19, The salaries of 21l teachers and principals in the
public schools of the City of Norfolk, inclucding the salarics of
petitioners, are paid out of the public school fund. This fund
jerives fron two sources: The Comnonwcalth of Virginia and the City
of Norfolk (Virginis Schocl Code, Chapter 33, Scection 646); all of
said public schcol fund is ralsed by mcans of taxaticn upon the
inhabitants of Virginia and their property (Constitution of Virginia,
Apticle IX, Scctions 135, 136; Virginia School Cole, Chaptor 33,
Scctions 657, 698, 699; Chapter 35, Sccticn 782)J Fursuant to thesc
statutes all that portiocn of the public school fund which derives
directly fron the state is used exclusively for the payment of
tenchers' salarics (Virginia School Colde, Chapter 33, Section 7o
That an unconstituticnal discrininaticn is set forth in