Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-01-07

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to employ and examipe asaehas th@eios, and
to Appropriate . proportion Of the school
funds. 70 Be determined BY tbe number Of
white sDd eolored children between the aees
of nix and ssventsn years. 10 the payment Of
tsachefs' wages, to Tie building OF renting Of
schoolfooms, and other necessary expenses
pertaining to said schools, to exercise . gen.
eral supervision over them, to establish prop
e. disipline. and to cndeavor to promote
thorough, equitable. and practical education
Of colored children in said county. It shall
be lawful for such commissioners the impose a
tax Of not more than fifty cents per
month for each child on the parents or guar
dams of children attending said schools, to be
applied to the payment Of expenses Of the
school Of which said child shall be an at
tendant; and in the exercise Of this power
the commissioner may, from to time, discon-
tinue the payment altogether, or may grad
uate the tax according to the ability Of the
said taxpayers and the wants Of the school
Provided, That no child shall be excluded
from such school on account of the inability
of the parent or guardian to pay, said tax.
And said commissioners are authorized to re-
ceive any donations or contributions that may
be made for the benefit of said schools BY
persons disposed to aid in the elevation Of
the colored population in the District Of
Columbia. and to apply the same in such man
nsr as in their opinion shall be best calcula-
ted to effect the object of the donors. said
commissioners being required to account for
all funds received BY them. and to report to
the levy court in accordance with the pro-
visions Of section nine Of this act. ...,9 ..
d" Sec. 1S. Aad be It further enacted, That
the first section cf the act of congress entitled
IAN act providing for the education Of COL
ored children in the cities Of Washington and
Georgetown. District of Columbia, and for
other purposes" b.. and the same il hereby,
repealed; and that from and after the passage
Of this act it shall be the duty of the muni.
cipal authorities Of the cities of Washington
aud Georgetown, in the District Of Colum-
bia, to set apart each year, from the whole
fund. received from all sources, by such
authorities, applicable, under existing provis.
ions Of law, to purpose Of public education,
such proportionate part thereof. - the
number Of colored children, between tho eyes
of six and seventeen years, in the respective
cities bear to the whole number Of children
thereof. for the purpose Of establishing aud
sustaining public schools in said cities for the
education of eolored children; that the
said proportion shall BE- ascertainsd by the
last reported census Of the population of said
cities made prior to said apportionment. and
shall bs regulated at all times thereby and
that the said fund shall bs paid to the ttus-
tees appointed under tho aet Of eongrsss ap-
proved, July eleven. eighteen hundred and
sixty-wo. entitled " An act relating TO schools
for the education Of colorsd children in the
cities Of Washington and Georgetown. in
The District Of Columbia" to be disburssd by
them in accordance with the provisions Of
the said act. L.. .d bl,oy s,7,os.l Il
. Sec. IS. A.d Be i Jw:1er ,e,rssected, That
this act be, and the same il hereby, declared
public and reu,idal, and shall Be construed by
Ill courts Of jpstice according ID the squity
thereof; and no proceedings Of the inhabi.
tants or Of the trustees Of any school district,
Or Of the commissionery Of primary achools, or
of amy other officer created under the provis.
ions Of this act. shall be ~ aside or adjudged
TO be void for detect Of form. Or for any ir.
regularity therein. - that the reputation Of
the said act arv substantially complied with.
Sec. 20. Asd be u fsvtksv .e~aceed, Thae
the act ofcongress entitlfd An act % pro-
vide fss the psblic ciustrussiju Il yssth 10
primary scheoh shrose1sat tie County Of
Washingtou. in the District Of Columbia.
without the limits Of Washington. and Geosge-
town." except the Ars: and bird seesisaa
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