Chap. 158.—An ACT to incorporate the Gladeville college, in the
county of Wise, and to constitute the territory for three miles around
said college a sub-school district.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
there be and hereby is created and established, at or near the
town of Gladeville, in the county of Wise, a school of high
grade, in which shall be taught the various branches of litera-
ture, acience, art, and music, in connection with a public free
school.

2. Said school shall be called and known by the name of
the Gladeville college; and the said town of Gladeville and
county, within a radius of three miles from the courthouse,
in said town, shall constitute a sub-school district.

3. J. T. Chase, J. M. Dotson, Doctor A. Howell, G. W.
Bond, W. M. Greear, J. M. Hillman, H. C. Slemp, J. M.
Gilley, M. M. Wells, C. F. Flanary, H. C. Williamson, T. G.
Wells, E. M. Fulton, Ellington Kilgore, L. H. N. Salyer, C.
F. Kilgore, M. B. Hoback, J. M. Durham, James M. Smith,
J. Ran. Beverly, T. M. Smith. H. C. Jones, and G. W. Kil-
gore, «nd their successors, are hereby constitued and made a
body politic and corporate, by the name of the trustees of
the Gladeville college, by which name they shall have per-
petual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, contract and he contracted with, and have and
use a common seal, with power to purchase, receive, and hold
lands and tenements, money, goods, and chattels, to an
amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.

4. It shall be the duty of said trustees, as soon as practi-
cable after the passage of this act, to purchase or erect a
suitable building in or near the town of Gladeville for the
use of said college; and it shall be lawful for said trustees to
procure by subscription, donation, or otherwise, an amount
sufficient to defray the expense of such purchase or erection.

5. The county school board of said county may, a majority
of said board concurring, donate to said body politic, out of
the public school money belonging to said county, an amount
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be applied by said
trustees to the purchase or erection of the house mentioned
in the fourth section of this act.

6. It shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of said
county to make a donation of not exceeding one thousand
dollars, out of the county levy or levies of said county, to
said body politic, to be used by said trustees in the purchase
or erection of a house as provided for in the fourth section
of this act.

7. There shall be taught annually in said house, a public
free school, for such time as the public free school money,
allotted annually to said sub-district, and such other funds
as may be secured by subscription or otherwise for that pur-
pose, shall defray the expenses thereof.

8. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall choose
annually, by ballot, a board of directors of not less than
seven, nor more than seventeen members. The superin-
tendent of the public free schools of said county shall be ex-
officio the president of the board of trustees ; and when there
shall be a vacancy in said board of trustees, occasioned by
death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the remaining trus-
tees, or a majority of them, shall, after being notified by the
president or secretary at least thirty days previously, pro-
ceed to supply such vacancy. The trustees shall meet semi-
annually, or whenever a majority of their number shall deem
it necessary, and may adopt such constitution, rules, regula-
tions, and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the
United States, or contrary to the laws of the state of Vir-
ginia, as they may deem necessary for the good of the insti-
tution. Said board of trustees shall consist of not less than
eleven, nor more than twenty-five members; a majority of
the members in office shall constitute a quorum.

9. The said board of directors, a majority of whom shall
constitute a quorum, shall select their own officers, including
a president, secretary, and treasurer, and may adopt such
constitution, rules, regulations, and by-laws as they may
deem proper, not in conflict with the laws of the United
States or of the laws of the state of Virginia; said board of
directors shall prescribe the duties of its officers, and shall
take bond from the treasurer, payable to the trustees of the
Gladeville college, in such penalty and with such security as
they may deem reasonable, conditioned for the faithful dis-
charge of the duties of his office.

10. Said board of directors shall annually select, by ballot,
the president, professors, instructors, and such other ofticers,
teachers, or agents for said college, as they may deem neces-
sary for the good of the institution. Said board of directors
may, by a two-third vote, remove or suspend, at any time, the
president, or any of the professors, instructors, teachers.
officers, or agents of said college, for immoral conduct, ineffi-
ciency, neglect of duty, or other good cause, and any vacancy
caused by such removal or suspension shall at once be sup-
plied by said board. Said board of directors shall have the
general management of the institution during their term of
office. Said board of directors sball meet as often as
requested to by their president, or the president or principal
of said college, or at the request of any three members of
said board. All regular meetings of the board of directors
and trustees of said college shall be held in the town of
Gladeville.

