Chap. 216.—An ACT to incorporate Saint Paul’s Church Home of Pe-
tersburg.

Approved April 20, 1874.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John H.
D. Wingfield, D. B. Tennant, John Mann, Thomas Withers,
N. M. Tannor, John Revolett, John Cole, Samuel Peebles,
Thomas S. Gilliam, James S. Gilliam, Jr., Samuel B. Paul,
James E. Cuthbert and F. E. Davis and their successors, be
and are hereby incorporated under the name of Saint Paul’s
Church Home of Petersburg, with power to acquire by gift,
devise, purchase or otherwise, and to hold property, real and
personal, not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars in
value, to sue and be sued, to make contracts, and to do all
other things necessary for the attainment of the objects of
this corporation.

2. The said corporators shall have power to adopt a con-
stitution, and to enact by laws not in conflict with the con-
stitution and laws of this commonwealth, to associate others
with themselves, and to delegate their powers to a board of
managers, or such other agents as they may select. Five
corporators shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and all questions shall be decided by a majority of
voices.

3. The said corporators, or the said board of managers,
shall have the right to contract with the father, or, if there
be no father, with the mother, or, if there be neither father
nor mother, with the guardian of an infant child under the
age of eighteen years, for the care, maintenance and educa-
tion of such child until he or she attains the age of eighteen
years; and such contract shall be binding on the parties
thereto, and on such child, and shall confer on said corpora-
tion the sole and entire control of such child until he or she
attains the age of eighteen: provided, that the said corpora-
tion shall furnish proper maintenance, and shall bestow a
good English education and proper moral and religious in-
struction on such child.

4. If such child have neither parent nor guardian, or if the
parent or parents of such child shall have neglected or aban-

oned him, the said corporation may acquire the control
aforesaid by exhibiting to the judge of the hustings court of
the city of Petersburg, in his court sitting, an indenture
sealed with the seal of the corporation, and binding it to do
for the said child whatever may be required by this act to be
done for the children coming within its purview ; and ifsuch in-
denture be in proper form, the said judge shall order it to be
recorded in the clerk’s office of his court; and thereupon the
power and control of the said corporation over such child
shall commence.

5. The said corporation may also establish a hospital for
the reception and treatment of destitute sick, and may make
and enforce such rules as are necessary for its government
and good order.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.