The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-12
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

RELIGION AND THE COMMON scHooLs-pRo-
POSED SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION.
WASHINGTON, August 11.-Thc Senate
Judiciary Committee have agreed upon ana
reported the following as substitute 1or
the House Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution concerning
religion and common schools:
Resolued by the Senate and House OF rep
resentatiues 1.-TWO thirds Of each house con-
curing therein), That the following artlcle
be proposed to the Legislatures OF the seYe-
raj States as an amendment to the Constltll-
ton OF the United States, which, when rati-
fed by three fourths Of the said Legisla-
lures, shall be valid as part OF the said
onstitution-namely: . ...
Article 16. No State shall make any law
respecting an establishment OF religion or
prohibiting free exercise thereof, and no
religious test shall ever be required as q
qualification to any Office or public trust
under any State. No public property and
no public revenue OF, nor any loan OF credit
bv or under the authority OF the United
States or any State, Territory, district, OF
municipal corporation shall be appropriated
to or made or used for the support OF any
school, educational or other institution
under the control Of any religious or
anti-religious sect, organization, or de-
nomination, or wherein the particular
creed or tenets Of any religious or anti
religious sect, organization, or denoml-
nation shall be taught, and no such partlcu-
lar creed or tenets shall be read or taught
in any school or institution supported In
whole or in part by such revenue or loan OF
credit, and no such appropriation or loan
OF credit shall be made to any religious or
anti-religious sect, organization, or denoml-
nation, or to promote its interests or tenets.
This article shall not be construed to pro-
hibit the reading OF the Bible in any school
or institution, and it shall not have the
effect to impair rights OF property already
vested.
Section 2. Congress shall have power by
appropriate legislation to provide for the
prevention and punishment OF violations OF
this article. .
THE MyER AND HARBOR BILIS r.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE river and
harbor bill, as it passed both Houses OF Con-
gress, makes the following provisions for
the rivers OF Georgia Coosa river, $780,
600: EtoWah river, 100000; Ocmulgee,
$4,000; Chattahoochie, $4,000, and sa-'
yannah harbor, 1000. cit,, d
1t also provides s27o, 600 for the Tennessee
river, to be expended in opening the muscle l,;
shoals, and SID, ,0o5 for the Hiawassee. The
bill provides for Improvements along tne
entire line Of the proposed water communl,
cation between the Mississippi river ana
the Atlantic ocean at Savannah, except the
connecting canals between the rivers. -
The South gets nearly two Of the five mil.
lion .anpropr;ation. The House insisted
that the bill should have due proportion.
It is regarded as the fairest blu Tor the
South that ever passed. ..,ss
3ttts lsfs s.3 BRIEFS. 80
The psostrroute bin, as it passed the SEN
ate. appropriates 1926, 1000 for the restora-
tion OF the fast mail. .t
{ The consular and diplomatic blu was
agreed upon. Itabolishes twenty-five con.
sIIates.. The number OF ministers resident
in South and Central America is greatly