Chap. 160.—An AUT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Indepen-
dent Order of Good Templars of the State of Virginia.

Approved Marrh 11, 1875.

Whereas, there is established in the state of Virginia, a
benevolent institution known as the Independent Order of
Good Templars, which has for its objects the dissemination
of the principles of total abstinence from use as a beverage
of all spirituous or malt liquors, wine, or cider, as well as the
mutual aid and protection of its members in time of sickness
or distress, the burying of deceased members, the care of
the widow and the orphan, and other benevolent purposes;
and whereas, it is believed that the facilities of the said in-
stitution, for the accomplishment of its benevolent purposes,
would be greatly promoted, by obtaining an act of incorpora-
tion of the trustees of the governing body of the Indepen-
dent Order of Good Templars of the state of Virginia; there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Charles W. Miller, Wm. I. Points, James R. Caton, E. W.
Greer, George W. Hawxhurst, Ella Matthews, J. S. Otis,
Isaac W. Cauter, Charles H. Guard, Mollie E. Blackburn, W.
M. Hall and B.D. Stallings, and their successors and asso-
ciates, be and they are hereby appointed a body politic and
corporate, by the name and style of The Grand Lodge of the
State of Virginia, of the Independent Order of Good Temp-
lars, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and
a& common seal; may contract and be contracted with, sue
and be sued; may acquire, receive, hold, possess and enjoy,
and may rent, sell, convey, inveat, and otherwise manage
and dispose of, as to them may seem most conducive to the
interest, and promotive of the benevolent purposes of the
said Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good 'Temp-
lars of the state of Virginia, all lands, money or other pro-
porty’ real or personal, which may have been, or which may

ereafter be given to them, or otherwise acquired for the use
of the said Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good
Templars of the state of Virginia, and the said trustees and
their successors shall hold office as trustees, no longer than
they shall remain members of the said Grand Lodge of the
Independent. Order of Good Templars of the state of Vir-
ginia, or till-their successors shall enter upon the discharge
of their duties as trustees.

2. The amount of land so held by the said trustees for per-
manent use, shall not exceed as follows, to-wit: one-half acre
of land in the city of Richmond; one acre of land in each of
the cities of Alexandria, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Staunton,
Danville, Winchester, and Petersburg; and two acres of land
in each of the towns of Harrisonburg, Charlottesville, Marion,
Abingdon, Lexington, Leesburg, and Fredericksburg. And
the sum of money, acquired and held as above, shall not ex-
ceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

3. The said trustees above named, shall hold their offices
until the third Wednesday in November, eighteen hundred
and seventy-five, at which time their successors in office ot a
like number shall be eleeted under the by-laws adopted by
the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Temp-
lars of the State of Virginia; and a new board of trustees
shall be elected on the third Wednesday in November of each
year thereafter.

4. The present and future board of trustees, so constituted,
shall have power to appoint such officers as may be required,
and shall exact from any of them such bonds or other secur-
ity, in such penalty as the trustees shall direct, conditioned
or the faithful performance of their duties. The bonds of
he secretary and treasurer of said Grand Lodge, and other
fficers of whom bonds may be required, may be made pay-
ble to said trustees.

5. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
ion of business, but it shall require a majority of all the
rustees to constitute a quorum for the sale or purchase of
‘eal estate.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
ubject to amendment, modification or repeal at the pleasure
»>f the general assembly.