The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-06
suspended pro tenn. I'm consequence OF me !.
late war, and has not since been resumed

into the amount Of State luneo o.
penIed. and the motive for that 1nSesI.as ,N
In tina said, railroad between FreaerlcKs
hnrp and Cord aud report II tnele
existed reasons to justify such invesImen.,
eond ~ snch reasons exist at the presen'
time will, the cause and causes OF tae su J:
n mems and change in the public mina w
a anvil mon the subject Of the compl ton OIL
the said railroad" .,o.,,h,,
Mr.PARR offered the following pream .ho
and resolution; which were reierEe'ua. = = 'no
Committee on Agriculture ,.,aho,dz
.s,fs whereas a large number OF landnolo Dc
ara and residents OF: The Commonwealth ol
VIRGINIA whose lands border on the oine sa,.
ant bays and rivers Of said CommonWe als "
do claim the right of possession 70 n 1s's
,he1ow low-water mark, and do rent Tue
same therefore be it .f,fs.s t....at he
s'S...s RssoIved. That no person shall DC
allowed to claim or rent 70 any Pelso =, :, =,
persons any fats below loW-W 7s'I niarA'
Referred. ... .tts :, 2.L.1 ,,,t,;oh
was referred to the Committee Oh : !! iiSi7
'Ieges and Elections: - ,f5i,-.
g whereas the following appeared IN
the Richmond Dispatch OF Wednesday, '11V
January l. 1868: .r-.et,st.z,
SIHere follows Mr. Marye's letter, pub
iished on that day.l 80 a;Ss sgsg
: ss,Resolued, That It be referred to the
Committee on Privileges and Electlons.
= Mr.. ANDREWS offered the following:
3 ssResoEued, That the Committee on Edu-
cation be instructed to report upon the
nropriety of the incorporation in the Con-
stitntion of q provision in substance as
follows:
,aThe Governor shall nominate, and by
and with the advice and consent OF the
Legislature in joint vote, shall appoint q
Superintendent of Public Instruction, who
shall hold the office for three years. He
shall receive an annual salary of three
thousand dollars, and such additional sum,
for travelling and incidental expenses, as
the General Assembly may by law pro-
vide; shall report to the General Assem-
bly,, within thirty days after the commence
ment of its first session under this Consti-
tuition, uniform system of free public
schools of every grade, and shall perform
such other duties pertaining to his office
as may, from time to time be prescribed
by law. -. -.
& There shall be State board Of educa-
ton, consisting of the Governor, the Lieu
tenant Governor, the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, the State Superinten-
dent of Public instruction, and three other
persons, citizens Of the State, to be elected,
one for two, one for four, and one for six
years; and at each biennial election there,
after there shall be elected one member
for such board, who shall hold his office
for six years. .
ssThere shall, in each county, be ap-
pointed by the State superintendent q
county superintendent, whose duties shall
be prescribed by law, and board of di-
rectors biennially elected, who shall re-.
commend and appoint all teachers. having
been satisfactorily examined by the county
superintendent. %
"There shall be normal school in each
of the four great districts Of the State,
whose locality shall be determined by the
Legislature.
5The school fund shall be inviolate."
Referred to the Committee on Educa-
ton. rs,.sE#
Mr.. GIBSON, of Giles, offered resolu-
ton that the record of the Convention be
corrected so as to read that the resolution
of BLAND (negro) in regard to negroes oc-
cupying frst-class seats in railroad cars
and other public conveyances was referred,
instead Of adopted.
BILL OF RIGHTS.
The hour for the order of the day-the
consideration of the report Of the Commit
tee on the Preamble, Bill of Rights, ETC.
having arrived pending Mr.. GIBsoN's reso-
luton, Mr.. CLEMENTS moved that the Con-
yention resolve itself into Committee of
the Whole, and consider the report by Sec
lions. Carried.
Mr.. BowDEN was then called to the chair.
After some parleying the matter was
laid over until Monday, on motion of Mr..
HINE, who wished to offer the Bill of
Rights adopted by the Convention of Ala
bama. The Committee of the Whole, on
motion Of Mr.. WooDsoN, then arose.
The resolution of Mr. GIBSON was then
called up, and after good deal of squab-
bling it was lost with ayes and noes as
follows: Ayes, 30; noes, 4S.
SLAVE DEBTS.
Mr.. 5NEAD called up the report of
the Judiciary Committee in relation
to debts and obligations incurred by
the purchase of slaves since January LIST,
1860. The report was read, and Mr.. Bow
DEN moved that, as the report was very
important one, and had not been long in
the possession of members, it be laid on
the table, He called for the ayes and
noes, and the vote resulted-ayes, 81;
noes, l6. ~
MORE REsOLUTI0Ns.
The following resolutions were then
offered and referred: 49,,
By Mr.. CURTIss:
!" RESOLVED, That copy Of the resolu-
ton adopted yesterday in relation to the
Freedmen's Bureau be duly authenticated
by the officer of this Convention, and for
warded to Major-G General Q. 0. Howard"
By Mr.. CARR:
-" RESOLVED, That the property known as
the Virginia Military Institute ought to be
obliterated, and the, property and funds of
the same be converted into fund for the
benefit of common schools"
THE PRESS AND THE CONVENTION.
HODGES (negro) arose with copy of the
Southern Opinion in his hand. and said
that in the issue of December ed he was
spoken of as an ex-penitentiary convict.
It was lie-6M. He was minister of the
gospel, and would not rest under such an
imputation. He wished to say to the edi-
tor of that paper that he had ,perpetrated
a ie-6M on him. He had taken counsel
in the matter, and would bring action for
lis- bill against the editor.