The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1888-03-23
FEDERAL AID TO SCHOOLS.
j :.E Full TEXT OF 1lR. SIMMONS,
EDUCATIONAL BILL.
The Committee Education Favor
Fhis Bill as Il Substitute tor the Blair
Bill.
Especial Cor. STATE CHRONICLE

toinm1Itee on EUucatlOn say that they are
so favorably impressed with the Educa-
| 1lonal bill, recently introduced by Mr..
Summons and referred to that committee
that they have determined to report it
iavorably. This committee it must be
| remembered, was formed by the Speaker
with the distinct purpose Of killing the
Blair bill That bill Is virtually dead.
Bat it makes fhe compliment to our able
young member all the greater, that he has
been able to frame a bill so as to impress
these gentlemen. 1t is but reasonable to
suppose that during this Congress the
Slmmons' Educational bill will become a
Law. If this should be So the negroes in
the End District should be made to see the
| debt of gratitude they owe Mr.. Simmons.
] know a great part of these negroes per-
sonally. and | am confident that if they
are made to see what Mr. Simmons bill
has done for them and their children, if
gets this bill through, they will appre
tiate 1T. Some of the most intelligent and
Trustworthy colored citizens III the State
live in the end District. They can be
trusted to stand by their true friends, re-
gardless of party ties. l know this. Here
is the text of the BILL
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed as soon
after the passage Of this tact as NAV be
practicable, cut of any moneys III the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. to
turn over ard deposit with the chief fiscal
agent of the several States and Territories
Of the United states, lucludlng the District
Of Columbia and Alaska, the principal
sum of sixty five millions of dollars; which
said sum of money shall be divided and
distributed among and between said States
aud Territories. including the District Of
Columbia and Alaska. III the proportion
which the whole number OF persons resid-
ing III each IL eighteen hundred and eighty,
As shown by the census of eighteen hum
dred and eighty. WHp, being 1t the are IF
eight years and upward cannot write,
bears to the whole number of such persons
residing in the United States in eighteen
hundred and eighty. ss shown by HE
census of eighteen hun, rs Il AID eighty.
SEC. = That each OF tjir said States and
Territories as soon after Iece iving the said
deposit as pract tica bic, shah invest I'll"
same in United States bonds or In bonds
of any of the said States or Territories
upon which there has been 10 defatcatIOn
in the payment of interest. and. Win the
consent and approval OF the President Of
the United States in any other safe Iftr-
come or interest arising from said invest
ment shall be annually expended BY said
States and Territories to aid III the support
and maintenance of common schools.
without discrimination on acUOuut of race
or color: PROVIDED, That the maiGtgn-
ance of separate schools for w:life aad
black children shall not he construed t. =
discrimination within the meath : of
this act.
SEC 3. That at the expiration OF ~, NY
years after the apportlonnleut and datto-it
Of said money, the President OF the ltited
States, if 50 directed by the joint avtlon
of both Houses of Congress, may demand
and require of the sand States and Terri
tories the return and payI4clr of the
several sums 50 deposited, bet aeh state
or Territory shall be allowed i've l..tr~
after said demand within which II comply
with the same, and no part OF ne inter
est from said deposits shall be eSaeted or
paid except hereinaft' r provided.
SEC 4 That the interest arising from
the investment of said deposit slall be
used and expended exclusively - secure
to the children of the school age according
to the laws of the several States anG ItrrI-
tories in which it is deposited the benefits
| of a common school education and for the
erection and equipment OF suit able school
where there are separate schools for white
| and colored children the said income shall
| be divided between the schools for the
white and colored children respectively i'll
| the proportion which the white and color
| ed children in such State or Territory of
the school age according to its laws bear
| to each other in any school year Il hope
| your coored readers will note the justice
of this section.)
SEC ). That if the income in any year
from the amount deposited under this act
with any State or Territory shall exceed
the amount raised and expended by said
| State or Territory in the preceding year
| for the maintenance of common schools,
the excess of said income over said expen
| diture shall not be used by such State or
Territory as hereinbefore provided but
| shall be added to and become Il part of
! the principal of the sum herein dire cted
| to be deposited with it.
| SEC g. That if any State or Territory
shall, for the period of one year. neglect
or refuse through its Governor to apply
for the amount OF deposit to u hlch Il shall
under this act be entitled Or. having re
| ceived the same, shall for such period OF
time neglect or refuse to invest ii and to
apply the income as directed herein. or
shall apply it to q different purpose or
shall, in its use and expenditure, make
any discrimination herein prohibited GI
account Of race or color. il shall he The
duty of the Secretary nf the Interior 10
notify the Governor Of Sjc state or Terri
tory of such failure to apply, or of invest
ment, non user, misapplIcatlOn or dlscrlm-
ination, and unless such State or Territory
shall make SAID application or comply with
the conditions of this act with regard tC
such deposit within six months after such
notice, it shall be taken and deemed tc
have declined the bene fits Of this act, and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall de
mand the return and payment to the
United States of any such sums as may
have been deposited with such State ol
Territory, and he may take appropriate
action to recover the same. If any State
or Territory shall decline to receive Sucl
deposit, or having received it, shall fol
any cause forfeit its right to the same, the
sum so declined or urteted shall he ap
portioned between the rest of the State:
and Territ ories upon the basis Of this act
SEC 7. That the loss Of said deposit il
whole or in part by bad invest ment o.
! otherwise shall not release such State O.
Territory from its obligation to refund thu
same when demanded as herein provided
but the total or partial loss of such funt
shall not be made bases of declaration o
forfeiture for non-user or misapplication
or subject such State or Territory to de
mand for its return before the expiration