Chap. 416.—An ACT to incorporate R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confede-
rate Vetcrans.

Approved March 13, 1854.

Whereas an association of Contederate Veterans has been
organized in the city of Richmond, under the title of R. K.
Lee Camp, number one, Contederate Veterans, the object of
which is declared in the by-laws of the association to be “to
perpetuate the memory of our fallen comrades, and to min-
ister as far as practicable to the wants of those who were
permanently disabled in the service, to preserve and maintain
that sentimen? of fraternity born of the hards ships and dan-
gers shared in the march, ‘the bivouac and the battle-field.
It is proposed not to prolong the animosities enyendered by
the war, but to extend to our late adversaries, on every filting
occasion, courtesies which are always proper between soldiers,
and which in our case a common citizenship demands at our
hands. We propose to avoid every thing which partakes of
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partizanship in religion and politics, but at the same time we
will lerd our aid to the maintenance of law and the preser-

vation of order;” and whereas the said association have asked
at the hands of the yveneral assembly a charter of incorpora-
tion; therefore

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the officers and members of’ R. E. Lee Camp, number one,
Contederate Veterans, be and they are hereby created a body
politic and corporate by that name.

2. That the said corporation may have a corporate seal,
may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, may pass
by-laws not inconsistent with law.

3. Said association may acquire title to and hold land for
the purpose of founding a home for invalid and infirm Con-
federate soldiers, or tor the education and maintenance of the
children of invalid and infirm or deceased Confederate sol-
diers: provided that the said association shall not hold at
any time more than five bundred acres of land.

4. Said association shall have the right to receive dona-
tions from states, societies, corporations and individuals, and
may from said associations, or from other similar associations,
or trom the citizens generally. select a board of visitors, who
shall control such institution or institutions when founded:
provided that in the event of aid being given by this state,
that the board of public works, and the judge of the cireuit
court of the city of Richmond, shall be visitors on the part
of the state.

5. Said association may confer upon other similar organi-
zations the right to operate under this charter.

6. ‘This act shall be in force trom its passage.