Indiana American, Volume 19, Number 9, Brookville, Franklin County, 21 February 1851 — Page 2

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NEW CONSTITUTION Oh THE STAT E O F INDIA X

. ' ' rHEA.MBLE. i CP rVonle of the Stat- of Ihdinnn prate- 1 fnl to almighty Gd for the free exercise of Hie right In choos our own form of government, JM ordatu tins to!r-tnnti.n: AIlTICI.fi I. BILL OF BIGHTS, See. I . To the end that justice be c-stillisiied, public order be maintniited, and liberty perpetuated, V( DKi i.ARF, That nil irreii are created qua!; th;it they nr-" endowed bv their Creator with certain inaheuiahle rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the' pursuit of happiliesa. that all power is inherent ia the people; and that all free governments are, and of right , ought to be, founded cm their authority, slid in- j sttluted for their peace, safety, and wrll-beir-g. ; r or the advancement of Hies enri, the people have, at all times, an iudt feasable right to alter mid reform their government. i Sec 2 All n-ien shnll tu t-errred in the nt' tiral right to worship Almichtv Go.1. according to the cictates of their own conscience . Sec. 3 No law shall, in any esse whatever, roiitrol the free ex cise and enjoyment ef reli- I pious opinion

nor interfere with the rights vf , fan,e llinpi exrepi at ia mis Constitution expressly permilted: Provided, That offices in the

eonscieuce. Sec. 4. No prf feretice shall lie given, by law, to auy creed, religious society or tnoce T worship; and no man sha'l be compelled to attend, erect or support any plaoe of worship, or ta ui.iint.tin any ministry, against his consent; Sec. 5. No religious test shall be required as a qualification frr any office of trust or profit. Sec. 6. No person shall he render--d incompetent as a witness, in consequence cf his opiuions on matters of religion. Sec. 7. No money shall be drawn from t.ie treasury, for the baited! of ani relirious or theomnica, HistilatioS; Sc. 3 The right of the people to be sreore in their persons, houses, papers, and effecls against unreasonable search or se.zure, shall uul be violnted; and no warrant shall issue but noon tirobible cause, supported by oath or fcffirinalion, and particularly describing the pUce ta be searched, and ll person or l.'iifg to be Seized. Sic. 9. Na law shall be passed restraining th tree interchange cf thought and opinion, nor Restricting the right to speak, write, or print, ST-e'y, on any subjei t whatever; but for the tibuse of that right every person shall be responsible. Sec. 10 AH courts shall be open; and every person, for injury done to him in his person, property cr reputation, shall have remedy by i:u! course of law. Justice shall be administe red freelv, and illui,l purchase l :.i . j , ... ise; completely w ithout delay. nun vu ion, oenini; speemv and without oelar Sec 11. No man's particular serviecs shall be demanded without just compensation. No man's property shall be taken by Uw without in si Slat compensatioti; nor, except in casa of the wilhout such compensation first assessed

and tendered. time, be divided. Sec 12. The privilege of the debtor to enjoy j Sec 3 Senators shall be elected for the term the necessary comforts of life shall be recogui- ! of ,w"0 years, and Representatives for the term zed by wholesome laws, exempting a reasnnable ; of two years, from the day next after their geni.niou.H of property from seizure or sale, for the j era' election: Provided, however, That the Senpayment of any debt or liability hereafter con- , a'or? elect, at th first meeting of the General tracted; and there shall be no iinprsuiiment for ' Assembly under this Constitution, shall be divi-d-bt, except iu cse of fraud j ded by lot into two equal classes, (as near as Sec 13. In all criminal prosecutions, the ac- ; K1By Hd the seats of Senators of the first ensed shall have a right to a public trhil by an-, c,ass s'la" be vacated at the expiration of two impartial jury, in the county in which the oN ' years, and of the second class at the expiration fence shall have been committed; to be heard by ' ol four years, so that one-half, as ne--uJy as oos-

liimself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the accusation agaiust him, and to have a copy thereof; to meet the witcesses face to lace, and to hve csmpulsory recess for obtai ning witnesses in ii;s favor. Sec 1 1. In all prosre. nt ions for lilwJ, the ot the matters alleged to be libellioua, may fciven in jiisiincatioy. ec 15. Iu all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the right to uetermiuo the law and the f.tcts, iec 16 In all civil cises the right of trial by plum leiiiiiui inviolate, Jec. 17 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shsll not be suspended, except in case i f rtb'llion or invasion; and then only if the public safety iemaml it. Sec IS. The openliou of the laws shs.ll never be suspended, except bv the authority ol the General Assembly. j Sec 19 No person shall be put in jeopardy ' iwice lor tne sama oMeuce; and miy criminal prosectuiou, shall b. give evidence against himself. no person, in compelled to i Sec 20. No person arrested or confined in jdl fcliJ'l be tieat'd witii unnecessary rigor. Sec. 2i. Exces-iva bail shall not be required. Exi-essive finis ihall not bt imposed. Cruel and unusual punishments shall net bo in3icteif. All penalties shhll be proportioned to the l-.httire of the offence. Sec 2'J. t)!feiices other than mn.ler or treason shall be bailable hy sullii.ient sureties. Murder or treason shall not be bailable, when the ptoof is evid-tit or the pr.su mr.tion atmns. S, c 23. No law shall restrain my ofthe inhab Wins of the Slate from assembling together in peuceaoie manner, to consult for their cot.iinon good; nor from instructing their representatives; nor from applying to the Geueral Assembly for reilress of grievances. St-c 21 No law shall he passed, the taking effort of which shall be made to depend upon any authority except as provided in this Constitution. i-ec 25 No ex post facto law, or lav- impairing .i . i. , i ..

