Chap. 528.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1608 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended and re-enacted by chapter 268, acts of assembly, session 1902-’03,
approved May 16, 1903.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixteen hundred and eight of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-
enacted by chapter two hundred and sixty-eight, acts of assembly, ses-
sion nineteen hundred and two and nineteen hundred and three, approved
May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and three, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read: as follows:

§ 1608. State female normal school continued; how vacancy in board
of trustees filled—The State female normal school for the training and
education of white female teachers for public schools, established at
Farmville, in the county of Prince Edward, shall be continued under
the supervision, management, and government of the present trustees
until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and four. Within six
months preceding the day on which the terms of office of the trustees
shall expire by limitation, as aforesaid, the governor, by and with the
consent of the Senate, shall appoint to fill the vacancies so occasioned
seven persons, who shall hold office from the first of July, nineteen hun-
dred and four, for two years; and six persons, who shall hold office for
four years from the first of July, nineteen hundred and four, and there-
after every two years and within six months preceding the day on which
the terms of office, respectively, of the several members of the board will
expire by limitation, as aforesaid, the governor, by and with the con-
sent of the senate, shall appoint to fill the vacancy so to be occasioned
persons whose terms of office shall be four years from that date. The
said trustees shall be and remain a corporation under the style of the
“State female normal school.” The superintendent of public instruction
shall be ex-officio a member of the board. Vacancies caused otherwise
than by the expiration of the term of office shall be filled by the governor
for the unexpired term by appointments, which shall be subject to ratifi-
cation or rejection by the senate at the next session of the general as-
sembly.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.