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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 532 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 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1979, chapter 146; in 2016, chapter 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1413087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":355177,"identifier":"23.1-1902","token":"23.1\/IV\/19\/23.1-1902","url":"\/23.1-1902\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1902\/","token":"23.1\/IV\/19\/23.1-1902","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1902","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The board shall (i) make all provisions for teachers, staff members, and agents, fix their salaries, and prescribe their duties and (ii) generally direct the affairs of the University. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the University for the uses and purposes designated by the donor, or if not so designated, for the general purposes of the board. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The board may confer degrees. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES (\u00a7 23.1-1902)\n\nA. The board shall (i) make all provisions for teachers, staff members, and\nagents, fix their salaries, and prescribe their duties and (ii) generally direct\nthe affairs of the University.\n\nB. The board may take, hold, receive, and enjoy any gift, grant, devise, or\nbequest to the University for the uses and purposes designated by the donor, or\nif not so designated, for the general purposes of the board.\n\nC. The board may confer degrees.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 532, \u00a7\u00a7 23-174.5, 23-174.6, 23-174.7; 1979, c. 146; 2016, c.\n588.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}