Chap. 152.—An ACT to incorporate the East End Beneficial and
Social Society of the city of Richmond.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That J. C. Don-
nella, F. A. Adams, J. E Creery, M. S. Blount, George
Hirsch, Charles Sack, W. M. Jones, Henry Stack, F. E.
Houseman, John Weckert, V. Denati, John J. Rieley, and
such other persons as are now, or may hereafter become
members of the society, be and are hereby made a body poli-
tic and corporate, by the name and style of The East End
Beneficial and Social Society of the city of Richmond, the
object of which shall be to promote sovial intercourse and
dispense charity, and by that name shall have perpetual suc-
céssion and a common seal; may contract and be contracted
with, sue and be sued, with power to purchase, receive, and
hold to them and their successors forever, any lands, not
exceeding one acre in amount, goods, and chattels, or to
receive such property by gift, bequest, or otherwise, for bene-
ficial and social purposes of such society; they shall, also,
have the power to rent, sell, or loan for the use and benefit
of the said society, any of the property so acquired: pro-
vided, however, that the lands, goods and chattels so author-
ized to be held, shall not exceed in amount and value five
thousand dollars.

2. That the members of said society, or such members
thereof as they shall determine to be a quorum for such pur-
poses, shall have power to make such constitution, by-laws,
and regulations for the government of said society and its
officers, and the execution of its objects, not inconsistent with
the laws of this state or of the United States, as they may
think proper; and shall have power to acquire such fees,
fines, and contributions from its members as they shall deem
proper for the purposes of the said society.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to modification, amendment, or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.

Chap. 152.—An ACT to incorporate the East End Beneficial and
Social Society of the city of Richmond.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That J. C. Don-
nella, F. A. Adams, J. E Creery, M. S. Blount, George
Hirsch, Charles Sack, W. M. Jones, Henry Stack, F. E.
Houseman, John Weckert, V. Denati, John J. Rieley, and
such other persons as are now, or may hereafter become
members of the society, be and are hereby made a body poli-
tic and corporate, by the name and style of The East End
Beneficial and Social Society of the city of Richmond, the
object of which shall be to promote sovial intercourse and
dispense charity, and by that name shall have perpetual suc-
céssion and a common seal; may contract and be contracted
with, sue and be sued, with power to purchase, receive, and
hold to them and their successors forever, any lands, not
exceeding one acre in amount, goods, and chattels, or to
receive such property by gift, bequest, or otherwise, for bene-
ficial and social purposes of such society; they shall, also,
have the power to rent, sell, or loan for the use and benefit
of the said society, any of the property so acquired: pro-
vided, however, that the lands, goods and chattels so author-
ized to be held, shall not exceed in amount and value five
thousand dollars.

2. That the members of said society, or such members
thereof as they shall determine to be a quorum for such pur-
poses, shall have power to make such constitution, by-laws,
and regulations for the government of said society and its
officers, and the execution of its objects, not inconsistent with
the laws of this state or of the United States, as they may
think proper; and shall have power to acquire such fees,
fines, and contributions from its members as they shall deem
proper for the purposes of the said society.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to modification, amendment, or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.