Chap. 575.—An ACT to incorporate the Alpha Chapter of the Kappa Delta Soro-
rity of the State Female Normal School.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Anna C.
Paxton, Eleanor C. White, Iucile V. Kent, Carrie S. Goode, Sarah
Goode, Sally Rives Morris, Genevieve Bacon Venable, Susie Scott, Mary
Jackson, and such other persons, whether minors or adults, as are now or
may hereafter be associated with them, are hereby declared to be a body
politic and corporate by the name, style, and title of the Alpha Chapter
of the Kappa Delta Sorority (the same being a sorority existing at the
State Female Normal School), at Farmville, Virginia, and by that name
shall be known in law, and shall have perpetual succession and a common
seal, which may be a scroll or an impression, with the right to change the
same at pleasure, and shall have power to sue and be sued, contract, and
he contracted with, and have all the rights and privileges of a corporation,
uid be subject to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions, and do all
acts and enjoy all other powers incident to similar corporations in gen-
eral, under and subject to the laws of this Commonwealth.

2. That the objects of said association shall be the formation of good
fellowship, friendship, and sisterly love amongst its members, the en-
couragement of literature and education, and the furtherance of benevo-
lent purposes.

3. That the members of said corporation who are or may be entitled
to vote at any election of officers shall have full authority and power to
make and adopt a constitution and by-laws, and to prescribe rules and
regulations for the government of said association and the promotion of
its interests, and for the admission and expulsion of members, and,
from time to time, to alter and amend the same: provided, that the same
be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States
and the State of Virginia.

4. That the officers of said association shall consist of a president and
such others as may be deemed: necessary, and they shall be elected in the
manner and at such times as the constitution or by-laws may prescribe.

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