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CONVENTION OF 1850—Continued.

providing for election of chaplain of State Prison by pop-
ular vote....

requiring payment of tax as qualification for voting..

Committee on Executive,

referred resolution abolishing office of Lieutenant Governor...
declaring Governor and Lieutenant Governor ineligible
to any other office.

providing for establishment of Bureaus of Agriculture and
Education..

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248

247

272

272

271

providing for filling vacancy in office of Governor.
providing for removal of the Governor by the legislature
convened by the Supreme Court..

272

272

providing that Governor may appoint subordinate em-
ployees of legislature....

277

requiring Governor to record his reasons for granting par-
dons..

272

restricting pardoning power of Governor.

271

restricting special sessions of legislature to purpose stated
in call....

277

Committee on Finance,

referred resolution abolishing poll tax.

262

concerning equal payment of land tax by non-residents..
concerning penalty and redemption on tax sale.......269, 270
concerning real property, its assessment and valuation. .263-64
concerning taxation of bank stock.

264

270

concerning valuation of taxable property.

.269, 270

limiting property exempt from taxation.

268

prohibiting counties from borrowing money for stock in
private corporations.

.268-69

Committee on Future Amendments,

referred resolutions providing for amendments..

.286-87

Committee on Homestead Exemption,

referred resolution concerning exemption from seizure for debt. 238-39

Committee on Impeachments and Removals from Office,

referred resolution abolishing official bonds and substituting
graduated penalties..

245

.244, 247, 248

providing for impeachment of county and township
officers..

Committee on Judiciary,

referred resolution redistricting State for supreme judges. . . . . 251

Committee on Legislation,

referred resolution prohibiting passage of retroactive laws. . .275, 276
prohibiting suits against the State..

providing for adoption of the provisions of Constitution

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prohibiting authorization of special co-partnerships .
prohibiting divorces except for fornication..

270

279

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prohibiting immigration of negroes into the state..

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284

prohibiting legislature from consolidating conporations. 278-79
prohibiting legislature from fixing rate of interest..
prohibiting passage of contingent laws.

278

275

prohibiting passage of liquor license law.
proposing execution sales for two-thirds value.
proposing triennial sessions of legislature..

.287-88

241

273, 275

providing for biennial and special sessions of legislature. 274, 275
providing for electing representatives from single districts. 276
providing for election of Speaker of House by popular vote
providing for geological survey of state..

providing that office of door keeper shall be let to lowest
bidder.

Committee on Militia,

245

279

280

referred resolution abolishing militia except in time of war. . . . .
concerning creation of new county out of Spencer and
Perry.

288

241

concerning holding two offices.

241

concerning referendum on removal of county seat.
concerning tenure of county officers...

246

249

making officer who has resigned one public office, ineligible
to another..

247

proposing decennial taking of statistics.

242

recommending adoption of Article VII of Constitution of
1816..

to define boundaries.

Committee on Organization of Courts,

referred resolution concerning abolition of jury system...

concerning election or appointment of attorney-general
and prosecuting attorneys.

concerning number of Judges of Supreme Court and re-
porting decisions.

288

242

251

255

.251-52

concerning suits against State on subsequent contracts..
proposing consolidation of circuit and probate courts.
proposing organization of judiciary.

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proposing that jury in criminal cases find upon facts
only.

251

proposing verdict by three-fourths of the jury in civil

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requiring presentment, indictment or impeachment for
criminal prosecutions.

256

Committee on Practice of Law and Law Reform,

referred resolution abolishing common law of England...

258

abolishing distinctions in character of evidence.
concerning appointment of commissioners to revise laws

259

253-54

concerning payment of judge's fees on commencement of
suit...

259

concerning popular election and re-eligibility of supreme
court judges.

256

concerning qualifications for practice of law.
concerning taking of testimony in equity cases.

259

253-54

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fixing time of changing judicial districts..
making pay of state officers liable to attachment.
providing for conciliation of legal controversies..
requiring written instrument as evidence of debt.
securing widow's dower..

