1880 public laws – Ch.27 Sec.3
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CHAPTER 27 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GRADED SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF SALISBURY AND IN THE TOWN+ SHIP OF GOLDSBORO, The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
The special taxes thus levied and collected from the taxable property and polls of white persons shall be expended in keeping up a graded public school for white persons of both sexes between the ages of six and twentyone years ; and the special taxes thus levied and collected from the taxable property and polls of colored persons shall be expended in keeping up a graded public school for colored persons of both sexes, between the ages of six and twenty-one years: Provided, that the Salisbury graded school committee shall have power to receive into the graded school for white persuns any white pupil of either sex, without regard to age: and shall also have the power to admit to the graded school for colored persons any colored pupil of either sex, without regard to age.