Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-05-05

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ylIvInr Ihs f.rIt ~ lUIIY iH Hf crime
against, any nf them in person nr property,
uulaf iho .ine rules uf evidence illi may
be- applicable 10 iho white rhra, iho oIeli-
bility uf iheii ies Imlny 40 l1 determined
by tho Court or lufy hehrlng the same. and
the Legislature shall have power 40 huil1r-
lao them 90 testify ns wiinrB In 40 other
cases, under such regulations aa.mly Doc
prescribed, rs 10 facts hereafter occurring.
ARTICLE iN-lirEAonuESL
Srr. I. The power Of impeachment shall
DO vested In the House Of Representatives.
SIC. .. impeachment Of the Governor
Lieutenant.Goyernor Attorney General,
Secretary Of State, Treasurer, Comptroller,
/ and Of the Judges Of the District Courts,
shall be tried by the Senate.
/ Sire. o. lmpolehments Of Judges Of the
/ Supreme Court, shall be tried 10y tho SEM
ate, When sitting rs Court Of lmpcaoh'
ment the Senator'S shall be upon oRlh or
alfirmationi and no person shall be convict
| cd without the concurrence Of two-lhirds Of
the Senators present.
| SEC. 4. judgment In cases of lmpeach-
ment shall extend only to removal from Of
/ fee, and disqualification from holding any
office Of honor or profit under this State
but the parties convicted shall, ncyerthc-
/ less, no subject TO indictment, trial and
punishment, according to law.
SIC. .. All officers against whom articles
! Of impeachment may be preferred, shall he
| suspended from the exercise Of tho dulles
of their Office, during the peudancy of such
| inpcachment' The appointing power may
make provisional appointment TO I'LL the
vacancy occasioned by the suspension ofan
officer, u til the decision Of the impeaclI-
mert
SEC. @. The Legislature shall provide for
the trial, punishment and removal from
Office, Of all other officers Of the State by
indictment or otherwise.
ARTICLE X-EDUcATIoN.
Sec. |. A general diffusion of knowledge
being essential to the preservation of the
rights and liberties of the people, it shall
be the duty Of the Legislature of this State
to make suitable provisions for the support
and maintenance of public schools.
SEC. ?. The Legislature shall as early MS
practicable, establish system Of free
schools throughout the State; and rs ba-
sis for the endowment and support of said
system, all the funds, lands, and other prop.
erty heretofore set apart and appropriated,
or that may hereafter be set apart
and appropriated for the support and
maintenance of public schools shall con-
stitute The public school fund; and said
fund, and the income thercfrou, shall be a
perpetuaI fund exclusively for the educa.
ton of all the white scholastic inhabitants
nt 10 R0to o,,1 ho1l To
made appropriating said fund to any other
use or purpose whatever. And until such
time as The Legislature shall provide for
the establishment Of such system Of pablo
schools in the State, the fund thus created
and the income derived therefrom, shall
remain as charge against the State, and
be passed to the credit Of the free common
school fund.
SIC. 3. And all the alternate sections of
land reserved by the State out of grants
heretofore made, or that may hereafter be
made, to railroad companies or other corpo-
rations of any nature whatever, for intern
al improvements, or for the development Of
the wealth and resources of the State shall
be set apart as part of the perpetual
school fund Of the State; proviaed that if at
any time hereafter any portion of the pub
| lie domain of this State shall be sold, and
by virtue of said sale the jurisdiction over
said land shall be vested in the United
States Government in such event one-hGD
Of the proceeds derived from said sale shall
become part Of the perpetual school fund
of the State; and the Legislature shall
hereafter appropriate one-half of the pro-
ceeds resulting from all sales of the public
lands to the perpetual public school fund.
Sec 4. The Legislature shall provide,
from time to time, for the sale of lands be-
longing TO the school fund, upon such time
and terms as it may deem cxpedient; pro-
pided, that in all cases of sale the prefer.
ence shall be given to actual settlers; and
provided, further, that the Legislature shall
have no power to grant relief to purchasers
by granting further time for payment, but
shall in all cases provide for the forfeiture
of the land to the State for the benefit of q
perpetual public school fund and that al
interest accruing upon such sales shall be
part of tho income belonging to the school
fund, and subject to appropriation annual
ly for educational purposes.
SEC. 5. The Legislature shall have no
power to appropriate or loan or invest, ex-
cept as follows, any part of the principal
sum Of the perpetual school fund for any
purpose whatever; and it shall be the duty
of the ,Legislature to appropriate annually
the income which may be derived from said
fund, for educational purposes, under such
system as it may adopt and it shall, from
time to time, cause the principal sum now
on hand and arising from sales of land, or
from any other sources, to be invested in
the bonds of the United States of America,
or the bonds of the State of Texas, or such
bonds as the State may guarantee.
SIC. 6. All public lands which have been
heretofore, or may be hereafter, granted for
public schools, to the various counties or
other political divisions in this State, shall
be under the control of the Legislature, and
may be sold on such terms and under such
regulations as the Legislature shall by law
prescribe; and the proceeds Of the sale of
said lands shall be added to the perpetual
public school fund Of the State. But each
county shall receive the full benefit of the
interest arising from the proceeds Of the
sale of the lands granted to them respec-
lively provided, that the lands already
patented to tho counties, all not be sold
without the consent of such county or coun-
ties to which the lands may belorg.
SEC. Z. The Legislature may provide for
the levying of tax for educational pur-
poses: propided; the taxes levied shall be
distributed from year to year, as the same
may be collected and, provided, that all
the sums arising from said tax, which may
be collected from Africans, or persons OF
African DESCENT, shall be exclusively ap-
propriated for the maintenance of sys-
TEN Of public schools for Africans and their
children; and it shall be the duty of the
Legislature to encourage schools among
these people.
SEC. 8. The moneys and lands hereto
fore granted to, or which may hereafter be
grented for the endowment and support of
one or more universities, shall constitute a
special fund for the maintenance Of said
universities, and until the universities are