▁faire ," ▁reflect ing ▁the ▁state ' s ▁financial ▁crisis ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 3 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 8 4 0 s . ▁The ▁new ▁constitution ▁also ▁continued ▁to ▁support ▁strong ▁local ▁control ▁of ▁government , ▁confirm ing ▁Indiana ▁vot ers ' ▁general ▁dist rust ▁of ▁state ▁government . ▁ ▁The ▁constitution ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁placed ▁several ▁limitations ▁on ▁the ▁Indiana ▁General ▁Assembly ' s ▁activities . ▁B ienn ial ▁legisl ative ▁sessions ▁were ▁limited ▁to ▁ 6 1 ▁consecutive ▁days ▁( 4 0 ▁consecutive ▁days ▁for ▁special ▁sessions ). ▁To ▁prevent ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁from ▁inter fer ing ▁in ▁local ▁affairs , ▁the ▁General ▁Assembly ▁was ▁restricted ▁to ▁general ▁legisl ation ▁applicable ▁to ▁the ▁entire ▁state ▁and ▁limited ▁local ▁and ▁special ▁interest ▁legisl ation . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁state ▁government ▁was ▁prohib ited ▁from ▁going ▁into ▁deb t . ▁The ▁new ▁constitution ▁gave ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁dis cret ion ▁on ▁en act ing ▁bank ing ▁laws ▁in ▁the ▁state , ▁but ▁prohib ited ▁the ▁state ▁government ▁" from ▁becoming ▁a ▁stock holder ▁in ▁any ▁bank ▁or ▁corpor ation , ▁or ▁loan ing ▁its ▁credit ▁to ▁any ▁individual ▁or ▁corpor ation ." ▁Because ▁many ▁Indiana ▁vot ers ▁object ed ▁to ▁state - sp ons ored ▁banks , ▁the ▁new ▁constitution ▁bar red ▁the ▁char ter ▁of ▁the ▁Bank ▁of ▁Indiana ▁from ▁being ▁extended ▁with ▁the ▁state ▁government ▁as ▁a ▁stock holder ▁and ▁b anned ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁other ▁state - fund ed