Chap. 216.—An ACT Appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal
Year eighteen hundred and seventy-five-seventy-six.

Approved March 29, 1876.

, 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the public
taxes, due prior to the first day of October, eighteen hundred
and seventy-five, as well as all other branches of revenue, and
all public moneys not otherwise appropriated, which shall
come into the treasury prior to the first day of October, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-six, shall constitute a general fund,
and be appropriated for the fiscal year to close on the thir-
tieth day of September, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,
as follows, to-wit: ‘

To expenses of the general assembly, for the session com-
mencing on the first Wednesday in December, eichteen hun-
dred and seventy-five, one hundred and thirty-five thousand
dollars. : -

To salarics and allowances of the officers of civil govern-
ment, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

To defray criminal charges, including es#penses of juries,
witnesses, and guarding jails, one hundred and sixty thou-
sand dollars. |

or transporting convicts to the penitentiary, twelve thou-
sand dollars.

For supplies furnished for convicts in the penitentiary,
twenty-three thousand dollars.

For salaries of the superintendent, assistant keepers, clerk,
and surgeon at the penitentiary, and allowance to board of
directors, ten thousand dollars. |.

For pay of the interior guard of the penitentiary, three
thousand two hundred dollars. .
For pay of the exterior guard of the penitentiary, thirteer
thousand dollars.

For penitentiary manufacturing purposes (raw material)
twenty thousand dollars.

To the Virginia Military institute, fifteen thousand dollars.

To additional ‘appropriation made at the present session,
ten thousand dollars.

To military conjingent fund, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For salary of the adjutant-general, out of which any clerk
employed in his office shall be paid, two thousand dollars.

To the Eastern lunatic asylum, in addition to receipts from
pay patients, sixty thousand dollars.

To the Eastern lunatic asylum, for enlargement and altera.
tions under act of the tenth of March, eighteen hundre@ and
seventy-six, forty thousand dollars.

To the Central lunatic asylum, fifty thousand dollars.

To the Western lunatic asylum, in addition to receipts from
pay patients, sixty thousand dollars.

To Western lunatic asylum, for enlargement and altera.
tions under act of March tenth, eighteen hundred and seven.
ty-six, forty thousand dollars.

For maintenance of lunatics in jail, fifteen thousand dollars
' To Institution for the deaf, dumb, and blind, forty thou
sand dollars. |

To the University of Virginia, as provided by the act oi
assembly, approved February twenty-six, eighteen hundred
and seventy-six, thirty thousand dollars.

To the Richmond medical college, fifteen hundred dollars.

To the Virginia agricultural and mechanical college, for
the third year’s appropriation under act of March twenty.
seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, fifteen thousand
dollars. |
: To contingent expenses of courts, forty-five thousand dol.

ars.

To civil prosecutions, for expenses incident to suits in
which the commonwealth is a party, two thousand dollars.

For annual allowance to reporter of the court of appeals
seventeen hundred and fifty dollars.

To rent of office for attorney-general, four hundred dollars

To printing records of the court of appeals, five thousanc
dollars.

To civil contingent fund, fifteen thousand dollars.

To commissioners of the revenue for taking lists of tax
able property and subjects, preparing books, lists of licenses
and postage, fifty-five thousand dollars.

To collector's commissions, six thousand five hundred
dollars.

To salary of messenger in office of the auditor of public
accounts, one thousand dollars.

Additional sum allowed porter to basement offices, of fifty
cents per day.

To contingent expenses of the office of the auditor of pub
lic accounts—for postage on land, property, and other books
on blanks, and for current correspondence, three thousand
five hundred dollars.

To contingent expenses of the second auditor’s office, three
hundred and twenty dollars.

To contingent expenses of the treasurer’s office, three hun-
dred and twenty dollars.

To contingent expenses of the register’s office, one hun-
dred dollars. «

To contingent expenses of the superintendent of public
buildings, one hundred and fifty dollars.

To contingent expenses of the office of secretary of the
commonwealth—for postage on poll-books, blanks, and so
forth, four hundred and fifty dollars.

To registration of marriages, births, and death, six thou-
sand dollars.

To vaccine agent, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For pensioners, one hundred and ninety-two dollars.

For public printing, twenty-seven thousand dollars.

For printing and binding twenty-fifth volume of Grattan’s
Reports, three thousand seven hundred and sixty-six dollars
and thirty -nine cents.

For printing and binding twenty-sixth volume of same re-
ports, three thousand eight hundred dollars.

To reprinting sixth volume of Randolph’s Reports, two
thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-six
cents.

To reprinting twelfth volume of Leigh’s Reports, two thou-
sand and eighteen dollars and twenty-five cents.

For expenses of funding the public debt, two thousand
dollars.

For the collection and preservation of historical papers,
five hundred dollars.

To compensation to the attorney-general for attending to
common wealth’s cases in the United States’ courts, five hun-
dred dollars.

To contingent expenses of the board of public works, two
hundred and fifty dollars.

To commutation for artificial limbs, under act of present
session, six thousand dollars.

For the preservation and cultivation of fish, two thousand
five hundred dollars.

For pay of police employed at the capitol and state court-
house, and for pay of messengers to the executive depart-
ment, ‘and to employees about the governor’s grounds and
the public square, six thousand four hundred and eighty
dollars.

To interest on Dawson fund, two thousand and fifty-two
dollars.

To defray expenses of the Maryland boundary line arbi-
tion, under the act approved March eighteenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-six, two thousandfive hundred dollars.

So much of the public revenue as may be received into the
treasury after the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-six; and the surplus of all other appropria-
tions madé prior to that date, unexpended within the fiscal
year hereinbefore provided for, and all other moneys not
otherwise appropriated by law, shall constitute a general
fund to defray such expenses, authorized by law, as are not
herein particularly provided for, and to defray the usual al-
lowances to lunatic asylums and other current expenses of
the commonwealth in the fiscal year which wjJl] commence
on the first day of October, eighteen hundred "And seventy-
six, and terminate on the thirtieth day of September, ecigh-
teen hundred and seventy-seven. And the auditor of public
accounts is hereby authorized and required to issue his war-
rant in the same manner as if the same had been specially
mentioned, subject to such exceptions, limitations, and condi-
tions as the general assembly has prescribed, or may deem it
proper to annex and prescribe by law. The payments for
support to the lunatic asylums for support and transportation
of patients, and to the institution for the education of the
deaf, dumb, and blind, shall be made one-fourth in advance
on the first day of October, one-half on the first day of Jan-
uary (if the visitors or directors so require), and the remain-
ing one-fourth on the first day of July: provided, that the
auditor of public accounts will pay the aforesaid appropria-
tions to the Central asylum in monthly instalments, if the
visitors or directors so require.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.