State Female Normal School v. Auditors

Citations

• 79 Va. 233
• 1884 Va. LEXIS 78

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutional—Female Normal School Act.—The act approved March 7th, 1884, entitled “ An act for the establishment of a State Female Normal School, was within the legislative powers of the general assembly. And the latter had the power to appropriate out of the treasury the annual sum of ten thousand dollars for the support of that school, but not to appropriate it out of the fund set apart by the constitution for the maintenance of the public free schools of the state.</p> <p>2. Construction of Statutes—Idem— By its act of March 7th, 1884, the general assembly appropriated ten thousand dollars to be paid annually to the State Normal Female School at Farmville out of the public free school fund, and the second auditor, who has control of that fund, cannot be compelled to pay said annuity. It was not made payable out of the treasury, and hence the auditor of public accounts cannot be compelled to pay the same.</p>