uie ooozilinn 01 COl.tmpla a in II ui.i 1. to be prescribed by Uw-. i Sec 29. The General Assembly shall not FM!" any title of nobility, nor confer beredita- . ry nistihetions. J Sec 30. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges and immunities, whirh, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens. Sec "1. The General Assembly shall not create any t ffice the t-nure of which shail lie longer thau four years.- " Sec :2 Treason against this State shall consist only in levying war against it, and in givi ugai.l and comfort to its enemies. Sec 31. No person shall be convicted of trea-j eon, exi-wpl on the testimony of two witnesses 10 trie same overt act, or upon his confession in open court. Sec 31 No conviction shsll work corruption ef blood or forfeit u re c f estate. tec .... Emigration from ibis State be prohibited. shall not Sec 3G. There shall be neither sltverv nor tnvo'uutary servitude , within Ibis Stale, otherwise than lor the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. No fndentiire of any Negro or Mnl .tto made and executed out of the rounds cf this State, shall be valid within the Stit,-. Sec 37. The mode of administering an oath or affirmation shall be such as may be the most consistent w ith, and binding upon, the conscience ofthe deponent. ARTICLK II. SUTFFAGS A.tD ri.Fmox. Sec 1. All elections shall b free and eqm. Sec 2. In ail elections not otherwise provided ror oy mis i onstuution, everv white m ile citixen of the United State of the ge of twentyon years nnd npwards, who shall have resided in the Stat curing tl)e six months immediately preceding sucH election; and erery white male of foreign birth cf the age of twenty-one years and npwards, vjhoslm!' bare rested in the United States on year, and shall resided in M,i, tale dunug 1m six m nth immediately precening such elecrion,and shall have declared his iiitentlou to become a cilixets of f.e United States, conform-thiy to the laws of the Tinted States on the subject or iwturalixaHon- shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct " ' f tier H-ltjt. Sec 3. No soldier, seatnan, or marine, in the army or navy of the United Stair,, or of their allies, shall be deemed to have ac quired a resitence iu this Mate, in conseoueno f h...; been stationed within the same; nor shall av such soldier, s.:amai., or marine have the right

C oi- nu i'v f"i-.o . . , n.;i, lorine. Willi llie ec t, 1 hn people shall have a right to bear "mes of the member demanding the same, on arme for the defence of themselves and llie tl journal: Provided, That on a motion to adil,e" - , journ, it shall require one-te.ith of the members Sec. .... The military shall be kept Iu strict present to order the yeas and nays, subordination to the civil power. Sec 9 Any member of eilhe'r House shall Sec 2 No soldier shall, in time or pence, be have the right to protest, and to have the proquartered In any house without the consent of t"st wit" his reasons for dissent, entered on the the owner; not in time of war. bnt in a m nmer journal.

lo vote.

i .1- ., r-- to nave me noose ol Kepresentat ive Ut his residetice , ,he Stale by of hjs Sec 20. N pou who may hereafter be a

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ST-" ShaH A.en,b.y,or in Tn u"o t.gl Janffraje. der the State, until he shall hive accoiuted for

treason, felony, , and breach of the peace, electors shall be free ' : from amst in going to elrdious, during their I attendance there, and in ruturuiug from the . earn. - . i AH elections by the people shall be by billet; and all elections bv the General Asssem- , it.. i . i i i " . i i i n i . l oiv,or uy emier urancn tnereoi, snau oe viva voce. I sec p. t ii genrni elections snail uo held Co the second Tuesdav in October Pec 11 Every person shall be disqualified from holding office for the term for which he shall have been elected, who shall have given or offered any bribe, threat, or reward, to ptoenre his election. 5-c 30. The General Assembly shall have power to deprive of the right of suffrage, and to render htr-iigible, any person convicted of au ' infamous crime. Sec 11. Wall cases in which it it is provider', that an office shall not. be fi lied by the same j ensou more than a rertaia number of years j ontinuousiy, an appointment pro temp-are shall . not b reckoned as a part of that term. i i. nnpirson niaiitnr iccrntive 01- "" or appou tment, under the t nited States or 1,11:1 lal-, shall be eligible to a seat in either bntich of the Geueral Atsembly; nor shall any P'rson hold mors than one lucrative olfn eatthe m litia ta winch there is attached no annual sn-laay, and the t..Tine of Deputy Postmaster vrfiere thei romensation does not exceed ninety liars per anuni, shall not be deemed lucrative: .

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I Anil provided, further, That counties contain- ; at which such Increase may be made. No sesiag less than one thousand polls may confer the sion of the General Assembly, except the first ' ofiiee of Clerk. Recorder, and Auditor, or any . under this Constitution, shall extend beyond the 1 two of said f.fiices, upon one person. I term of sixty-one days, nor any special session S. c 13. Every person who shall give or ac- beyond the term of forty days. ' cept a challenge to f.ght a duel, or who shall j Sec 28. The General Assembly shall not

knowingly carry to another person a challenge . n..VDII4Slia 1 I III u V' II I VI I 1 1 1 17 i the Slate to tight a duel, shall be ineligible to B,y tfiice t 'uyt or profit, ART1CLF .''. 1 MisTRiniTios op ruWElts. i The powers of the Government are divided into three separate departments: the Legislative. the Iivecutive including the Administrative, ami ! , the Judicial: aud no person charg-d with official j l!ii:es uutJer one of these departments shall ex.erciseanyof the functions of another, except as ia this Constitution expressly provided. ARTICLE IV. J tatsuATive. j S. 1. The Legislative authority of the Stale shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of epr- . sentatives; the stvle of every law shall he: "Re It enacted liy the tienernl Assembly, of the State ! of 1,1 limia," aud no law slmll be enacted escept '' ec 1 fie berate shall not exceed fifty, nor the House of Representatives, one hnuiired members; ami they shall be chosen by the quali '"ed electors ol the respective counties or dis1 tr'tl into which the ttate may. from time to M!)le si18'1 fce chosen bienniallv forever thereafter. Aud in case of increase in the number of SetiRtnrs 1 1 1 e - 1 1 1 1 L. so annexed by lot to one not a citizen of the United States; nor any one wn0 1,38 nt been, for two years-next preceding ",s election, an inhaoitanl ofthe comity or dis- ; trict whence he may be chosen. Senators shall b flt least twenty -fiv.-, and Representatives ; iriiij-unr rarn ui age, c; r,-.- t shall he helii bi..,nt.-.lt . .1- . "r alter, unless a ditierent day or place shall have been appointed by law. Rut, if, in the opinion of the Governor, the public welfare shall requ're it, he may, al any time, by proclamation, can a special session. Sec. C. Each House, when BunmllJ ct,ai; ;c.io,.se its own officers, (the President of the ! Senate excepted,) judge the elections, qualifica-j tious and returns of its own members, determine its rule of proceeding, and sit upon Its own ! aujourniiieni. uut neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more ' than three days, nor to auy place other than that in which it may be sitting. Sec 7, Two thirnsof each House shall const II tulea quorum to do business; buta smaller num ,,e- nav meet, aud adjourn from day to day, and ",il'l 'he attendance r,f absent membets. A quorum in attendance, if either House fail to effect an organization in the first five days, the ttiem'jf rs of the House so filling shall be entitled to no compensation from the end of the said five days until an organization shdl have been effected. Sec ?. E ,c.h House shall keep a jonrnal of its proceeding and unush the same. The yeas and j nays on any question shall, on the recuest of I . . . anv two memheK .1 :.u .i Sec 10. Either House mv minish ita inm. ! bers for disorderly behavior, and may, with the' concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but 1 not a second time for the same cause. j Sec II. Either House may nuni,h. hv hnpnsonment, during s session, any person not j a member, who who shall be guilty of disrespect to by disorderly or contemptuous bethe House bavi n its presence: but such imnrUmimant 1 shall not, at auy one lime exceed twenty-four ! hour. ' i Sec 12. E necessary for Hnse branch of tho I .efrwlntnr ita 11 ' " e mi powers partment cf a free and independent State Sec 1.1. The Governor shall issue w writs of election to fill all vacancies that may occur ia either branch of the Oneral Assembly ; Sec I J. .-senators and Representatives, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the , peace, shall be privileged from arrest during the session oi uie t.enerai Assembly, and in going : to and returning from the same; and shall not be subject to any cii il process during the sea- j sionofthe General Assembly,, nor during the ! fifteen davs next before the commencement; t.iereof. for any speech or debate in either' House a member skall not be nnectin,, ; ; other place. j Sec 15. The doora of each Honse, and of Committees of the VVhoV, shall be kept open, except in snch casea as, in the opinion of either t House, may require secresy. I Sec 16. Every bill or Joint resolution shall i b- r-ao by sections, on three several days in each ; House: unices- in rn. ,.rAn. . , . , I - "-""-rjieiH-y, iwo-tniro ; oi me House where such hill or inint r..i,i,.i;n , ma bedepemimg shall, by a vote cf yeas ami i nas.deem it expedient to dispense with this ; rule; but the reading of a bill or joint resolution ! by sections on its final passage, shall in no case be dispensed with; and the vote on the nassare I ... a..,, on. ,.r joint resoiutiou shall be taken bv yeas and nays. Sec 17. A majority ef all the members elected to each House shall be neces a m m r l.:H . , . . . .;ii I..- . - - ' J .'iii.il omit resoiunon n , .j i .-. . - le,,-.,, uune.g sucn term; but this section shall bv the nebula. luMr apply to any office elective Sec Vi. Kills may originate in either House nt may be altered, amended, nr r.,.-.l , i Other, except that hills for raiain. . un .... . , . . Biinu

