BLAIR BILL,
\blˈe͡ə bˈɪl], \blˈeə bˈɪl], \b_l_ˈeə b_ˈɪ_l]\
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a bill which passed the Senate in 1884 and 1886, for giving Federal money to States for purposes of education, in sums proportioned to their number of illiterates. It was introduced by Senator H. W. Blair, of New Hampshire. It failed in the House.
By John Franklin Jameson
