Chap. 194.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2 of Chapter 431 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved April 1, 1938, relating to composition and
appointment of the State Registration Board of Contractors. [H 273]

Approved March 11, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section two of chapter four hundred thirty-one of the Acts
of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-eight, approved April one, nine-
teen hundred thirty-eight, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

_ Section 2. (a) The State Registration Board for Contractors here-
inafter referred to as the “Board”, consisting of five members to be ap-
pointed by the Governor, is continued and all vacancies occurring on the
Board shall be filled by the Governor.

(b) The terms of the present incumbents shall expire on June
thirty, nineteen hundred forty-four, and on or before that date the Gov-
ernor shall appoint qualified persons whose terms shall be as follows:
one for five years, orie for four years, one for three years, one for two
years, and one for one year, from June thirty, nineteen hundred forty-
four. Thereafter in each year the Governor in like manner shall ap-
point to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office a
qualified person whose term shall be for five years from the day on
which that of his immediate predecessor expired.

(c) At least one member of the Board shall have as a larger part
of his business the construction of highways; at least one shall have as
the larger part of his business the construction of public utilities; and
at least one shall have as a larger part of his business the construction
of buildings.

(d) Members shall hold over after expiration of term until their
successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

(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.

({) 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.