Chap. 144.—An ACT to Incorporate the Trustees of the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication.

Approved March 8, 1873.

Whereas, there is established in the city of Richmond a
benevolent institution which is known as the Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, which has for its object the dissemi-
nation of religious truth by means of the printing and circu-
lation of books, tracts, papers, cards, etc.; and whereas, it is
believed that the facilities of the said committee for the accom-
plishment of its benevolent purposes would be greatly pro-
moted by obtaining an act of incorporation; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
E. Thompson Baird, Charles Gennet, Moses D. Hoge, William
Brown, Charles H. Read, Thomas L. Preston, William A.
Campbell, E. H. Rutherford, Wm. F. Taylor, B. R. Wellford,
EK. H. Fitzhugh, and their successors, be and they are hereby
appointed a body politic and corporate, by the name and style
of the Trustees of the Presbyterian Committee of Publication,
and by that name shall have a perpetual succession and com-
mon seal; may contract and be contracted with, sue and be
sued; may acquire, receive, hold, possess and enjoy, and may
rent, sell, convey, invest and otherwise manage or dispose of,
as to them may seem most conducive to the interest and pro-
motive of the benevolent purposes of the said Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, all lands, money or other property,
real or personal, which may have been, or which may be given,
or otherwise acquired, for the use of the said committee; and
the said trustees and their successors shall hold office as trus-
tees no longer than they remain in offica as members of the
said Presbyterian Committee of Publication, or till their suc-
cessors enter upon the discharge of their duties as trustees :
provided, that the sum of money so acquired shall not exceed
two hundred thousand dollars, and provided that the amount
of land held by them for permanent use shall not exceed a half
acre in the city of Richmond.

2. The said trustées and their successors as a board shall
have power to fill vacancies in their own body, the persons to
fill such vacancies to be chosen from the said Presbyterian
Committee of Publication, appointed according to the consti-
tution of the aforesaid committee ; and shall have power to ap-
point such officers as may be requisite, and exact from any of
them such bond or other security, in such penalty as the trus-
tees shall direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of
their duties. .

3. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum for the trans.
action of business; but it shall require a majority of all the
trustees to constitute a quorum for the sale of real estate.

4, This act shall take effect from its passage; and shall be
subject to amendment, modification or repeal, at the pleasure
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