Chap. 275.—An ACT to incorporate the society of the Honorable
Knights of Johnathan of the state of Virginia.

Approved February 29, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
James H. Binford, Golden Tyler, Alexander Hines, Joseph
Mons, Frank Booker, John Bell, William Allen, Thomas
Jones, Thomas Martin, and Aaron Davenport, and such other
persons as are now or may hereafter become members of said
society, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic
and corporate by the name and style of the Honorable |
Knights of Jonathan of the state of Virginia, and by this
name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal,
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and in all re-
spects shall be invested with the rights and privileges con-
ferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations pre-
scribed for corporations by the general laws, so far as the
same are applicable to this corporation and not inconsistent
with this act.

2. Said corporation may acquire and hold property, real |
and personal, to an amount not exceeding five thousand dol- |
lars.

3. The object of said society shall be mutual benefit and |
protection of its members, the aid of the sick, and the burial
of the dead.

4. Said order shall have power to make and adopt a con- |
stitution and by-laws, rules, and regulations for the admission

and expulsion of members, and for their government, the
co
election of its officers and to define their duties, and for the
safe-keeping and protection of their property and funds:
rovided the same be not inconsistent with the laws of the
nited States and of this state.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.