Chap. 156.—An ACT to amend sections 1 and 7 of a charter granted to thi
Gethsemane lodge of the state of Virginia, No. 1, on the 28th day of Novem
ber, 1894, by the judge of the circuit court of King George county, in vaca
tion, and to confirm, approve, and ratify such charter as amended.

Approved January 27, 1896.

Whereas as by an order entered on the twenty-eighth day o
ovember, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the judge of the cir
nit court of King George county, in vacation, granted a charter in
orporating Gethsemane lodge, of the state of Virginia, number one
hich charter is in words and figures following:

Commonwealth of Virginia, county of King George, to-wit:

Be it known that we, Isaac Wood, John H. Grymes, W. M. Taylor
imon S. Rollins, H. J. Taylor, Simon E. Rollins, George Rollins
ond James H. Brown, whose names are hereto subscribed, do hereby
rm a body politic and corporate, pursuant to and in conformity)
ith the statutes of Virginia, in such cases made and provided
wit :

First. The name and style of which said corporation shall b
nown as Gethsemane lodge of the state of Virginia, number one.
Second. The object and purposes for which this corporation 11
yrmed are benevolent, charitable and beneficial, especially to bury
16 dead, to minister to and aid the aged and sick, and those iz
istress.
Third. The officers of this corporation shall consist of a president,
a treasurer, and eight directors, who shall hold office for one year
and be elected after the first year by the majority of members present
and voting. The officers for the first year shall be Isaac Wood,
president; James H. Brown, treasurer; and John H. Grymes, W. M.
Taylor, Simon S. Rollins, H. J. Taylor, Simon KE. Rollins, George
Rollins, James H. Brown, and Isaac Wood, directors; all of these
officers being residents of King George county.

Fourth. Said corporation may establish branch lodges, which will
be subject to the control of this lodge and to all of its rules and
regulations. Any branch lodge may be established by the directors
of this corporation, and may, for good cause, disband the same.

Fifth. Said corporation shall be invested with the rights and
privileges conferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations
prescribed for such corporations by the general laws of this state.

Sixth. Said corporation may acquire and hold property, real and
personal, as may be necessary for its purposes; shall have power to
make and adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of
said corporation ; rules and regulations for the admission and expul-
sion of members, the assessment of dues from said members, and
the imposition of fines against members; rules and regulations for
the election of officers, and to define their duties, and for the safe-
keeping and protection of its property and funds, provided the same
are not inconsistent with the laws of this state.

Seventh. The principal office of this corporation shall be in King
George county, Virginia, on a lot of land recently purchased by said
lodge, situated near Saint Stephen’s church, and adjoining the land
of Thaddeus Sorrell, upon which his mother now lives. Witness
our hands and seals this tenth day of October, eighteen hundred and
ninety-four.

Isaac Woop, tSeal
JoHN H. GRYMES, Seal.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, Seal.
Simon S. Ro itins, | Seal.
Simon E. Ro.iins, [Seal.
GEORGE ROLLINg, Seal.
Henry J. Tay vor, teeed
JamMES H. Brown, [Seal.

Virginia—King George county, to-wit:

I, William S. Brown, clerk of the circuit court of King George
county, in the state aforesaid, do certify that Isaac Wood, John H.
Grymes, William Taylor, Simon E. Rollins, Simon S. Rollins, George
Rollins, Henry J. Taylor, and James H. Brown, who have signed the
foregoing writing, bearing date this tenth day of October, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, have acknowledged the same before me in
my county aforesaid.

Given under my hand the twenty-fourth day of October, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four.

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Virginia, to wit:
By the judge of the circuit court of the county of King George:

In vacation, Wednesday, November twenty-eight, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four.

I, William S. Barton, judge of the circuit court of the county of
King George, in vacation, considering the application of Isaac Wood,
John H. Grymes, William Taylor, Simon S. Rollins, Simon E. Rol-
lins, George Rollins, Henry J. Taylor and James H. Brown, whose
names are signed above, for incorporation, reasonable and proper,
and the certificate above to be signed and acknowledged according
to law, grant said parties, and such others as may be associated with
them, a charter of incorporation in the name of Gethsemane lodge,
number one, with all the powers embraced in said certificate and the
laws of Virginia to companies of this character, and subject to all
the duties, limitations and restrictions of said laws, and to the ex-
press condition that said corporation shall pay all charges and taxes
due and to become due to the state of Virginia in the lawful money
of the United States. And I hereby certify this certificate and these
proceedings to the clerk of the circuit court of the county of King
George for record, and direct him to certify the same under the seal
of the said circuit court to the secretary of the commonwealth at
Richmond, Virginia, to be in like manner recorded in his office.

[Signed.] W. S. Barron, Judge, &c.

And whereas it being now desired that said charter, granted as
aforesaid, be amended in the first and seventh sections thereof, and
as amended that said charter be approved, confirmed and ratified by
the general assembly of Virginia, and that the rights of property ac-
quired and to be acquired by such corporation be sure and stable:
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tions one and seven of said charter be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§ 1. The name and style of said corporation shall be Gethsemane
lodge of the state of Virginia, number one.

§ 7. The principal office of said corporation shall be in King
George county, Virginia.

2. Be it alsofenacted, that the aforesaid charter of Gethsemane
lodge of the state of Virginia, number one, as above amended, be,
and the same is hereby, confirmed, approved and ratified, and all
rights of property acquired or belonging to the said corporation are
made stable and sure.

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