. ... ..ie, , me io cmsses, as to Keen itietn . constitution; but na soecial act, authoriziu i ty by the voters thereof, at the time of

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as .nearly equal as practicable. suit to be brought against the State, or making i general elections, a Clerk of the Ci

truth ! c person shall he a Senator or a Ke- ' compensation to auy person claiming damages Auditor, Recorder, Sheriff, Coroner,

lie r".-"r, .io, uic inn-m ins eieci on. 18 apauist t ie male. sua. I ever h

" ' uiu lnursuay auer me reseuinuves snau, hi tne session next following "in no persou snail be e

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nr-i uoiKtay 01 January, in the year of our each period of making such enumeration, be Sheriff, or Treasurer, m l.nr. nnd lti,i.i..i..l .:.Li 1 11.11-.. . 'f , 11 .. . '

... ... . rigni nuuureu auu nity-two, ; nxea oy law, and apportioned among the several aily period cl six years. end on the same cay of everv second year there- i counties nccnniinir to ih nnmUi .i,;i mi. ! Sec 3. Snch nilier rnn

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irtr.0,'X'0 ShH" b U ,h r-1 V pf h- - President of th. Sena,, i have well ,nT' " h ' ,0U? ba Y'" of the respective Houses. have a right, when in committee of the who!e,j Sec 10 No person elected to any i.diei.l of ec is j,0 .n!,toI. or Representative shall, to join in debate, aud to vote on .11 .K;..r c. ;.. c... "L ! "nT J'dieiai of

uier.neoe, which shall have been elected . I Sec 17. In the ease of the r.at -f .k. I . Tj" :iVi.T. J"""-u,,,rr l,mn B Ja'c'

or theemolumentii of hi!, .1..11 w.- . .' n 1 " . . .. -""ko.

