CHAPTER 97

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 28 thereof
a chapter numbered 12.1, containing sections numbered 23-164.1
through 28-164.9, creating a corporate body entitled “The Visitors of
Madison College’ and defining its composition, powers and duties;
and to repeal Chapter 8 of Title 23 of the Code of Viryinia, contain-
ing sections numbered 28-54 through 28-61, relating to certain State
teachers colleges.

[H 155]

Approved February 25, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
l. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding in Title 23 thereof
a chapter numbered 12.1, containing sections numbered 23-164.1 through
28-164.9, as follows:

CHAPTER 12.1

§ 23-164.1. There is hereby established a corporation composed of
the board of visitors of Madison College under the style of “The Visitors
of Madison College’ hereinafter referred to in this chapter as Board. The
College shall be known as Madison College.

§ 23-164.2. All the real estate and personal property now existing
and heretofore standing in the name of the State Board of Education,
located at Harrisonburg, and heretofore used by Madison College under
the State Board of Education, shall be transferred to and be known and
taken as standing in the name, and to be under the control, of the cor-
porate body designated “The Visitors of Madison College’. Such real estate
and personal property shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

§ 23-164.3. (a) The Board shall consist of twelve members, of
whom eleven shall be appointed by the Governor; the Superintendent of
Public Instruction shall be a member, ex officio.

(b) In nineteen hundred sixty-four the Governor shall appoint the
eleven appointive members of the Board for terms beginning July one,
nineteen hundred sixty-four. Six of such members shall be appointed to
serve for four-year terms and five shall be appointed to serve for two-
year terms. Successors to the members so appointed shall be appointed to
serve for terms of four years each. Vacancies occurring other than by
expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. Of the persons
so appointed two may be nonresidents of the State.

(c) All appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the General
Assembly. Members shall continue to hold office until their successors have
been appointed and have qualified.

§ 23-164.4. (a) The Governor may appoint visitors from a list of
qualified persons submitted to him by the alumni association of the Madi-
son College, or its titular successor, on or before the first day of July of
any year in which the terms of any visitors will expire.
he ane} Every list shall contain at least three names for each vacancy to

(c) The Governor shall not be limited in his appointments to the
persons so nominated.

§ 23-164.5. No person except the ex officio member shall be eligible
to serve for or during more than two successive terms.

§ 23-164.6. The Board shall be vested with all the rights and powers
conferred by this chapter in so far as the same are not inconsistent with
the laws of the State.

The Board shall control and expend the funds of the College and any
appropriation hereafter provided, and shall make all needful rules and
regulations concerning the College, appoint the president, who shall be its
chief executive officer, and all professors, teachers and agents, and fix
their salaries, and generally direct the affairs of the College.

§ 23-164.7. The Board may fix the rates charged the students of the
College for tuition, fees and other necessary charges.

23-164.8. The Board shall have the right to confer degrees.

§ 23-164.9. The curriculum of Madison College shall embrace such
branches of learning as relate to teaching in the public free schools of
Virginia, without excluding other studies in the arts and sciences.

2. Chapter 8 of Title 23 of the Code of Virginia, containing sections
numbered 23-54 through 23-61, is repealed.