Chap. 326.—An ACT to amend section 626 of the Code of Virginia, and to
repeal sections 604, 605 and 606 of the Code of Virginia. (S B 4]

Approved March 19, 1920.

1. .Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion, six hundred and twenty-six of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows: —

Sec. 626. Salaries of division superintendents. The State board
of education shall divide the State into appropriate school divisions
in the discretion of said board, comprising not less than one county
or city each, but no county or city shall be divided in the formation
of such division, and shall appoint for each division one division
superintendent of schools. The division superintendent shall receive a
minimum salary of sixteen hundred dollars per year, provided he is
employed for his full time in a school division with a school population
of not less than three thousand. In each division with a school popu-
lation of less than three thousand, however, the minimum salary shall
be one thousand dollars per year or in the discretion of the State
board of education for part time employment seven hundred and
fifty dollars. In small town or city divisions the superintendent may
by permission of the State board of education act as school principal
or undertake other related school work in which case his salary as
superintendent shall not exceed one-half of the established minimum
of sixteen hundred dollars per year. In school divisions with a school
population of over three thousand the division superintendent shall
receive in addition to the minimum of sixteen hundred dollars ten
dollars per hundred for each hundred of school population above three
thousand, allowing in each computation numbers in excess of fifty
to count as the next higher even hundred; provided, however, in any
county or city in which all of the public free schools are not run as
long as six months in each year, the salary of such division super-
intendent shall not be more than twenty per centum greater than
that received prior to the passage of this act. One-half of the salary
thus determined shall be paid by the State board of education in
monthly instalments out of State funds on the warrants of the State
board of education drawn upon the second auditor and the other half
shall be paid by the city or town council or county board of super-
visors out of the general fund of the city, town or county. The local
school board may out of the local school fund supplement the salary
above prescribed and provide for the traveling and office expenses o
the superintendent, provided the specific amounts and the purposes fo
which such amounts are designated be reported to and approved by th
State board of education, provided that school boards of those divis
ions in which the salary of the division superintendent may be reduce
by the scale herein provided, shall out of the local school funds pa:
such supplement as is necessary to provide for the year beginnin;
July first, nineteen hundred and twenty, a salary at least equal to th
salary paid for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred an
twenty. The State board of education shall in accordance with th
provisions of this act fix the salaries of the division superintendent:
for the year beginning July first, nineteen hundred and twenty, anc
for each year thereafter based upon the school population as show!
in the census of nineteen hundred and twenty, and in the census o
each succeeding five-year period. _ |

Sections six hundred and four, six hundred and five and six hun
dred and six of the Code of Virginia are hereby repealed.

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