and paid over, according to Uw, all run s for

' which he may re liable. Sec 21. No law of the General Assembly shall take effect until the came shall have been published and circulated in the several counties of the State by authority, 'except ia cases of emergency; which ehall be declared in the pre1. 1. I i. . r 1 i ai r uouy vi me law Sec 22. No act of the General' Assembly shall ever be revised or Amended by mere reference te ila title; - buthe- set- revised- or-eeetion amended, shall be set foith and published at fall jlengh. ! Sec 23. Kvrj-!aw shall embrace but one I subject and matters properly connected therei with. whlr.!Yfi;iS.r4 ahull Iia i nrvmai) in the title. But if any.suaject thai! be embraced In law, which shall not be expressed in the title, such law shall be void on! v as to so much thereof as Ehall not be expressed in the title. Sec 24; Every bill and joint resolution shall be-plertily worded, avoiding, as-far as practicable, the use of technical terms, In anv other thau the r.ne.isn language, Sie 25. The General Assembly may pubnn me laws in me uerman and rreiicti langua ges. Sec C. No member of either branch of the ; Geueral Assembly shall, during the time for i which he was elected, be eligible to any office, j the appointment of which is vested in the Geueral Assembly. j Sec 27. The members of the General Assembly shall teceive for their services a compen sation lobe hxedbylaw; but no Increase of compensation shall take effect during the sersion pass any local or special laws in any of the foilowing enumerated cases, that is to sav: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of Justices of the Peace and Constables. For ths punishment of crimes and misdemeanors, j Regulating the practice in courts of in slice. Providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases Granting divorces. Changing the names of persons. t or laying out, opening, working on and repairing highways, and the election or appointnieui oi supervisors. Vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys, and ' public snuarvai Suinmouug and empanne'.Hnggrand and petit juries, and providing for their payment. neguiating county and township business. iieguiaimg the election ol eounty and township officers, and their compensation I For the assessment and collection of taxes for State, county, township, or road purposes. Providing for maintaining, common schools or the preservation of school funds. In relatioj to fees as salaries, i In relation to interest on money. Providing for opening and conducting elecI tious for State, county, or township officers, and j wners electors may vote. j Providing for the sale of real estate belonging j to minors or other persous laboring nnder legal j disabilities, by executors, administrators, guardians or trustees. I Sec 23. In all the oases enumerated in the proceeding section, and in all other cases where , a geuerel law can be made applicable, all laws : snail ne general,, arw- ot uniform operation ! throughout the State Sec 30. Provision may be made, bv peneral i law. for bringing suit against the State, as to all ; liabilities originating after the adoption of this nassed. Every statute shall be a public law, ! unless otherwise declared in the statute itself, Sec 32. The General Assembly shall, at Its first meeting after the adoption of this Const!- : tution. and everv six veara IhereaTiwr nattaa n I eiiurnf THtinn In iv miHa ol I f V, n.lii4. a. f i. .- -viuMumwiMio iiioid,!,G.. -jt a-i. . ".i." J1'- ! iinauiianis above twenty-one years of age in ; each: Provided, The first and second elections! of members of the General Assembly under this Constitution shall be according to the armortionment last made by the General Assembly before the adoption of this Constitution. ARTICLE V. EXEClTtVr. ' Sec 1. The executive power of the State ehall be vested in a Governor. He shall hold ' l.la V- r r ,i ir tour years, and snail not be eligible more tliau four years in any period of eight years. i u n T fft 8ha" Lieutenant Governor, i who shall hold his office for fonr years. j Sec 3. No person shall be eligible to the of- ( lice of Governor or Lieutenant Governor, who! V" . 1 ". ,,i,ve T me year citizen of the j t- iineu ciaies, ano also a resident of the State of inciana during five years next preceding his election; nor shall any person be eligible to either of the said offices who shall Lot have attained the age of thirty years. Sec 4, Neither the Governor nor Lieutenant Governor shall be eligible to auy other office, during the Urra for which he shall have been elected. Sec 5. The Governor and lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the times and place of choosing members of the General Assembly. Sec 6. In Votilif for Governor ant T lent. 1,ant Governor, the electors shall designate for 1 W mini t li. n nla I ' . I r I I , , " 3 z. ooicrimr, anu tor wnom es . i.iruiniiiui uovernor. j ne returns of every I election for Governorand Lieutenant nnvnn. shall be sealed un and transmittal tn th i r poverument, directed to the Speaker of the f Representatives, who shall open and publish them in Uie presence of both Mouses of the General Assembl v. Sec The persons respectively having the ti . r . mgnesi number or votes for Govcruor and Lieutenant Governor shall be elected: but in case two or more nersona shall h .n ...... I ...j lhe h'Bliest number of votes for either office, the General Assemble tl,.ii k :-i. l-wLu. I j .-i j jiiu wir, roriuwiiTi i ,v vue ui uie sain nersona i . nr ernor or Lieutenant Governor, as the case may Sec 8. The Governor shall be commanderIn chief of the military forces, and may call out such forces .o execute the laws, or to suppress insurrection, or to repel invasion. Sec 9 He shall transact all necessary business with the officers of government, and require information in writing from the officers of the administrative department upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices. e i . f!e haH ake care that the laws be ! h inuniuiiy executed Sec 11. e Shall, frnm lirta fA I ne G7, Ar.e,mcy' Ulfofmation chinB ! the condition of the State, and recommend such : measures as he shall tadge to be expedient. Sec 12. Should the seat of government bevoiue uangerous trora disease or a common ene my, ne may couvene the General Asse mbly at I auy other place 1.1. fie Shall fame writ, nf .LuIUk i. fill such vacancies as may have occurred iu the j s-enate and I nuai n( P 1 No member of Congress, or person hokfing any office under the United Slates, or ihis State, shall fiHI the office or Governor, or of Lieutenaut Governor. Sec 15. The Governor !. all. at Rtatfrf t1mr. 1

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ring the term for which he shall have been eFec i elected. or inability to discharge the duties of th nffirthe same shall devolve on the Lieutenant Governor; and the General Assembly shall by law provide for the case of removal from office, death, resignation, both of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, declaring what officer shall then act as Governor, and such officer shall act accorcingly until the disability be removed, or a Governor be elected. Sec IS. Whenever the Lieutenant Governor shall act as Governor, or shall be unable to attend as President of the Smute, the Senate shall

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elrtt one of its own members at President for the years, and nntil his successor -shall have been occasion. i elected and qualified. Sec 19. The Lieutenant Governor, while he Sec 14 All criminal prosecottons shall be shall net as President of the Senate, shall re- carried on in the name and by the authority of Ceive for his services the same compensation as this State; and the style of all process shall be the speaker' of the House of Representatives: ( "The State of Indiana." and any persou acting as Governor, shall re- i Sec 15 Any Judge or Prosecuting Attorney ceive the compensation attached to the office of who shall have been convicted cf any corrupGovernor. i tion or other high crime, may, on information Sec 20. When, during a recess of the Gene-: In the name of the State, be removed from

ral Assembly, a vacancy shall happen in any office, the appointment tu which is vested in the . General Assembly: or, when at any time a Yar.aucy ahull have occurred auy other State office, or in the oSce of Judge of an v Court, the Governor shall till such vacancy by appointment which shall expire, when a successor bhail have been elected and qualified. Sec 21. The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations, and pardons, after conviction, for nil c Tepees except treason and cases of impeachment, subject to such regulations as may be provided bv law. Upon con viction for treason he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the General Assembly, at its next meeting, when the General Assembly shall either grant a pardon, commote the senteuce, direct the execution of the sentence, nr grant a further reprieve. lie shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, and shall report to the General Assembly at its nex-t meeting, eacn case ot reprieve, commutation, or

paruou granted, aud also the names or all per- . And they shall provide for abolishing the dissons in whose favor remission of fines and for- ' tinct forms of action at law now in use; and that

feilure shall hav been made, aud the several i amounts remitted: Provided, however, That ' the Geueral Assembly may by law, constitute a i

oouucil to be composed of officers of State, with-.also out whose advice and consent, the Governor