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238

258

268

239

Committee on Public Institutions,

referred resolution concerning care of destitute orphans...
providing for asylums for insane, deaf and dumb, blind,
and House of Refuge..

242

279

providing for permanent enclosure and monuments for
Tippecanoe Battleground...

280

Committee on Revision,

proposed rule permitting consideration of report by sections, re-
jected....

234

referred resolution abolishing capital punishment. .

Committee on Rights and Privileges,

affirming right of legislature to amend or repeal state laws.

252

276

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to extend suffrage to tax paying Indians and mulattoes..248-49
to preserve rights of married women.

235

Committee on Rules,

report and its adoption...

223-31

Committee on Salaries, Compensation and Tenure of Office,
referred resolution concerning minimum salaries of judges.
concerning salaries of state officers..

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referred resolution prohibiting passage of special acts of incor-
poration..

.274-75

requiring laws to be general and uniform.

274, 277-80

Committee on State Debt and Public Works,

referred resolution concerning payment of public debt...
concerning referendum on internal improvements.
prohibiting State from subscribing to private enterprises.
proposing referendum on internal improvements..
regulating appropriations for the state debt..

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Committee on State Officers,

referred resolution proposing popular election of Librarian....
providing for election of state printer by popular vote...
providing for election of Wabash and Erie Canal trustees
by popular vote...

providing for election of Warden of State Prison by pop-
ular vote..

Committees,

appointment...

created to prepare sections and articles of constitution.
minority reports authorized by rules.

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248

248

247

221, 227

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231

228

.231-32

not to meet during sittings of convention.
rules governing instructions to..

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adoption of Constitution of 1816 recommended by proposed reso-
lution...

288

amendment by proposed resolutions.

286-87

fundamental character.

288

method of making proposed changes proposed by resolution.
time of submission, by proposed resolution..

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special authorization by legislature prohibited by proposed reso-
lution..

270

Copyrights,

provided for by resolution..

239

Corporations,

consolidation by legislature prohibited, proposed by resolution. 278-79
created under general law, proposed by resolution.

259-60

creation and liability by proposed resolutions.

259-71

existing special corporations may be re-chartered but no new
charters granted, by proposed resolution...

268

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legislative power to control, defined by proposed resolution...264-65
legislature prohibited from passing special acts of incorporation,

by proposed resolution..

reference to in address to electors.

regulation of, proposed by resolution.

Counties,

.274-75

411-12

266-68

boundaries may be changed by legislature by proposed resolu-
tion..

change in boundaries authorized by resolution..

detachment of territory from county to attach to another, by
popular vote, proposed by resolution..

279

242

248

election of county officers provided for in proposed resolution.
impeachment of officers by circuit court provided by proposed
resolution.

247

247

new county created out of Spencer and Perry by resolution sub-
mitted..

241

prohibited from borrowing money for stock in private corpora-
tions, by proposed resolution.

.268-69

prohibited from taking stock in corporations without referendum. 264
reference to indebtedness of, in address to electors.

.410-11

resolution submitted prohibiting reduction of minimum area...
resolution submitted to reduce minimum area....

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contested elections determined by board of canvassers proposed
by resolution..

250

reference to change of term, in address to electors.
tenure of office proposed by resolution..

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authorized to vacate streets, villages or towns by proposed reso-
lution..

256

circuit probate courts proposed by resolution..

255-56

closing argument guaranteed to accused by proposed resolution. 258
conciliation of legal controversies proposed by resolution. .

258

referred to in address to electors...

410

consolidation of circuit and probate courts proposed by resolu-
tion.....

252

distinction between law and equity proceedings abolished, pro-
posed by resolution...

.250, 254

jury in criminal cases to find upon facts only, proposed by reso-
lution...

251

majority verdict in criminal trials proposed by resolution..
number of jurors reduced in civil cases, proposed by resolution.

258

253

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