Chap. 338.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 947, 948, 951, 953,
954, 957, and 969 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Virginia Normal
and Industrial Institute and changing its name to the Virginia State College
for Negroes, and abolishing the board of visitors thereof; and to repeal
sections 949, 950, 952, 955, 956, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965,
and 968 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to said institution. [H B 181]

Approved March 24, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
nine hundred and forty-seven, nine hundred and forty-eight, nine
hundred and fifty-one, nine hundred and fifty-three, nine hundred and
fifty-four, nine hundred and fifty-seven, and nine hundred and sixty-
nine, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Section 947. The school for negro students near Petersburg and
heretofore known as the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, shall
hereafter be known as the Virginia State College for Negroes, and
shall embrace a normal department and an industrial department, and
also such other departments as may be deemed expedient and proper.

Section 948. The said institution shall continue to be a body cor-
porate but under the name and style of the “Virginia State College for
Negroes,” and shall hereafter be under the management, supervision
and control of the State board of education; and the board of visitors
of said institution is hereby abolished.

Section 951. The powers and duties of the State board of educa-
tion shall be to direct and do all things not inconsistent with the laws
of this State which to them shall seem best adapted to accomplish the
legitimate objects of said college; to designate depositories, provide
for the proper bonding of financial officers and depositories, and for
the disbursing of the funds of the college consistent with the laws of
the State; to grant to such as excel in any field of knowledge or com-
plete a prescribed course of study, such certificates, diplomas or degrees
as shall be deemed expedient and proper. All of which several func.
tions they shall be free to exercise by rules, by-laws, resolutions, orders
instructions, or otherwise.

Section 953. There shall be admitted into the college, free of
charge for tuition, a number of negro students equal to twice the num-
ber of members of the house of delegates, to be apportioned in the
same manner. Such students shall be designated as State students
and shall not be less than fifteen years of age, and shall be selected by
the division superintendents of schools for the respective counties anc
cities from the colored pupils of either sex attending the free schools
or, in their discretion, from other students than those attending saic
free schools. Superior proficiency in study and good moral charactet
must be the basis upon which these selections are made.

Section 954. Due notice shall be given by the president of said
college to the division superintendents of schools of all vacancies exist-
ing, in said college in the case of State students; whereupon said di-
vision superintendents of schools may proceed to fill said vacancies,
and officially notify the president of said college of said appointments.
If, in due time after such notice, no appointment be made, the vacancy
indicated may be filled by the president of the college at the discretion
of the State board of education from the State at large; provided, that
any State student, as a condition precedent to admission into said col-
lege, shall enter into a written contract with said board to engage in
teaching school or other educational work for not less than two years ;
but said student, by this section, shall not be deprived of any compen-
sation which he may be able to obtain for teaching or other educational
work. Should any such State student fail to comply with the contract
herein specified, he may be relieved therefrom by the payment in cash
of one-half of the tuition remitted to him while he or she was a student
of said college.

Section 957. Any person may deposit in the treasury of the State,
or bequeath money, stocks, or bonds to be deposited, or grant, devise,
or bequeath property, real or personal, to be sold, and the proceeds so
deposited, which shall be invested as the donor may indicate, or the
State board of education may see proper, for the benefit of the col-
lege, and in such case the interest or dividend accruing on such deposits
shall be placed to the credit of the college, to be used for the purpose
hereof, unless some particular appropriation shall have been designated
by the donor or testator ; in which case such particular use or appropria-
tion shall be respected.

Section 969. The college, and all its property and funds, shall, at
all times and in all things, be under the control of the general assembly.

2. Be it further enacted ¢hat sections nine hundred and forty-
nine, nine hundred and fifty, nine hundred and fifty-two, nine hundred
and fifty-five, nine hundred and fifty-six, nine hundred and fifty-eight,
uine hundred and fifty-nine, nine hundred and sixty, nine hundred and
sixty-one, nine hundred and sixty-two, nine hundred and sixty-three,
nine hundred and sixty-four, nine hundred and sixty-five and nine
hundred and sixty-eight of the Code of Virginia be, and they are here-
by, repealed.