Chap. 161.—An ACT to incorporate the Jennings association of the
United States of America.

Approved March 20, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
C. T. Smith, of Lovingston, Nelson county, Virginia; George
C. Cabell, of Danville, Virginia; W. D. Branch, of Lynch-
burg, Virginia; Martha Roberdeau, Joseph H. Powell, Dal-
las Powell, and H. W. Thomas, of Fairfax Courthouse, Vir-
ginia; Doctor Charles Brown, Charlottesville, Virginia; Jobn
W. Rodes, Ivy Depot, Virginia ; BE. W. Hubbard, Curdsville,
Buckingham county, Virginia; EK. E. Jennings, Ford’s Ferry,
Kentucky; Samuel C. Smith, Raymond, Hinds county, Mis-
rissippi; Franklin Gaines, Arcadia, Tennessee; Mistress Eliza
Young Jobnston, New Orleans, Louisiana; W. W. Dabney,
Winano, Montgomery county, Mississippi; Charles A. Dab-
ney, Comersville, Giles county; Virginia; J. C. Conner, one
hundred and seventy-five, Fifth avenue, New York; William
B. Brown, Suisun City, California; D. W. Shryock, Greens-
burg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Oliver, Shelbyville, Illinois; Mis-
tress A. M. Wellborn, Culpeper, Virginia; M. J. Hardeeter,
A. McCleisb, Georgetown, District Columbia; and the Jen-
nings association of South Carolina, their associates and suc-
cessors, be, and they are hereby created a body corporate,
under the name of the Jennings Association of the United
States of America. :

2. The Jennings association of the United States of
America, shall have for its sole object the recovery of such

ortiona of the estates of William Jennings, late of Acton

Ince, England, and of William Jennings, Senior, of Jen-
nings’ Ordinary, Virginia, United States of America, as be-
longs to such distributees, legatees, devisees, donees, or heirs-
at-law of said William Jennings, of Acton Place, London,
England, and said William Jennings, Senior, of Jennings’
Ordinary, Virginia, United States of America, under the laws
ot England, or any of the United States of America, or under
the laws of any other government, as have not already
received such portions of said estates as they are entitled
to; and for such purposes they are authorized to employ
agents and attorneys, solicitors and barristers, and to insti-
tute and prosecute such actions at law as may be necessary
in their judgment for the recovery and collection of such
portions, and to receive anj receipt for the same, or sell or
parchase any rights and interests of any parties claiming to

e entitled to shares in said estates, or to compromise the
same in any lawful manner whatever. Such portions of said
estates as may be recggered by said association, shall be first
liable for the redemp&pn of the stock sold, and the balance
to be distributed, in such manner as is provided by law, or
by any special agreement between the association and the
parties assigning all their rights and interests to, in and out
of the said estates, to said association.

3. The capital stock of said association shall not be less
than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than five hun-
dred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of
five dollars each; and the corporation shall have power to
sell any portion of said stock for the purpose of raising funds
to pay necessary and legal expenses, and shall issue no stock
for any other purpose.

4. The association shall have power to contract with all
claimants* to any portions of said. estate that it will under-
take the recovery thereof, acting as agent, attorney, and
trustee for every and all claimants who make such contracts

with it; and that when such estates are recovered, or when
any portions thereof be recovered, then such portions shall
be divided among the parties legally entitled thereto, after
first dividing such portions as may be due to holders of stock
which bas been sold for the payment of expenses; and to
this end, all stock not so sold shall be held by said associa-
tion upon the trust that whatever portion of the said estates
that shall be recovered, and which shall not be due and com-
ing to the holders of stock sold, shall be divided among such
persons as are heirs or distributees of the two said William
enningses.

5. The principal office of said association may be held at
Richmond, Virginia, or Lynchburg, Virginia, or Lovingston,
Nelson county, Virginia; and the names and residences of
the officers who for the first are to manage the affairs of
the association are as follows: President, Honorable George
C. Cabell, M. C., Danville, Virginia; vice-presidents, Lieu-
tenant-Governor Henry W. Thomas, Fairfax Courthouse,
Virginia; Doctor J. H. Jennings, Reboboth, South Carolina,
and Honorable W. D. Branch, Lynchburg, Virginia. Direc-
tors: Thomas E. Jennings, J. P. Blackwell, C. L. Blair, J. J.
Cartledge, R. A. Turner, all of South-Carolina; Judge D. D.
Twiggs, Thomas P. Haman, William Jennings, R. D. Price,
all of Georgia; E. T. Foulkes and Doctor D. W. Dunlop, both
of Alabama; J. J. Jennings and Captain E. V. Early, both of
Mississippi; Doctor J. S. Wilkinson, Thomas Price, J. P. L.
Jennings, all of Tennessee; J. A. Jennings, of Arkansas; A.
B. Robert and W. W. Johnson, of Louisiana; John L. Jen-
nings, G. L.,Jennings, and Doctor J. K. Price, of Texas;
Judge Henry W. Thomas, C. T. Smitb, and J. V. Reddy, all
of Virginia. Attorneys: Judge John E. Bacon, Columbia,
South Carolina; William L. Royali, Richmond, Virginia;
Honorable George C. Cabell, Danville, Virginia, and Henry
W. Thomas, Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia. Treasurers: The
State Bank of Richmond, Virginia; The First National Bank
of Lynchburg, Virginia. Secretary: C. T. Smith, Loving-
ston, Nelson county, Virginia. Truggecs: Honorable George
C. Cabell, M. C., Danville, Virginia; Joctor J. H. Jennings,
Rehoboth, South Carolina; Professor G. C. Looney, Jones-
borough, Georgia; Richard V. Gaines, Mossingford, Charlotte
county, Virginia, and Judge Henry W. Thomas, Fairfax
Courthouse, Virginia. °

6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize
said association incorporated hereby, to have any lottery,
raffle, gift concert or enterprise, or charitable method of
raising money, ia any manner whatever, or to do anything
contrary to the constitution and laws of the state of Virginia
or of the United States.

7. On application of the corporation, this charter shall be
amended at any time by any circuit court in this state, when
the general assembly is not in session. .

8. This act shall be tn force from its passage.