An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Volume | 1902/1904 |
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Law Number | 175 |
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Chap. 175.—-An ACT to amend and re-enact section 232 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by an act approved February 19, 1892, in relation to the appoint-
ment of directors and surgeon of the penitentiary.
Approved April 24, 1903.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section two
undred and thirty-two of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act
pproved February nineteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in rela-
‘on to the appointment of directors and surgeon of the penitentiary, be
mended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
$232. That the governor shall, on the first day of February, nineteen
undred and three, or as soon thereafter as may be, appoint, subject to
confirmation by the senate, a board of five directors, which shall have
the government and control of the penitentiary, branch prisons, and
prison farm, subject to such regulations and requirements as may be
prescribed by law. The term of office of the said directors shall com-
mence on the first day of March, nineteen hundred and three, and hold
as follows: Under the first appointment under this act, one director
shall hold for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for
four years, and one for five years, and all succeeding appointments shall
be for five years. If any vacancy occur in the board of directors during
their term, it shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term, by
appointment, which shall be subject to ratification or rejection by the
senate at the next session of the general assembly.
2. The said board shall appoint every four years a superintendent
and surgeon for the penitentiary and a superintendent and sur-
geon for the State prison farm. The term of office of each of them
shall commence on the second day of January, nineteen hundred and four,
and continue four years, and afterwards until a successor shall be quali-
fied according to law. Each of the aforesaid officers shall be allowed
thirty days from the day of his appointment within which to qualify,
and if he fail to qualify within said time, his office shall be deemed va-
cant. The said directors, superintendents, and surgeons shall be quali-
fied to act as soon as they have taken the oath prescribed by law, and
delivered a certificate thereof, or transcript, as directed by section one
hundred and seventy-five of the Code of Virginia.
* pe acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
4. This act shall be in force from its passage.