CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) POWERS AND DUTIES (§ 23.1-2209)

A. The board shall (i) care for and preserve all property belonging to the
University, (ii) grant to the president of the University supreme administrative
direction over all the schools, colleges, divisions, and branches of the
University, and (iii) examine the progress of the students in each year and give
to those who excel in any course of study such honors as it deems proper.

B. The board may (i) remove the president of the University or any professor
with the assent of two-thirds of its members, (ii) prescribe the duties of each
professor and the course and mode of instruction, (iii) appoint a comptroller
and proctor and employ any other agent or servant, (iv) regulate the renting of
the rooms and dormitories, and (v) to enable the board to procure a supply of
water and construct and maintain a system of waterworks, drainage, and sewerage
for the University, acquire such springs, lands, and rights-of-way as may be
necessary, according to the provisions of Title 25.1.

HISTORY: Code 1919, §§ 811, 813, §§ 23-76, 23-78; 1938, p. 442; 1956, cc.
12, 689; 2016, c. 588.