The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-24

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, Wednesday, July
x.-Mr. Ncholl, from the standing committee on
education 60, submitted the following article -
g. The proceeds OF all lands belonging TO this State
except such parts thereof may be or
priated to public coded to the United States
which shall hereafter be sold disposed Of torethel
with the fund denominated the common school fund and
all moneys heretofore appropriated by law the
fund the interest Of which shall be invioaby appro
prated and applied to the support of schools
throughout this State.
laws as may be necessary to keep at all times securely
invested and TO preserve from less waste all
arising from the sales Of the said lands m the said FIRST
section mentioned, and all moneys now belonging
fund.
The revenues accruing from the proportional share
OF the moneys of the United States received deposit
with this State the terms specified in an act Of
gress Of the United States entitled An act TO regulate
the dspotes of the public money approved the 23d Of
June 1896" after retaining much thereof may from
time time be necessary to make good any deficiency
in the principal shall hereafter be involabiy applied to
the purposes of common school education subject the
limitations and restrictions in the next succeeding
tons contained.
~ All existing appropriations heretofore made by law
Of portions Of the said in the preceding
expired shall continue to be made until the xpration
said terms OF years. ard not afterwards.
The portion Of the said revenues directed by
law to be annually paid to the Literature fund shall
be paid in the year thousand eight hundred and
foryseven and not afterwards and after that period all
existing specific appropriations directed by law to
be paid out Of the of the literature fund shall
be paid out Of the of the said preceding third
section mentioned until otherwise ordered by the Legs-
lafure
The committee further report for the of
the convention and recomm nj to be submitted to the
people separately the following additional section:
Vs. The Legislature shall at ts first session after the
adoption OF this constitution and from time to time there
after as shall he necessary provide by law for the free
education and instruction Of every child between the
OF four and sixteen years whose parents guardians and
employers shall be resident of the State the
schools now established which shall hereafter be
tabsheH thereinthe of such education and in
structon aer applying the public funds above pro
vided shall be defrayed by taxation at the time
and IN the same manner be provided by law for
tho Liquidation Of town and county charges.
he convention then proceeded to the consideration
OF the article the subject Of the legislature ques
ton being Mr. Chatfelds motion to include ''sens
paupcrs and of color not taxed" in the
representation MIR. c. withdrew that and moved to
gen moved to include also the two other classes Lost
MIR Bascom moved to provide for including persons of
color when admitted to the right of suffrage Lost Mr.
khosdes moved to amend to include in the basis of
representation electors only Lost Mr.. Jordan moved
70 amend 10 as to require the legislature to district the
6ta'e for senaorsbut after debate withdrew il for the
present On motion of Mr. Perkins the pending section
was passed over, and the second section taken up
nxng the number OF senator's and The
question REQUIRED Mr.. Rchmond's motion to strike
out 81 as the number Of senator's This motion dis
cussed until two O'Clock without coming question:
The committee then Mr. Worden made an effort to
discharge the Committee of the whole and to recomm
with instruction to the number Of senator's sc with
view to control debate these questions in convention
but the proposition meeting with favor he withdrew
It. Recess-.dl6any Argus.
THE WEArHER.-The change of weather In different
parts Of the country to be producing great many
cases Of Sickness rheumatism nuenzas and such like
particularly