Chap. 29.—An ACT to cre the Barrack Institute in the county
of Washington..

Passed December 20, 1866.

Whereas Solomon G. Barrack, late of Washington county,
did, by last will and testament, bequeath a certain sum of
money to be devoted to the erection and endowment of a
seminary of learning in the said county of Washington, in
the following words, to wit:

“Item 3d. I give and devige to Leonidas Love three cer-
tain tracts or parcels of land lying and being in Washington
county aforesaid, on the north side of the South fork of Hol-
ston ‘river, and on the waters of the same, and upon which
James E. Love now resides; for which said tracts of land
the said Leonidas Love has already executed his bond to me
for the snm of twenty-two hundred dollars, due and payable
on the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
bearing interest from the date. And I direct this sum of
twenty-two hundred dollars‘and the proceeds of the sale of
the two tracts of land, and all other property devised to my
mother during her life, and at. her death to my half sister,
Catharine Buchanan, during her life, should she die without
issue, as well as the proceeds of a tract of land which I own
in. Indiana, and all the other property, of every description,
of which I may die possessed, after the payment of the de-
vises hereinafter mentioned, be held by my executor or in-
vested by him upon undoubted sesurity as a sqKool fund, and
the interest, after the first day of January, eighteen hundred
and fifty-three, is to be appropriated towards the payment of
the salary of a competent teacher to teach school at a school
house which I wish to be erected on a certain piece of land,
upon which myself and James Cole consented a church and
school house might be erected some years ago; and for the
erection of the said school house, I hereby direct that two
hundred dollars of the interest on Leonidas Love’s bond to
me for two thousand and two hundred dollars, which may
be due before eighteen hundred and fifty-three, be appro-
priated by my executor; and I further direct, that no one
sect or denomination shall have any power or control over
said school house. And, if it should be that the school house
should not be erected on said piece of land, or that there
should be objection thereto, then I wish the school house to
‘be erected near that piece of land, so as to be convenient to
the neighborhood in which the said piece of land lieth. It
is further my will and desire, that the interest upon the fund
hereby created, be expended yearly under the direction of
Leonidas Love, David Jones, Oscar Love and Charles Meek,
and they are hereby appointed commissioners for. the pur-
pose: and any vacancy which shall at any time occur, either
by death, resignation or removal in the board hereby consti-
tuted, I direct shall be filled by the survivors or those re-
maining, and those who may be patrons of the school when
such vac&incy occurs.. I constitute Leonidas Love as the pre-
sident and treasurer of this board of school commissioners;
and if at any time heréafter another treasurer should be ap-
pointed for this board, I direct that be be required to give
undoubted security for the faithful discharge of his duties;
and I order and direct that the treasurer of the said school
fund shall be paid or receive for his services ten per centum
on the money whieh he pays out as heretofore directed, 1. e.,
the interest for the school fund.” ,

In .order, therefore, to make available the above. named
bequest,

1. Be it enacted by the gengral assembly of Virginia, That
David Jones, Oscar Love and Charles Meek, their associates
‘and successors, be and ‘they are hereby incorporated by the
name and atyle of the Trustees of the Barrack Institute; by
which name they shall have perpetual succession and a com-
mon sea], may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and
purchase, take and hold lands, goods and chattels: provided,
that the amount or value of property to be held by said in-
stitute shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars.

2. In accordance with the provisions of the will of the
said Solomon G. Barrack, the members of the association
above incorporated, shall have power to appoint and remove
officers and teachers, to require bond and security of the trea-
surer for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and
to make all such by-laws, rules and regulations, not contrary
to the laws of this state and of the United States, as they
may deem proper for the good of the institute.

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