CHAPTER 250

An Act to amend and reenact § 9-61 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
creation or revitalization of the State Museum of Science Study
Commission; members and officers; how appointed; expenses; study
to be conducted; and to repeal §§ 9-64 and 9-65 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to authority of Commission to acquire suitable
property; and to the Director of the Museum of Science. rH 624]

Approved April 1, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 9-61 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 9-61. Creation; members and officers; * expenses.—There is here-
by created the State Museum of Science Study Commission, to be com-
posed of five members, three to be appointed for four year terms by the
Governor from the State at large; and one member from the Senate of
Virginia, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and one member
from the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker thereof for
terms coinciding with * their terms as members of their respective houses.
Vacancies shall be filled by the * appointing authorities for the unexpired
terms, and members of the Commission shall serve until their successors
are appointed and have qualified. * It shall elect one of its members as
chairman and another as secretary. Members shall serve without compen-
sation but shall be paid their actual expenses in the performance of their
duties. The Commission is hereby directed to conduct a study to determine
the feasibility of establishing or revitalizing a Virginia Museum of Science
and to determine what the scope and financial requirements should be of
such a museum including the appropriateness of including a History
Division. The Commission shall conclude its study and make a report of
ats findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assem-
bly not later than October one, nineteen hundred sixty-nine.

2. §§ 9-64 and 9-65 of the Code of Virginia are hereby repealed.