Chap. 87.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3 of Chapter 268 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1920, approved March 19, 1920, relating to the board of direc-
tors of the Virginia Truck Experiment Station. (H 225}

Approved March 3, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section three of chapter two hundred sixty-eight of
the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred twenty, approved March
nineteen, nineteen hundred twenty, be amended and reenacted as
follows:

Section 3. The experiment station shall be under the control
of a board of directors consisting of five members. Two of the
members shall be the chairman of the board of control of the
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station at Blacksburg or some
member from the board of control designated by the chairman,
and the President of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, respec-
tively, who shall be members ex-officio, and the remaining three
members shall be appointed by the Governor subject to confirma-
tion by the Senate. Two of the members appointed by the Gover-
nor shall be selected from the membership of the Association of
Virginia Potato and Vegetable Growers of Norfolk, and the third
member so appointed shall be selected from the membership of
the Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Exchange, of Onley, Vir-
ginia. The terms of office of the appointive members shall be four
years or until their successors shall have been appointed and
qualified. The members of the board of directors shall serve without
compensation and shall name one of their members chairman. The
board shall also appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a
member of the board, and prescribe his duties. Each member of the
board, however, shall be entitled to be reimbursed for his actual
expenses in attending meetings of the board. Three members of the
board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, The
board shall hold at least one meeting annually at the office of the
Virginia Truck Experiment Station, and such other meetings as
may be necessary shall be held at such times and places as any
three members of the board may designate.