13-246, Acts 1897, ch. 143, § 3, p. 219) (repealed 1978). At the time of White’s conviction, the statute read in relevant part: “At each meeting of said board held at such prison, every prisoner confined in said prison upon an indeterminate sentence, whose minimum term of sentence has expired, shall be given an opportunity to appear before such board and apply for his release upon parole, or for an absolute discharge, as hereinafter provided, and said board is hereby prohibited from entertaining any other form of application or petition for the release upon parole or absolute discharge of any prisoner.” I.C. § 11-7-1-1 (emphasis added). Thus, only inmates serving indeterminate sentences were eligible for parole. Gilchrist v. Overlade, 233 Ind. 569, 575, 122 N.E.2d 93, 96-97 (Ind.1954) (<HOLDING>). Despite being ineligible for parole, those
recognizing that the legislature has the sole power of enacting law holding that the legislature which created the state board of education has the power to abolish modify and control it and therefore had the power to do away with the prerequisite that the senate affirm the governors appointments of all commissioners serving on the board holding that in order for there to be state debt in the constitutional sense one legislature in effect must obligate a future legislature to appropriate funds to discharge the debt created by the first legislature holding that the dominant rule to be observed in construction of statute is to give effect to intention of legislature holding that the sole power of the parole board in indiana is confined to the granting of paroles and this was granted by the legislature in order to give effect to and assist in the administration of the indeterminate sentence laws