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

Mr.. PRICE called up the resolution de-
claring that it is the sense of this House that
the term of members elected to this General
Assembly should be only for two years,
commencing in 1868 and ending in 1870.
Mr. PoU thought that the question ought
to be decided by the Supreme Court That
tribunal would doubtless give a decision on
the matter. if requested to do so. He be-
lieved that the decision of the Court would
he that members of the General Assembly
were only elected for two years.
p Mr.. SYKES moved to refer the resolution
to the Judiciary Committee
Mr. FRENCH hoped the reference would
be made with instructions to procure a de-
cision from the Supreme Court if thought
advisable. w. -a.- IA. .l- s..
The resolution was laid on the table on
motion of Mr. Vest 5
Mr. BARNETT introduced resolution in
structing the public printer to print by
Monday next list of all bills on the calen
dar, and also list of the bills passed during
the session. Adopted.
The special order, being the school bill on
its third reading. was taken up.
Mr. HoDGIN moved to postpone the con-
sideration of the bill until Monday morn
ing at IL o'clock. Lost.
An arrangement was made that gentle
men desiring to amend the bill ON its third
reading should tie allowed to send their
amendments to the clerks desk when
Mr.. BOWMAN moved the previous question
on the bill and the amendments, which was
sustained.
Mr.. MOORE was allowed one minute to
give his objections to the bill, hut even then
was more particularly confined to his amend
ments. He should vote against the bill un-
less sections 33 and 90 were restored He,
desired that there should be uniformity in
text hooks as prescribed in section 8.
Section 33 provides. that the residents and
tax payers of a township may have free
school for more than four months in year
if they choose and are willing to he taxed
for that purpose. That section had been
stricken out. He believed the denial of
that right was abti-republican and oppres-
sive. But the House had gone farther; it
had stricken ont section go, which provided
that no township should draw any portion of
the school fund unless it maintained a free
school for at least four months. The Consti-
tuition provided that the school shall be kept
open for at least four months Striking out
that section. permitted violation of the Con-
stitution. a squandering of the school fund
and fraud upon the children of the State.
As much as he desired free schools. and as
much as his constituents needed them, lie
never could vote for the bill.
The amendments were then submitted
and acted on. aat1
Mr. PRICE moved to strike out 1st I'd,
and third sections. Lost
Mr. HAYES: To strike out all of the bill
after the second section. Lost.
Mr.. oU: A proviso to section 8, that
Webster's elementary spelling book shall be
used as a primary book in the. public
schools Lost
Mr.. BOWMAN: To strike out in section
three the word 'prescribe" and insert ''re-
commend" so as to read ''the Board of Edu-
cation shall recommend the course OF
studies," &c. Adopted-yeas "A, nays 80.
Also to strike out section four directing
the text books to be used as prescribed by
the Board of Education. Agreed to, yeas
As, nays 40. .,-..r.-. 81. ,4 l.-...
Mr.. MORRIS: To amend section 51(provld-
ing for separate schOols) 10y striking out
"shall establish" and insert 'scan establish.
Lost, yeas 10, nays 81. .
Mr. MOORE, of Chowan To reinsert sec
tions 33 and 62, which were stricken out on
the second reading. [see Mr.. MooRE's re-
Marks
The amendment was disagreed to, yeas
40. nays AZ. ar, I'd.
Mr.. Seymour To add to section 55, the
words "Provided further. That the Board of
Education shall appropriate not more than
$4,000 annually for the use of normal
schools Rejected yeas 81, nays 50.
Mr.. Mcmillan: To strike out in section 36
the words "not to exceed three dollars per
day. Pay of county examiner Lost.
Mr.. HAYES: Asubstitutc for section 81 to
read as follows: "That separate and distinct
schools may be provided for any class OF cit
izens in the several school districts in this
State; Propided, That in all cases when dis
trict schools shall be established, there shall
be as amply sufficient, and as complete IA
cilities for the one class as the Other and en-
tirely adequate for all classes Lost-yeas
81, nays 81. sai
Mr. ELLIS That every person having one
sixteenth or more of negro blood shall be
deemed person of color. Lost Z,
nays 62. d .5. ~
Mr. STEVENS: To add proviso to section
Al, to require q daily Bible lessons from