Chap. 177.—An ACT to better enable the Principal of the Deaf, Dumb
and Blind Institution to Discover, in all parts of the State, the Objects
of the Public Charity.

_ Approved March 20, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be the duty of the clerks of the district school boards,
during the months of June or July, in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-five, and every three years thereafter.
to take a census of each deaf mute and blind person, between
the ages of five and twenty-one years, giving the sex and
age of each, and the place of residence, and to return a copy
of the same to the county or city superintendent of schools,
who shall consolidate the reports of his county or city, and
report the same to the principal of the deaf, dumb and blind
institution of the state.

2. For this service the clerks shall receive a similar com.
pensation to that allowed for listing other children, and out
of the same fund.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.