May of the year in which he desires to vote, the poll tax then assessed to him, for which he shall produce the receipt on demand of an official challenger or a member of the election board. The General Assembly shall make provision by law for the permanent registration by wards and townships, by nonpartisan boards of registrars, before January 1, 1911, of all persons then entitled to vote under the provisions of the Constitution as in force January 1, 1907.

No voter so registered shall be required to register thereafter except in case of change of residence or temporary disfranchisement. Provision shall be made by the General Assembly for the annual purging of the registry lists by the removal of the names of voters who have died, removed from the county or have been legally disfranchised, and for appeal to the courts from the decision of the registrars. After January 1, 1911, every person presenting himself for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the Constitution of the United States in the English language, and shall make demonstration of such ability on demand of any registrar. Any person so admitted to registry shall be placed on the permanent register with the same rights as those originally registered.

489. Membership of Supreme Court (March 11, 1907).

On March 11, the last day of the session, two resolutions were proposed in the Senate by a committee consisting of Linton A. Cox and Ezra Mattingly, Republicans, and Evan B. Stotsenburg and Frank M. Kistler, Democrats, proposing to amend the Constitution so as to increase the membership of the Supreme Court to a minimum of five and a maximum of eleven judges, and extending the term of a regular session of the General Assembly to 100 days. The Supreme Court amendment passed, under suspension of the rules, by a vote of 40-4. For lack of time, the House took no action.

[Senate Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 2465.]

Senate joint resolution No. 11 as follows: A joint resolution to amend Section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution of Indiana.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State be, and the same is now agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State to be chosen at the next general election.

Sec. 2. That Section 2 of Article 7 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than five

nor more than eleven judges, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum. They shall hold their offices for six years if they so long behave well.

490.

Duration of Regular Legislative Sessions (March 11, 1907).

The resolution extending a legislative session to a period of 100 days was introduced at the same time as the foregoing Supreme Court amendment, and passed the Senate, under suspension of the rules, by a vote of 34-0. The House took no action on this measure.

[Senate Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 2466.]

Senate joint resolution No. 12 to amend Section 29 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State be, and the same is now agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State to be chosen at the next general election.

Sec. 2. That Section 29 of Article 4 of the Constitution of the State be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 29. 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 except the first under the Constitution shall extend beyond the term of one hundred days nor any special session beyond the term of forty days.

491.

Naturalization as a Qualification for Suffrage (January 15,

1907).

On January 15, Mr. R. C. Brown, a Democrat, introduced a resolution in the House proposing an amendment to the Constitution by virtue of which an alien would be required to be fully naturalized and reside in the State six months before voting. On February 1, on recommendation of the committee, the resolution was indefinitely postponed.

[House Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 155.]

House joint resolution No. 1 to amend Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State, be, and the same is now agreed to, and referred to the General Assembly of said State, to be chosen at the

next general election: Amend Section 2 Article 2 of said Constitution to read as follows:

Sec. 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this 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 twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have become a naturalized citizen of the United States, 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, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to law.

492.

Prohibition of Liquor Traffic (February 22, 1907).

On February 22, Mr. William Morton, a Republican, introduced an amendment in the House declaring it unlawful to grant a license to sell intoxicating liquors in the State. The resolution was introduced in the following form.

ORIGINAL FORM OF HOUSE RESOLUTION (FEBRUARY 22, 1907).

[House Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 1477.]

A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the State of Indiana: Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the said State, be, and the same is now agreed to and referred to the electors of the State of Indiana at a special election to be called on the first Monday of November, 1907.

Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful to grant a license for the sale of spirituous, vinous or malt or other intoxicating liquors by any authority of the State of Indiana, and that it shall be unlawful to sell any such spirituous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors to be drank as a beverage.

FORM OF RESOLULTION AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE

(MARCH 2, 1907)

On March 2, the Committee on Public Morals, to which the resolution had been referred, reported the resolution in the following form, and it was not subsequently considered.

[House Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 1942.]

Strike out all after the enacting clause and in lieu thereof insert the following:

Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the said State, be and the same is now agreed to,and is referred to the General Assembly of said State to be chosen at the next general election following the adoption thereof.

Sec. 2. No person, persons, association or corporation shall manufacture, import, keep for sale or offer for sale, gift, barter, or trade any intoxicating liquors as a beverage within this State. The General Assembly shall provide for the enforcement of this article by law and provide suitable penalties for the violation thereof.

493. Constitutional Convention (January 14, 1907).

Two attempts were made during the 65th session to call a constitutionaconvention, both unsuccessful. On January 14, Senator Evan B. Stotsenl burg, a Democrat, introduced a bill to provide for the call of a constitutional convention. On February 21, the Committee on Constitutional Revision, to whom the measure had been referred, reported favorably. On February 25, the bill was advanced to engrossment and not subsequently considered.

[Senate Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 149.]

Senate bill No. 76. A bill for an act to provide for taking the sense of the qualified voters of the State of Indiana on a call of a convention to alter, amend or revise the Constitution of this State.

A second bill, providing for the call of a constitutional convention, was introduced on January 16 by Senator Will R. Wood, a Republican. On January 24, the bill was reported favorably. On February 8, after several amendments were made, the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 35-7 and was transmitted to the House. On February 11, a motion was made to reconsider the vote on the passage of this bill, but no action was taken at the time. On February 13, the motion was called up and the motion to reconsider the vote prevailed by a vote of 29-19. The bill was returned from the House. On February 20, the bill was made the special order for March 11, the last day of the session, but it was not considered at that time.

[Senate Journal, Sixty-fifth Session, 185.]

Senate bill No. 142. A bill for an act concerning a constitutional convention.

494. Method of Submitting Amendments (February 12, 1907).

On February 12, Mr. Monroe J. Fitch, a Republican, introduced a bill in the House prescribing a method for the preparation of ballots for the submission of proposed constitutional amendments. The bill passed the House on March 1, by a vote of 51-22. On March 8, the bill passed the Senate by a vote of 34-2. On March 9, the bill was amended and passed the Senate a second time by a vote of 33-1, and on March 11, the House concurred in these amendments (See Documents Nos. 503 and 508).

495. Republican Platform of 1908—Increase in Salaries of Public Officials (April 2, 1908).

The Republican State Convention, assembled in convention in Indianapolis on April 2, 1908, adopted the following resolution relative to the increase in the salaries of public officials.

[Indianapolis Star, April 3, 1908.]

We are opposed to the increase of the salary of any public officer in the State for the term of office for which he has been nominated or elected; and we favor the enactment of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana prohibiting any such increase; and until the adoption of such amendment we declare it to be the fixed policy of the Republican party to oppose any such increase.

THE SPECIAL SESSION OF 1908 (SEPTEMBER 18 TO SEPTEMBER 30).

The special session of 1908 was called to enact a county local option law. It was convened on September 18, two months prior to the election, and hence the personnel was the same as that of the General Assembly of 1907. The calling of a special session to enact a more stringent prohibitory law aroused a State-wide interest in the cause of temperance, and petitions signed by upwards of 30,000 voters, were presented in the House and Senate asking for the adoption of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within the State. Similar petitions were presented by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana, by the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association of De Pauw University, the local chapters of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Franklin and Nappanee and the Western Yearly Meeting of Friends' Church, representing 16,000 members. As a result of these demands, a resolution was introduced proposing an amendment to the Constitution forever prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. As some doubt existed whether an amendment could be legally proposed while an amendment was pending, the consideration of the amendment was indefinitely postponed.

496.

State-Wide Prohibition (September 21, 1908).

The State-wide prohibition amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors except for medical, scientific, mechanical and