An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Chap. 338.— An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1466 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to public free schools for coun-
ties and the literary fund.
Approved March 17, 1910.
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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fourteen hundred and sixty-six of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
§1466. Powers and duties of district boards of school trustees.—The
duties of the district board of school trustees shall be in general as fol-
lows:
First. To explain, enforce, and observe the school laws, and to make
rules for the government of the schools and for regulating the conduct
of pupils going to and returning from school.
Second. To employ teachers and to dismiss them when delinquent,
inefficient, or in anywise unworthy of the position: provided, however,
that the authority hereby given shall be subject to review by the board
of appeal provided by section fourteen hundred and fifty-five of this
chapter: provided, also, that no district school board shall employ or pay
any teacher from the public funds unless the teacher shall hold a certifi-
cate in full force according to the provisions of section fourteen hundred
and seventy-six: and provided further, that no district school board shal]
employ or pay any teacher from the public funds if said teacher is the
brother, sister, wife, son, or daughter of any member of said board. Any
member of any district board who shall violate any of these provisions
shall be personally liable to refund any public funds paid in violation of
this section, to be recovered from him by suit in the name of the Com-
monwealth at the relation of the attorney for the Commonwealth; such
funds, when recovered, to be paid into the county school fund.
Third. To suspend or expel pupils when the prosperity and efficiency
of the schools make it necessary.
Fourth. To decide what children wishing to enter the schools of the
district should by reason of the povetty of their parents or guardians
receive text-books free of charge, and to provide for supplying them
accordingly. .
Fifth. To see that the census of children required by section fourteen
hundred and sixty-two of this chapter is taken in the proper time and
in proper manner.
Sixth. To hold regular meetings at fixed periods, to be prescribed by
the State board of education, and special meetings when called by the
chairman or by two members.
Seventh. To call meetings of the people of the district for consulta-
tion in regard to the school interests thereof, at which meetings the
chairman or some other member of the board shall preside, if present.
Eighth. On or before the fifteenth day of March in each year to
prepare and return to the president of the county school board, to be by
him laid before the board at its earliest meeting, an estimate of the
amount of money which will be needed in the district during the next
school year for providing schoolhouses, text-books for indigent children
and school appliances, and other necessary expenses.
Ninth. To provide suitable schoolhouses with proper furniture and
appliances, in accordance with section fourteen hundred and thirty-three,
subsection six, of this act, and care for, manage, and control the school
property of the district. For these purposes it may lease, purchase, or
build such houses, according to the exigencies of the district and the
means at its disposal.
Tenth. To visit the public free schools in the district from time to
time, and to take care that they are conducted according to law, and
with the utmost efficiency.
Eleventh. To provide for the pay of the teachers and of the clerk of
the board, the cost of providing schoolhouses and the appurtenances
thereto and the repairs thereof, school furniture and appliances as pro-
vided for in section fourteen hundred and thirty-three, subsection six, of
this act, necessary text-books for indigent children attending the public
free schools, and any other expense attending the administration of the
public free school system, so far as the same is under the control or at
the charge of the school district or its officers. ,
Twelfth. To examine all claims against the school district, and when
approved, to pay the same: provided, that a record of such approval shall
be made in the proceedings of the board; and a warrant on the county
treasurer shal] be drawn, signed by the chairman of the board and coun-
tersigned by the clerk thereof, payable to the person entitled to receive
such money, and stating on its face the purpose or service for which it is
to be paid, and that such warrant is drawn in pursuance of an order
entered by the board on the ————_—_—— day of ————_——_—.
Thirteenth. To perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by
the State board of education or are imposed by other parts of this
chapter.
Fourteenth. To report on any matter when required by the division
superintendent of schools, and on or before the first day of August of
each year to make a report for the school year closing on the thirtieth
day of June preceding on all subjects embraced in the blank forms sup-
plied by the superintendent of public instruction.
Fifteenth. County, city, or district school boards and counties, cities,
towns, and districts may make appropriations to non-sectarian schools of
manual, industrial, or technical training, or to any school or institution
of learning owned or exclusively controlled by such county, city, town,
or school district or by such county, city, or district school boards. Said
boards may also provide for the introduction of manual or industrial
training and other special] branches into any public school.