filled.

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

384. Veto of Items in Appropriation Bills (February 2, 1885).

On February 2, Senator Joshua Ernest, a Democrat, introduced a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution authorizing the Governor to veto items in appropriation bills. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Committee and there was no further action.

[Senate Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 186.]

Joint Resolution No. 6:

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring,

3.

This somewhat ambiguous sentence is an exact copy of the entry in the House Journal.

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 5 to read:

Sec. 14. Every bill which shall have passed the General Assembly shall be presented to the Governor. If he approve, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections, at large, upon its journals, and proceed to reconsider the bill. If, after such reconsideration, a majority of all the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the Governor's objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by a majority of all the members elected to that house, it shall be a law. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days, Sunday excepted, after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law without his signature, unless the general adjournment shall prevent its return, in which case it shall be a law, unless the Governor, within five days after such adjournment, shall file such bill, with his objections thereto, in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall lay the same before the General Assembly at its next session, in like manner as if it had been returned by the Governor. But no bill shall be presented to the Governor within two days next previous to the final adjournment of the General Assembly: Provided, however, That the Governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bill making appropriations of money, embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless repassed by both houses, as provided herein for the repassage of other bills.

Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 1.

385. Hiring Convicts and Delinquents (February 3, 1885).

Proposed amendments prohibiting the hiring of the labor of convicts of penitentiaries and inmates of reformatories were presented in both houses. The Senate resolution was introduced on February 3 by Mr. Francis Johnson, a Democrat, and was referred to the Committee on Labor, but was not subsequently acted upon.

[Senate Journal, Fifty-fourth Session, 199.]

Joint Resolution No. 7 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, by inserting Article 17, forbidding the hiring out of the

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