Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-05-14

al lhe laNloss, and the punishment
al offenders, il bcing, Ia nay opln-
lou, Ihe duly at lhe state govern
mcni e. SEQ 10 il lhal crime is qnrll-
"a at once, iiul whilo tho punish,
mrnl OF crime Is one of the various
ohictls oI human government, lhc
Lcst government, amer all, IL
nno that looks rather 10 lhe preven'
ton at H.
The establishment, ~ a g1oi sys-
tcm of sch,,ols that viii securc oln-
oulion to ~, will, mo- doubt, in pro,
cess ur time, nperale here, as else'
whore lQ,he neutrality-suspicious.
nrl "a tlis ! speak hereafter, !
would Ia this rcspcci of prevention
III crimes, call your attention 10 The
provisions al section thirteen Of The
Bill 0f Rights, on the subject Of
bearing arms, The Legislature h
there given u control over the priv
ilr.sc oi the citizens, Ia this respect,
which was mot Ia the old consliiu.
ton. There is no doubt that 10 the
Universal habit of carrying arms Is
largely 10 bc attributed the irc.
qucncy of homicidcs ia this State,
/ rccnmmctd that this privilege bc
plnccd un,lcr such restrictions rs
may seem To- your wisdom best cal
cnlu.cd To prevent the abuse Oi IL.
Other than in II few of the frontier
counties there is no good reason
why deadly weapons should be per-
miticd 10 bc carried on the person.
Next in Importance Ia the meas
urcS necessary 10 the establishment
of law aud order, you will find the
question OF providing for the educ
cation of the children OF the State.
No brttrr civiliHcr hus been found
than n liberal system OF education.
Aside from tie provisions of our
constitution. which make il the
imperative duty" Of yb0r body u
provide for the cdI!ca,ioh ti all
children of the scholastic age, cX.
pcricncc will hereafter prove that.
from any point of view, M money
discrcctly expended in promotion
of universal public education can
be considered lost In ah economical
point of vciw. 1t has beon found
us scrviccablc to the farmer and ar.
tiznn as TO the professional m;,b.
havt uii'caiy iiuticcd lis effects
in ahating the catalogue of crimes,
but there is Il special necessity for
education in our country, where
the govern" cnt depends upon the
people thc,isclvcb. The success Of
Republican Institutions and univcr-
sal suffrage is assured by universal.
The expenditures for this purpose
inHst necessarily be heavy ut the
outset, in organizing, building
school houses, providing books, ap-
paratus, etc, etc. The perpetual
school fund provided in article nine
Of the constitution, sections six and
eight, is as follows:
/. All funds, lands and ot!!tr
property heretofore set apart, or
that may be hereafter set apart for
the support of Public Schools.
=. All sums Of money that may
come to this State lroin sale of amy
pbrtioh of the ptiblic domain, or
s,lcs Of linblic lands,
3. Onc-tourth Of the ami ial rive
hue from general taxation, and dii
ANNUAL poll tax Of ono dollar oil hll
male PERSONS between the ages Of
| lwenty.onc and sixty years.
4. The public lands heretofore
given to counties, to be sold under
such regulations as the Legislature
may prescribe.
In addition to this "pci'buthal
fluid, The Legislature is sailthorizfd
In Section seven, TO provide for HE
r:iisihk Of such amount, By taxation,
in the several sthcol districts III the
State, as will provtdc the nectas;'f5
school houses, and insure the cdu-
cation Of all. The powers thus
given to the Legislature arc ample.
The summary of means now dlspos-
able, which may be considered as
in this perpetual fund, is:
!: Cash, in specie, S5s,979 81
total, S59,522 So.
2. State per cent. bonds, under
act of November I3, 1885 SS2, 1Ge
80 (assuming lhht this act of tho
Legislature Uf 1866 is to be respect
cd). In addition to this sum, The
act mentioned provided for placing
other similar bonds to the credit ol
the school fund, to make up such
part of the 1854 600 "indemnity
! bonds" with the unpaid coupons OF
their proceeds, as might be recover
f cd from the parties to Whom they
had passed from the Military
Board' during the late war. These
indemnity bonds and coupons were
taken from the school fund, to which
{ thcS belonged, by an act Of tho
, revolutionary government OF Jan
uary IL, 1862, and the act of 1866
was intended to replace them, as
fur as recovered, by 5 per cent
State bands, The system Of sup
port of schools is now, by the con
stitution, SO fully provided for, tta
, this arrangement seems uhneeessa
ry. J, therefore, suggest that il
. lieu thereof, the amount collected o
those bonds and coupons be turnce
over to the school fund.
3. Principal and interest, s2,7fs
/ 1913 %, dfe 20 tho school fund fron
railroad companies. InelGdcd il
this amount rs the sum Of $500 ,36i
, l3, pretended 10 have been pait
: during 1864 and 1855, Id State war
. rants, for which the, 9. per cent
) manuscript State bonds (sec Comp
7 trollcr's report, that lD, were y
: sacd. / assume that tins $3.50, 80
: l3 Is still legal claim against th'
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