shall not have power to grant pardons in tiny ) case, except such as may by law be left to the j sole power of the Governor Sec 22. Every bill, which shall have passed both Houses of the General Assembly, shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it shall have ori ginated, which louse shall enter the objections ! at large npon its journals, and proceed to reI consider the hill. If, after such reconsideration, ' I a majority ot all the members elected to that ' House, shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be jsent, with the Governor's objections, to the ! I other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidared, and if approved by a majority of all ; the members elected te that House, it shall be a j Uw. If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within three days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, it shall be a law iu like manner as if he bad signed it, I wuirni me griirisi nujuHluilirui Piimi prcreni no ' return, in which case, It shall be a law, unless tia Governor, within five days after such ad-j journmeot, shall file such bill, with his objec-j tions thereto, in the office of Secretary of State, who shall lay the same before the General Assembly, at its next session, in like manner as if ! It had been returned by the Governor, liut no bill shall be presented to the Governor within two days previous to the nnai adiournmen of :.: ...u.c i . the General Assembly ARTICLE VI. ADMINISTRATIVE. Sec I. There shall be elected by the voters of this -State, a Secretary, an A uditor, and Treasurer of State, who shall hold their several offices for two years and until their successors shall J he elected and qualified; they ehall 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 six years. ' Sec 2. There shall by elected in each aoanholding rcuit Court, . Surveyor, , ano treasurer. J lie Clerk. Auditor, and 1.- ; corder, shall continue in office four years, ami Until I heir snceeaciira shall huvo heii rlincen nnit qualified. But no Derson shall be eligible to the office of Clerk, Recorder, or Auditor, more than ' eiirht vears in nnv nnrinil of turlA veara. 1'be) KhpritVl Pamn-r Troaanra nnA S.trtavnp aimll , -v i 1 s . . . j , " i. 7 f. , ' i llgible to the omce ot ore than four years in ntv and township officers as may be necessary, shall be elected or appointed in such manner as may be prescribed y 'awec . io person shaft be elected or appointed as a county officer who shall not be an elector of the county ,Jnor any one who shall not have been an inhabitant thereof, one year next preceding his appointment, if the, county shall have been so long organized: but if the county ehall not have been so long organized, then within the limits cf the courty or counties, out of which i I tne same aall have been taken. Sec 5. All county, township, and town of ties, townships, and towns, and shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties as may be directed by law. Sec (i. Vacancies in county, township, and ficers shall reside within their respective countown offices shall be filled in such manner as ma V be prescribed by law Sec, 7. All State, county, township, and town officers may be impeached or removed from office in such manuer as may ha prescribed by law. Sec. 8 All Slate officers shall, whether for crime, incapacity, or negligence, be liable to be removed from office either by impeachment by the House of representatives, to be tried bv the j Senate, or by a joint resolution of the General Assembly, two-thirds of the members elected to each b ranch voting therefor, Sfl. ?l Tba fAliorul AaemlilT nBWiinrA on the boards doing county business' In the sev- . ... . J ... erai counties in this (state powers of a local ad ministrate cnarter. ARTICLE VII. JUDICIAL. 8ec. 1 The Judicial power of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Court, in Circuit Courts, and in such inferior Courts as the General Assembly may establish. Sec 2 The Supreme Court shall consist of not less than three nor more than five Judges, a majority of whom shall form a quorum. They shall hold their office for six years. If they so long behave well. Sec 3 The Slate shall be divided into as many distriots as there are Jodges of the Supreme Court, and such districts shall be formed of contiguous territory, as nearly equal in dodulation as, without dividing a county, the same! can ue mace, une of siad Judtres shall h. i elected from each district and reside therein but aftid JarlflM ah n I ha .luniail k 1 1. - 1 . r . i F iro vici.icu vy mo viruturs UI llie State at large. Sec 4 The Supreme Court shall have inriaj diction co-extensive with the limits of the State j in appeals aud writs of error, under such regnla1 tions and restrictions as may be prescribed bv I t shall also have such original jurisdiction I Mt ihA fvPllornl Aaaaml.L -... r & "PL . o J J . .. decisbm of every case, give a statement in writ ting of each euest.on arisinr, l th. r"r ting of each question arising in the suchcase. and the decision of the Court thereon. Sec i There shall be elected by the electors of the State a Clerk of the 1 - . . V. v, shull hold his office for four years, and whose l4l,liu choll I.. . .1 J I l a -? t.. -! . ' . . Sec 7 The General Assembly shall provide bv law for tha anaMtv eii. hi lnu i ;n -I .1. I t l -. ' ' -in.aimu ui inn ueCISions of the upreme Court made under this j Constitution, but no Judge shall be allowed to j report such derisions. , Sec 8 The Circut Courts shall each consist of one tndge.and shall iu ric in lirtn sm.U : i . i i i shall elected bv the ITS. Xl'r resiaa witnin thelrcuit, and shall hold his cf 'vnnt.r AlWimKIv m bylaw, that the Judge of one Circuit may hold the Courts of another Circuit in cases of necesity or convenience, and in case of sick ness or! u-uiporary inability or any Judge to hold the Courts in his Circuit, provision may be made by law ror holding such courts. Sec 12 All judicial officers of this State ehall be conservator of the peace in their respective jurisdictions ' Sec 13 There shall beelected In each Judicial Circuit, by the electors thereof, a Prosecuting Attorney, who shall bald hla office for tw

u rv-Amm m. -t a- In nn.h Alhar manner as may be prescribed by law, VWHII V III CUIrll VHI1I j Sec 16 The Judges of the Supreme Gourt aud Circuit Courts shall, at stated times receive 'a compensation which shall not be diminised during their continuance in office. Sec 17 Tribunals of conciliation may be established with such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by law, or the powers and duties of the same may be conferred npon any of the . 1, . 1 1 .... .i n ,.r i .. . t. . : i ., 1 and other Courts, when sitting as snch, shall have no power to render judgment to be obligai i v-vuiia 1.1 1 tiiia f iniri oui bucii iriuuuniD tory on the parties, unlets they voluntarily sub mit their matters of difference and agree to abide the judgment of such tribunal or Gourt. Sec 18 The General Assembly may modify or abolish the Grand Jury system, . Sec 19 The General. Assembly, at its first session after the adoptioa of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three Commissioners, whose dnly it shall whose dnlv it shall be to revise, abridge, and simplify the rules, practice, pleadings, and forms of the Courts of this Slate justice shall be administered in a uniform mode of pleading without any distinction between law and equity. And the Geueral Assembly may make it the duty of said Commissioners to ' reduce into a systematic code, the general statnte law of this State; and said commissioners shall, from time to time, report the result of their labors to the Genera! Assembly, with

office by the S

Uuch recommendations and suggestions as to jirtiou, and promptly thereafter to close its busabridgement aud a mendment as to said Com- j iness. .missioned may seem necessary. Provision! Sec 13 The State shall not ha a stockhoMer

