1871/72 public laws – Ch.189 Sec.20
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CHAPTER CLXXXIX. AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE SCHOOL LAWS AND TO PROVIDE FOR A 8YSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. -
The school committee shall conenlt the convenience of the white residents in settling the boundaries of districts for white schools, and of colored residents in settling the boundaries ot districts tor colored schools. The schools of the two races shall be separate ; the districts may be the same or not, according to the convenience of the #NAME? concerned. In cases where there are two sets of districts in a township, they shall be designated as School District; No. 1, 2, 8, &e., for white schools, or School District, No. 1, 2, 3, &e., for colored schools, as the case may be, of township ot , &e., as before stated.