Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-02-13


deemed sufficient ground for removal from
office of any such officer or employe and
the boards of visitors and boards OF dlrec.
tors of any Of said institutions, upon salts
factory evidence of guilt, shall proceed to
remove any officer or employe so offend
ing, and shall II the vacancy thereby crea.
ted with suitable and competent persons.
I'd. Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to abridge or in any way to effect
the right of any citizen of this Common
wealth to exercise his political rights at the
polls or to express his political convictions
The House substitute for Senate bill TO
provide for the filling of vacancies i'll the
office Of County Superintendent of Schools
in cases in which the Senate has refused
to confirm appointments made bJ the Board
Of Education was considered.
At the night session the bill was again
taken up when the following substitute was
reported from the Committee on Schools and
Colleges:
Tue Office of county superintendent of
public free schools and the office of city SUI
prrintendent of schools in any Of the cities
of the Commonwealth shall be deemed to
be vacant in the following cases and upon
The happening of any one of the following
events: The death, resignation, or removal
from the county or city for which he wa $
appointed of such superintendent, the expi-
ration Of his term of Office, or the removal
from office by competent authority.
"2 Any vacancy occurring in the office OF
county or city superintendent of schools AS
defined by the first section shall be filled by
the School Trustee Electoral Board of the
county and by the School Board of any city
wherein any such vacancy may occur, and
IL ,Ian he O o..
quest of any member thereofas soon as con-
venent after the vacancy shall have occur
red, and shall select citizen of such city or
county, who is competent person, as SUI
perintendent of schools for such city or
county al interim, and such appointee shall
hold said office until school superlntend-
ent for such county and city shall have been
regularly appointed by the Board of Educa-
ton and been confirmed by the Senate, and
qualified according to Law. If there shall
De tie vote in the Board upon the question
of making such appointment of a county or
city superintendent Of schools ad Interim
the same shall be determined by lot.
"3. No person appointed county or city
superintendent Of schools for any county or
city Of this State except such as may be APP
pointed under the provisions of this act shall
act or be entitled to act as such city or conn-
ty superintendent OF schools, or to discharge
any of the duties or to receive any Of the
emoluments OF such Office unless and except
his appointment shall have been confirmed
by the Senate.
81 This act shall be in force from its pas
sage, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed"
Messrs. Anderson, Pollard, Barton, and
Smith made eloquent speeches in the course
of the debate.
The coaltionsts lilbustered all they
could, but the bill was ordered to its third
reading.
The House concurred in the Senate
amendments to the bill providing for the
appointment Of school trustees, and also the
election Of school electoral board, which
shall appoint the trustees. The amendment
provides that the Legislature elect three
citizens Of each county to compose the
board, &c.
Pending the consideration Of bill to re-
cover certain sums Of money alleged TO be
illegally paid by S. Brown Allen, when
Auditor of the State TO John Z. Hamilton,
treasurer of Augusta county, the House adj
journed.