The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-04-24

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the money set apart by the constitution ant
laws, for their benefit.
[Approved March 3, 1871
| Whereas, it is the duty of the Legislator,
to protect the fund set apart by the consti-
tuition for the support of the public fret
schools from impairment, therefore.
l. Be it enacted, That the Auditor OF Pub
lie Accounts is hereby requested, immediate
ly upon the receipt of land and property
books OF the several Commissioners of the
Revenue OF the Commonwealth, to make 6
calculation OF the sum total of all the funds
applicable to public free school purposes fol
the ensuing year, of which amount he shall
report three fourths thereof to the Superin.
| tendent of Public Intruction as an approx
mate basis for distribution; whereupon said
Superintendent of Public instruction shal
at once make out and furnish to the Auditor
of Public Accounts distributiVe statement
of the amounts due the several counties and
| corporations in the State, upon this approx
| innate basis. Upon receipt of such statement
the Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue
| his warrant upon the Treasurer of the State,
in favor of the Superintendent of each coun-
ty or corporation, for the amount which each
county or corporation is entitled to receive
under said statement, which Warrant, when
endorsed by said county or corporation SUI
perintendent to the treasurer of his county
or corporation, as hereinafter provided by
| the second section of this act, shall be paid
BY the Treasurer OF the State, or shall be &C
cepted from such county or corporation treas
tIrer as cash in all settlements for public rev.
enue made by him with the Auditor of Pub
lc Accounts so far as paid by the warrants
hereinafter provided for.
2. The superintendent of schools OF each
county or corporation, shall, upon the receipt
pf such warrant, endorse the same to and
deposit it with the treasurer of his county
corporation, taking his receipt therefor, wh9
shall enter the same upon his books as credit
to said superintendent of schools.
3. All warrants hereafter drawn by dis
trict school boards or trustees upon the pub
lie school fund OF the State. as now provided
by law, shall, if approved by the county or
corporation superintendent, be taken up by
him, and his own warrants issued therefor
which shall be paid by the treasurer of the
county or corporation, or be receivable by
him in payment of all taxes or demands due
the Common wealth. The county or corpo-
ration superintendent may issue his warrants
in such Sums, not less than five dollars, un
less the amount due him is less than five dol
lars, in which case the warrant shall be for
amount due. as will best suit the convent
ehce OF the payee, but in no case shall he
issue his warrants for an aggregate amount
greater than the Warrant received by him
from the Auditor of Public Accounts; nor
shall the county or corporate treasurer pay
warrant upon the State fund unless issued
by the superintendent of lis county or cor
poration, nor an aggregate. amount greater
than the said superintendent has credit for.
Any superintendent who shall issue war
rants to an aggregate amount greater than
is provided by this section, and any treasurer
who shall pay any warrant upon the State
fund aforesaid, 10 violation of this act, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not
less than $500 nor more than 81 900.
4. At not less than one general meeting
prior to the first day of July, in each year.
the school trustees of each county shall COM
pare the warrants issued by each district
board with those issued by the county or cor
poraton superintendent, and report the re-
suit to the State Superintendent Of Schools.