Chap. 144.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1429 of the Code of Vir-
ginia as the same has been amended by an act approved February 19, 1906.

Approved March 10, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fourteen hundred and twenty-nine of the Code of Virginia as the same
has been amended by an act approved February nineteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

State board of education.—The State board of education shall be a cor-
poration by that name, and shall consist of the governor, the attorney-
general, the superintendent of public instruction, and three experienced
educators, to be elected quadrennially by the senate from a list of eligibles,
consisting of one from each of the faculties, and nominated by the respec-
tive boards of visitors or trustees of the university of Virginia, the Vir-
ginia military institute, the Virginia polytechnic institute, the State
female normal school at Farmville, the school for the deaf and the blind,
and also of the college of William and Mary (so long as the State shall
continue its annual appropriation to the last named institution), to-
gether with two division superintendents of schools, one from a county
and one from a city, to be selected by the board composed of the governor,
the attorney-general, the superintendent of public instruction, and three
experienced educators elected by the senate, as herein provided, said
division superintendents to have powers and ‘duties identical with thove
of the other members, except participation in the appointment of any
public school official.

Terms of members.—The terms of the three members elected by the
senate shall be four years: provided, they continue so long on the list of
eligibles. The terms of those first elected shall date from March one,
one thousand nine hundred and three. The senate shall elect their suc-
cessors at the session of the general assembly which begins next before
the expiration of the term of the members of the board so elected by the
senate, and so on from term to term of the members so to be elected.

The terms of the two division superintendents first selected after the
passage of this act shall be two years from the first day of April, nine-
teen hundred and seven: provided, they hold the office of division super-
intendent so long; and, within thirty days before the expiration of their
term every two years thereafter, the appointing board herein provided
shall select their successors, whose term shall be two years from the first
day of April following their appointment. The terms of those now in
office shall continue until the first day of April, nineteen hundred and
seven.

Qualification.—Before entering upon their duties, all the members of
the board, except the governor, the attorney-general, and the superin-
tendent of public instruction, shall take and subscribe the oaths pre-
scribed by the Constitution before any officer authorized to administer
oaths, and said officer shall certify the same; a minute of their qualifica-
tion shall be entered in the proceedings of the board, and the oaths shall
be returned as required by law as to the oaths of other State officers.
Vacancies in the board.—Any vacancy occurring during the term
of any member of the board, except that of the governor and the attorney-
general, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board.

President of the board.—The superintendent of public instruction shall
be ex-officio president of the board, and in his absence the members pres-
ent shall elect a president pro tempore.

Quorum.—A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.

2. The necessity for removing all doubt about the right of the senate
to elect members of the State board of education at the present session
creates an emergency, and this act shall be in force from its passage.