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CONSTITUTION         OF TEXAS.                 367
restrictiolls as iSi.ay be prescribed by law; and the State shall be responsible
for ttall ilnvestelln(Wts. t
S    :. 5.  The ptrineip,al of aill bonds, and other funds, and the principal
arising from t 1l. sahl iif t he lands hereillbefore set apart for said school fund
shlIll b,e tl te i 1p1e ,aent s l,chol flluld; and all the interest derivable therefrom,
andi the taxeis l hereinI a,lut tlorizel ald levied, shall be the available schoolfund,
to whilc  te ll,  is sl:ature ilmay ad(ld not exceeding one per cent. annually of
the totatl valltue oi tt' 4 It,'r n:len'llt school fund; such value to be ascertained
ltv tlti tBoltrd ,f El ll'ati onll llltil otherwise provided by law; and the avail-
ai,t' sc}.oo0l fllil s}:hall t hel aliied annually to the support of the public free
selh,oos. A\ld1i oii law shall ever be eacteted appropriating any part of the
.permeult o'r availal l , s.tt,`,l t tll to tany otlher purpose whatever; nor shall
thtl s.amt. or :1any part thtreift ever l'I :tppropriated to, or used for the support
(if, anyL s^'.tfaria t s<.liol  ,':l; 11and thel availalle( schoolf(I fund herein provided shall
be dlist ributei.l t1, thl s .v ral {ult itis accoding to their scholastic population,
and atppli.dl in iaitilir as mIay Ii plrovide.i by law.
St;' . (;. All latndls ler'ttt{,lt, i.r hienr(after granted to the several counties
of this St t t  r.' < luti1: i, lmltnIrptss are of right the property of said counties,
resp}wet ivcly. tot whlich}  t ll.y we re granted, atnd title thereto is vested in said
corunties. .ant d noIt adv4rsc lipssession or limiitation shall ever be available
lagainst the i tile' ,f a.Iy  vtiity. Ea-li coulnty imay sell or dispose of its lands,
in w\hole or,' in tpartl i Itlua 1t1,1' to 1., p,rovidedt by the Commissioners' Court of
thlt ctmllit. .AtualI tse tlers. res,siding on said lands, shall be protected in the
tprior rig,hlt i,f Ipurhajlrtsin  tlhe sanm to the extent of their settlement, not to
exceed't t t  hluttllrll'   andti sixty actres, at tih price fixed by said court, which
price* shall Int ii lluid t le vaillt (of existing improvements made thereon by
the scf t lrs. Stait imti,ls, iand the lpro(eltds thereof, when sold, shall be held
lby saii  unttil s 1litifi  . tlll , : a trust for the benefit of public schools therein;
said 1trtce'lietiS to,   i nveis\,tieit itt lblonds of the United States, the State of
Terxas, r ei,ount,is i ii saitl St;ti, or in suclh other securities and under such
retstrit ot ^i,,,  iuay l1e itre i rie.l d itit t  law; Iand the counties shall be respon-
si}hlt ftr til ivt\s iiin'tlt  lii. iiterist tllhreonl, and other revenue, except the
pri n'i p :},  lshit  e,l ai\V: i :tailt  f llril.
%SI; 7. St l raie Ichit., s shall ,be provided for the white and colored chil-
dlren, u      ,l n i nlu,ort i:T l ,rovi\siotn shall i,t. miadle for both.
SGt'.       r  (to \ ,  ovtrrtr t o (ljtrlller, landl Secretary of State shall onsti-
tnl.  l Hr,llt  f ltItlcatilxon, wIho shall distribute said funds to the several
olunt istfe, t11 p,irfotrnm sutcth ,tl' lt duties :onlmernling public schools as may be
lrescri,rewd tlo hylaw.
S,At. . A      It latl }i's eretof,tore gr X,ted for the benefit of the Lunatic, Blind,
I>enf tti l I  }lbi,. atI  rphan A }}stll u .llis, togerther with such donations as may
have lit"  or s me y hit r tieftilr lie lltleat to either of them, respectively, as indi-
catt,i in thie svi'Eitl rae5st '. art h -ereiy s*t apart to provide a permanent fund
for tIte  p ts*is   mit. ina,tll', . antr inllprIovomient of said asyluns. And the
L*i*slattur<e my  rt,r vid'i2 fort ie, s:i fltt ofn tle laInds and investment of the pro-
co*t,is Itn m1ni,t,r Sit proF,,vi,leil f,rX thxl sHtle antl investmentl of school lands in
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