Semi-weekly interior journal., 1882-06-06

a difference in the per capita 10 which
the white and colored pupil children
Of this Commonwealth are entitled I;
and whereas, no such difference in the
per capita due such white and colored
pupil children should exist; and
whereas, the tax Of twenty cents on
the one hundred dollars now levied in
support Of common schools was levied
only after the ratification and appro.
val Of the white voters Of the Com.
monwealth, and was only intended for
the benefit of white children; and
whereas, au additional tax Of two
cents on the one hundred dollars lev
led on all the property in the Com
monwealth subject 10 taxation for rev.
enue purposes will make the per capita
Of the white pupil child and the color
cd pupil child the same, therefore,
BE Il enacted By The General Assem-
big Of he Commonwealth Of kentucky
s l. That tax of two cents on
each one hundred dollars Of property
in this Commonwealth subject TO tax
alton for State revenue purposes be,
and the same is hereby levied and i'm
posod said tax, when collected, shall
be placed TO the credit of the common
school fund Of the State, which entire
fund shall hereafter be united and be-
come one fund, TO which the white
and colored pupil children Of this
State shall be entitled IN the same
proportion. The school ages Of col
ored children shall be from six to
twenty years, snd the capitation tax
imposed upon colored people for com.
mon school purposes is hereby re.
pealed.
90. But nothing in this act shall
be construed in any wise or TO any
extent, or for any purpose, TO author
ize any white child 10 attend any COM
mon school for colored children, or
any colored child TO attend any school
for white children; but white and col
ored schools shall he forever kept and
maintained separately.
s 3. This act shall not take effect
until ratified and approved by a ma.
jority of the legally qualified voters Of
the State voting on the question; and
to ascertain the sense of the qualified
voters, il shall be the duty Of the
sheriff and other officers conducting
the next annual election TO be held on
the first Monday in August, 1882, TO
open a poll in the various precincts in
their respective counties, and take the
sense Of the qualified voters Of the
Commonwealth upon the propriety
and expediency Of imposing an addi-
tioual tax Of two cents on each one
hundred dollars worth of property in
the State subject TO taxation, for the
purpose of increasing the common
school fund of Kentucky, and Of
equalizing the white and colored pen
capita.
s 4. That il shall be the duty OF
the sheriff and other returning officers
TO make out a correct list of the vote
required to be taken under this act;
and il shall be the duty Of the county
judges and county clerks ofthe several
counties 10 compare and certify said
lists of their respective counties; said
county clerks shall cause the same to
be delivered TO the Secretary Of State
within sixty days after the day of
said election; and upon failure of any
one of them TO do so, he shall be fined
in the sum of one hundred dollars, to
be recovered in any court of compe-
tent jurisdiction.
s 5. If it shall appear from said
vote that majority of the votes cast
under the provicions of this act, or
cast in favor of said tax, then this act
shall stand in full force and effect as
fully and completely as though the
time at which it should take effect was
fixed in this act; and it shall thereup.
on be the duty of the Secretary Of
State 10 forthwith notify, in writing,
the sheriff of each county, OF the col.
lector of State revenue in each county,
if there be no sheriff therein, that this
act is in full force and effect, and for
such sheriff or collecting officer to
collect, in addition TO the tax now
fixed by law, an additional tax of two
cents on each one hundred dollars
worth of property in this State sub
ject to taxation for State revenue pur.
poses.
s 6. That il shall be the duty Of
the Public Printer to print aud deliv-
er imm edia,ely TO the Secretary OF
State. twenty-five hundred copies Of
this act, and shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State 10 forward twenty
five copies Of same for each Repre-
sentative district of the House Of Rep
resentatives, TO the various clerks O.
the county courts in proportion to the
representatives, by the 10Th day o
June preceding said August election
and said clerks so required TO deliver
said copies to the sherihs of their res
pective counties, and take receip
therefor; and it shall be the duty Of
said sheriff TO put one copy OF this
act at the place of voting in eacl
election precinct in their RESPECTIVE,
counties at least twenty days befor'
: the said August election.
l : Z. That any person, other than
a qualified voter of this State, who
shall vote for or against the PROPOSE
ton in this act mentioned, shall b.
subject to all the fines and penaltie
now in force under existing laws reg