Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Study Indicates Segregation
Is Already Enforced by Law

Of six and II years, to the pay
ment of teachers wages. to the
building or renting of school,
rooms, and other necessary ex-
penses pertaining to said schools,
to exercise a general supervision
over them, to establish proper
discipline, and to endeavor to
promote a thorough, equitable,
and practical education of col
ored children in the District of
Columbia Or. S., D. c. s '281;
June IL, 1873, 20 Stat. LOT, CHI.
1870. 5 6; June 20, 1906, "a Stat.
316, CHI. 3446, s y.
Placement in Schools.
s 31-1111 r.: 250]. Placement
of children in schools.
Any white resident shall be
privileged to place his or her
child or ward at any one of the
schools provided for the educa-
ton OF white children In the
District of Columbia he or she
may think proper to select, with
the consent of the Board of Edu-
cation; and any colored resident
shall have the same rights with
respect to colored schools( r. S.,
D. c., s 1882; June IL, 1878, 20
Stat. lot. CHI. 100, 5 6; June 20,
1906. "a Stat. BIG, CHI. 3446, s2) 4.
School Appropriations.
s 31-1112 [7:251]. Proportionate
amount Of school moneys to
be set apart for colored
schools.
1t shall be the duty of the
proper authorities of the District
to set apart each year from the
whole fund received from all
sources by such authorities ap-
plicable to purposes of public
education in the District of Co
lumbia, such a proportionate
part of all moneys received or
expended for school or educa-
tional purposes, including the
cost of sites. buildings, improve
mentS, furniture and books, and
all other expenditures on ac-
count of schools, as the colored
children between the ages of s
and II years bear to the whole
plumber Of children. white and
colored, between the same ages,
for the purpose of establishing
and sustaining public schools for
the education Of colored chill
dren; and such proportion shall
be ascertained by the last re-
ported census of the population
made prior to such apportion-
ment, and shall be regulated at
all times thereby (R. S.. D. c.. 5
306; June IL, 1878, 20 Stat. lot,
CHI. $50. Sc; June 20. 1906, "a
Stat. 316. CHI. 3446, 5 y.
School Facilities.
5 31-1113 (7:252). Facilities for
educating colored children to
be provided.
1t is the duty of the Board of
Education to provide suitable
rooms and teachers for such a
number Of schools in the District
of Columbia as. in its opinion,
will best accommodate the COL
ored children in the District of
Columbia (R. S., D. c., s $40;
June II, 1873. 20 Stat. lot, CHI.
100, 3 6: June 20. 1906. "a Stat.
1916. CHI. 3446, s %.
Board Of Welfare.
s 32-906 [8:216]. Control over
inmates
segregation of white and
colored.
The Board of Public Welfare
shall have the same power and
authority over such girls during
the period of their commitment
to the school, or while they are
being conducted to or from said
school, as they possess over such
girls within the limits of the
District of Columbia. When the
buildings authorized to be con-
structed shall be in readiness to
receive girls committed to said
school, it shall not be lawful to
keep white and colored girls on
the same reservations under, the
control Of the Board of Public
Welfare as the legal successor to
the board of trustees of said
school February %, 1858. ~
Stat. 1858. Oh. 148 5 1; March Is,
1926. A Stat. 208, CHI. So.
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