Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-26
STATE CON YENrl0N.

FRIDAY, July 25tl, 1851.
The Convention net pursuant to adjournment No
clergyman present.
The reading Of the preceding days journal was dis
pensed with.
SCHEDULE REPORT.
Mr. Brown presented report from the Schedule
Committee.
The schedule provides the mode Of submitting the
constitution as amended to the people, for their ratica
on or rejection and also for the election by the people
of the Governor Lieutenant Governor the Judges and
other officers of the State, if the constitution was adop-
ted. LAID upon the table and ordered 10 be printed.
INSTRUCTIONS.
Papers were presented from the citizens of Amherst
and Nelson couniesone signed by 100 and the Other
by l45 Notwithstanding Col. Randolph to vote
for the reconsideration of the Compromise. Laid upon
the table.
MIR. CLAIBORNE moved that the report of the Com.
mttee OF the Whole upon the subject Of Education be
taken up for consideration.
Mr.. SUMMERS moved to amend the motion by striking
out the word Education" and inserting the words
"apportionment of the Members TO the General AS
sembly"
The amendment was disagreed to, ayes 40, noes 10
REPORT ON EDUCATION.
The report of the Committee of the Whole upor
the subject OF Education was then taken up Tor consi
deraon.
The question pending when the subject was last under
consideration the following substitute proposed fol
the latter portion OF the report of the Committee by
MIR CARLILE:
1.-THE Literary Fund SHALL for the future, be safely in.
vested in the bonds of this State, Other public secu
rities and portion thereof shall be given loaned
to the Universities Colleges OF the State; shall
the in any wise be diverted from the purposes oil
primary education" for which MIR. FLOYD offered the
following substitute:
l. The permanent capital of the Literary Fund shall
be transferred to the Commonwealth and the faith oil
the State s hereby pledged for the amount of the said
capital and the future increase thereof
3 The accrung revenue of the Literary Fund sha II
be annually added to the permanent capital and the
fund so constituted shall be denominaed the Gree
School Fund" 1t shall be held involate and shall be
applied to the education OF the free white children OF
this Commonwealth, shall the Free School Fund
be applied to any other purpose whatever.
3. The Legis azure shall provide that the people OF
the several counties cities and towns of the common
wealth may by vote of majority Of the qualified
voters thereof, annually provide, by capaon tax
upon heads offamles and an ad vaorem revenue tax,
in equa portions, such sum SHALL in addition to the
disrlbuiabe quota OF the Free School Fund" 10 which
said counties, cities and towns may be entitled, be sYff
Gent for the education of all the free white children in
each OF said counties, cities and towns.
d. The annual interest of the Free School Fund y
except fifteen thousand dollars thereof which shall be
appropriated to the University, shall be apporoned
amongst the several countess cities and towns of the
State according to the proportion which the free white
population within such county, city and town shall bear
to the whole free white population within The common
wealth.
The question being taken upon the amendment, it
was rejected.
Mr.. PERKINS then offered the following as sub
stitute to the proposition Of Mr.. CARLLr:
l. knowledge and learning, generally dffuseu
through community, essential TO the preservation
OF free government.
2. 1t shall be the duty of the General Assembly to
provide BY Iaw, that The heads of families in districts
not exceeding - miles square, may elect to have
common and primary schools, and elect commits
soners for the same and to levy equal tax, under
proper limitations Of law in such mode as they for
themselves may adopt for the support of the same hui
shall ha ayad nv tho tn
system or systems OF schools, except the moety of
the capatlon tax required to be imposed bythis
stution.
3. The Literary fund and its accruing interest to-
geher with any increase thereof from any source shall
be held sacred and applied, in the existing mode
of distribution amongst the several counties of The
Stale, tor the purposes of primary instruction.
A. No loan from the Literary fund shall be cancelled
by the Leeslature but the Legislature may provide by
law tor the security of any such loan, and The colec
ton Of interest thereon.
first taken upon striking out the proposition of Mr.
CARLILE, it was agreed to, ayes 63- not counted
A division demanded, and the question being
taken upon insertngn the blank the first secion of MIR
PURKINs' amendment, it was disagreed to.
The insertion OF the remaining sections was also
disagreed to-
Mr. Boris moved to fill the blank created by stri-
king out Mr.. CARLILE's proposition, with the follow
ing;
system OF primary education, upon such plans plan
as may from Tune 10 Time seem eXpedlent and all
the sources OF increase provided by law for the
augmentation OF the Literary Fund shall be continued
and The revenue arising from such fund shall be here
after applied exclusively to the purposes of primary
education and the Legislature shall have power to
impose any general tax for that purpose, other than
that provided for in this constitution"
Mr. FERGUSON moved the following as an amend
mend to the amendment
list. The permanent capital of the literary fund shall
be held sacred and involae and the proceeds thereof
shall be applied exclusively 10 the purposes of education
in primary end free schools;
3D. The General Assembly shall provide by law for
the division OF the counties of this commonwealth into
school districts, with the priv eye to The qualified
tiers therein, TO adopt such system OF primary or
free schools as three-fiths of hem shall desire.
A division beng demanded tine question was first
taken upon striking out Mr. Boris proposition, and it
was agreed to.
A further division being demanded, TIE question was
then taken upon the first section OF Mr FEesusoN's
scheme, and it was agreed to-ayes "a, noes 80
The question then required upon inserting he .Aeond
section and was disagreed io-ayes 49, noes 70.
Mr.. WISE moved The addition OF the following to the
amen ment as adopted:
All lands and other property, which have BEEN
or may hereafter be given, granted oi bequeahed to the
State, to counties, cltes towns, colleges, academies,
schools, school districts, individuals, communities,
for the purposes OF education the promotion OF the
arts and sciences, and the proceeds thereof shall be
consecrated held invested and applied for such objects,
and in accordance with such gifts grants, or requests,
and for no other purpose. Agreed to.
Mr.. CHAMBLIss moved to add to the first section, as
adopted, the following proviso
Provided, the Legislature shall not be compelled to
withdraw annual appropriation 10 the University
OF Virginia, upon the conditions now imposed by law.
Agreed to-ayes 60, noes 49,
Mr.. CARLILE moved the indefinite postponement OF
the whole subject, which motion was agreed to-ayes
63, noes 49,
Thereupon, on motion of Mr.. BocooK, the Conven-
ton adjourned.
REMARKS OF MR.. LYONS,
tn nd hU Mr. Rotc To Ia
the qualification Of suffrage under the City Charter
and the State Constitution, the same.
Mr. Lyons said Twish to call the attention of the
House to The provisions of the Charter OF The City OF
Richmond, which will be violated by the proposed
amendment
By the 9Th section of the Charter of the City of
Richmond the right of suffrage is defined and among
others who authorized to vote, are eehoIders with
in the City, whether they reside in the city or not
Now, if the proposed amendment be adopted all such
freehoders will be deprived OF the right OF suffrage be-