Chap. 31.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved the twen-
ty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled an
act to incorpurate the Suffolk Female Institute.

Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Evelina M. Finney, Sally A Finney, Martha J. Finney, Fan-
nie T. Finney, and Mary D. H. Finney, and such other per-
sons as may be hereafter associated with them, be and they
are hereby created and incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate, under the name and style of Suffolk Female
Institute, for the purpose of keeping and conducting a board-
ing school, of the above name, for girls, and of teaching and
giving instruction to such girls, or other persons, as may be
committed to their care as pupils at said school, in all the
various studies and courses of instruction in modern lan-
guayves, English or foreign, and in ancient languages, and in
music, and in the fine arts, and all and any matters or things
usually prescribed in schools and colleges of the highest
grade, with the right and privilege to make and prescribe
such rules and regulations as, from time to time, may seem
fit and proper to them, and to change or alter the same to
enable them to conduct the daily and yearly exercises, and
successfully to govern and generally to promote and carry
out the objects and plans of said institute as a boarding
schvol for girls or other persons.

2. The said institute shall have perpetual succession and a
common seal, which it may alter or amend at its pleasure;
and may in its corporate name sue and be sued, implead and
be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, purchase,
hold. and grant estates, real and personal, for its purposes,
and make regulations for the government of all persons and
things and property under its authority, for the management
of its estates and the due and orderly conducting of its
affairs: provided, that said institute shall not at any one
time acquire and hold real and personal estate exceeding in
value the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

3. That said institute may have such public or other cele-
brations, at such times and places and in such manner and
form as it may see fit and proper, and may prescribe the
courses and number and kind of studies to be pursued and
comprehended by its pupils, to entitle the latter to certit-
cates of distinction, or proficiency, or diplomas, or other evi-
dences of distinction, proficiency, or graduation, respectively.
and may confer and bestow upon its pupils or graduates such
diplomas or certificates, or other evidences of graduation.
- distinction, or proficiency, as said pupils may acquire in their
various studies or employments, according to the regulatiens
of said institute and the determination of its teachers.
instructors, or other officers; which said diplomas or certif-
cates shall bear the seal of said institute and the signature
of its principal instructor.

- 4. That the officers of said institute shall consist of a prin-
cipal instructor and such assistants in the school or academic
departments, and in the domestic department, as may be
deemed requisite, to be chosen in such manner and form as
said corporators may prescribe.

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

Chap. 31.—An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Lodge, No. 1440,
G. U. Order of Odd Fellows.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Jefferson
Miles, Edward Mitchell, William E. Lewis, Alexander Chris-
tian, Joseph Wilkinson, trustees, and such other persons who
are now, or may hereafter become members of the association,
be and they are hereby made a body politic and corporate by
the name and style of Richmond Lodge, Number fourteen
hundred and forty, G. U. Order of Odd Fellows, and by
that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
have perpetual succession and a common seal, and in all re-
spects shall be invested with the rights and privileges con-
ferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations pre-
scribed for corporations by the general law.

2. The object of this incorporation shall be to take care of
its sick and destitute members, to bury its dead, and to en-
courage and promote good morals and knowledge among its
members. The said corporation may take by purchase, gift,
devise or bequest, and hold real and person property or es-
tate, and lease, rent, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same in
such manner a8 may seem most advantageous: provided it
shall not hold real and personal estate to exceed in value
twenty thousand dollars.

3. Said corporation may make such by-laws, rules and reg-
ulations, consistent with the laws of this state and the United
States, as it may deem proper for the government of its mem-
bers, the management of its affairs, and for the use, enjoy-
ment and control of its property.

-4. The legislature shall reserve to itself the right to modify
or repeal this act at pleasure.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 31.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved the twen-
ty-fifth day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled an
act to incorpurate the Suffolk Female Institute.

Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Evelina M. Finney, Sally A Finney, Martha J. Finney, Fan-
nie T. Finney, and Mary D. H. Finney, and such other per-
sons as may be hereafter associated with them, be and they
are hereby created and incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate, under the name and style of Suffolk Female
Institute, for the purpose of keeping and conducting a board-
ing school, of the above name, for girls, and of teaching and
giving instruction to such girls, or other persons, as may be
committed to their care as pupils at said school, in all the
various studies and courses of instruction in modern lan-
guayves, English or foreign, and in ancient languages, and in
music, and in the fine arts, and all and any matters or things
usually prescribed in schools and colleges of the highest
grade, with the right and privilege to make and prescribe
such rules and regulations as, from time to time, may seem
fit and proper to them, and to change or alter the same to
enable them to conduct the daily and yearly exercises, and
successfully to govern and generally to promote and carry
out the objects and plans of said institute as a boarding
schvol for girls or other persons.

2. The said institute shall have perpetual succession and a
common seal, which it may alter or amend at its pleasure;
and may in its corporate name sue and be sued, implead and
be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, purchase,
hold. and grant estates, real and personal, for its purposes,
and make regulations for the government of all persons and
things and property under its authority, for the management
of its estates and the due and orderly conducting of its
affairs: provided, that said institute shall not at any one
time acquire and hold real and personal estate exceeding in
value the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

3. That said institute may have such public or other cele-
brations, at such times and places and in such manner and
form as it may see fit and proper, and may prescribe the
courses and number and kind of studies to be pursued and
comprehended by its pupils, to entitle the latter to certit-
cates of distinction, or proficiency, or diplomas, or other evi-
dences of distinction, proficiency, or graduation, respectively.
and may confer and bestow upon its pupils or graduates such
diplomas or certificates, or other evidences of graduation.
- distinction, or proficiency, as said pupils may acquire in their
various studies or employments, according to the regulatiens
of said institute and the determination of its teachers.
instructors, or other officers; which said diplomas or certif-
cates shall bear the seal of said institute and the signature
of its principal instructor.

- 4. That the officers of said institute shall consist of a prin-
cipal instructor and such assistants in the school or academic
departments, and in the domestic department, as may be
deemed requisite, to be chosen in such manner and form as
said corporators may prescribe.

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

Chap. 31.—An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Lodge, No. 1440,
G. U. Order of Odd Fellows.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Jefferson
Miles, Edward Mitchell, William E. Lewis, Alexander Chris-
tian, Joseph Wilkinson, trustees, and such other persons who
are now, or may hereafter become members of the association,
be and they are hereby made a body politic and corporate by
the name and style of Richmond Lodge, Number fourteen
hundred and forty, G. U. Order of Odd Fellows, and by
that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded,
have perpetual succession and a common seal, and in all re-
spects shall be invested with the rights and privileges con-
ferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations pre-
scribed for corporations by the general law.

2. The object of this incorporation shall be to take care of
its sick and destitute members, to bury its dead, and to en-
courage and promote good morals and knowledge among its
members. The said corporation may take by purchase, gift,
devise or bequest, and hold real and person property or es-
tate, and lease, rent, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same in
such manner a8 may seem most advantageous: provided it
shall not hold real and personal estate to exceed in value
twenty thousand dollars.

3. Said corporation may make such by-laws, rules and reg-
ulations, consistent with the laws of this state and the United
States, as it may deem proper for the government of its mem-
bers, the management of its affairs, and for the use, enjoy-
ment and control of its property.

-4. The legislature shall reserve to itself the right to modify
or repeal this act at pleasure.

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