CHAPTER 453

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-249, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the board of administration of the Virginia Fisheries

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= [S 120]
Approved March 30, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: -

1. That § 28-249, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 28-249. The operation of the Laboratory, including the selection
of personnel, shall be by a board of administration consisting of the
president of the College of William and Mary or the head of the depart-
ment of hiology of the College, the Commissioner of Fisheries or one
associate member of the Commission of Fisheries to be named by the
Commissioner, three citizens of the State familiar with the seafood in-
dustry appointed by the Governor and the Director of the Laboratory who
shall be a member ex officio. The terms of office of the members appointed
by the Governor shall terminate June thirty, nineteen hundred fifty-six.
Thereafter, such members shall be appointed for terms of four years com-
mencing July one, nineteen hundred fifty-six and each fourth year there-
after. No member appointed by the Governor shall be eligible to serve for
more than two successive terms; provided, that a member appointed to fill
a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term and may thereafter be
appointed to serve two additional successive terms. Incumbency during
the term ending June thirty, nineteen hundred fifty-six, shall constitute
the first of the two successive terms with respect to eligibility for appoint-
ment. Any contract for the employment of personnel entered into by the
board of administration shall be subject to the approval of the board of
visitors of the College of William and Mary, the Commissioner of Fisheries
and the Governor and to the limitations imposed by the then current general
appropriations act.