Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 4, Madison, Jefferson County, 23 January 1817 — Page 1

INDIANA ir REPUBLICAN. "WHEIUi LIBERTY DWELLS, THERE IS MY COUNTRY."

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EVILY THURSDAY. Tha Constitution. OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, 'Adcpisd in convention, at Condon, riths ztjtb Jay of June, x8i6, and of th: independence of the United Suites, the fortieth, wv nnresentatives or the

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polled to attend, erect or support goods, person, or reputation, any place of worship, or to main, stull have .remedy by the due . r u:B mursftiif :iw : and nsrht and ms-

tain any ministry azaiusi ma . ' " . - . , sent: that no human authority tice administered without denial can, in any case whatever, con- or delay. trol or interfere with the rights Sec. 12. That no person anesof conscience ; and that no pre- ted, or confined in jail, shall be ference shall ever be given bylaw treated with unnecessary rigor, to any religious societies or modes or be put to answer any crimina. of ac-rshiS; and no religious test charge but by presentment indictshall be required as a qualification mei.t, or impeachment. to any oilice of trust or profit. Sec. 13. That m all criminal ' Sec. 4. That elections shall be prosecutions, the accuse naih a ree and4 L right to De heard by "f and . .11 i eam .Aimti tn Hrmand the nature

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rydon, on Monaay u iuu hJl ewd the am of twenty gainst him, and to have a copy 0i0J',6,,and ofy.he dot , ail 'criminal caJ, Hiereof; to meet the witnesses eJ. !ord .8iu, amlot tiK m aoua misdemeanors, face to face, to have compulsory depended the U. Mate, excep t 1a pej . obain WH m ,!!e fortieth, having the ngn "a three dollars, Lis favor j and m prosecutions by '"n mto th: &at?f uch m "nefas he legislature indictment or presentment, a government, as a member of in such m-nner -j " h speedy public trial by an imi.ani-d ,0 union, consistent with the may prescribe by y t the com.ty or district in c,i,i:ud,:.cf the U. Stat:,, right of trul by jury shall .emam Jchthe offence Lil have been li.s ordinance oi congress of inviolate. nowerofsuS- committed; & dull not be compelt,.ls - thousand seven hundred Sec. 6. That no power otsus 'evidence against him &i,ysevcn,&theIawofcoD. pending the operation of th laws ed ivc e g emitted anactto,a..lc shall be excised except by the g . n thejcfthelndianaterrho. legislature , or its authority. - fc ry tofb'rr..aconstitution& sute ?. I hat no ram s par icu- m bUrcl; vernmtnt, and for the ad- lar rv,ca shall be demand or be laK. by . mission of such state into the property taken or aPl.!ied to pub- u 10 01 the p.era: an equal footing with lie use, without the coventor his the P' u weuu it - ,i-Tl vate-" i-i ort'cr representatives, or without ajust sumption jjieit , anu tnc pnvi the 011-..1U .aiL., i.io,c.ci ltprecii , lel, for iei;e or the writ ot habeas corpus ,0 e.,tab;;sh just.ee, promote compemat tonb g made I , .to . b .u ,.e -e.rare, and secure the Sec. 8. Ihe 1 ig hiso the peo rel)diiulf or illvasio the bii? t I'beny o Plc t0 bc sccu' "n"Pff PlXll public safety' may require it. oar posterity; do ordain houses, papers and eftYcts, ag.inst puic y j 1 ndcvtaNKhthsfolWinccon- unreasonable searches and sei- 15. ixceive Din snail ,io cs.a.,..sr. ui.iounnngcon be required, excessive fines M tu'.ioi, or form of govern- zures, shall not be violated, ana i , .,u - and do mutually aoree no warrant shall issue but upon shall not be impos.u, nor ctua "hh each o,LT to tollu" probable cause, supported by oath and unusual punishments inflictselves into a free and indepenl or aflirniatmn and particular y ed. der.t state, by the name of the describing the pb.ee to be scaicli- ' the cf . s:a:c of In-imana. ed, and the persons or things to w p.oportion to the natuic U I b iicd oiicncc. S-r . ThaVtlJe'eeneral "real Sec? 9.' That the printing pres- &c ' 7- '1'" Fl'san a rfebt- '' ' "at tne general, great occ y. , ',vcrv ,,erson or, where there is not strong pre- . s ,UBl l)nnc:,,cs ot 1'Delt)' st Sha" ,frt ' eXa th" sumption of fraud, shall be conar.d free government may be re- vho undertakes to examine tne . . J ,iiivf.r;,1Ir cuzVand unalterably estab- proceedings of the legislature, or urt m .son af er demer Eificd: vi diclakh, that all any branch of government ; and uj his es ale, to bt,'-t men a.e born equally free and in- no law shall be made to retrain Ins credn r c ed. ors m Uca , 3 . 1 . .1 r.c TKfrwrnm. manner as shall be picscnucsi Dy

