The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-03-11
Tile Blair Bill in the Senate.

The Blair Educational Bill passed the
Senate on Friday by vote Of sc to II.
From this it will be seen that there was
an unusually large number of pairs on
this bill. The recorded vote in the Sen
ate was as follows:
Yeas-Seuators Berry, Blackburn,
Blair, Bowen, Call, Colquitt, Conger,
Cullum, Dolph, Eusiis, Evarts, George,
Gibson, Hoar, Jackson, Jones of Arkan'
sas, Kenna, Logan, Mahone, Henderson,
Miller of New York, Mitchell of Oregon,
Morrill,, Palmer, Payne, Pugh, Ransom,
Riddlebcrger, Sawyer, Spooner, Teller,
Vance, Van Wyck, VOORHEES,, Walthall
and Wilson of Iowa.
Nays-Senators Cockrell, Coke, Frye,
Gray, Bale, Harris, ingalls,, Jones of
Nevada, Maxey, Plumb and Wilson of
Maryland.
Senator Hampton favored, and Senator
Butler opposed the Bill. The following
is summary of its provisions as passed:
For eight years after its passage there
shall be annually appropriated from the
treasury the following sums in aid of
common school education in the States
and Territories, and the District of Co.
lumbia and Alaska: First year S7,00O,-
900, second year :1O,OOO,OOO, third year
SIS, 100000, fourth year $4,000 600,
fifth year $l1 100000, sixth year S9,O0O,-
600, seventh year 81 900, 1000, and eighth
year S5,OOO,0O0, making S77, 100000,
besides which there is a special appropri.
alton of S2,000,000 to aid IN the erection
of school houses in sparsely settled dis
tricts, making the total fund $79,O0O,O00.
The money is given to the several
States and Territories "in that proportion
which the whole number of persons in
each who, being of the age of 10 years
and over, cannot write, bears to the whole
number of such persons in the United
States" according to the census of 1880,
until the census figures of 1890 shall be
obtained, and then according to the latter
figure. In States having separate schools
for white and colored children the mon
ey shall be paid out for support of such
white and colored schools respectively in
proportion that white and colored chill
dren between 10 and q years old in such
State bear to each other by the census.
No State is to receive the benefit of the
Act until its Governor shall file with the
secretary of the interior, statement Civ.
ing full statistics of the school system,
attendance of white and colored children,
amount of money expended, &C., the
number of schools in operation, number
and compensation of teachers, &c. No
State or Territory shall receive in any
year from this fund more money than it
has paid out the previous year from its
own revenues for common schools.
If any State or Territory declines to
take its share of the national fund, such
share is 10 be distributed among the
States accepting the benefits of the fund.
If any State or Territory misapplies the
fund or fails to comply with the condi.
tions, it loses all subsequent apporton-
ments. Samples of all school books in
use in the common schools of the States
and Territories shall be filed with the
secretary of the interior.
Any State or Territory accepting the
provisions of the Act at the first session
of its Legislature after the passage of the
Act shall receive its pro rata share of all
previous annual appropriations. Con.
gress reserves the right to alter or repeal
the Act.
The bill now goes to the House of
Representatives for concurrence.