CHAPTER 412

An Act to authorize the Governor to accept, on behalf of the Common
‘wealth, certain properties of the Confederate Memorial Literary So-
ciety; and to provide for the creation of a Board of Trustees to ad-

minister such properties and to take, hold and expend certain funds
in connection therewith.

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Whereas, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society is desirous of
constructing a museum adjacent to the White House of the Confederacy
for the purpose of better preserving and displaying the exhibits now
housed in that building and in the Lee House, located at 707 East Franklin
Street in Richmond, and subsequently conveying such properties and their
contents, valued at several million dollars, to the Commonwealth without
cost; now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Governor is hereby authorized to accept, in the name of the
Commonwealth, the property known as The White House of the Con-
federacy, any building or buildings which may be erected by the Confed-
erate Memorial Literary Society, and the property known as The Lee
House, located at 707 East Franklin Street in the city of Richmond,
together with any moneys or other assets, including items being housed
and displayed in such buildings or any of them, belonging to the Con-
federate Memorial Literary Society.

§ 2. Such buildings and the contents thereof shall thereafter be
preserved and maintained for historic purposes by the Commonwealth.
Upon the transfer of title to such property to the Commonwealth, the
Governor shall appoint a Board of Trustees consisting of thirteen persons
appointed from the State at large, which shall thereafter be charged with
the preservation and maintenance of such properties and the administra-
tion of any funds which may be received or donated by the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society or from any other source. The members of
such Board first appointed shall be appointed four for terms of four years,
four for terms of three years, four for terms of two years, and one for a
term of one year. Subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four
years except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the un-
expired terms.

§ 3. The Board shall appoint a treasurer, who shall have custody
of its funds and shall be bonded in such amount as the Board may de-
termine. Expenditures from such funds shall be made by the treasurer
as the Board directs, for any purpose, in the discretion of the Board,
consonant with the purpose for which the same are donated.

§ 4. The Board is authorized to fix and charge, and collect, admission
fees to the buildings under its custody and control, and to expend moneys
80 received in the upkeep, maintenance and operation of such buildings
ax historic shrines.