Chap. 37.—An ACT to provide under certain conditions for the conveyance
of real property occupied by a church. [li B 12]

Approved February 12, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That in
any case in which a church has been in undisputed possession for a

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period of twenty-five years or more, of real estate which has been
donated but not conveyed to such church and neither the donor nor
any of his heirs can be found, then the trustees of said church, after
having given notice for once a week for four consecutive weeks in
some newspaper published in, or having a general circulation in the
county or city in which such real estate is located, may petition the
sircuit court of such county, or the corporation court of such city,
which petition shall set out all the facts in regard to the donation
as well as the use and occupation of said real estate. Upon the
nearing of such petition, the court, upon satisfactory proof that the
said real estate was donated and had been used, as set forth in the
petition shall appoint a special commissioner to convey the said real
state to the trustees of the said church.