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INDIANA. 



wore delayed until the population was no long- 

 er able to' give a fair return of labor, ami tin- 

 only alternative was to feed the people gratui- 

 tously or to let them die of hanger. Under 

 the present constitution a Lientcnant-Goveni- 

 or can only communicate with other heads of 

 provinces through the Government of Imli;i. 

 The Viceroy, therefore, went to Calcutta, in 

 order that, if the actual facts should warrant 

 Sir George Campbell's making state importa- 

 tions from Iiiirnmh or the northwest, he 

 might, with a day's delay, obtain the neces- 

 sary sanction from the Governor-General in 

 council. 



INDIANA. The Legislature of Indiana was 

 in session from January 16th to March 10th. 

 Among the important acts of the session were, 

 one abolishing the Courts of Common Pleas 

 and dividing the State into 38 circuits for 

 judicial purposes, one remodeling the divorce 

 laws, one amending the school laws, and one 

 regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. 

 The causes of divorce under the new law are 

 the following, and no other : 



1. Adultery, except as hereinbefore pro- 

 vided. 



2. Im potency existing at the time of the 

 marriage. 



8. Abandonment for two years. 



4. Cruel and inhuman treatment of either 

 party by the other. 



5. Habitual drunkenness of either party, or 

 the failure of the husband to make reasonable 

 provision for the family. 



6. The failure of the hnsbnnd to make rea- 

 sonable provision for the family for a period of 

 two years. 



7. The conviction, subsequent to the mar- 

 riage, in any country, of either party, of an in- 

 famous crime. 



Divorces cnnnot be granted for adultery in 

 any of the following cases : 



1. When the offense has been committed 

 with the connivance or consent of the party 

 seeking the divorce. 



2. When the party seeking the divorce has 

 voluntarily cohabited with the other with 

 the knowledge of the fact, or has failed to file 

 his or In-r petition for two years after he or 

 she had discovered the same. 



8. When the party seeking the divorce has 

 also been guilty of adultery under such circum- 

 stances as would have entitled the opposite 

 party, if iniioci-nt, to a de> 



Divorces may be decreed by the Superior, 

 fin-nit, and Common Pleas Courts, on petition 

 filed by any person who, at the time of the 

 filing of such petition, is and shall hare h- M 

 a bonciffld* resident of the State for the last 

 two years previous to the filing of the same, 

 and a bonn-fide resident of the county at the 

 time of and for at lonst six months immvdiate- 

 ly preceding the filing of snob petition, which 

 oonn-Jlde^ residence shall be duly proved by 

 such petitioner to the satisfaction of the court 

 trying the same, by at least two witnesses who 



are resident freeholders of the State. And the 

 plaintiff .shall, with his petition, file with the 

 clerk of the court an affidavit, subscribed and 

 sworn to by himself, in which he shall state 

 the length of time he has been a resilient of 

 the State ; and stating particularly the ; 

 town, city or township in which he hi.- 

 sided for the last two years past ; and stating 

 his occupation, which shall be sworn to be- 

 fore the clerk of the court in which said com- 

 plaint is filed. 



The defendant must be summoned to appear 

 and answer by a summons personally served 

 upon him, if a resident of the State, and, if 

 not a resident, shall be notified of the pro- 

 ceedings by publication for three consecutive 

 weeks in a weekly newspaper in the county 

 where the proceedings are instituted. No de- 

 cree can he rendered on default without proof 

 of a legal cnnse of divorce. 



The new liquor law provides that it shall be 

 unlawful, under penalty of from $10 to $50 fine, 

 or from ten to thirty days' imprisonment, to 

 sell, barter, or give away intoxicating liquors 

 to be drunk on the premises, without a per- 

 mit from the county commissioner. Any per- 

 son wishing to procure such a permit must file 

 in the office of the county auditor a petition 

 praying for such permit, and designating the 

 place vhere the liquor is to be sold, such pe- 

 tition to be signed by the applicant and the 

 majority of the legal voters of the ward, 

 town, or township, wherein the liquor is to be 

 sold. Before the permit can be issued, tin- 

 applicant must also file a bond in the sum of 

 $8,000, payable to the State, secured by at 

 least two good freeholders, and conditioned 

 for the payment of all fines and damages for 

 which the applicant may be liable tor vio- 

 lations of the law. It is made unlawful to 

 sell, barter, or give intoxicating liquors to 

 minors, or to persons intoxicated, or in the 

 habit of becoming intoxicated ; for every 

 violation of this provision, the person so vio- 

 lating is to be fined not less than $10 nor 

 more than $50, or be imprisoned in the county 

 jail not less than ten nor more than thirty 

 days. Becoming intoxicated is also made un- 

 lawful under a penalty of $5 fine for each of- 

 fense. Any person causing the intoxication, 

 in whole or in part, of nny otl-er person, shall 

 bo liable to any third person who may take 

 care of the intoxicated person for a reasonable 

 compensation for each day the intoxicated 

 person is so taken care of. Every husband. 

 wife, child, parent, guardian, employer, or 

 other person, who may be injured in per-on, 

 property, or means of support, by any intoxi- 

 cated person, or in consequence of intoxica- 

 tion, or, in the absence of these or their fail- 

 ure to claim their right, the township trustee, 

 shall have a right of action against the person 

 who, by selling, bartering, or giving away 

 liquor, may have caused such intoxication, and 

 the person owning the premises on which the 

 li-|inir was sold is made jointly liable with the 



