Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-24
PROPOSED UNIVERSITY BILL

Plan Favored by the Faculty Tor
joint Control Of the school.
The following is the text Of the bill,
which will be recommended tozthe Gene
raj Assembly by the faculty of the Uni-
yersity Of T. Virginia, the measure being
ora Rn to provide for join scontroIso of the
a an Of that institution by the Board Of
faculty: 5sss4s 5
An act to amend and re-enact section
l5ie Of the Code Of Virginia. rela ting to
the duties of the Board (of Visitors) and
TO the control Of the University of Vir-
ginia.
BE 1t enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia, that section 1916 of the
Code Of Virginia be amended and re-
ENACTED ,;, 50 as to readsas follows:
1546. Duties of Board: appointme nt and
removal Of professors. and president; ap-
spointment Of bursara ara proctor; duties
OF faculty and president to advise and
represent the Board water supply.
Il. The said Board shall be charged with
( erty belonging to the University. They
shall appoint as many professors as they
deem proper. and. with the assent Of two
thirds Of the whole nE1nber Of the Visit
tors may remove any. professor. They
may prescribe the duties Of each profess
or and the course and mode of instruc-
ton
20. They may in their discretion, ap-
d
shall also be chairman Of the faculty.,
and with the assent of two-thirds of the
whole number Of the Visitors may re-
move him. Such president shall be ap-
pointed as follows. and not otherwise:
The Board, the faculty, and the General.
Society Of the Alumni of the University
shall respectively appoint or elect, in such
manner rs each body may prescribe for
Itself, committee of three of its mem
bers, which committees uniting shall con-
st{f int ia11a eli all
nominate to the Board, one or more suita-
Bile persons for the office of president, one
Of whom the Board may appoint; or, in
its discretion, the Board may reject all
the nominees and refer the matter back
to the same joint committee or one SINH
larry constituted. for further nominations
in which case such joint committee shall
nominate one or more other persons, and
so on Until president is chosen by the
Board. Such joint committee shall elect
its own chairman and secretary. and a
majority Of the whole number shall con-
stitute a quorum. And II 1t should hap
pen that one of the said constituent COM
mittees fails of appointment or election,
it shall not affect the legal standing of
the joint committee. or is determinations,
but the quorum shall remain as before. a
majority of nine. vote of the majority
of those present shall be necessary to a
nomination. Whenever the services Of
such a joint committee are necessary. the
rector of the Board shall issue to the sec
retaries of the faculty and of the General
Society Of the Alumni respectively. a call
for the selection OF their constituent com,
mittees. The joint committee shall hold
its first meeting at the University at
date named by the rector, but subsequent
meetings may be held at any point In the
State selected by the committee and at
such times as they shall determine. f
the said joint committee should unreason-
ably delay the making of nominations, the.
Board or the rector, if so authorized by
the Board, may revoke the authority Of
the committee. and may issue call as be-
for for the selection OF a new joint COM
mittee constituted as above described.
While the selection of president is
pending, or in case of his absence, death
resignation. removal, sickness, or dis
ability, the Board shall provide for the
selection from the body, of the faculty
of an acting president and chairman. who
shall exercise the functions Of president
and chairman until president shall be
appointed as hereinbefore prescribed.