Chap. 212.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved May 10, 1887, au-
thorizing and making provision for the leasing and operating of the New Lon-
don Academy as a public free school for the benefit of the counties of Bedford
and Campbell, entitled an act to authorize the trustees of New London Academy
to lease said buildings to county superintendents of schools of Bedford and
Campbell countics for school purposes.

Approved May 9, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter one
hundred and seventy-four of the acts of the extra session of eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven of the general assembly, entitled an act to authorize
the trustees of New London Academy to lease said buildings to county
superintendents of schools of Bedford and Campbell counties for st Yeo]
purposes, be, and the same hereby is, amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Whereas, the trustees of New London Academy, in the county of B.l-
ford, incorporated by act of assembly approved seventeen hundred ani
ninety- five, and amended elehteen hundred and forty-two, desire to ]-ease
said academy, and the appurtenances thereto, and a part of the revenue
accruing from a fund for the support of s said academy, held by them as
trustees, to the county superintendents of public free schools in tlre coun-
ties of Bedford and Campbell, for the purpose of establishing a pu hue
free school, to embrace a high school, in which shall be taught a comip!ete
academic course, free df tuition charges, to such advanced white puryils
in the said counties as may be designated by the board of managers pITD-
vided for in this act; and also a primary department of equal grade with
the common free schools of said counties for white pupils living within
said counties; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the trusts
of the New London Academy be, and they are hereby, authorized and ein-
powered to lease for a term of years to the county superintendents of
schools of the counties of Bedford and Campbell, and their successors a
office (who are hereby authorized and empowered to contract and ;
hereunder), the buildings and premises of said academy, and to pay over
such portion of the revenue belonging to said academy as may be ial
upon by the parties to the lease, to the order of a board of managers to
composed of the county superintendents aforesaid, and one of the trustie
of the academy. Any change may be made at any time in the terms af
said lease by the consent of a majority of the parties thereto (but sail
majority must include the trustees of said academy), and said lease muiy.
from time to time, be renewed at the option of said majority, so Ineluning

said academy trustees: provided, however, that in case either superin-
tendent shal] feel aggrieved at the action of such majority in so altering
the terms of the lease, or in renewing the same, such superintendent ; shall
have a right to appeal to the State board of educat tion, Who are empovw-
ered to, and shall, finally decide upon and adjust in sueh manner as sha'l
secin to it right, the issues and differences so appealed to it. For the pur-
poses of (His | act, there shall be considered to be three parties to said Jesse,
the superintendent of schools of Bedford county being one party. the
superintendent of Campbell county another, and the hoard of trustees 0?
the New London Academy being the third.

2. It shall be the duty of the board of managers to establish, as seon as
practicable, the schools described in the preamble to this act. under stich
rules as may be sanctioned by the State superintendent, to whom reports
shall be made showing the collections and disbursements of funds. and so
forth, and said school shall be subject to the lawful authority of sald
superintendent.

3. The superintendents of the counties of Bedford and Campbell. ree
spectively, shall sct apart a sum for the maintenance of said high sched,
which shall not exceed one-half of one cent on one hundred dollars of taix-
able property, or one-twentieth part of the county levy for public school
purposes in any one year, said sum in each year to be determined by the
yoard of managers. The said sum thus set apart shall be paid out of the
respective treasuries upon warrants drawn by the county superintendents,
and attested by the clerk of the board of managers.

4. The pay of the clerk of the board of managers shall be two dollars
per day for each meeting of the board.

5. At the end of each month, or at periods fixed by the board of mana-
vers, the said superintendents shall notify the clerks of their respective
school boards of the amounts due as tuition from that board, which charge
for tuition shall not exceed one dollar and fifty eents per month per pupil.
The warrants drawn by the district boards for their tuition fees shall be
made pavable to the board of managers.

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