Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-03-06
The Education hill Passed.

THE VOTE In THE sENATE-PRovIsIoNs OF THE
The Senate yesterday afternoon passed the
educational bill by vote OF 80 to IL The vote
in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Berry, Blackburn, Blair, b lwen, Call,
Colquitt, Conger, Culiom, Dolph, Eustis, Evarts,
George, Gibson, Hoar, Jackson, Jones OF Arkan-
sas, kenna, Logan, Malone, Manderson, Miller
of New York, Mitchell OF oregon, Morrill,,
Palmer, Payne. Pugh, Ransom. klddleberger,
Voorhees,, Walthall. and Wilson Of Iowa
Twenty republicans, sixteen democrats.l
Nays-Cockrell, Coke, Frye, Gray. Hale.
Plumb and Wilson OF Marylan
(Five republicans, six deInocrats.)
Camden, Dawes, Edmunds, Hampton, Harri-
son, Mcmillan, Pike, Sabin and Salisbury, who
would have voted aye, with Messrs. Morgan,
Aldrich, Platt, Beck, Butler, Hawley, Vest,
Sewell, Cameron and Mitchell of Pennsy lvaniS,
who would have voted nay.
The bill, as IL passed the Senate, provides that
for eight years after its passage there shall he
annually appropriated from the Treasury the
following sums In aid OF common school educa-
ton in the states and territories and District OF
Colum bia and Alaska: The first year, 81 ,O00,-
900; second year, S1o,oo0,ooo; third year.
SIS ,0O0,OOO; fourth year, $13,OOO,0Oo; nth
year. 81 ooo, 900; sixth year, IS, 600, 900; sew
enth year, >. 100000, and eighth year, 81, O0O,-
OOo-making S11 900, OoO-besides which there
is a special appropriation OF $1,000, 900 to aid
In the erection of school-houses in sparsely set
tied districts making the total fund $40, oOO
600. The money is given to the several states
and territories sin that proportion which the
whole number Of persons in each state, who,
being of the age of ten years and over, cannot
write, bears TO the whole number OF such per-
sons in the United States" according 10 the
census of 1850, until the census figures OF 1880
shall be obtained, and then according 10
the latter figure. In states having sepa-
rate schools for white and colored
children the money shall be paid out in
support OF such white and colored schools re-
spectively, in the proportion that the white and
colored children between 10 and 81 years
old i'm such state bear To each by the census.
No state is TO receive the benefit of the act until
its governor shall file with the Secretary OF the
Interior a statement giving full statistics OF the
school system, attendance of white and colored
children, amount OF money expended ,&c-, NUM-
Der of schools in operation, number and com.
pensation of teachers, &c. No state or territory
shall receive in any year from this fund more
money than IL has paid out the previous year
from its own revenue Tor common schools. III
any state OF territory declines To take its share
of the national fund.- such share Is 10 be dis
tributed among the states accepting the bene-
fits OF the fund. Ii any state or territory mis-
applies the fund, or fails % comply with the
con litions, IL loses all subsequent apportion-
ments. Samples of all school books In use Ina
the common schools of the states and territories
shall be filed with the Secretary of the Interior.
Any state territory accepting the provisions
of the act at the first session of It's legislature
after the passage Of the act shall receive Its pro
rata share OF all previous annual appropria-
lions Congress reserves the right 10 alter or
repeal the act