Chap. 233.—An ACT to provide for the appointment and removal of
district sehool trustees, and to repeal chapted 158, Acts of Assembly
1883—4, and the acts amendatory thereof, chapters 38 and 121 of Acts
1ss3—4, and chapter 10 of Acts of Assembly 1885-6.

Approved May 14, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the county judge, the commonwealth’s attorney, and the
county superintendent of schools of each county of the com-
monwealth, shall be created a board to be known as the
school trustee electoral board. The organization, powers,
and dutic: of said board shall be as follows:

2. The county judge shall be the chairman of the board,
and the county superintendent of schools its clerk; any
member may call a mecting by giving due notice to the other
two; any two members shall constitute a quorum; a concur-
rence of a majority of the board in a duly assembled meet-
ing shall be required to constitute a valid act.

3. The board shall have power, and it shall be its duty to
fill by appointment all vacancies now existing or hereafter
occurring in the office of district school trustees. Regular
appointments shall be made fora term of three years; ap-
pointments to fill vacancies occurring within a regular term,
shall be made for the unexpired part of such term: provided
that no person who is unable to read and write shall be
appointed a trustee: and provided also, that nothing in this
act shall be construed to authorize said board to interfere in
any way with the appointment of school trustees as hereto-
fore or now made by municipal councils, or to disturb in any
way the present law bearing on the action of said municipal
councils in the premises.

4. The board shall furthermore have power, and it shall
be its duty to declare vacant and proceed to fill the otlice of
any trustee who fails to qualify, and to deliver to the clerk of
this board Lis official oath in the usual form within. thirty
days after he has been notified by said clerk of his appoint-
ment. The board shall also vacate the office of any and
every trustee who fails to discharge the duties of his office
according to law. In the investigation of any such alleged
failure, the electoral board shall have power to issue summons
to witnesses to appear before it, and to require to be produced
before it any official records, papers, or books pertaining to
_the case. The chairman of the board shall have power to
administer an oath to any witness appearing before it.
5. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the board to record
all proceedings in a bound golume, which record book, to-
gether with such stationary and postage as may be required
for correspondence with trustees, shall be paid for out of the
county school fund on the warrant of the said board: pro-
vided the cost of the same shall not exceed five dollars in any
one year. The clerk shall furnish the superintendent of pub-
lic instruction with a list of the school trustees of each dis-
trict of the county, their post offices and date of appoint-
ment, and such other information as may be called for. He
shall also promptly notify the board when unexpected vacan-
cies occur, and shall also notify the same thirty days in
advance of the expiration of regular terms of office, so that
the district boards may be kept full, and no members be left
to hold over unnecessarily. He shall also promptly notify
all trustees of their appointment, and also forward to the
same blank copies of the official oath to be furnished by the
superintendent of public instruction.

6. An act of assembly entitled an act to amend and re-en-
act an act approved January eleven, eighteen bundred and
seventy-seven, entitled an act to provide for the appointment
and removal of district school trustees, and to repeal the
fourth clause of section seven, chapter seventy-eight of the
Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in force Febru-
ary twenty, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and an act
(chapter thirty-cight, Acts of Assembly extra session of eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-four,) entitled an act to amend and
re-enact sections one and three of an act entitled an act to
amend and re-enact an act approved January eleven, eighteen
hundred and seventy-seven, entitled an act to provide for the
appointment and removal of district school trustees, and to re-
peal the fourth clause of section seven of chapter seventy-eight
of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in force
February twenty, cighteen hundred and eighty-four, in force
September three, eighteen hundred and cighty-four, and an
act (chapter one hundred and tweuty-one, Acts of Assembly
extra session of eighteen hundred and eighty-four,) entitled
an act to amend and re-enact sections five and six of an act
in force February twenty, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
creating the county board of school commissioners, and so
forth, approved November twenty-seven, eighteen hundred
and eighty-four, and an act entitled an act to amend and re-
enact section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of
the Acts of Assembly of eighteen hundred and eighty-three,
and eighteen bundred and eighty-four, in regard to filling va-
cancies in the county board of school commissioners, and all
other acts and parts of acts~inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.

7. This act shall be in force from its passage.