Recent Administration in Virginia (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Recent Administration in VirginiaIn 1846, following an enthusiastic educational convention which had been held in Richmond the preceding year, the General Assembly passed an act providing for a free school system.1 But this act, like that of 1796, contained what was in fact a nullifying clause: it required the assent of two thirds of the electors of any county before it could go into effect there. The insincerity of a bill which required a two thirds majority was so apparent that during the same ses sion certain counties were granted permission to introduce public free schools, if the majority of the electors should vote affirmatively. Though the plan was adopted by nine of the counties, it seems to have survived until the Civil War in Norfolk County only.2 Conducted without central supervision, by local Officers who received only nominal pay, success could hardly have been expected.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.