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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part One The History of the Indiana Constitution
- Part Two The Indiana Constitution and Commentary
- Art.I The Bill of Rights
- s.1 Inherent and Inalienable Rights.
- s.2 Natural Right to Worship.
- s.3 Freedom of Religious Opinions and Rights of Conscience.
- s.4 Freedom of Religion.
- s.5 Religious Test for Office.
- s.6 Public Money for Benefit of Religious or Theological Institution.
- s.7 Witness Competent Regardless of Religious Opinion.
- s.8 Oath or Affirmation; Administration.
- s.9 Right of Free Thought, Speech, Writing and Printing; Abuse of Right.
- s.10 Truth in Prosecution for Libel.
- s.11 Unreasonable Search or Seizure; Warrant.
- s.12 Courts Open; Remedy by Due Course of Law; Administration of Justice.
- s.13 Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions.
- s.14 Double Jeopardy and Self-Incrimination.
- s.15 Persons Arrested or Confined; Treatment.
- s.16 Excessive Bail or Fines and Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
- s.17 Right to Bail and Unbailable Offenses.
- s.18 Penal Code Founded on Reformation.
- s.19 Right of Jury to Determine Law and Facts in Criminal Cases.
- s.20 Trial by Jury in civil cases.
- s.21 Right to Compensation for Services and Property.
- s.22 Privileges of Debtor; Imprisonment for Debt.
- s.23 Equal Privileges.
- s.24 Ex Post Facto Laws and Impairing Contracts.
- s.25 Effect of Laws.
- s.26 Suspension of Operation of Law.
- s.27 Suspension of Habeas Corpus; Exception.
- s.28 Treason Against State; Definition.
- s.29 Treason Against State; Proof.
- s.30 Conviction; Effect.
- s.31 Right to Assemble, to Instruct and to Petition.
- s.32 Bearing Arms.
- s.33 Military Subordinate to Civil Power.
- s.34 Quartering of Soldiers.
- s.35 Titles of Nobility and Hereditary Distinctions.
- s.36 Freedom of Emigration.
- s.37 Slavery and Involuntary Servitude.
- Art.II Suffrage and Elections
- s.1 Free and Equal Elections.
- s.2 Voting Qualifications.
- s.3 Members of Armed Forces; Residence.
- s.4 Residence; Absence from State.
- s.5 Repealed.
- s.6 Disqualification for Bribery.
- s.7 Repealed.
- s.8 Conviction of Infamous Crime.
- s.9 Holder of Lucrative Office; Eligibility.
- s.10 Collectors and Holders of Public Money; Eligibility.
- s.11 Pro Tempore Appointment; Term of Office.
- s.12 Freedom from Arrest of Electors; Exceptions.
- s.13 Election Methods.
- s.14 Time of Elections; Judges of Courts; Registration of Voters.
- Art.III Distribution of Powers
- Art.IV Legislative
- s.1 General Assembly; Composition; Style of Law.
- s.2 Senate and House of Representatives; Membership.
- s.3 Senators and Representatives; Tenure.
- s.4 Vacancies in General Assembly.
- s.5 Legislative Apportionment.
- s.6 Repealed.
- s.7 Senators and Representatives; Qualifications.
- s.8 Legislative Immunity; Exceptions.
- s.9 Sessions of General Assembly.
- s.10 Selection of Officers; Rules of Proceedings; Adjournment.
- s.11 Quorum.
- s.12 Journal; Entry of Yeas and Nays.
- s.13 Open Session and Committee Meetings.
- s.14 Discipline of Members.
- s.15 Contempt by Non-Members; Punishment.
- s.16 Legislative Powers.
- s.17 Bills; Raising Revenue.
- s.18 Reading and Passage of Bills.
- s.19 One Subject Acts; Exceptions.
- s.20 Acts and Resolutions; Plain Language.
- s.21 Repealed.
- s.22 Local and Special Laws; Restrictions.
- s.23 General and Uniform Laws.
- s.24 Right to Sue the State.
- s.25 Passage of Bills and Resolutions; Signing.
- s.26 Protest by members; Entry of Dissent on Journal.
