Chap. 850.—An ACT for the relief of Alex. Duval, a disabled Confederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the audi-
tor of public accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to list Alex. Duval
for a pension of fifteen dollars: provided, however, that before the audi-
tor shall be allowed to place the name of said Alex. Duval on such list
the said Alex. Duval shall prove before the county court of Buckingham
county by competent and sufHcient testimony that he is suffering from
a wound and disability which prevents him from performing manual
labor, contracted by him in the military service of the state; and said
Duval shall produce to the auditor of public accounts the certificate of

said court showing the proof and testimony aforesaid, and that said court
is satisfied as to the truth and correctness of the same.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chapp. 851.—An ACT to incorporate the Home for needy Confederate women.
Approved March 3, 1598.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Mistress
B. F. Chesley, Mistress C. A. Stratton, Mistress M. A. Riddick, Mistress
E. V. Johnson, Mistress M. A. Burgess, Mistress Ida Lynch, Mistress
M. B. Northern and Miss Alice V. Loehr, their associates and success-
ors, be, and they are hereby, created a hody politic and corporate by
the name of the Home for needy Confederate women, and in and by
that name the said corporation may sue and be sued, implead and be
impleaded. It may also adopt a corporate seal, and alter or amend. it
at pleasure. It may also adopt all such by-laws and regulations for its
government and the conduct of its affairs as it may deem requisite and
as may not be inconsistent with law.

2. The purpose for which the said corporation is formed is the estab-
lishment and conduct of a home for the needy widows, wives, sisters
and daughters of Confederate soldiers.

3. The said corporation shall have power to acquire the title to and
hold land or other property for the purpose of establishing and con-
ducting the home aforesaid; and it shall have the right to receive dona-
tions either from states, socicties, corporations or individuals; and it
shall also have power to administer the said home, and funds donated
to sustain and carry on the same, either through its officers and board
of directors, consisting only of women, or through such agency con-
sisting either of women alone, or of men and women, as in the judg-
ment of the board of directors may be deemed most expedient.

4. Inasmuch as a work of charity, and not pecuniary gain, is the
object for which this charter is granted, the members of this corpora-
tion shall not be considered stockholders in the legal sense of the term;
and no dividends or profits shall ever be divided amongst them; nor
shall there be any individual or personal liability for corporate del ts,
but the entire corporate property only shall be liable for such debts.

9. The means, income and corporate property, of whatever kind,
shall never be used for any business speculation or purpose other than
that for which this corporation is created; and all property held and
used for the purposes set forth in this charter shall be exempt from all
state, county or municipal taxation.

5. Any violation of the provisions of this charter shall render this
corporation liable to dissolution at the instance of the state.

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