Chap. 150.—An ACT to incorporate The Jackson Memorial Association.
Approved March 8, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That James K. Edmondson, William W. Lewis, Charles A.
Davidson, James J. White, Alexander T. Barclay, William
A. Anderson, John C. Boude, John T. Sayers, John W. Lyell,
William F. Johnston, William McLaughlin, Henry K. Doug-
lass, Robert W. Hunter, Samuel J. C. Moore, Asher W. Har-
man, Thomas D. Ranson, George G. Grattan, James A.
Walker, Hunter H. McGuire, James P. Smith, George G.
Junkin, John H. B. Jones, David E. Moore, James L. White,
Calvin M. Dold, and such other persons as they shall asso-
ciate with them, be and they are hereby incorporated by
the name and style of The Jackson Memorial Association,
and by this name they shall have perpetual succession and
a common seal,-may sue and be sued, plead and be im-
pleaded, and in all respects shall be invested with the rights
and privileges conferred, and subject to the restrictions and
regulations prescribed by the fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh
chapters of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
so far as the same may be applicable to such an association,
and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The objects and purposes of this corporation shall be to
erect a suitable monument over the grave of Lieutenant-
General Thomas J. Jackson, and such other monuments as
it may be determined to erect in perpetuation of his memory,
and to purchase and beautify grounds for the location of
such monuments, and the operations of such corporation
shall be confined to such objects.

3. The officers of said corporation shall consist of a presi-
dent, fifteen vice-presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and an
executive committee of twenty-five members.

4. The persons mentioned in the first section shall consti-
tute the executive committee of said corporation, with power
to increase the number of said committee; to fill the offices
of the corporation; to fill any vacancies which may occur in
their body, by death or otherwise; to require bonds with
security from the treasurer, and other officers and agents, in
such penalty as they may prescribe; to make rules and
regulatiuns for the management of the association, and for
the admission of members; and generally to do every act
and thing necessary to carry into effect this act, and to pro-
mote the object and design of this corporation: provided,
that such by-laws, ordinances, regulations or acts be not in-
consistent with the laws of this state, or of the United
States. Six members of the committee shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.

5. In pursuance of these objects, the corporation may ac-
quire real and personal estate not exceeding an aggregate
value of one hundred thousand dollars, and may invest its
funds in private loans, with security either real or personal,
in bank and other stocks, in the bonds issued by this or any
other state, or by the United States, or in bonds of any in-
corporated company. , :

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