Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-08-09

commissioners should not be able to purchase suitall
SITES ior the erection OF school houses they shall have pow
% 20 condemn and value suitable site or sites lor ua
purpose not exceeding OF land in each site, b.
giving ten days hotics IN writing 10 the propretors there
Of except In Where netce cunct be- served, and II
cases Of minors femme covars and psrsons compo
nens end filing With thr clerk Of ths levy court Of IN
county OF Washington District Of Columbia for inapec
on certificate describing such lands, with the vAq,
hssse9 tnere9n signed BY the and CLERK 81
he propstors Of such land that the said board Of com
are ready 10 pay the amount Of damages 70 ~
ana ths T sss s SS Ss Ss sSs no
from the decision oftad commissioner by written notice
hs s1d clerk Of ths levy court the amoqn @
shA be paid to the proprletors, and the tue 70
uon and and premises shall and be vested IN the
hoara Of commissioners Of Primary Schools Of WAehieE
Ton county, District OF Columbia tne said certce
shall be recorded in the lard records Of Washington
county District OF Columbia, aud shall be ANAL but =
the proprietors OF suh land premises shall within
the said thirty days notify the lad commissioners In
writing left with The clerk OF the levy court Of their ds
sent from the valuation Of such land made by the sa1
commissioners If the land any part thereof be owned
~ minor, femme covert or persoa son compos meniis
said commissioners, and 1t is made their duty BY their
president and eerk TO Issue their warrant to the marshal
oi the District of lumbia commanding him TO sunme
auy OF five ffseholders interested tho matter to
appear on day to be appointed by the said commission
sr on the prems and after having each taken an oah
(Which the maahal any OF said commissioners IS
AuhoFiIed 10 admnlnistel that he Will without favor or
pruaee asess the damages sustained by the poptetos
Of said land by the condemnation Of said land
py me said commissioners the Jury qualified shAlPr
Nseu 10 fhlue us the damages accordingly
the amonnt asssss by the said jury shall be gssler
than the amount assessed by the said commissioners the
whole costs Of the said appeal shall be chArgsabe 10 the
appellant to be paid by the said saloners, and de
d1eed from the cost Of the land In settlement therefor
otherwise the said board Of commissioners shall pay TIE
incurred BY reason of such appeal the marshA
and Jurors feea to be puted according the act OF
congress approved March three, eighteen hundred and
court. Hs- .
Sec. 49, And be Il further enGcfed That the said jury
Immediately after they aha have completed their inquest
and assessed the damages shall make out written
dict setting forth full and distinct description Of the
land aud premises and the valuation damages assessed
Therefor, which shall be signed by them, majority Of
them and having been atiestsd by the marshall sh be
Immediately retarned TO the clerk OF the levy Of the
county OF Washington. District Of Columbia and shall be
final; and the said damages having paid offered
shall pass to and be vested in The hoard Of commson
ers Of Primary Schools Of Washngton County District
Columbia and the verdict OF the jury shall be recorded
In the land records of Washington county District Of Co
umba fr0tided rhat shall be optional with the said
commissioners abide by said verdict and occupy the
therefor. - |
sec IA And bsa further enacted Tnat II shall not be
lawful to lecae any site for in any orchard
or garden within three hundred yards Of any DWELL
Ing house. without the OF the propreor such
dwelling house and in order to obtain such consent
iusa thirty days notice shall be given TO said proprietor
their Intention and IT, within thirty days no answer
returned to said commissioners by said proprietor 1t shall
proceed to erect their school house without let hind
rance.
seo 15 Andbe II further enacisd That If the treasurer
any hcnOol Iunun IN hhuua
geeting refusing TO obtain such funds by law an-
thorzed and direoted shall refuse to pay for two weeks
any order Of the said commissioners drawn in conformity
with the requistons Of this act such csec
tor shall be liable proof beos any conr Of justice OF
execution to ray the full amount Of sid order and IN
test thereon At the rate OF twenty cenium an
wsy Of damages II any collector appointed or acting
under the proyaiops of this act shall in any collect
more than Is due the person aggrieved shall have hs
remedy against such collector by suit warrant and If
he recover lie shall have Judgment for double the amount
Improperly and upjnsty extortsd from hun, and costs
The levy court Of Washington county shall exercise
general supervision the proceedings of said commits
sioner may examine thsr books and papers, and shall
prosecute for any deinquences violations of their
duty II shall not be lawful for member of the levy
court Of said county to be commissioner Of primary
schools trustee of any Of the school DISTRICTS nof for
any person to bs at the same time commissioners and
trustee as aforesaid. |,
Sec 16 And be il further enacted That any white resi-
Of said county Shall privileged pa his or her
child ward at of the schools provided for the
edueaod Of white children 10 said county he or she may
both districts aud any eoorsd resident shall have the
same rights with respect to eolored schools.
