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 192 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156. 1864. children in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in the District of Columbia,"»to be disbursed by them in accordance with the provisions of the said act. Portion ot‘_ Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That one fourth part of all the to go mséhooff of·any other officer of said district, which have accrued from fines, penfund. alties, and forfeitures imposed for the violations of the laws of the United States within said district, shall be by such officer or officers paid to the " Board of Commissioners of Primary Schools of Washington County, District of Columbia," one fourth part to the mayor of the city of Georgetown, and the remaining two fourths thereof to the mayor of the city of Washington, the said sums so paid to the said commissioners and the said mayors to constitute in their hands funds for the support of primary schools within the said county and public schools in said cities in the proportions aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of said marshal and other officers to pay over, every three months, from and after the. passage of this act, all money coming into their hands in the manner aforesaid, to the said board of commissioners of primary schools and to the said may- ors, in the proportions aforesaid, for the use of the said primary and public schools, any law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That the funds thus obtained for educational purposes shall be applied to the education of both white and colored children, in the proportion of the numbers of each between the ages of six and seventeen years as determined by the latest census report that shall have been made prior to said apportionment; and the mayors of the aforenamed cities of Georgetown and Washington are hereby authorized and instructed to pay over such part thereof as may be applicable under the provisions of this section and the proviso thereto to the education of colored children in the aforenamed cities, to the trustees appointed under the act of July eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act relating to schools for the educa- 1862,_9h. 151. tion of colored children in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, in v°1‘ ‘“‘ P' E':"' the District of Columbia," to be used for the education of colored children according to the provisions of law, and the aforenamed officers failing to pay over the moneys as aforesaid shall be liable to the penalty imposed by the second section of the act of congress approved July twelfth, 1862, ch, 158, g 2, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to provide for the pay- WL  P- 542- ment of fines and penalties collected by and paid the justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, under the acts of congress approved the third and fifth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for other purposes." Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That every person in the said Children be- District of Columbia, having under his or her control a child between the igliigegitggngf ages of eight and fourteen years, shall annually, during the continuance .gc to be mug bq of such control, send such child to some public school in that part of said ¤°h°°l» &¢· district in which he or she shall at the time reside, at least twelve weeks, six of which shall be consecutive, and for every neglect of such duty the party offending shall forfeit to the use of the school of that portion of said P°¤**liY· district in which he or she shall reside a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the said district: Y¤>ViS<>· Provided, That if it be made to appear to said justice that the party so offending was not able for any cause to send such child to school, or that such child has been attending any other school for a like period of time, or that such child by reason of bodily or mental inlirmity was not Bt to attend such school, such penalty shall not be enforced. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the trustees or commissioners having charge of public schools in the said district shall not admit into cnudm not such schools any child who shall not have been duly vaccinated or other- for the purpose of ascertaining whether any children within the ages pro-
 * 31; ;:°z;’°d moneys now in the hands of the marshal of the District of Columbia, or
 * °mm°* W wise protected against the small-pox; and may make such arrangements