Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-03-15
LOCAL NEWS.
The Colored Schools and the School f

The following is the correspondence between
the Trustees of the olored Schools and Mayor
Wallach, sent in to the Board of Aldermen on
Mon " night in answer to a call Of that
board:
WASHINGTON, D. G., Nov. 90, 1s6i-To his
Homo, the Mayor Of Washington City, d. C.-Sir:
colored children in the cities Of Washington
and Georgetown, appointed under the act Of
July ii, 1852, respectfully desire information
in regard to the funds provided for the educa-
tion OF colored children in Washington by the
1864.
vol; 10, page 4O7,) provides as follows:-"I 1t
shall be the duty of the municipal authorities
OF the cities of Washington and Georgetown,
in the District Of Columbia, to set apart ten per
centurn OF the amount received from taxes
levied on the real and personal property in
said cities owned by persons of color, which
sum, received for taxes as aforesaid, shall be
appropriated for the purpose of initiating
system OF primary schools for the education of
colored children residing In said cities
The act OF July II, 1862, section l, (U. S. laws,
take charge Of the schools for coIered children,
10 "possess all the powers and perform all the
duties conferred upon, and required of, the
trustees Of public schools in the said cities of
Washington and Georgetown by the Aforesaid
act."-lAct Of May 81, 1922
The first section OF the act OF May 81, 1862,
act Of June IS, 1884, q. S. laws, last session, a On
page 1919 consequently it was operative from
May 81, 1862, to June 25, 1864, durine which
time the ten per centum,of taxes collected from
colored persons is to be accounted for to the
trustees appointed under the act Of July II,
1862.
The 18th and 10th sections of the act of June
25, 1854, providing funds for the support of
colored schools, are as follows:
"Sec. Is. AMI pc IL further enacted, That the
FIRST section OF the act of Congress entitled 'An
children in the cities of Washington, and
Georgetown, District OF Columbia, and for
other purposes, be, and the same is hereby,
repealed; and that from and after the passage
of this act it shall be the duty OF the m unicpaI
authorities Of the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the District OF Columbia to
set apart each year. from the whole fund, re-
ceived from all sources, by such authorities
applicable, under existing provisions of law,
TO purposes of public education, such pro-
portionate part thereof as the number OF COL
oreo children between the ages OF SIX aad
seventeen years, in the respective cities bear
to the whole number of children thereof, for
the purpose Of establishing and sustaining
public schools in said cities for the education
OF colored children; that the said proportion
shall be ascertained by the lastreported census
OF the population OF said cities made prior to
said epportionment, and shall be regulated at
all times thereby; and that the said fund shall
be paid to the trustees appointed under the act
OF Congress approved July eleven. eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled sAn act re-
lating to schools tor the education of colored
children in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia to
ACCORDANCE
provisions of the said act.
"Sec. 10 And he it further enacted, That one
fourth part OF all the moneys now in the hands
of the marshal of the District of Columbia, or
OF any other officer of said District, which
have accrued from fines, penalties and tor
feitures Imposed fer the violations Of the laws
OF the United States within said District, shall
be by such officer or officers paid TO the Board
of Commissioners OF Primary Schools OF Wash
irgton County, District Of 20 umbia," one
fourth part to the Mayor Of the city of George
town, and the remaining two fourths thereof
to the Mayor of tine city OF Washington, the
said sums SO paid to the said commiss toner's
and the said mayors to constitute in their
hands funds for the support OF primary schools
within The said county and public schools in
said cities in the proportions aforesaid. And
1t shall be the duty OF said marshal and other
officers to pay over, every three months, from
and after the passage OF this act, all the money
coming into their hands in the manner afore-
said, to the said board of commissioners OF
primary schools and to the said mayors, in the
proportions aforesaid, for the use Of the said
primary and public schools, any law to the
contrary Notwithstanding Provided, That the
funds thus obtained for educational purposes
shall be applied to the education of both white
and colored children, in the proportion of the
numbers of each between the ages of six and
seventeen years as determined by the latest
census report that shall nave been made prior
to said apportionment; aud the m yors OF the
afore named cities Of Georgetown and Wash
In gton are hereby authorized and instructed
10 pay over such part thereof as may be appli-
the proviso thereto to the education of coIored
children in the aforenamed cities, to the trus-
t. es appointed under the act OF July eleventh,
eighteen hundred and sixty.two, entitled can
act elating to schools for the education of col
ored children in the cities OF Washington and
Gt orgetown, IN the District OF Columbia to
be used for the education of colorsd children
according to the provisions of law, and the
aforenamed officers failing to pay over the
moneys as aforesaid shall be liable to the pen
atty imposed by the second section Of thefact
OF Congress approved July twelfth, eighteen
hundred and sixty two. entitled AN act to pro
VIDE tor the payment Of fines and penalties
collected by and paid the justices of the peace
in the District of Columbia. under the acts OF
Congress approved the third and fifth of Au-
gust eighteen hundred and sixty.on and for
By ofieiai information from the Superln.
tendent Of the Census Bureau, it appears tnat
by the last census the whole number OF cnli,
dren In Washington, between the ages OF ana
II, was 1853, Of whom 1856, or SO per cent,
were white, and 967. or 20 per cent, were col
ored; consequently, under the above letn sec:
ton 20 per cent. of the whole Iono receives
from all sources, applicable under existing pro-
visions Of law to purposes OF public educationfu
Washington, since the passage of the law,
June 25th, 1864, is to be applied to the support
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