The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-07
HOW THE$42,0O0 FOR SCHOOLS
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
If Bill Passes Increasing Educational Fund,
Every City and County in Virginia VI ill Be
Benz flied in 1t Primary Schools

At the request OF Tho Times-D;s
patch, the following interesting com
pilation Of county receipts from the
proposed $4,000 increase OF primary
school appropriation fund, now under
consid ara tion by the General Assem-
bly,. was Given out yesterday by the
State Department Of Education. From
tho passage OF the law in 1892 until
1910 the primary schools received an
amount equal TO one-third OF tho de-
linquent capltation and property tax.
The 1910 General Assembly, promising
the Department of Education that the
sum would be more than returned in
the future, changed the wording OF
the appropriation bill so as to mate
rally decrease the receipts OF the pri-
mary schools.
The sum thus lost by the primary
schools In 1910 amounted TO $4,000. the
brunt OF the deficit being borne by
the small county schools. In view OF
the promises made in 1910 and the gem
orally larger appropriation bill of 1912,
the Houec of alegatcs Is holding out
for the restoration Of the primary
school fund TO the lawful basis On
the other hand, the Senate offers
compromise which means a loss OF
$4,000 to the school fund. If the res
toration as proposed by the HOUSE Is
adopted, 1t Will mean an increased rev.
enue for primary schools of II cents
per pupil.
What this restoration would mean to
the county schools of each county la
graphically told in the following ng-
ures, complied by the Department OF
Education. The counties would benefit
as follows from the increased appro
priation:
Accomac, $3.50; Alb.marle sl.12S:
Alexandria county. sSl9; Allegheny.
$3.50: Amelia $685.; Amherst. ss7S; APP
pomattox, 1881: Augusta. s1,066; Bath.
5000; Bedford si,o33; Bland, slSa; Bote-
tourt. s6s5; Brunswick, S6l5: Buchanan,
$751;; Buckingham, s635; Campbell,
sl,0o7; Carolins. $3.50; Carroll. $3.50;
Charles City. slT3: Charlotte, 1891;
Chesterfield, s6sS; Clarke, s2i5; Craig.
s16S; Culpeper. 500: Cumberland, s34c;
abeth City. $3.50; Essex. s339: Fairfax,
1888; Fauquier. sSiS; Floyd. s5i5; Flu
wanna, $3.50: Franklin. s944; Frederick,
1886; Giles. s41T: Gloucester $434;
Goochland. 1857: Grayson. $77S; Greene.
$40: Greenesville. s4i9: Halifax, 1851;
Hanover 500; Henrico, ST63: Henry,
$3.50: Highland, s169; Isle OF Wight.
1914; James City. sl27: King and Queen,
s3l5; King George. $3.50; King William,
S-9i, Lancaster, So3 - Lee, eSo6; Lou
doun, 1921; Louisa, $3.50: Lunenburg.
s45s; Madison, $3.50; Mathews. 1915;
Mecklsnburg. $3.50; Middlesex, 1905
Montgomery. s60l; Nansemond. sS9S;
Nelson. S6oS; New Kent. SIZE; Norfolk
county, Sass; Northampton. $3.50:
northumberland. sS79; Nottowny, s46a:
Orange. $40; Page. s50S: Patrick, S6s1:
Pittsylvania. s1.675. Powhatan. $3.50;
Prince Edward. $3.50; Prince George
s27o: Princess Anne. s473; Prince WILL
liam, s4l4; Pulaski. S563: Rappahan-
mock, s27s: Richmond county. $685.
Roanoke county. 1868; Rockbridge.
s72o; Rockingham. sl.0S4; Russell. SS2s;
Scott. 1857; ennndoah. s649; Smyth.
s61a: Southampton. $500; Spotsylvania.
1851: Stafford, Sa6S; Surry. s322: Sus-
SEX. s4i2; Tazewell 1886: Warren, 5000:
Warwick, S1SG; Washington, SLIGO;