§ 23.1-2509 Conferring of degrees
A. The Governor, the board, the superintendent, and the faculty of the Institute may confer a degree upon any qualified graduate.
B. As a board of a military institute, the board shall not confer honorary degrees.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as §§ 848 and 23-110. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1926, at page 718; in 1927, at page 201; in 1952, chapter 272; in 2016, chapter 588; in 2020, chapter 1047.
Code 1919, § 848, § 23-110; 1926, p. 718; 1927, p. 201; 1952, c. 272; 2016, c. 588; 2020, c. 1047.