CHAP. 400.—An ACT to establish an art commission for the State of
Virginia. (S. B. 183.)
Approved March 20, 1916.

1. There shall be an art commission in and for the State
of Virginia, composed of the governor, ex-officio and four per-
sons appointed by him. One of such members shall be ap-
pointed by the governor from a list of painters and sculptors,
nominated by the governing board of the Art Club of Rich-
mond; one from a list of architects nominated by the govern-
ing board of the chapter of the American Institute of Archi-
tects existing within the State; one from a list of p°rsons nomi-
nated by the governing board of the University of Virginia, and
one at large. The members of the commission appointed in
the first instance shall choose by lot terms of office for one, two,
three and four years, and their successors shall be appointed
for terms of four years each, except appointments to fill vacan-
cies, which shall be for the unexpired term. The governor shall
have authority to fill all vacancies in the manner of the original
appointments. The members of the commission shall serve
without compensation. From their own members they shall
elect such officers as may be deemed proper. Three commis-
sioners shall constitute a quorum.

2. Hereafter no work of art shall become the property of
the State by purchase, gift or otherwise, unless such work of
art or a design of the same, together with the proposed location
of such work of art, shall first have been submitted to the com-
mission; nor shall any work of art, until so submitted be con-
tracted for, placed in or upon or allowed to extend over any
property belonging to the State. No existing work of art owned
by the State shall be removed, relocated or altered in any way
without submission to the commission.

The term “work of art’ as used in this act, shall apply
to and include all paintings, mural decorations, stained glass,
statues, bas-reliefs, tablets, sculptures, monuments, fountains,
arches or other structures of a permanent character intended
for ornament or commemoration.

4. Any member of the commission who shall be employed
by the State to execute a work of art or structure of any kind
requiring submission to the commission, or who shall take part
in a competition for such work of art or structure, shall be dis-
qualified from voting thereon, and the temporary vacancy there-
by created shall be filled in the manner prescribed in section
one for filling vacancies.

5. The commission shall make an annual report of its pro-
ceedings to the governor, who shall lay the same before the
legislature.