Chap. 141.—An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Grand Division
of the Sons of Temperance of the state of Virginia.

Approved March 4, 1X78.

Whereas, there is established in the state of Virginia a
benevolent institution, known as the order of sons of tem-
perance, which has for its object mutual aid and assistance
to its members In time of sickness or calamity, the burying
of deceased members, the suppert of their widows and
orphans, and the saving of mankind from the vice of intem-
perance; and, whereas it is believed that the facilities of the
said institution for the accomplishment, of its benevolent
purposes would be greatly promoted by obtaining an act of
incorporation of the trustees of the said grand division of
the Sons of Temperance of Virginia; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
R. G. Staples, C. P. McCabe, Philip Reed, W. Leigh Burton,
W. W. Barnitz, D. W. Bohonon, Wm. H. Pleasants, Wm.
Hancock, R. B. Wilson, H. A. Atkinson, Jr., J. F. Shinberger,
R. H. Watson, John C. Wade, T. Wiley Davis, and their suc-
cessors be and they are hereby appointed a body politic and
corporate, by the name and style of The Trustees of the
Grand Division of Sons of Temperance of the state of Vir-
ginia, and by that name shall have a perpetual succession
and common 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 inter-
est and promotive of the benevolent purposes of the said
Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of the state of
Virginia, all lands, money, or other property, real or perso-
nal, which may have been or may hereafter be given or
otherwise acquired for the use of the said Grand Division of
Sons of Temperance of the state of Virginia. And the said
trustees and their successors shall hold office as trustees only
so long as they remain members of the said Grand Division
of the Sons of Temperance of the state of Virginia, or till
their successors enter upon the discharge of their duties as
trustees: provided, that the sum of money so acquired shall
not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and provided that
the amount of land held by them for permanent use shall not
exceed one hundred acres in the state of Virginia.

2. The said trustees 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 membership of
the said Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of the
state of Virginia, and shall have power to appoint such
officers as may be requisite, and shall exact from any of
them such bonds or other security in such penalty as the
trustees shall direct, conditioned for the faithful performance
of their duties, and the bonds of the grand scribe and grand
treasurer of said grand division and of other officers, if any,
of whom bonds may be required, may be made payable to
said trustees.

3. Five trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
tion 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 be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, mqdification, or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.