Chap. 200.—An ACT to incorporate the Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention.

Approved February 28, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
H. H. Harris, H. A. Tupper, J. C. Williams, A. B. Clarke, H.
C. Burnett, H. K. Ellyson, J. B. Winston, C. H. Winston, W.
E. Hatcher, John Pollard, 8. C. Clopton, J. B. Hobson, W. D.
Thomas, W. W. Landrum, W. J. Shipman, George Cooper, C.
H. Ryland, T. P. Mathews, R. H. Pitt, and T. P. Bell, being
the president, corresponding secretary, treasurer, recording
secretary, auditor, and managers appointed by the Southern
Baptist convention, to constitute a board located in the city
of Richmond, for the conduct of Christian missions in foreign
countries, and their successors as the same may be, from time
to time, appointed by the said convention, be and they are
hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and
style of the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
convention, and by that name shall have a perpetual succes-
sion and common seal; may contract and be contracted with,
sue and be sued; may receive, hold, sell, convey, and other-
wise manage or dispose of all lands, money, or other prop-
erty, real or personal, which may be given to or otherwise
acquired by the said bonrihs provided, that the aggregate of

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value so held at any one time shall not exceed the sum of
one million dollars.

2. The said persons and their successors, as above provided,
shall have power to fill vacancies in their own body, appoint
such officers as may be requisite, and exact from any of them
bond or other security for the faithful performance of their

duties. Meetings shall be held from time to time as the
board may direct, and not less than seven shall be a quorum
for the transaction of business.

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