Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1879 — CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. [ARTICLE]

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

To be Feopfo Mart Tks last Curst llnsHy wnsmJ la •sraatWaiM pwdli| aranSraaaW. *• tor MiiißiiiMSt Art, ‘a* mkn ton tl lr ttT**~*l~*''* **nltfir (AaliMqlMN ot arafSrwraj.se;' if luto ul a and mv' * T i<e>iiemuuili wmotyore *»r WsraßUdwto BtoSfHiSra aad atady tbdrpra """**•l ' * ' Aral* —NStoret Mflaig Saaaa tojrafio follow,: y T ,. ■„ t SwtkraX. ta all riecUoaa not bfirarwlra'pra* rMed fjr ia dweoaatitatioa, erery aMUaeiUtttTi ill ttoStatS'aiK indStha,*afSd fe'Mw tMUUf alxtjr «|a} is lira ward or prwlKt thirty Si)* 4w—ltatriy pcsesithtg mm* slscttoe, wtfftT male si foreign biith ol Uaafltf tl year* tori vywasda, who ,haU h*»« r*r aided is tkra ynited Htgte* eae ywr, aad absU have reaiUt-tl in the Stateddriegthe»lxmoath, aad ia rifetoeraiMp alzty daga, aad. is tbe -ward or pew*ant thtaty day* iraaradiatoly proeedlag *aid eiwtira, aad shall hare declared Me Ipteattaa ie traeeoaa a cKiaaa ot the Called states oa the »«h|ect of naturalization, shall be entitled’ te rote la the township or precinct where benny reside, H he shell hare beendnly register'd aroording te U*. AMBKDMKST MO. S simply prdrtdce for striking out tbe words, , “So negro or raulsto shall here the right es suffrage," contained in section S of the second frttde of the'eohetitoMdn. ’j'- 1 " '.'t -Atowwtre U- Adecl read: Section 14. All general elections shall he' held on*M Sent Tneeday after the toe* Monday in XoThashee, bat township rfeetfoee mar he held at each times as may be prodded by law. l*ror ided. that the QeneCaf A teem bly may peeTide by law for the eteetioa of ell Jpdgee of courts of general and appellate Jurisdiction by an electiahi to be held for snch oßeera only, at which Up>ft *• other oßeera shaU to.V9fed -.fMr; and shall also provide for the registration of all perstmataUtled to Vote. zuiyavsKV V0..4- ~ .. - - amends by striking tbe word “white” from suetionM and 5 of articles-* and oonforming the same to tlAlconsUtutien of thc.Unlted JMates. .. I so - 5 *•/». nniendsliic fourteenth clause of section 2S of articlekdur« to at follows: , In reh|tion it to fees or salaries, except the laws nvq' Imi so made as to grpde the compensation of «flh*cr» In pruportion to the population and thf ttwjpssary scrvices required. iStSDMINT 80. S. The jfoflSwlig Jnfehdmenf’ Is'prnpOaotl, towlt, section J of the ,7th %rf!ctc to < read: | . ■Secttin l.“Th* jedfrfal power ortMi-KMtr shall l)e vested in a supreme - eourt,-elrrnU courtsj andatot; saber courts As the 4-ienepyl Assembly may establish.

AHBnnvfcwt so. 7. No poHtfCsf ar atnuiSlpal curporatioa la this State shall ever become indebted In any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount In-the aggregate exceeding two .par centum on tbe value es the taxable property within Mid corto be ascertained by the last assessment for State and eounty taxes, previous to the of such indebtedness, and all bonds or obligations in excess of such amount given by corporations shall be void; provided thutin time of wo#, foreign invasion, or other great public calamity,ou a petition of a majority of tbe property owners, in number and value, with the limltsof such corporation.the public |a Uigir discretion, may incur obligations necessary -fertile public protection and defense, to such amount ns mity be requested in such i*ctltlon. xxn. ANATOMY. No. 1 defines a *|nnllfleil voter to be a citizen of the United Stairs and of tbe State, who has resitted In,the township sixty days immediately preceding the'election—or thirty day sin the want.. This amendment will prevent the iuv-itoi-tuttou of voters anil place the elections under the control of actual citizens whose' interests and rights are affected. It is right and Just. No. I is only a vcrbnl alteration to make the State conform to the United States constitution.. No. t abolishes the Octolier election and provides foftillooWing State and'A>yirty pAieials in Novenilmr oil the day of Presidential election,. This‘amendment will save a hundred thousand dollars Manually, ami a vast deal of tlnra and vcxntioQ. i -The work of two campaigns may be done just as effectually in one. No. 4 is similar to No. X, simply abolishing a dead U:tter. . No. 5 mrilU it possible to regulate fees and so that they shall lie fuir and just, and that officers will not bo able to construe the law so as to enrich themselves at the expense of the taxparrars. No. ff needs no comment. No. 1 restrains townships, towns and cities so that ttof cwowot become bankrupt by excessive imttofedness. It Isa wise and wholesome njMnMIM. In fact all the foregoing umcndiaenM are se just and economical that Uic eltH-tpp|.of Indiana should ratify .them with great pnatomity. f* *