The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08
THE BLAIR SCHOOL BILL.
Text of tho Bin as 1. Passed the Senate

Is as follows:
BE IL enacted by the Senate and Hous
of Representatives Of the United State
of America in Congress assembled, Tha
for eight years next after the passage O
this Act there shall be annually appro
priated from tho money in the trcssur
the following sums, to wit: The first yea
the sum of seven million dollars, the sec
ond year tile sum of ten million dollars
the third year the STUN Of fifteen million
dollars, the fourth year tho sum Of thir
teen million dollars, the fifth year th,
sum of eleven million dollars, the sixtl
year the sum of nine million dollars, tn,
seventh yenr tho sum Of seven million
million dolars; which several sums shal
be expended to secure the benefits o
common. school education to all the chi
dren of the school age mentioned here
after living in the United States.
| SEC: 2. That such money shall annual
ly bo divided among and paid out in the
several States and Territories in that pro
portion which the whole number of per.
sons in each who, being Of the age of ten
years and over, caunot write, bears to
tho whole number Of such persons in the
! United Statea; ench computation shall
be made according to the census OF
eighteen hundred and eighty.
! SEC. s. That no State or Territory
shall receive any of the benefits of this
Act until the Governor thereof shall file
with the secretary of the interior state.
ment, certified by him, showing the char.
ecter OF the common-school system in
force in such State or Territory; the
amount of money expended therein
during the preceding school year in the
support of common schools, not includ.
ing expenditures 70: rent, repair, or cree.
ton of school houses; whether any dis.
| elimination Is made in the raising or
| distributing of the common school reve.
nues or in the common school facilities
| afforded between the white and colored
| children therein, and, 80 far az practic.
able, tho sources from which such reye-
nues were derived; the manner In which
the same were appropriated 10 the use of
the common schools; the number of
| white and the number of colored com.
mon schools; the average attendance in
each class, and tho length of the school
term. No money ahall be paid out un.
der this Act to any State or Territory
that shall not have provided by law q
system of free common schools for all of
its children Of school age, without
distinction of race or color, either in the
raising or distributing of school revenues
or iE the school facilities afforded Pro.
vided, that separate schools for white
and colored children shall not be con:
sidered violation of this condition.
The secretary of the interior shall there.
upon certify to the secretary of the
Territories which he finds to be entitled
to share in the benefits of this Act, and
also the amount due to each.
SEC. 4. That the amount 80 appropri-
ated to each State and Territory uhali be
drawn from the treasury by warrant of
the secretary Of the Treasury, upon the
monthly estimates and requisitions of the
secretary of the interior, "a the same may
be needed, and shall be paid over to such
officers as shall be authorized by tho
laws Of the respective States and Terri
tories to receive the same.
SEC. s. That the instruction in the
common schools wherein these moneys
shall be expended shall include the art
Of reading. writing and speaking the
English language, arithmetic, geography,
history Of the United States, and such
other branches of useful knowledge as
may be taught under local laws.
SEC. 6. The money appropriated and
apportioned under the provisions of this
Act to the use Of any Territory shall be
applied to the use Of common and indus.
trial schools therein by the secretary of
the interior.
SEC. 7. That tho design of this act not
being to establish an independent system
Of schools, but rather to aid for the time
being in the development and mainte.
nance of the school system established by
local government, and which must eve Mt
ually be wholly maintained by the States
aad Territories wherein they exist, it is
hereby provided that no greater part Of
the money appropriated under this Act
shall be paid out to any State or Terrific.
ry in any one year than the sum ex.
pended out Of its own revenues or out of
moneys raised under It's authority in the
preceding year for the maintenance OF
coml0on schools, not including the sums
expended In the erection of school. build.
ings.
SEC. 8. That part of the money ap.
portioned to each State or Territory, not
exceeding one.tenth thereof, may yearly
for the common schools therein, which
sum may be expended in maintaining
institutes or temporary training. schools,
or in extending opportunities fcs normal
Or other instructions to competent and
suitable persons, of any color, who are
without necessary means to qualify them.
selves for teaching, and who shall agree
in writing to devote themselves exclu.
sively, for at least one year after leaving
such trainipg-schools, to teach in the
common schools, for such compensation
as may be paid other teachers therein.
SEC. 8. That no part of the educational
fund allotted to any State or Territory
shall be used for the erection of school.
houses or school-buildings of any deserip.
ton, nor for rent Of the same.
SEC. 10. That the moneys distributed
under tho provisions Of this Act shall be
used only for common schools, not Gee.
tartan in character, in the school districts
of the several States and Territories, in
such way as to provide, as near as may
be, for the equalization of school privi-
leges to all the children of the school age
prescribed by the law Of the State or
Territory wherein the expenditure shall
be made, thereby giving to each child,
without distinction of race or color, an
equal opportunity for education. The
term ''school district" shall include all
cities, towns, parishes, and other terrific
rial subdivisions for school purposes, and
all corporations clothed by law with the
power of maintaining common schools.
SEC. II. That no second or subsequent
allotment shall be made under this Act
to any State or Territory unless the Gov.
ernor of such State or Territory shall
first file with the secretary of the interior
q statement, certified by him, giving q
detailed acconnl nf tha naymente or Tfia.