The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-20
xCHOoI.rRusTEEs, BILL.
Trustees to be Elected by Board fc
be Chosen by the General Assembly
for Each County.

The following bill--sir. Loyenstein's
substitute for House bill No. G6--became
law at IL O'Clock last night:
AN ACT TO AMEND AND RE-ExACT AN ACT AP-
PROVED JANUARY IL, 1877, ENTITLED Az
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND
REMOVAL OF DISTRICT SCHOOL. TRUSTEES,
AND TO REPEAL THE FOURTH CLAUSE or THE
7TH SECTION OF TUE 18TH CHAPTER OF THE
CODE OF 1878.
Be IL enacted bg the General assembly
of Virginia, That the act approved Jantl-
aiy 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 section OF the seventy
eighth chapter OF the Code OF 1873. be
amended and re-enacted so As 10 read as
follows:
81. That the General Assembly shall,
during the sessions OF lSS3-'Sl. and every
four years thereafter, proceed to elect three
citizens OF each county in this Common
wealth, to be known rs the County Board
OF School Commissioners, the members Of
| said Board 10 go into office on the first day
OF April succeeding their election. having
first taken and subscribed the usual oath
OF office, and to hold their Offices for the
term OF four years, or until their success
sors are duly elected and qualified.
9. The said Board shah elect one OF their
number chairman, and another secretary;
and any two shall constitute quorum for
the transaction of business, and any va
cancy occurring In any OF the said County
School Electoral Boards during the recess
of the Legislature shall be filled By sp-
polntment OF the Judge OF the Circuit
Court Of the county in which such vacancy
may occur; said appoutees to hold office
until thirty DAYS after the next meeting OF
the General Assembly.
g. The General Assembly may eject said
County School Electoral Boards IN Joint
resolution for that purpose embracing ali
the counties of the Commonwealth.
4. All vacancies existing or occurring In
District Boards OF School Trustees shall be
filed BY said County school Electoral
Boards Provided, that no person who i
unable to read and write shall be appoint.
ed school trustee: And provided further.
that nothing in this act shall be construed
as giving authority or power TO said Elec-
toral Boards 10 interfere in any way with
the appointment, as heretofore, OF sehooi
trustees by municipal councils. or to dis
turb I'm any way the present law bearing on
the action oi said municipal councils IN
the premises.
8. The said School Trustee Electoral
Boards shall have power, and II shall be
their duty, to declare vacant. ana TO pro-
ceed TO fill, the office OF any trustee IN
their respective counties who fails 70 quail
ify and to deliver TO the clerk OF the Board
his official oath in the usual form within
thirty days after he has been notified OF his
appointment. which notification shall be
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 Office according to law.
G. ANY member OF said Board may call .
meeting by notifying the other two. All
proceedings shall be recorded in bound
volume: and such record book ana station
erv as may be necessary shall be paid for
from the county school fund, provided the
cost Of the same shall not exceed i've dol
lars i'm any one year. 1t shall also be The
duty of the clerk OF said Board to furnish
the Board OF Education with list or
| school trustees and such other information
as NAV be called for.
!. The clerk shall convene the said Elec-
toral Board promptly when unexpected 50
cancies occur. and also al least thirty days
before the expiration OF regular terms OF
office, so that District Boards may be- Kept
full and no members be left to hold over
unnecessarily.
Z. All acts and parts Of acts Inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
Q. This act shall be in force from IT,
massage.