The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-01

/ Firm nnd >teadfasts fulse Stchu}, nfthth'
Ing Manufacturers Rule Against suspen.
sion OF RuIcs-No superintendent OF Public
Instruction-Rai Bills Going Through
the House Siowly-The University OF vir-
ginia Forty-students Bill-The Proposed
Constitutional Amendment with Reference
to the Poll-TaX.
The Senate will resume business to-day.
Mr.. Riddleberger, Mr.. Bailey, Governor
/ Cameron, Lieutenant Governor Lewis, and
/ General Malone have been in Washington,
and no doubt programme has been ar
ranged for meeting as far as possible the
exigencies Of the situation with respect 70
election Of Auditor.
Meanwhile Messrs. Lyhrook, Newberry
Williams. and Hale have received many en-
couraging letters from farmer constituents,
aud ar. reported TO be more than ever re-
solved TO pursue the course they have
adopted.
At the last caucus OF the Readjuster
party resolution was adopted that the
members shall hereafter vote against sus-
pension Of the rules, and that in both
houses the work on the calendar shall be
strictly adhered TO. The Democrats will
not object. The Res1iusters cannot posi-
/ bly, be more anxious than they are to bring
this session TO close.
/ From this time until the 10th Of March
there will be no superintendent OF Public
/ instruction, but the General Assembly will
probably pass a resolution or bill author
/ iZing the Governor or the Board OF Educa-
/ ton to make such arrangements for con-
ducting the Office as will prevent detrimcnt
TO the public service.
DR.. Rufiner's time would have expired
/ March 10th, but having secured other busi-
ness las geologist for some railroad compa-
nieS) he resigned 10 take effect Yesterday.
/ The way the Constitution is construed s
Superintendent cannot be elected for less
than four years. Hence the interim be-
/ tween Dr.. Ruflner and Mr.. Farr.
The number OF railroad bills claiming
attention is quite unprecedented. In the
Senate they have pretty fair time, but in
the House they fare badly. II is almost
/ impossible to hasten them through that
body. They have to come along in their
turn.
II is supposed that to-day, il ever, some
start will be made in the investigation OF
/ the charge that some official OF the senate
corruptly approached a member OF the
General Assembly 10 secure his vote. \
good committee has been appointed, and il
only remains for Mr.. Riddeberger to fur
nish a list Of the witnesses TO be examined.
| Whether or not so intended, the friends of
Mr.. Massey regard this as an attempt ia
/ throw a cloud over him, and consequently
they will insist that the investigation shall
precede the election.
UNIVERSITY FORTY-STTDENTS BILL.
The following is the substitute for Senate
bill No. 90, "tO amend and reCnact an act
approved February 26, 1876, entitled an
act 10 appropriate a certain sum annually
TO the University Of Virginia" reported
! from the Senate Committee on Public lnSti-
tutionS, &c:
/. Be 1t enacted by the General assembly
| of Virginia. That there shall tie paid an
nually out OF the public treasury $50, ,OOO
\ for the support Of the University Of Viz
ginia, which shall be payable out Of any mo-
ncv in the Treasury not otherwise apprOpTi-
ated; but this annuity is on the condition
/ that the said institution shall, during the
continuance OF such annuity, educate forty
poor white students. over eighteen years OF
age, residents OF the state OF Virginia
whose parents or guardians are not able tC
I
StudentS-onc from each senatorial district
except rs 10 the Thirty-if,h district. and
from that two. Such students shall be
/ designated by the senators from the To-
/ ,pectiyc senatorial districts, upon the re-
/ commendation OF the superintendent Oi
schools OF the counties composing such
/ districts. They shall be natriculatcd a.
other students under The rules and rcgula-
1 tionS prescribed by thc Board OF Visitors
Of the University, without charge ioi
board, library-fee, roon-rent, or ior tuition
in the academic department. consisting OF
the following schoOis-tO Wit: The school
OF Greek, Latin. History and Literature
Moral Philosophy, Modern Languages
Natural Philosophy, Natural History and
| Geology, Zoology, Agricultural Botany anC
Agriculture, General and Applied Chemist
~, and Pure Mathematics. The terms o
appointment for such students shall be iol
three Years, and ii q vacancy oc
cur i'm any case. for any cause
such yancancy shall be filed 10y the ap
pointing power OF the district as To which
it occurs in the same manner as the Orlgi
nal appointment was made-such new aP
pontmcAt TO bc for full term Of three
years. As aqualifying test, such students
shall pass an examination by the faculty o
the University, to be prescribed by th'
Board Of Visitors: provided that, in lieI
OF such examination, q certificate OF eXaml
nation passed at some college or prepara
tory school OF Virginia shall be conclusive
evidence that such student is qualified L
enter ut the University those branches o
study he may wish TO pursue.
>. Each o. the said students shall promise
in writing, upon matrlculating, that aS
consideration for the benefit received I'm
der this act, he VIII teach school IN virgins
for three years after leaving the University
which. however, he may commute by pay
inc into the treasury the sum OF two hun
; dred dollars Tor each session that he en-
ioyed it, advantages.
3. out of said appropriate OF $4,000
all the expenses above specified for ecu
eating the said forty students shall first b
paid; the balance to 20 for necdful repair
. and improvements, 10 pay the interest o.
! the existing debt OF the University, an
for such other purposes as the Board @
Visitors may direct, including q sinking
fund of 81 ,000 per annum, which shall b
established and placed under the cOntro
, OF the Board OF Visitors, TO be annual
, applied TO the liquidation o; the princip,
I OF said debt.
. 4. Ii shall be competent for the Board Z
Visitors Of the University, when in thei
opinion the funds at their command Sha
: render IL iudicious and eXpedient, to adm
. students from Virginia other than thOs
= provided for in section OF this act to IN
: Of the said schools of the academic dcpar
\ ment upon payment OF a reduced fee &c
tuition less than the regular fees prescribe
: for such schools.
r 8. All acts and parts Of acts making al
preparations for the University OF Nirgini
g heretofore passed are hereby repealed.
: q. Ths nct shall be i'm force from i