shall be made by law, for filling vacancies, regulauiig me tenure oi cmce.aua me compensation . r . I r i of said Commissioners. Sec 20 A competent number of Justices of the Peace shall be elected by the voters in each township in the several counties. They ehall continue in office four years and until their suecessors shall have been elected and qualified, nd their powers and duties shall be prescribed by law Sec 21 Every person ot good morel charac ter, being a voter, shall be entitled to admission tu practice law in all the Courts of this State ARTICLE VIII. KDUCAT10."' Sec 1 Knowledge and learning generally diffused throughout a commonitv. helnr essen tial to the preservation of a free government, it shail be the duty of the General Assembly to encourage, bv all suitable means, moraii intel- : lectual. scientific, and snricjiltural Imnrnvement and to provirie by law for a general and uniform system of Common Schools, wherein tuition shall be without charge, and enuallv onen to ' all. .. ' ' r Sec 2 Th Common School fund, shall consist of the Congressional Township fund, and the lands belonging thereto; The Surplus Revenue fund; The Saline fund and the- lands belonging thereto; The Bank Tax fund, and the fund f rising from the one hundred and fourteenth section j me liiiiiici vi too kjiotc Ajaiiiv ui juiiiouoi The fund to be derived from the-sale of County Seminaries, and the moneys and property heretofore held for such Seminaries; from the , fines assessed for branches-of the penal laws of j the State;. and frum. ull forfeitures which may of i ), .I...I.. ,r il. e . .. i .. ii i. 1 1 - j . . accrue; All lands and other estt wbleh ahull escheat j to this State for want of heirs or kindred enlilied to the inlieritauc?; All lands that have been or may hereafter he granted to this State, where no special purpose IS e JtrrpRftfi in lh crrnnl nA iha nrnnwArla rt ' K .1 iU r. . L i i "oair t'TirtJi iiiv iiri proceeds oi ne sates .' ? " "mP "IUG8 . Putea WtMBliltOI Indiana by the act of Congress of 2gth Sep tember, 150, after deducting the expenses of selecting and of draining the aame; A II corporation taxes that may be assessed by the Geueral assembly for Common School purposes, as hereinafter provided. Sec 3 The several counties of this State shall beheld liable for the preservation of so much of the suid funds as may be entrusted to them, and the payment ofthe annual interest thereon. Sec 4 The principal of the Common School fund shall be and remain a perpetual fund, which may be increased, bnt shall never be diminished; the iuterest and income of which shall be inviolably appropriated to the support of common Schools, and to no other purposes whatever. Sec 5 The General Assembly shall Invest, in some safe and profitnblemanner, all such portions of the Common School fund as have not heretofore been entrusted to the several counties, and shall make provision by law for the distribution among this several counties of the Slate, of lha iuterest thereof. Sec 6 If any county shall fail to demand its proportion of snch interest for Common School I - I L II I i 1 . purpose, me a mo snau oe re-invefiea ior tne benefit of such county. S?c 7 The General A sembly shall provide for the election, by the people, of a State Superintendent of Public Instruction; who shall hold his office for two years, and whom duties and compensation ehall be prescribed by law. Sec 8 All trust funds held by the State shall remain inviolate and be faithfully applied to the exclusive purposes for which the trust was crtated. ARTICLE IX. STATE INSTITUTIONS. Sec 1 It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide by law for the support of Institutions for the education of the Deaf and Dumb and of the Blind; and also for the treatment ofthe Insane. Sec 2 The General Assembly may provide Houses of Refuge, for the correction and reformotion of juvenile offenders. Sec 3 The county boards shall have power to provide farms, as an asylum for those persons, who, by reason of age, infirmity, or other misfortune, may have a claim upon the sympathies and aid of society. ARTICLE X. FINANCE, Sec 1 No act or the the General Assembly Bknll aka.U .1 11.. i . . u'Tr .u" c.V.7 ' " "i!WWMroan auiuvrize any cent to Do contracted on be h.l '! V" uf T'et fWl ?efic U interest on the State Debt, to repel invasion. suppress insurection, or, if hostilities are threatened, provide for the public defence. Sec 2 No county shall subscribe for stock in any incorporated comnnnv. imU,ili...m. be paid for at the time of such' subscription; nor! ""''"J t-ouuiy loan its credit to any incorporated company, nor borrow money for the purpose of taking Btock In any such company;noi shall the General Assembly ever, on behalf of the State, assume the debts of any county, city, town, or township, wUhln this Slate; nor of any corporation whatever. Sec 3 Tha General Assembly shall provide n tr lata, Cn m .. . 1 r i nient and taxation, and shall prescibe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation or all property, both real and personal, excepting only such for municipal, educational, religious, or charitable purpose, as may be specially exemled by law. Sec 4 No money ahall be drawn from the Treasury but in pursuance of appropriation a j .v., Hiinuriii ano eaual rate or made b Sec An accurate itatnm.nt r .. . . . Hm-Ta ?ZZ0f, the Pbllc money, rtiall be pubhshed with the laws of each regular .easi on of the Genaral Assembly. Sec 6 All the revenue derived from the sale of any of the public works belonging to the fctate, and from the net annual income thereof, any surplus th.t may at any time remain in the --ry oerivea from taxation for general -ate purposes after the payement of the ordinals i.P? tne.lEoverment.and of the goverFnT.'M nthl 'H'"?1 bond of tha State, rother than Bank bonds, .hall be annually anphed nnder the direction of the General AsPutlrDebt P"ym'nt 0flh P""'1 0f,he ARTICLE XI. CORPOaATIONS. Sec 1 The Gsneral Assembly shall not have fnn 'I rthbUh OT "ncorporate, in this State, ftM . W"P-y. or moneyed institution p.yabta7orrdVr bU" f Cfedit- " bills payable lo order or bearer, except under the1 ndttiona prescribed In this Constijution. 1

SeC 2 No banks shall be established other-

i - - - -"jKiiuaa ih ouatl U(J Qi I wise than nnder a general banking law, except General Assembly to submit such a 't;"as provided in the fonrth section of this article. or amendments to the electors of the'"15'Sec 3 If the General Assembly shall enact a ; if a majority of said electors shall rf''111 general banking law snch law-shall provide for ; same, such amendment or amendm -' the registry and countersiging by an officer of , become a part of this Constitution ent8 8'. State of all paper credit designated to be circu- Sc. 2, If two or more amendments K lated as money, and ample collateral security, submitted at the same time, they shall u readily converitable into specie, for the redemp- i mitted in such manner thet th eepl s!lion of the same in mid and silver, ahall ha re-i Vote for or against each r,f ....l r 'hi"

aiiih' ... K I K .aI .. . I 1 1 1 m hav - - - - --- - - ; IfUII tu , TT II II- II LUIIVICIIII PTVMI lljf BIIDII UC UUUKI the control of the proper officers of Stale. Sec. 4 The General Assembly may alio charter a Bank with Branches, without collateral' security, as required in the prececedlng section, i Sec 5 If the General Assembly shall establish a Bank with Branches, the branches shall be

mutually responsible for each other's liabilities j This Consttution if adopted, sVali tal nanon all paper credit-issued as money. on the first day of November eighteen t '?

