to the people at the next general election, to be held on the second Tuesday in October, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.'

Now, therefore, for the purpose of submitting the said amendment recited in both of said joint resolutions, to the qualified electors of this State for their ratification or rejection;

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That an election is hereby called and directed to be held in the several counties of this State, and at the several precincts or places of holding elections in said counties respectively, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of this State for their ratification or rejection, the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, to consist of an addition of the following section to the tenth article of said Constitution in the language following, that is to say:

No law or resolution shall ever be passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, that shall recognize any liability of this State to pay or redeem any certificate of stock issued in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to provide for the funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville," passed January 19th, 1846, and an act supplemental to said act, passed January 29th, 1847, which, by the provisions of said acts, or either of them, shall be payable exclusively from the proceeds of the canal lands, and the tolls and revenues of the canal in said acts mentioned, and no such certificate of stocks shall ever be paid by this State.

Sec. 2. The said election shall be held on the 18th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; and the qualified voters voting at said election who may favor the adoption of the said amendment as a part of the Constitution of this State, shall use ballots having written or printed thereon the words "For the proposed amendment to the Constitution," and those who are opposed to the adoption of said amendment as a part of the Constitution, shall use ballots having the words written or printed thereon, "Against the proposed amendment to the Constitution."

Sec. 3. The said election shall be held between the same hours between which general elections are now by law required to be held, and shall be conducted by the same officers now provided by law for the conducting of general elections, and all the rules and regulations now prescribed by law in relation to general elections, shall be applied so far as practicable, to the election provided for in this act.

Sec. 4. The votes given at said election shall be counted, returned, canvassed and certified by the clerks of the Circuit courts of the several counties, to the Secretary of State, at, or within the time that votes given for members of the General Assembly are now by law required to be counted, canvassed and certified.

Sec. 5. As soon as certificates of the result of such election shall have been received by the Secretary of State from the clerks of the circuit courts of all the counties in the State, it shall be the duty of the Governor and Secretary of State, to examine said certificates and declare the result of said election; and if it shall appear from said examination that a majority of all the votes cast at said election were in favor of the adoption of said proposed amendment, then, and thereupon, the said amendment shall be and become a part and parcel of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and the Governor of this State shall, as soon as practicable, issue his proclamation, embodying the said amendment therein, and declaring and proclaiming that the same has been duly ratified by the people, and is therefore a part of the Constitution of the State.

Sec. 6. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, and it shall therefore take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

273.

Approved January 28, 1873.

Wabash and Erie Canal Amendment (November 13, 1872).

On November 13, Mr. Shirley of Morgan and Johnson, a Liberal, introduced the following resolution which was referred to a committee of one from each congressional district but never matured as the same propositions were already adequately covered.

[House Journal, Special Session, 1872, 16.]

Joint resolution No. 1 proposing an amendment to the Constitution by adding to the tenth article a section in relation to the debt charged upon the Wabash and Erie Canal.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment be, and hereby is proposed to the Constitution of the State, and that the same be, and is hereby agreed to, and submitted to the electors of the State for their ratification or rejection: Provided, The same shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly of this State, to be chosen at the next general

election. Said amendment to consist of the addition of the following section to the tenth article of the Constitution, in the language following:

No law or resolution shall ever be passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana that shall recognize any liability of this State to pay or redeem any certificate of stock issued in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to provide for the funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville," passed January 19, 1846, and an act supplemental to said act passed January 29, 1847, which by provisions of the said acts, or either of them, shall be payable exclusively from the proceeds of the canal lands, and the tolls and revenues of the canal in said acts mentioned, and no such certificate or stocks shall ever be paid by this State.

Resolved further, That the foregoing joint resolution be, and the same is hereby referred to the General Assembly of this State, to be chosen at the general election to be held on the second Tuesday in October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

WHEREAS, The foregoing joint resolution was passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, at its last preceding session, begun in January, 1871.

Be it therefore resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, at its present session, that said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby agreed to, and that said proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, be submitted to the electors of the State of Indiana, for their ratification or rejection, at the next general election, to be held on the second Tuesday in October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour.

274. Notifying the Electors (January 31, 1873).

On January 28, the House adopted a resolution by a unanimous vote in relation to giving the electors of the State notice of the submission of the canal amendment. This resolution was adopted by the Senate on January 29 by a vote 37-0.

[Laws, Forty-eighth Session, 240.]

House joint resolution No. 12 in relation to giving notice to the electors of the State of Indiana, of the submission to the same for their adoption or rejection, the proposed amendment to the Constitution of Indiana, in relation to the debt charged upon the Wabash and Erie canal. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of

Indiana, That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and required to give notice, by publication, in the Indianapolis Journal and Sentinel, to the electors of the State, of the action of the General Assembly, in relation to the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, prohibiting the payment of the indebtedness charged upon the Wabash and Erie Canal, which is to be submitted to the qualified voters of the State, on the 18th day of February, 1873, and

Be it further resolved, That the Governor be, and he is hereby required to give notice of the same, by proclamation to the people of the State.

275.

(Approved January 13, 1873.)

Governor Hendricks' Proclamation notifying Electors of Submission of Wabash and Erie Canal Amendment (January 31, 1873).

In accordance with the foregoing resolution, notice of the submission of the canal amendment was given to the electors of the State on January 31, 1873.

[Indianapolis Journal, February 1, 1873.]

State of Indiana, Executive Department,

Indianapolis, January 31st, 1873.

WHEREAS, By the first section of the act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved January 28, 1873, entitled "An act to provide for the submission to the qualified electors of this State for their ratification or rejection, a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Indiana therein mentioned, and declaring an emergency," it is provided that an election shall be held at the several precincts or places of holding elections in the several counties of this State, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the State, for their ratification or rejection, a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Indiana, by adding to the tenth article thereof a section in the words following, to-wit:

No law or resolution shall ever be passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana that shall recognize any liability of this State to pay or redeem any certificate of stock issued in pursuance of an act entitled "An act to provide for the funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville," passed January 19, 1846, and

"An act supplemental to said act, passed January 29, 1847," which by the provisions of the said acts, or either of them, shall be payable exclusively from the proceeds of the canal lands and the tolls and revenues of the canal in said act mentioned, and no such certificate of stock shall ever be paid by this State, and

WHEREAS, By the second section of the act aforesaid, it is provided that the said election shall be held on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1873. And

WHEREAS, By a joint resolution of the General Assembly passed January 30, 1873, it is provided that the Governor shall give notice of such election by proclamation,

Now, therefore, I, Thomas A. Hendricks, Governor of the State of Indiana, in pursuance of the provisions of the said joint resolution, do issue this my proclamation hereby notifying the qualified electors of the State of the holding of the said election on said 18th day of February, A. D. 1873, at the several places of holding elections in the several counties of the State, for the purposes prescribed in the act aforesaid.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the State to be hereto affixed, at the city of Indianapolis, the date first above written.

276.

(Seal) THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.

By the Governor.

W. W. CURRY, Secretary of State.

Governor Hendricks' Proclamation Declaring the Wabash and Erie Canal Amendment in Force (March 7, 1873).

The election was held on February 18, and on March 7, the Governor issued his proclamation declaring the amendment in force.

[Indianapolis Journal, March 10, 1873.]

State of Indiana, Executive Department,

Indianapolis, March 7, 1873.

WHEREAS, The General Assembly of the State of Indiana, elected at the general election held on the second Tuesday of October, A. D. 1870, did at the regular session thereof, (which session was begun on the 5th day of January, 1871,) agree to pass and adopt a joint resolution in the words and figures following, to-wit:

A joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the Con