Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-03-28

Mullen entered the army of the Confeder
ate States.
u hereas, while in said service the eyes
of said c. M. Bolts and Robert Mullen
became sore from exposure, and gradually
became worse, until in the spring of eigh-
teen hundred and siXty-three the said
Robert Mullen became totally blind in both
eyes, and the said G.. NJ. Bolts, being dis
charged from service III eighteen hundred
and siXty-four ON account of sore eyes con-
tracted i'll service, became totally blind in
both eyes in eighteen hundred and sixty
five and both the said G.. M. Bolts and
Robert Mullen have been blind ever since;
and
Whereas it is right and just that the
said G.. NJ. Bolts and Robert Mullen should
receive the same communication money that
is paid to other citizens of the State who
were wounded OF disabled during the said
war; now, therefore,
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia, That the auditor of public
accounts be and he is hereby instructed and
directed to enter the names OF the said G..
NJ. Bolts and Robert Mullen in the list as
prescribed and designated in the act ap-
proved March fifth, eighteen hundred and
eighty eight, for those who lost two eyes
from wounds actually received While in
service, and under any similar act that may
lie ifttSboti stLu pay 10 tllC Stiu ". M. DOltS
and Robert Mullen the same communication
that is paid to other soldiers who lost two
eyes from wounds received in the service
and who come under the provision of that
act OF acts.
2. This act shall be in force from it's
passage.
PAY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.
The old law, as it stood, required that all
fIn Nicf, at
Boards had to be approved by the County
Superintendent, before the County Treas
urer could pay them. This is done away
with by the following amendments adopted
to Secs. 1908, 1909, and 1910. The law now
reads:
Approved January oath, 1890.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
sembly of Virginia, That sections fifteen
hundred and eight, fifteen hundred and
nine, and fifteen hundred and ten of the
Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows:
1903. The superintendent of schools Of
each county OF city shall, upon the receipt
Of such warrant 1.-THE State Auditor S WAL
rantl, endorse the same to and deposit it
with the treasurer of his city OF county,
together with a written statement Showing
the amount to be placed to the credit OF
each school district.
1909. All warrants drawn by district
school boards upon State school funds shall
be paid by the treasurer out of any State
funds collected by him. But in no case
shall he pay out a greater sum for any dis
trict than the amount Of school funds ap
portioEed to said district.
1910. At the annual meeting in August
in each year the county school board shall
compare the warrants issued by each dis
trict board with those paid by the treasurer,
and report the result to the Superintendent
Of Public Instruction.
2. That section fifteen hundred and
eleven be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
3. This act shall take effect with the be-
ginning of the ensuing school year.
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS PRESENT AVER
AGE LAW ENDS AUG. l, 1890.
1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That the pay of a teacher
in the public schools of the State shall not
be governed by the daily average atten-
dance of pupils, provided that the average
attendance be more than ten.
2. This act shall take effect from the
first day of August, 1890.
3. All acts and parts Of acts inconsis-
tent with this be, and the same are hereby
repealed.