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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 93 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":186289,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74969,"identifier":"23.1-2305","token":"23.1\/IV\/23\/23.1-2305","url":"\/23.1-2305\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-2305\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/23\/23.1-2305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-2305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The board shall appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents, fix their salaries, and prescribe their duties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The board shall generally direct the affairs and business of the University. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The board may confer degrees, including honorary degrees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the University or its predecessors for the uses and purposes designated by the donor, or if not so designated, for the general purposes of the corporation, whether given directly or indirectly, and accept, execute, and administer any trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the instrument creating the trust. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-2305)\n\nA. The board shall appoint all teachers, staff members, and agents, fix their\nsalaries, and prescribe their duties.\n\nB. The board shall generally direct the affairs and business of the University.\n\nC. The board may confer degrees, including honorary degrees.\n\nD. The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or\nbequest to the University or its predecessors for the uses and purposes\ndesignated by the donor, or if not so designated, for the general purposes of\nthe corporation, whether given directly or indirectly, and accept, execute, and\nadminister any trust in which it may have an interest under the terms of the\ninstrument creating the trust.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 93, \u00a7\u00a7 23-50.8, 23-50.10; 23-50.12; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}