CHAPTER 203

An Act to amend and reenact § 42-9, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the board of trustees in county library systems. rH 410]

Approved March 6, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 42-9, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 42-9. The management and control of a county free library system
shall be vested in a board of five trustees. In a county free library system
they shall be appointed by the judge of the circuit court of such county,
chosen from the citizens at large with reference to their fitness for such
office, one of whom shall be the superintendent or the assistant superinten-
dent of public schools of such county. Such trustees, other than the superin-
tendent or the assistant superintendent of schools, shall be appointed in the
beginning for terms of one, two, three and four years, respectively, and
thereafter for terms of four years, provided, however, that in any county
having the county executive form of organization and government provided
for in §§ * 15.1-588 through 15.1-621, such appointments may be made by
the governing body of such county. In a regional free library system they
shall be appointed by the judge or judges of the circuit court or courts in
such region, one member being a superintendent or the assistant superin-
tendent of public schools. Such trustees other than the superintendent or
the assistant superintendent of public schools shall be appointed in the
beginning for terms of one, two, three and four years, respectively, and
thereafter for a term of four years; but in the case of a regional library
the judge or judges may provide for the service in rotation of each of the
several superintendents or the assistant superintendents of public schools.
Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms as soon as possible in the
manner in which members of the board are regularly chosen. No appointive
member shall be eligible to serve more than two successive terms. A trustee
shall not receive a salary or other compensation for services as trustee but
necessary expenses actually incurred shall be paid from the library fund.
A library trustee may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty by the
judge, judges or governing body making the appointment. The trustees
shall, immediately after appointment, meet and adopt such by-laws, rules
and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the
county free library system or regional free library system as may be ex-
pedient. They shall have control of the expenditures of all moneys credited
to the county free library fund or the regional free library fund. The board
of trustees shall have the right to accept donations and bequests of money,
personal property, or real estate for the establishment and maintenance of
such county free library systems or regional free library systems or endow-
ments for same.