CHAPTER 426

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

[S 526]
Approved April 2, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 42-9, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

42-9. Board of trustees generally.—The management and con-
trol of a county free library system shall be vested in a board of not less
than 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 or the assistant superintendent of public schools of such
county. Such trustees, other than the superintendent or the assistant super-
intendent 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 §§ 15.1-588 through
15.1-621, and in any county having the county manager form of organi-
zation and government provided for in §§ 15.1-622 through 15.1-660, and
in any county having the urban county form of organization and govern-
ment provided for in Chapter 15 of Title 15.1; such appointments may be
made by the governing body of such county. The council of any city en-
titled to representation on a board of trustees of a county free library
system pursuant to § 42-2 shall appoint a trustee to serve for a term of
four years, or until the contract is terminated, whichever is shorter. 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 superin-
tendent or the assistant superintendent of public schools. Such trustees
other than the superintendent or the assistant 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 or the assistant superin-
tendents of public schools. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms
as soon as possible in the manner in which members of the board are regu-
larly chosen. No appointive member shall be eligible to serve more than
two successive terms. A trustee shall not receive a salary or other com-
pensation 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 appointment. The trustees shall, immediately after appoint-
ment, meet and adopt such bylaws, 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 donations and bequests of money, personal property, or real estate
for the establishment and maintenance of such county free library sys-
tems or regional free library systems or endowments for same.