The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-06
NUM3ER 2l4.

ment as may be necessary TO correct the
evil, and carry out the great ends of eduea-
ton, moral aud intellectual; aud they may
permit any of the sand school. houses TO be
used for public worship.
Sec. So And be IL further enacted, Tuat
any while resident Of sa.d county stall be
privileged 10 place his or her child or ward
at auy one of the schools in said county
she or he may think proper 70 select.
Sec. 81 -ATad be IL further enacted, That
it shall not be lawful for member OF the
levy court of said county TO be a commits
sioner ofprimary schools or trustee OF any
OF the school districts, nor foe any person
g to be at the same time commissioner and
trustee as aforesaid.
Sec 35. And be it further enacted, That
the said Levy Court may, ia its discretion,
and if it shall be deemed Oy said court best
for the iRterest and welfare OF the cOloTed
people residing in said county, levy an an.
nual tax of one~eighth of one per cent. on
all the taxable properly 10 said county out
side the limits of tue cities OF ashlngton
aud Georgetown, owned by persons Cf
color, for the purpose Uf initiating system
of education of cOlOIed children in said
County which tax shalt be collected in the
same manner as the tax named in section
thirteen OF this act And N shall be the
duty of the trustees elected under seeilvn
nine to provide suitable aud Convenient
rooms for holding schOOls tor coiored CHILD
ren, to employ teachers therefor, and 10 ap-
propriate the proceeds Of said tax to the
payme.t of teachers wages, rent Of school
rooms, fuel, and other necessary expenses
pertaining to said schools, to exercise a
general supervision over them, TO establish
proper discipline, and TO endsagor TO pro-
mote a full, equal, and useful instruction of
the coIorel children in sad county. 1t
shall be lawful for such Irustees To impose
a tax of not more thHu fifty cents per
month on the parent or guardian Of each
child attending such schools, tO be applied
to the pay ment oftLe EXPENSES OF the school
of which said child shall be an attendanL,und
in the exercise of this power the trustees may
from time to time, discontinue the payment
altogether, or may graduate the tax accord
ing to the ability OF the chlld and the
wants of the school. And said trustees are
authorized to receive any donations
or contributions that may be made
for the benefit of said schools BY
persons disposed TO aid in the elevation
of the coored population in the District of
Columbia, and TO apply the same 10 such
manner as in their opinion Shall be best
calculated TO effect the object OF the donors,
said trustees being required TO account for
all funds received by theml aud to report
to s1e commissioners, ia accordance with
the provisions of section twenty two Of this
act
Sec. 80 And be IL further enacted, That
this act be ami the same is hereby declared
public and remedial, and shall be construed
by all courts of Justice according 70 the
eqnity thereof; and no proceedings of Ibe
inhabitants or of the trustees of any scho
district, or of theseommissiopaHs-of Z fFrispparJs
schools, or of any other officer created
under the provisions of this act, shall be
set aside or adjudged to be void for defect
of form or for any irreguIarlty therein so
as the acquisitions Of the said act are SUBJ
stantIalIy complied with. s.--
Approved, May 20, 1852.