The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-16


the fines and foeitures hereafter to 10 collected tho
District Of Columbia to the United States shall
be surrendered to tho city of Washington for tho pur-
pose Of building schoolhouses theeinnot to
exceed in the aggregate fifty thousand dollars 1t also
provides that the corporate authorities of Washington
city may with the assent Of tho Of real estate
''levy special tax of ten cents each hundred
dollars worth Of taxable property in the corporate limits
of the city the benefit Of public schools in said city
land that whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall
be officially notified by the mayor that the said tax has
been levied and collected it shall bc his daty pay from
the treasury Of the United States to the persons legally
authorized 10 receive the school funds for the city OF
Washington equal 10 the amount thus raised by
taxation Propdd That not than twenty thousand
dollars per annum shall be paid by the United States
and that payments shall continue for five wears un
less Congress shall otherwise order''l
Mr. HALE thought 1t would be unjust that the colored
people of the District Of Columbia should he taxed for
the support of schools in whose benefits they did not par
ticipate and he therefore moved add the following
additional section to the bill
csc And q further enacted That tho
pcrsons Ia the District Of Columbia shall DO entirely
a taxes levied for schools and school houses the Natre
The amendment adopted, without opposition
Mr. JOHNSON. of Tennessee, moved to strike that
portion OF the bill above quoted which is enclosed in
brackets He did not know why the general government
should educate the children in the District of Columbia
any than In Tennessee in any other State and
could find in the constitution such an APP
preparation of the public money He proceeded to ad
vert to the large amounts which had been expended in
this District and In aIuson to the extravaganza of the
government declared that he believed 1t to be the
corrupt government the face Of the earth.
Mr.. BROWN replied that the government owned more
tho, D,atr;ct ~ h.r;..,5
800 =. = -. r. r fv III, "'.N Ao o.Ao'eu
that ouBt W 10 espohsioie ior its snare OF tho ex
penses, like any private property IL citizen
improves the city by building house for his use,
he Is not thereby exempted from taxation and the gen
era ought not 70 dyest itself OF all respon
sib for the ordinary expenses OF the District on the
ground that large sums nave been expended here for
public uses
After some further discussion, IN which Messrs Will
SON SEWARD, lVoMbS dhEEN ana Others partici-
aaer-.aJd - ,,oa. "a 49, % no soIIo,.. ~ NV
YrAsNessr. pavs ri.upsck Green Harlan. uuD,,, Ivsr
johnson Tsnncsee Jones' Polk Pug Rice Sebastian and
sldelmls ~
ar cD-msn ms n, ,o @ Vh.
ssnden Foot Foster Houston Kennedy Mallory shields simmons
Stuart Thomson u New Jersey, TrumbuI, Wade Wilson, and
Wrigh--2e
min, Cameron Clark Clay, Douglas Fitch, Gwin, Hale Hsmin
Hammond Henderson, johnson King Mason Pcarce
na s"A'a a"ne'' thompson :" A'h'"cAy ioomD' ana iu
-, ,voo,,no
:, "a ~. 30 ~. ~ po'ou va WIN hn SEWARD, at
"a0 ,cqu .,s VI ' ~, i"''oi
90 inc pii was 'el rcao tniro tihe ana passed
20, nays 10. $3.50
Dil natncriAng inc oiganMuon OF nre department. In
and ragged ths nnIv man1,srt WITH 49, ,nada ' L
49, r. a. third saot;o, ,nh,oh ~ .a~ss - 81