(Stricken 5. Negroes and mullatoes denied the right of voting. out.) 6. Bribery at elections to forfeit right. 7. Duelling to disqualify from voting. 8. Laws may be passed depriving criminals of the right to vote or hold office. 9. No person holding a lucrative office or appointment under the United States, or under this State, shall hold office. Exceptions. 10. Non-accounting holders of public money to be eligible to office. 11. Appointments pro tempore. 12. Electors privileged from arrest. 13. Election by the people to be by ballot by the General Assembly viva voce. 14. Day of general election. ARTICLE III. Distribution of Powers. 1. The legislative, the executive and the judicial. 12. The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the militia. 13. To communicate by a message. 14. To sign bills.-Veto power limited. 15. To transact business with officers of government.- May require information. 16. He shall take care that the laws are faithfully executed. 17. Pardoning powers. 18. To fill certain vacancies in office. 19. To issue writs of election to fill vacancies. 20. May in certain cases convene General Assembly elsewhere than at the seat of government. 21. Lieutenant-Governor to preside in Senate.-May speak in com PREAMBLE. To the end that justice be established, public order maintained, and liberty perpetuated: We, the people of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our own form of government, do ordain this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Bill of Rights. Section 1. We declare that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that all power is inherent in the people; and that all free governments are, and of right ought to be, founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and well being. For the advancement of these ends, the people have at all times an indefeasible right to alter and reform their government. Sec. 2. All men shall be secured in their natural right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences. Sec. 3. No law shall, in any case whatever, control the free exercise and enjoyment of religious opinions, or interfere with the rights of conscience. Sec. 4. No preference shall be given, by law, to any creed, religious society or mode of worship; and no man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent. Sec. 5. No religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office of trust or profit. Sec. 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious or theological institution. Sec. 7. No person shall be rendered incompetent as a witness, in consequence of his opinion on matters of religion. Sec. 8. The mode of administering an oath or affirmation shall be such as may be most consistent with, and binding upon, the conscience of the person to whom such oath or affirmation may be administered. Sec. 9. No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print, freely, on any subject whatever; but for the abuse of that right every person shall be responsible. |