CHAPTER 610

An Act to amend and reenact $$ 23-40 and 28-49.1, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to The College of William and Mary in
Virginia, in Williamsburg, Richard Bland College in Petersburg,
and Christopher Newport College in Newport News.

[H 7386]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 23-40 and 23-49.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 23-40. All the real estate and personal property relating to The
College of William and Mary in Virginia, in Williamsburg, or relating to
the Richard Bland * College in Petersburg, or relating to the Christopher
Newport * College in Newport News, now existing and standing in the
name of the corporate body designated “The Colleges of William and
Mary” shall be transferred to and be known and taken as standing in
the name, and to be under the control of the corporate body designated
“The College of William and Mary in Virginia”. Such real estate and
personal property shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

§ 23-49.1. (a) The College of William and Mary in Virginia, in
Williamsburg, the Richard Bland * College, in Petersburg and the
Christopher Newport * College, in Newport News shall be subject to the
supervision, management and control of the board of visitors of The
College of William and Mary in Virginia. Such colleges shall be separate
from each other and each college shall report directly to the board of
visitors through the president in the case of the College of William and
Mary in Virginia, and as the board of visitors may direct in case of the *
two-year colleges.

(b) All property, property rights, duties, contracts and agreements
of the several colleges are vested in the board of visitors of The College
of William and Mary in Virginia. The chief executive officer of The
College of William and Mary in Virginia shall be the president; the chief
executive officer of such two-year colleges as may be authorized by the
General Assembly and made by it integral parts of The College of William
and Mary in Virginia shall be designated as directors. The board of
visitors of The College of William and Mary in Virginia is charged with
the care and preservation of all property belonging to the several colleges.
With respect to the several colleges, the board of visitors shall have the
same powers as to fixing tuitions, fees, and other charges, as to the appoint-
ment and removal of administrative officers, professors, agents and em-
ployees, and the making of rules and regulations, as are now vested in
them with respect to The College of William and Mary in Virginia; pro-
vided, that no four year degree shall be conferred for completion of the
course of instruction offered at the * two-year colleges at Newport News
and Petersburg.

(c) Appropriations directly and indirectly from the State to the
several colleges shall be expended as directed by the board of visitors of
The College of William and Mary in Virginia.

(d) The board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in
Virginia is authorized and directed to prepare the by-laws for the colleges
and to publish the same and to define the functions of the several colleges,
and to specify the responsibilities of the chief executive officers, all
professors, teachers and agents of the several colleges, as the board may
deem necessary.

(e) The board of visitors of The College of William and Mary in
Virginia shall appoint a chancellor or coordinator for such two year
colleges as may be authorized by the General Assembly and made by it
integral parts of The College of William and Mary in Virginia, the chief
duty of the chancellor or coordinator being to supervise and coordinate
the work of * two year colleges. The chancellor or coordinator shall be
appointed by the board and take office on July one, nineteen hundred
sixty-two.

(f) The board of visitors is hereby empowered to choose distinctive
and appropriate titles for all constituent colleges, except those already
named and except for the college at Williamsburg which shall be known
as The College of William and Mary in Virginia.