CHAPTER 106

An Act to amend and reenact § 7 of Chapter 174 of the Acts of Assem-
bly of 1887, approved May 10, 1887, as amended, which authorized
the trustees of New London Academy to lease certain property to
the counties of Bedford and Campbell for school purposes and sub-
sequently authorized the conveyance by such trustees of such prop-
erty to the county school boards of such counties, to provide for
ascertaining the liability of the respective county school boards for
certain future capital outlay and to provide how the same shall be

paid.
[H 440]
Approved March 1, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 7 of Chapter 174 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887, approved
May 10, 1887, as amended, be further amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 7. (a) The expenses of New London Academy shall be deter-
mined and paid according to the following plan, to-wit: The board of
managers of New London Academy shall each school session apportion
between the county school board of Bedford County and the county school
board of Campbell County, the cost of instruction, operation and mainte-
nance of New London Academy upon a per capita basis in proportion to
the number of pupils attending New London Academy from each of said
counties.

(b) On and after the completion in all respects of the presently pro-
posed capital improvement already agreed and passed upon by the boards
of supervisors of Campbell County and of Bedford County including
architects’ fees, equipment for the new rooms, cafeteria and library, and
anything and everything else connected therewith, the capital improve-
ment expenses of New London Academy shall be determined and paid
according to the following plan, to-wit: The board of managers of New
London Academy shall each school session apportion between the county
school board of Bedford County and the county school board of Campbell
County, the cost of the capital improvements at New London Academy
upon a per capita basis in proportion to the average number of pupils
attending New London Academy from each of said counties during the
five-year period which includes the year in which the calculation is being
made and the preceding four years, with a minimum share of said capital
amprovements to be paid by either county being twenty-five per cent.

The aforesaid apportionments shall be reported to the county school
boards of Bedford and Campbell Counties; and each of said county school
boards shall pay to the said board of managers its proportional part of
the expenses of New London Academy, approximately one-half of same,
not later than October first of each year, and the balance after February
first of each year, on demand of said board of managers after thirty
days notice, to be by them disbursed as herein provided for.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
who may not give or receive gifts, commissions or remuneration to
or for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, so as to extend the
prohibition.

[S 52]

Approved March 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 4-80 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 4-80. ‘If any member, officer, agent or employee of the Board shall
be directly or indirectly interested or engaged in any other business or
undertaking dealing in alcoholic beverages, whether as owner, part
owner, partner, member of syndicate, shareholder, agent or employee and
whether for his own benefit or in a fiduciary capacity for some other
person, or if any member, officer, agent or employee of the Board shall
solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, any commission, remuneration or
gift whatsoever from any person or corporation having sold, selling or
offering alcoholic beverages for sale to the Board in pursuance of this
chapter, or any person or corporation holding a license to sell alcoholic
beverages issued by the Board or a license to sell alcoholic beverages issued
by any other State, or any person or corporation which shall have applied
to the Board for a license to sell alcoholic beverages, or if any member,
officer, agent or employee of the Board shall solicit or receive, directly or
indirectly, any commission, remuneration or gift whatsoever from any
person or corporation knowing that that person or corporation then intends
to apply to the Board for a license to sell alcoholic beverages, or if any
officer or employee of the Commonwealth shall solicit or receive any
commission, remuneration or gift from any such person or corporation in
connection with the sale or offering for sale of alcoholic beverages to the
Board other than for legal services, or, if any person selling or offering for
sale to, or purchasing alcoholic beverages from, the Board, or any person
or corporation holding a license to sell alcoholic beverages issued by the
Board or a license to sell alcoholic beverages issued by any other State,
or any person or corporation who shall have indicated their intention to
apply to the Board for a license to sell alcoholic beverages by either posting
such a notice upon their premises or inserting such a notice in a news-
paper, shall either directly or indirectly, offer to pay or pay any commis-
sion, profit or remuneration, or make any gift, to any member, officer,
agent or employee of the Board, or to anyone on behalf of any such
member, officer, agent or employee, he shall be guilty of a felony and upon
conviction shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one year nor
more than ten years, or, in the discretion of the jury or the court trying
the case without a jury, confined in jail not more than twelve months or
fined not more than five hundred dollars, or both.