Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-06-19
VIRGINIA REFORM CONVENTION.

w EDNESDAY, June lo, 1901.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and
was opened with prayer by the Rev. Stephen Taylor
OF The Presbyterian Church, after which the journal of
yesterdays proceedings was read and approved.
The report OF the committee on Education, which
was under consideration when the Convention adj
lourned yesterday, was taken up.
ne pending question was upon concurring with the
recommendations of the committee Of the whole to
strike out the first section OF the Report Education
follows: "The Legislature shall provide by law for
popular Instruction.
The question being put to the convention on this
amendment, it was decided in the affirmative ayes 50,
nays 80.
Mr. Garlic moved to amend the report of the COM
mltee on Education by submitting therefor the follow
ing;
The Literary Fund shall for the future be safely invest
ed In the bonds OF this State other public securities and
no portion thereof shall be given or loaned to the Uni
verses or Colleges OF the State, shall the same in
any wise be diverted from the purposes OF primary ed
ueatlon to be appropriated to that object in such
ner as the Legislature may direct
Mr.. FLOYD moved to amend the amendment by sub.
stltuting Tor it the following:
!. The permanent capital OF the Literary Fund shall
be transferred to the Commonwealth, and the faith Of
the state hereby pledged tor the amount of the said
capital a. aud the further increase thereof.
T. The accrulng revenue OF the Literary Fund shall
be annually added to the permanent capital, and the
fund so constituted shall be denominated the Gree
School Fund" 1t shall be held nvioate and shall be
applied 10 the education OF the free white children of
this Commonwealth; nor shall the Gree School Fund
be applied TO any other purpose whatever
g. The Legislature shall provide that the peope of the
several counties, cities and towns of the Common
wealth may by the vote OF The majority of the qualified
voters thereof, annually provide by capitaton tax
upon heads OF families and ad Ualorem revenue tax
10 equal portions, such sum as shall in addition to the
disrlbutabe quota of the Free School Fund.-" to
which said counties, cities and towns may be ened,
| be sufficient for the education of all.
The yeas and nays were ordered and taken upon
| this motion, and resulted, yeas 81, nays &c.
So the motion to indefinitely postpone not agreed
further motion made and agreed to, to lay the
whole subject upon the table.
On motion, the Convention resolved itself into
committee of the whole upon the judiciary report Mr.
Hoge moved TO strike from the first section which
rsads-Ihere shall be a Supreme Court Of Appeals,
District Courts aud Circuit Courts, &c, the words
District Courts" Upon this amendment lengthy
debate ensued Mr.. Hoge advocating, and Messs. jan
ney, Scott OF Fauquier, Chiffon, Anderson Sanard
requests made to him to withdraw his amendment the
question put to the committee and decided in the
negative by vote OF II to Sc.
Mr.. Chanbliss moved to strike out from the second
section, which reads-"The State shall be divided in.
10 five sections each section into two dstrcs and each
district into two circuits; which sections, districts and
circuits shall be bounded by county or corporation
lines, the WORDS leach sect IN into two districts
The amendment was not agreed to.
The Sd section was passed, there being no amend
men proposed to it.
Mr.. Hoge moved to amend the 4th section by stri.
king therefrom, "By the joint vote of both Houses of
the General Assembly, and inserting in its stead, "By
the persons theren qualed to vote Tor members OF the
General Assembly," Mr. Garlic moved the following
as substitute Tor the amendment of Mr.. Hoge: "By
the qualified electors OF The State at large" The Ell
feet of the amendment would be elect the Judges of
the Supreme Court OF Appeals by the people Of the
whole State.
The proposition discussed by Messrs. Hunter
Janney, Garlic and Others division of the question
being called the motion to strike out was first put to the
committee and decided in the negative by vote of
to SO.
Mr. Barbour gave notice he would, at some future
time, offer amendment providing for the selection Of
two OF the Judges of the Supreme Curt of Appeals from
the Western part of the State, and three from the coun
ties East OF the Blue Ridge.
The committee rose. pending the consideration Of Mr.
Hoge's amendment.
Mr.. Faulkner, in Convention, laid upon the table n
proposition which he intended hereafter to offer the Oh.
ject OF which the reference back again 10 the COM
mittee. the subject of popular Education, with instruc
tons.
The Convention then, upon notion adjourned.