The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-08

| TAX LEVIED UPO- kAusRoap Th"rbhi
Y GRAND JURORS = NEW KoAD-NAcHISEs-
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, &C., &C.
An adjourned meeting Of the Board Of
Supervisors OF Henrco county was beld a,
the courthouse yesterday for the purpose
Of laying the county levy for the ensuing
year. The following members were pres
ent: W. Y. Mordecai tchairinan), s. l.. An
nabIe, l.. II. Kemp. and DR.. i. s. Michaels.
The amount to be provided for was ascer-
tanned to be s19 229, and the following
order OF levy was agreed to-:
f.. The Board being OF opinion that the sums
provided in said levy TO meet the delisquen-
cies therein because OF the non-paynent
thereof may be insufficient, and that the
sums provided for the construction and
keeping in repair the roads and bridges OF
the county, and to meet contingent and ne.
cesslrv expenses arising during the year,
may also prove inadequate, IL being impos.
sibie TO ascertain with absolute certainty
the amounts to be levied on said accounts,
the Board having merely provided for
said expenses by approximate estimates, 1t
| Is therefore ordered that there be levied
upon each male person listed by the
commissioners OF the revenue for the
upper and lower districts of this county the
present year the sum OF fifty cents, and that
on all lands, personal property, income,
&C., assessed In The county OF Henrico with
State tax the present year there be levied
ifty.hye per centum on tue amount OF State
tax on said subjects.
And as provided by an act OF the General
Assembly Of Virginia entitled "An act TO
tax railroads, in certain cases, for county
and school purposes" approved February
~, 1880, il is ordered that there be eerected
for county purposes upon the roadway and
tracks, depots, backgrounds and lots,
station buildings, aud other real estate OF
the Richmond, York River and Chesapeake
Railroad Company, whose road passes
through this county, $3.50 16 which is the
amount produced by tax (Which is hereby
ordered) OF 2It cents on every 800 OF the
value thereof in the county Of Hen
rico, which value amounts to the
sum OF $780, ,s00-rating the same
at $4,000 per mile, and based upon
the assessment per mile Of the same
property made by the State for lis purposes.
And there be levied for county purposes
upon the roadway, track, dep0s. depot
grouDds and lots, station buildings, and
other real estate OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company, whose road passes
through this county, the sum OF S1S1.50,
which is the amount produced by tax
which is hereby ordered OF 273 cents on
every 800 OF the value thereof in the
county OF Henrico, which value amounts to
the sum OF 100000, Iaing the sum at Sl2.-
900 per mile, and based upon the assessment
per mile Of the same property made by The
State for its purposes, which said tax is equal
to and not in excess Of the tax assessed
upon other property for county purposes,
which said levies, computing upon the
amount OF State tax assessed within the
county OF EenricO for the year 1879, and the
number OF titles for said year, the assess
ment for the present year not having been
completed, and the returns thereof made
will produce the sum OF S20,17S; and the
treasurer Is directed 10 collect the levy so
assessed, and to pay tue same upon war
rants legally drawn upon him, and retain
any balance in his bands, subject 10 the
order OF the Beard.
The Doard adjourned to meet next Sat-
urday, when the scboo-tax matter will be
brought up again. The above levy was
adopted unanimously, and embraces a Pc
riod OF eighteen months. The county levy
made by the old Board OF Supervisors eX-
pired January /, 1880; hence the new levy
will have to begin from that date.
The following grand Jurors have been
drawn for the August term OF the County
Court, which begins tomorrow William
r. Ford, John NJ. Lyneman, c. E. Wor-
than, Il. A. Patteson, George Chamber
layne, A. b. Cottrel, James A. Moore, j.
VI. Fourqurean, NJ. +. Burton, G. NJ. Holli-
day, W. A. Thomas, John w. Gordon,
Robert II. Kuhn, Louis Kepler, Henry
Voegler, James c. Redwood. j. G. Scher-
merhorn, j. b. Carly, j. X. Fussell, L. w.
Hurbert, John W. Clarke, L. l.. Gum, ID.
b. Jordan, G. X. Gilmer.
The supervisors OF HenricO have pur-
chased two road machines, at a cost OF 1900.
The machines will be drawn by horses, and
will be used right away on some OF the roads
near the city.
The Henrico County School Board met
at the courthouse yesterday. The report
OF the Superintendent of Schools was
received and referred to n committee to
consider certain recommendations con-
laincd therein. The report shows that
during the year iortyseven teachers were
employed, with an enrolment OF two
thousand children. The average daily at
tendance during the six months was a little
over 1900, making an average OF twenty
eight pupils 10 each teacher. The cost OF
tuition was $4,000. The average pay OF
each teacher was 5000 for the term. The
expenses OF the schools in rent, repairs, in
surance, fuel, furniture, pay OF clerks,
building new houses. books for poor
children, &C., amounted to S4,500. The
whole cost for running forty odd schools
did not exceed $4,000, or fraction over
$40 to each child attending school every
day for the term, or 81 for every child en-
rolled.
The report was very encouraging. and
showed the attendance at the different
schools throughout the county to have been
very pood. especially at the cOlored schools.