CHAPTER 314

AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section num-
bered 22-151.1 providing that the governing bodies of cer-
tain counties at the request of the county school board may
provide for the construction and maintenance of school
buildings and maintenance of school buses by the Depart-
ment of Public Works of such county; and validating certain
acts of the governing bodies of such counties. L658 7

- Approved April 4, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a section num-
bered 22-151.1 as follows:

§ 22-151.1. Insofar as permitted by §§ 132 and 133 of the
Constitution of Virginia, in any county operating under an op-
tional form of organization and government provided by Article
3 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the Code of Virginia, the Board of
Supervisors of such county at the request of the county school
board may transfer the maintenance of school buildings and
grounds and operation and maintenance of school buses from
the Department of Education to the Department of Public
Works, and when deemed advisable by said board of super-
visors of such county at the request of the county school board,
there may be authorized the construction of new school build-
ings and additions to existing school buildings, under direction
of its Department of Public Works. Any such transfer or con-
struction heretofore authorized and done by any board of super-
visors of such county at the request of the county school board,
is hereby ratified and approved.