Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-02-22
School-Trustees' Bill.

TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED BY A BOARD
sEMBLY FOR EACH COUNTY.
The following bill became a law at IL
O'Clock Tuesday night
An act to amend and re,enact an act approved
January IL. 1877, emit led au act to pr wide for
the appointment aud removal OF district sc ool
trustee s, and to repet the fourth clause of The
7th section OF the 18Th CHAPTER Of The code Of
1873.
Be 1T enacted by the General Assembly of
VtrgI1lid, TnaG The act approved Jtuut try
IL, 1877. entitled an act TO provide for the
appointment and removal of district school
trustees, and TO repeal the fourth clause
OF the seventh sec 5lon OF the seventy
eighth chapter of the Code of 1878, be
amended and re-enacted so rs to read as
follows:
l. That the General Assembly shall
during the session of 1888 81, aud every
four years thereafter, proceed to elect
three citizens OF each county in this Com
mon wealth, to be known as the County
Board of School Commissioners, the
members of said Board to 60 into office
| on the first day of April succeeding their
| election. having fist taken and subscribed
| the usual oath of uffice, and to hold their
offices for the term Of four years, or until
uUCII SuCCCSSOlS dl6 UUIy cl6Cltu duu
| qualified.
@ The said Board shall elect one of
| their nun Der chairman, and another Sec
| Rotary; and any two shall Constitute a
| quorum for the TRANSACTION OF business,
! aud any vacal cy occurring in any OF the
! said County School Electoral 3 ards dur
| ing the rect IS Of the Legislature shall be
| filled by appointment OF the judge of the
| Circuit Court of the county lii which such
| vacancy may occur; said appuiutees to
| hold office until thirty days after the next
| meeting of the General Assembly.
| 8. TIE General Assembly may elect said
| County School Electoral Boards i'll d joint
resolution for that purpose embracing all
the counties If the Commonwealth.
4. All vacancies existing or occurring
| in District Boards of School Trustees
shall be filled by said County School Eltc-
| toral Yards: Provided, that no person
| who is unable to read and write shall be
appointed scnool trustee: And provided
| further, that nothing in this act shall be
construed DIS giving authority or power to
| said Electoral Boards To interfere in any
way with the appointment, as heretofore,
| of school trustees by municipal couDcils,
| or to disturb In any Way the present law
| bearing Oh the action of said municipal
| councils in the premises.
| Boards shall have power, and it shall be
| their duty, to declare vacant, and To pro-
| coed to fill. the office of any trustee in
their respec, i've counties who fails to quail
| ify and to d liver TO the clerk OF The Boa d
| his tffclal Oat in the usual foim within
thirty days after he has been notified of
his appointments, which notification shall
he promptly given by the Clerk. The
Board shall also vacate the office of any
and every Trustee who fails to discharge
the duties Of his flee according to law.
&. Any member OF said Board may Call
meeting 10y notifying the other two. All
proceedings shall be recorded III bound
volume; and such record book and station
cry as may be necessary shall be paid for
from the county school fund, provided the
cost of the Same shall not EXCEED Tvs dol
lars in any one year. 1t stall also be the
duty IF the clerk of said Board to furnish
the Buard of Education with a list of
school trustees aud such other Information
as may be called for.
7. The clerk shall convene the said Elec-
toral Board promptly when unexpected Va
cauces occur, and also at least thirty days
before the expiration OF re ular terms of
office, 50 that District Boards may be kept
full and no members be left to hold over
unnecessarily.
s. All acts and parts of acts inconsis-
tent herewith are hereby repealed.
8. This act shall he Ill force from its
passage.