Before any such scholarship is awarded, the applicant shall sign a written contract, under the terms of which the applicant agrees to pursue the agronomy course at the school at which the scholarship is awarded, until his graduation, and that upon graduating he will promptly begin and thereafter engage continuously as a soil scientist as an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a period of years equal in number to the years which he has been a beneficiary of such scholarship; provided, no suitable vacancy exists as an employee of the Commonwealth of Virginia then the obligation of such contract may be discharged by being engaged continuously in Virginia as a soil scientist as an employee of a local, Virginia or federal government agency for a period of years, equal in number to the years which he has been a beneficiary of such scholarship. The contract shall contain such other provisions as are necessary in the opinion of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to accomplish the purposes of the scholarship. In the event the holder of any soil scientist scholarship awarded dies while receiving instruction under such a scholarship, any balance unpaid and agreed to be repaid by the holder thereof shall be deemed paid, and no liability shall be attached to his estate.

History

1970, c. 620; 1972, c. 188.