11. The president of said college, together with the said
board of directors, or a majority of them, may bestow and
confer upon the pupils or graduates of said college such
diplomas, certificates, and other evidences of graduation,
distinction, or proficiency as said pupils may acquire in their
various studies.

12. Any property held by the trustees of Gladeville college
for the use and benefit of said college shall be exempt from
taxation, either for state or county purposes, so long as any
property held by any institution of learning in this state is
exempt from taxation.

13. This act shall be in force from its passage.
gar. 1544.—An AOT for the relief James H. Rea, of Albemarle
county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas on application to the county court of Albemarle,
‘James H. Rea, for relief from an erroneous assessment,
was shown to the satisfaction of the court, as appears from
sattested copy from its records, that for each of the years
yhleen hundred and seventy-six, eighteen hundred and
renty-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen
undred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and eighty,
¢ applicant was charged with and paid taxes on five hun-
ed and fifty-seven acres of land, assessed at one dollar per
Te, When in fact, the tract contained only one hundred and
tv-seven acres; so that the state tax for each year was four
lars in excess of the proper amount; and whereas, under
isting laws, the court had no authority to grant relief,
ceptin respect to the taxes of the year last named; there-

re, '

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
e auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and
quired to draw his warrant on the treasurer of the state in
tor of the said James H. Rea, for the sum of sixteen dol-
rs, that being the amount improperly paid by him into the
vasury, and which cotld not otherwise be refunded to him.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 158.—An ACT to enable the board of supervisors of Isle of
Wight county to Purchase the bridges across Cypress and Pagan
creeks at Smithfield.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of Isle of Wight county be and
hereby are authorized and empowered to purchase the bridge
(commonly called the Frank Jordan bridge) across Cypress
creek, and the bridge (commonly called the Whitehead and
Turner bridge) across Pagan creek, both near and at the town
of Smithfield, and in the said county of Isle of Wight, when-
ever they shall deem it advisable to do so, and upon such
terms and conditions as they may endorse and approve: pro-
vided, a price shall be agreed upon satisfactory to the owners
of said bridge.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
aap. 159.—An ACT fixing the time for holding the Circuit courts in
the sixteenth judicial circuit.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
e circuit courts for the several counties composing the six-
enth judicial circuit, shall be held at the following times,
-wit: Buchanan, first Monday in June, and the Tuesday
ter the last Monday in October of each year; Russell,
cond Monday in March and August, and the first Monday
November; Scott, Third Monday in March, August, and
ovember; Lee, Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March,
agust, and November; Wise, second Monday after the
urth Monday in March and August; Smyth, third Monday
April and September; Washington, first Monday in May,
‘tober and January; Dickenson, last Monday in May and
onday before last Monday in October.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are
reby repealed.

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

4P. 160.—An ACT to allow H. N. Price to build a wharf at Smith-
field, in Isle of Wight county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

l. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall
lawful for Henry N. Price to erect & wharf on his land
the town of Smithfield, with a water front of three
ndred feet, extending out to the edge of the channel of
yan creek. Said Henry N. Price, his heirs or assigns,
ill have the right to charge and recover such fees as a
npensation for the use of said wharf as may be agreed
on by and between the parties, or as are usual: provided,
it wharf shall not obstruct or impair the free navigation
Pagan creck channel: and provided also, that this act
ill be subject to amendment, modification, or repeal, at the
asure of the general assembly.

. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 161—An ACT to allow R. C. Byrd to erect a wharf in Wil-
son’s creck, on Ware river, in Gloucester county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Richard C. Byrd, of the county of Gloucester, be and he is.
hereby authorized to erect a wharf in Wilson’s creek, on
Ware river, for the purpose of shipping and receiving freight
on or from vessels or steamers, and be subject to all the laws
of Virginia governing all wharves erected in the waters of
the commonweath ; and the said Richard C. Byrd, his heirs
or assigns, shall have the right to charge such compensation
for the use of said wharf as may have been agreed upon by
and between the parties, or as are usual: provided that said
wharf shall not interfere with navigation: and provided,
also, that this act shall at all times be under the control of
the general assembly, and be amended or repealed, as may be
deemed proper.

