Chap. 153.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1526 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the jurisdiction and powers of
the school board in cities and to the clerks of said boards and extending its
provisions to towns constituting separate school districts.

Approved March 10, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifteen hundred and twenty-six of the Code of Virginia be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1526. Territorial jurisdiction of the school board in cities and towns
constituting a separate school district; its clerk, his pay.—The official
care and authority of the school board shall cover all the territory in-
cluded in the corporate limits of the city or town constituting a separate
school district. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.
It may, in its discretion, appoint a clerk, who may, or may not, be a
member of the board; and shall make by-laws and regulations for its
own government and for the management of its official business, so
far as they do not conflict with the provisions of the law. The salary of
said clerk shall be fixed by the school board.