...constitutions of Mississippi " from 1817 to 1865 contained a declaration that ' Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of edtication shall forever be encouraged.' It was not, however, until 1868 that encouragement...

...punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state. . . . Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this State." Or by article 22 of the Constitution...

...has, in the first and second sections of article VI, the following direct statements about education : "Schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged in this State. *** One school or more shall be established in each township. The general assembly shall take...

...directed by this Constitution, shall be vested in the National Council. Sec. 9. Religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged in this Nation. Sec. 10. The National Council may...

...shall forever be encouraged." (Constitution 1909, Art. XI, Sec. 1.) Mississippi: " Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged in this state." (Constitution 1817, Art. VI, Sec....

...be a cardinal duty. Provision was made by the state constitution of 1820. Article 6 — Section 1 : "Schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged in this state; and the general assembly shall take measures to preserve from waste or damage such lands as...

...been set aside for that purpose. The constitution of 1839 contains this clause: "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged in this nation".9 The Council three weeks later...

...are the most numerous. Education. The first constitution of Alabama, adopted in 1819, declared that "schools, and the means of education, shall be forever encouraged in this state." This declaration was not put fully into effect at once. For more than twenty-five years the...

...Mississippi1 reproduced almost verbatim a part of the Ordinance of 1787 and declares that "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this State." It is perhaps not incorrect to...

...Mississippi1 reproduced almost verbatim a part of the Ordinance of 1787 and declares that "Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government,...liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this State." It is perhaps not incorrect to...