As an amendment to the foregoing, Mr. Thomas J. Lindley offered the following:

[House Journal, Fifty-first Session, 465.]

And provided that the provisions of the resolution shall also apply to the compensation of State officers, and provided further that the Committee on Fees and Salaries are directed to report a bill embracing the points enunciated herein at an early day.

And to this amendment, Mr. John Overmyer offered the following:

[House Journal, Fifty-first Session, 465.]

That in view of the facts recited in the preamble to said resolution it is the duty of the General Assembly to provide at once for the submission of the constitutional amendments to the people.

306. Prohibiting Sale of Intoxicating Liquors (March, 1879).

On the temperance question, the only petitions precisely to the point were offered in the Senate on March 12 by Mr. Benjamin Shirk and in the House by Mr. Charles S. Hubbard on March 10. This resolution had been adopted by the yearly meeting of Friends and memorialized the General Assembly to submit a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors.

[House Journal, Fifty-first Session, 1044.]

Memorial of Western Yearly Meeting of Friends Held at Plainfield, Indiana, from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth of Ninth Month, 1878, on Constitutional Amendment to Prevent Intemperance.

To the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

Believing that the use of intoxicating liquors is one of the most fruitful causes of evil, morally, physically and financially, in our country, and that it is without any corresponding benefit, either to the individual or the State, we respectfully ask your honorable body, at your present session, to take measures looking to the adoption of a constitutional amendment which shall embrace the following ideas, to-wit:

The General Assembly of the State shall not pass any law allowing or licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors; but it shall pass such laws as will protect society, the morals of the people, and parties injured from the result of their sale.

By direction of the meeting.

AMOS DOAN, Clerk.

307.

Governor Williams Recommends Adoption of Pending Amendments (January 10, 1879).

In his biennial message to the General Assembly on January 10, Governor Williams urged the adoption of the proposed constitutional amendments pending from the session of 1877, and their speedy submission to the people.

[House Journal, Fifty-first Session, 31.]

Joint resolutions proposing nine important amendments to the Constitution were passed, and the proposed amendments, having been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, were entered upon their journals and referred to the body now constituted of yourselves. It is desired that you take early action upon this pending business, that the proposed amendments, if agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, may be at once submitted to the electors of the State, and if ratified by them, be declared parts of our fundamental law, upon which you may proceed to enact a series of wholesome laws now urgently demanded by the interests. of our people.

308.

Method of Procedure in Maturing Pending Amendments (January, 1879).

The General Assembly of 1879 adopted a new method of procedure in bringing before the legislature the constitutional amendments which had been adopted by the last preceding session. They were treated distinctly as unfinished business and were not formally reintroduced. On January 9, on motion of Mr. J. D. Sarnighausen, the Senate adopted a resolution to the effect that: "WHEREAS, Several amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana passed during the last regular session of the General Assembly, and under the Constitution must be voted on for the second time during the present regular session; therefore, Resolved, That the consideration of and the vote on those amendments be made the special order of the day for next Tuesday, January 14, 1879, at 2 o'clock P. M." On January 14, Mr. Charles H. Reeve secured the adoption of a motion which committed the Senate to a definite course of procedure in disposing of the pending amendments. This motion proposed "that the proposed amendment to the Constitution, made the special order for this hour, be read the first time now, the second time to-morrow at 10 o'clock, and the third time the day following." The secretary of the Senate was then sent to the office of the Secretary of State to procure the enrolled copies of the proposed amendments. A short time later, the Lieutenant Governor announced that the proposed constitutional amendments passed by the last General Assembly had been placed in his hands. It was then ordered "that it be entered on the Journal that the Secretary of State produces and lays before the Senate enrolled copies of the proposed constitutional amendments for their action." Joint

resolutions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 were then read in their numerical order and are set out in full on the Senate Journal. On January 15, the Lieutenant Governor "directed the reading of the proposed amendments to the Constitution adopted by the last General Assembly." The resolutions were then passed to third reading. After the second reading of the resolutions, Mr. D. H. Burrell moved to amend the first resolution by striking out the expression, "If he shall have been duly registered according to law." Whereupon, Mr. Francis M. Dice raised the following point of order: "That while amendments to the Constitution of the State are waiting the action of a succeeding General Assembly, no additional amendment or amendments shall be proposed, and that the amendment proposed by Senator Burrell was in effect, a new and additional amendment." This point of order was sustained by the Chair. On January 16, the resolutions came up on third reading and were finally disposed of.

When joint resolution No. 1 came up for final consideration, an attempt was made to lay the measure on the table, but was defeated by a vote of 36-12; an attempt to indefinitely postpone was lost by a vote of 15-34; the demand for the previous question was sustained by a vote of 33-11, and the amendment was then adopted by a vote of 37-12. This resolution, together with the other nine resolutions constituting the group, were reported to the House on January 17 and were taken up for final consideration on January 30 and 31 and disposed of. Joint resolution No. 1 was adopted by the House by a vote of 60-34.

309. Residential Qualifications for Suffrage.

[Laws, Fifty-first Session, 51.]

Senate joint resolution amending Section 2 of Article 2 of the Constitution, and prescribing the qualifications of voters.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following amendment be and is hereby proposed to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, to-wit: Amend Section 2 of Article 2, so as to read as follows: Section 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 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.

Resolved, That in submitting this proposition to the electors to be voted upon, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 1.

310. Political Rights of Negroes and Mulattoes.

Joint resolution No. 2 was adopted by the Senate by a vote of 43-0, by the House by a vote of 95-1.

[Laws, Fifty-first Session, 52.]

A joint resolution proposing amendment to Section 5 of Article 2 of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended as follows:

By striking out the words "no negro or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage," contained in Section 5 of Article 2 of the Constitution.

Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as "Amendment No. 2."

Joint resolution No. 4 passed the Senate by a vote of 47-1 and the House by a vote of 89-3.

[Laws, Fifty-first Session, 53.]

A joint resolution proposing amendment to Sections 4 and 5 of Article 4 of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Indiana be amended as follows:

Strike the word "white" from Sections 4 and 5 of Article 4. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted upon, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 4.

Joint resolution No. 3 was adopted by the Senate by a vote of 34-14 and by the House by a vote of 61-34.

[Laws, Fifty-first Session, 52.]

A joint resolution proposing amendment to Section 14 of Article 2 of the Constitution.

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, to-wit:

Amend Section 14 of Article 2 to read: Section 14. All general elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, but township elections may be held at such time as may be provided by law: Provided, That the General Assembly may provide by law for the election of all judges of courts of general and appellate jurisdiction, by an election to be held for such officers only, at which time no other officers shall be voted for; and shall also provide for the registration of all persons entitled to vote.

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

312. Fees and Salaries of Public Officers.

Joint resolution No. 5 passed the Senate by a vote of 47-2 and the House by a vote of 93-1.

[Laws, Fifty-first Session, 53.]

A joint resolution proposing amendment to the fourteenth clause of Section 22 of Article 4 of the Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana is proposed, to-wit:

Amend the fourteenth clause of Section 22 of Article 4 to read as follows:

In relation to fees or salaries: except that the laws may be so made as to grade the compensation of officers in proportion to the population, and the necessary services required.

Resolved, That in the submission of this amendment to the electors of the State, to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 5.