Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · April 30, 1878 · Chapter 72

Chapter 72.

173 words·~1 min read·/statutes-at-large/vol-20/chapter-72-156590·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

CHAP. 72.— AN ACT for the relief of the Public Schools of the District of Columbia.April 30, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public schools of District of Columbia, $75,000 to be retained for maintenance of, etc. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to retain, and use, for the maintenance of the Public Schools, of said District for the remainder of the current school year the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of any moneys due to the United States from said District of Columbia, under the provisions of the seventeenth section of the act approved March third, eighteen*Proviso.* hundred and seventy-seven: *Provided*, That the sum herein named, shall not be considered as in addition to the proportion of the expenses of the District of Columbia, hereafter to be assumed by the United States, but shall be a part thereof.
Approved, April 30, 1878.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.