Chap. 221.—An ACT to incorporate the Vance Manufacturing Com-
pany of the city of Norfolk.

Approved March 12, 187%,

1. Beitenacted by the general assembly, That W. F. Allen,
A. 8. Martin, M. i. T. Davis, kK. T. Powell, W. T. Taliaferro,
and William R. Rovers, and such other persons as may here-
after be associated with them, shall be and they are hereby
incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, by the
name and style of The Vance Manufacturing Company, for
the following purposes, to wit? the manufacturing of laundry
and toilet soaps, blacking, starch, and ink... The minimum
capital of the said company shall be four thousand five hun-
dred dollars, and the maximum capital shall be twenty thou-
sand dollars, and the said capital shall be divided into shares
of fifty dollars each.

The said company may hold real estate to an amount
not excecding ten thousand dollars,

3. The place in which the principal office of the said com-
pany shall be kept, and the chief business of the said com-
pany transacted, shall be in the city of Norfolk, Virginia.

4. ‘The names and residences of the officers who, for the
first year, are to manage the affairs of the said company
shall be as follows, to wit: W. F. Allen, president; A. 8.
Martin, secretary and treasurer; and the said W. F: Allen
and A. 8S. Martin, together with M. GL. T. Davis, E. T. Pow-
ell, W. T. Taliaferro, and) ———, all of the city of Norfolk,
shall be directors for the first year. The said company shall
have all the gencral powers and be subject to all general
restrictions provided by laws now in force, or that may here-
after be enacted, for the guidance of such bodies corporate.

5. No person shall be an officer of the company unless he
is a subscriber to ten shares of the capital stock in the said
company, according to the provisions of this charter.

6. This charter shall be in operation and effect as soon as
the minimum amount of the capital stock shall have been
subscribei.

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