Excerpt from Biennial Message of James D. Williams, Governor of the State of Indiana: Transmitted January 10, 1879 Gentlemen of the General Assembly: I cordially welcome you to the Capital, for the discharge of the important duties entrusted to you by the people. It will be my pleasure to aid you in learning the transactions of the Executive Department of our State government, during the past two years, and in providing for the needs of our community during the ensuing two years, for which we are together responsible. The last General Assembly, having been convened in special session for the completion of important matters which had been inexcusably delayed until a late day of the regular session, adjourned March 15, 1877. The acts of the two sessions in one volume, with the "accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public money," required by the Constitution, were so "published and circulated in the several counties of the State, by authority" that by the receipt and filing of the same in Pike county, they took effect July 2, 1877, as evidenced by my proclamation of July 5, 1877. Joint resolutions proposing nine important amendments to the Constitution were passed, and the proposed amendments, having been agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, were entered upon their journals and referred to the body now constituted of yourselves. It is desired that you take early action upon this pending business, that the proposed amendments, if agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, may be at once submitted to the electors of the State, and, if ratified by them, be declared parts of our fundamental law, upon which you may proceed to enact a series of wholesome laws now urgently demanded by the interests of our people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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