[206] Sen. Reports, 42 Cong., 2 Sess., No. 41, 279.
[207] McMillan charged ineffectiveness of the law. “There is not in my whole parish, as far as I know, a single schoolhouse, no sirs, not even a shed devoted to educational purposes. There has not been a cent of the taxes raised for educational purposes expended in Carroll Parish since the war. We have a statute providing for a system of common school education, and under that superintendents have been appointed. The salary set apart for such officers has been punctually drawn.” House Deb., 1870, 115-16.
[208] “Under the law of 1869 we find that the sum of $262,000 would be required for the salaries of officers, leaving nothing with which to pay teachers, or build or rent schoolhouses.” New Orleans Republican, Jan. 25, 1870.
[209] Governor’s Annual Message, House Jour., 1870, 10.
[210] House Deb., 1870, 188. House Jour., 220. On this question and the social status the negro could wax eloquent.
[211] Sen. Jour., 1870, 267.
[212] Session Laws, Extra Session, 1870, No. 6.
[213] Ibid., No. 2.
[214] The writer noted twenty-six such bills reaching various stages of progress, besides the fourteen bills which succeeded in becoming law. There were doubtless many more which were never reported from committee.
[215] Session Laws, Extra Session, 1870, No. 59.