Chap. 43.—An ACT to remove the disabilities of W. H. Payne, and
others.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly (two-thirds of »
each house concurring), That W. H. Payne, A. D. Payne, ¢
Thomas Smith, B. P. Green, W. C. Marshall, James C. Scott, 1
R. C. Scott, and R. R. Campbell, of the county of Fauquier;
and Alexander Hunter, of Alexandria county; H. H. Riddle-
berger, Captain Asa Rogers, Junior, W. C. Elam, John S.
Wise, J. B. Walters, L. Q. Washington, Doctor Lewis Wheat,
George W. Ward, Junior, L. L. Lewis, A. W. Jones, Robert
A. Richardson, R. B. Wilcox, W. B. Wilder, Edward Camp,
Richard F. Beirne, William Ryan, George D. Wise, Peyton
Wise, John W. H. Porter, John W. Campbell, D. S. Houn-
shell, George Benjamin Johnston, Daniel Trigg, William H.
Mitchell, W. G. St. Clair, R. M. Hickman, John R. Pop-
ham, C. T. Smith, Charles U. Williams, James A. Armistead,
Richard A. Dunlop, C. T. Litchfield, Andrew Ellett, William
H. Protor, John R. Hook, Joseph Johnston, William I. Clop-
ton, and A. S. McRae, be and they are hereby relieved of all
disabilities incurred under the third section of the third
article of the constitution of the state.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 43.—An ACT to incorporate Curry college, in Lee county.
Approved April 14, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That White
Shoals high school be and hereby is created and established
at Longfield, Lee county, of this commonwealth, a seminary
of learning for the instruction of youth in the various
branches of literature, science, and art; and to be called and
known by the name of Curry college, and to be controlled by
the joint stock company of said institution according to the
purposes and intent of their organization, as provided in their
constitution and by-laws.

2. And be it further enacted, That the following persons
composing the joint stock company, namely, Doctor W. N.
McNeil, E. S. Bishop, A. C. McNeil, James J. Muncy, Wil-
liam Muncy, Calvin Jones, Jefferson Neff, D. C. Parrott, Z.
8. Gibson, A. C. Clifton, John Parkey, E. M. Quillen, L. B.
Quillen, A. D. Zion, Francis Zion, Doctor Samuel Anderson,
and Reverend S. J. Norton, be and are hereby constituted
and appointed trustees of said college, who, and their suc-
cessors appointed as hereinafter provided, shall be a body
politic and corporate, by the name of the trustees of Curry
college, and shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal, which seal they may alter at pleasure, and by the name
aforesaid they and their successors shall be capable in law,
and shall have full power and authority to acquire, hold,
possess, purchase, receive, and retain to them and their suc-
cessors forever, any lands, tenements, rents, goods, chattels,
or interest of any kind whatsoever which may be given to
them, or be by them purchased for the use of said college ;
to transfer, convey, and dispose of the same in any manner
whatsoever they shall adjudge most useful to the interest
and legal purposes of the institution; and by the same name
to sue and implead, and be sued and impleaded, answer and
be answered, in all courts of law and equity; to select and
employ such officers, agents, and servants as they may see
proper; to elect and employ such president, professors,
instructors, and tutors for the benefit of said college as they
may deem necessary; to make, ordain, establish, and execute,
or cause to be executed, all such by-laws, rules, and ordi-
Dances not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of
the United States, or of this commonwealth, as they may
think necessary for the welfare of said college, the good
government of the professors, instructors, tutors, agents, and
students of the same; and generally to do all acts necessary
and proper to promote the welfare and prosperity of said
institution.

3. And be it further enacted, That the president of the
college, by and with the advice and consent of the trustees
and professors, shall have power, from time to time, to
ordain, regulate, and establish the mode and course of instruc.
tion and education to be pursued in said college, and.
together with the professors and tutors, shall be styled the
faculty of said college, and as such shall have power to adopt
and enforce such rules as may be deemed most expedient for
the good government of the institution; which rules and
regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this
state or of the United States.

