Chap. 280.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 807 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended, relating to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia.

[H 153]
Approved March 17, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section eight hundred seven of the Code of Virginia, as
amended, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 807. Appointment of Visitors—(a) The Board of Visitors
is to consist of fourteen visitors, including four provided for in section
eight hundred thirty-three-b, chapter thirty-seven of the Code of Virginia
as amended by act of the General Assembly of Virginia of nineteen
hundred forty-four, to be appointed by the Governor, from the State
at large, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, ex-officio. The
appointive visitors in office when this amendment takes effect are con-
tinued until January one, nineteen hundred forty-five. Their successors
are to be appointed for the following terms: three for terms of five years,
three for terms of four years, three for terms of three years, three for
terms of two years, and two for terms of one year.

(b) Thereafter, within sixty days preceding the day on which the
terms of office respectively of the visitors will expire by limitation, the
Governor shall appoint, to fill the vacancies so occasioned, qualified per-
sons whose terms shall be for five years from the day on which the
terms of their immediate predecessors expired.

(c) All vacancies, whether occasioned by failure to make an ap-
pointment within the sixty days preceding any regular expiration as re-
quired, or otherwise, are to be filled by the Governor for the unex-
pired term. |

(d) All appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate at its
next session. Appointive visitors shall continue to discharge their duties
after their terms have expired until their successors have been appointed
and have qualified.

(e) The Governor may appoint visitors from a list of qualified per-
sons submitted to him, before or after induction into office, by the alumni
association of the University of Virginia, on or before the first day of
October of any year in which the terms of any visitors will expire.

(f) Whenever a vacancy occurs, otherwise than by expiration of
term, the Governor shall certify this fact to the association and nomi-
nations may be submitted of qualified persons and the Governor may fill
the vacancy, if his discretion so dictates, from among the eligible nom-
inees of the association, whether or not alumni or alumnae.

(g) Every list shall contain at least three names for each vacancy
to be filled.

(h) The Governor is not to be limited in his appointments to the
persons so nominated.

(1) At no time shall less than eight of the appointive visitors be
alumni or alumnae of the University.

(j) 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 except that members
who shall have served for less than four years on January one, nine-
teen hundred forty-five, shall be eligible for re-appointment for such
periods as shall make a total continuous service of ten years.