University of Virginia Library

ELECTION OF RECTOR AND SECRETARY

The Rector pointed out that the Code of Virginia, 1942, requires the election of a
Rector by the Board at their first meeting after the 28th day of February, 1922, and every fourth
year thereafter, hence when he was elected Rector on May 13, 1949, it was to fill the unexpired
term of Mr. Stettinius ending at the first meeting held after the 28th of February, 1950. The
minutes of the meeting at which Mr. Black was elected Rector do not show that he was to fill the
unexpired term, and he had presumed that he was elected for four years. The Board unanimously
adopted the following resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Barron Foster Black be and he is hereby elected Rector for a four-year term to
begin at the first meeting of this Board after the 28th day of February, 1950, that is, on March
10, 1950;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the acts of the Rector commencing March 10, 1950, to
December 14, 1951, be and they are hereby validated.

A resolution electing the Secretary for a similar term was adopted, as follows

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of
Virginia that Vincent Shea be and he is hereby elected Secretary for a four-year term to begin
March 10, 1950,

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the acts of the Secretary from March 10, 1950, to December
14, 1951, be and they are hereby validated