Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-22
COMMUNICATIONS.
COUNTY MEETING.


Atavery numerous meeting OF the ci'izens
of Fairfax County, held al their COURTHOUSE on
Monday, The elst Of April, 1929, that being the
day of their County Election, Gen. JOHN G.
HUNTER being called to the Chair, and DR.. K.
c. Mason arpoin ed c5etary-
Mr., WV II. FITzHyGH addressed the meet
ing, and, with his usual eloquence, having ex-
planned the object Of the meeting, he submitted
for their consideration the following preamble
andresolutions, which were unanimously adopt
ed:
. Whereas, BY law Of the last General As
sembly. provision was made for the introduc>
ton, into this State, Of system OF Public
Schools, calculated, as The experience OF many
of our Sister STATES has shewn, 10 diminish The
costs Of education, and to extend Tvs benefits to
evely portion of the community: therefore,
Resolved, That the ochootcommissioners OF
Fairfax county DE requested 10 cause the coun>
~ TO be divided, in the manner provided IN the
6rs, section of said law, into as many School
Districts, Of convenient size, as to them may
,eem bes; anG, as soon as possible after such
division shall have been made, tn call meetings
of The People in the several districts, for the
purpose of taking INFO consideration the pros
prie,y Of carrying into effect the provisions Of
the second and third sections Of said law.
Resolved, That, for the purpose OF calling the
attention Of every part of the State to this i'm
por,ant subject, and Of securing as far as pos
,ible. a general cooperation in the effort we
are making, the Editors OF all papers, either
published or circulating within the limits OF
Virginia, be, aud they are hereby requested, to
give publicity TO the proceedings OF this meet
ing, together with the three first sections Of
the ae, of the las General Assembly, entitled
"An Act to amend the several acts concerning
the Literary Fund"
After the adoption Of the above resolutions,
Mr. FrrzHueH, after some observations, offered
the following:
Where's, by a law Of the last Legislature
providing for the cal of CoDve niion TO pro .
vide alterations a, d amendments 10 tie pre-
sen, Constitution Of the State, the Counties Of
OF Loudoun and Fairfax are, together, auhor>
IL d TO el,cr four Repre- ,enta'ives TO said Con-
vention; and whereas il is important, as well
as in accordance with the spirit Of our ins;itu-
,ions, ,ha', in such body. the feelings and
wishes Of every part of the State should, as far
as possible, be represented: therefore,
/. Resolved That the County of Fairfax, con-
tanning more than one.fourlh Of the white po-
oulatIon of the District Of which il is part, is,
In the opinion Of its citizens, entitled to, at
at least one out of the four Representatives to
be elected BY the whole District.
2 Resolved, That - be, and he is here
BY recommended to the District, as the indiyi
dual to whom the County of Fairfax is willing
10 confde It's more immediate Interest,", In .he
Convention; and that, IN connection with him.
the citizens Of Fairfax avow their readiness to
support any three gentlemen thar may be desig-
mated by the County OF Loudoun
3. Resofved, That DR.. r. {. MASON, c. c. STu-
ART, VIM. Moss, HENRY FAIRFAX, JOHN CANT,
GEORGE w. HUNTER, aud GEORGE GUNNELL,
be Committee, 10 correspond with the Com
mit,ee appointed by the County of Loudosn on
the 18th inst on all matters relating to the cleo.
ton.
4. Resolred, That the proceedings of this
Meeting be offered for publication in the Alex
andlia and Leesburg papers.
The question being put, these resolutions
were unanimously carried; and,
On motion of Mr.. HUTCHINSON, the blank in