Chap. 76.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1006 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, establishing the State hospital Board and defining
certain of its powers and duties. [S B 68]

Approved February 24, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
section one thousand and six of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1006. (a) For the supervision, management and control
of the several State institutions mentioned in section one thousand
and five, and such other similar institutions as may hereafter be es-
tablished, all of which institutions, whether heretofore or hereafter
established, are hereinafter referred to as State hospitals, there shall
be a single board of directors, to be known and referred to as the
State Hospital Board, hereinafter sometimes called the ‘‘board’’.
The said board shall consist of seven members to be appointed by
the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, if
in session when such appointment is made, and if not in session, then
at its next succeeding session. One member of the board shall be
appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years each,
two for a term of three years each, and two for a term of four years
each; subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years
each, except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the
unexpired terms. Members of the said board may be suspended or
removed by the Governor at his pleasure. Vacancies in the mem-
bership of the board shall be filled by the Governor subject to con-
firmation by the General Assembly as hereinabove provided.

(b) The board shall select one of its members as chairman who
shall receive no additional compensation as such. It shall also ap-
point its secretary, who shall not be a member of the board, and fix
his compensation. The secretary shall perform such duties as may
be required of him by the board.
(c) The board shall maintain an office in the city of Richmond
where all records of the board shall be kept, except such as the board
shall find necessary to be kept at the respective State hospitals.

(d) The board shall appoint a principal administrative officer,
who shall not be a member of the board, and fix his compensation.
Such officer shall perform such duties as may be required of him by
the board.

(e) The board shall meet quarterly in the City of Richmond,
and at such other times and places as the board may deem proper.
Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board
shall visit or inspect the several hospitals and colonies under its
supervision and control at least once each year. The members of
the State Hospital Board shall receive no salaries, but shall be paid
their necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in attendance
upon meetings, or while otherwise engaged in the discharge of their
duties, and the sum of ten dollars a day for each day or portion
thereof in which they are engaged in the performance of their duties,
provided that such per diem shall not exceed two hundred dollars per
year for each member of the board.

(f) The compensation and expenses hereinbefore authorized to
be paid to the members of the board, the secretary and its principal
administrative officer shall be paid by the State Treasurer, out of
funds appropriated to the board, and the several hospitals and
colonies under its supervision, on warrants of the Comptroller issued
upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the board or by such other
person or persons as shall be designated for such purpose by the
board.

(g) The board shall have full supervision, management and
control of the said State hospitals. All the rights, powers and duties
vested in and conferred and imposed upon special boards of directors
of the said State hospitals and the general board of directors thereof
by law are hereby transferred to, vested in, and conferred and im-
posed upon the State Hospital Board herein provided for; provided
that the said board may in its discretion in respect to any one or
more of the said State hospitals, from time to time designate one or
more members of the board to exercise the rights and powers, and to
perform the duties, vested in and conferred and imposed upon special
boards of directors of the said State hospitals by an act of the General
Assembly of Virginia, entitled ‘‘An act to provide for the sexual
sterilization of inmates of State institutions in certain cases’’, ap-
proved March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and in
such event all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred
and imposed upon the special boards of directors of the said State
hospitals by the said act shall be transferred to, vested in, and con-
ferred and imposed upon the said member or members so designated
by the State Hospital Board.

(h) No member of the board shall be eligible to any other position
in any State hospital during the term for which he is appointed, or
for twelve months thereafter. ,