431. Fixing Length of Regular Sessions of General Assembly at 100 Days (February 13, 1893). The second resolution considered fixed the duration of a regular session at 100 days. The resolution was adopted by the House by a vote of 53-40, and referred to the Senate on February 14. On February 22, the Committee on Revision of the Constitution to whom the resolution had been referred, reported favorably, and on February 23, the resolution passed the Senate by a vote of 38-7. Later the same day the Senate agreed to reconsider the vote on this resolution and on February 25, the resolution was rejected by a vote of 19-20. [Senate Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 521.] The following is House joint resolution No. 4. WHEREAS, The Fifty-seventh General Assembly did, by a majority of all members elected to each of the two houses, agree to the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana, viz.: House joint resolution No. 10, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, March 10, 1891. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State be. and the same here now is agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State, to be chosen at the next general election: Amend Section 29 of Article 4 of said Constitution to read as follows: The members of the General Assembly shall receive for their services a compensation to be fixed by law; but no increase of compensation shall take effect during the session at which such measure may be made. No session of the General Assembly shall extend beyond the term of one hundred days, nor any special session beyond the term of forty days. Resolved, That in submitting this amendment to the electors of the State to be voted on, it shall be designated as amendment No. 1; and, WHEREAS, The said amendment was entered upon the journals of the House and Senate respectively, together with the yea and nay vote thereon, and WHEREAS, Said Fifty-seventh General Assembly referred said amendment to this, the Fifty-eighth General Assembly, the Fiftyeighth General Assembly being the General Assembly chosen at the next following general election after the aforesaid adoption and reference; therefore, be it Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the said amendment be and the same is hereby agreed to. H. D. MCMULLEN, GATES SEXTON, JOSEPH F. SUCHANEK, 432. Terms of County Officers (February 13, 1893). The third resolution was designed to fix the terms of county officers at four years. This resolution was rejected by the House by a vote of 8-86, and indefinitely postponed by the Senate on February 23. [House Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 655.] House joint resolution No. 7, a proposed amendment to the Constitution being the same as Joint resolution No. 8 of 1891. WHEREAS, The Fifty-seventh General Assembly did, by a majority of all the members elected to each of the two houses, agree to the following amendment of the Constiution of the State of Indiana, viz.: House joint resolution No. 8, filed in the office of the Secretary of State March 10, 1891. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State be, and the same here now is agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State, to be chosen at the next general election: Amend Section 2 of Article 6 of said Constitution to read as follows: There shall be elected in each county, by the voters thereof, at the time of holding general elections, a clerk of the circuit court, auditor, recorder, treasurer, sheriff, coroner and surveyor, who shall severally hold their office for four years, commencing on the first Monday in January after their election, and no person shall be eligible to hold any of said offices more than four years or one term in any period of eight 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. 4; and WHEREAS, The said amendment was entered upon the Journals of the House and Senate respectively, together with the yea and nay vote thereon; and WHEREAS, Said Fifty-seventh General Assembly referred said. amendment to this, the Fifty-eighth General Assembly, the Fiftyeighth General Assembly being the General Assembly chosen at the next following general election after the aforesaid adoption and reference; and WHEREAS, In the judgment of your committee, the said amendment should be adopted; therefore, be it Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the said amendment be and the same is hereby agreed to. H. D. McMULLEN, 433. Terms of State Officers (February 13, 1893). The fourth resolution fixed the terms of State officers at four years. It was rejected by the House by a vote of 8-80 and indefinitely postponed by the Senate on February 23. [House Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 657.] House joint resolution No. 6, being a proposed amendment to the Constitution, being the same as Joint resolution No. 9 of 1891. WHEREAS, The Fifty-seventh General Assembly did, by a majority of all members elected to each of the two houses, agree to the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of Indiana: House joint resolution No. 9, filed in the office of the Secretary of State, March 10, 1891. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State be, and the same here now is agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State, to be chosen at the next general election: Amend Section 1 of Article 6 of said Constitution to read as follows: There shall be elected by the voters of the State, a Secretary, an Auditor and a Treasurer of State, who shall severally hold their office for four years. They shall perform such duties as may be enjoined by law, and no person shall be eligible to either of said offices more than 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; and, WHEREAS, The said amendment was entered upon the Journals of the House and Senate respectively, together with the yea and nay vote thereon; and, WHEREAS, The said Fifty-seventh General Assembly referred said amendment to this, the Fifty-eighth General Assembly, the Fifty-eighth General Assembly being the General Assembly chosen at the next following general election after the aforesaid adoption and reference; and, WHEREAS, In the judgment of your committee the said amendment should be adopted; therefore, be it Resolved by the House, the Senate concurring, That the said amendment be, and the same is, hereby agreed to. H. D. MCMULLEN, A. C. LINDEMUTH, 434. Term of Prosecuting Attorney (January 19, 1893). On January 19, Senator John W. Kern introduced a resolution fixing the term of prosecuting attorney at four years. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Revision of the Constitution. On February 7, the committee recommended that the resolution be indefinitely postponed "for the reason that there are now amendments proposed and pending, and the Constitution provides that none shall be proposed while some are pending." The report was concurred in by the Senate. [Senate Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 214.] Senate joint resolution No. 3. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That the following proposed amendment to the Constitution of said State be, and the same here now is, agreed to and referred to the General Assembly of said State, to be chosen at the next general election: Amend Section 11 of Article 7 of said Constitution to read as follows: There shall be elected in each judicial circuit, by the voters thereof, at the time of holding general elections, a Prosecuting Attorney, who shall hold his office for four years, commencing on the first Monday in January after his election, and no person shall be eligible to hold said office more than four years or one term 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. 435. Amendment of Constitution (January 11, 1893). On January 11, Mr. John Higbee, by request, introduced a bill in the House to amend the Constitution, which was referred to the Committee on Organization of Courts. On February 7, the committee recommended that the bill be indefinitely postponed, and the report was concurred in. [House Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 130.] House bill No. 75. A bill for an act to amend the Constitution of In diana. 436. Constitutional Investigation (March 6, 1893). On March 6, the last day of the session, a resolution was introduced in the House by Mr. Hugh D. McMullen providing for the appointment of a committee oft hree Senators and three Representatives, to examine the provisions of modern constitutions and report the results of their investigations to the General Assembly of 1895. The House adopted the resolution, but the Senate rejected it by a vote of 4-40. [House Journal, Fifty-eighth Session, 1197.] House Concurrent resolution No. 21. WHEREAS, By the overthrow of the apportionment made by the legislature of 1891 the Supreme Court has encroached on what has heretofore been conceded to be the domain of the legislature, and in so doing has left no rule or method by which the legality of an apportionment can be decided other than the opinion of said Court; and WHEREAS, The Supreme Court has by other decisions unsettled the former rules governing the appointing power, and in so doing has made it necessary that the appointing power should be definitely and permanently fixed by the Constitution; and WHEREAS, The Supreme Court has by the overthrow of two registration laws, made it manifest that no just and effective system of registration can be adopted under the present Constitution, and it is believed that there are many other defects in the Constitution; and WHEREAS, NO amendment to the Constitution can be now offered on account of pending amendments, and no call for a constitutional convention should be hastily or inconsiderately made; therefore, be it Resolved, That a committee of six be appointed, three by the President of the Senate and three by the Speaker of the House, of whom two shall be senators, two representatives, and two not members of the General Assembly, and said committee shall be |