Chap. 245.—An ACT to incorporate the Irish Emigrant Aid Society of
Virginia,

Passed February 26, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Stephen Mason, John M. Higgins, P. G. Coghlan, William
English, John Hagan, William E. Simons, A. J. Byrnes,
James Golden, James Murphy, James H. Dooley, James
Smith, P. F. Boyle and John McGowan, and such other per-
sons as may hereafter be associated with them, be and they
are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corpo-
rate, under the name-and style of The Irish Emigrant Aid
Society of Virginia, subject, however, to the provisions of
the Code of Virginia, or any laws amendatory thereof, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this act. ,

2. The objects of said‘ society are to afford aid and infor-
mation to émigrants, and generally to promote their welfare.

3. The said. society may take, by purchase or gift, and
hold, by lease or rental, and rent out or lease, mortgage, sell,
transfer or convey, real and personal estate, to an amount
not excéeding at any one time one hundred thousand dollars.

4. The control and disposal of the funds, property and
estate, and the direction and management of the concerns of
the society, including the framing of a constitution, by-laws,
rules and regulations, not inconsistent with. the constitution
and laws of this state, or of the United States, shall be vested
in a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and
nine other persons, to be designated the executive committee.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to repeal, modification or amendment, at the pleasure
of the general assembly. °