Chap. 218.—An ACT to authorize the town council of Manassas to pay an
annuity to Isaac P. Baldwin and Wilma E. Baldwin, his wife, in consid:
eration for donation of property for the benefit of said town and Eastern
College.

Approved March 16, 1910.

Whereas, Isaac P. Baldwin and Wilma E. Baldwin, his wife, have
conveyed certain real estate, worth not less than ten thousand dollars
in the town of Manassas, to Eastern College, a non-sectarian school o!
manual, industrial and technical training, located in Manassas, said
conveyance being for the benefit of said Eastern College and town of
Manassas, and being on condition that the council of said town would

y to said Isaac P. Baldwin and Wilma E. Baldwin an annuity of si3
hundred dollars, payable semi-annually, for and during their joint anc
natural lives, and upon the death of one of them to the survivor for anc
during his or her natural life; and
Whereas, the town council of Manassas has contracted to pay said
annuity ; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That said con-
tract to pay said annuity be, and the same is hereby, ratified and con-
firmed.

2. That the town council of Manassas be, and it is hereby, authorized
to make the necessary levy, and to pay said annuity of six hundred
dollars to said Isaac P. Baldwin and Wilma E. Baldwin for and during
their joint and natural lives, and on the death of one of them to the sur-
vivor for and during his or her natural life, said annuity to be payable
semi-annually.

3. Whereas, action of the town authorities at an early date is neces-
sary in order to be effective, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and
this act shall be in force from its passage.