Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-04-07

q taken up. The fourth and fifth sections wer
- adopted as follows: .rq 7 e+-I:
Il SEC. 4. The General Assembly shall hav
: power, after full introduction of public fire
. school system, to make such laws as shall NO
+, permit parents and guardians to allow their chill
dren to grow up in Ignorance and vagrancy.
: SEC. 5. The General Assembly shall establish
: schools, and shall have power to establish sucl
grades of schools as shall be for the public good
White offered the following as a substitut,
for the fifth section:
sThe General Assembly shall establish, a.
soon as practicable, normal schools, and may es
tablsh such grades of schools, and agriculture
schools as shall be for the public good.
81 After sickening amount of talk and gas or
the Radical side, the substitute was adopted.
The next section was read. 1t is
SIC. 6. The General Assembly shall have
power to provide for uniformity of text books
and for the building of school houses, the pro.
curing of school Libraries and of school appara-
tus, out of the public school funds Of the State,
or in such other manner as shall be equitable
and for the public good Htl cH
Mr.. Bowden moved to strike the whole sec
ton out.
Pending the consideration of this section the
Convention adjourned. ~
afaA EDUCATION. 10 5toy
| SATURDAY, March 2S.-The report on educa
ton was taken up. The seventh and eighth
sections were adopted as follows:
SEC 7. The General Assembly shall set
apart, as permanent and perpetual literary
fund, the present literary funds Of the State,
the proceeds of all public lands donated by Con-
gress for public school purposes, fall escheated
property, Of all waste and unappropriated lands,
OF all property accruing to the State for forfe-
ture, and all fines collected for offences commit
ted against the State, and such other sums as
the General Assembly may appropriate.
''SEc. s. The General Assembly shall apply
the annual interest on the literary fund, any cap
itation or other special tag provided for by this
Constitution Tor public free school purposes and
an annual tax upon the property ofthe State of
not less than one mill On the dollar for the
equal benefit Of all the people of the State, the
number of children betWeep the ages of Eve and
twenty ona years in each public free school dis
| triot being the basis Of such division. Each
county and public free school district may raise
additional sums by tax oa property for the
support Of pubic free schools. All unexpended
sums Of any one year in any public free school
district shall go into the general school fund for
re-dlylsion the next year
'Provision shall be made to supply necessary
text books to INDECENT children attending the
public free schools in cases where the parent or
guardian is unable by reason Of poverty to fur.
nish them.
4'o this last section Mr. E. Gibson moved to
add the following;
"And also provide buckets and baskets for
the children to carry their dinners to school in.
Not accepted.
The ninth, tenth, and eleventh sections were
adopted, as follows:
''SEc. g. The General Assembly shall have
power to foster all higher grades of schools un-
der its supervision, and to provide for such pur-
pose a permanent educational fund.
SEC. 10. All donations and grants received
by the General Assembly for educational pur-
poses shall be applied according to the terms
prescribed by the donors.
s'SEc, H. The General Assembly shall fix
the salaries and prescribe the duties Of all school
officers, and shall make all needful laws and reg
ulations to carry into effect the public free school
system provided for by this article
LOOK OUT FOR K. K. K. s.
Peter Jones, imbued with wholesome fear
Of secret bands, offered the following as an ad-
ditional section: :.
THAT each county, city, and township In this
State shall be responsible for incendlary work or
any injuries whatever that may be practiced ON
anv of the schools of this State, to be regulated
by law
Peter hoped that the reporters would take
notice of what he said, becase he knew what he
was talkin' about He knew dere was danger
of secret bands of men who burn down school
houses.
Lewis Lindsey said he was seedingly glad to
see so much respect paid to the resolution, but
it want no use De Consertushun was gwlne to
be voted down, and Old Verginny was going
back on de old title of things. There was no
design for suspicion, as de old Commonwealth
was ALWAYS able to obsarve good order and pun
ish de wicked.
The Convention, without visible fear, laid the
proposed section on the table.
i Mr.. Thomas moved to reconsider the elghth
section; which motion prevailed,
He then moved to insert after the words 'one
milr' the words NOR more than i've mills. ~-
This was carried.
Mr. Wilson moved to strike out the words
leach county and public free school olstrlct may
raise additional sums by a tax On properly Iol
the support of public free schools. -,
In the course Of the debate that followed, Mr.
E. Gibson spoke of the efforts OF the coloree
masses, led on by incendiary scoundrels, to tai
property 50 heavily that 1t would eventually 1al
into their hands ,,
Hunnicutt warm and wrathyl: What dc
you mean by incendiary scoundrels? | Wlsf
the words put down Mr.. President. lVolce
from both sides: ''Shut the door!
Hunnicutt, (clinching his teeth and scarcel.
able to control himself,) Never mind about tn
door. The man on the floor now IS not afraid
Mr.. Gibson replied that he might repeat tn
Z old adage, Let him the cap fits wear it, bu
/, he would not He meant just what he said =
! Lied on by incendiary scoundres; and he dl'
not care who took it to himself
The vote was taken on Mr.. Wilson's amend
! ment, and resulted-ayes, 20; noes, &c..
The section as amended was adopted-ayes
! ~; noes, % 49,.
Curtiss offered the following as an addition t
the eighth section
"Pfovided, That any tax authorized by TIN
: section to be raised by counties or school dis
trcts shall not exceed five mills on the dollar i
! any one year, and shall not be subject to re-divi
Il sion. as hereinafter provided in this section.
Hawxhurst offered the following as an add
tional section:
: ssAll cities and counties shall be held account
II able for the destruction of school property tina
: may take place within their respective limits b
: incendiarles or violence.
Pending the discussion of Hawxhurst prop
osition. the Convention adjourned
. THE MONEY
a MONDAY, March 30.-Mr. Clements, Reput
r lican. offered an ordinance providing for th
Il payment of the expenses of the Convention
y s.The people of Virginia. by their delegates
o Convention assembled, do ordain that the Au
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