CHAPTER 378

An Act to amend and reenact § 23-36.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to nursing scholarships.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

ty That § 23-36.2 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 23-36.2. The governing board of the Medical College of Virginia
may establish * thirteen annual nursing scholarships, * three of which
shall be made available to members of the Negro race, which thirteen
scholarships hereby authorized shall be of the annual value of one hundred
fifty dollars each, and the governing board of the University of Virginia
may establish fifteen annual nursing scholarships, which * fifteen scholar-
ships hereby authorized shall be of the annual value of one hundred dollars
each, and shall be awarded and paid subject to the conditions and restric-
tions set out in the following subsections:

(1) Each applicant for any such scholarship must be a bona fide resi-
dent of the State of Virginia when such scholarship is awarded. The
awards shall be made upon such basis, competitive or otherwise, as may
be determined by the president or other proper officer of the school with
due regard to the scholastic attainments, character, and adaptability of
the applicant for the service contemplated in such award; provided, that
no award shall be made if the applicant fails to possess the requisite quali-

cations.

(2) Before any such scholarship is awarded the applicant shall sign
a written contract under the terms of which she agrees to pursue the nurs-
ing course of the school awarding the scholarship until completion and
thereupon to promptly begin and thereafter engage continuously in nurs-
ing work in the State of Virginia, for a period of years equal in number to
the years that she has been or shall be a beneficiary of any such scholarship
or scholarships. The contract shall provide that if the applicant shall fail
to comply with the provisions thereof or any of them she shall repay to the
school all amounts received by her as a beneficiary of such awards, such
repayment to be upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by
the school. Such contract shall contain such other provisions as may be
necessary, in the opinion of the president or other proper officer of the
school, to accomplish the purposes of the scholarships.

(3) As further evidence of the promise of such recipient to make such
repayment, as to each scholarship awarded her in the event she shall fail
or refuse to fulfill the conditions and requirements herein specified as to
such scholarships, she shall, when such scholarship is awarded, be required
to execute and deliver to the school awarding the scholarship a note in * a
principal sum * equal to the amount of such scholarship with interest at
not less than two nor more than four per centum, which note shall be
accepted by the school upon the condition that such note, and any other
similar notes so given, shall be cancelled by the school upon the basis
of one note for each year in which she shall continuously engage in
nursing work in the State of Virginia; provided, however, that no re-
cipient of any such scholarship shall be permitted to plead the statute of
limitations or interpose a plea of infancy in the event of an action being
brought against her on any such note.

(4) All money repaid by any such recipient shall be placed in a special
fund which shall be used for nursing scholarships in accordance with the
provisions of this section.

(5) Each such scholarships shall be awarded for a single year, but
the same student shall, after making satisfactory progress towards com-
pletion of her training in the school, receive such award for any succeed-
ing year or years, provided no student shall receive any such scholarship
for more than a total of three years.

(6) The funds making up each such scholarship shall be paid to the
recipient thereof, or applied to the payment of her expenses, at such
medical school, in such amounts and at such times during such school year
as may be determined by the president or other proper officer of the
school; provided, however, that no recipient shall receive for any such
scholarship less than one hundred dollars.