The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
11IE CoMMoX-SCuooL TAX.
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letter of instruction ~s.s ,o,iay issued ?
tie Superintendent OF Pubnc instruction.
Il explains itselC. The act referred to
follows the letter.
tCiae Of the Superintendent Of Puh,ic
Instruction, EraaE font. ny, May - s.
SD M sir TIE deioy IN sraainr out
census h'o ks fro.a ts;s oiiiao for the
white ana The colored children of pupil
AGO has been unavoidable. T. wiz be reaGi-
Is understood Ca reading The following
stOtellcats:
Fuet-4 hin hsl passed The House of
Representatives on the 9lh Ct March, in
witch, ;-n.n : her amendments to the
eo.auou school laws, the Pnrl age of
white ehiliren was changed Il was daily
rcTassel 10 tbs Senate, whore ou Tic Sth
Of Anal, il WIS passed, with an mend
l4cat one IF i,s provisions. Being re-
turn / - HE uaAce, IL lin yered on untjt
tAe lass dgy q. the session. aud then, "died
"a tl.e 0V1er CT The Dog. As soon as
practjea5,c there's ~, Ihe census blanks
for white pupil chilJtcr were printed and
issued
Second-O.. the 9Th of April, the last
day of the session, bill was passed by
the General Assembly and approved by
the Governor, two eoTics of which shall
iuclose. ga viii observe that the fol-
/ lowiAg clause is recited from the first
section Of the act: The school age Of col
ored children shall be from six 40 twenty
years, arl the eaEi'atiou tex imposed
upon co'ercd people for common school
/ purposes is hereby repeated
/ Inc Attorney General Las presentcl TIC
/ following Interpretation of ihe act. far
( as relates to tie c,auror CT takiug the
I census r.. cJ,ored ohiIire.s:
Frankfcrt, Ky. MAy y, lSS2.-IIon. }.
/ y. Pickett superintendent Of Public Ia
-
,3v CONF ruotiou a. he late cho ol law, ap-
I uroyat April = tsoI ~ 80 s1r a. - re-
/ viGcs 81 c'i.uve IN ti.. schoo' z Of color
/ Cd children. etc ctc., has t.fa received.
? Tie act ira uug-fi.l , = H. ...1 proyisi d.
aces rat laNc c., m,il ii Is tiied and
approved ~ I2aj rty of The legally
( qualified voters voting csi he question ~
the August election lS~2. Il then ar
proved and raiidsd, as provided in the
act, be additional taxi levied is 10 le col
+ lccied with the general tax for sehool Vur-
poses aud viii constitute part of the
( schs0l fund for the incoming school year.
But, as under existing law, the census
to hs taken and reported through The
Commissioners to the Superintendent Of
{ pr'lic isirrction tcr5re The E-sl M9nl;.y
in August, IL will Le Impossible for him
I % H.te his estimates or distribute the
's.ooi uIi rs contemplated by ho Aci
)il s.:c event OF liz ratiica:ian). uul~'s
.He census ~ cclcrei children Hetw cen
he ages cd SO aRd twcrty years, Instead
.ci'-l~etu IL aud sixteen yearE.
.0.., ~ refer SUGGEST that you ia
rl.. tu. s,nsus 81 coIorcj school ciildrsa
" i.hsH. :. j. u...ats AMI e---. from ak
10 t;.sGty years lrc-I winch 10y He eiii'!-
n4tt.i a. se 81. src s.-tsen - the cyeHt
tb- -t-t s. uot resided: or ihai IL &C taSrU
oal reported 10 ysu bath frcm six 20 SIX
teen .aa from siS 10 twoaty
All thIs r,sj e. done wiihou, VIOLATING
tie tc 4'tir-Eents Of the prcrcut law, and
!. as certainly essential 10 cfcctuatc =a'i
carry cut size provisio1s and intent ct
cts asa "a, che event or it- r0,ilicai ion.
Respectfully, p. ". HARDIN.
Attorney General
In correspondence with tbs opinion,
I forward new fe % Of colorGd census
blank, which you will &c pleased 10 di1-
tribute promptly among the Trustees of
the c3iorel Lia.ri. p -aioiuiuE to STA to oh
serve .-ithiuny an1 .ully It's require
~ as. tr0n tE.ir RS ec;ive returns
you viii be able to furnish this Office with
two CENSUS rcpsris.
First Census Of col crei pupilschillren
between the ages OF ak and twenty years
for each coiorej district
Second -Ccu-us o. coloro1 Pupil-chil-
dren between the ares &c sir aud sixteen
years for each colored district.
by observing the foregoing instruc-
;ious there will ~ no unnecessary delay
in determining for the incoming sch Dol
year tie Per capita for the white children
1 AID for the c0lored children iumediat ell Y
after the result Of the vote on the propos-
ed additional tax shall have been deolar-
ed. Very Respectfully.
JOS. DESuA PICKETT.
Superintendent of Public instruction.
TEXT OF TnE ACT.
An Act in Relation to the Common
Schools Of This Common " calth, Providing
for he levy Of an Additional Tax, and a
Suh'tsaiou OF same 10 the People.
Whereas, By existing law there is a
Ill Terence in the per CAPITA TO which the
white and colored pupil children of this
Commonwealth are entities; and
Whereas, No such difference in the per
capita due such white ard coiorel pupil
children should exist; aud
Whereas. Tie tax Of iweny cents on
the one hundred dollars levied in support
OF common school was levied only after
the ratification ard approval of the white
voters Of tco Commonwealth. and was ia
tend 4 only for the benefit CT white chill.
d-en, AID
Whereas, An additional tax Of two
two cents on he oae hundred dollars lev.
led On all the property in the Common
wealth subject to taxation for revenue
pui poses will make the per capita OF he
white pupil child aud the colorel pupil
child the same; therefore
Be it ordained ~ the General Assem-.
bly, of the Conuon vealth of Kentucky
Section i. That q tax of two cents on
each one hundred dollars of property in
this Commonwealth, subject to taxation
for Stale revenue purposes he, aud The
same is hereby, levied and imposed; SAID
tax, when collected, shall he placed TO ihs
credit of tho common school fund of tbs
State, which entire fun shall hereafter
be united aud became one fund, to which
The white aud coiored pupil children o
this State shall be entitled in the sam,
proportion. The school ages OF the color
ed children shall be from six TO twent,
years. and the capitalion tax imposed up
on coored people for common school pur
poses is hereby repealed.
Sec. z. But nothing in this act shall b.
construed in anywise or to any extent o.
a for any purpose, &c authorize any whit
= child TO attend any common school fo
colored children, or any colore1 child /.
attend any school for white children: bn
: the white and colcred schools shall b,
b forever kept and maintained separately
! Sec 3. This act shall not take effect un
! Ill ratified and approved ny a majority 0
| The legally qualified voters Of the Stat,
5 voting or the question; aud, to ascertain
a the sense OF the qualified voters. it shal
/ be the duty of the Sheriff and other oil
$ GERS conducting he next annual election
{ 10 oe held on the frst Monday in August
: 1882 10 open poll in the various pre-
4 cincts IN their respective counties, an,
a take the sense Of the qualified voters 0
lie Commonwealth upon the propr
and expediency of imposing an adliriona
tax of three cents on each 500 worth o
! property in the State subject to taxation
for the purpose Of increasing the common
school fund of Kentucky and Of equaliz
, ing the white and oolored per capita.