years. Provisions shall be made by law for filling vacancies in any of such offices. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 1. TERM OF CLERK OF SUPREME COURT. House joint resolution No. 15, designated as Amendment No. 3, was rejected by a vote of 1-74. [House Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 1466.] House joint resolution No. 15, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, which was adopted by both branches of the Fifty-sixth General Assembly was called up. House joint resolution No. 15 proposing an amendment to Section 7 of Article 7, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby proposed and agreed to, towit: Sec. 7. There shall be elected by the voters of the State at the general election to be held in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and every four years thereafter, a clerk of the Supreme Court, whose duties shall be prescribed by law, who shall hold his office for four years, commencing on the first Monday in January after his election, and shall not be eligible to election to more than one term of four years in any period of eight years. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on it shall be designated as Amendment No. 3. UNIFORM FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR STATE OFFICERS. House joint resolution No. 16, designated as Amendment No. 4, was rejected by a vote of 1-74. [House Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 1467.] House joint resolution No. 16, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, which was adopted by both branches of the Fifty-sixth General Assembly, was called up. House joint resolution No. 16 proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article 6, of the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby proposed and agreed to, to-wit: Section 1. There shall be elected by the voters of the State, at the general election to be held in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and every four years thereafter, a Secretary, an Auditor, and Treasurer of State, and an Attorney-General, who shall severally hold their offices for four years, commencing on the first Monday in January after their election. They shall perform such duties as may be enjoined by law, and no person shall be eligible to either of said offices more than one term of four years in any period of eight years. Resolved, That, in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 4. FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. House joint resolution No. 17, designated as Amendment No. 5, was rejected by a vote of 1-74. [House Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 1468.] House joint resolution No. 17, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, which was adopted by both branches of the 56th General Assembly, was called up. House joint resolution No. 17 proposing an amendment to Section 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana: Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby proposed and agreed to, towit: Sec. 8. There shall be elected by the voters of the State at the general election to be held in the year eighteen hundred and ninetytwo, and every four years thereafter, a State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall hold his office for a term of four years, commencing on the first Monday in January after his election, whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed by law, and who shall not be eligible to hold said office for more than one term of four years in any period of eight years. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 5. UNLIMITED DURATION OF SESSIONS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY. House joint resolution No. 21, designated as Amendment No. 8, was rejected by a vote of 1-74. [House Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 1470.] House joint resolution No. 21, proposing an amendment to the Constitution, which was adopted by both branches of the 56th General Assembly was called up. House joint resolution No. 21: Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana be, and the same is hereby proposed and agreed to, to-wit: Amend Section 29, the same being Section 125 of the Revised Statutes of 1881, of Article 4, to read as follows: The members of the General Assembly shall receive for their services an annual salary to be fixed by law; but no increase of compensation shall take effect during the session at which such increase may be made. All regular and special sessions of the General Assembly shall continue and be in session until the legislative and all business required to be effected thereby shall have been completed, or so long as by the members thereof may be deemed advisable. Resolved, That in submitting the amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on it shall be designated as Amendment No. 8. PERSONNEL OF SUPREME COURT. House joint resolution No. 23, designated as Amendment No. 23, was rejected by a vote of 1-74. [House Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 1471.] House joint resolution No. 23, which was adopted by both branches of the Fifty-sixth General Assembly, the same proposing an amendment to the Constitution, was called up. House joint resolution No. 23 proposing amendment of Sections 2 and 5 of Article 7 of the Constitution: Resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the following amendment be made to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, to-wit: That Section 2 of Article 7 be amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine judges, a majority of whom shall form a quorum. They shall hold their offices for eight years, if they so long behave well: Provided, That the General Assembly shall provide by law for dividing the judges to be elected into classes, as nearly equal as may be; also the time at which the judges shall be elected, and for filling any vacancy that may occur in such court. The seats of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of four years, and those of the second class at the expiration of eight years, so that one-half thereof, as nearly as may be, shall be chosen every four years thereafter. That Section 5 of said Article 7 be amended to read as follows: Sec. 5. The General Assembly may provide by law for the Supreme Court to sit in divisions or in banc; also the manner in which the decisions shall be rendered and the business conducted. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as Amendment No. 6. 418. Senate Inquiry as to Pending Amendments (January 15, 1891). On January 15, a resolution was introduced in the Senate requesting the Secretary of State to report the condition of the pending amendments to the Senate. [Senate Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 114.] Resolved, That the Secretary of State be required to report at once to the Senate what, if any, action was taken by the last General Assembly in reference to the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Indiana. 419. Secretary of State's Report on Pending Amendments (January 17, 1891). On January 17, the Secretary of State reported that it appeared that House Joint Resolutions Nos. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21 and 23 had been adopted. [Senate Journal, Fifty-seventh Session, 143.] Hon. Ira J. Chase, President of the Senate: Sir-In accordance with Senate resolution just referred to me providing "that the Secretary of State report at once to the Senate what, if any, action was taken by the last General Assembly in reference to the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Indiana," I have the honor to report that the only evidence filed in my office bearing upon the subject of inquiry is contained in the Journals of the proceedings of the House and Senate respec tively of the Fifty-sixth General Assembly of Indiana, prepared by the clerk of the House and secretary of the Senate respectively, and filed by them in my office some weeks after the adjournment of the said General Assembly. By examination of said Journals, I find that House Joint Resolutions Nos. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21 and 23, appear to have been adopted in the usual form, and are set forth in said Journals in full. I find by examination of said Journals that on the last day of the session, to-wit, March 11, 1889, the said resolutions were adopted by the said Senate, and the House duly notified of the passage thereof; that on said day to-wit, March 11, 1889, there appears in the said Journal of the House the following entry: Mr. Beasley made the following motion: "MR. SPEAKER: I move that House joint resoultions Nos. 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23 and 18, proposing amendments to the Constitution, be ordered enrolled, and that the principal clerk of the House be instructed to file said enrolled joint resolutions in the office of the Secretary of State, to be by him presented to the next General Assembly." Which motion prevailed. House joint resolutions Nos. 17, 21, 23, 18, 16, 9, 13, 11, 15 and 14 were ordered enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State, and referred to the next succeeding General Assembly for further consideration. I have to report that the requirements of the foregoing resolution were never complied with in this: that if the said joint resolutions were enrolled, they were never reported to the Secretary of State; that said resolutions, nor either of them, were ever filed in the office of the Secretary of State in any form whatever, except as they appear in the said House and Senate Journals as aforesaid. The said joint resolutions never having been enrolled and filed in my office, I am unable to present them to this (the Fiftyseventh) General Assembly. All of which is respectfully submitted. January 16, 1891. CHARLES F. GRIFFIN, 420. Reference of Query to Clerk of House (January 17, 1891). Immediately after the submission of the foregoing report, the Senate adopted a resolution requesting the clerk of the House of the 56th General |