Chap. 41.—An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia Law Society.
Approved April 2, 1870. |

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That William
Green, Jno. B. Baldwin, Wood Bouldin, James Neeson, Johr
L. Marye, Jr., William McLaughlin, James Lyons, Andrew
Hunter, Wm. A. Maury, W. W. Gordon, L. R. Page, Wm
W. Crump, R. T. Daniel, Robert Ould, Henry A. Wise, Ro.
bert Styles, Isaac H. Carrington, B. R. Wellford, Marmaduke
Johnson, Thomas J. Evans, R. H. Christian, Wm. H. Macfar.
land, A. M. Keiley, A. R. Courtney, Muscoe Garnett, Charles
Herndon, Alfred Morton, James C. Taylor, John A. Meredith.
Sherwin McRae, and such other persons as may, with thei
consent, be hereafter associated with them, shall be a corpora:
tion for the advancement of legal science, the promotion 0:
law reform, and the cultivation of kindly professional and per.
sonal intercourse among the lawyers of Virginia.

2. The members of the society may elect a directory to con:
sist of a president and four directors, who shall have full au.
thority.to prescribe rules for the government of the society.
the management of its property, and the conduct of its busi
ness, so that such rules be not inconsistent with the laws o:
Virginia, and shall be subject to the control of the members in
general meeting.

3. The directory shall have authority to increase its number.
provided that its members shall not exceed thirteen.

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