The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-03-17
SENATE.


French.
The House adjourned.
SENATE.
MONDAY, March 8, 1869.
The Senate met according to adjourn
ment.
The President in the chair.
Mr. OSBORNE presented the credentials OF
C. Tate Murphy, Senator from the 10Th Sen
atorial District Referred to the Committee
on Privileges and Elections.
Mr.. WELKER presented petition from
certain citizens of Guilford and Alamance
counties in regard to fences, with bill de-
claring Reedy Fork creek lawful fence.
On calendar.
Mr.. BEEMAN, from the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances, made favor
able report on bill to extend the time for
the registering of deeds.
Mr.. BARROW. from the committee of Con-
ference on the bill to provide for the collec-
ton of taxes, reported, recommending that
the Senate recede from certain amendments
to the bill. Report canc,rred in, and the
House was ordered to be notified OF the
same.
A message was received from the House
transmitting Senate bill to incorporate the
Central North Carolina Railroad Company,
with an amendment that the gnage OF the
road he the same as that of the North Caro-
lima Road and the Wilmington, Charlotte
g. Rutherford Road.
Messrs. OSBORNE and JONES, of Column
bus, favored concurrence in the amendment,
and Messrs Davis and Welker opposed 1T.
The amendment was concurred in. Yeas
IS, nays 10.
Mr.. WINsTEAD introduced bill to char
fer railroad from Edenton to Suffolk, Va.
Ordered to be printed and referred to the
committee on Internal Improvements.
The bill concerning Townships passed sec
ond reading, and was ordered to be printed
and made the special order tor Friday next
at 10 O'Clock.
Mr.. REspAss gave notice that he would
introduce a bill to incorporate the Eastern
Carolina Land Draining and Land Purchas-
ing Company.
Mr.. BLYTHE introduced bill to amend
the charter of the Greenville and French
Broad Railroad Company. Referred to
Committee ON Internal Improvements.
Mr.. BEEMAN introduced resolution limi-
ting debate.
Mr.. LINDSEY, resolution in relation to
the daily sessions. Laid over.
Leave of absence for an indefinite period
was granted to Mr. caves.
Mr. SWEET, from the committee on Privi-
leges and Elections, reported favorably upon
the credentials of c. Tate Murphy, Senator
elect from the 10th Senatorial District.
The report was concurred in, and Mr..
Murphy qualified, and took his seat as Sena-
tor.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The school bill was taken up as the special
order.
The amendment of Mr. SWEET to the e1st
section to strike out county," so as to
make it the duty of the treasurer of each
township to disburse the school funds in his
townships, wa rejected.
Sections 81. 50, SO. 81. IS, sc, 81, SO, SO
and 80 were adopted without amendment.
Section Oh being read, Mr.. LINDSEY moved
to strike out county examiner" and insert
in lieu thereof "school committee" The
section gave to teachers dismissed before eX-
piration of contract, the right to appeal to
the County Examiner, who could reinstate
the teacher if thought proper
Mr. BLYTHE moved to amend the amend
ment Nv inserting Board of Education"
Mr. WELLER said the last named amend
ment made no provision for the travelling
expenses of teachers; and to require them to
come to Raleigh to make their appeal,
would he ridiculous
The amendments of Messrs. LINDSEY and
BLYTHE were both rejected.
Mr. OSBORNE moved to strike out the Sec
ton. Not agreed to.
The section was then adopted.
Section SO being read, Mr.. OSBORNE moved
to strike it out The section gave any
teacher, whose salary should be withheld in
pursuance of this act, tine right of appeal to
the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The vote ON the motion stood, yeas Is,
nays 10. The President gave the casting
vote in favor of the negative. The section
was then adopted.
Mr.. OSBORNE moved to amend section 90
by inserting the word christianity before
the word morality" The section made it
the duty ofteachers to impress upon their
scholars the principles of morality, truth,
justice and patriotism.
The amendment was agreed to and the
section adopted.
Sections "a and 95 were adopted without
amendment.
[Section SO prescribes that instruction
shall be given in the schools of the several
grades as follows, viz: reading, writing, or
biography, arithmetic, geography, English
grammar, history of the United States, phys
iology. history of North Carolina and the
Constitution of the United States.
Mr.. OSBORNE moved to strike out in
the section all after the word grammar.
He though that ifchildren could be taught
to read, write and cipher, it would be as
much as could be attempted in our COM
mon school system at present. r'
Mr.. WELKER could understand why in
struction in reference to the history of
of North Carolina and the Constitution of
the State and that of the United States,
should be objected to; but was at loss to
conceive why such an elaborate attack on
physiology should be made A child ought
to be taught something in reference to the
construction and wonderful machinery of
the human body. He did not mean that the
instruction should be as thorough and COM
plete as that taught i'll the medical colleges
of Paris and Philadelphia, but simply the
rudimcnts of that study. Nor was it pro-
posed that those higher branches should
be universally taught, but only in the schools
located in those communities where the adj.
vancement of the scholars would justify such
instruction. He hoped the section would
be allowed to remain as it was.
Sections 81 and SO were adopted.
Mr.. BLYTHE moved to strike out sector
80. Provides that children under eight
years of age shall not be kept in school
more than hours per day, exclusive of inter
mission; and provides also that no schoo
shall be kept in session longer than ST,
hours per day.
Mr.. BARROW moved to strike out " eigh
years. and insert "siX years. Agreed To