Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-02-05
The School Question IN Cities.

There are series Of bills and supstl-
tutes now pending in the Senate OF giaVe
interest to the city tax payers. MT. Diggs
offered bill providing that non-resl-
dent of city who owns real estate IN IL
to the amount of $500, may educate
his children at the public schools tnefe
Just as those of any resident are ecu
Gated and with no more cost. Inc cohl-
mittee on Education reported this Dill ana
substitute for it.
The substitute provides that it shall %
lawful for any person. who is tax payer
and citizen Of Virginia. in any town. city,
county, or school district of the Common
wealth, and who is not resident CT ice
same town. city, county, or schooi o's-
trict, to send his children to any puoi'c
free school in said town, city, county ana
school district. subject 10 the laws regu
latlng public fres schools in SAID city,
town, county, or school district.
To this substitute Mr.. Berry offered an
amendment throwing down all the guards
of the city schools so as to provide that 1t
shall be lawful for any person who is
tax payer and citizen of Virginia to send
his children to any public free school IN
any town, city, county, and school dis
trict, sc.
This amendment was defeated on the
9th of January, by II to u. Mr.. Koiner
of Augusta, voting with the minority.
The reports in the Richmond papers seem
badly mixed, as LAGER on we see the propo-
sition contained in the defeated amend
ment, again up and called ''Mr. Berry 8
BILL" The School Board of Lynchburg
has adopted resolutions opposing the adop-
tion of the Berry bill. Last Friday night
the Stanton City School Board held a
meeting at which Thomas A. Bledsoe.
Esq, presided, and the subject of amend
ing the school laws was considered. On
motion, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resozced, That it is the sense of this Board
that it would be MUST to the tax payers OF
this city and injurious to the city schools fol-
the legislature to pass the Berry or any SINH.
lar amendment to the school law in regard to
education of resident pupils in the public
| 1E66 6CuOOlS VI ClLlcS tuC lOWlS, tEN lut
| best interests of the schools will be promoted
| by allowing the present law to remain I'M
| changed.
The clerk, Jos. B. Woodward, Esq.
was authorized to communicate the fore
| going to our representatives IN the legis.
| lature.
| ACTION OF THE STAUNTON COUNCIL.
At the City Council Tuesday night, the
following resolution offered by Mr.. Bled
soc, was unanimously adopted
| Whereas, The Public Schools of the city
of stanton are maintained mainly by
money appropriate by the city for the pur
pose; and whereas. the present school &C.
| Communications of the city are inadequate
for the children resident within the cor
porate limits: Therefore it Is
Resolved. by the Council of the city OF
Stanton, that the Legislature of Viz
ginia. be, and is, hereby respectfully re-
quested not to pass any law, the effect OF
which will be to allow children residing
in other corporations and in the counties
OF the State. to share in the advantages OF
the public schools of Staunton upon the
same footing with the children residing
within the corporate limits of the city
The Council hereby declares its faith in
the justice and propriety of the policy
| which requires each county aud corpora
tion in the state to provide school accom-
modations for the children residing in its
own limits, without relying upon the pub
| lie schools provided and maintained at the
expense of other counties or corporations.
Resolved, That copy of this preamble
| and resolutions be furnished to our sen /
| tor and representatives in the Legislature
Of Virginia.