Sec 6 The General Assembly is not prohiblieu iroill inveiunilf tlio 1 rusi rilDUB in u uau ited from investing the Trust Funds in a Bank, t with branches, but, in that case, the safety of . the-same anall be guaranteed by nnqoestiona - bke security. Sec 7 AH bills or notes issued as money shall be, at all times, redeemable in gold aud silver; and no law shall be passed sanctioning, directly j or indirectly, the suspension, by any bank or banking company, of specie payments. J Sec 8 The stockholders in every hank or 'banking company shall be individually respon sible to an amount, over and above their stock, equal to their respective shares of stock, equal for all debts or liabilities, of the said bank or banking company. Sec 9 Holders of bank notes shall be entitled. I in case of iosolvencr. I over all other creditors. Sec 10 No bank shall receive, directlv or in- 1 , directly, a greater rate of interest than shnJI be allowed by law to Individuals loaning money. Sec 11- Every bank or banking company shall be required to cease all banking operations within twenty years from the date of its orirsnii In any bank after the exDiration of the n resent . banK charter, nor shall the credit or the State ever I, . . . tie given cr loaned In aid of any person, association, or corporation; norshall the State hereafter become a stockholder in any corporation or essocial ion . j Sec 13 Corporations other than banking shall not be createo by special act, bat may be formed I under general laws. Sec 14 Dues from corporations, other than banking, shall be secured by such individual li lability of the corporators, or other means, as may. ba prescribed hy law. ARTICLE XIL MILITIA. Sec 1 The millttia shall coneiet of all ablebodied male persons, (Negroes and Mulattoes excepted.) between the agesof eifibteen and for ty-five years, except such persons as may be exempted by the laws of the United! i r tki. Si.- .,t .kail K. n,.;H i,ffi,l Ststes, or armed, equipped, and trained, in such manner as the General Assembly may provide by law. bee No person conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to do malitiaduty. But such persons shall pay such an equlvolent for exemption as may be prescribed by law. Sec 3 The Governor shall appoint the Adjutant, Quartermaster, and Commissary Generals. Sec. 4. All militia officers shall be commissioned by the Governorand shall bold their offices not longer than six years. Sec. 5. The General-Assembly shall by law fix the method of dividing the militia into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, and companies, and fix the rank of all staff officers. Sec 6. The militia may be divided into classes of sedentary and active militia, iu such manner as ahall be prescribed by law. Sec. 7. The Commission of all militia officers shall expire on the adopllcn of this Constitution. ARTICLE XIII. NEGROES. AND MCLATT0E8. Sec. I. No Negro'or Mulatto shall come Into or settle In this state, after the adoption of thia constitution. Sec. 2. All contracts made with Negroea or Mulattoes coming into this State contrary 4o the provisions of the foregoing section, shall be void ; and all persons who shall employ ,or other wise encourage, such Negroes or Mulattoes to remain in this Stale, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. Sec. 3. All fines which may he collected for a violation of any of the sections of this article, or or any law hearalter passed by lha Legislature for the purpose of carrying out the provi sions of this article,shaU be appropriated and set apart for the colonization or such Negroes and Mulattoes and their decendants, as may be in this State at the adoption of this Constitution, and may be wiling to emigrate. Sec. 4. The General Assembly ehall piss laws to carry out-the provisions ofthe foregoing sections of this article. ARTICLE XIV. BOUNDARIES. Sec. 1. In order that the boundaries of this State may be known and established, it ia here by ordained and declared that the State of Indi ana is bounded on the East by the meridian line which forms the western bonndry of the Stute of Ohio; on the South by the Ohio river from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the month of the river Wabash; on the West by a line drawn along tha middle of theWabash river from its month to a point where a due north line drawn from the town of Vincennes would last touch the north-western shore of said Wa bash river; and thence by a due north line until the same shall intersect an east and west line drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; on the North by said east and west line until the same shall intersect the first mentioned meridian line which forms the western boundary of the stats of unio. oec. j. ineoiaie ot Indiana shall possess jurisdiction ana sovereignty co-extensive with the boundaries as declared In the precedlngseetion, and have concurrent jurisdiction of civil and criminul cases with the State of Kentucky on the Ohio river, and with the State of Illinois, ou the river Wabash, so far as said rivers form tha common boundary between this Slats and aid States respectvely, ARTICLE XV. MISCELLANEOUSSec. 1. Every person who shall be elected or appointeq to any office under this Constitution shall before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath or affirmation, to support tha Constitution of the State, and of the United States, and also an oath of office. Sec. 2. When the duration of any office Is not provided for by this Constiution, it may be declared by law; and, if not bo declared, such offices shall be held daring the pleasure of tba authority making the appointment. Sea. 3. The Governor, Secretary, Andlor, and Treasurer, of State shall severally, reside and keep the public records, books and papers, in any manner relating to their respective offices at the seat of government.: Sec. 4. All officers, whose appointment Is not otherwise provided for in this Constitution, shall be chosen in such manner as now is or may hereafter be prescribed by law. Sec. 5. There shall be a Seal of State, kept by the Governor for official purposes, which shall be called the seal of the State of Indiana. I Sec. 6. All commissions shall issue in the name of the State, shall be signed by the Governor, sealed with the State Seal,, and attested by the Secretary of State. Sec. 7. It shall ba the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the permament enclosure and preservation of the Tippecanoe Battle Ground. Sec- 8. Whenever It is provided ia this Constitution that any officer shall hold his office for any given term, the same shall ba construed lo mean that such officer shall hold hla office for such term, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. ARTICLE X VI. AMENDMENTS. Sec. I. Any amendment or amendments to this Constitution may be proposed in either branch of the General Assembly : and If the stme shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, BUVII KirUpViU BIIICIIII lilt U I Wl M.IUUUMICUI.aPII(ll, with the yeas and nays thereon, be entered on their journal, and referred to tha General As - eembly to be chosen at the next general election and if In the General Assembly so net chosen, auch proposed amendment or amendments shall ba sgreed lo by nisjerity of all member, clec-

