Chap. 92.—An ACT to incorporate the American mutual benefit society.

Approved January 29, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Galen
H. Coon, of the city of New York, New York; H. W. Flournoy, Taze-
well Ellett, S. Galeski, L. L. Powell, Grayson Burress, Philip B.
Sheild and T. H. Fox, of the city of Richmond, Virginia, and their
associates, successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, constituted a
body corporate and politic, by the name of the American mutual
benefit society, and by that name shall be known in law, and shall
have perpetual succession, and shall have power to sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in all courts, and may make and have a
common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall have, exercise
and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges pertaining to corpo-
rate bodies, and necessary for the purposes hereinafter set forth; and
may make a constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations consistent
with the existing laws of the state, for the government of all under
its authority, for the management of its estates and properties, and
for the due and orderly conduct of its affairs; the general objects of
said society being:

First. To fraternally unite all persons of sound bodily health and
good moral character.

Second. To give all material aid in its power to its members and
those dependent on them.

Third. To establish a fund for the relief of sick and distressed
members, and for the payment of benefits after certain periods of
membership.

Fourth. To establish a benefit funeral fund from which the family
or dependents of members of said society who ehall have complied
with al] its rules and regulations, and on satisfactory evidence that
the necessities of whose family require such aid, may receive, at the
death of such member, a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars.
2. The said society may acquire and own real estate not to exceed
one hundred acres at any one time, and its principal office shall be
in the city of Richmond.

3. All taxes and debts due the state shall be paid in money, and
not in coupons. ,

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.