The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-01-07
Education Of the Colored Race.
IN THE sen ATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
DECEMBER 10, 1879.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
DECEMBER 10, 1879.
Mr.. Bruce asked and, by unanimous consent,
obtained leave to bring III the following
bill, which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to provide for the Investment Of
certain unclaimed pay and bounty moneys
now in the Treasury of the United States,
and to facilitate and encourage the educa-
ton of the colored race in the several States
and Territories.
WHEREAS, Five hundred and ten thous-
and dollars, originally appropriated for the
pay and bountieS of colored soldiers, has
remained unclaimed more than seven years,
| from failure To discover claimants therefor,
and has been recently covered back into
I the Treasury Of the United States and
+ WHEEEAs, 1t is s4Ui t.tS{e-til.it TIE Ctiis5e9
! from whose services this fund has accrued
/ should receive the benefit thereof and
| WHEREAS, Justice and expediency do
mand that these moneys shall be distributed
so as to reach the largest number of the
necessitous classes and meet the wants Of
said classes for elementary as well as higher
! instruction and
WHEREAS, The institutions hereinafter
named are located with reference to the
convenience Of the general masses Of the
colOred population, and furnish not only
| large facilities TO meet popular educational
wants, but give reasonable guarantee, in
their management and success, Of Perman-
ency; therefore,
Be II enacted J7l the .Ss7iatc anil Hotesc of
/ Representatives. Of the Jlaited Sfates Of Ameri-
ca IN C0nvgcs Isscm5Ld That an amount
equal to the sum Of said unclaimed pay and
sb6unty funds now in the Treasury, to-Wit
/ Five hundred and ten thousand dollars be
set apart for the education of cOlOred
youths, and that the Secretary Of the
Treasury be, a.d he hereby Is, empowered
and directed 10 purchase United States
registered four per centum bonds to this
amount and that said bonds shall be held
| in trust for the educational uses Of cOlOred
/ youth, and that the interest thereof alone
shall Is, a. it accrucs, paid over by SAID
! Secretary Of the Treasury as hereinafter
provided.
SEC. .. That the interest annually ac-
4 crGing from the aforementioned registered
! United States bonds shall be equally dis
tributed among the several Institutions
named in thi- act; and that the Secretary
Of the Treasury is hereby required and
directed to pay, out Of this interest rs it may
be collected, quarterly, one equal part n
the respective treasurcrs Of the Boards
of Trustees of said institutions following to-
wit: State Normal School Tor ColOred
Students, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Lincoln
/ Normal University, Marion, Alabama !;
| Goodman Institute jacksonville, Florida
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia /;
Haven Normal School, Waynesboro, Geor-
gia Straight University, New Orleans.
! Louisiana Shaw University, folly
Springs, Mississippi Tougaloa University,
and Normal School Tou@aioo, Mississippi :
Baltimore Normal School for colored pupils,
Baltimore, Maryland Lincoln Normal
Institute, jefferson, Missouri; Biddle Uni
versity, Charlottesville. North Carolina
Shaw University. Raleigh, North Carolina
Avery Normal Institute, Charleston, South
Carolina; Fairfield Normal Institute
Winnsboro, South Carolina; Fiske Uuiver-
sity, Nashville, Tennessee; Freedman
Normal Institute, Maysyille, Tennessee
Richmond Normal School, Richmond, Viz
ginia Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute, Hampton, Virginia; Beyea Col
lege, Berea, Kentucky; Wiley University,
Marshall Texas, and Howard University
Washington, District Of Columbia.
SEC g. That the funds thus distributed
shall be appropriated by the Trustee of the
several institutions for the specific and ex-
elusive purpose of paying the Professors
and instructor. thereof that "a competent
and efficient corps ofteachers may be per
manentlv secured for said institutions
= And if from any cause said institutions
should be abandoned, or diverted in their
administration from the purposes cOntem-
plated in this Act, the Secretary Of the
Treasury shall distribute the fund other
wise designated for said abandoned institu-
tions IN equal proportions, among the
schools that shall remain in force and Oper
alton.