North Carolina Jim Crow Laws

That the State Board of Education shall appoint seven members of the Indian race, formerly known as Croatans, to be constituted the board of trustees of said school, as follows: Two members for the term of two years, two for the term of four years, and three for the term of six years; and, at the expiration of these terms, their successors shall be appointed by the State Board of Education for a term of six years.

That in accordance with the recent action of the trustees, in meeting assembled, of the Croatan State Normal School, now known as the Indian Normal School of Robeson County, situated near Pembroke, North Carolina, said school being incorporated under chapter four hundred, Public Laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, which action of the trustees of said school has been duly certified to by the president, C. R. Sampson, and the secretary, A. A. Locklar, the said trustees are hereby empowered to convey by deed to the State Board of Education the title to all property of said school, and the State Board of Education is hereby authorized to accept same.

That the said school shall be maintained by the State for the purpose of giving to young white men and women such education and training as shall fit and qualify them to teach in the public schools of North Carolina.

That the trustees or the superintendent of the Reform and Manual Training School for Colored Youths may in their judgment discharge such criminal youths that may have been admitted into the Reform and Manual Training School by and with the consent of the parents, guardians, or trustees, when it appears to them that the boy or girl has undergone a complete reformation, and shows signs of thrift, industry, and usefulness, and to become a good and useful citizen.

By and with the consent of parents, guardians, or trustees, any boy or girl who has become unruly and is continuing to show signs of degeneracy may be admitted to the Reform and Manual Training School for Colored Youths on the same terms and conditions as those who have been convicted or submitted to a criminal charge in open court, on the application of the parents, guardians, or trustees of such children as heretofore mentioned; and on application of such parents, guardians, or trustees, as heretofore mentioned, any judge of the Superior Court, recorder, or justice of the peace of the State may exercise the same rights and discretion in committing boys or girls of this class to the school the same as those who have been convicted or submitted in open court. ;

Maintenance. All moneys received by the trustees by private gifts, donations, or otherwise shall be expended in the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the school for the training and moral and industrial development of such delinquent children, and in securing homes for them; and in case the trustees receive or are allowed any State aid for said school, it shall be Pub.19 their duty to duly account for all moneys so received by them and to make report of the manner of its expenditure and of the work done by them as hereinafter more particularly provided for.

The training of inmates. The officers of the school shall receive and take into it all children committed thereto by competent a thority, or received therein as aforesaid, and shall cause all such children in the school to be instructed in such rudimentary branches of useful knowledge as may be suited to their various ages and capacities. The said children shall be taught such useful trades and given such manual training as the board may direct. And such children shall perform such manual labor as the principal or other superintending officers, subject to the direction of said board, may order. All inmates shall, if possible, be taught the precepts of the Holy Bible, good moral conduct, how to work and to be industrious. The board of directors shall first establish and maintain such departments of the Manual Training School as shall be adapted to the use of such class of boys as in the discretion of the board shall be most in need of such care and training and will probably be most benefited thereby.

. Governor may transfer youthful prisoners to. The Goya ernor of the State may by order made transfer any colored person y under the age of sixteen years from any jail, chain gang, or penitentiary in this State to said reformatory.

Location; trustees to organize; purpose of school. The trustees are empowered to purchase at some suitable and convenient point in this State, outside of and away from any city, town, or village, not less than one hundred acres nor more than five hundred acres of land whereon to erect and operate a school for the training and moral and industrial development of the criminally delinquent colored children of the State; and when such school shall have been organized, the trustees may in their discretion receive therein such delinquent and criminal colored children under the age of sixteen years as may be sent or committed thereto under any order of commitment by the judges of the Superior Courts or the recorders or other presiding officers of the city or criminal courts, and shall have the sole right and authority to keep, restrain, and control them during their minority, or until such time as they shall deem proper for their discharge, under such proper and humane rules and regulations as may be adopted by said trustees. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this section are repealed.

That the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500) is hereby appropriated annually for the support and maintenance of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race, located at Greensboro; and the further sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) is hereby annually appropriated for buildings and other necessary permanent improvements.