Chap. 233.—An ACT to permit the Gorham Manufacturing Company, of
Providence, Rhode Island, to make further copies and reproductions of
the Houdon statue of George Washington from the moulds now in pos-
session of the said Gorham manufacturing company, belonging to the
State of Virginia. (S. B. 113.)

_ Approved March 24, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the permission and authority of the State of Virginia be, and the
same are hereby granted to the Gorham Manufacturing Company
of Providence, Rhode Island, to make further copies or reproduc-
tions of the Houdon statue of George Washington, from the moulds
now in possession of the said Gorham Manufacturing Company, be-
longing to the State of Virginia, for any national, State, territorial,
county or municipal government, or for any board or commission
representing any such government, for any university, college,
school, library, art gallery or other educational institution; for any
patriotic society, association, committee, or individual for voluntary
presentation to any of the above mentioned governments, boards.
commission or institutions; or for presentation to any duly organized
board, commission or society having in charge the care and preser-
vation of any historic spot closely related to the history and achieve-
ments of George Washington;

Provided, however, that the marble original of the said statue,
which stands in the rotunda of the State capitol of Virginia, at
Richmond, shall not be used in any way in the making of such
copies or reproductions; and,

Provided, further that there shall be on the plinth of every such
copy or reproduction a fac simile of the great seal of the State of
Virginia and an inscription as follows, to-wit: “Copied from the
original by Houdon. in the State capitol at Richmond by special
permission of the general assembly of Virginia.”

Provided, further, that no such copy shall be made for any of
the persons, firms, corporations or for any of the purposes or objects
above enumerated, except by and with the approval of the governor
cf Virginia, first obtained.

Provided, further, that the original moulds in the possession of
the Gorham Manufacturing Company, the property of the State of
Virginia, shall not be injured in the making of such copies.

And provided, further, that for each copy of the statue made
the Gorham Manufacturing Company shall pay five hundred dol-
lars into the treasury of the State of Virginia, which shall be put to
the credit of the library fund.