4, And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees,
who com pose the joint stock company, shall hold a meeting
at the college building within ten days after the president
thereof is notified of the passage and approval of this act,
and, together with their present trustees, select the faculty of
said college, elect a new board of trustecs, and transact such
other business as they may deem necessary: provided, how-
ever, that a quorum is present; but if a quorum shall not be
present, those assembled shall have the power of adjourning

rom day to day, or any further day, until a quorum, as
provided in their constitution, can be had. And in all cases,
seven trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business ; and should there be at any mecting less than a
quorum, they shall have power to adjourn from day to day,
or to any future day, until a quorum shall be had; and the
number of said trustees shall never be less than ten nor more
than thirty-six.

5. And be it further enacted, That the president and trus-
tees, or a quorum of them, shall have full power and author-
ity to meet at such times as they shall think necessary for
the examination of any candidates for literary degrees ; and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to confer such
degrees on such persons as in their opinion sball merit the
Same, in as ample a manner as any other college of this
commonwealth, and under their common seal to grant testi-
monials thereof, signed by the president and trustees.

6. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, or a quo-
rum of them, shall have power to remove or suspend at any
time, the president or any of the professors, instructors, or
tutors, for immoral conduct, inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
other good cause—two-thirds of such quorum concurring.

7. And be it further enacted, That the joint stock com-
pany shall have power to elect persons to fill all vacancies
that may occur in the board of trustees, occasicned either by
death, removal, resignation, or refusal to act, and it shall be
lawful for any three of the trustees, or the president of the
college, or the professors for the time being, or a majority of
them, to call a meeting of the trustees whenever they or he,
as the case may be, shall deem it expedient, by giving at
least ten days’ notice of such meeting in some newspaper
published in Lee county, or by written communication
addressed to each of the trustees.

8. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said
college are hereby constituted conservators of the peace, and
invested with such police authority within the grounds of
said college, and for three miles distance therefrom, as is not
inconsistent with the statutes of this commonwealth.

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

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Chap. 43.—An ACT to remove the disabilities of W. H. Payne, and
others.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly (two-thirds of »
each house concurring), That W. H. Payne, A. D. Payne, ¢
Thomas Smith, B. P. Green, W. C. Marshall, James C. Scott, 1
R. C. Scott, and R. R. Campbell, of the county of Fauquier;
and Alexander Hunter, of Alexandria county; H. H. Riddle-
berger, Captain Asa Rogers, Junior, W. C. Elam, John S.
Wise, J. B. Walters, L. Q. Washington, Doctor Lewis Wheat,
George W. Ward, Junior, L. L. Lewis, A. W. Jones, Robert
A. Richardson, R. B. Wilcox, W. B. Wilder, Edward Camp,
Richard F. Beirne, William Ryan, George D. Wise, Peyton
Wise, John W. H. Porter, John W. Campbell, D. S. Houn-
shell, George Benjamin Johnston, Daniel Trigg, William H.
Mitchell, W. G. St. Clair, R. M. Hickman, John R. Pop-
ham, C. T. Smith, Charles U. Williams, James A. Armistead,
Richard A. Dunlop, C. T. Litchfield, Andrew Ellett, William
H. Protor, John R. Hook, Joseph Johnston, William I. Clop-
ton, and A. S. McRae, be and they are hereby relieved of all
disabilities incurred under the third section of the third
article of the constitution of the state.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 43.—An ACT to incorporate Curry college, in Lee county.
Approved April 14, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That White
Shoals high school be and hereby is created and established
at Longfield, Lee county, of this commonwealth, a seminary
of learning for the instruction of youth in the various
branches of literature, science, and art; and to be called and
known by the name of Curry college, and to be controlled by
the joint stock company of said institution according to the
purposes and intent of their organization, as provided in their
constitution and by-laws.