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

Chap. 158.—An ACT to incorporate the Gladeville college, in the
county of Wise, and to constitute the territory for three miles around
said college a sub-school district.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
there be and hereby is created and established, at or near the
town of Gladeville, in the county of Wise, a school of high
grade, in which shall be taught the various branches of litera-
ture, acience, art, and music, in connection with a public free
school.

2. Said school shall be called and known by the name of
the Gladeville college; and the said town of Gladeville and
county, within a radius of three miles from the courthouse,
in said town, shall constitute a sub-school district.

3. J. T. Chase, J. M. Dotson, Doctor A. Howell, G. W.
Bond, W. M. Greear, J. M. Hillman, H. C. Slemp, J. M.
Gilley, M. M. Wells, C. F. Flanary, H. C. Williamson, T. G.
Wells, E. M. Fulton, Ellington Kilgore, L. H. N. Salyer, C.
F. Kilgore, M. B. Hoback, J. M. Durham, James M. Smith,
J. Ran. Beverly, T. M. Smith. H. C. Jones, and G. W. Kil-
gore, «nd their successors, are hereby constitued and made a
body politic and corporate, by the name of the trustees of
the Gladeville college, by which name they shall have per-
petual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, contract and he contracted with, and have and
use a common seal, with power to purchase, receive, and hold
lands and tenements, money, goods, and chattels, to an
amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.

4. It shall be the duty of said trustees, as soon as practi-
cable after the passage of this act, to purchase or erect a
suitable building in or near the town of Gladeville for the
use of said college; and it shall be lawful for said trustees to
procure by subscription, donation, or otherwise, an amount
sufficient to defray the expense of such purchase or erection.

5. The county school board of said county may, a majority
of said board concurring, donate to said body politic, out of
the public school money belonging to said county, an amount
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be applied by said
trustees to the purchase or erection of the house mentioned
in the fourth section of this act.

6. It shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of said
county to make a donation of not exceeding one thousand
dollars, out of the county levy or levies of said county, to
said body politic, to be used by said trustees in the purchase
or erection of a house as provided for in the fourth section
of this act.

7. There shall be taught annually in said house, a public
free school, for such time as the public free school money,
allotted annually to said sub-district, and such other funds
as may be secured by subscription or otherwise for that pur-
pose, shall defray the expenses thereof.

8. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall choose
annually, by ballot, a board of directors of not less than
seven, nor more than seventeen members. The superin-
tendent of the public free schools of said county shall be ex-
officio the president of the board of trustees ; and when there
shall be a vacancy in said board of trustees, occasioned by
death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, the remaining trus-
tees, or a majority of them, shall, after being notified by the
president or secretary at least thirty days previously, pro-
ceed to supply such vacancy. The trustees shall meet semi-
annually, or whenever a majority of their number shall deem
it necessary, and may adopt such constitution, rules, regula-
tions, and by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the
United States, or contrary to the laws of the state of Vir-
ginia, as they may deem necessary for the good of the insti-
tution. Said board of trustees shall consist of not less than
eleven, nor more than twenty-five members; a majority of
the members in office shall constitute a quorum.

9. The said board of directors, a majority of whom shall
constitute a quorum, shall select their own officers, including
a president, secretary, and treasurer, and may adopt such
constitution, rules, regulations, and by-laws as they may
deem proper, not in conflict with the laws of the United
States or of the laws of the state of Virginia; said board of
directors shall prescribe the duties of its officers, and shall
take bond from the treasurer, payable to the trustees of the
Gladeville college, in such penalty and with such security as
they may deem reasonable, conditioned for the faithful dis-
charge of the duties of his office.

10. Said board of directors shall annually select, by ballot,
the president, professors, instructors, and such other ofticers,
teachers, or agents for said college, as they may deem neces-
sary for the good of the institution. Said board of directors
may, by a two-third vote, remove or suspend, at any time, the
president, or any of the professors, instructors, teachers.
officers, or agents of said college, for immoral conduct, ineffi-
ciency, neglect of duty, or other good cause, and any vacancy
caused by such removal or suspension shall at once be sup-
plied by said board. Said board of directors shall have the
general management of the institution during their term of
office. Said board of directors sball meet as often as
requested to by their president, or the president or principal
of said college, or at the request of any three members of
said board. All regular meetings of the board of directors
and trustees of said college shall be held in the town of
Gladeville.

