CHAPTER 725
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 85

Proposing amendments to Sections 148, 145 and 146 of Article X of the
Constitution of Virginia.
Agreed to by the Senate, February 25, 1966
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 11, 1966

Whereas, the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia,
hereinafter set forth, were agreed to by a majority of the members elected
to the two houses of the General Assembly at the session of nineteen hun-
dred sixty-four and referred to this, the next General Assembly, and
published for three months, as required by the Constitution of Virginia, and
as shown by report of such publication by the Clerk of the House of Dele-
gates ; now, therefore, be it ;

Resolved by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring,
a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the follow-
ing amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same are
hereby, proposed in conformity with the provisions of section one hundred
ninety-six of the Constitution of Virginia, namely: ;

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Section 143 of Article X
thereof, which is as follows: ;

Section 143. There shall be a Department of Agriculture and Immi-
gration, which shall be permanently maintained at the capital of the State,
and which shall be under the management and control of a Board of Agri-
culture and Immigration, composed of one member from each congressional
district, who shall be a practical farmer, appointed by the Governor for a
term of four years, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and the president
‘a the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, who shall be ex officio member of the

ard.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section 143. There shall be a Department of Agriculture and Com-
merce, which shall be permanently maintained at the capital of the State,
and which shall be under the management and control of a Board of Agri-
culture and Commerce, composed of one member from each congressional
district, at least five of whom shall be practical farmers, appointed by the
Governor for a term of four years, subject to confirmation by the Senate,
and the president of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, who shall be ex
officio member of the board.

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Section 145 of Article X
thereof, which is as follows:

Section 145. A Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall
be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General As-
sembly, for a term coincident with that of each Governor making the ap-
pointment ; provided, however, that the first appointment under this section,
as hereby amended, shall not be made until the expiration of the term
of office of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, which began
February first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six; and provided, further,
that the General Assembly shall have power, by statute enacted after
January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, to provide for the election
or appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration in such
manner and for such terms as may be prescribed by statute. No Commis-
sioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be elected at the general elec-
tion to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. The powers and duties of the Com-
missioner of Agriculture and Immigration shall be prescribed by law.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section 145. A Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall be
appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assem-
bly, for a term coincident with that of each Governor making the appoint-
ment; provided, however, that the General Assembly shall have power, by
statute enacted after January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, to
provide for the election or appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture
and Commerce in such manner and for such terms as may be prescribed by
statute. The powers and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and
Commerce shall be prescribed by law.

Strike from the Constitution of Virginia Section 146 of Article X
thereof, which is as follows:
Section 146. The President of the Board of Agriculture and Immi.
gration shall be ex officio a member of the board of visitors of the Virginis
Polytechnic Institute.

And insert in lieu thereof the following:

Section 146. The president of the Board of Agriculture and Com:
merce shall be ex officio a member of the board of visitc:s of the Virginis
Polytechnic Institute.