Chap. 193.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2 of Chapter 342 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, relating to composition and
appointment of the State Board of Photographic Examiners. [H 267]

Approved March 11, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section two of chapter three hundred forty-two of the Acts
of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, approved March thirty-
first, nineteen hundred thirty-eight, be amended and re-enacted, as fol-
lows:

. Section 2. (a) The “State Board of Photographic Examiners” 1s
continued. The Board shall consist of five members to be appointed by
the Governor, and all vacancies occurring on the Board shall be filled
by the Governor. !

(b) The terms of present incumbents shall expire June thirty, nine-
teen hundred forty-four and their successors shall be appointed by the
Governor as follows: one for a term to expire five years; one for a term
to expire four years; one for a term to expire three years; one for a
term to expire two years; and one for a term to expire one year, from
June thirty, nineteen hundred forty-four.

(c) Thereafter as the terms of office respectively of the members
expire by limitation the Governor shall appoint, to fill the vacancies so
occasioned, qualified persons whose terms shall be for five years from
the day on which that of their immediate predecessors expired.

(d) The members of the Board shall be residents of this State.
and shall have had not less than five years experience as professional
photographers or photo-finishers.

(e) No person shall be eligible to serve for or during more than two
successive terms, and incumbency during the current term when this
amendment takes effect constitutes the first of the two successive terms
with respect to eligibility for appointment.

(f{) The Governor may remove any member of the Board for mis-
conduct, incapacity or neglect of duty and he shall be the sole judge
of the sufficiency of the cause for removal. He shall report every such
removal at once to the General Assembly if it is in session, and if not
at the beginning of the next session.

(g) Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The
members of the Board shall receive as compensation for their services the
sum of seven dollars a day for each day actually spent and shall be paid
the expense actually incurred by them in the performance of their duties
under this act. Each member of the Board shall, before entering upon
the discharge of his duties, qualify by taking the usual oath of office be-
fore the circuit court of the county or corporation court of the city in
which he resides, or before the clerk of the court.

(h) The members of the Board shall annually elect one of their
number chairman. The Board shall maintain an office in such place
as it determines and may appoint and fix the compensation of a secre-
tary, who shall serve at its pleasure and who may or may not be a mem-
ber of the Board. The secretary shall (1) keep a record of the pro-
ceedings of the Board, (2) receive and account for all moneys derived
from the operation of this act, and (3) perform such other duties as the
Board directs. He shall give bond in such sum and with such surety
as the Board determines, conditioned upon the faithful performance of
his duties. The Board is empowered to appoint, remove, prescribe the
duties and fix the compensation of all agents, and employees, technical,
legal, or otherwise, necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.