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CONVENTION OF 1850—Continued.

limiting jurisdiction of grand jury.

prescribing embezzlement of public funds a felony
proposing abolition of capital punishment.
recommending political disabilities for duellists.
restricting capital punishment and defining murder.

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256

258

252, 259

238

257

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referred resolution abolishing county seminaries and State Uni-
versity.

281

appropriating proceeds of sale of state and escheated land
to school fund...

282

concerning diversion of University funds to common
school fund..

283

concerning division of University funds among incorpo-
rated colleges.

.283-84

concerning investment of school fund.

283

providing for apportionment of permanent school fund..
providing for establishment of common schools from pub-
lic funds..

281

.281-82

providing for the teaching of languages other than Eng-
lish on request.

284

providing forfeiture of tax lands to common school fund.
providing that proceeds of swamp lands go to school
fund...

284

283

providing that taxes from negroes and mulattoes be ap-
plied to educate colored children.

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Committee on Elective Franchise and Apportionment,

referred resolution concerning contested elections for members
of the General Assembly and county officers.
concerning disfranchisement of criminals

250

249

concerning franchise privileges of naturalized aliens.
concerning suffrage qualifications..

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CONVENTION OF 1850—Continued.

providing for election of chaplain of State Prison by pop-
ular vote..

requiring payment of tax as qualification for voting.

Committee on Executive,

referred resolution abolishing office of Lieutenant Governor....
declaring Governor and Lieutenant Governor ineligible
to any other office..

providing for establishment of Bureaus of Agriculture and
Education.

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248

247

272

272

271

providing for filling vacancy in office of Governor.
providing for removal of the Governor by the legislature
convened by the Supreme Court...

272

272

providing that Governor may appoint subordinate em-
ployees of legislature.....

277

requiring Governor to record his reasons for granting par-
dons..

272

restricting pardoning power of Governor.

271

restricting special sessions of legislature to purpose stated
in call...

277

Committee on Finance,

referred resolution abolishing poll tax.

262

concerning equal payment of land tax by non-residents.
concerning penalty and redemption on tax sale.......269, 270
concerning real property, its assessment and valuation. .263-64
concerning taxation of bank stock.

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prohibiting counties from borrowing money for stock in
private corporations..

.268-69

Committee on Future Amendments,

referred resolutions providing for amendments..

.286-87

Committee on Homestead Exemption,

referred resolution concerning exemption from seizure for debt. 238-39

Committee on Impeachments and Removals from Office,

referred resolution abolishing official bonds and substituting
graduated penalties..

245

.244, 247, 248

providing for impeachment of county and township
officers....

Committee on Judiciary,

referred resolution redistricting State for supreme judges. . . .

Committee on Legislation,

251

referred resolution prohibiting passage of retroactive laws...275, 276
prohibiting suits against the State.

254-55

providing for adoption of the provisions of Constitution

as to negroes..

285

providing for organization of legislature within ten days.. 274

Committee on Legislative Department,

referred resolution concerning tax on bachelors.

268

fixing date for election of U. S. Senator..

245

prohibiting authorization of special co-partnerships.
prohibiting divorces except for fornication. . .

270

279

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CONVENTION OF 1850—Continued.

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284

prohibiting immigration of negroes into the state..
prohibiting legislature from consolidating conporations. 278-79
prohibiting legislature from fixing rate of interest..
prohibiting passage of contingent laws.

prohibiting passage of liquor license law.

proposing execution sales for two-thirds value.
proposing triennial sessions of legislature..

278

275

287-88

241

273, 275

providing for biennial and special sessions of legislature. 274, 275
providing for electing representatives from single districts. 276
providing for election of Speaker of House by popular vote
providing for geological survey of state...
providing that office of door keeper shall be let to lowest
bidder.

Committee on Militia,

referred resolution abolishing militia except in time of war......
concerning creation of new county out of Spencer and
Perry.

245

279

280

288

241

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making officer who has resigned one public office, ineligible
to another...

247

proposing decennial taking of statistics.

242

288

242

recommending adoption of Article VII of Constitution of
1816..

to define boundaries.

Committee on Organization of Courts,

referred resolution concerning abolition of jury system...

concerning election or appointment of attorney-general
and prosecuting attorneys.

concerning number of Judges of Supreme Court and re-
porting decisions...

concerning suits against State on subsequent contracts..
proposing consolidation of circuit and probate courts..
proposing organization of judiciary.
proposing organization of probate courts.

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proposing verdict by three-fourths of the jury in civil

cases.

252-53

providing for abolition of associate judgeships.
reducing number of jurors in civil cases.

253

253

requiring presentment, indictment or impeachment for
criminal prosecutions..

256

Committee on Practice of Law and Law Reform,
referred resolution abolishing common law of England....
abolishing distinctions in character of evidence.
concerning appointment of commissioners to revise laws

258

259

253-54

concerning payment of judge's fees on commencement of
suit....

259

concerning popular election and re-eligibility of supreme
court judges.

256

concerning qualifications for practice of law..
concerning taking of testimony in equity cases.

259

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CONVENTION OF 1850—Continued.

fixing time of changing judicial districts . . . .
making pay of state officers liable to attachment.
providing for conciliation of legal controversies.
requiring written instrument as evidence of debt.
securing widow's dower...

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258

238

258

268

239

Committee on Public Institutions,

referred resolution concerning care of destitute orphans.....
providing for asylums for insane, deaf and dumb, blind,
and House of Refuge...

242

279

providing for permanent enclosure and monuments for
Tippecanoe Battleground....

280

Committee on Revision,

proposed rule permitting consideration of report by sections, re-
jected....

234

Committee on Rights and Privileges,

referred resolution abolishing capital punishment..

252

affirming right of legislature to amend or repeal state laws.

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to extend suffrage to tax paying Indians and mulattoes. .248-49
to preserve rights of married women.

235

Committee on Rules,

report and its adoption....

.223-31

Committee on Salaries, Compensation and Tenure of Office,
referred resolution concerning minimum salaries of judges.
concerning salaries of state officers..
concerning schedule of State officers.

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referred resolution prohibiting passage of special acts of incor-
poration...

274-75

requiring laws to be general and uniform.

.274,277-80

Committee on State Debt and Public Works,

referred resolution concerning payment of public debt..
concerning referendum on internal improvements.

266

266

prohibiting State from subscribing to private enterprises. 269
proposing referendum on internal improvements..
regulating appropriations for the state debt...

264

263

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Committee on State Officers,

referred resolution proposing popular election of Librarian..
providing for election of state printer by popular vote.
providing for election of Wabash and Erie Canal trustees
by popular vote..

providing for election of Warden of State Prison by pop-
ular vote.

Committees,

appointment. . . .

created to prepare sections and articles of constitution.
minority reports authorized by rules..

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248

247

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231

228
231-32

not to meet during sittings of convention.
rules governing instructions to..

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adoption of Constitution of 1816 recommended by proposed reso-
lution...

288

amendment by proposed resolutions.

286-87

fundamental character.

288

method of making proposed changes proposed by resolution..
time of submission, by proposed resolution...

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special authorization by legislature prohibited by proposed reso-
lution.

270

Copyrights,

provided for by resolution..

239

Corporations,

consolidation by legislature prohibited, proposed by resolution. 278-79
created under general law, proposed by resolution.

259-60

creation and liability by proposed resolutions.

259-71

existing special corporations may be re-chartered but no new
charters granted, by proposed resolution...

268

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