Chap. 620.—An ACT to incorporate the Alleghany rod and gun club.

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That W. S.
Battle, C. M. Boyd, J. G. Osborne, R. H. Adams, J. D. Smith, C. B.
Beamer, C. L. Drake, S. O. Malin, J. M. Bressler, William Ingles, I.
W. Wilson, H. Lynch, Everett Buck, C. B. Mount, R. L. Jordon,
George W. Miles, George Kearsley, W. P. Edmonds and Lewis Har-
vey, or such of them as may accept the provisions of this act, and
such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, their
successors and assigns be, and they are hereby, created and consti-
tuted a body politic and corporate under the name and style of the
Alleghany rod and gun club, for the purposes and with the powers
and privileges herein contained, and by that name shall be known
in law, sue and be sued at law or in equity in.the courts of this com-
monwealth, plead or be impleaded, to have perpetual succession, to
have a common seal, and to break, alter, or amend the same at
pleasure, contract and be contracted with, and to have all other pow-
ers and privileges, not herein specially enumerated, which are con-
ferred upon corporations under the general laws of this common-
wealth.

2. It shall be lawful for the said club to purchase, hold, lease and
convey property, real and personal, and to acquire the same by gift,
grant, lease, or devise, and to establish upon the real property so ac-
quired or held preserves for the protection, preservation, increase and
breeding of fish and other water species, and deer, hare, fox and
other animals, and duck, geese, partridges, pheasants and other wild
fowl and game of every species whatsoever for the sole use and benefit
of the members of said club: provided that the real estate so ac-
quired and held by said club shall not exceed ten thousand acres at
any one time, and the amount of personal property so acquired and
held by said club shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars
in value at any one time.

3. The said club, or its duly authorized officers or agents, may ap-
point such officers, agents, wardens and keepers as the said club may
deem necessary for the care, preservation and protection of its pro-
perty and such fish and game as may be placed, found or bred there-
upon. The appointment of such officer, agent, warden or keeper
shall be subject to approval of the county or corporation court of the
county or corporation wherein any separate tract, or the greater por-
tion thereof, of land or other property owned, held or controlled by
the said club is situated, and shall qualify in such court by taking
the oath required by law to be administered to the police officers of
this commonwealth, and after such qualification shall be a conserva-
tor of the peace and possess all of the powers of police officers of
this commonwealth within the boundaries of the property of said
company.

4, It shall be unlawful for any person without the consent of the
said club or some proper officer, agent or member thereof, given pur-
suant to the by-laws, rules and regulations of said club, to go upon
the lands of said club, or any building, lands, streams or other pro-
perty owned, occupied, held or controlled by it.

5. In addition to the maximum amount of real estate herein pre-
scribed to be held by the said club it may acquire by gift, grant,
lease or devise, or in the manner hereinafter provided, riparian
rights in any stream or streams, or any tributary thereof, from the
source to the mouth thereof, a portion of which flows through or
forms a boundary of any tract of land owned, held or controlled
by the said club, for the purpose of stocking the same with fish or
other water species, or for the construction and maintenance of ap-
pliances for the protection thereof, and for a distance of forty feet
from the margin thereof in either direction.

7. The said club may erect, lease or acquire in any manner and
maintain a club-house or club-houses for its comfort and convenience
and for the promotion of social intercourse among its members.

8. The said club may make, alter and amend such by-laws, rules
and regulations, and appoint such officers and agents, and prescribe
the duties thereof, for the government of all persons and things and
property under its control and authority, for the management of its
estate, and the due and orderly conduct of its affairs; provided that
the same be not inconsistent with the Jaws of the United States and
of this commonwealth.

9. All taxes due the commonwealth of Virginia by the said club
shall be paid in lawful money of the United States, and not in
coupons.

10. The general assembly of Virginia reserves to itself the right
to amend, alter and repeal this charter at any time.

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