11. The president of said college, together with the said
board of directors, or a majority of them, may bestow and
confer upon the pupils or graduates of said college such
diplomas, certificates, and other evidences of graduation,
distinction, or proficiency as said pupils may acquire in their
various studies.

12. Any property held by the trustees of Gladeville college
for the use and benefit of said college shall be exempt from
taxation, either for state or county purposes, so long as any
property held by any institution of learning in this state is
exempt from taxation.

13. This act shall be in force from its passage.
gar. 1544.—An AOT for the relief James H. Rea, of Albemarle
county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas on application to the county court of Albemarle,
‘James H. Rea, for relief from an erroneous assessment,
was shown to the satisfaction of the court, as appears from
sattested copy from its records, that for each of the years
yhleen hundred and seventy-six, eighteen hundred and
renty-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eighteen
undred and seventy-nine, and eighteen hundred and eighty,
¢ applicant was charged with and paid taxes on five hun-
ed and fifty-seven acres of land, assessed at one dollar per
Te, When in fact, the tract contained only one hundred and
tv-seven acres; so that the state tax for each year was four
lars in excess of the proper amount; and whereas, under
isting laws, the court had no authority to grant relief,
ceptin respect to the taxes of the year last named; there-

re, '

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
e auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and
quired to draw his warrant on the treasurer of the state in
tor of the said James H. Rea, for the sum of sixteen dol-
rs, that being the amount improperly paid by him into the
vasury, and which cotld not otherwise be refunded to him.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 158.—An ACT to enable the board of supervisors of Isle of
Wight county to Purchase the bridges across Cypress and Pagan
creeks at Smithfield.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of Isle of Wight county be and
hereby are authorized and empowered to purchase the bridge
(commonly called the Frank Jordan bridge) across Cypress
creek, and the bridge (commonly called the Whitehead and
Turner bridge) across Pagan creek, both near and at the town
of Smithfield, and in the said county of Isle of Wight, when-
ever they shall deem it advisable to do so, and upon such
terms and conditions as they may endorse and approve: pro-
vided, a price shall be agreed upon satisfactory to the owners
of said bridge.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
aap. 159.—An ACT fixing the time for holding the Circuit courts in
the sixteenth judicial circuit.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
e circuit courts for the several counties composing the six-
enth judicial circuit, shall be held at the following times,
-wit: Buchanan, first Monday in June, and the Tuesday
ter the last Monday in October of each year; Russell,
cond Monday in March and August, and the first Monday
November; Scott, Third Monday in March, August, and
ovember; Lee, Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March,
agust, and November; Wise, second Monday after the
urth Monday in March and August; Smyth, third Monday
April and September; Washington, first Monday in May,
‘tober and January; Dickenson, last Monday in May and
onday before last Monday in October.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, are
reby repealed.

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

4P. 160.—An ACT to allow H. N. Price to build a wharf at Smith-
field, in Isle of Wight county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

l. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall
lawful for Henry N. Price to erect & wharf on his land
the town of Smithfield, with a water front of three
ndred feet, extending out to the edge of the channel of
yan creek. Said Henry N. Price, his heirs or assigns,
ill have the right to charge and recover such fees as a
npensation for the use of said wharf as may be agreed
on by and between the parties, or as are usual: provided,
it wharf shall not obstruct or impair the free navigation
Pagan creck channel: and provided also, that this act
ill be subject to amendment, modification, or repeal, at the
asure of the general assembly.

. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 161—An ACT to allow R. C. Byrd to erect a wharf in Wil-
son’s creck, on Ware river, in Gloucester county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Richard C. Byrd, of the county of Gloucester, be and he is.
hereby authorized to erect a wharf in Wilson’s creek, on
Ware river, for the purpose of shipping and receiving freight
on or from vessels or steamers, and be subject to all the laws
of Virginia governing all wharves erected in the waters of
the commonweath ; and the said Richard C. Byrd, his heirs
or assigns, shall have the right to charge such compensation
for the use of said wharf as may have been agreed upon by
and between the parties, or as are usual: provided that said
wharf shall not interfere with navigation: and provided,
also, that this act shall at all times be under the control of
the general assembly, and be amended or repealed, as may be
deemed proper.

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