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towns of Front Royal and Culpeper. A bill was passed 59 to 6 to reduce the compulsory school attendance from 17 to 16. This should help a little on the school discipline problem and I sincerely hope that some means will be devised so these youngsters can gain useful employment.
A real test between the urban and rural delegations took place on the Michie bill, legislation that would increase appropriations to Cities, Counties and Towns as compensation for a moratorium on annexation. The trouble with this bill is it is based entirely on population, which means that the urban areas woulu wind up with the largest share of our taxpayers' money. It was a blatant attempt to fill their coffers as a result of the
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