The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

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DO teach social equality. l have seen
and white women riding BIZ
cycles together and playing lawn ten
mis-. rs to the name. I don't care.
What ! ask is the appropriation.
Senator Tillman offered the follow
ing-Miller and Reed having with
drawn theirs:
Senator Tillman-I don't doubt that
the convention is in sympathy with
this movement and l would offer the
following substitute for the substitute
The President-Out Of order. You
can read it if you want to.
Senator Tillman read it and Miller
and Reed withdrew their amendments
in its favor and it was adopted with a
rush. 1t was as follows:
Provided, That the general assembly
shall as soon as practicable divorce
entirely Clailin college from Clafin
university and provide for a separate
corps of professors and instructors
therein; representation to be given to
men and women of the negro race
and it shall be the colored normal. in.
dustrial and mechanical college of
this State.
Senator Tillman then offered this
amendment:
Insert after the word purposes, >
on line 6, the words ''by the national
government.
He said this simply meant that those
funds should be used as congress
should direct.
THE WAY IT STANDS.
Senator Tillman's amendment then
went through and then section s,
which has caused so much trouble,
was adopted in the following shape:
Sec. S. The general assembly may
provide for the maintenance of Gem,
son Agricultural college and the uni.
versity Of South Carolina as now es.
tabiished by law, also ior the .estab-
lishment and maip:ainance OF a nor.
NAL and industrial college for the col,
ored race and may create scholarships
therein. The proceeds realized from
the land scrip given by the act of con-
gress passed July 2. 1862, for the sup
port of an agricultural college, and
any lands or funds which have here.
tofore been or may hereafter be given
or appropriated for educational pur.
poses by the national government,
Shall be applied as directed in the acts
appropriating the same; provided, that
the general assembly shall as soon as
practicable divorce entirely Clatlin
college from Clailin university and
provide for a separate corps of profes.
sors and instructors therein, represen.
tation to be given to men and women
of the negro race, and it shall be the
colored normal, agricultural and me,
chanical college Of this State"
Other sections were then adopted as
follows:
Sec. 9. The property or credit of the
State, or any county, city, town, town
ship, school district, or other suodi,
vision of the State or any public mon
ey from whatever source derived, SHALL
not by gift, donation, loan, contract,
appropriation or otherwise, be used,
directly or indirectly, in aid or main
tainance of any college, school, hospi,
tai, orphan house, Or other institution,
society or organization of whatever
kind, which is wholly or Of any
church or of any religious or sectarian
denomination, society or organization.
Sec. TO- All gifts, of every kind, for
educational purposes, if accepted by
the general assembly, shall be applied
and used for the purpose designated
by the giver, unless the same be in
conflict with the provisions of this
Constitution.
Sec. II. All gifts to the State where
the purpose is not designated, all es
cheated property, the net asses or
funds of all estates, or copartnerships
in the hands of the comts of the State,
when there have been no claimants
for the same within the last 20 years,
and other money coming inIo the
treasury of the State by reasonyof the
twelfth section of an act entitled, IAN
act to provide mode of distribution
OF the moneys as direct tax from the
citizens of this State by the United
States in trust to the State of South
Carolina" approved Dec "a, 1891, to,
gether with such other means as the
general assembly may provide, shall
be securely invested astne State school
fund, and the annual income thereof
shall be apportioned by the general
for the purpose of maintain
ing the public schools.
Section -. All the net income to be
derived by the State from the sale or
license for the sale of spirituous, malt,
vinous and intoxicating liquors and
beverages shall be applied annually in
aid Of the supplementary tax provided
for in the sixth section of this article,
and if after said application there
should be a surplus, it shall he invest
ed to create a school fund, the income
Of which investment shall be applied
first, if necessary, in aid Of the State
tax, otherwise it shall
be devoted to public school purposes
and apportioned, and the general as
sembly may determine all waste and
unappropriated lands belonging to the
State, which terms shall indicate
marsh and tidewater lands, but not
the phosphate royalty or phosphate
deposits, and all the income to be de-
rived from said lands by leasing them
shall be set tapart and be and remain
forever perpetual school fund for
the support OF the public schools Of
this State. All funds to be derived
from the sale of aforesaid lands, if the
general assembly should ever deem it
advantageous to sell the same, shall be
invested and the interest
alone shall be appropriated.
On this section Mr.. Smoak, Of Or
made quite a lengthy
speech in opposition.
ABOUT BOOKS.
Mr.. Behre offered the following:
Section 13. The general assembly
shall provide for the selection and
purchase of such books, maps and