Chap. 201.—An ACT directing the board of visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute to be vacated and the appointment of a new board.

Approved March 3, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That sections
two, three, and fourteen, chapter thirty-one of Code of eigh-
teen bundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The board of visitors of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute be and the same is hereby declared vacant. And the
governor, by and with the consent of the senate, immedi-
ately upon the passage of this act, shall appoint a new board
of visitors for the institute, which shall consist of nine mem-
bers, three of whom shall be selected from the division of
the state in which the institute is situated, and two from
each of the other three grand divieions of the state. The
term of office for the board of visitors shall be four years,
commencing March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Five members of said board shall constitute a quorum.
They shall be and are hereby declared to be a corporation,
and as such may sue and be sued for any cause or matter
which has heretofore arisen, as well as for any cause or mat-
ter which may hereafter arise.

§ 3. The board of visitors appointed under this act shall
meet at the institute on the twenty-fifth day of June, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-two, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, and proceed to reorganize said institute as the board
mav deem right and proper. They shall fix the salaries of
the professors and officers, and may remove at will any
officer who shall be appointed under this act for good and
sufficient cause; but no order to remove a professor shall be
made without the concurrence therein of a majority of the

whole number of visitors; and the board shall forthwith
communicate to the governor a full statement of the reasons
on which the removal was made.

§ 14. The board, after the first meeting under this act,
shall meet at the institution, or at other places than the insti-
tute when in their opinion it shall be necessary to do so. A
meeting shall be held annually at such time as may be desig-
nated for their annual meeting in their last resolution on the
subject. A meeting may also be called at any time by the
aljutant-general or superintendent of the institute, when
either may deem it advisable. And the board may adjourn
from time to time.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 201.—An ACT directing the board of visitors of the Virginia
Military Institute to be vacated and the appointment of a new board.

Approved March 3, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That sections
two, three, and fourteen, chapter thirty-one of Code of eigh-
teen bundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The board of visitors of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute be and the same is hereby declared vacant. And the
governor, by and with the consent of the senate, immedi-
ately upon the passage of this act, shall appoint a new board
of visitors for the institute, which shall consist of nine mem-
bers, three of whom shall be selected from the division of
the state in which the institute is situated, and two from
each of the other three grand divieions of the state. The
term of office for the board of visitors shall be four years,
commencing March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Five members of said board shall constitute a quorum.
They shall be and are hereby declared to be a corporation,
and as such may sue and be sued for any cause or matter
which has heretofore arisen, as well as for any cause or mat-
ter which may hereafter arise.

§ 3. The board of visitors appointed under this act shall
meet at the institute on the twenty-fifth day of June, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-two, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, and proceed to reorganize said institute as the board
mav deem right and proper. They shall fix the salaries of
the professors and officers, and may remove at will any
officer who shall be appointed under this act for good and
sufficient cause; but no order to remove a professor shall be
made without the concurrence therein of a majority of the

whole number of visitors; and the board shall forthwith
communicate to the governor a full statement of the reasons
on which the removal was made.

§ 14. The board, after the first meeting under this act,
shall meet at the institution, or at other places than the insti-
tute when in their opinion it shall be necessary to do so. A
meeting shall be held annually at such time as may be desig-
nated for their annual meeting in their last resolution on the
subject. A meeting may also be called at any time by the
aljutant-general or superintendent of the institute, when
either may deem it advisable. And the board may adjourn
from time to time.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.