of six millions hereby provided shall remain
forever inviolate as the free school fund of
the State."
I will give a few words of explanation:
The sixth section provides that a levy of ten
cents in the hundred dollars shall be made
upon the taxable property in the State. The
section now under consideration provides
that a levy of five cents in the hundred dol-
lars shall be made until the sum shall reach
$6,000,000. The object of this amendment
is to discontinue the tax authorized by the
sixth section, at the discretion of the legisla-
ture, when that $6,000,080 shall have been
obtained. That is the whole object of the
amendment,
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. DUVALL moved to amend by adding at
the end of section, "provided that no por-
tion of said school fund, with the interest
accruing therefrom, derived by taxing the
white population, shall be applied toward ed-
ucating the free negro population."
Upon this question Mr. BERRY, of Prince
George's, called for the yeas and nays, and
they were ordered.
The question was then taken, by yeas and
nays, and resulted—yeas 14, nays 45—as fol-
lows :
Teas—Messrs. Berry, of Prince George's,
Bond, Dail, Davis, of Charles, Duvall, Ede-
len, Gale, Harwood, Hollyday, Lee, Mitchell,
Miller, Parran, Smith, of Worcester—14.
Nays—Messrs. Abbott, Annan, Audoun,
Baker, Clarke, Cunningham, Cushing, Dan-
iel, Dellinger, Earle, Ecker, Farrow, Gallo-
way, Greene, Hebb, Hoffman, Hopkins, Hop-
per, Keefer, Kennard, King, Larsh, Markey,
Mayhugh, McComas, Mullikin, Murray, Ny-
man, Parker, Pugh, Purnell, Ridgely, Robi-
nette, Russell, Sands, Schley, Scott, Stirling,
Stockbridge, Swope, Thomas, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—45.
The amendment was accordingly rejected.
Mr. CLARKE, when his name was called,
said: This section looks to action hereafter
by the legislature in reference to the imposi-
tion of the tax. And they may so provide
as to levy a tax upon negroes, in order to
provide means for their education. If this
amendment is adopted, the legislature would
be unable in any way, it seems to me, to
provide any means for educating the blacks.
I think I must vote "no" on this proposi-
tion.
Subsequently, Mr, CLARKE said he had mis-
understood the proposition, and would vote
"aye."
Before the vote was announced—
Mr. CLARKE said: I am as much opposed
to negro equality and negro voting, and all
that as any one, but I cannot say that I am
in favor of cutting off all means of education
from these people when they shall have been
made free. I must still vote "no."
Mr. DAVIS, of Charles, moved to amend by |
inserting the words "of the white popula-
tion," after the words " for educational pur-
poses. "
Mr, AUDOUN called for the previous ques-
tion, which was seconded, and the main ques-
tion ordered.
Mr. STIRLING. I would ask if the amend-
ment of the gentleman from Charles (Mr.
Davis) is in order? I do not think that our
time and patience is to be wasted by amend-
ments, and yeas and nays upon the same
thing over and over again. I am rather in-
disposed to be continually stuck at in this
way.
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Pugh.) This is an
amendment to the seventh section of this re-
port. Although the house has determined
the subject-matter of this amendment two or
three times on another section, yet as it is an
amendment to the section now before the
convention it is certainly in order. Probably
the quickest way to dispose of it is to vote
upon it.
The question was then taken upon the
amendment of Mr. DAVIS, of Charles, and
it was rejected.
The section as amended was then adopted.
Mr. CUSHING. I ask the house to return to
the first section. I move to insert after the
word "years" in the first part of the first
section, the words "and until his successor
shall have been appointed and shall have
qualified." it has been suggested to me that
under the section as it now stands, it might
be construed that only one superintendent
was to be appointed, and when his term was
ended the office was to be vacated.
The amendment of Mr. CUSHING was adopt-
ed.
Mr. CUBBING. The house has adopted an
amendment to the second section on the mo-
tion of the gentleman from Howard (Mr
Sands.) That amendment makes no provi-
sion for the compensation of any person ap-
pointed under that section by the State super-intendent
or the board of education. I
move to insert after the word "duties" the
words "and receive such compensation."
The amendment was adopted.
The report of the committee on education
as amended by the convention, was then or
dered to be engrossed for its third reading
and printed.
Mr. THOMAS. I move that the convention
now take a recess.
Mr. HOPKINS. In view of the number of
members who have asked and obtained leave
of absence from evening sessions, I am appro
hensive that we will not have a quorum here
to-night. I therefore move that when we
adjourn, it be until to-morrow morning a
ten o'clock.
The CHAIRMAN. According to the decision
of the President of this convention, that mo-
tion is not in order under the rule.
The question was then taken upon the |
