1881 public laws – Ch. 200 Sec. 21
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CHAPTER 200 AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW AND TO MAKE MORE EFFICIENT THE SYSTEM OF PUBLIC IN: STRUCTION IN THIS STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact :
The county board of education shall consult the convenience of the white residents in settling the boundaries of districts for the white schools, and of colored residents in settling boundaries for colored schools. The schools of the two races shall be separate; the districts the same in territorial limit, or not, according to the convenience of the parties concerned. In cases where there are two sets of districts in a county, they shall be designated as school district number one, two, three, etc., for white schools, or school district number one, two, three, etc., for colored schools, (as the case may be) in the county OF fee. 3