, ▁section ▁ 1 , ▁to ▁ban ▁further ▁imm igration ▁of ▁black s ▁and ▁mul att os ▁into ▁Indiana . ▁Re vis ions ▁to ▁the ▁constitution ▁also ▁disc ou rag ed ▁African ▁Americans ▁from ▁sett ling ▁perman ently ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁Some ▁convention ▁deleg ates ▁open ly ▁advoc ated ▁for ▁the ▁colon ization ▁of ▁free ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁in ▁Indiana ▁to ▁Liber ia , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁ad option ▁of ▁Article ▁ 1 3 , ▁section ▁ 3 . ▁This ▁particular ▁section ▁out lined ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁fund ing ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁chose ▁to ▁em igr ate . ▁Although ▁the ▁Indiana ▁Supreme ▁Court ' s ▁r uling ▁in ▁Smith ▁v . ▁Mo ody ▁( 1 8 6 6 ), ▁struck ▁down ▁Article ▁ 1 3 , ▁making ▁it ▁invalid , ▁it ▁was ▁removed ▁by ▁am end ment ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 . ▁ ▁Women ' s ▁equal ▁rights ▁were ▁also ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁constitution al ▁prov isions . ▁Convention ▁delegate ▁Robert ▁D ale ▁O wen ▁introduced ▁a ▁proposal ▁to ▁include ▁a ▁clause ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁constitution ▁grant ing ▁married ▁women ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁own ▁private ▁property ▁and ▁to ▁joint ly - own ▁property ▁with ▁her ▁husband , ▁but ▁the ▁effort ▁failed . ▁However , ▁in ▁the ▁July ▁ 1 8 5 3 ▁legisl ative ▁session , ▁O wen ▁secured ▁passage ▁of ▁laws ▁grant ing ▁s ▁property ▁rights ▁to ▁married ▁women ▁. ▁The ▁Indiana ▁General ▁Assembly ▁passed ▁additional ▁legisl ation ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1