The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-06
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RESPONSE .OF TIE Sup ER1NTENDENT OF PUB
~ Lie INSTRUCTIONS TO ~ REseLgYi0N AS TO
PAF OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EXPENSES
i. OF THE THE PUBLIC rEpUcATIoN.r an yr
4; In the Senate Saturday the following doc
:ument from the otBce Of the Superintendent
OF Public Instruction was received and or
dered to- be printed, without reading
5as3 9,3OFF1cE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. -
- >itcilti'1 OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.,
,lsrfl !RIcBMoND, December 20, 1878.
TO the Honorable the, Senate OF Firginia:
:; LhaYe Just received the following resolu-
~ :, Resolued, That ,.the Superintendent of
Public Instruction be and he is hereby re-
.quested to furnish the; Senate by the 10th Of
January, 1879, a statement showing how
much Of his salary for the year ending July
81, 1878, is now unpaid; how much OF the
salaries due the clerks in his Office, the
county supsrintendents,l aud district clerks
for same year is unpaid = how much: Of the
|sulls mentioned ip the, fifth and eighth di-
visions Of Table No. 6 OF his last report
were expended for rent, fuel, and repairs,
band showing the items embraced by the ex-
|pressions, 81 Other contingent expenses"
aud rfother current expenses" as used In
said Table No. g, ~ IN ''c ~ 1853 -! -
~ Nothing remains due on the salary Of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction,%or
either OF his clerks, forIthe year ending July
81, 1878. f1H.:.tD "v!'GTC-t1cr - t'st " 80. 5
superintendent have been paid
tup to April 30,T1S7S, but have been paid no
thing for services rendered since that date.
have no meansof knowing whether any
thing yet remains. due to district clerks.
/ Concerning Table No, 6. which shows the
tvs-b ~ oI, t;or fort
including both amounts paid and unpaid
the headings are given in my report just as
they stand in the reports OF the local super
intendents; hence am not able to state The
exact amounts expended for rent, fuel, and
repairs, as distinguished front other conlin-
gent expenses includedin column five.
The expression "other contingent ex-
penses" in this column is meant to include
such little items as books for INDECENT chill
| dren, 'ianitors' fees, brooms, matches, and
1 1otller little items which might be omitted
under the special heads designated. These
contingent expenses form but fraction OF
the total expenditure; perhaps not more
than q dollar or. two to each school during
the year, and in many cases nothing. /
have not called for iteynized statements OF
all these little expenses, because the aGdi-
tion of them to my report would render il
| exceedingly .Yoluminous and costly to
print Moreover 1t would be impossi.
fble for me, in most cases, to de.
termine the necessity OF such expenses
They are paid not out OF local funds, and
the charges are examined and passed upon
first, by the District Board; second, by the
County School Board and third, by the
County Superintendent Of Schools; Fence il
seemed unnecessary for me still further to
sit in Judgment on them. Under heaC
fof "Other Current Expenses" in column
s, are included these private contributions.
which are often made byindividualS for the
support of 4 school. Such little items as
those mentioned above are often contri.
buted. Sometimes schocl-house Is given
rcnt-free; fuel is often furnished by indi
vidualS; but inasmuch as all these enter
into the expenses attending education
have thought it proper to call for estimates
in respect to them. ~
II the object of this inquiry concerning
" contingent expenses" was to ascertain
whether or not there has been any impro.
per use OF. school money, I am happy to
have the opportunity OF stating that have
never known or suspected any improper
| use OF school money 10 be made by any
l'schooI officer OF school Board, and rarely in
1.-The eighth year of my administration has
Tthere been any sort OF complaint on this
Vseore. Respectfully,