Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-29
The COlOred School Fund.
REPLY OF AUDITOR RICHARDS TO THE

OF RICHARDS TO THE COL
ORKD SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Mr.. Il. Richards, the Auditor of the District,
has addressed letter to the Governor, in reply
to the resolutions adopted by the Colored School
Trustees inquiring "by what authority the Audi
tor and Comptroller refuse to pay over to the
Trustees of Colored Schools their portion of the
school fund Of the cities or Washington and
Georgetown, as provided by act of Congress-"
The Auditor states that he has never refused to
pay such claim, and had not been asked to pay
II; nor had he refused to audit such claim. He
says" The trouble is that the treasurer OF said
Board Of Trustees refuses to present vouchers
with his claim for their portion of school funds,
as required by law; so that the only question at
issue in this trumped up case is, Shall the
Auditor approve demand against the District
government without presentation of proper
vouchtrs?' When the Trustees of Public
Schools for colored children are willing TO con-
form to the same law and the same regulations
as those to which the trustees of the white
schools of Washington, Georgetown and the
county have readily and promptly confOrmed
there will be no delay on my part to approve
their bills For some reason the majority of the
board are unwilling to comply with the law, and
claim that the coiored schools are not public
schools.
Mr.. Richards quoted at length from the laws
as TO his duty in the premises, and arrived at
the following conclusions First That the
schools for colored children are not only nomi-
nally but legally public schools. Second. That
the original act establishing the District gov
eminent, in comforting all legislative power
consistent with the Constitution or the United
states anu with the PROVISIONS or SAID organic
act, virtually repeats or amends all previous acts
of Congress in relation to schools i'm this District
az soon as the District Legislature shall assume
such power by actual legislation. Third. That
the legislative act of August %, referred to
above is as strictly applicable to the trustees of
eolOred schools as to those of the white schools.
Fourth. That the law of Congress requires the
same duties and functions of said trustees of col
Ored schools as of the white schools Fifth. But
that ii said trustees of colored schools insist that
they are not required by the law of Congress
and by the law of our District Legislature to
present duplicate statements and vouchers for
all bills against them TO the auditor, as the other
trustees do, then 1t is plainly the duty of the
auditor and comptroller to approve and pay
their portion OF school funds only on the first OF
October each year.
APPOINTMENTS OF AssSssoRs- Governor
Cooke, under the act authorizing permanent
officers of che District of Columbia, has ap-
pointed the following assessors of real and per-
sonal property in the several legislative districts:
LIST district, Daniel F. Lee, Uniontown; I'd, n.
K. Robinson; Sd, John Kaiser, II High street,
Georgetown; 4th, DR.. Il. Brace, corner OF
Bridge and Washington streets, Georgetown;
9Th, A. +. Hines, 925 22d street; 9Th, Jas. Kelly,
art, 10th street, between X and L, northwest;
| sth, Caspar Keller, 1740 9Th street, between X
| and s, northwest; 9Th, John +. Olmstead, corner
| Of 18th and g streets northwest; 10th, Joseph HI
Davidson, corner of 18th street and Ohio avenue
northwest; 18th, Peter Hepburn, s06 street
southwest; 18th, Michael Duffy, 81 K street
nOrtnWett, iotu, lie w. w. drlnn, Slf ytn sLreei
northwest; 18th, William grimm, 14l5 5th stree,
northwest; 18th, j. l.. Club, COS street north
west; 18th, K. q. Gatchel, corner Of Pennsylva
mia avenue and Sd street northwest; nth, r. j
! Collins, lI3 ~ street southwest; 18th, A. b. H
Lacey, $50 M street southwest; 10th, Patrick
Hogan, so II street northeast; 10th, James H
Searles, South Carolina avenue, between Sd and
4th streets southeast; 21st, Davis Baker, corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and LIST street east; I'D
Donald McCathran, 500 Sth street southeast.
FRESH READrSe.-Shillington sends us tn,
/ interesting and handsomely illustrated Franz
f! Leslie Almanac for 1872. From the Nationa
/ News Company we have a batch Of weekiies
| Including Frank Leslie's Newspaper for Dec. 9th
with Grand Duke illustrations. From j. G. Par
ker we have Harper's Bardr for Dec. 9th.
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/ wAsHINGToNTAN ROBBED IN ALEX ANDRIA.
4 A young man named Flynn, from Washington
while walking I'm the poor's house lane, wa
assaulted by an unknown man, who took from
him the fowling piece he was carrying. Thegm
was recovered by Constable Burnett.-Gasette
| last eresiiRg.
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