Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-03-11

contracted for the purchase money of
such homestead or improvements
thereon.
Sec. ~. knowledge, learning and
virtue, being essential to the preser
walton Of republican institutions, and
the diffusion of the opportunities and
advantages of education throughout
the dire ent portions of the State be.
ing highly conductive to the promo
ton of this end, it shall be the duty
Of the General Assembly in all future
periods Of this government, to cherish
4 literature and science. And the fund
called the common school titnd, and all
| the lands and proceeds thereof, divi-
dends, STOCKS, and other property of
every description whatever. heretofore
by law appropriated, by the Genefal
Assembly of this State for the use of
the common schools. and all such MS
shall hereafter be appropriated, shall
remain perpetual fund, the princi-
pal of which shall never be diniin-
ished by Legislative appropriation
and the interest thereof shall be invi-
olably appropriated to the support and
encouragement of common schools
throughout the State, and for the
equal benefit of all the people there
Of; and no law shall be made author
! ing said fund or any part thereof to
be diverted to any other use than the
support and encouragement Of CON-
mon schools. The State taxes derived
hereafter from polls shall be appro-
priated to educational purposes, in
such manner as the General Assem-
bly, shall from time to time direct by
law. No school established or aided
under this section shall allow Whit
and negro children to be received as
scholars together in the same school.
The above provisions shall not pre-
vent the Legislature from carrying
into effect any laws that have been
passed in favor of the Colleges Uni |
verrities or Academies. or from au-
thorizing heirs distributes to receive
and enjoy escheated property under
laws as may be passed froEi time to
time.
Sec. 10. The General Assembly
shall have power to enact laws for the
protection and preservation of game
and fish within the State, and such |
laws may be enacted for, and applied
and enforced in pc diular counties or
geographical districts designated by
the General Assembly.
Sec. IA. The intermarriage of white |
persons with negroes, mulattoes, or
persons OF mixed blood, decended
from negro to the third generation,
inclusive, or their living together as
man and wife in this State, is prohib-
tied. The Legislature shall enforce
this section by appropriate legisla-
ton.
Sec.''l5i No person shall in time of
peace be required to perform any SER
vice to the public on any day set
apart by his religion as day of rest.
Sec. 16. The declaration Of rights
heretofore prefxed is declared to be
part of the Constitution of the
State, and shall never be violated on
any pretense whatever. And to guard
against transgression of the high
powers we have delegated, we declare
that every thing in the Bill of Rights
contained is excepted out of the gen.
eral powers of government, and shall
forever remain inviolate,
Sec. IL No county office created
by the Legislature shall be filed
otherwise than by the people or the
County Court.
THE SCHEDULE.
Section /. That no inconvenience
may arise from change ofthe Constitu-
/ tion, it is declared that the Governor of
the State, the members of the Gener-
al Assembly, and all officers elected
at or after the general election of
March, 1870, shall hold their offices
for the terms prescribed in this Con-
, stitution.
Officers appointed by the courts
shall be filed by appointment, to be
made and to take effect during the
first term of the courts held by Judges
elected under this Constitution.
All other officers shall vacate their
places thirty days after the day fixed
for the election of their successors
under this Constitution.
The Secretary of State, Comptroller
and Treasurer shall hold their Offices
until the first session of the present
General Assembly occurring after the
ratification of this Constitution and
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
The officers then elected shall hold
their Offices until the 10Th day Of Jan
uary, 1873.
Sec. 2. At the first election Of
Judges under this Constitution there
shall be elected six Judges Of the
Supreme Court, two from each grand
division of the State, who shall hold
their offices for the term herein pre-
scribed.
In the event any vacancy shall &C.
cur in the office of either of said
Judges at any time after the first day
of January, 1873, it shall remain un-
filled, and the court shall from that
time be constituted of five Judges.
While the court shall consist Of six
Judges they may sit in two sections,
and may hear and determine causes
in each at the same time, but not in
different grand divisions at the same
time.
! When so sitting the concurrence OF
two Judges shall be necessary to a
decision,
The Attorney General and Reporter
for the State shall be appointed after
the election and qualification Of the
Judges of the Supreme Court herein
provided for.
Sec. s. Every Judge and every Of
fcer of the Executive Department OF
this State, and every Sheriff holding
over under this Constitution shall,
within twenty days after the rat6ca-