Chap. 77.—An ACT to Protect Fish in the North Branch of Shenan-
doah River.

Approved February 17, 1876.

1. Be it. enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be
lawful for any person to catch or take fish in the north branch
of the Shenandoah river, in the county of Shenandoah, by
means of fish-dams, or fish. pots, or seines, dip-nets, set-nets,
or by any other method than by angling, or with the out-
line, for the period of five years from the passage of this act.

2. Any person violating‘ this act shall pay a fine of ten
dollars for each offence, recoverable before a justice of the
peace of the county in which the offence was committed, or
in which the offender may reside, which fine shall be appro-
priated to the fund in support of the county poorhouse of the
county in which the offence was committed.

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

Chap. 78—An ACT to incorporate The Free Will Benevolent and
Cemetery Society of Front Royal, in Warren county.

Approved February 17, 1876.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Jeseph Dixon, Alexander Johnson, Daniel Steel, Thornton
Tansey, Snowden Robinson, Charles A. Walker, Ray John-
son, Hartley McCloud, Benjamin Mariller, and Willis Beeden,
and all others who now are or may hereafter become mem-
bers of the association, be and they are hereby constituted a
body politic and corporate, under the name and style of The
Free Will Benevolent and Cemetery Society of Front Royal,
in Warren county; and by this name shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal; may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded; they may make such by-laws and regula-
tions for the government of their society as they may think
proper, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the

nited States. .

2. They shall have power to purchase, receive, and hold,
to them and their successors forever, any lot or lots of land
in the county of Warren not exceeding twenty acres.

3. The objects of the association shall be to give aid to the
sick, and bury the dead, and to care for the orphan children
of the members of the said society.

4, The treasurer shall receive all moneys accruing to the
society and property delived to his care. Before entering on
the discharge of his duties, he shall give bond, with such se-
curity and in such penalty as the society may direct, made
payable to the society, and conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties; and the society may obtain a judgment
for the amount thereof, or for any special delinquencies of the
treasurer, on motion, in any court of record, against the said
treasurer and his securities, his or their executors or admin-
istrators, upon giving thirty days previous notice of such
motion.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.