Chap. 50.—An ACT to incorporate the Hydraulion Steam Fire Engine

; Company of Alexandria.

Passed January li, 1867.

Whereas it is represented to the general assembly that the
Hydraufion company of Alexandria was instituted in the year
eighteen hundred.and twenty-seven, for the purpose of' pro-
tecting the property of said city against fire, and that the
members thereof are provided with a complete and efficient
apparatus for that purpose, have adopted rules and regula-
tions for the government of said company; and in order to
give effect to the said rules and regulations, as well as to such
as may hereafter be made, have prayed that an act of incor-
poration may: pass in their favor, to enable them more effec-
tually to carry into complete operation the object of their
association: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Benjamin Barton, Richard L. Carne, Jr., Stephen Swain, Ar-
thur C. Kell, William S. Carne, John A. Travers, William
G. Simpson, William H. Smith, Richard Purcell and James
M. Stewart, and such other persons as are now or may here-
after become members, shall be and .they are hereby created
a body corporate and politic, by the name, style and title of
The Hydraulion Steam Fire Engine Company of Alexandria;
and by that name shall have continual succession, and be
capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
defend and be defended, in any court of law or equity in this
commonwealth or elsewhere; and make, have and use one
common seal, and the same to alter or renew at their pleasure.

2. And be it further enacted, That the said Hydraulion
steam fire engine company shall assemble at such times and
places as may have been, or may be hereafter agreed upon,
to establish and put in execution such by-laws, rules and
regulations as to them shall seem conducive to the welfare
of the company, and to the interest and orderly management
thereof, the same not being inconsistent with the laws of
this commonwealth or of the United States; and if any
member shall refuse or neglect to pay any fine imposed upon
him under such by-laws or regulations, the same may be col-
lected by warrant before any justice of the peace for the
county of Alexandria.

3. And be it further enacted, That said Hydraulion steam
fire engine company shall be and is hereby made capable in
law of holding, purchasing, receiving and enjoying any real
or personal property whatever, and of granting, alienating
and disposing of the same in such manner as they shall think
proper: provided 'the entire value of the property in their
possession, at any one time, shall not exceed one hundred
thousand dollars. . :

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

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