, ▁where in ▁tu ition ▁shall ▁be ▁gr atis ▁and ▁equally ▁open ▁to ▁all ." ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁alter ation ▁and ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁education ▁cla uses ▁of ▁the ▁template ▁constitution s ▁used ▁during ▁the ▁convention . ▁Because ▁the ▁opening ▁phrase ▁did ▁not ▁provide ▁a ▁specific ▁tim et able ▁for ▁implementation , ▁a ▁state - supported ▁system ▁of ▁public ▁education ▁was ▁delayed ▁until ▁a ▁new ▁state ▁constitution ▁was ▁adopted ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 1 . ▁Article ▁IX ▁also ▁provided ▁for ▁a ▁reform - based ▁pen al ▁code , ▁fund ing ▁for ▁libraries , ▁and ▁state ▁institutions ▁to ▁care ▁for ▁the ▁elder ly ▁and ▁those ▁in ▁need . ▁ ▁Indiana ' s ▁deleg ates ▁wrote ▁their ▁own ▁content ▁for ▁Article ▁X , ▁which ▁out lined ▁the ▁state ' s ▁bank ing ▁prov isions . ▁Article ▁XI ▁out lined ▁general ▁prov isions ▁that ▁named ▁C ory don ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁state ▁government ▁until ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁established ▁sal aries ▁for ▁jud ges ▁and ▁state ▁officials , ▁and ▁set ▁the ▁state ' s ▁ge ographical ▁boundaries . ▁While ▁Article ▁VIII ▁b anned ▁the ▁future ▁import ation ▁of ▁slaves ▁and ▁indent ured ▁servants ▁into ▁Indiana , ▁Article ▁XI ▁left ▁open ▁to ▁interpretation ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁acceptable ▁to ▁allow ▁pre - ex isting ▁sla very ▁and ▁invol unt ary ▁serv itude ▁arrang ements ▁within ▁the ▁state . ▁Article ▁XII ▁out lined ▁the ▁process ▁for ▁the ▁transition ▁from ▁a ▁territorial ▁government ▁to ▁a ▁state ▁government . ▁This ▁included , ▁among ▁other