Chap. 179.—An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 340, sections 1, 2,
8, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Session Acts 1883-4, in relation to the Virginia Nor-
mal and Collegiate Institute.

Approved December 1, 1884.

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1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sections
of chapter three hundred and forty, Acts of Assembly of
eighteen hundred and eighty-three-four, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the president, secretary and faculty of the Virginia normal
and collegiate institute, shall be required, during each and
every year, to conduct a summer session of eight weeks for
the benefit of the colored teachers in the public schools of
this state, and those who expect to make teaching a profes-
sion; said summer session to commence on or about the first
day of July, and not later than the tenth of the said month,
in each and every year. ‘The day above named for the com-
mencement of the said summer session to be fixed by the
superintendent of public instruction, and the said session to
continue for eight weeks. During the said eight weeks such
branches shall be taught as the board of education shall
prescribe.

§2. The president of the said normal and collegiate insti-
tute shall be appointed by the board of education for a term
of three years from January the first, eighteen hundred and
eighty-five, at such salary as said board of educat on may
determine: provided such salary shall not exceed fifteen hun-
dred dollars per annum, and no instructor shall receive more
than one thousand dollars perannum. This shall not include
rooms in the building. The president, with the approval of
the board of education, may so divide the faculty as that a
part of them may relieve the others from the class room
during the aforementioned eight weeks summer session. The
board of education shall appoint a secretary to the board of
visitors, who shall attend the regular mectings, and shall
perform such duties as may be determined by the state board
of education, and shall make an annual report to the general
assembly. He shall receive such reasonable compensation
for his services as thesaid board of education may determine.

§3. The annual salary paid the instructors in the said
normal and collegiate institute shall be regarded as covering
the time in which they are engaged in giving instruction in
the said summer session: provided that this shall not prohibit
the.superintendent of public instruction from employing com-
potent and skilled normal school lecturers to assist the regular

aculty in conducting the said summer session, or from sup-

prementing the salary or salaries of the said faculty, from any

nds which may be at his disposal for the purpose of con-
ducting normal institutes.

§4. When any county or city superintendent of schools
shall be notified of the time of the commencement of said
summer course, he shall notify all the colored school teachers
in his city or county, and said teachers shall be required to
attend said summer course at least one session in every three
years, except prevented by sickness; and should any teacher
fail to attend one session, or any part of said summer course
for three consecutive school years, then the county superin-
tendent shall revoke said teacher’s license, and he shall not
be allowed to again enter the profession as a teacher until
after he or she shall have attended at least one session of said
summer session of instruction, unless excused by the board of
education.

§5. The teachers in attending such summer session may
occupy the rooms of the school, and in all respects have the
same accommodations as the regular students have during
the regular course of instruction, and subject to the rules and
regulations made for their government by the board of educa-
tion. They shall receive certificates for proficiency and atten-
dance, and such other marks of distinction as the board of
education may think proper and by rules establish.

§6. The charge for board shall not exceed eight dollars
per month while attending said sessions, and should it exceed
that sum the deficiency shall be paid from the annuity fund
of this school.

§7. All the normal school buildings and the regular em-
ployees shall te at the disposal of the board of education for
this purpose during the above mentioned eight wecks, without
additional cost, except that nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prevent the superintendent of public instruction
from using any money at his disposal to further and promote
the objects of this course of instruction among the colored
teachers in any other part of the state: provided that state
school funds shall not be used for this purpose.

2. In all matters with reference to the Virginia normal
and collegiate institute, the board of education shall approve
the same to make them valid, and the said board of education
is hereby made responsible for the proper management of the
said school in all of its departments. This shall apply to all
matters of the erection of buildings, the appointment of
teachers, and all other matters, as well as to the summer
session for the public school teachers.

3. The board of visitors shall in all matters act under the
direction and supervision of the state board of education, and
for any failure to do this, they may be removed by the board
of education.

4, All acts and parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.

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