Chap. 95.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 695, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia, relating to census of school population and compensation of
census agents. [S 139}

Approved March 4, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That section six hundred ninety-five, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:
Section 695. At a time to be designated by the superintendent
of public instruction, prior to September first, nineteen hundred and
fifty, and every five years thereafter, a census of all persons between
the ages of seven and twenty years, residing within each county
and city, shall be taken on forms furnished by the superintendent
of public instruction. Persons of school age domiciled in orphanages
or eleemosynary institutions and attending the public schools of the
county or city in which such institution is located, shall be included
in the census for the county or city where the institution is located.
Persons of school age confined to insane asylums, State industrial
schools or prisons, and/or employed on United State Government
reservations and naval bases, shall be included in the census for
the county or city that is the legal residence of the parents or
guardians of such child or children. The census shall be taken by
agents appointed by the county school boards in counties and the
school boards in cities, on the recommendation of the division super-
intendent, and each agent shall receive as compensation for his
services, to be paid out of the county or city school funds, an
amount to be fixed by the board appointing him; and in the dis-
cretion of such board a reasonable travel allowance may be allowed
such agents. The agents mentioned in this section shall also, at the
time of taking the census aforesaid, gather statistics relating to
the interests of education in their respective districts, according to
iorms furnished by the superintendent of public instruction. The
lists required by this section shall be submitted for careful revision
to the county school board or the city school board as soon as
may be after their completion, and shall at all times be open to the
iaspection of any citizen. When so revised, they shall be submitted
with any other information required or deemed necessary, to the
division superintendent, who shall forthwith transmit same to the
superintendent of public instruction. The State Board of Education
is authorized to require a special census at any time it deems such
census necessary for the equitable distribution of State school
funds,