CHAP. 5988.—An ACT to incorporate the Friendship fire company,
No. 1, of Winchester, Virginia.

Approved March 5, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That James M. Haymaker, Richard Osbourn, V. W. Striker,
Stuart A. Seabright, J. E. Correll, and their successors and
associates, consisting of such persons as now are or may
hereafter become members of the above-named Friend-
ship fire company, number one, of Winchester, Virginia,
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the
name and style of the Friendship fire company, number
one, of Winchester, Virginia, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession and a common seal, may contract
and be contracted with, sue and be sued, may acquire, re-
ceive, hold, possess, and enjoy, and may rent, sell, convey,
invest, and otherwise manage and dispose of, as to them
may seem most conducive to the interest of said company,
all lands, money, or other property, real or personal, which
may have been or may be hereafter given or otherwise ac-
quired for the use of said company: provided, that a
unanimous vote of the trustees herein above named, for
the time being, and their successors, shall be required to
authorize the sale or mortgage of any real or personal pro-
perty belonging to said company, and the said trustees
and their successors shall hold office no longer than they
shall remain members of said company, or until their suc-
cessors shall enter upon the discharge of their duties a8
trustees.

2. The amount of land so held by said trustees for per-
manent use shall not exceed one acre, and the sum of
money and value of personal property acquired and held
as above shal] not exceed ten thousand dollars.

3. The said trustees above named shall hold their offices
until their successors are duly elected under the provi-
sions of the by-laws adopted by said company, and shall
be subject to all other provisions of said by-laws.

4. The said board of trustees may exact bonds, with
good security, from such officers of said company, and in
such penalties as may be required by the by-laws of said
company, with condition for the faithful discharge of
their duties.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall
be subject to amendment, modification, or repeal at the
pleasure of the general assembly.