Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-30

prisilSse Of z8kine, hsuine or bntt;ne il |
any hin. checks ticket, ceriifi-
cate, proT:ssory note ,or other paper, or ihe !
paper 81 any bank to Circulate as money. |
The General Assembly Of this State shall
prohibit, by law, any person or persons, as
sociatiGns company or corporation, from ex-
erclsing the privileges Of banking, or cre-
ating paper to circulate as money.
2. Corporations shall not be created in
this State BY special laws, except for pc-
litical Or municipal purposes, bnt the Gem
eraI Assembly shall provide, by genera!
laws, for the organization Of all other cor
porations, except corporations with bank
ing privileges the creation Of which is pro-
hibited. The stockholders shall be SUBJ
ject to such liabilities and restrictions as
shall be provided BY law. The State shall
not directly or indirectly, become stock
holder in any corporation. $3.50
Article 10.
EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LANDS.
|. The General Assembly shall provide
for the election, by the people Of Super
intendept Of Public Instruction, who shall
hold his Office for three years, and whose
duties shall be prescribed by law, and who
shallreceive such compensation as the Gem
eral Assembly may direct.
2. The General A ssembly shall encour-
age, BY all suitable means, the promotion
OF intellectual. scientific, moral and agri-
cultural Improvement. The proceeds Of
all lands that have been or hereafter may
be granted by the United States to this
State, for The support Of schools, which
ehall hereafter be sold OF disposed of, and
the fve hundred thousand acres Of land
granted to the new states, under an act Of
Congress, distributing the proceeds Of the
public lands among the several States If
the Union, approved, A. d. l8il, and all
estates Of deceased persons, who may have
died without leaving q will, or heir; and
also such per cent. as may be granted by
Congress on the sale Of lands in this State,
shall be and remain perpetual fund, the
interest Of which, together with all the
| rents Of the unsold lands, and such other
means as the General Assembly may pro-
vide, shall be inviolably appropriated to
the support Of common schools throughout
the State. ~
| 8. The General Assembly shall provide
for a system of common schools, by which
school shall be kept up and supported in
each school district, at least three months
in every year; and any school district ne
glecting to keep up and support such a
school may be deprived Of its proportion
Of the interest Of the public fund during
such neglect.
| 4. The money which shall be paid by
persons as an equivalent for exemption
from military duty, ard the clear proceeds
Of all fines collected in the several counties
for any breach Of the penal laws, shall be
exclusively applied, in the several counties
in which such money is paid or fine col
lected, among the several school districts Of
said counties, in the proportionto the num-
Der of inhabitants in such districts, to the
support Of common schools, or the estab-
lishment Of Libraries, as the General As
sembly shall, from time TO time, provide
by law.
5. The General Assembly shall take
measures for the protection, Improvement,
or other disposition Of such lands as have
been or may hereafter be reserved or grant
ed by the United States, or any person OF
persons, 10 this State, for the use Of Uni
versity; and the funds accruing from the
rents or sale OF such lands, or from any
other source, for the purpose aforesaid,
shall be and remain permanent fund, the
interest Of which shall be applied to the
support of said University, with sncl,
branches as the public convenience may
hereafter demand, for the promotion Of lit
eratnre. the arts and sciences, as may be
authorized by the terms of such grant. -
And it shall be the duty Of the General As
sembly, as soon as may be, 10 provide eff
fectual means for the improvement and
permanent security Of the funds of said
o''''''''' Article II.
AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTI-
TUITION.
!. II at any time, the General Assembly
shall think it necessary to revise or amend
this constitution, they shall provide by law
for vote Of the people for or against q
cow entioh, 1t the next ensuing election
for members Of the General Assembly, in
case majority Of the people vote in favor
Of convention, said General Assembly
shall provide for an election Of Delegates
to a convention, to be held within six
months after the vote Of the people in 70.
yor thereof.
| Article ~.
MISCELLANEOUS.
| !. The Jurisdiction Of Justices Of the
Peace shall extend to all civil cases, Tex.
cept cases in chancery and cases where the
1 question Of title to any real estate may
arise where the amount in controversy
does not exceed one hundred dollars, and
BY the consent Of parties may be extended
to any amount not exceeding I'VE hundred
dollars.
2. No new county shall be laid off here.
sfier, nor old county reduced. to less con-
itents than four hundred and thirty two
square miles.
3. The General Assembly shall not To-
cate any Of the public lands, which have