The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-01-21

| The following was sent TO the House yes
terday:
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
RICHMOND. Va, January 20, 1880. )
To the Honorable the House Of Delegates:
have the honor to acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of the following resolution:
ReSOlued, That the Superintendent Of
Public instruction be. and he is hereby, re.
quested at his earliest convenience 10 in
form the House OF Delegates how much
money is due by the State TO the public
free school-teachers OF each county and
corporation on warrants issued prior to
March 3. 1879.
regret that it is not in my power to fur
nish the information called for by this resO-
luton out OF any reports which now have
on hand, and it could be Obtained only by
calling upon each district school board to
make special settlement with its county
treasurer, by which means alone 1t could be
ascertained which OF these warrants still re-
main unpaid. The teacher receives the
warrant from the district board usually as
soon as the money is due.
| II then depends upon the condition OF
| the Treasury and the time OF presentation
whether or when the warrant is paid.
|
| of accounts at the annual meeting OF the
County School Board, but Il is occurred last
! August and will not occur again until next
August, unless there be special demand
for information. The mode Of managing
payments in cities is somewhat different,
and varies in different cities; but not ma
terially so.
NY impression is that the amount still due
| teachers on warrants issued prior to March
! 3. 1879, is not large: for whilst the money
covered by the Henkle bill could not be
used in the discharge OF these warrants they
could be paid out OF any previously appor-
| toned State money or out OF county or dis
trct money.
Your obedient servant,
w. ii. RUFFNER,
Superintendent Public Instruction.
Personal EXPLANATION.
| In the House yesterday, Mr.. Duff Green,
of Stafford, rose to personal explanation.
He said that on the day previous, after the
controversy between himself aud Mr.. Nieol,
OF Prince William, growing out OF the elec-
tlon Of Judge for that county, in obedience
| TO the summons Of the acting Speaker (Alr.
Lyons) he appeared before the bar, in the
| custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, to apollo
eiZe to the House for parliamentary Ian
guage made use Of in his remarks to Mr..
| Ncol. He bad since discovered that the
Chair was as ignorant of the rules Of the
| House under which he acted as he himself
was, and that he the acting Speaker had no
sort Of right to have member brought be-
fore the bar OF the House without the action
of that body. he had used no language
which any member had right to take eX-
ceptiOn to.
Dir. NicoI stated that if Mr.. Green in
tended no offence TO him in the remarks he
made in the House he (Mr. NcoD was salts
| fed.
Mr.. Green replied hat he did not with
draw anything he had said.
| OFFICIALS IN ARREARS.
| In the House yesterday, on motion OF Mr..
Farr, it was
| Resolved, That the Auditor OF Public
Accounts be requested to furnish this
House as early as practicable list OF all
the county and corporation clerks and all
the city and county treasurers in the state
| who are in arrears to the State. together
with the several amounts due from each
and the date OF such arrearages, and wbe-
ther or not any steps have been taken to
recover the same.
PENITENTIARY ST0REKEEPER.
The following bills introduced by Sena-
tor Hale propose important changes in the
law:
A Bill 10 Amend and Reendct Section 81 Of
Chapter 206 Of the Code Of 1873, IN Re
Iation to the General agent and St0rekeep-
er Of the Penitentidry.
l. BE 1t enacted by the General Assembly
of Virginia, That section 81 of chapter 2O6
OF the Code OF 1873 be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
s57. The General Agent and Storekeeper
OF the Penitentiary shall receive and give
receipts for such of the goods manufactured
and work done at the penitentiary as may
be delivered him, and shall account for the
same at the prices mentioned IN the invoices
thereof, or return the same to the penlten-
tiary TO be repriced; or, il the Board SO
directs, sell the same at auction. lie and
his securities shall be responsible for the
amount OF all debts for such goods or WORK
contracted with him or under his authority
and for all money received by him us such
AGENT. unless he shall obtain the written
consent of the Board to sell goods to sucl
responsible parties as may be designated by
the Board. upon such terms as they car
purcbase tae same class OF goods from othel
manufacturers, and he shall report to The
Board the amount, and to whom sold, once
month, or whenever they may call on hin
, for such report; and ii shall be the duty s
the Board TO act promptly on all credlt-sae'
brought before them by the General Agent
, but the said Agent shall not be llabie lol
any loss incurred by fire or other unavold
able cause without default or negligence OF
his part.
sage.
A Bill to Enable the Penitentiary Store
keeper TO Purchase Supplies.
1. Be ii enacted by the General AsSemol!
of Virginia, That the managers OF eacl
ward in the penitentiary shall furnish u
the Superintendent requisition Tor bis ap
proyal. on the first day of each month, 10
al! supplies and materials they viii need II
their respectiye wards for that month, ant
: when approved by the Superintendent th
!, same shall be sent by him to the Genera
! Agent, who shall, as soon as practicaDe
purchase such supplies and materials. In
. Supcrintendent may issue Oh the Genera
Agent requsition for supplies and mate
/. rials whenever In his judgment the interes
! OF the State may demand 1t, and the Treas
1 urer Is hereby directed to pay the same ou
of any funds not otherwise appropriated.
Q. This act shall be in force from II
passage.
CONVICT VS.. HONEST LABOR.
= The Senate Committee on Public Instit,
!. tions Yesterday reported Mr.. Atkinson's bl
!. to amend and reenact section " OF chapt'
o 2O8 Of the Code In relation TO convict labo
ghe bill provides that 1t shall be lawful Il