Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-17

nall" "Of course this robbery WILL MOI De
allowed to continue much longer" Also,
to explain to this House ''the cause OF the
we'll known trouble and when, now, anu
by whom this robbery Of public scnools WAS
committed.
A preamble and resolutions were also OF
fered setting forth that ss39.274 was ex-
pended in the public schools of Virginia
for the year ending July 81, 1878 and OF
that the teachers only got s6S7 ,56S.o4,
while the balance s15l ,7O9.99 (nearly one
fifth of the whole) was paid to officers
connected with the free schools.
The following are the resolutions:
Resolved, That the Committee OF Edu-
cation be instructed to inquire into and
report detailed statement OF what dlspo-
sitiOn was made of the said sum OF SloU,-
500.
Resolved That the said committee be
further Instructed to inquire into and re-
port by whom and under what authority
the ''Virginia Educational Journal" IS
published; whether the cost of the publ
cation thereof, is now or bias beea borne
by the school fund; and it 50, what has
been the annual expenditure from SAD
fund Oh account OF said publication; and
that tie said committee be authorized to
send for persons and papers.
Adopted and referred 80 the Committee
on Education.
Mr.. Stevens offered the following reso-
luton in the House Which was referred:
RESOLVED, That the Committee Of Schools
and Colleges be instructed to inquire into
the propriety and exprdiency OF 81 amend
ing the law in respect TO the appointment
OF county superintendent of schools as to
authorize their appointment by the school
boards OF the several counties, cities, and
towns respectively.
The following bill has been passed to it's
engrossment by the House:
/. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly,
That it shall be lawful for any person who
is payer and citizen of Virginia own
ing real estate in any city. town, county or
school district Of the Commonwealth, to
send his children to any public free school
in said city, town, county Or school dis
trict, subject to the laws regulating public
free schools in said city, town. county, or
school district, as though said taxpayer
resided in said city, town, county OF school
district. And any guardian who is a tax
payer for his ward or wards, as aforesaid,
shall be entitled to the privileges above
named for his ward or wards of citizens of
Virginia.
2. This act shall be in force from its
passage.
An amendment making it of effect only
after all resident children of the city, coun-
ty, town orschool district desiring to attend
shall be provided for, was voted, for by
Messrs. Echols, Hanger and Van Lear, but
defeated.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr.. KeYser:
Whereas it is represented that in many
sections of the Commonwealth the clerks
Of school boards are receiving eXhorbitant
salaries for the amount of labor performed,
not contemplated by law:
RESOLVED; That the Committee On Schools
and Colleges be requested to inquire into
and report such amendment to the law as
may be necessary to correct in the future
the evil complained Of.
HOUSE.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Pulliam
looking to authorizing the directors of the
lunatic asylums to contract for the main
tenance and care of harmless and incura-
BILE lunatics, outside of said asylums. MI.
Stevens offered bill providing for taking
the sense of the people as to calling con-
stitu tional convention. The use of the
hall of the House was on motion of Gen.
Echols granted to Miss Virginia Charlton
of Washington, D. c., formerly of Vir-
ginia, to lecture on 1.-The condition of wo.
man in America in the Nineteenth Centu-
ry." Messrs. Bocock, Echols, Harris,
81;
the House Finance Committee were ap-
pointed a sub committee to go to Hamp-
ton and ascertain whether Gen. s. G.
Armstrong, Principal of the Hampton
Normal Institute had returned his private
property as institute property in order to
escape taxation. A resolution was intro.
duced by Mr.. Dance looking to abolishing
the Board of Visitors OF the Virginia Me-
chanical and Agricultural College.
A resolution was introduced looking to
the repeal of the Moffett lid uor law. A
bill was engrossed taking from laboring
men their exemption of $50 wages free
from garnishee.
Mr.. Hanger offered a resolution looking
to abolishlng the Office Of Commissioner of
Agriculture and turning it's duties over to
the University of Va. Mr.. Hanger also
introduced bill to empower the Super
visors Of Augusta to lay tax to aid the
Augusta Memorial Association for the
Confederate dead.
Gen. Echols introduced a bill to enable
the Chesapeake & Ohio r. r. GO. to in
crease it's capital stock for certain pur-
poses.
SENATE.
A resolution was introduced to repeal
the Moffett liquor law and to-day Fri