Chap. 111.—An ACT to incorporate the Shenandoah Seminary at
Dayton, Rockingham county.

Approved April 2, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
for the purpose of establishing an institution for the education
of youth in the various branches of useful knowledge, Jolin
W. Howe, Solomon Burtner, Aldines 8, Kiefer, George P, Burt-
ner, J. Newton Fries, William II. Burtner, Samuel Shrum,
Ephriam Renbush, Perthenia Il. Speck, John Renbush, Abri-
ham Paul, W. J. Miller, J. W. Hott, A. P. Funkhouser, and
any others who may be associated with them, and their succes-
sors, be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and
corporate, with perpetual succession, with full power to sue and
be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to acquire, hold, and con-
vey property, both real and personal, to have, make and use a
common seal, to alter and renew the same at pleasure, to confer
on those whom they deem worthy all such honors and degrees
as are usually conferred by similar institutions, and to ordain,
make and alter such by-laws and regulations as shall be deemed
necessary for the government of said institution: provided that
such by-laws and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws
of the United States and of this state.

2. The said corporation shall be known and designated by
the name and style of The Shenandoah Seminary of Virginia,
located in the village of Dayton, Rockingham county.

3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not be less five
thousand nor more than one hundred thousand dollars, and
shall be issued in shares of one hundred dollars each.

4. That John W. Howe, J. W. Hott, Ephriam Renbush, Sam-
uel Shrum, and George P. Burtner, shall be the directors of
said company till otherwise appointed by the stockholders, of
whom John W. Howe shall be president, George P. Burtner sec-
retary, and Ephriam Renbush treasurer, the officers and direct-
ors to continue in office until their successors are elected. In
case of a vacancy in the office of president, secretary, treas-
urer or directors, from any cause, the remaining directors may
elect others to supply their place until a meeting of the stock-
holders shall be held.

5. There shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders, for
the election of directors, held at the seminary buildings at the
close of each scholastic year. The said directors so elected
may elect a president, secretary, and treasurer, from among
their number, who shall coutinue im office until their successors
are similarly elected. The president shall have power to call
an extra meeting of the stockholders whenever he deems such
meeting necessary, aud at any meeting a majority of the stock
must be represented. At all meetings of the stockholders each
share of one hundred dollars shall be entitled to one vote.

6. It shall be the duty of the board of directors to control
and care for the property, to see after its interest generally, to
issue certificates of stock, which must be signed by the presi-
dent and countersigned by the secretary, to elect the principal,
professors and other officers, and to remove any and either of the
instructors or officers for good and sufficient reasons, and to
fill all vacancies which may occur among the officers and in-
structors,

7. The board of directors shall meet annually or oftener if
need be; the annual meeting to be called by the board, and
the special meetings to be called by the president.

8. This act shal be in force from its passage.