Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-24
The Proposed Constitution with Its
Alterations from, and Additions 10,
the Constitution Of 1851.
CONCLUDED.
ARTICLE VIII.
EDrCATION.

Public Instruction. He shall have the gene
raj supervision of the public free school ln
terests of the State, and shall report to the
General Assembly for its consideration, within
thirty days after bis election, q uniform sys-
tenn Of public free schools. II
| Sec. 2. There shall be Board of Educa-
ton, composed of the Governor, Superintsn-
| dent of public instruction, and Attorney Gen.
eral, which shall appoint, and have power to
remove for cause aud upon notice to the incum-
bents, subject to confirmation by the Senate,
all county superintendents ofpublio tree schools
This board shall have regulated By law the
management and investment OF all the schoel
funds, aud such supervision of schools OF higher
! grades IS the law shall provide. - ~
! Sec 3. The General Assembly shall pro-
| vide by law, at IFS hrst session under THIS
| Constitution, uniform system of public tree
schools, and for its gradual, equal and tull
| introduction into all the counties of the State
| ty the year 1876 or as much earlier as practi-
| cable.
| Sec T. The General Assembly shall have
| power, after full introduction of the pubic
| free school system, to make suoh laws as shall
not permit parents and guardians to allow
| their children to grow up in ignorance and va
Sec. S. The General Assembly shall estab-
lish as soon as practicable normal schools, and
may establish such grades of sch ,ols and agrl-
cultural schools as eha be for tho public good.
| Sec. 6. The Board of Education shall pro-
vide for uniformity of textbooks, the provld-
ing Of School-houses, and such apparatus an d
library as may be necessary, under such regula-
tons as may be provided by law.
| SEC. 7. The General Assembly shall set part
as permanent and perpetual literary fund the
present literary fund of the State, the pro-
coed, Of all public lands donated by Congress
for public school purposes, of all es:heated pro
perry, Of al waste and appropriated lands,
of all property ac'ruing t, the tate by for
,e,tur,, and ali fines collected for IF, Im-
mitt j against TIE State, and such other sums
rs tie ''e eral A~Seub bly, may aupropri ,te
| Sec rne Il u.ra. Assembly snail apply
[ the annual interest on the literary fund, any
ca,ita Ion or other spec al tax pr,vlded tor ! y
this Eon,utu i,n for pub ic free sol)o pur
puseS, an j AL an"ull tax u.ol the ;r 'perIy OF
the state Of MT less h IN one mill n,I m',rc
than FIVE mill, on the dollar, for he rqual
neI, fl ri all the peuple of the Safe, the
nuu,er of children betw, en- the ages of five
ami twenty-one years 10 each public tree
school district berng the basis Of such divis-
i,u. Provision sh III b. made TO supply ne
ces AIRY text books to INDECENT children attend
ing the pubic free schools 10 cases where the
| parent OF guardian is unable, by reason OF
poverty, to furnish them Each county and
public free school district may raise additional
sums by tax on property for the support OF
punic free schools. Al unexp4nded SUNS Of
any one year iu any public free school district
shall 80 into the general school fluid for rcdi-
VISION the next year: Provided, That any
| tax authorized hy bis section TO be raised by
/ al Girfrj hal
!! five mills on dollar in any one year, and
shall not be subject to re- division as hereinbe.
fore provided 10 this section.
/ Sec g. The General Assembly shall have
power to foster all cher grades Of schools uu
der its supervision and to provide for such pur-
| pose permanent educa ional fund.
Sec. 10. All grants and donations received
by the General Assembly for educational pur-
poses shall be applied according to the terms
prescribed ~ the donors. t.,
Sec H. L en- city and county shall be held
accountable for the destruction of school pro-
perry that may take place within its limits by
incendiaries "r open violence. -g. ...-....
Sec IL. The General Assembly shall fix
the salaries and prescribe the duties Of all
school of6csrs AMI shall make all nee ifu laws
and regulations to carry into effect the public
free school system provided for by this article.
|
| MILITIA. .... ....r.. ...
Sec. /. The militia OF this State shall con
sist of all able bodied male persons between
the ages of eighteen and forty-fve years, ex-
cept such persons as hereafter may be exemp
ted by the laws of the United States or of this
StaIe but those who belong to religious socle-
ties whose tenets forbid them to carry arms
shall not be compelled to do so, but shall pay
an equivalent for personal service; and the
militia shall be organized, armed, equipped
and tralnrd, as the General Assembly may pro.
vide by law.
Sec. 2. The Legislature shall provide by
| law Tor the encoufayem of volun Ger corus
of the several arms of the service. which shall
be classed rs the active militia; aud all other
militia shall be classified az the reserve militia
and shall not be required to muster in time of
peace. W.,
| ARTICLE <.
| TAXATION AND FINANCE. ;.s- ...
| Sec. /. Taxation, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, whether Imposed by the State, county,
and all property, both real aud personal, shall
be taxed in proportion to its va iua, to be ascer-
tanned as prescribed hy law No one species
of properly, from which tax may be collected
shall be taxed higher than any other species Of
property OF equa! value. '..
Sc. 2. No tax shall be imposed on any of
the citizens Of this State tor the privilege of
taking or catching oysters from their natural
,eds wi h tongs, in the waters thereof; but che
| amount of sales Of oysters so taken by any
c,tzen in any one year may be taxed at tie
| nat exceeding the rate Of taxation imposed up
90 any other species of property. -aa-
Secs. The Legislature may exempt all pro.
per,y used exc us:vely for State, coun y, mu
nicipa bepev oleDt charitable, educational aud
| religious purposes. ...... ....
Sec T. The General Assembly my levy a
doll r per annua, aud upon the f'.losing
cen es-v L., the sale If ardent spirits, the
sti q and rtu m rani-s, m-nag,ii :, jug
| 2 erS iiuelanr prdl RS ond all oh shows al d
| xh Il Ion, .nr which gu entral ce tee Is rtQu,