Chap. 91.—Au ACT to incorporate The Sisters of Charity of St. Jo-
seph’s Academy and Orphan Asylum of Richmond, Virginia.

Approved February 8, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Sister M. Rose, otherwise Rosalie Jenkins; Sister Angeline,
otherwise Olivia Meath; Sister M. de Sales, otherwise Harriet
Wilson; Sister Lizzie, otherwise Elizabeth Price; Sister Ludo-
rine, otherwise Mary Doherty; and such other persons as they:
may associate with them, be and they are hereby created a
body politic and corporate, with all the rights, powers and lia-
bilities of a corporation, under the laws of the state of Virginia,
under the name of The Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph’s
Academy and Orphan Asylum of Richmond, Virginia.

2. The object of the said association shall be to conduct an
academy for the education of female children, and an asylum
for the support, care and instruction of female orphans; they
shall have power to apprentice orphan children, over the age
of fifteen years, for a term not exceeding six years.

3. Whenever any of the incorporators named in the first
section of this act shall die, resign, remove permanently froma
the state of Virginia, or whenever a vacancy shall occur from
any cause whatever in the number of five incorporators, the
vacancy may be filled by the remaining members. The said
incorporators and their successors shall constitute a board of
directors, who shall have full powers to manage the affairs of
the institution, to appoint such officers as may be necessary or
proper for its management, to make by-laws, and to-convey
real estate in such manner as the by-laws may prescribe.

4. The said association may hold as much as five acres of
land within the city of Richmond, and any lands outside of the
said city which may be donated or devised to it.

5. In addition to the other ofhcers of the said association,
there shall be a board of trustees, to consist of five members,
namely: Right Reverend J. J. Kean, John Purcell, John Ma-
honey, John Ahern and James H. Dooley, whose duty it shall
be to receive and hold all such property, real and personal, as
may be given, granted, bequeathed or devised to them, for the
benefit of the said association, upon such terms as may be pre-
scribed by the grantor or testator; to invest all moneys which
may come to their hands as aforesaid; to change any invest-
ments which from time to time it may seem to them judicious
to change; and to deal with the property in any manner which
may be required by the terms of the gift, grant, devise or be-
quest. The said board shall elect a president and secretary,
shall keep a record of all its proceedings, shall have power,
upon written resolution adopted by a majority of its members,
to make conveyance and transfers of real estate, which shall
be executed by the president and attested by the secretary.
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the board by death or other-
wise, the remaining members shall fill the vacancy by election.
Said trustees may increase their number by the addition of
other members to a total of not more than nine. The addi-
tional member or members shall be elected by a majority o:
the trustees. The said trustees shall have no power over any
property of the association, other than property which may be
given, granted, bequeated or devised to them.

6. The said association shall have a common seal, which may
be the seal also of the board of trustees.

7. That all debts and demands due from the said company
to the state of Virginia, shall be paid in currency and not in
coupons.

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