Chap. 497.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1591 and 1595 of the Code of
Virginia, as amended by an act approved May 20, 1903.

Approved December 26, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
fifteen hundred and ninety-one and fifteen hundred and ninety-five of
the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved May twentieth,
aon hundred and three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as

ollows:

§ 1591. Appointment of visitors of the college—The governor, sub-
ject to confirmation by the senate, shall appoint as visitors of said college,
eight persons, selecting them from amongst farmers, mechanics, and grad-
uates of said college, and if practicable, two from each of the four grand
divisions of the State.

The visitors now in office shall hold office until July first, nineteen hun-
dred and four. Within six months preceding the said day, the governor,
subject to confirmation by the senate, shall appoint to fill the vacancies
so to be occasioned, four persons, who shall hold office for two years, and
four who shall hold office for four years, respectively, from the first of
July, nineteen hundred and four; and biennially thereafter the governor,
subject to confirmation by the senate, shall, within six months preceding
the expiration of their respective terms, appoint their successors for terms
of four years. If a vacancy occur during the recess of the general assem-
bly, the governor shall fill it by appointment for the unexpired term of
the late incumbent, subject to the ratification of the senate at the next
session of the general assembly. The eight persons so appointed, together
with the superintendent of public instruction and the president of the
board of agriculture, who shall be ex-officio members, shall constitute the
board of visitors.

§ 1595. Meetings of board.—The said board shall meet at Blacksburg,
in the county of Montgomery, at least once a year, and at such other times
or places as they shall determine, the days of meeting to be fixed by them.
Special meetings of the board may be called by the governor, the rector.
or any three members. In either of said cases, notice of the time and
place of meeting shall be given to every other member.

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