Chap. 119.—An ACT ratifying and confirming the action of the
city council of Alexandria, allowing R. E. Lee camp of Confed-
erate veterans to erect a monument to the Confederate dead at
inutersecti» of Prince and Washington streets, in the city of
Alexandria, Virginia,

Approved January 31. 1890.

Whereas R. E. Lee camp of the Confederate veterans
have erected a handsome and expensive monument at the
intersection of Prince and Washington streets, in the
city of Alexandria, dedicated to the memory of the Con-
federate dead; and whereas the city council of Alexan-
dria, by appropriate action, has given its consent to the
erection of said monument; and whereas it is the desire
of said R. E. Lee camp of Confederate veterans, and
also the citizens and inhabitants of said city of Alexan-
dria, that said monument shall remain in its present posi-
tion as a perpetual and lasting testimonial to the courage,
fidelity, and patriotism of the heroes in whose memory it
was erected; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the action of the city council of Alexandria in
granting permission for the erection of said monument,
at the intersection of Prince and Washington streets, in
the city of Alexandria, be, and the same is hereby,
approved, validated, ratified, and confirmed.

2. That said monument shall perpetually remain as at
present erected and located, at the intersection of Prince
and Washington streets, in the said city of Alexandria,
and that the permission so given by the said city council
of Alexandria, for its erection, shal] not be repealed,
revoked. altared, modified, or changed by any future coun-
cil or other municipal power or authority. :

3. This act. shall be in force from its passage.