Chapter CCCVIII. to amend an Act entitled “An Act governing the colored Schools of the District of Columbia
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CHAP. CCCVIII.— An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act governing the colored Schools of the District of Columbia.March 3, 1873. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,* ThatTrustees of schools for colored children in Washington and Georgetown, their appointment, number and residence; the board of trustees of schools for colored children in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, District of Columbia, shall consist of nine trustees, seveu of whom shall be citizens of Washington, and two shall be citizens of Georgetown, who shall be appointed by the governor of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. Thatterm of office, the trustees appointed under the provisions of this act shall be appointed in the manner following, namely: Of the seven to be appointed from the city of Washington, two shall be appointed for the term of tliree years, three for the term of two years, and twofor the term of one year from the date of their appointments, respectively; and of the two to be appointed from the city of Georgetown, one shall be appointed for the term of tliree years and one for the term of one year from the date of their appointments respectively; and in case of vacanciesvacancies. occasioned by death, resignation, or any other cause, the governor of the District of Columbia shall fill the same for the unexpired term of any such trustee.Report of board of trustees.
And the said board of trustees shall be required to furnish annually, on or before the first day of April, a correct report of their transaction, to the governor of said District, who shall transmit one copy each to the council and house of delegates of the legislative assembly of said District, with suchsuggestions as he may think proper relating to said schools;Answer to requests. and any additional information that the said legislative assembly, or either branch thereof, shall, from time to time, request by resolution shall be transmitted by said board of trustees to the governor of said District, to be by him transmitted to said legislative assembly.
Sec. 3. ThatSecretary and treasurer, appointment, term of office.Duty of treasurer. the governor of the District of Columbia shall appoint annually, a secretary and a treasurer of the said board of trustees, whose term of office shall be for one year from the date of appointment. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to disburse the funds under the control of said board, in accordance with the provisions of the acts of Congress and the legislative assembly of the District of Columbia governing the disbursment of moneys appropriated for the support of the public schools of Washington and Georgetown, as he may be directed by a vote of a majority thereof, and to keep accurate and full accounts of all620FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 309. 310. 1873. moneys received by said board, and present proper vouchers for all expenditures, and prepare, annually, a full and correct statement of the financial transactions of said board; a copy of which statement, after being approved by the board, shall be transmitted to the governor aforesaid, whose duty it shall be to Forward copies thereof to the council and house of delegates of the District of Columbia, if requested by resolution.Pay and bond of treasurer.
As compensation for his services, the treasurer shall receive five hundred dollars per annum, and he shall be required to give bond in the sum of tweuty thousand dollars, with good and sufficient securities, to be approved by the governor of the District of Columbia.Duty of Secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to keep an accurate account of all proceedings of the board in a journal to be kept for that purpose, and to perform such other duties as appertain to his office or may be required of him by said board, and shall also act as secretary to the superintendent and perform such clerical service as may be required by said superintendent,Pay.Treasurer and secretary to attend meetings, but not to vote. and for his services he shall receive the sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum.
It shall also be the duty of the treasurer and the secretary to attend all meetings of the board, but they shall not be entitled to a vote. Sec. 4. ThatRemoval of trustees, &c. the governor of the District of Columbia shall be, and is hereby, empowered to remove any member or members, secretary or treasurer, of said board of trustees. Sec. 5. ThatSuperintendent of schools for colored children, appointment, term of office, and pay.Terms of office when to begin. the governor of the District of Columbia shall appoint a superintendent of schools for colored children, who shall receive the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars annually, and shall hold his office during the pleasure of the governor of the District of Columbia: *Provided,* That the terms of office for the several persons hereby authorized to be appointed shall begin on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, on which day the governor of the District of Columbia shall make the appointment herein provided for.No additional offices nor change of salaries.Proportion of school-money to be paid to treasurer. *And provided also,* That said board of trustees shall not create any additional offices, or change or fix the salaries of the officers connected with said board: *And provided further,* That the proportion of school-money now due, or that may become due, to said board from the cities of Wasliington and Georgetown shall be paid to the treasurer of said board, and not to the trustees, as now provided.
Approved, March 3, 1873.