Chap. 139.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1494 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the ages of persons admitted as pupils to the public
free schools of the Commonwealth. . (H. B. 119)

Approved March 18, 1915.

Be it enacted by the genera] assembly of Virginia, That section
fourteen hundred and ninety-four of the Code of Virginia, relating to
the ages of persons admitted as pupils in the public free schools of the
Commonwealth, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1494. Any board of district school trustees may, in its dis-
cretion, admit as pupils into any of the public free schools of its dis-
trict, persons between the ages of twenty and twenty-five years on the
prepayment of tuition fees, under regulations to be prescribed by the
State board of education, provided, the admission of such pupils will
not, in the opinion of the district board, impair the usefulness and effi-
ciency of such school.

And the board of district school trustees in districts where day
schools are conducted for eight or more months each year may, in its
discretion, and by and with the consent of the State board of education,
and under rules and regulations to be prescribed by said State board of
education, establish and conduct night schools to which may be admitted
pupils regardless of their age; but no such schools shall be established
or conducted except in cases where, in the opinion of the said State
board of education, the usefulness and efficiency of the day schools would
not be impaired thereby. :

Inasmuch as the question has been raised as to the authority of cer-
tain district school boards to conduct night schools, an emergency is
hereby declared to exist, and this act shall be in force from its passage.