Chap. 197.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section
numbered 401-e 1 requiring certain purchases to be made from the Virginia
Commission for the Blind. {H 164}

Approved March 12, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new
section numbered four hundred and one-e as follows:
Section 40l-e 1. Purchases from the Virginia Commission for
the Blind—All such services, articles and commodities as (1) are
required for purchase by the Director of the Division of Purchase
and Printing, by any person authorized by him to make purchases
or by any person authorized to make purchases in behalf of the
Commonwealth and their departments, agencies and institutions,
(2) are performed or produced by persons or in schools or work-
shops under the supervision of the Virginia Commission for the
Blind, (3) are available for sale by it and (4) conform to the stand-
ards established by the Director shall be purchased from the Com-
mission at the fair market price. When convenience or emergency
requires it the executive secretary of the Commission may upon
request of the purchasing officer relieve him from the obligations
of this section. Any purchasing officer who violates its provisions
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction punished
accordingly.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
repealed to the extent of the inconsistency.