Chap. 120.—An ACT for establishing within the corporate limits of the city
of Radford, Virginia, upon what is known as the “Adams site,” consist-
ing of about forty acres, or upon such other site within the corporate
limits of the city of Radford as may be selected by the board of trustees,
provided for in this act, a State normal and industrial school for white
women.

Approved March 10, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there is
hereby established within the corporate limits of the city of Radford.
Virginia, upon what is known as the “Adams site,” consisting of about
forty acres, or upon such other site within the corporate limits of the
city of Radford as may be selected by the board of trustees, provided for
in this act, a State normal and industrial school for white women.

First. The said school shall be under the supervision, management
and government of a board of trustees, which sha!] consist of ten mem-
bers, to be appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the
senate, to hold office for the term of four years: provided, that at the
first appointment five shall be appointed for a term of two years, and
five for a term of four years. The superintendent of public instruction
shall be ex-officio member of said board of trustees, and any vacancy in
the said board that shall be caused by death, resignation or otherwise,
shall be filled by the governor, with the approval of the senate.

Second. The said trustees shall be a body corporate under the name
and style of State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford,
with the right as such to plead and be impleaded in the courts, to receive
all subscriptions, gifts and donations, real or personal, from any source
whatsoever, the same by them to be held, invested, distributed or ex-
pended for the best use and benefit of the said school, and to exercise
such other powers and do such other acts as are necessary and proper to
accomplish the end for which said school is created. Said trustees shall
from time to time make all needful rules and regulations for the gov-
ernment and management of said school, fix the number and compensa-
tion of teachers and employees of said school, and of said board, and
prescribe the preliminary examinations and conditions upon which stu-
dents shall be received therein. The board of trustees may appoint an
executive committee, of which the superintendent of public instruction
shall be a member, for the care, management and government of the said
school, under the rules and regulations prescribed as aforesaid.

Third. ‘The said trustees shall, annually, make and file with the said
board of education a full report of their proceedings under this act, to-
gether with a report of the progress and condition of said school.

Fourth. Each county and city in the State shall be entitled to one
pupil in the said school, who shall be nominated by the division superin-
tendent of schools, and if any vacancy occur shall be filled by a like
nomination, and each county and city in the State shall be entitled to
one additional pupil for each additional representative in the house of
delegates above one, to be nominated in a similar manner: provided,
that the board of trustees may increase the number of pupils if they
deem it expedient, said pupils to be selected as above. The said pupils
so appointed shall be exempt from the charge of tuition. The board of
trustees shall prescribe rules for the selection of said pupils, their exami-
nation, and shall require of each pupil selected satisfactory evidence of
an intention to teach in the public schools of this State for at least four
years after leaving said normal school.

Fifth. The establishment of the said school within the corporate
limits of the city of Radford, Virginia, is conditioned upon the city of
Radford giving the tract of land known as the “Adams site,” consisting
of forty acre of land, more or less, heretofore selected by the joint com-
mission from the legislature, or such other site of equal value as the
“Adams site” that might be available to the city of Radford, and accept-
able to the board of trustees, or, in lieu of a site, the city of Radford
may appropriate a sum of not less than twenty thousand dollars. The
plans for the building shall be submitted to inspection and approved by
the board of education:

Sixth. It shall not be lawful for the board of trustees of the said
school to contract any debt whatever on account of said school without
the consent of the general] assembly previously obtained.