Evening star., 1900-08-18
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY NEWS.
Meeting of School Board Court
Orders Special Grand Jury.

Orders Special Grand Jury.
The Alexandria county school board met
at the court house Wednesday last. the
county superintendent of schools presiding.
All the trustees were present except two.
The census of the school population. re-
Gently taken, was submitted to the board.
examined. approved and turned over to the
superintendent of schools. as required by
law. The census of the school district
showed as follows:
Jefferson. number of children of school
age, between the ages of five and twenty
years. $50: Arlington district. 747: Washing
ton district. 446-aggregating school pop
ulation in the entire county of 1,743. and
showing an increase over the last school
census, taken in 1885, of G3 pupils.
The board assigned the teachers hereto
fore reported as elected to their respective
schools. and decided upon Monday. the 18th
day of September next. as the day for open
ing. all schools to continue for term OF
nine months from that date.
The board set apart as legal holidays for
the ensuing year Thanksgiving day. Christ
mas Gen. Washington's birthday anniver-
versary. Gen. Lees birthday anniversary,
Good Friday. Easter Monday and the Both
of May.
Lees History of the United States was
adopted as text book.
The county treasurer and the clerks Of
the several district school boards stated
ithat the financial reports for the last fiscal
year were not quite ready for submission
to the superintendent, whereupon the board
adjourned until September A. 1850. at 10
o'clock am. to complete the business in
hand. and to make whatever other prepara-
tions that may be found necessary for the
proper maintenance of the county schools
during the coming scholastic year.
Judge James NJ. Love Of the county court
has ordered a special grand jury for the
o7th day or August to consider charges of
shooting and felOnious assault against sew
eral persons now in the county jail. The
Judge desires those that are guilty to be in
'dicted and arraigned at the August term,
so they will have plenty of time to prepare
for trial at the September term of court
Acting Commonwealth Attorney ]. f.
Clements Is now preparing indictments and
summoning witnesses against the parties
charged.
Under law passed by the legislature of
Virginia last winter the board Of superv!s-
ors of the county are empowered to bring
suit against all owners of land in the
county who owe taxes thereon. and to sell
the land. or so much trereof as may be
necessary to pay the taxes and court costs.
The board of supervisors, at recent meet
ing. decided that 1t was necessary to col
lect all taxes due the county. so as to prop
eriy Improve the county and its roads, and
directed the acting common wealth attorney
TO proceed with the enforcement of the law
against every delinquent taxpayer. The
county attorney has sent letters to all per-
sons delinquent for taxes, informing them
that unless their taxes-ace paid by the 1st
day of September. 1899, suit will be filed
against them for the sale of their lands.
. Mr.. Curtis b. Graham of Arlington. Va,
has received appointment under the United
States government as an expert iitho-
ographer.
The democratic exechtlve5 ommittee of
the county will meet Monday evening next
to formulate plans for conducting the pres!
dental and congressional political campaign
in the county this fall Up to the present
time Representative John F. Rixey has no
opposition in the race fer Congress.
The voters Of the county of Alexandria
generally seem to be in favor of the nomi-
nation of Joseph E. Willard of Fairfax
county FOR lieutenant governor of the state.
The new experimental farm started by
act OF Congress at its last session upon 400
acres or the unused portion of the Arlington
estate. In Alexandria county, is progressing
; hneiy; The, The Secretary of Agriculture has
piacea w Aiam Saunders in charge of the
Iai M Mr. Saunders has about twenty men
at work, dltehing and draining the grounds
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