make a cross-mark (X) in the blank space to the left of and before the statement and answer thereto of any constitutional amendment as the same may be printed and certified on the ticket of any political party; whereupon such mark shall cast his ballot for the answer opposite which it is made.

(b) The voter if he desires to vote a straight party ticket [may] make a cross-mark (X) in the blank circular space at the head of any ticket upon which is printed the statement of any constitutional amendment or question, and the certified answer thereto, which mark shall cast his ballot for the certified answer to the submission of each and every constitutional amendment so printed on said party ticket, unless he shall have specifically marked any of said constitutional amendment otherwise elsewhere on the ballot in the manner heretofore stated.

Any mark on a ballot made as prescribed in this section shall not be deemed a distinguishing mark.

ELECTION LAWS APPLIED.

Sec. 4. Except as provided herein [of] the provisions of Section 62 of an act entitled "An act concerning elections, providing penalties for violation of same," approved March 6, 1889, the same being Section 6258 of Burns' Revised Statutes of 1901, shall apply to the election herein provided for and all the privisions of State law or laws relating to the marking and counting of ballots for candidates not inconsistent herewith shall apply to the marking and counting of votes upon any constitutional amendment in any election held under the provisions of this act.

VOTING MACHINES.

Sec. 5. In all precincts wherein voting machines are employed, the statement or statements mentioned in Section 2 of this act, shall be so placed upon such voting machine, and if such political convention or conventions shall take the action prescribed in Section 1 of this act, all such voting machines shall be so arranged as that the voter may cast his ballot for or against any proposed amendment or amendments as a part of the straight party ticket as may be certified by such political convention, and such statement or statements and voting machines shall also be so arranged as that the voter may vote for or against any amendment separately and not as a part of a straight party ticket.

REPEAL.

Sec. 6. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

[S.B 138. Approved March 6, 1911.]

509. Suffrage Qualifications and Ratification of Amendments (January 10, 1911).

On January 10, Senator Evan B. Stotsenburg introduced a resolution pro posing two amendments to the Constitution. By the first amendment proposed, all reference to foreign-born voters was eliminated and the General Assembly was authorized to enact a registration law applicable to the whole State or to any portion thereof. By the second amendment, it was provided that if an amendment submitted to the people for the ratification should receive a majority of the votes cast on the proposition, it should be considered adopted. On January 16, the resolution was advanced to engrossment and not subsequently considered.

[Senate Journal, Sixty-seventh Session, 57.]

Joint resolution No. 2 concerning the amendment of Section 1 Article 2, and Section 1, Article 16, 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 Article 2 Section 1 of 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:

Article 2, section 1. 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, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside. The General Assembly shall have the right to enact a registration law for the State generally, or for any portion or portions of the State. If any citizen shall be by law required to register, then before he shall be entitled to vote he shall be duly registered.

Sec. 2. Be it further resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to Article 16 Section 1, of 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.

Article 16 Section 1: Any amendment or amendments to this

Constitution may be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly, and if the same be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall, with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered on their Journals and referred to the General Assembly to be chosen at the next general election, and if in the General Assembly so next chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to submit such amendment or amendments to the electors of the State, and if a majority of the electors voting on such amendments shall ratify the same, such amendment or amendments shall become a part of this Constitution.

510. Residential Qualifications of Electors (January 10, 1911).

On January 10, Mr. Edwin Corr, a Democrat, introduced a somewhat similar suffrage qualification amendment in the House. The Corr amendment was designed to eliminate all reference to foreign voters, and to require a residence of six months in the county, sixty days in the township, and thirty days in the ward or precinct before the right to vote was acquired. February 18, the resolution was indefinitely postponed.

[House Journal, Sixty-seventh Session, 62.]

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Joint resolution No. 3. A joint resolution 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 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: Amend Section 2 of 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 county 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 precinct where he may reside if he shall have been duly registered according to law.

511. Constitutional and Legislative Initiative and Referendum (January 11, 1911).

An amendment, proposing to incorporate the initiative and referendum in the Constitution, was proposed on January 11, by Mr. James B. Merri

man, a Democrat. On February 1, the resolution was reported favorably and ordered printed, but no subsequent action was taken.

[House Journal, Sixty-seventh Session, 72.]

A joint resolution to amend Section 1 of Article 4 of the State Constitution.

Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That Section 1 of Article 4 of the State Constitution be amended to read as follows: Section 1. The legislative power of the State shall be vested in the General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, both to be elected by the people, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution, and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the General Assembly, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any act, item, section or part of any act of the General Assembly.

The first power hereby reserved by the people is the initiative, and at least eight per cent of the legal voters shall be required to propose any measure by petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petition for State legislation and amendments to the Constitution shall be addressed to and filed with the Secretary at least four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.

The second power hereby reserved is the referendum, and it may be ordered, except as to laws necessary for the immediate presentation of the public peace, health or safety, and appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of State and State institutions, against any act, section or part of any act of the General Assembly, either by petition signed by five per cent of the legal voters or by the General Assembly. Referendum petitions shall be addressed to and filed with the Secretary of State not more than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the General Assembly that passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. The filing of a referendum petition against any item, section or part of any act, shall not delay the remainder of the act from becoming operative. The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures initiated by, or referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the State shall be held at the biennial regular general election, and all such measures shall become the law or a part of the Constitution, when approved by a majority of the votes cast there

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on, and not otherwise, and shall take effect from and after the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the Governor, but not later than thirty days after the vote has been canvassed. This section shall not be construed to deprive the General Assembly of the right to enact any measure. The whole number of votes cast for Secretary of State at the regular general election last preceding the filing of any petition for the initiative or referendum, shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted, in the manner provided by the laws in the State of Indiana for the canvass of votes for Representative in Congress.

Sec. 2. That this resolution is hereby referred to the General Assembly elected at the next general election.

512. Compulsory Workman's Compensation (February 10, 1911).

On February 10, Mr. Edmund M. Wasmuth, a Republican, introduced a resolution in the House proposing to amend the Constitution by authorizing the General Assembly to enact a compulsory workman's compensation act. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. On February 14, the resolution was indefinitely postponed. On February 18, Mr. Wasmuth introduced the same resolution and it was referred to the Judiciary Committee, and reported favorably on February 23, but not subsequently considered.

[House Journal, Sixty-seventh Session, 970.]

Joint resolution No. 10 to amend 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 Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, be amended by adding thereto Section 31 to read as follows:

Sec. 31. The General Assembly shall have the power to enact laws to regulate industrial compensation, and to compel the arbitration and payment without litigation of all claims for personal injuries sustained by workmen, wage earners, laborers and other employees.

Sec. 2. The same is hereby agreed to and referred to the General Assembly elected at the next general election.

513.

State-Wide Prohibition (February 15, 1911).

On February 15, Senator William M. White, a Republican, introduced a resolution proposing to amend the Constitution so as to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Constitutional Revision and not subsequently considered.