CHAPTER 499

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-306.1 of the Code of Virginia, which
was enacted by Chapter 19 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, relating
to the preparation of certain textbooks for use in the public schools.

[H 636]
Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22-806.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter
19 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22-306.1. (1) The State Board of Education is authorized and
empowered to contract, in conjunction with a State legislative commission,
with a publishing firm or publishing firms for preparation, publication and
adoption, for exclusive use in the public schools of Virginia, of texts on
Virginia’s history, government, and geography, prepared under the super-
vision of such commission and the Board. The State Board is authorized
to require exclusive use of such texts in the teaching of such subjects in
the public schools of Virginia. Provided that this power shall only be
applicable if the Board has heretofore entered into such a contract or con-
tracts, which contracts have been filed with the Division of Statutory
Research and Drafting, and are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed
in all respects.

(2) The Virginia History and Government Textbook Commission
created by Senate Joint Resolution No. 5, 1950, is hereby * reestablished
and continued. The Commission shall be composed of seven members from
the State at large appointed by the Governor. The members of the Com-
mission shall hold office for terms of two years expiring on the thirtieth
day of June following each regular session of the General Assembly, and
thereafter until their successors are appointed.

(83) The Commission and State Board of Education are authorized and
directed to discharge their duties under such contracts.

(4) Should the Commission and the State Board of Education be
unable to agree as to any matter arising under or in connection with any
of such contracts, either the Commission or the Board may refer such
matter to the Governor for decision by him or by persons designated by
him. Such decision shall be binding upon the Commission and the Board.

(5) The Commission is authorized to employ only such assistants at
such reasonable compensation as it deems appropriate.

(6) The members of the Commission shall be paid a per diem of ten
dollars a day and expenses for each day they are engaged in business of
the Commission. The per diem and expenses and such other expenses as
the Commission may incur shall be paid from funds appropriated therefor.

(7) Sixty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the
General Assembly, the Commission shall make a report to the Governor
and the General Assembly setting forth what has been, and what remains
to be done under such contracts.
(8) * All actions taken in the name of the Commission by the mem-
bers of the Commission in office on June thirty, nineteen hundred and
fifty-six, and prior to the effective date of this act, are hereby ratified,
validated and confirmed.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to extend the
existence of said Commission past the effective date hereof.