Chap. 413.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1565, 1574, 1581, and 1582,
and to repeal sections 1569, 1576, 1579, and 1580 of chapter 69 of the Code of
Virginia, in regard to the Virginia Military Institute and its management, as
amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact chap-
ter 69, Code of 1887, in regard to the management of the Virginia Military In-
stitute, as amended by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact sections
2, 3, and 14 of chapter 54 of the acts of the general assembly, extra session,
1884, in relation to the appcintment of a board of visitors of the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute,” approved May 18, 1887, and as amended by an act entitled “an
act to amend and re-enact section 1582 of chapter 22 of the Code of Virginia, in
relation to the government of the Virginia Military Institute,” approved Feb-
ruary 18, 1890, and to conform the same to the Constitution, approved May 16,
1903.

Approved December 10, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
fifteen hundred and sixty-five, fifteen hundred and seventy-four, fifteen
hundred and eighty-one, and fifteen hundred and eighty-two of chapter
sixty-nine, Code of Virginia, in regard to the Virginia Military Institute
and its management, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “an
act to amend and re-enact chapter sixty-nine, Code of eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, in regard to the management of the Virginia Military
Institute, as amended by an act entitled ‘an act to amend and re-enact
sections two, three, and fourteen of chapter fifty-four of the acts of the
general assembly, extra session eighteen hundred and eighty-four, in
relation to the appointment of a board of visitors of the Virginia Mili-
tary Institute,’ approved May eighteen, eighteen hundred and eighty-
seven, and as amended by an act entitled ‘an act to amend and re-enact
section fifteen hundred and cighty-two of chapter twenty-two of the Code
of Virginia, in relation to the government of the Virginia Military In-
stitute,’ approved February eightcon, eightecn hundred and ninety, and
to conform the same to the Constitution,” approved May sixteen, nine-
tecn hundred and three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows :

$1565. Meeting of board of visitors: president: secretary.—The board
of visitors shall meet at the institute once a year or oftener, and at any
other times and places, when, in its opinion, or that of the superintendent
of tha institute, or president of the board of visitors, it shall be necessary
to do so. Special meetings may also be called at any time by the superin-
tendent of the institute, or the president of the board of visitors, when
either may deem it advisable; and the board may adjourn from time to
time. At their first meeting after the first day of January in each year
the board shall appoint from their own body a president, and shall also
appoint a secretary to the board. In the absence of the president or sec-
retary at any meeting, the board may appoint a president or secretary

ro tempore, and vacancies in the offices of president or secretary may be
filled by the board for the unexpired term. Notice of the time and place
of meeting shall be given to every member of the board.

§ 1574. Admission of pay cadets—The board of visitors shall pre-
scribe the terms upon which cadets may be admitted, their number, the
course of their instruction, the nature of their service, and the duration
thereof.

§ 1581. How the degree of graduate is conferred.—The governor and
the board of visitors and faculty of the institute may confer the degree
of graduate upon any cadet found qualified to receive it, after examina-
tion upon such of the branches of the arts and sciences and of literature
taught at the institute as the board may deem requisite.

§ 1582. State cadets to act as teachers.—Every cadet received on State
account, and who shall have remained in the institute during the period
of two years or more, shall act in the capacity of teacher in some school
in this State for two years after leaving the institute, and such cadet
shall be required to discharge said obligation as teacher within the three
years immediately after leaving the institution, and said cadet shall re-
port in writing to the superintendent of the institute on or before the
first day of June of each year succeeding the date of his leaving the in-
stitution until he shall have discharged fully said obligation to the Com-
monwealth; and every cadet so received on State account in said insti-
tute on reporting for duty and matriculating shall be required to enter
into a bond, payable to the Virginia Military Institute, in a sum suffi-
cient to cover the board and tuition that may be expended in his behalf
as such State cadet; and unless the said cadet shall fulfill his said obli-
gation as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have violated his contract, and
authority is hereby given to the institution to proceed by law for the col-
lection from said cadet of such amount as may be necessary to cover so
much of his board and tuition as may proportionately be due from his
failure to teach the whole or any part of the said two years; and no cadet
executing such bond shall be permitted to plead infancy or the statute
of limitation in bar of recovery of such debt: provided, the board of visi-
{ors may excuse said cadet from teaching in such cases as they may deem
right and proper: and provided further, if said cadet shall teach two
years in any public school of this Commonwealth for the term prescribed
for any year bv the legal authority of public schools he shall be deemed
to have fulfilled his obligation to the State imposed by this section.

2. Be it further enacted, ‘That sections fifteen hundred and sixty-
nine, fifteen hundred and seventy-six, fifteen hundred and seventy-nine,
and fifteen hundred and eighty, of the Code of Virginia, as amended by
act approved May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and three, be, and the
seme are hereby, repealed.

3. This act shall be in' force from its passage.