Chap. 9,—An AOT to Incorporate the Alexandria Infirmary.
Approved December 23, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
William N. Berkley, Allen P. Harman, James Green, Charles
P. Shaw, John B. Daingerfield, William Arnold, Jefferson Ta-
cey, William G. Chapman, Reuben Johnston, Hiram O. Claugh-
ton, William A. Boothe, F. L. Smith sr., Rector Smoot, Charles
R. Hooff, C. C. Bradley, John Perry, Enock M. Lowe, Hugh
Latham, George H. Robinson, John T. Creighton, John P. Ag-
new, Andrew Jamison, Lewis McKenzie, Samuel Miller, Wil-
liam Logan, Arthur Herbert, George R. Hill and David G.
Watkins be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and
corporate, by the name and style of “ The Alexandria Infirm-
ary,’ in the city of Alexandria, and by that name shall have per-
petual succession and a common seal, may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, with power to purchase, receive and
hold to them and their successors forever, any lands, tenements,
rents, issues and profits, interest, annuities, goods, chattels, of
whatever kind soever, and donations in money, legacies and de-
vises of real estate which may be purchased by, devised, given
to, or acquired for the use of the said infirmary : provided, how-
ever, that the lands, tenements, rents, issues and profits, inter-
est, annuities, goods and chattels, of what kind soever, and do-
nations in money, legacies and devises of real estate so author-
ized to be taken and held, shall not exceed in amount or value
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars: and provided, fur-
ther, that not less than a majority of the acting trustees for the
time being shall have power to authorize the sale or mortgage
of any real estate belonging to the said infirmary.

2. The said trustees and their successors, or & majority of
those acting, shall have power to appoint a president of the
board, a treasurer, and board of managers, and such other offi-
cers as they may deem necessary, and to make and establish
from time to time such by-laws, rules and regulations, not con-.
trary to the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United
States, as they may Judge necessary for the good government
of the said infirmary. A majority of the acting trustees shall
constitute a board for the transaction of business, and vacancy
or vacancies among the trustees, occasioned by death, resigna-
tion or legal disabilities, shall from time to time be supplied by
the city council of Alexandria.

3. The treasurer shall receive all money accruing to the in-
firmary, and property delivered to his care, and shall pay or
deliver the same to the order of the board. Before he enters
upon the discharge of his duty, he shall enter into bond, with
such security, and in such penalty, as the board may direct,
made payable to the Alexandria Infirmary, and conditioned for
the faithful performance of his duty, under such rules and regu-
lations as may be adopted by the board: and it shall be lawful
for the trustees to obtain a judgment for the amount thereof,
or for any special delinquency incurred by said treasurer, on
motion in any court of record in this commonwealth, against
the said treasurer and his securities, his or their executors or
administrators, upon giving.ten days previous notice of such
motion.

4. The Legislature reserves the right to modify or ‘repeal
this charter.

5. This act shall be in force from the passage thereof.