Chap. 212.—An ACT to incorporate the Southwest Virginia agricultural and
live stock association.

Approved February 16, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly of Virginia, That Francis
Rell, Henry C. Stuart, Samuel Walton, T. L. Tate, James R. K. Cowan,
H. B. Howe, E. H. Tyler, J. H. MeGavock, Henry Fairfax, J. R. K.
Bell, W. W. Bently, R. M. Lawson, David Graham, J. G. Davis, W. H.
Aston, Peyton Saint Clair, D. M. Clovd, A. Saint Clair, R. W. Sanders.
John 8. T. Hoge, Carter Glass. A. M. Bowman, J. D. Honaker, Alexander
Stuart, H. .N. Dver, and their associates and successors be.
and they are, hereby incorporated and made a body, politic and corporate.
under the name and stvle of the Southwest Virginia agricultural and
live stock association, and by that name shall have perpetual succession,
and have the power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend
and be defended, in all courts, whether in law or equity; it may make and
have a common seal, and may alter or renew the same at pleasure, and
have and enjoy and extend all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises
contained in this charter, and under the general incorporation laws of
this commonwealth. Jt mav make by-laws and regulations for the gov-
ernment of all under its authority, the management of its properties, and
for the proper and orderly conduct of its business and affairs.

2. The capital stock shall not be less than two thousand ($2,000) dol-
lars nor more than fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, which shall be
divided into shares of the par value of ten ($10.00) dollars each; the
personal liability of the stockholders shall be limited to the amount due
and unpaid upon the shares of stock held by them, respectively, in said
association. Any three of the incorporators may open books of subscrip-
tion to said capital stock, and when the minimum amount has been sub-
scribed, shall call a meeting of the subscribers for the purpose of organ-
ization, at which meeting there shall be elected a president, two vice-presi-
dents, secretary and treasurer and ten directors, who shall constitute the
board of directors, to serve for the first year, unless sooner removed.
The board of directors shall have power to accept in payment of said cap-
ital stock labor, materials, services, real or personal estate, as they deem
for the best interests of the association; the by-laws of the association
may provide for the election of such other officers as the needs of the
association may require and for the increase of the board uf directors to
such number as the stockholders at their first or any subsequent mecting
may prescribe.

3. The association is authorized and empowered to purchase, hold, own,
lease, improve and control in any manner, grant, bargain, sell, mortgage,
convey, and otherwise dispose of real and personal property of any kind,
and may construct, own, operate, or lease club houses, booths, stands,
stables, kennels, or other buildings for the entertainment, lodging, board-
ing, or keeping of man or beast upon its lands or those leased by it.

4. The said association is authorized and empowered to post its lands,
and all persons are hereby prohibited and forbidden to enter upon any
of the lands of the said association without its consent; and any person
who shall, in any way, violate any rule or regulation prescribed by the
board of directors of said association may be summarily ejected from the
grounds of said association by its officers, servants, agents or employees ;
and such person, upon prosecution, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemea-
nor, and may be punished therefor, either by fine or imprisonment, such
fine not to exceed twenty ($20) dollars, and such imprisonment not
to exceed ninety days in the county or city jail. But this section shall
not be construed to prevent the acquisition, pursuant to the provisions
of chapter forty-six of the code of Virginia, by any company incorporated
for the work of internal improvement, of any of the lands of the said
association.

5. The said association may hold fairs or exhibitions at such times
as it may deem proper, not exceeding thirty davs in any one vear, and
nav adopt all necessary regulations for governing the same, and may,
under such regulations as the board of directors may deem proper and
expedient during such fairs or exhibitions, permit the speeding of horses
and racing upon the grounds of the said association: provided, however,
that the said association shall not be authorized hereunder to acquire for
its purposes more than one hundred acres of land, or to hold its fairs or
exhibitions at more than one point or place in the state of Virginia.

6. The said association shall have authority to appoint and organize
a sufficient police force for the maintenance and preservation of order
upon its grounds, and may call upon the county, state or municipal offi-
cers where its grounds are located to assist in maintaining order and the
prevention of crime; the police force so appointed by said association to
possess all the authority and powers of constables in matters of arrest
and in serving warrants of a criminal nature; the compensation of said
police force to be fixed by the board of directors of said association and
to be paid out of its funds. The chairman af the board of directors shall
be, and he is, hereby clothed with all the powers of a conservator of the
peace during the period of holding its fairs or exhibitions upon the
grounds of said association.

%. The board of directors are authorized and required to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating liquors and all games of chance upon the grounds of
the said association, and within a radius of a mile at or during the time
of holding its said fairs or exhibitions; but nothing herein contained
shall be construed to interfere with legally licensed places of business
outside of the enclosure of the said association.

8. The annual exhibition of said association shall be held at some place
hereafter to be selected by the board of directors, either in Pulaski, Mont-
gomery, Roanoke or Wythe counties, and the association shall charge such
admission fees to its grounds to witness its fairs or exhibitions as its
board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe, and may offer prizes,
premiums, awards or purses, to be competed or contested for, as the board
of directors may determine, and may grant such licenses and privileges
to exhibitors and others, charge such compensation therefor as the board
of directors may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this charter.

9. The said association shall be exempt from the payment of all charter
fees, state, county or municipal taxes upon its property and stock, and
during the time of the holding of its exhibitions or fairs all persons,
whether exhibitors or otherwise, holding licenses or privileges from the
said association shall be exempt from all state, county or municipal
license taxes.

10. The provisions of this charter shall, in all matters connected with
said association or its operations, or in relation to the conduct of its
affairs and the management of its business, govern and control and all
acts or parts of acts in conflict with this charter are hereby repealed, so
far as they may relate to or restrict the rights, powers, privileges or
franchises of said charter herein granted.

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