Chap. 771.—An ACT to incorporate the Society of the colonial dames of
America in the state of Virginia.

Approved March 7, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Mistress William Russell Robinson, Mistress James Lyons, Mistress
Simon Boliver Buckner, Mistress Herbert A. Claiborne, Mistress Lucy
Carter Trent, Mistress George W. Mayo, Mistress Reginald Gilliam,
Mistress Mathew F. Pleasants, Mistress James H. Dooley, Mistress
Annie B. Camm, Mistress Charles W. Coleman, Mistress Roger A.
Pryor, Mistress William LL. Royall, Mistress John F. T. Anderson,
Miss M. G. McClelland, Miss Annie Rose Walker, and such other
persons as may be associated with them, and their successors, are
hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate
by the name and style of the Society of the colonial dames of
America in the state of Virginia, and by that name shall be known
in law, and shall have perpetual suceession and a common seal, with
the right to change the same at pleasure, and shal] have a right to sue
and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to enjoy all the
rights and privileges and be subject to all the regulations and re-
strictions incident to similar corporations under the general laws of
the commonwealth.

2. The object of said corporation shall be to preserve that Virginia
spirit which was so prominent and so potent in establishing and
maintaining those great principles of virtue and patriotism which
led to the independence of the colonies, as well as to commemorate
the brilliant achievements of the founders of this great republic; to
the end that the women as well as the men of this land may be
stimulated to nobler and better lives, an object which may in no
wise be more surely accomplished than by the perpetuation of our
country’s legends, the encouragement of research into her history,
and by the preservation and transmission to the future of the record
of the noble lives and actions which made the colonial period so
rich in its benefit to our country.’

3. The principal office of the said corporation shall be in the city
of Richmond, Virginia.

4. The members of said corporation shall have authority to adopt
a consitution and by-laws, to prescribe rules and regulations for its
government and the promotion of its interests, for the admission
and expulsion of its members and to amend the same.

5. The officers of the said corporation shall consist of a president,
two vice-presidents, a recording secretary, a treasurer, register, a his-
torian and a board of managers, and such other officers as may be
deemed necessary; and they shall be elected in such manner and at
such times, and shall hold office for such terms and perform such
duties as the constitution and by-laws shall prescribe.

6. Said corporation may acquire property by gift, devise or pur-
chase, and may use, manage and dispose of the same in such man-
ner a8 may be deemed best to advance the objects of its incorpora-
tion.

7. All the property, real, personal or mixed, which said corpora-
tion now owns or may hereafter acquire by gift, purchase or other-
wise, shall be exempt from all state, county and city taxes or levies.

8. The amount of real estate which the corporation may hold at
any time shall not exceed five thousand acres.

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