Chap. 149.—An ACT to. incorporate the Odd Fellows Relief and Li-
brary Association, of the City of Staunton.

Approved March 8, 18765.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Michael
G. Harman, William i. Peyton, James J. A. Trotter, David
Kunkle, Alexander G. Points, Thomas J. Crowder and such
others as may hereafter be associated with them, bo and they
are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under the’
name aud style of The Odd Fellows’ Relief and Library As-
sociation, of the city of Staunton, for the purpose of pur-
chasing books and erecting a building in the city ot Staun-
ton, to be used as an Odd Fellows’ hall and a public library
room; and to that end all the estate, real and personal, ac-
quired by them for the purposes aforesaid, whether by pur-
chase, gift, devise or donation in any way, shall be vested in
said corporation for the purfioses and objects aforesaid: pro-
vided, that the amount of property held at any one time
shall not exceed in value one hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars. ,
2. The said corporation is hereby invested with power to
buy, sell and deal in real and personal property, and upon
such terms and in such manner as to them shall seem most
expedient, and best calculated to effect the objects and par-
poses aforesaid. The said corporation may sell at private
sale, or expose to public auction, or in such other manner as
to them shall seem judicious, all or any part of their real and
personal estate, so that nothing shall be done or performed
in conflict with or violation of the provisions of the consti-
tution and laws of Virginia: provided, that the property to
be held and owned by the said company, shall not be exempt
from any tax imposed by the laws of the state on other pro-
perty of similar character; nor shall anything herein con-
tained be construed as exempting the company from any
license tax required by the general law.

3. This act sball be in force from its passage, and bo sub-
ject to amendment or repeal at the pleasure of the gencral
assembly.