The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-02-02
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Section 7, regarding compulsory
education was finally amended to
read as follows:
The public free schools of the state
shall he open to all children and youth
between the ages of ) and q years, aud
the legislature may further provide,
under proper regulations and by proper
means, for the industrial and economi.
cal education of all children and youth
before arriving ut their majority.
Collins offered the following SUBJ
stitute for section 8, and the SUBJ
stitute was finally adopted, the
words land the state school taxes
being stricken out:
The public school system shall include
primary and grammar schools, and such
high schools. normal schools and tech
nical schools as may bs established by
legislature or by municipal authority
but the entire revenue derived from the
state school fund and the state school
taxes, shall be applied exclusively to
the support of the primary and gram
mar schools.
Section 9 was amended to read as
follows, and was adopted.
Neither the legislature nor any county
city. town, or school district or other
public corporation shall ever make, di-
rectly or indirectly, any appropriation,
or pay from any public fund or money
whatever, or MAKE any grant Of land or
other property, or anything In aid Of
any church, or for sectarian purposes,
or to aid in the support Of any school,
academy, seminary. college, or univer-
sity, or other literary Or scientlti.: insti-
tuition, controlled in whole or in part
by any church, sect. or denomination
whatever.
Section 10 was amended to read
as follows:
No religious or partisan test or quail.
fication shall ever be requi red Of any
person as Il condition f.: admission into
any pnhlie or educational institution OF
! the state, either as a teacher or student,
nor shall attendance be required at any
| religious service whatever. ror shall
any sectarlan tenets be taught in any
public educational institution of the
state.
MONDAY, 2STH
The convention resolved itself
into committee of the whole to
consider
GENERAL FILE NO. .5-CORPoRATIoNs.
Section /, provides that all existing
charters or grants of special privilege.
under which corporations have not com
mencea business by time the the consti
tuition is adopted shall have no validity.
| Section =. No charter Of incorpora-
ton shall De granted by special law
except Tor such municipal. charitable
educational, penal or reforlnatVrY cor
porations rs are under control Of the
state, but general assembly shall pro
vide by general law for such organiza
tions.
Section 3. General assembly may
revoke any charter injurious to citizen,
of the state.
Section 4, provides for election of di
rectors or managers Of incorporated
companies.
Section 5. All railroads shall be pub
lie highways, and all railroad, express
and transportation companies shall bs
common carriers. Any association ol
corporation organized for the purpose
shall have the right to institute, subjec
to the right Of the legislature to contro
the rates Of freights and passenger
throughout the state and operate rail
road between any designated points
within this state, and to connect at the
state line with railroads of other state.
and territories.S Every railroad com
pany shall have the right with its roao
to intersect, connect with. or cross any
other railroad.
ssctlon O. No railroad shall consoli.
date with another owning a parable
line,
Section 7. No discrimination to be
made in freight o. pseesnges ssAs&