Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-29
Provisions OF the Bill.

The bill which accompanies the report
provides first FOR repeating chapter Il OF
the code and chapter 20 of the Acts Ol
Assembly governing the institution. ana
then provides as substitute therefor the
The Institution established for the edu-
cation OF the deaf and dumb and the
blind by the act OF the 3lst day OF March,
iS,S shall be continued, and the visitors
thereof shall be corporation in the
name of THE IustltptiOn for the Deaf ana
Dumb and Of the Blind and be vested
with all the rights and powers now vest
al i'm the corporation created by the SAID
act. and be- subject 10 the control OF the
General Assembly. The present Board OF
Visitor. OF the Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind are removed on tine
18th day OF March, 1896, ana the Governor
Of Virginia, with the advice ana consent
of tbs senate shall appoint six persons
with the Superintendent of Public In
siruction OF the state. shall constitute
the Board Of Visitors for the government
Of the said institution. The terms OF
office of said visitors shall comWence on
the 18th OF March, 1890, and hold as FOL
lows. Under the first appointment under
this act two visitors shall hold for one
year Two for TWO years, and TWO shal De
for three years. II any vacancy occur
in the Board OF Visitors during that term
in shnll be nlled by the Governor FOR the
uneXpred term by appointment. which
shall be subject TO ratification or reIec-
the General Assembly.
THEIR DUTIES.
The hoard shall appoint one Of the visit
ors os their president, and in case OF his
absence A president pro tempOre. The
hoard shall also appoint secretary, who
shsll keep an accurate record of the pro-
cas6ir"s ~ the board. and of the Execu-
tive Committee OF said board, should one
be created by said board.
The board shall be charged with the
erection. preservation, and repair Of the
huildinRs Of the institution, and the care
~ as nrouerty II shall direct and do
or cause 10 be done. by officers, profess
or. a~outs. and employees appointed by
said Hoard OF Visitors all things neces-
sStv or expedient for promoting the OBJ
iects Of the institution not Inconsistent
y,,ith lazy The board shall provide rules
and rSoulations for the government OF
ssid insfitution, setting forth in said rules
and regulations the duties OF all the OFF,
GERS. professors, agents. and employees.
ond' said rules and regulations to be
nosted at various places IN the institu-
lion and on the premises.
Ths hoard shall have one annual meet
inc and such intermediate meetings as
thev shall prescribe, the time and place
oo,r,anisi ~ meeting may be called at any time
sPO0t,La PRESIDENT or any three members
ps - bdard. notice OF the time and place
81 s,,ch meeting being given to the other
meihDe'S' THE OFFICERS.
o-ha sunarintendent, professors. and all
cher officers of the institution shall be
irted on the - day OF June, 1886 and
every two years thereafter by the Board
- Tistfors. and shall be selected with
vsfe,snce 10 fitness, sobriety, literary
anS business qualifications, without re-
,ard 10 marty atfiliation. The Board OF
Tisitors may remove at any time the
superintendent, professors. and az other