CHAP. 199.—An ACT to incorporate the Old Folks Home of the
First African Baptist church, Richmond, Virginia.

Approved February 12, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the. general assembly of Virginia,
That Richard J. Bass, Benjamin Harris, Matthew Hopes,
Christopher Wilkerson, and William F. Brown, and their
successors be, and are hereby, incorporated under the
name of the old folks home of the first African Baptist
church of Richmond, Virginia, with power to hold prop-
erty, real and personal, not exceeding one hundred thou-
sand dollars in value, to sue and be sued, to make contracts,
and to do all other things necessary for the attainment of
the purposes of this corporation.

2. The said corporation shall have power to adopt a
constitution, to enact by-laws not in conflict with the con-
stitution and laws of this commonwealth, to associate
others with themselves, and to delegate the administration
to a board of managers or such other agents as they may
select.

3. The object of this corporation shall be to take care
of such aged and infirm persons as may be entitled under
its constitution.and by-laws.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHAP 200.—An ACT to establish a corporation court for the city
of Bristol in Washington county.

Approved February 12, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virgina,
That there shall be, and is hereby, established for the city
of Bristol, in Washington county, a corporation or hust-
ings court, to be held by the city judge of said city on the
first Monday in each month, and for a term not to exceed
twenty days in each month; but the judge of said
court may from time to time change the day on which
said court is to commence.

2. The said court shall have concurrent original juris-
diction with the circuit court of Washington county to hear
and determine all cases at law and in chancery, respectively,
arising within said city or within one mile of the corpo-
rate limits thereof.

3. The said court shall, within the limits aforesaid, have
jurisdiction to hear and determine all motions, matters,
and things made cognizable by any statute authorized by
law to be done by or in the circuit court or corporation
courts of the commonwealth.

4. The said court shall, within the limits aforesaid,
have the same jurisdiction as the circuit courts and the
same jurisdiction as the county courts over all offenses
committed within said limits, and shall have such orgi-
nal, concurrent, and appellate jurisdiction conferred by
law on the county courts of the commonwealth of all
matters arising within said city or within one mile of the
corporation limits of said city, and also such jurisdiction
over such offenses as is conferred by the general law upon
corporation courts. The jurisdiction conferred by this
section shall be exclusive of all other courts, except that
all indictments, presentments, and informations pending
in the county and circuit court of Washington county
shall be proceeded with in the courts of said county until
the same are finally concluded and ended.

5. The said court shall have exclusive original jurisdic-
tion to hear and determine al] cases at law or in chancery,
and over all matters and things which may become the
subject matters of suits or proceedings in court arising
under the charter of said city or other laws relating thereto,
and all cases of contested elections in said city.

6. The said court and judge thereof in vacation shall
possess the same jurisdiction and powers, and shall per-
form the same duties as are vested in and imposed upon
other corporation courts and the judges thereof by any
statute relating to corporation courts, or by general law.

7. The circuit court of Washington county shall con-
tinue to have concurrent jurisdiction to hear and deter-
mine all cases at law and in chancery, except in such
cases as by the provisions of this act exclusive jurisdic-
tion is given to the said corporation court. All cases and
proceedings at law or in chancery now pending in said
circuit court shall be proceeded with in said circuit court
until the same are finally concluded or ended, unless the
same shall be removed to said ‘corporation court by con-
sent of parties in interest.

8. The judge of the said corporation court shall receive
an annual salary of not less than seven bundred and fifty
dollars nor more than, one thousand dollars, to be fixed by
the council of the city of Bristol, to be paid as provided
by law; and the said judge shall qualify by taking the
oath required by law within thirty days after he receives
his commission, said oath to be taken before any notary
public or any clerk of a court of record.

9. The said court and the judge thereof shall have the
same jurisdiction and powers and shall perform the same
duties in summoning and impaneling of grand juries and
other juries, civil and criminal, as are now by law vested
in and imposed on the circuit and corporation courts of
this commonwealth and the judges thereof.

10. It shall be lawful for the judge of the said court,
after he is qualified, to appoint a clerk, a commonwealth’s
attorney, and a sergeant, a commissioner of the revenue,
and such other officers as he may be authorized by law to
appoint, who shall hold their offices until their successors
have been elected and qualified.

11. The said corporation court, or the judge thereof in
vacation, shall have general control of the rooms necessary
for said court and clerk’s offices, and shall have the power
to procure such stationery, books, records, furniture, and
fixtures as such court or judge may deem necessary and
proper for the use of said court, the same to be paid for
on order of the court out of the treasury of said city,
except where otherwise provided.

12. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed.

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