Chap. 33.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1429 of the Code of Vir
ginia as the same has been amended by chapter 509 of the acts of 1902
3-4.

Approved February 19, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
vurtecn hundred and twenty-nine of the Code of Virginia as the sam
as been amended by chapter five hundred and nine of the acts of on
housand nine hundred and two, one thousand nine hundred and three
ne thousand nine hundred and four, be amended and re-enacted so as 1:
ead as follows:

State board of education—The State board of education shall be :
orporation by that name, and shall consist of the governor, the attor
ey-general, the superintendent of public instruction, and three experi
need educators, to be elected quadrennially by the senate from a list o
ligibles, consisting of one from each of the faculties, and nominate
v the respective boards of visitors or trustees of the university of Vir
inia, the Virginia military institute, the Virginia polytechnic institute
he State female normal school at Farmville, the school for the deaf anc
he blind, and also of the college of William and Marv (so long as th
‘tate shall continue its annual appropriation to the last named institu
ion), together with two division superintendents of schools, one fron
county and one from a city, to be selected by the board composed of th

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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
those 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 shal] 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 term 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 six: provided, they hold the office of division superin-
tendent 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 six.

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
present 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.