CHAP. 519.—An ACT to grant to the Association for the preserva-
tion of Virginia antiquities all the title and interest of the State
in certain portions of Jamestown island, and to confer upon
said association the power to condemn lands.

Approved March 1, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That all the right, title, and interest of the state of Vir-
ginia to and in the church-yard, church-lot, and grave-
yard in and upon Jamestown island be, and the same is
hereby, granted and transferred to the Association for the
preservation of Virginia antiquities, and the said associa-
tion shall own and hold the same forever for the purposes
prescribed in its charter.

2. All the franchises, rights and powers contained in
chapter forty-six of the code of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven are hereby conferred upon said association,
and it shall be deemed an internal improvement company
for the purpose of acquiring by condemnation such addi-
tional land upon said Jamestown island as shall be nec-
essary for ample ingress and egress to and from all sides
of said church-yard, church-lot and grave-yard, and par-
ticularly from the said church-yard, church-lot, and grave-
yard to and from the main land on one side and the river
on the other, and to erect, if the said association shall
deem necessary, a bridge connecting said island with the
main land, and for that purpose to have the further right
to condemn a site or sites sufficient for the erection and
placing of said bridge.

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