▁were ▁un success ful , ▁Article ▁ 8 , ▁Section ▁ 2 , ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁constitution ▁author ized ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁county ▁sem in aries ▁with ▁the ▁proceed s ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁help ▁fund ▁Indiana ' s ▁public ▁elementary ▁schools . ▁Article ▁ 8 ▁did ▁not ▁specifically ▁identify ▁Indiana ▁University ▁or ▁guarantee ▁its ▁financial ▁support ; ▁however , ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁continued ▁to ▁provide ▁fund ing ▁to ▁IU , ▁despite ▁some ▁fund ing ▁controvers ies ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 5 0 s . ▁ ▁Because ▁no ▁divor ce ▁clause ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁constitution ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 6 , ▁the ▁legisl ature ▁assumed ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁grant ▁divor ces , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁even ▁after ▁laws ▁passed ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 8 ▁granted ▁the ▁authority ▁to ▁circuit ▁courts . ▁Under ▁the ▁new ▁constitution , ▁the ▁Indiana ▁General ▁Assembly ▁was ▁prohib ited ▁from ▁making ▁local ▁and ▁special ▁laws . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁divor ce ▁proceed ings , ▁among ▁other ▁issues , ▁were ▁deleg ated ▁to ▁the ▁courts ▁and ▁cler ks . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁positive ▁changes ▁in ▁state ▁constitution , ▁some ▁articles ▁continued ▁ra cial ▁and ▁gender ▁inequality ▁by ▁limit ing ▁full ▁rights ▁of ▁state ▁citizens hip ▁to ▁white ▁males . ▁F ear ing ▁a ▁negative ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁state ▁from ▁a ▁rising ▁population ▁of ▁free ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁and ▁em an cip ated ▁slaves ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁exp elled ▁from ▁slave ▁states , ▁convention ▁deleg ates ▁adopted ▁Article ▁ 1 3