The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-11

nan uhd cents \
Tor their act USeme,l OBVIOUS. i
Of iii ISe sq Ia9 eei,a t9pr,ops ia ai saseia
session IN fbe 20 last -, with q idll ex- |
plsnauon bros utde lacy of the means |
previouslyl % b,Idtd aud OF the practical |
bhity then\ IN - khg such ample provision |
without anNf' orial detriment to any 9th |
er interests the state. A bill for that
purpose =, ,scd the senate, but failed 10 be
passed IA tie house Of representatives.
IL Was recommended that the bonds re-
pctted formerly as of doubtful validity,
amounting to Sl3L0J0, issued IN 1861 be
recognized as valid, aud tue interest ac'
crued thereon up TO the 18Th OF April 1910,
when the present constitution went into
effect, amounting to over 10000, be in
vested i'm similar i've per cent. bonds, and the
interest accrued since that time, amounting
to about $4,000, be appropriated in money,
to beCom, part OF the available iund Tor
present use; that the | 600 900 OF acres that
had been set apart aud surveyed be sold or
leased, the interest upon the sale OF which,
if sold on time, cOulC be made avallahle an
nually by an amendment Of the constltu.
ton; that 600 600 of acres OF Ian s be set
apart out Of the lands reserved to pay the
public debt, in such manner MS would not
interfere with the interest in them of the
lands set apart to pay the public debt have
either been sold or surveyed for purchasers,
by which right to purchase them has
been legally secured, and the money,
amounting to several millions OF dollars,
has been paid ana will very soon be paid
into the state treasury for said lauds, Que
half of which will DC the lund, which may
he appropriated to pay the public debt.
That fund, unlike that OF the pubic free
free schools, is still under the control OF the
legislature as 10 lis disposition, and 81 ,OUO,-
coo, the proceeds OF 2,OOO,VoO oi acres OF
| said lands, may still be set apart To the
university, if the legislature should choose
| to do IL.
Under the constitution Art I, Sec, a,
the legislature cannot appropriate revenue
to erect buildings for the university, nor Tor
| the establishment and maintenance ot the
branch university for colOrrd youth; there
fore any enlarge ment OF that part of the
main university now being built, and the
erection of buildings Tor lhe medical
branch, and the establishment and mainte'
nance OF b branch Tor colored youths,
must be inl iinitey postponed; and the
main univt slty itself Will not nave the
means to urChase library, apparatus
and necessa iurAiture to start with Ordi-
nary respe9 ,bility, il the opportunity,
still availabl is allowed to pass without
appropriately I; u portion OF this iund to the
university, y GLIDING its several branches
A reason Ihy a liberal appropriation
should be mi lie AZ once. II anything lurthel
is intended y he done for the university
is that ann amount of money, howev,
small, unless be interest of its fund, hat
TO be placed ct once in the permanent
fund, aud cannot be used otherwise than tC
draw interest after Investment. Con, Art
II, Sec. III,
The requirement of the constitution and
the mistakable manifestation of an en-
lishtened public sentiment in favor of {
liberal en1 gment OF the university vii
doubtless y sufficiently appreciated anC
respected by the hOnorcd representatives, o
the people, as to render any argument un
necessary to stimulate the TO acton in {
measure so important to the well.being o
the state and its people at present, rs well
As in all future time.
. PUBLIC FREE SCHOOLS.
The leading ieaidres of our public free
school system are such AS are given TO it BY
/ the constitution Of the state, aud such a
are given TO il by he laws passed since thu
: adopt;on of the present constitution.
First, by the constitution it is made 9Th
, duty of the legislature to establish an(
, make suitable provision forthe support an,
maintenance OF an efficient system of pub
, lie free schools. article I, Sec. H.
1t may be supported by the levy of taxes
( the same as any other object of govern
ment, and is thereby made a part of tn
ordinary operations of It's administrations
the same rs the courts, the collection q
taxes, quarantine, the pcnileuliaries tn
university, or any other. articles, Sec. IS
1t IL given n peruauent fund IN lands
, land sale notes and bonds, which, with Tn
4 .tta
appropriated to any other object article I
, A part OF the revenue shall be set apart I
=. it annually, not exceeding one.f urth Their,
of, and poll tax of one dollar, togcthC
with the interest of It's peruancnt fund. (ib
{ This, constituting the available lunt
4 shall be- distributed to the counties annr
Q ally, according to the scholastic pJpulatio
9 of each, to be applied as may be provide
$ by law. Ub)
r No part OF 1t can be appropriated or use
v for the support OF any scclarian schoo
i Qb)
n Each county slyll have the benefit in i
e schools of tho 'hrtercst upon the bond
Y purchased by the sale OF its four leagues
/, land OBJ
|. Separate schools are required to he pr,
$ yided Tor white sud Cooreu children, an
IS an impartial provision shall be made it
}. both. Qb)
d Tho governor, comptroller and secretar
OF state shall constitute u board OF ed,
/, cation, who shall distribute said funds
n the several counties, and perform sue
A other duties concerning public schools
h may be prescribed by law" (lb.)
Q The legislature may constitute any Gil
IT or town n separate and independent scho
l. district. which, under certain regulation
!, may levy and collect an additional tax {,
/ | ..,l.a A stnt..
!, These provisions have been thus collate
|, that il NAV be seen that they constitut
Q within themselves, u complete and consis
% ent system, not AS u separate, distinct d
n partment, but TO be one OF the ordina
Ia operations OF the government, both in
~ government and in the provision to
Is made Tor its support, except only that
u has the advantage of u separate fund to a
n in its support
e II leaves to the legislature the authorit
and duty ot prescribing by law what pa
!, OF the whole amount ot the annual revenu
u not exceeding one fourth, shall be approp
Il ated, how the money, annually distribute
If tn the counties, shall be applied, in csrryi
10 on their schools, aud what other duti,
N concerning public schools, besides that
making tue Distribution of the annu
of avail able sCh ol fund, shall be perform
in by the board o. education, created by q
rs constitution Secondly, the law OF Is,
v passed by the legislature III carry out the
IF provisions, and the amendments since ma
q 10 il, were shaped in harmony wi
IN them, by making the county jul
" the general director OF the machinery
Il. establishing the schools Within his count
Is by making school communities to dopei
upon The mutual association OF citiso
-. having scholars wi hin the prescribed sch
Va astic age, fro" eight TO fourteen, inclusiN
is and not by territorial divisions into schC
ne districts, by placing schools under the co
q, troll of trustees, chosen from the pauol
Iy who select and make contracts with I
at teachers, and otherwise attend to the U
ed rying on of the schools by requiring teac
al ers to be examined and to be paid uccoi
nd ing to the grades OF certificates ofQuali
he cation as teachers, into three elias SEES, fir
second and third; ny making tuition free
he the pupils within the scholastic age, in |