Chap. 266.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 74, Code of 1887, in regard to
the management of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, as amended by
an act entitled “an act to provide for the reorganization of the Institution for
the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and to repeal chapter 74 of the Code of Virginia,
and to repeal chapter 226 of the acts of assembly, entitled ‘an act to regulate the
appointment of the board of directors of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute at
Staunton, Virginia,’”’ approved May 14, 1887, as amended by an act entitled “an
act to amend and re-enact the second section of an act entitled ‘an act to pro-
vide for the reorganization of the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind,’ ”
and to repeal chapter 74 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal chapter 226 of
the acts of assembly, entitled “an act to regulate the appointment of the board
of directors of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute at Staunton, Virginia,” ap-
proved May 14, 1887, approved March 4, 1896, and to conform the same to the
Constitution.
Approved May 16, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
seventy-four, Code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in regard to
the management of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, as
amended by an act entitled an act to provide for the reorganization of
the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and to repeal chapter
seventy-four of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal chapter two hun-
dred and twenty-six of the acts of assembly entitled an act to regu-
late the appointment of the board of directors of the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind Institute at Staunton, Virginia, approved May fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended by an act entitled an
act to amend and re-enact the second section of an act entitled an act
to provide for the reorganization of the Institution for the Deaf, Dumb,
and Blind, and to repeal chapter seventy-four of the Code of Virginia,
and to repeal chapter two hundred and twenty-six of the acts of as-
sembly entitled an act act to regulate the appointment of the board of
directors of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute at Staunton, Vir-
einia, approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and cighty-seven,
approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and nincty-six, and to con-
‘orm the same to the Constitution, be amended and re-enacted so as tc
read as follows:

$1652. The institution established for the education of the deaf
and dumb and the blind by an act of March thirty-one, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-eight, shall be continued, and the visitors thereof shall
te a corporation by the name of the Virginia School for the Deaf and
tne Blind, and be vested with all the rights and powers now vested in
the corporation created by the said act, and be subject to the control
of the general assembly.

$1653. The present board of visitors of the Virginia School for the
Th. af and Blind shall hold office till the first of July, nineteen hundred
and four. Within six months preceding the day on which the terms of
wtice, respectively, of the several members of the board will expire by
amitation as aforesaid, the governor, by and with the consent of the
nate, shall appoint to fill the vacancies so occasioned, three persons
sho shall hold office for two years from the first of July, nineteen hun-
dred and four; and three who shall hold office for four years from the
inst of July, nineteen hundred and four, respectively; and thereafter,
within six months preceding the day on which the terms of office, re
~ectively, of the several members of the board will expire by limita-
tion as aforesaid, the governor, by and with the consent of the senate,
shall appoint to fill the vacancies so to be occasioned, persons whose
“trms of office shall be four years from that date. The said six visi-
tors, together with the superintendent of public instruction of the State,
shall constitute the board of visitors for the government of said insti-
Tuuion.

$1654. The board shall appoint one of the visitors as their presi-
dent, and in case of his absence, a president pro tempore. The board
all appoint a secretary, who shall keep an accurate record of the pro-
v~edings of the board and of the executive committee of said board,
snould one be created by said board.

$1655. The board shall be charged with the erection, preservation,
ani repair of the buildings of the ‘institution and the care of its pro-
perty. It shall direct and do, or cause to be done, by officers, profes-
sors, agents, and employccs appointed by said board of visitors all things
necessary or expedient for promoting the objects of the institution, not
inconsistent with law.

The board shall provide rules and regulations for the government of
<aid institution, setting forth im said rules and regulations the duties
of all the officers, professors, agents, and employees, and said rules and
regulations to be posted at various places in the institution and on the
iremises.

* 1656. The board shall have one annual meeting, and such inter-
niediate meetings as they shall prescribe, the time and place of meet-
ng to be fixed by said board. <A special meeting may be called at any
time by the president, or any three members of the board, notice of the
time and place of such mecting being given to the other members as
follows :

$ 1656a. The superintendent, professors, and all other officers of the
institution shall be elected on the ————— day of March, nineteen
hundred and five, and every two years thereafter, by the board of visi-
tors, and shall be selected with reference to fitness, sobriety, literary,
and business qualifications. The board of visitors may remove at any
time the superintendent, professors, and all other officers of the institu-
tion, causing to be entered upon the records of the board the order of
removal, together with the cause of the removal.

§ 1657. Each fiscal year of said institution shall end on the thirtieth
day of September, to which time the accounts of the institution shall
be made up; and the board of visitors shall annually, before the first
day of October, deliver to the second auditor a report to the general
assembly of Virginia, showing the condition of the institution and its
receipts and disbursement for the said year. The board shall also make
reports as required by section two hundred and twenty-one of the Code
of Virginia.

§ 1658. There shall be in said institution one school for the educa-
tion of deaf mutes, and another school for the education of the blind.
These schools must be separate and distinct. The pupils of each school
shall be selected, as the board of visitors may prescribe, among such
persons as are unable to pay for maintenance and support to the extent
of the means of the institution, and also from other persons, residents
of this State, on such terms for their maintenance and support as may
be agreed upon. But hereafter there shall be no charge for the educa-
tion of pupils.

§ 1659. For the support of said institution there shall be paid out
of the public treasury, on the orders of the board of visitors, attested by
the secretary, and countersigned by the president of the board, such
sums as may, from time to time, be appropriated by the general as-
sembly of Virginia.