CHAPTER 110

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3-847, 8-348, 8-878 and 8-877 of the Code
of Virginia, which prescribe the qualifications and terms of office of
members of the Milk Commission, performance of certain services for
the Commission and appointment of employees thereof, compensation
of members and employees, assessments by the Commission and by
local boards for expenses; and to repeal § 8-849 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to enforcement powers of the secretary of the
Commission.

[H 334]

Approved February 25, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 3-847, 3-348, 3-873 and 3-377 of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 3-347. There is hereby continued the Milk Commission, consisting
of three members, one of whom shall be a producer of milk who is not
directly or indirectly engaged in the distribution thereof * ; of the remain-
ing two members, one shall be a representative of consumers and one shall
be an economist but neither of such two latter members shall have any
connection financially or otherwise with the production or distribution of
milk or products derived therefrom; * all members shall be appointed by
the Governor to hold office at the pleasure of the Governor and may be
removed at any time by the Governor. Any vacancies occurring shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor. One member of the Commission
shall act as chairman, as designated by the Governor. The technical and
other services for such Commission shall be performed, so far as prac-
ticable, by forces and officers in the Department of Agriculture and Immi-
gration, the Virginia Agricultural Extension Division of the Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station, without additional compensation. The
Commission may appoint * an executive officer, a secretary and any such
additional technical and other assistants and employees as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions of this article, and prescribe their powers
and duties.

§ 3-348. The members of the Milk Commission shall be paid each
the sum of ten dollars per day for each day actually spent in the per-
formance of their official duties, plus their actual and necessary expenses.

The compensation of the executive officer, the secretary and other
employees of the Milk Commission shall be such as may be provided in
accordance with law for the purpose.

§ 3-373. The Commission shall prepare an annual budget and shall
collect the sums of money required for this budget from the local milk
boards in the form of monthly assessments, and the local milk boards shall
pay the assessments so levied. The assessments so levied shall not exceed
two cents per hundred pounds of milk, or cream (converted to terms of
milk) handled by distributors and two cents per hundred pounds of milk,
or cream (converted to terms of milk) sold by producers in each market
in which the provisions of this article are in operation. .

3-377. The expenses of the milk board, including salaries and the
per diem of such personnel as the board finds it necessary to employ prop-
erly to carry out its functions under this article, and including the assess-
ments levied by the Commission, shall be met by an assessment of not over *
three cents per hundred pounds of milk, or cream (converted to terms of
milk) * handled by distributors and not over * three cents per hundred
pounds of milk, or cream (converted to terms of milk) * sold by producers;
said assessments to be the same per hundredweight on producers and dis-
tributors. The exact amount of each monthly or semimonthly assessment
shall be determined by the milk board as necessary to cover its expenses.
All assessments shall be paid at the time the distributors pay the producers
for the milk. All officers and employees of the milk board who handle funds
of the board, or who sign or countersign checks upon such funds, shall
severally give bond in such amount and with such sureties as shall be de-
termined by the milk board. The cost of such bonds shall be paid by the
milk board and the milk board shall determine the amount and sufficiency
of such bonds.

2. That § 3-349 of the Code of Virginia is repealed.