CHAPTER 353

An Act to amend and reenact § 42-9 as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the board of trustees in county library systems.

[H 123]
Approved April 2, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 42-9 as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-
enacted as follows:

§ 42-9. The management and control of a county free library system
shall be vested in a board of five trustees. In a county free library system
they shall be appointed by the judge of the circuit court of such county,
chosen from the citizens at large with reference to their fitness for such
office, one of whom shall be the superintendent of public schools of such
county. Such trustees, other than the superintendent of schools, shall be
appointed in the beginning for terms of one, two, three and four years,
respectively, and thereafter for terms of four years, provided, however,
that in any county having the county executive form of organization and
government provided for in §§ 15-272 through 15-804, such appointments
may be made by the governing body of such county. In a regional free
library system they shall be appointed by the judge or judges of the circuit
court or courts in such region, one member being a superintendent of pub-
lic schools. Such trustees other than the superintendent of public schools
shall be appointed in the beginning for terms of one, two, three and four
years, respectively, and thereafter for a term of four years; but in the
case of a regional library the judge or judges may provide for the service
in rotation of each of the several superintendents of public schools. Va-
cancies shall be filled for unexpired terms as soon as possible in the man-
ner in which members of the board are regularly chosen. No appointive
member shall be eligible to serve more than two successive terms.
trustee shall not receive a salary or other compensation for services as
trustee but necessary expenses actually incurred shall be paid from the
library fund. A library trustee may be removed for misconduct or neglect
of duty by the judge *, judges or governing body making the appoint-
ment. The trustees shall, immediately after appointment, meet and adopt
such by-laws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the
government of the county free library system or regional free library
system as may be expedient. They shall have control of the expenditures
of all moneys credited to the county free library fund or the regional free
library fund. The board of trustees shall have the right to accept dona-
tions and bequests of money, personal property or real estate for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of such county free library systems or regional
free library systems or endowments for same.