THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 85

ent terms of office shall be appointed and elected shall be
selected by lot by the Governor and officers of the Alumni
Association of Washington College having in charge the
said election.

[When seven or more of the members of the new Visitors
and Governors of Washington College created by this
amendment shall have been elected by the alumni of said
college as heretofore provided and shall have qualified, and
seven or more of the members of said office shall have been
appointed by the Governor as heretofore provided and shall
have qualified, the term of office of the present members
composing said office shall automatically cease and be
determined, and these members appointed and elected as
heretofore provided shall be and constitute the Visitors and
Governors of Washington College. ]

(d). Within thirty days after occurrence of a vacancy
of said members of Visitors and Governors, by death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or expiration of the
term of office of a member, a notice thereof shall be sent
by said Visitors and Governors to the Governor or the
Alumni Association, [depending upon whether] if said
vacancy is to be filled by the appointment of the Governor
or the election of the alumni, and should the Governor or
the alumni fail to appoint or elect, as the case may be, a
successor to fill said vacancy within six months after the
receipt of said notice, then the Visitors and Governors shall
proceed to fill said vacancy for the unexpired term. Vacan-
cies among the twelve additional memberships provided in
Sub-section (b) of this section shall be filled for the unex-
pired term in the same manner as for their original election.

(e). Any graduate of the Collegiate or Normal Depart-
ment of Washington College and any student who left the
college in good standing after having completed sufficient
work to entitle him or her to a sophomore or senior normal
rating shall be qualified to participate in the election by the
alumni of Washington College of members of the Visitors
and Governors of said college; provided that no ex-student
shall be entitled to participate in said election until after
the class to which he or she belongs shall have been
graduated.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this
Act shall be construed to affect the tenure of any member
of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington
College at the time this Act becomes effective. All such
memberships shall continue as if this Act had not been
passed. If there is any conflict between the terms of this