The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-24
The T8rgdsss1 / Contention
FRAME A STATE CONSTITUTIONS
oRnEREp BY. CONGRESS TO

ORDERED By, CONGRESS To
A STATE CONSTITUTION.
THrRTY-THIRD DAY.
~ THURSDAY, January, %, 1858.
The Convention met at the usual hour.
Prayer by the chaplain.
PEABODY TRUSTEES. @
A communication was read from Hon.
J. Hamilton Fish, chairman of the Peabody
trustees, expressing thanks for the honor
conferred upon the Board, and regrettlpg
that q press of business would preclude
the possibility of their accepting the lnVl-
tation to visit the Convention. DR.. Sears
would be happy to address the Committee
on Education, or the Convention.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were SUBJ
mitted:
By Mr.. CLEMENTS:
"Resolved, That the rights of eccleslas-
teal bodies in and to church property con-
veyed to them by regular deed OF convey,
ance, shall not be affected by the late civil
war, nor by any antecedent nor suose-
quent event, nor by any act of the Leglsia,
ture purporting to govern the same, Dut an
such property shall pass to and be heid oy
the parties set forth in the original deeds
of conveyance, or the legal assignees OF
such original parties, holding through OF
by conveyance; and any act or acts OF the
Legislature in opposition thereto are null
and void" Referred.
Ry Mr.. CARTER:
"Whereas the State of Virginia owes
to the children thereof educational tuition,
and is entitled to exact attendance there
from upon such educational facilities as IL
may provide; therefore be it
ssReSolued, That the Committee on hdu-
cation be instructed to inquire into the eA-
pediency of making it the duty OF the L.
gislature to pass such laws as will tend 10
secure the general attendance OF the chill
dren in each school district, for at least
three months in each year." Referred.
By Mr.. SWAMI:
"Resolved, That no special privilege or
aid, of any nature whatever, shall hereal-
ter be accorded to any private company,
individual, or corporation, tor the purpose
of aiding or assisting immigrants, or pro-
noting the cause of immigration to TINS
State" Referred.
By Mr.. WATSON:
"Whereas the tax imposed by the 90
vernment of the United States upon TO-
bacco, staple production of Virginia, is
injurious and oppressive to the agricultu-
raj and laboring interests OF this common
wealth; therefore be it
"Resolved, That the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Industrial Interests, and lmml-
grafton, be instructed to inquire into the
expediency of preparing and laying before
this Convention memorial asking Con-
gress to reduce or remove SAID tax, or
that it be made uniform or equal to that
assessed and collected upon other staple
productions of the country" Referred.
By Mr.. DIXON:
"Whereas great injustice is inflicted
upon large class of the citizens Of East
srn Virginia by landholders occupying the
oyster shores opposite their respective
ands, who, in many instances, hold the
said shores for the purpose Of increasing
;he breed of the natural oysters on said
shores; by doing which many of the poorer
class of citizens are deprived OF the right
to catch oysters on said banks, which do,
in fact, belong to the State of Virginia /;
therefore be it
"Resolued. That the appropriate com
nittee be instructed to take into conslde-
alton and report to this Convention the
oropriety of inserting clause IN the Con-
titution providing for the renting or leas-
ng out the said bottoms, and approprla-
ing the income arising therefrom to the
maintenance of free schools" Referred.
By Mr.. J. T. S. TAYLOR:
"Resolved, That the Committee on
Limitations and Guarantees be, and they
IRE hereby instructed to inquire into the
,xpediency of incorporating a clause in
The proposed constitution of Virginia re-
1uiring the passage of law by the Geue-
,al Assembly authorizing suits to be lnstl-
,uted by persons heretofore held as slaves
for the recovery of wages by them from
their late so-called masters for services rem
lered from the 9th day of April, 1868, un-
til the lst day Of January, 1866" Re-
ferred.
By Mr.. WATSON:
"Resolued, That the Committee on the
Prevention and Punishment of Crime be
instructed to inquire into and report the
expediency or inexpediency of making
provision for securing to every family in
this State the exemption from forced sale,
for any debts contracted after the adop-
ton of the C Constitution we are now framing,
of homestead not exceeding in value one
dollars"
By Mr.. SWAMI:
"Resolued, That no tax shall hereafter
be paid by the products of any industrial
operations prosecuted in this State, other
than the usual and regular tax which may
be levied upon such real or personal pro-
perty as may be employed in the produc-
ton thereof"
By Mr.. ROBINSON: .......e
ResoIued, That where loyal men were
forced to sell their property during the
late war for so-called Confederate money!
in consequence of being driven from their
homes on account of their loyalty to their
Government, the property shall be restored
to the original owner driven therefrom,
and the purchaser or purchasers of said
property for the so-called Confederate
money shall have recourse upon the per-
son or persons instrumental in prosecuting
the said loyalists and forcing them to leave
their homes or sell their property.