University of Virginia Library

BELMONT PROPERTY

The Chancellor stated that the bill which had been introduced in the General Assembly
requesting a transfer of the trusteeship of the Belmont property from the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts to The Rector and Visitors on behalf of Mary Washington College had received the
approval of both houses of the General Assembly and was now on the Governor's desk. The
President stated that he had received a communication from the Governor's Office asking for
his views on the bill to which he had given an affirmative answer. Following the expected
signature of the Governor, the Chancellor asserted that it would be necessary to file a
suit in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond.