CHAP. 628.—An ACT to extend the time for organization of th
‘Virginia immigration, land and improvement compauy. ° iz
eorporated by an act approved February 29, 1888, and entitlet «.
uct to incorporate the Virginia immigration, land and iniprmt
ment company.

Approved March 6, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virgin:s
That the Virginia immigration, land and improvemet:'
company chartered under that title by an act of the gener
assembly, approved February twenty-nine, eighteen hat.
dred and eighty-eight, shall be, and is hereby, granted s:
extension of two years in which to organize and commen>
its operations under said charter.

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

CHAP, 629.—An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Sporting ar
Athletic club.

Approved March 6, 1890.

1. Be itenacted by the general assembly of Virginia, Tha’
John M. Bailey, George H. Blood, John L. Wellington, €
W. Bartlett, 8. L. French, their associates and successur.
be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a tw
politic and corporate under the name and style of Virgins
sporting and athletic club, and by that name sball
known in law and have perpetual succession, and have tb
power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, de fra
and be defended in all courts, whether in law or equity:
it may make and have a common seal, and inay alter e:
renew the same at pleasure, and have, enjoy and exerci»
all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises con-
_, sained in this charter, or which may be necessary for the
-. full enjoyment of the rights, privileges and franchises
.. herein contained; it may make by-laws and regulations

_ for the government of all under its authority, the man-
. agement of its properties, and for the due and orderly
conduct of its business and affairs.

_ ‘2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not be
_ less than twenty thousand dollars, nor more than five hun-

dred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares,

the par value of which shall be one hundred dollars each ;

_ and the board of directors may sell said shares of stock or
any part thereof at such prices as they may deem to be
for the best interests of the company, and may receive
real or personal property or services in payment therefor,
at such valuation as may be agreed upon between the
directors and the purchasers.

3. The said company is authorized and empowered to
purchase, hold, own, lease, improve and control] in any
manner, grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, convey, and other-
wise dispose of real and personal properties of any kind:
provided, that the said company shall not own in fee more
than five thousand acres of land in any one county in this
state at any one time. And the said company may con-
struct, own, operate or lease, club-houses, hotels, gymna-
siums, training schools, booths, stands, stables, kennels
or other buildings for the entertainment, lodging, board-
ing or keeping of man and beast upon its own lands, or
upon those leased by it.

4. The said company is hereby authorized to fence or
enclose its lands or any part thereof, and post the same
according to law, and all persons are hereby prohibited and
forbidden to enter upon any of the lands so enclosed or
posted belonging to or leased by said company’ for any
purpose or in any capacity whatsoever, without the con-
sent of the president or manager of said company. Any
person entering upon any of the enclosed or posted lands
belonging to or leased by said company, without such con-
sent. or who being thereon by virtue of any permission or
consent, shall interfere in any way with any athletic
game, race or contest, or with any person or persons en-
gaged in any such game, race, or contest or about to en-
gage therein, or managing any such game, match, or con-
test hetween. individuals, clubs, leagues, or associations, or
“Dy race or contest between horses, sporting dogs, or other
a pimals, or who shall in any way violate any rule or regu-
lation prescribed by the board of directors of said com-
pany, shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful and malicious
trespass and may be summarily ejected from said grounds
by the officers and servants of the said company, and shal]
be liable to be prosecuted and punished as is provided by
law for such trespasses.

5. The said company is authorized to use its lands, or
those leased by it, for the propagation of all kimds of
game, for the breeding, boarding, and traning of horses,
dogs, and other sporting animals; and the said company
is authorized to hold, at any time, fairs, bench shows, or
exhibitions, at which races between horses, and contests
or matches between dogs and other animals may take
place. Individuals, clubs, leagues, or associations may
contend at said fairs and exhibitions, or at any time upon
the grounds of the company for. prizes, at all kinds of ath-
letic games, sports, or contests. The company shall cause
to be promulgated, prior to the holding of a fair, show, or
exhibition of any kind, rules and regulations which shall
govern the same. The judge of the county court of the
county in which the exhibition grounds of the company
may be located shall, upon application by the company,
appoint such persons as the president or manager of said
company may name; and such persons appointed, as afore-
said, shall be authorized to attend any fair or other exhi-
bition held upon said company’s grounds, and to act as
conservators of the peace. They shall have the right and
authority to arrest and eject from the grounds of the com-
pany any person or persons who shall create any disturb-
ance, or who shall commit any breach of the peace, or
violate in any way any of the rules or regulations of the
company. Such persons so appointed, while acting as
conservators of the peace, shall receive as compensation
two dollars per day, to be paid by the said company. At
all fairs or exhibitions of any kind the said company may
offer such prizes, premiums or purses to be competed or
contended for as the board of directors may determine:
and the said company may charge such fees for admission
to its grounds as the board of directors may from time to
time prescribe. The said company may sell membership
certificates, entitling the holders thereof to admission at
all times to its grounds for a term or for the life of the
holder. A certificate of life membership shall be good
only during the life of the person purchasing it, whose
name if shall bear.

6. The three persons first named in this act shall con-
stitute the first board of directors of the said company, one
of whom they shall elect president. They may adopt 4
code of by-laws; they shall appoint a secretary and treas-
urer, and when so organized the secretary shall record said
organization on the books of the said company, a copy ot
which, duly attested by a notary public, shall be received
in all courts and elsewhere as evidence of the legal or-
ganization of the company. The board of directors may,
if desired, change the corporate name of said company. fix
=.rom time to time the amount of the capital stock, and ex-

‘reise all the powers conferred by this charter. It shal}
stall a meeting of the stockholders at any time when re-
. yuested to do so by stockholders holding a majority of the
-sapital stock outstanding. They shall continue in office
-1ntil their successors are elected by the stockholders. The
-stockholders may at its annual meetings fix the number of
-lirectors for the ensuing year, a majority of whom shall
-constitute a quorum for the transaction of: any business.
Each stockholder in the company shall at all meetings of
the stockholders be entitled to one vote for each share of
stock standing in his name ten days prior to the date of
meeting.

7. No stockholder shall ever be liable or held responsi-
ble for its debts or liabilities in a larger or further sum
than the amount of any unpaid balance due to said com-
pany on account of stock purchased at the price agreed
upon from the said company by said stockholder.

8. The provisions of this charter in all matters con-
nected with the said company, or its operations, or in rela-
tion to the conduct of its affairs and the management of
its business, shall govern, and all acts or parts of acts in
conflict with this charter are hereby repealed, so far as
they may, in any way, relate to or restrict the rights,
powers, and privileges of the said company, as herein
granted. In all matters not provided for in its charter,
the said company is declared to be subject to the provis-
ions of the general law regulating and controlling char-
tered companies and corporations.

9. Whenever this corporation shall exercise any of the
privileges conferred by this act, it shall be liable to the
same taxes as may be imposed upon other like corpora-
tions; and it is further provided, that the said taxes
shall be paid in lawful money of the United States and
not in coupons.

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

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