Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-10-28
THE BLAIR BILL.
FULL TEXT OF THE MEASURE



House of Representatives Of the
United States of America in Con.
gress assembled, that for eight fiis.
cal years next after the passage Of
this act there shall be annually ap.
propriated from the money in the
Treasury the following sums, to-wit;
The first year the sum of 81, 7,OOO,-
900; the second year the sum Of
$40, 900, 900; the third year, the
sum of $l5,0O0,0O0; the fourth
year, the sum Of s13, 900, 900; the
fifth year, the. sum Of ,0O0,-
600; the sixth year, the sum Of
s9,OO0,0O the seventh year the
sum Of $4,000, 600; the eighth year
the sum OF 5000, 900, which sew
eral sums shall be expended to Sc
cure the benefits Of common school
education to all the children Of the
school age mentioned hereafter liv-
ing in the United States; provided,
that no money shall be paid to a
State or any officer thereof until
the Legislature Of the State shall
by bill or resolution, accept the pro-
visions Of this act; and such ac-
ceptance shall be filed with the Sec
retary of the Interior, And if any
State by its Legislature shall de-
cline or relinquish its share or pro-
portion under this act or any por-
tion thereof, the sum so relinquish-
ed shall go to increase the amount
for distribution among the other
States and Territories as herein pro-
yided, and any State or Territory
which shall accept the provisions Of
this act at the first session Of its
Legislature after its passage shall,
upon complying with the other pro-
visions Of this act, be entitled at
once to its pro rata of allpreyious
annual appropriations. ss gtss
Sec. 2. That such money shall
annuallyb divided among and paid
out in the several States and Terri
tories and in the District of Column
bia in that proportion which the
whole number Of persons in each
who, being of the age Of 10 years
and over, can not write, bears to
the whole number Of such persons
in the United States; such compu-
tation shall be made according to
the census of 1880 until the illit-
eracy returns Of the census of 1890
shall be received and then upon the
basis Of that census. And in each
State and Territory and in the Dis
trict Columbia in which there shall
be separate schools for white and
colored children the money receiv-
ed in such State or Territory and
in the District of Columbia shall be
apportioned and paid out for the
support of such white and colored
schools, respectively, in the proper.
tion that the white and colored
children between the ages of ten
and twenty-one years, both inclu-
sive, in such State or Territory and
in the District Of Columbia, bear to
each other, as shown by the said
census. The foregoing provision
shall not effect the application Of
the proper proportion Of said money
to the support Of all common
schools wherein white and colored
children are taught together.
Sec. 8. That the district Of Alas
ka shall be considered Territory
within the meaning Of this act; but
no acceptance of the provisions of
this act, report Of the Governor Of
the district, or expenditure by the
district for school purposes shall be
required; and the money apportion-
ed annually, under the direction OF
the Secretary Of the Interior, in
the manner provided for the expen-
diture Of other appropriations for
educational purposes in said dis
trict and for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the amount to be apportion-,
ed to said district the Secretary Of
the Interior shall ascertain, in such
manner as shall be deemed by him
best, the number Of illiterates there-
in. as.i i
Sec. a. That no State or Terri
tory shall receive any money under
this act until the Governor thereof
shall lille with the Secretary OF the
Interior statement certified by
him showing the common school
system in force in. such State or
Territory; the amount Of money
therein expended during the last
preceding school year in the sup
port of common schools not includ-
ing expenditures for the rent, re-
pair or erection Of school houses;
whether any discrimination is made
in the raising or distributing of
the common school facilities afford
ed between white and colored child
rem therein, and, so far as is prac-
ticable, the sources from which such |
revenues were derived; the manner
in which the same were apportioned