Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-08-09

ton because TO that extent at least il
! was indirectly uniting church an,
| state, by takin1 taxes that shl.jll =,
. 20 the State and giving i, TO the
= church, and whilst he favored churc,le,
/ and contributed freely for their sup
port, he regarded this exemption a.
e dangerous and pernicious in principle
Nr. Cosgrovc made an cnthUsia sic
speech in favor OF exemption.
Icnli the Discussion, the Com.
n!i'tec II the Whole rose and the Pres
idcnt resumed the chair, whcreupon
ilIo Convention to.t recess to = y. NJ.
AfTEGSooS SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. I, 1883. , =. Il.
The Convention assembled, the
President in the chair.
The President presented a protest
against the third section Of the article
on County Organizations, from the
Board OF Trade OF the city of Colfax.
As the subject has been passed upon
10y the Convention the communication
was laid on the table.
The Committee on HOmesteadS and
Property exemptions, reported the FOL
lowing article: 1.-THE legislature shall
protect by law from forced sale a Ger.
tain portion OF the homestead and 9th
cr property OF all heads OF families"
Laid oyer and ordered printed
I The Committee on Education and
Educational Institutions reported an
article as follows, viz:
"SECTIoN | 1t is the paramount
duty of the State to make ample pro
/ vision for the education OF all children
residing within its borders without dis
tinction or preference on account oil
! race, color, caste or sex.
SEC. ,. The legislature shall provide
| for Il general and uniform system OF
I free public schools. The public school
shall include common schools and
such high schools, normal schools and
such technical schools rs may here
after be established, but the entire
revenue derived from the State school
fund and the State school tax shall be
applied exclusively to the support OF
the common schools.
SEC ,. The principle of the common
school fund shall remain permanent
and irrcducible. The said fund shall
be derived from the following sources,
to wit: Appropriations and donations
10y this State to this fund; donations
and requests by individuals to the
State or public educational pur-
poses not specially given to other edu
cational institutions; the proceeds OF
lands and other property which reverts
to State by escheat and forfeitures; the
proceeds of all property granted to the
State when the purpose of the grant
is not specified, or is uncertain; funds
accumulated in the Treasury OF the
State for the disbursement of which
provision has not by law been made
the proceeds of the sale OF timber,
stone, minerals or other property from
school and State lands; all moneys
recovered from persons approprlating
timber, stone, minerals or other prop
erty from school and State lands, and
all moneys other than rental recovered
from persons trespassing on said lands;
sale of public lands lying within the
State which shall be sold by the Uni
ted States subsequent TO the admis-
sion of the State into the Union as
provided by the act of Congress.
The 18th section prohibits all form of
sectarian influence or control in
schools maintained wholly or in part
by the State.
The fifth section declares that all
losses, defalcations, etc, to common
school, State college or university
fund, shall be audited as debt OF State
in favor OF that particular fund, and
draw not less than six per cent. inter-
est, but shall not be counted as part of
Indebtedness, authorized and limited
elsewhere in the Constitution"
Having been read, it was laid over
and ordered printed.
The Committee on Federal Relations
reported the following article, entitled
u " Compact with the United States"
The following article shall be irrevoca-
BILE without the consent of the United
States and the people of this State
First-That perfect liberation of re-
ligious sentiment shall be secured, and
that no inhabitant of this State shall
ever be molested in person and prop
erty on account of his or her mode of
religious worship, and
Second-That the people inhab-
iting this State do agree and declare
that they forever disclaim all right and
title to the Incorporated public
lands living within the boundaries of
this State, and to all lands within said
limits owned or held by any Indian or
Indian tribes; and that until the title
thereof shall have been extinguished
by the United States, the same shall
be and remain subject to the DISPOSE
ton of the United States, and said In
dian lands shall remain under the alb
solute jurisdiction and control OF the
United States"
Laid over and ordered printed.
The Convention then resolved itself
into Committee of the Whole, Mr.. Tur-
ner in the chair, for the further con-
sideration OF the article on Revenue
and Taxation, and the discussion of the
subject of exempting church property
was INDUCED in, and many attempts
at amendments were made and finally,
rs test, vote was taken on substi-
tuting the minority report, which does
not exempt church property, and re-
suited in 26 ayes and 33 noes, and the
section of the majority was so amend
ed as to leave the whole matter with
the legislature, was adopted
The fifth section was struck out, and
Section six, which provides "the
power to tax corporations and corpo
rate property shall not be surrendered
or suspended by any contract or grant
to which the State shall be party"
was adopted.
Section seven, provides that no tax
shall be levied except in pursuance OF
law, and the object OF the tax shall be
stated in the law.