CHAP. 296.—An ACT to amend the charter of the Wesleyan Female
Institute.

Approved March 9, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the charter
of the Wesleyan Female institute, at Staunton, passed the six-
teenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and the
act passed on the twenty-second day of March, eighteen hun-
dred and fifty-three, amending and re-enacting the first and
second sections of said charter, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows, namely: First. That John S. Marten, J.
Hoffman Waugh, R. R. 8. Hough, S. 8. Roszell, A. A. Eskridge,
J.S. Gardner, John Landstreet, J. S. Clarke, J. J. Engle, J.C.
Dice, William Milnes, Junior, Moses Walton, J. W. F. Alle-
mong, A. D. Trotter, J. H. H. Figgat, Thornton Berry, S. B.
Williams, Colonel J. W. Watts, W. W. Ballard and J. W. New-
ton be and they are hereby constituted and made.a body cor-
porate by the name and style of The Trustees of the Wesleyan
Female Institute, and by that name shall have perpetual suc-
cession and a common seal, may sue and be sued, plead and be
impleaded, with power to purchase, receive and hold to them
and their successors forever, any lands, tenements, rents, goods
and chattels of what kind soever which may be purchased by or
be devised or given to them for the use of said institute, and
to lease, sell, rent or otherwise dispose of the same in such
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manner as shall seem most conducive to the interest of said
institute: provided, that the lands, goods and chattels so
authorized to be held shall not exceed in amount or value the
sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and provided
further, that the majority of said trustees or their successors
may, at any time hereafter, increase the number of trustees to
twenty, and that not less than a majority of the trustees for
the time being shall be sufficient to authorize the sale or mort-
gage of any real estate belonging to said institute.

2. That the trustees and their successors shall have power
to appoint a president, treasurer, tutors and such other officers
as they may deem proper, and make and establish, from time
to time, such by-laws, rules and regulations, not contrary to
the laws of this state or of the United States, as they may
judge to be proper for the good government of said board and
of said institute. Seven of the trustees shall constitute a board
for the transaction of business, except such as is mentioned in
the preceding section, and any vacancy or vacancies amongst
the trustees, occasioned either by death, resignation or other

disability, shall be filled by appointment of the board.

3. The treasurer shall receive all moneys accruing to the in-
stitute or property delivered to his care, and shall pay or deliver
the same to the order of the board. Before entering upon the
discharge of his duties he shall give bond with such security
and in such penalty as the board may direct, made payable to
the trustees for the time being and their successors, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of his duty, under such
rules and regulations as may be adopted by the board, and it
shall be lawful for the trustees to obtain a judgment for the
amount thereof, or for any special delinquency incurred by
said treasurer on motion in any court of record in this com-
monwealth against the said treasurer and his security or secu-
rities, his or their executors or administrators, upon giving ten
days’ notice of such motion.

4. The said board of trustees shall have the power, either by
themselves or their agents, to take and tu receive subscriptions
for said institute, and in case any person shall fail to pay his
or her subscription, to enforce the payment thereof by warrant
before a magistrate or by motion in any court of record in this

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giving ten days’ notice of such motion.
5. This act shall be in force from its passage.