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36 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 25 J¤¤¤. 1964, c. of Washington and Georgetown such a proportionate part of all moneys 15*% “· 18» ’· uh P· received or expended for school or educational purposes in said cities, mtg J 1 1866 iucludingthecostofsites, buildings, improvements, furniture, and books, 217 s.“1¥i·. 14 ’;: and all other expenditures on account of schools, as the colored children 216: 7 between the ages of six and seventeen years in the respective cities bear to the whole number of childreu,_wl1itc and colored, between the same ages, for the purpose of estabhslnng and sustaining public schools in said cities for the education of colored children, und such proportion shall be ascertained by the last reportedtcensps cat Hiobpopulafipndot cities made prior to such apportionmen , one s a e regu a e a · · I times thereby. rso¤6nn.1 _ _ To whom and Sec. 307. The proportion of school-money provided by the preceding "l¤°¤ Paid 0**2% section to be set apart for colored schools, shall be kept as u fund distinct

‘“d ,};:‘;nl;.:f’c'§§“° from the general school fund, and shall be paid to the treusurerct the

ayboard of trustees of schools lor colored children, and shawl be considered 21 May 1352 c, due and payable to said treasurer on the first day of October ot each B3, s.2,v. ’l2. p.1i07. year, and if not then so paid over, interest at the rate of ten per centnm 15:5 :";‘;·:$?'*i§· per annlpm on thie3|m%n§ untppid mgyc be €;8UlHII(lG|;§lll:£l' collected from ’’’ the authorities o e is ric y said rus es. {ses n ll!.] . 191, 192. PP23 July, 1866, c. 217, s. 1, v. 14, p. 216; 3 March, 1873, c. 308, s. 5, v. 17, p. 620. ·*°{·)l°“ !’f €l°;’§ Sec. 308. The trustees may maintain an action of debt in the supreme

°g',§l,,Q{,lT,;l;`1`§§';{:,c, court of the District against the Districtflog the non-puylment oftany sum

for uou-puymeut. of money arising under the provisions o the two prece mg sec ions. 23 July, 1860, c. 217, s. 2, v. 14, p. 216. B¢>¤¤‘¤l¤*`**¤¤i<=¢¤ Sec. 309. The board of trustees of schools for coloredchildren shall f.:’uH,""° °°““°l °f have sole control of the iund arising under the provisions of section i. three hundred and three, as well as from contributiofns by perselins 2* *3% 186* °- disposed to aid in the education of the colored race, or rom any other 83, s. 2, v. 12, p. wh S011i0B- lBo¤§$0|·l 11 July, 1862, c. 151, s. 1, v. 12, pp. 537,538; 3 March, 1873, c. 308, s. 1, v. 17, p. 619. To establish Sec. 310. It is made the duty of the trustees to provide suitable °°h°°l·"- rooms and teachers for uch a number of schools in Washington] and Il *41. Georgetown as, in their opinion will best accommodate the co oret H children in the various portions ot said cities. To have the SEO. 311. The board of trustees of schools for colored children shall power of trustees possess all the powers, exercise the same functions, and have the same of 1’“*’l‘° ”°h°°l°· supervision over the schools provided for-in this chapter for the educa- 21 May, 1862, c. tion of colored children in Washington and Georgetown, as are exer- 83.v-3.V·19,p·407· cised over the public schools in said cities, by the trustees thereof, by virtue of the laws and ordinances in force in said cities respectively. SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SI;9°l“l ,.**;,1 if Sec. 312. The legislative assembly is authorized to levy and collect a E:,°,:°,,;° 3,,,1 3,; special tax on the taxable property in the city of Washington, in the support of public city of Georgetown, and in that portion of the District without the schools- limits of said cities, subject to the provisions of section three hundred "`20"_y,,l,."1868, ,,_ and three," for the erection of school-houses and the support of public 177, s. B, v. 15, p. schools, not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars for any 120- one year, to be assessed and collected as other taxes. {sue :041.1 APPLICATION OF MoNEYs DERIVED FROM FINES, PENALTIES, AND FOBFEITUBEB. Mevsys derived Sec. 313. All moneys derived from fines, penalties, and forfeitures

     imposed in the District for violations of the laws of the United States

,,,4,;, tg be ,,,,,1,,,, within said District, shall constitute funds for the support of public to th? support of schools in the following proportions, namely: schoo s.