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occ. 2. inar ine power is inn e- oec. iu. j. - t,vr-thpr in a .cr.t i the people- and all free the publication of papers invest!- right to lb'e ,(,tin jovernments are' founded on their gating the official conduct of the peaceable napne uK,r.ty, and instituted o. their officers or men in a public came their comrn on g od, to t. uc

:. C&LXZ ed is proper for the public infor- the legislature for a reu.css of nds;.: they have at all times an mat ion, the trull, thereof may grievances. , unah7.ni.ti. A 5n-l,.!uu ,1., K. mWn in evidence; and in all Sec. io. lh.it the peop.e have a

. ii.tr or .fo; ' i c 7g , eim indictments for libels the jury mlar ...cm i such manner as they may shall have a right to de. ermine of heinse v e and c ate. i. deem proper. the law and the facts, under the that the mil taryshal be kept m Scr! 3 Tlt all men have a direction of the court, as in oth- strict subordination to the awl natural and imWcasibl: ritrht to cr cases. , ,, T,r rn u,.i,p,r t,ait -.'kl.ip Alm;.j!,ty Cod .ccording Sec . .. That all courts shall . Sec. ; That no sold u sha "the diaitcs of their c.n:icn. be open, and every person, for in time : of p.e q ua.lt : Hut.,.0 iu.ud.all becom. an injury daic him, in his lands, any house, without the consent

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but in a manner to bc prescribed by law. Sei. 22. The legislature shall not grant any title ot nobility, or he editary distinctions, or create any oilice, the appointment to which shall be for a longer term than good behavior. Sec. 23. i hat emigration from the state shall not be pi ohibited. Sec. 24. i o guard against any encroachments on the lights herein retained, we declare, thai every thingin tnis article, is excepted out ot the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolably. article, II. The powers ot the government of Indiana shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of then be confided to to a separate body of magistracy, to w it ; those which are legislative to ont: those whiJi are executive, to another: and those which are judiciary, to another; and no person, or collection of persons, being of one of thoe departments, shall exe c'se any power properly attached io either ot the ethers, except in the instances herein expressly permitted. ARTICLE, III. Sec. 1. The legislative author!- . ty of this state shall be vested in in a general assembly, whichthaJl consist of a senate and hoube of representatives, bothto be elected by the people. Sec. 2. The general assembly may, within two years alter their first meeting, and shall, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty, and every subsequent term of five years, cause an enumeration to made of ail the white male inhabitants above the age of twenty one years, the number of representatives shall at 1 he several periods ot makii g such enumeration, be fixed by the general assembly, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of white male inhabitants above twenty one years of age, in each ; and shall never be less than twenty. five nor greater than thirty -six, until the number of white male inhabitants above twenty one years of age, shall be iwenty-two uhousand; and after that event at uuch ratio that the whole number - of rcprcBcmalives shall never be less than tiiir-ty-six nor exceed one hundred. Sec. 3. Ihe 'representatives, shall be chosen am.uilly by the: qualified electois bf each coui-ty . respectively, on the first Monday Oi' rtllgUkt. ;'. -Sec. 4. No person shall bc a re- v present alive, unless he shall haveattained the age of twenty one w

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