CHAPTER 453
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-16.1, as amended, of the Code of Vir-

ginia, relating to contributions by governing bodies of counties, cities
and towns.
[S 258]

Approved March 31. 1960
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-16.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-16.1. The governing bodies of counties, cities and towns are
authorized to make gifts and donations of property, real or personal, or
money to be appropriated from their respective treasuries, to any chari-
table institution or nonprofit or other organization conducting a hospital,
and to any association or other organization furnishing voluntary fire
fighting services, within or without the boundaries of the respective coun-
ties, cities and towns, and to nonprofit recreational associations or organi-
zations; provided the nonprofit recreational association or organization
is not controlled in whole or in part by any church or sectarian society.
Donations of property or money to any such charitable, nonprofit or
other hospital, institution or organization or nonprofit recreational asso-
ciations or organizations may be made for construction purposes for oper-
ating expenses, or both.

Such governing bodies are authorized to make like gifts and donations
from their treasuries to any and all public and private nonprofit organi-
zations and agencies engaged in commemorating historical events.

All such gifts and donations made prior to March fifth, nineteen
hundred fifty nine, are validated hereby.