The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-07
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
The consideration of the school bill was
resumed, the question being on the adoption
of section 3S. ......-... ...-....+ B.
[The section provides that the county COM
missioners of each county shall appoint
biennialy on or before the 4th of March
suitable person to be styled County Ex-
aminer," to hold his office for two years,
and whose certificates and credentials are to
he approved by the Superintendent of Pub
tic Instruction. ..s
The committee recommended that the
section be amended so as to insert after
"person" the words resident of the coun-
ty." and to strike out the words "whose
certificates and credentials are to be APP
proved by the Superintendent OF Public In
structions."
The amendments were agreed to, and the
section as amended adopted.
Section 40 was read Provides that the
county commissioners shall allow the County
Examiner a sum not to exceed So per day
tor each day of actual service. .r.
The committee recommended the amend
ment that the money should be paid "out
of the school fund.-" and that the services of
the Examiner should he "determined by the
county commissioners" Amendments agreed
to and the section adopted.
The committee recommended that section
Al be amended by prescribing that the
County Examiner should give notice of the
time and place for the examination OF per-
sons desiring employment as teachers by ad
vcrtising in newspaper, or by written pos
tiers. Agreed to. t
Paragraph of the section reads that the
hall
that it shall be his duty 'ro enforce the
course OF study and the use Of text books
adopted by the State board of Education"
The committee recommended that the
ifword adopted" be changed to recon-
mended."
Mr.. FRENCH moved to amend the amend
ment by inserting the word prescribed"
Considerable discussion Was participated IN
by Mcssrs Bowman, French Moore. of Chow
an and others; in the course of which Mr..
French said that if a Wholesome system of
public instruction should fail to be provi,
ded for, the failure would be justly charge
able to those recreant Republicans who were
on the streets of the city and absent from
their seats
Mr.. MOORE, Of Chowan, disclaimed any
party bias in his course on the bill under
consideration. ,-...
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The amendment of Mr. French was disa-
greed to-yeas 27, nays 46. -,... ......,. ......-
The word recommended" was then in
serted, as proposed by the committee
Mr. BOWMAN moved to substitute for
paragraph five the words ito enforce the
course of study as taras practicable provi-
ded in section 45."
The substitute prevailed-yeas As, nays
32-and the section as amended was adop-
ted.
Sections AZ, 43, A and As were adopted.
Mr. BOWMAN moved to strike out section
46, which provides that "in every school
there shall be daily Bible exercise, to
which all the pupils shall give attention"
Mr.. BOWMAN explained that he made the
motion to prevent the introduction of secta-
rianism in the public schools.
Mr. MENDENHALL didn't regard the Bible
as sectarian book, and hoped the motion
would not prevail.
Mr.. INGRAM supported the motion. Diff
ferent religionsts used different Bibles, and
it might be question what :" the Bible u
! really was. The Roman Catholics used what
is termed the Latin Vulgater," the pro-
lcStdutS IAiiS- NViSiou,
there was a movement on hand by large
body of the Baptist denomination to retrans.
late the Scriptures. To prevent the confu-
sion that might result from the section if
adopted, he hoped the motion to strike out
would prevail @ T
The yeas and nays were ordered on motion
! of Mr. GUNTER t ~
! The motion to strike out prevailed by
the following vote: M -
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Banner, Barnes, Bow
man, Carson, CawthOrn Cherry, Clayton, David
son, Durham, Ellis, Ferebee, French, Gibson,
/ Gilbert, Grier, Humphries, Ingram, Justus OF
Henderson, Justice of Rutherford, Kelly OF
Davie, Kinney, Lafin Long of Richmond, Mathe-
son, Mcmillan, Moore OF Chowan, Painter, Pou,
Renfrow, Robinson, Seymour, Smith of Allie.
ghany, Smith of Wayne, ,Stilley, Sweat, Thompson,
Welch, Williams of Sampson and Wilson-4O.
| NAYs-Messrs. Armstrong, Blair, Boddie
Crawford. Forkner, Foster, Gal,agan, Gunter
Hawkins, Hayes. Hinnant, Hodgin, Hodnett
Hoffman, Horney, Hudgings, Malone, May
McCanless, Mendenhall, Moore of Alamance
Morrill,, Morris. Nicholson, Pearson, Price
Reynolds, Shaver, Segrist, Sinclair, Snipes, Ste
vens, Sykes, Vestal, Vest and Williams OF Har
nett,-36. -