The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-09
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FeASEroRr, May y The following /
ettcr ef ius. rrciion MAS sosiay issuel ~ !
lie superintendent Of PGbilc instruction. |
/ cSplains ilsslf. The act referred to |
olsows he letter.
Cfice Of the Superintendent cf Public !
rsiruslior, frankfort. NY, May -, H.
So onr sir: The deiay IN sending out
census blanks from ts;s oiioe for the
white ani The eelorel children of pupil
sge has been unavoidable. II wiz be reaai-
y understood oa reaGing the following
ssn;eilents:
Fte.-A hill had passed ihe House of
representatives, Gu tac oh CT March, IN
shich, asa.De her amendments to the
soMrlon school laws, the pupil age of
white ehiliren was changed Il was duly
re ..arseei 10 The Senate, where on the Sih
Of.aaral, il was passed, with amend
lscslt 20 one.of iis provisions Being re-
Turned K the !ionse, il fingered on untH
tle last day .. the session. .lal then, ''dicd
il It's order Of Tho day. As soon
practicable there's sr, The census blanks
for white pupil children were printed and
Issued.
Seeond-0u the 24th of April the last
day Of the session. bill WAS passed by
the Gencr..l Assembly and approved by
the Governor, two eories of which shall
iuclese. You viii observe that the fol-
lowing clause is reci,ei from the first
sectian Of the act. The school age of col
orei children shall be from SIX 10 twenty
years, and the capilllion tax posed
upon co'crcd people for common school
purposes is hereby repealed
The Attorney General las presenter the
following Interpretation of The act. SO far
as relates to tie manner OF taking the
census &c c5lored ohiiireA:
Prankfort, ~, Iag -, SS2.-IIon. j.
,. Pickett superintendent Of Public In
struciian -lc.e 81. Yours requesting
iay cons ruaiion ofthe late chool law, APP
proved April y $50 IN - lar as j, pro-
viGcs e.i..uge IN ar, school gss Of color
Ell children. etc elc.. has lisa received.
The set in question = is - provisions.
u5cs not sa@e eli mil II : ratified and
approved ~ = maisrty OF The legally
qualified v9iers voting Gm he question ~
the August cierfieu, Is >. Ii then ar
proved and raiiisd, as provided in the
act, the additional taxi levied is 30 he c.i.
lcetsd with the general IA < for school piir-
poses. aud will constitute = part Of he
school fund for the incoming school year.
But, as under existing law, the census
10 hs taken and reported through ihs
Commissioners to The Supsrinf endsrt OF
Pu'lic distraction bgfere the f-sI Mon'lay
il AUGUST, il will be Impossible for him
20 make his estimates or distribute the
school uisi rs coutempiaieil by Tho aet
(in she event Of i,s raiiieationl. ual-'s
he cen~us 81 coierci children betw cen
ine a~cz Of s.N aud twenty years, iAsteal
CT between si= and sixteen yrsrs.
wool, thcreIsrc suggest that you Ill
reei TAO sensus q coloTed school children
be taken. wilh names aui ggc, from ak
to t.sca3y ycars fro.i which ..isy re eiirsI-
nqfe.i i'.ose aA4ee s.-,ssn i. the eveoi
.be asa is wot ratified: or thai it &c taken
as.d reported 10 sou both from six 10 SIX
teen rnd from xix % iweaty.
All this r,,y IL done without violating
tAe requirements of the present law. aud
It is certainly essential to eigcctua,e aai
lis Ia tIss ~.erss or r. rs,tfffc9iton-
Respectfully, p ". HARDIN.
Attorney General.
In correspondence with this opinion,
I forward new fe.n Of colored census
blank, which you viii he pleased 10 die
tribute promptly among the Trustees OF
the coiored dia,ric 2 eaioining theta 10 OBJ
serve i4ifhfully 4ad fully its require
n ass tro5n ,heir respective returns
you will be able 10 furnish this Office with
TWO census reports.
First--cenSus Of color pupilsehildren
between The ages OF ak and twenty years
for each eoiored district.
Second Ceu.us of celorel pupil-chil-
dren between the ayes u SAG AID sixteen
years for each coiored district.
by observing the foregoing instrue-
lions there will ne no unnecessary delay
in determining for the incoming sch 30
year The per capita for the white children
aud for the colored children immediaiel,
after the result OF the vote on the propos-
ed additional tax shall have been declar.
ed. Very Respectfully.
JOS. DESuA PICKETT.
Superintendent of Public lnstru ction
TEXT OF Tue ACT.
! An Act in Relation TO the Common
Schools Of This Commonwealth. Providing
! for he levy of an Additional Tax, and
! Submission OF same 10 the People.
Whereas, by existing law there is :
! difference in the per CAPITA to which thu
white and colored pupil children of thi.
Commonwealth are entitled; and
Whereas, No such difference in the pei
capita due such white and coiorel pupi
children should exist; and
/ Whereas. The tax Of twenty cents OF
the one hundred dollars levied in supper
OF common school was levied only sfte
the ratification and approval of The whit,
voters Of re Commonwealth. and was iu-
tended only for the benefit CT white chill
dren; aud
Whereas, An additional tax of tw
two cents on the one hundred dollars lev
led On all the property in the Common
wealth subject TO taxation for rrvenu
purposes will make the per capita OF tn
white pupil child and the coiorei pupi
child the same; therefore
Be il ordained by the General Assem-
If ft.a Cnr-tr, n aal Z IA IF Z,
Section /. That q tax of two cents o.
each one hundred dollars of properly i
this Common wealth. subject ic taxaiio
for State revenue purposes he, and tn
same is hereby, levied and imposed; sal
tax, when collected. shall he placed to h
credit of the cons mon school fund of tn
State, which entire fuu shall herenffe
be united and became one fund, to whic
The W hite aud coiorrd pupil children
his 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 capi.ation tax imposed VI
on co!ored people for common school pul
poses is hereby repealed.
Sec. z. But nothing in this act shall /
construed in anywis or TO any extent.
4 for any purpose, &c authorize any viii
r child to attend any common school f
! coIorei children. or any colorel child
attend any school for white children; b,
the white and colcred schools shalt I
b forever kept and maintained separated,
! Sec 8. This act shall not take effect vi
! i'll ratified aud approved ny a majority
the legally qualified voters of the Siai
$ voting OF the question:; and, to ascertai
a the sense Of the qualified voters. ii shs
I be the duty of the Sheriff and other OF
$ GERS conducting he next annual election
{ to oe held on the Ersf Monday in Angus
3 1882 10 open = poll In the various pr
4 cincts IN their respective counties, an
4 take the sense of The qualified voters
: the Commonwealth upon the propriei
8 and expeiiency of imposing an adiition
tax of three cents on each 500 worth
! property in the State subject 10 taxatio
for the purpose Of increasing the commc
school fund of Kentucky and Of equali
, ing The white and colored per capita.