I ted to each hnum thn ; .i.it

rucil HminJ. fie fl Am lei V ' Hnrl tuhi bn jv- I " '. ft iiiid qU nill(;ll(nietlt ft! ments which shall have bee one General Assembly shall b .... Tpoa k! action of a succeeding General Assembl the electors.no additional amendment n ro! menta shall be proposed. """amenc. SCHEDULE. eicrl..,- C vu":1 , and fifty-one, and shall supercede th r' . H mm .uw upu m mc ipoj ripmeen l..,j j tion adopted in the year eighteen liundr h j sixteen. That no inconvenience may ir- aa! i the change in the government.it is her j j neo: Fikst. All laws now in force.and not in tent with this Constitution: shall reroaia'iuT i force nntil they shell expire or be reneaUj Stcoso. All acts of incorporation for mnn j pal purposes shall continue in force uaW , Constitution until such Mme as the General ' ..mi.i .hull mj;r. . i . i . rB1 Aj. E-t7iiiwij cuan uiij vi irpcoi me ramt Tuitn All inilirlmsnta . .- p.ocuiiOUS, gq!.. pleaa.plaints, and other proceedings, psndiim j ; r . .ma mini 09 pro. j cuted to final judgement and execution; aud at appeals, writs of error, certiorari, and lnjaac ; tions, shall be carried on, in the several conm j in the same manner as is now provided I Rnv nl Mm rinrla n f flua Sl.tj U..li i l"l w Fourth. All fine?, penalties, and forfeiturt. I due or accruing to the State or anv com,..' j therein shall enure to the State or county the manner prescribed by law. All bonds exer'a ted to t.le Mat or to any officer therei n in h official capacity, shall remain in full force ai; enure to the use of those concerned therein. r ifth. The Governor, at the expiration of t. , presant official term, shall continue to act sucn, until nis successor snail nave oeen ivtorn ! . re- ' infn n(ftta Sixth- The first election for Governor. T.W tenant Governsr, judges of the Supreme Court j Prosecuting Atorney, Secretary, Tresurer. tni Superintendent of public Instruction, unce . I. " I hi i i i . i ' tins vuusuiuiion, snau oe neic on me iw.r,; i Tuesday in October, eighteen hundred and fifty. ' two, and such of said officers as may be In of fice when this Constitution shall go into effect. snau couunoe in ineir respective oiiices, nnt.l their successors shall have been elected amj nuaiitien. Seventh. Senators now in office and ho'dioi over under the presant Constitution, and loch i as may oe elected at the next general election, ana uie uepreseniauves men elected, shall coni tinue in office nntil theecond Afouday fa Oc- ", eignieen nutuired aca nny-.c. Eighth. There shall be a session of the Gen erai Assembly, commencing on the first. Mnn. j day of December, Eighteen hundred and fifty. one. AT ihtii rTh C i r.nn.l l.nl' .. - 1 .1 , A. a.-.,l. 4 lie Ul! uciiriUltiniliVU UUUer Hl$ Uonslttution, shall be held on the second Tues day in October eighteen hundred and fifty-two; and the first biennial Bess ion ofthe General As sembly shall commence on Thursday after the first Monday In January in the year eighteen nnnared ano ntiy-inree. Tenth All vacancies that may occur In ex isting offices, prior to the first general election, snau be tilled in the manner now prescribed by law. Eleventh. All officers, civil and miliary, shall contine in office until superceded under the authority of this Constitution. I WEI-FTH. On the taking effect of this Con stitution, all officers thereby continued'in office -Utl L f j; . .1 . 1. nun, uriora proceeaiug in the turiner discharge of their duties, take an oath to support this Con stitution. I hirteknth. At the time of submitting tlii - . . . 1 1 r .1 isousiuuiiuu 10 uir electors tor ineir approval or i.approva', tne article numbered 13 In ret,, tion to Negroes anil Mulattoes, shall be subm.'t'ted as a distinct proposition in the following form; Exclusion and Colonization of Negroes and Mulattoes, Aye' or, No. And should a majority ofthe votescsst be in favor of the exclusion and colonization of Negross and Mulattoes, then said article shall form i part of this Constitution ; otherwise, it shall ba void, and furtn no pert of lhe same. Fourteenth. No Article or Section f ttla Constitution ehall be submitted ,u-a a distinct proposition to a vot of the electors otherwise than herein provided. Fifteenth. Whenever a portion of the ci!lEens ofthe counties of P-rry an I Siiener slisjl deem it expedient io form ofthe contiglous territory of said countless new county to lay off the same by proper metes and bo ad " (of equal por tions as nearly as practicable of the territory of said counties of each.)The proposal loerect soch new county shall be submitted to the voters cf said counties, at a general election, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.-And if a majority of all the votes g,ven at eIectIon iheU be Iu favor of. the organization of said new county, it shall be the dlUy of lnB c.enersl Assembly to organize the Banl8 out of ,h8 t?r. ritory thus designated. 16"th. The General Assembly may alter or amend the chartvr of Clarksv.lK 'and make such reglations a may be necessary for carrying into effect the ohieeU cnntamntato.l in granting the same; and the funds' belonging" to aitlA Intrn ahull Ka . . ' . said town shall bo appjj accord i ng te the tention of the rantnr. Inn AXOTHF.RSCIEXTIFlC WONDER! PEPSIN thr Trur Digeitive Fluid, or Gattrie Juice! A ereat Dyspepsia Curer, prepared from Rennet, or. the fourth Stomach of tne Ox, after direction! ofltaron I.iebi? the ereat Physiological Chemist, by J. S. Houghton, M. D., No. 11 North .Eighth Si net, Philadelphia, Pa. Thia i a truly wonderful remedy fur Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver Complaint, Constipation, and Debility, curing after Nature's own method, by Katnre'i own agent, the Gaitric Juice. See Advertisement in another column. IIY3IEXEAL. Ia Frnnklia C; "tlnce Feb. 1 1th. James Giliispie to Mary Ann M'Coy. John Stansbury to Mary Jane Otto. Married At Laurel, on Monday morning last, by the Rev. Mr. Neeblt, JAMES R. M'CLURE, Esq , Attorney and Counsellor at Law of this place, to Miss II ESTER A. PATTISON, daughter of E. W. Paltison, Esq, of the former place. The couple started Immediately for New Al bany, Ind., where they intend residing. A ad when upon the pilgn mage Of life, your loving footsteps go, May the broad skies shine bright above,. And earth smile fair and green below. Mariied Thursday 6th inst, byRevWllIr iam H Lawder, Mr John W Elmore, of Hamil ton, to Miss Mary Curry, of Ross township. On the same day, by same. Mr Andrew Jack son Noe, of Hamilton, to Miss Mary Meeker of Rossville. On the 1st of February by the Rev E Howel I Mr T II Smith to Misa Sarah Ann Vannesg. Hamilton Telegraph. Married, on the 1st of Feb. 1851, by Rev. D A Wallace, Mr Jededlah Ogden of Union county to Miss Mary Coy, of Ripley county, la. DIED On Saturday, February 1st, 1851, at 11 o'clock, P. M., In this city, MRS. MARY DUNN, wife or the Hon. Go. II. Dcnn eged 51 year and 1 month. Law. Press. New York NarkrL New York, February 17 P. M: Cotton has declined J lo cents, with sales of 1000 bale Flour is firm, with sales of 5000 barrels Indiana and Michigan at t4,654,94, and commpn Ohio at $i,75u34S7. Wheat Is. active. Sales of yellow corn at 66, and white 67c. Pjrk is firmer; sales 300 bbls old mesa at $12.31 to 12,50, and of prime at J9.25. Beef Is steady. with sales of 200 bbls at 19,50 for mess. Lard : t, qUett wiih sale of 200 bbls, at 8 MlSgVc i vonee 19 ateady, with sales of 200 bags Rio at i 1 131 life; sugar is auiel: sales of 100 hhdi. N. j O. at 5fflSc There is a moderate demand ! .fu ...... , ... , j Mo,a8SM. . t 250 Ibl N. O. at 3fc; ? 3000 gallons linseed cil M 00c.