Sec II. And be further enacted, That 1t shall be the
duty Of the said commissioners to provide suitable and
convenient houses or rooms for holding schools for ooord
g proportion q ne school funds 10 be- de-
sermasd by the ngm6e 2, white and solorsd children
ment Of tsachers wages to the building renting Of
school rooms aud other necessary expenses pertaining to
to establish proper discipline, ana to endeavor to pro
mote thorough, equitable aud practical education Of
such commissioners TO impose tax Of not more than
nifty cents per month for each child the parents
guardians Of children attending said schools apped
to the payment Of expenses OF the school Of which said
child shall be an attendant and in the exercise of this
power the commissioner may from time to time, dscon
tnne the payment altogether may graduate tho tax
according 20 the ability Of the said taxpayers and the
wants OF the school Provided That child shall hs a
cuded from such school account OF the inability Of this
parent or guardian TO pay said tax. And said commis
thutons that may DO made for the bsneat Of said schools
by disposed to aid 10 the elevation Of the coored
in such In their opinion shall be best
calculated to effect the object OF the donors said commits
them, and report to the levy court in accordance
with the provisions Of section nins Of this act
on Vi the Ret Of Congress entitled san act providing for
the education Of eooIsd children in the cities of Washing
purposes" be- and the hereby repealed and that
from after the passage Of this act shall be the duty
Georgetown in the District OF columbis sat apart
each year from the whole fund received from all
by such authorities applicable under existing provisions
Of law purposes public education, proportion
ate part thereof the number Of cOod children, be-
cities bear to whole children thereof the
purpose of establishing and sustaining public schools In
said ees for the education u colorsd children; that the
said proportion shall sHeertAned by the reported
OF the population Of said cities made prior 70 said
shall be regulated at ali times thereby
and the said fund shall be paid the trustees appoint
cd undar the act OF Congress approved July eleven sgh
schools for the education OF coorsd ehden in The cities
Of Wash ngon and Georgetown, in the District Of Column
ha 10 be daDufsed by them In RcoofdAnee win the pro
sec lS And be Il further enacted, That one fourth
part OF all the moneys IN the hands Of ths marshal
the District Of Columbia Of other ocer Of said
District, which have accrued from hnes. penater and
imposed for the violations Of ths laws Of tho
United States within said District shall be by such officer
paid to the "B0ad OF Commissioners Of Primary
Schools Of Warrington County, District Of Columbia,
onsfourlh part to tbs Mayor Of the city Of eorgstown
and the remaining two fourhH thereof to the Mayor Of
the city Washington the said paid to the said
commissioners and the said mayors to constitute in their
hands funds for the support of primary schools within
tine said county public schools in said cities In the
proportions Aforesaid. And shall be the du'y OF said
from aud after the passage Of this ae all money coming
into thsr hands in tho manner Aforesaid, 10 the said
board OF commissioners o. primary schools and 10 the
said primary and public schools any law TO the contrary
Prouided That the unds thus obtained
of both white and e6ored children In the proportion Of
the numbers Of each between the oux and sew
"a determined by she latest census report that shall
have been made prior TO said apportonmsnt; and the
msyors Of the Rorsnaned cities OF Georgetown and Wash
ngion hereby authorised and Instructed to pay
sh mari thereof as may applicable under the pro-
visions OF this section and the provao thereto to the edn-
cation col red children in the arensmed cities q ths
trustees appointed under the act of July eleventh. egh
teen hundred and sixtytwo entitled "An act relating TO
schools the edusaton Of coored children IN thS Sue'
Of Washington and Georgetown In the District o. ooum
bIn 10 be used for the education oolored child Gu &C
cordlnR the provisions Of law ana the hloehhms9
officers falling to pay over the moneys ssaDs sstion ~
be liable to the penalty imposed " the oi
ha act of Congress approved July twelfth eighsen nun
dred and sxty-twn sntei ac s ~ nnd MA ~
Justices Of the peace in the District OF COumoA under
ths acts Of Congress approved the third AND NTH Of
August eighteen huha''" @"u s'Ai' WV anu '' ''"'i
w S And be further enacted, Thatevery person
in the aid District Of Columbia having under his or her
control child between the of eight and fourteen
years shall annually, during the continuance Of such
sentrol send such child some public school in tnat
nsrt of said District in which hs she shall at the time
reside twelve weeks, six (which shall be con-
luff ha oF