- s.27 Public Laws.
- s.28 Effective Dates of Acts.
- s.29 Compensation of Members; Conditions.
- s.30 Holding of Public Office; Eligibility.
- Art.V Executive
- s.1 Governor; Term of Office.
- s.2 Lieutenant Governor; Term of Office.
- s.3 Election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
- s.4 Method of Voting.
- s.5 Tie Vote.
- s.6 Contested Elections of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
- s.7 Qualifications of Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
- s.8 Ineligible Persons.
- s.9 Term of Office; Commencement.
- s.10 Vacancies and Disabilities; Succession.
- s.11 President of the Senate.
- s.12 Commander-in-Chief.
- s.13 Messages by Governor to General Assembly.
- s.14 Presentment of Bills for Signature; Veto Power.
- s.15 Administrative Officers and Departments.
- s.16 Laws Faithfully Executed.
- s.17 Pardons and Reprieves; Exceptions.
- s.18 Vacancies; Filling during Recess.
- s.19 Repealed.
- s.20 Meeting Place of General Assembly.
- s.21 Functions and Duties of Lieutenant Governor.
- s.22 Compensation of Governor.
- s.23 Compensation of Lieutenant Governor.
- s.24 Dual Holding of Office.
- Art.VI Administrative
- s.1 State Officers; Secretary; Auditor and Treasurer; Election.
- s.2 County Officers; Clerk of Circuit Court; Auditor, Treasurer, Sheriff, Coroner and Surveyor; Election.
- s.3 Election or Appointment of Other County and Township Officers.
- s.4 County Officers; Qualifications.
- s.5 State Officers; Residence.
- s.6 Local Officers; Residence.
- s.7 State Officers; Removal Methods; Impeachment.
- s.8 State, County, Township and Town Officers; Impeachment and Removal.
- s.9 County, Township and Town Offices; Vacancies.
- s.10 Powers of County Boards.
- s.11 Repealed.
- Art.VII Judicial
- s.1 Judicial Power.
- s.2 Supreme Court.
- s.3 Chief Justice.
- s.4 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
- s.5 Court of Appeals.
- s.6 Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals.
- s.7 Judicial Circuits.
- s.8 Circuit Courts.
- s.9 Judicial Nominating Commission.
- s.10 Selection of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals.
- s.11 Tenure of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals.
- s.12 Substitution of Judges.
- s.13 Removal of Circuit Court Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys.
- s.14 Repealed.
- s.15 No Limitation on Term of Office.
- s.16 Prosecuting Attorneys.
- s.17 Grand Jury.
- s.18 Criminal Prosecutions.
- s.19 Pay.
- s.20 Repealed.
- s.21 Repealed.
- Art.VIII Education
- Art.IX State Institutions
- Art.X Public Finance
- s.1 Property Assessment and Taxation.
- s.2 Public Debt; Payment.
- s.3 Appropriations Made by Law.
- s.4 Receipts and Expenditures; Publication.
- s.5 State Debt; Requirements.
- s.6 Corporation Stock and Subscription by Counties; State Assumption of County Debts.
- s.7 Wabash and Erie Canal.
- s.8 Income Tax; Levy and Collection Authorized.
- Art.XI Corporations
- s.1 Banks; Banking Companies and Moneyed Institutions; Incorporation.
- s.2 General Banking Laws; Exception.
- s.3 Registry by State of Votes.
- s.4 Banks and Branches of Banks; Charter.
- s.5 Bank Branches Mutually Liable.
- s.6 Repealed.
- s.7 Redemption of Bills and Notes.
- s.8 Holders of Bank Notes.
- s.9 Interest Rates.
- s.10 Repealed.
- s.11 Trust Funds; Investment in Banks with Branches.
- s.12 State as Stockholder in Banks; Prohibition.
- s.13 Corporations Other Than Banking; Creation.
- s.14 Liability of Stockholders.
- Art.XII Militia
- Art.XIII Municipal Debt
- Art.XIV Boundaries
- Art.XV Miscellaneous
- Art.XVI Amendments
- Art.I The Bill of Rights
- Further Material