2. And be it further enacted, That the following persons
composing the joint stock company, namely, Doctor W. N.
McNeil, E. S. Bishop, A. C. McNeil, James J. Muncy, Wil-
liam Muncy, Calvin Jones, Jefferson Neff, D. C. Parrott, Z.
8. Gibson, A. C. Clifton, John Parkey, E. M. Quillen, L. B.
Quillen, A. D. Zion, Francis Zion, Doctor Samuel Anderson,
and Reverend S. J. Norton, be and are hereby constituted
and appointed trustees of said college, who, and their suc-
cessors appointed as hereinafter provided, shall be a body
politic and corporate, by the name of the trustees of Curry
college, and shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal, which seal they may alter at pleasure, and by the name
aforesaid they and their successors shall be capable in law,
and shall have full power and authority to acquire, hold,
possess, purchase, receive, and retain to them and their suc-
cessors forever, any lands, tenements, rents, goods, chattels,
or interest of any kind whatsoever which may be given to
them, or be by them purchased for the use of said college ;
to transfer, convey, and dispose of the same in any manner
whatsoever they shall adjudge most useful to the interest
and legal purposes of the institution; and by the same name
to sue and implead, and be sued and impleaded, answer and
be answered, in all courts of law and equity; to select and
employ such officers, agents, and servants as they may see
proper; to elect and employ such president, professors,
instructors, and tutors for the benefit of said college as they
may deem necessary; to make, ordain, establish, and execute,
or cause to be executed, all such by-laws, rules, and ordi-
Dances not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of
the United States, or of this commonwealth, as they may
think necessary for the welfare of said college, the good
government of the professors, instructors, tutors, agents, and
students of the same; and generally to do all acts necessary
and proper to promote the welfare and prosperity of said
institution.

3. And be it further enacted, That the president of the
college, by and with the advice and consent of the trustees
and professors, shall have power, from time to time, to
ordain, regulate, and establish the mode and course of instruc.
tion and education to be pursued in said college, and.
together with the professors and tutors, shall be styled the
faculty of said college, and as such shall have power to adopt
and enforce such rules as may be deemed most expedient for
the good government of the institution; which rules and
regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this
state or of the United States.

4, And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid trustees,
who com pose the joint stock company, shall hold a meeting
at the college building within ten days after the president
thereof is notified of the passage and approval of this act,
and, together with their present trustees, select the faculty of
said college, elect a new board of trustecs, and transact such
other business as they may deem necessary: provided, how-
ever, that a quorum is present; but if a quorum shall not be
present, those assembled shall have the power of adjourning

rom day to day, or any further day, until a quorum, as
provided in their constitution, can be had. And in all cases,
seven trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business ; and should there be at any mecting less than a
quorum, they shall have power to adjourn from day to day,
or to any future day, until a quorum shall be had; and the
number of said trustees shall never be less than ten nor more
than thirty-six.

5. And be it further enacted, That the president and trus-
tees, or a quorum of them, shall have full power and author-
ity to meet at such times as they shall think necessary for
the examination of any candidates for literary degrees ; and
they are hereby authorized and empowered to confer such
degrees on such persons as in their opinion sball merit the
Same, in as ample a manner as any other college of this
commonwealth, and under their common seal to grant testi-
monials thereof, signed by the president and trustees.

6. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, or a quo-
rum of them, shall have power to remove or suspend at any
time, the president or any of the professors, instructors, or
tutors, for immoral conduct, inefficiency, neglect of duty, or
other good cause—two-thirds of such quorum concurring.

7. And be it further enacted, That the joint stock com-
pany shall have power to elect persons to fill all vacancies
that may occur in the board of trustees, occasicned either by
death, removal, resignation, or refusal to act, and it shall be
lawful for any three of the trustees, or the president of the
college, or the professors for the time being, or a majority of
them, to call a meeting of the trustees whenever they or he,
as the case may be, shall deem it expedient, by giving at
least ten days’ notice of such meeting in some newspaper
published in Lee county, or by written communication
addressed to each of the trustees.

8. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of said
college are hereby constituted conservators of the peace, and
invested with such police authority within the grounds of
said college, and for three miles distance therefrom, as is not
inconsistent with the statutes of this commonwealth.

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

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