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REPORT oF TIE HOUSE aGonaMpTTEE. ON
e sCHO,s ,sIs s4asDe ooIHEGEs, MR.s FOWLER | Z:
| scHA1Rl MANA REMEDY WHicH GOES nc
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The iolbsin,g Z is The blu reported, To- the
House :Ycaterda for the complete re-
organizatiop Of tie Virginia AgricultufaI
and Mechanical .Gl ,llege, aud which also re.
conforms the appointment OF the members
OF the Board fothe ;bienniag sessions OF the
General Assembly, makes DR.. Ruffner q
member Of the Eoard, &C.:
BE it enacted by The General Assembly,
That section 10 OF chapter II % the Code of
1873 as amended by an act appssred March
IA, 1874. and by aa act approv ea March u,
1875. and sections . and 24 OF the sane, be
amen ded and ireenaeted so as to Isad as fol-
lows: ~ fiof&tt H1iYt.E 1'& -, a.tl
{; 10. The offices OF all the members of
the present Board Of Visitors OF The Yir-
ginia Agricultural gad MechanfeaB Col
lego at Blacksburg shah be- gacated Esbe:
4th day OF June, 1879, and their successors
shall be appointed in the manner heYeis1s-
ter provided. It shall be the duty o5 the
Governor, IS soon as practicable after the
passage OF shis act and prior to the close Of
the present session. OF the General Assem-
bly,, by.and with the advice and consent OF
the Senate, to appoint new Board Of Viss-
tors, whose terms OF Office shall commence.
on the 4th day Of June, 1aE2 and to consRsa
OF eight persons, four OF whom. to be.
designated as the first class, shal cou-
ilnue in Office until the Iss day Of JAN
ary, 1882; fous, to be designated as the
second class, shall continue 70 Office until
the 1st day OF, January, 1aSa, and on the
1st day Of January, 1892. or as soon there
after as practicable, and biennially thereaf-
ter, to appoint four persons to El the vacan-
cies in said Board, who shah continue IN
Office four years, or until the appointment
and acceptance Of their successes. II va
eancy shall at any time occur in the Office OF
Visitor, the Governor shall ill the same for
the Rnexpired term thereof, subject to the
ratification OF the Senate at the next session
thereof. The Superintendent OF Public In
strnctfon shall be er-oficio member Of the
Board of Visitors OF the Virginia A gricultu-
raj and Mechanical College; the persons so
appointed shall Re distributed as nearly
equally as practicable between the four
grand divisions Of the State.
S23. The Board shall be charged with the
care and preservation OF the property OF the
College. They Shall appoint az many pro-
feSsors as they deem proper, and with the
assent Of two thirds Of their members may
at any time remove any professor or otber
officer Of the College. 1t shall be the duty
Of said Board, at special meeting thereof
to be held on the = day Of June, 1879, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, to remove
from office the president, professors, and all
other officers Of the College; said removals
to take effect on the 18th day Of August,
1879, and said Board shall proceed at once,
or as soon as practicable, to re0rganize the
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege by filling the several and various vaean-
eies so made, or as many OF them as they
may deem proper, said appointments to take
effect on the 18th day Of August. 1879. They
shall prescribe the duties Of each professor
and the course and mode of instruction.
They shall appoint president OF tue college,
and may employ such agents or servants as
may be necessary; shall regulate the gov
ernment and discipline OF the students, and
the College may make such regulations as
they may deem expedient, not contrary to
law. Such reasonable expenses as the Vis-
tors may incur in the discharge Of their duty
shall be paid out Of the funds OF the Col
lege. It shall be the duty Of the Governor,
as soon as practicable after the passage OF
this act, to cause publication to be made in
such newspapers as he may select Of the
proposed Reorganization OF the College, and
showing the number and character Of the
| appointments to be made at the time speci-
| fed in this section. -.
s "a. Each professor shall have a suitable
| residence provided him, at the expense OF
the College, and shall receive stated salary,
to be fixed by the Board OF Visitors; pro-
yided the salary of the president shall not
exceed $4,000. and the salary Of no one of
the professors shall exceed $1,000; and the
Board shall fix the fees to be charged for
tuition Of students other than those allow
ed under this act to attend the College free
| Of tuition, which shall be q credit to the
fund OF the College. .-
2. This act shall be in force from its
passage. ..
~. ! - DIR. ROBINSON. .' ...r
The, body of DR.. E. O., Robinson, member
Of the House. whose sudden death on Sat
urday night has already. been announced,
was taken TO, Norfolk Sunday afternoon. A
large number OF Masons and Odd-Fellows,
to which orders deceased belonged, and
many members Of the General Assembly,
accompanied it to the train. At the train
the body was. given, in charge OF Senators
Nash, Fulkerson, and Harrison, and, Dele.
gates Faunleroy, Ryland, W. IT. Talaferro,
Mushbach, and Johnston OF Giles, who
went on to Norfolk with it.. i-Jr .,,n, ~
H. The announcement OF the death OF DR..
Robinson has not yet been made to The
House. IL is to be, deferred until the return
Of the committee from Norfolk.
1t is understood that q writ, for an cleo
tion to fill the vacancy in the House caused
| by the death OF DR.. Robinson will be issued
by the Speaker for Tuesday the 4th proximo.
#!5&t.r,. PUBLIC PRINTING. -
In the Goode- Frayser investigation before
the Printing Committee OF the General AS
sembly, Captain George d. Wise last night
closed the argument for the defence. Col
onel Gordon followed, and summed up for
the complainant.
The Senate chamber, where the commit.
tee sat, was packed with legislators and
citizens during the speeches. r.
. The report Of the committee will be pre-
pared without unnecessary delay.
NEwLoDGE KNIGHTS OF HoNoR.-Prlnce
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