The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-01-26

SEC. 10. That no part of the fund allot-
ted to any State or Territory under the
flrSt section OF this act shall be used for
the erection OF school houses or school
buildings of any description, nor for rent
OF the same.
SEC. IL. That the moneys distributed
under the provisions of this act shall tie
used only for common schools. not see
tartan in character, in the school districts
(, OF the several States, and only for common
or industrial schools in Territories, in
such way as to provide, as near as may he.
for the equalization of school privileges to
all the children Of the school age pre-
scribed by the law of the State or Terri
tory wherein the expenditure shall be
made. thereby giving to each child, with
out distinction of race or color. an equal
opportunity for education. The term
school district" shall include all cities,
towns, parishes, and other territorial sub
divisions for school purposes, and all cor
poratlons 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 governor
OF such State or Territory shall first file
with the Secretary OF the Interior 9 state
inents certified by him. giving s detailed
account of the payments or disbursements
made of the school fund app0rtioned to
his State or Territory and received by the
State or territorial treasurer or officer
under this act. and of the balance in the
hands OF such treasurer Or officer withheld
unclaimed, or for any cause unpaid or un-
expended, and also the amount EXPENDED
in such State or Territory, as required by
section nine In this act, and also state
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such State or Territory, and whether any
portion of such State or Territory has not
been divided into school districts or other
territorial subdivisions for school pur
poses, and it so, what portion, and the rea
sons why the same has not been so subdi-
vlded; the number of children Of school
age in each district, and the relative mum
Der OF white and colored children in each
district, and of the number of public,
common, and industrial schools in each
district: the number of teachers employed:
the rate of wages paid; the total number
of children in the State or Territory, and
the total number taught during the year
and IN what branches instructed; the
average daily attendance and the relative
number of white and colored children and
the number of months in each year
schools have been maintained in each
school district. And if any State OF Ter
ritory shall misapply or allow to be misap
piled, or In any manner appropriated OF
used other than for the purposes and IN
the manner herein required, the funds, CT
any part thereof, received under the
provisions of this act, Or shall fail to coEa.
ply with the conditions herein prescribed,
OF to report as herein provided. through
it's proper officers, the disposition thereof
and the other matters herein prescribed
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shall forfeit its right to any subsequent
apportionment by virtue hereof until the
full amount so misappled. lost, Or mi9ap-
propriated shall have been replaced by
such State or Territory and applied as
herein required, and until such report
shall have been made: Provided That if
the public schools in any State admit pu-
pills not within the ages herein specified,
it shall not be- deemed failure to comply
with the conditions herein. If ii shall
appear to the Secretary of the Interior
that the funds received under this act for
the preceding year by the State OF Terri
tory have been faithfully applied to The
purposes contemplated by this act, and
that the conditions thereof have been Oh
served, then, and not otherwise, the Sec
rotary of the Interior shall distribute the
next years appropriation as is herein he
fore provided. Aud it shall be the duty
OF the Secretary of the Interior TO
promptly investigate all complaints lodged
with him of any misrepresentation by or
in any State or Territory of any moneys
received by such State or Territory under
the pTovions of this act. or Of any dis
elimination in the use Of such moneys
and the said complaints, and all Gommuni
cations received concerning the same, and
the evidence taken upon snch investiga-
lions, shall be preserved by the Secretary
OF the Interior, and shall De open 0public
inspection and annually Il ported to Con
greSs. 4
SEC. Is. That on Or before The first day
of September of each year TIE Secretary Of
the Interior shall report to i4e President
Of the United States wbeth ;,.y STATE or
Territory has forfeited its riga 10 receive
its apportion ment under thsaet 81 Il how
forfeited, and whether lie has withheld
such allotment on account q such foy
fixture.
SEC. IA. That no State or Teri it..gy hat
does not distribute the moneys ftistat for
common school purposes equally tor the
education of all the childrep without dis.
tinction CT race or color, sfItll be entitled
to any of the benefits of this @ct.
SEC. Is. That the apportonment Of the
money that shall be appropriated in pnr-
suance of this act for the purposes of edu-
cation in the Territories shall be upon the
basis of the illiteracy therein, as provided
in section two of this act; bat in deter
mining the number Of iiiterates therein
the Secretary of the Interior is authorized
to receive and consider, in addition to the
census returns of eighteen hundred and
eighty, any evidence that may be submit,
ted to him showing him the number OF
illiterates in any such Territories, and
shall determine therefrom, before the first
distribution is made, the amount to which
such Territory is ent tiled.
SEC. 49, That there shallbe ap)r0pc ia
ted and set apart, in addition to the sum
of seven millions of the first appropriation,
the sum of two million dollars, which
shall be allotted to the several States and
Territories on the same basis as the
moneys appropriated in the first section.
which shall be known as the common
school house fund. to be paid out to each
State aud Territory at the end of the year
on proof of the expenditure made during
such year, which shall be expended for the
erection and construction of school houses
for the use and occupation OF the pupils
attending the common schools in the
snarsely populated districts thereof, where
the local community shall be compare
lively unable to bear the burdens Of taxa
tion. Such school houses shall be bailt in
accordance with plans to be furnished free
on application to the Bureau Of Education
in Washington: Provided. however, That
not more than one hundred and fifty dol
lars shall be paid from said fund towards
the cost of any single school house, nor
more than one-half the cost thereof in any
case: and the States and Territories shall
annually make full report of al eXpendi-
lures from the school house fund to the
Secretary of the Interior rs in case Of
other moneys received under the proyis
ions Of this act.
SEC. II. That the District of Columbia
shall be entitled to allthe benefits and sub
iect to all the regula tions of this act, SO
far as applicable under it's form of govern
ment.
SEC. 49, That the power to alter amend
or repeal this act is hereby reser yed.