                 CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
                         (as amended to 1972)

                              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 1

                           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.
Section  2.    All  men  shall be secured in their natural right  to  worship 
Almighty God, according to the dictates of their own consciences.

Section 3.    No law shall,  in any case whatever,  control the free exercise 
and  enjoyment  of  religious  opinions,  or interfere  with  the  rights  of 
conscience.

Section 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.

Section  5.    No religious test shall be required as a qualification for any 
office of trust or profit.

Section  6.    No  money  shall be drawn from the public  treasury,  for  the 
benefit of any religious or theological institution.

Section  7.    No  person  shall be rendered incompetent  as  a  witness,  in 
consequence of his opinions on matters of religion.

Section 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.

Section  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.

Section 10.  In all prosecutions for libel,  the truth of the matters alleged 
to be libelous may be given in justification.

Section 11.   The right of the people to be secure in their persons,  houses, 
papers, and effects,  against unreasonable search,  or seizure,  shall not be 
violated; and no warrant shall issue,  but upon probable cause,  supported by 
oath  or affirmation,  and particularly describing the place to be  searched, 
and the person or thing to be seized.

Section 12.  All courts shall be open; and every man,  for injury done to him 
in his person,  property,  or reputation,  shall have remedy by due course of 
law. Justice shall be administered freely, and without purchase;  completely, 
and without denial; speedily, and without delay.

Section 13.   In all criminal prosecutions,  the accused shall have the right 
to a public trial,  by an impartial jury,  in the county in which the offense 
shall have been committed; to be heard by himself and counsel;  to demand the 
nature  and cause of the accusation against him,  and to have a copy thereof; 
to  meet  the  witnesses face to face,  and to have  compulsory  process  for 
obtaining witnesses in his favor.

Section  14.   No person shall be put in jeopardy twice for the same offense, 
No person, in any criminal prosecution, shall be compelled to testify against 
himself.

Section 15.  No person arrested,  or confined in jail,  shall be treated with 
unnecessary rigor.

Section 16.  Excessive bail shall not be required.  Excessive fines shall not 
be  imposed.  Cruel  and  unusual punishments shall  not  be  inflicted.  All 
penalties shall be proportioned to the nature offence.

Section  17.   Offenses,  other than murder or treason,  shall be bailable by 
sufficient sureties. Murder or treason shall not be bailable,  when the proof 
is evident,  or the presumption strong.

Section  18.    The  penal  code  shall  be  founded  on  the  principles  of 
reformation, and not of vindictive justice.

Section 19.  In all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the right to 
determine the law and the facts.

Section  20.   In  all civil cases,  the right of trial by jury shall  remain 
inviolate.

Section  21.   No man's particular services shall be demanded,  without  just 
compensation.  No  man's  property  shall  be  taken  by  law,  without  just 
compensation;  nor,  except  in case of the State,  without just compensation 
first assessed and tendered.

Section  22.   The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of 
life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of 
property  from  seizure  or  sale for the payment of any  debt  or  liability 
hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt,  except in 
case of fraud.

Section 23.  The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of 
citizens,  privileges  or immunities which,  upon the same terms,  shall  not 
equally belong to all citizens.

Section  24.   No  ex  post facto law,  or law impairing  the  obligation  of 
contracts, shall ever be passed.

Section 25.  No law shall be passed, the taking effect of which shall be made 
to depend upon any authority, except as provided in this Constitution.

Section  26.   The operation of the laws shall never be suspended,  except by 
the authority of the General Assembly.

Section  27.   The  privilege  of  the writ of habeas  corpus  shall  not  be 
suspended,  except  in case of rebellion or invasion;  and then,  only if the 
public safety demand it.

Section  28.   Treason  against the State shall consist only in  levying  war 
against it, and in giving aid and comfort to its enemies.

Section 29.  No person shall be convicted of treason, except on the testimony 
of two witnesses to the same overt act, or upon his confession in open court.

Section 30.   No conviction shall work corruption of blood,  or forfeiture of 
estate.

Section  31.   No law shall restrain any of the inhabitants of the State from 
assembling together in a peaceable manner,  to consult for their common good; 
nor from instructing their representatives;  nor from applying to the General 
Assembly for redress of grievances.

Section 32.   The people shall have a right to bear arms,  for the defense of 
themselves and the State.

Section 33.  The military shall be kept in strict subordination  to the civil 
power.

Section 34.  No soldier shall,  in time of peace,  be quartered in any house, 
without the consent of the owner; nor, in time of war,  but in a manner to be 
prescribed by law.

Section 35.  The General Assembly shall not grant any title of nobility,  nor 
confer hereditary distinctions.

Section 36.  Emigration from the State shall not be prohibited.

Section  37.   There  shall be neither slavery,  nor  involuntary  servitude, 
within  the State,  otherwise than for the punishment of crimes,  whereof the 
party  shall have been duly convicted.  No indenture of any Negro or Mulatto, 
made  or executed out of the bounds of the State,  shall be valid within  the 
State.
