CHAP. 237.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act
entitled an act to authorize the sheriff of Albemarle county to
execute > process and to serve notices in the city of Charlottesville,
approved January 24, 1890.

Approved February 17, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one of an act entitled an act to authorize the
sheriff of Albemarle county to execute process and to serve
notices in the city of Charlottesville, approved January
twenty-four, eighteen hundred and ninety, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the sheriff of Albemarle county shall have authority
within the corporate limits of the city of Charlottesville to
execute all process upon or against a resident of said
county, and to serve all notices upon any resident of said
county.

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

CH ap. 238.—An ACT to incorporate Belmont seminary at Liberty.

Approved February!7, 1890. ;

Whereas the session and members of the Presbyterian
church at Liberty, Virginia, are desirous of establishing
a female seminary; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That Edward D. Washburn, John F. Curtis, James R. Guy,
Joshua W. Thomas, and David Wade, be, and they are
hereby, made a body politic by the name and style of the
trustees of Belmont seminary, for the purpose of conduct-
ing a seminary for girls and young ladies, for boarding and
day scholars, and for teaching and giving instruction in all
the various studies and courses of instruction usually
prescribed in schools and colleges of the highest grade,
and by the above name shall have perpetual succession
and a common seal; may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, with power to hold, receive, and purchase to
them and their successors forever, lands, tenements, money,
and other chattels, and dispose of and manage the same as
shall seem best for the said seminary and school: pro-
vided, that the land so held and acquired shall not exceed
fifty acres, nor the money or other chattels the sum of one
hundred thousand doliars; and provided, further, that the
session of the Presbyterian church at Liberty, Virginia,
may, at any time hereafter, increase the number of the
trustees to twenty, and that not less than two-thirds of
the trustees, for the time being, shall be sufficient to au-
thorize the sale or mortgage of any real estate belonging
to the said corporation.

2. The trustees and their successors shall have full
power to borrow money for erecting and enlarging build-
ings, and for such other purposes as in their judgment
may conduce to the benefit of the said institution, on the
faith and security of said real and personal estate of said
corporation, and to pledge, mortgage, or encumber the
same by deed of trust or otherwise therefor, and shall have
full power to remove any one or more of their number from
time to time, and with power to the session of said church
to fill such vacancies with persons to be selected by said
session, and-any vacancies among the trustees occasioned
by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, shall be sup-
plied by the session of said church.

3. The said trustees and their successors shall have full
power to appoint a president, treasurer, secretary, profes-
sors, tutors, and such other officers as they may deem proper,
and may at such times and places and in such manner and
form as they may deem best, confer and bestow on its
pupils and graduates diplomas and certificates of distinc-
tion and graduation, and shall have full power to make and
establish from time to time any and all such by-laws, rules,
and reyulations, not contrary to the laws of this state, as
they may deem proper. A majority of the trustees shall
constitute a board for the transaction of business, except
as otherwise provided in this charter:

4. The said board of trustees shall have power, either by

themselves or their agents, to take and receive subscriptions
for said institution, and in case any person shall fail to
pay his or her subscription, to enforce the payment thereof
by suit.
'.5. And if at any time, or from any cause, the said insti-
tution shall cease to exist, then all of its property shall be
converted into money by said trustees and their successors,
and paid over to the trustees of the Presbyterian church
at Liberty, Virginia, to be held by them for the benefit of
the session of the said Presbyterian church.

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