Chap. 174.—An ACT to incorporate the Ladies Memorial Association for
Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery.

Passed February 8, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Mrs. M.
H. Smith, Mrs. A. Y. Stokes, Mrs. E. 8S. Turpin, Mrs. C.
Poythress, Miss M. E. Hall, Mrs. George Watt, Miss Re-
becca Norwood, Mrs. J. B. Pace, Mrs. A. E. Dickinson, Miss
Simon, Mrs. , Hobson, Mrs. A, 8. Lee, Mrs.
John Knox, Mrs. Thomas Baldwin, Mrs. W. H. Crew, Mrs.
William Couling, Mrs. R. 8. Vest, Miss M. [fyne, Mrs. 8. M.
Price, Mrs. Joseph Seay, Mrs. John Davis, and such other
persons as they shall associate with them, are hereby consti-
tuted a body corporate, under the name and style of The
Ladies Memorial Association for Confederate dead at Oak-
wood Cemetery; and by this name and style shall be invested
with the rights and privileges conferred, and subject to the
restrictions and regulations prescribed by the fifty,sixth and
fifty-seventh chapters of the Code of eighteen hundred and
sixty, so far as the same may be applicable to such an asso-
ciation and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The object and purpose of this corporation shall be to
identify, mark and decorate the graves of Confederate sol-
diers in Oakwood cemetery, near the city of Richmond; and
the operations of said corporation shall be confined to such.
object.

3. In promotion of this object the corporation may acquire
real and personal estate not exceeding an aggregate value of
fifty thousand dollars at any one time, and may dispose of
the same by gift enterprises or otherwise.

4, The corporation may do all other things not inconsis-
tent with the laws of this state or of the United States.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment or repeal at the pleasure of the gene-
ral assembly of Virginia. |