Chap. 4.—An ACT to authorize the trustees of Martha Washington
College to borrow money.

Approved January 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the trustees of Martha Washington College, at Abingdon, be,
and they are hereby authorized to borrow money, to an
amount not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, at a rate of
interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, as may be
agreed, for the benefit of said college.

2. For the purpose of securing the prompt payment of such
um or sums of money as they may borrow, the said trustees
may execute one or more deeds of trust upon the real estate
20w held by them for the use and benefit of said college.

3. The deed or deeds shall be regarded as executed by said
Frustees when signed, sealed, and delivered by the president
of the board of trustees, as such, and the deed or deeds so
sxecuted by them shall be valid and effectual in law for the
burposes therein set forth.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHaPp. 6.—An ACT to incorporate the New York and Buckingham
Gold and Silver Mining Company.

Approved January 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That.
Charles Gallagher, William G. Mitchell, B. F. Burfoot, Joseph
Monyed, William Davidson, and their associates, or such of them
as may accept the provisions of this act, and such other per-
sons as may be hereafter associated with them, and their
successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body
poutie and corporate, under the name and style of The New

ork and Buckingham Gold and Silver Mining Company ;
the object of the said corporation being to purchase, work,
and develop mineral-bearing veins and lodes in the county of
Buckingham, state of Virginia, and to reduce and sell gold
and copper and other ores, or the proceeds thereof, and to
transact all business, and to do all acts properly pertaining
to the objects aforesaid; and the said corporation is hereby
invested with all the powers, rights, and privileges pertaining
to such companies under the laws of the state of Virginia,
and is made subject to the restrictions imposed by such laws,
except in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this act: and provided that said company shall not
hold at any time over twenty thousand acres of land.

2. The capital stock of the said company shall be not less
than one hundred thousand, nor more than two million dol-
lars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and
the said shares shall be non-assessable. And the said com-
pany shall have the right to set aside, as a fund for working
capital, a number of the shares of the capital stock, not
exceeding in all three thousand shares, which said shares
may be niaced upon the market, and sold for such prices and
under such regulations as the board of directors may adopt.

3. When the amount of the minimum capital of the com-

any shall have been subscribed, the subscribers may organ-
ize by electing five directors, who shall constitute a board for
the management of the affairs of the company, and the said
directors, from among themselves, shall elect a president, a.
vice-president, a secretary and treasurer, and a superinten-
dent; and the stockholders of said company may pass all
such by-laws and regulations as they may deem necessary
and proper for the due and proper conduct and management
of its affairs not inconsistent with the constitution of this
state or of the United States.

4. To constitute a meeting of stockholders, there must be
present a sufficient number to give a majority of all the votes
which could be given by all the stockholders, and at all such
meetings each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes
as he shall hold shares of stock, and representation by proxy
or power of attorney shall be allowed if filed with the secre-
tary and treasurer two days before the meeting at which the
same is intended to be used.
5. The said board of directors shall have the right to pre-
scribe the time or times, manner, and amounts in which the
payments of-the subscriptions to the capital stock shall be.
made. At all meetings of the board, three directors shall
constitute a quorum.

6. The board of directors may establish offices and agen-
cies at such places as they may think proper, but the princi-
pal office of the company shall be located at some point
within the limits of the state of Virginia. The annual meet-
ing of the stockholders shall be held in New York, at such
time and place as may be prescribed in the by-laws of the
company.

7. The said company may purchase, hold, sell, and convey
anv and all land or other property necessary or proper for
the purposes and objects of the corporation; and such land
or other property may also be received by said company In
payment of subscriptions to the capital stock, at such valua-
tion as may be agreed upon between said company or the
directors thereof, and the party or parties desiring to make
such payment.

&. If any stockholder shall be in default in the payment of
his subscription as required by the directors, in addition to
the right of recovery by the company by legal proceedings,
the board of directors are hereby invested with the power
and authority, after giving public notice of the time and
place of sale for the period of two weeks in some newspaper
published in the place of the principal office of the company,
to sell at public auction, for cash, the said stock in respect to
which such default shall have been made, and to have the
same property transferred to the purehaser; and out of the
proceeds of such sale shall be paid the charges and expenses
of sale, and the amount due upon the said stock and the sur-
plus, if any, shall be paid to the delinquent or his representa-
tive; and if at any such sale there shall be no bidder who
will purchase the said stock at a price equal to the charges
and expenses of sale and the entire amount due and unpaid
on the stock, then the said company may purchase the said
stock and hold the same for its benafit, and make such dispo-
sition of the same as it, by its directors, may deem fit.

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

Chap. 4.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section seventeen of chap-
ter two hundred and thirty-eight of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, as amended by an act approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled an act to provide for
the organization and government of the volunteer militia of the
state, and to repeal existing laws concerning the same.

Approved March 29, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
seventeen of an act entitled an act to provide for the organi-
zation and government of the volunteer militia of the state,
and to repeal existing laws concerning the same, approved
April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as
amended by an act approved March fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§17. The staff of each regiment of infantry and cavalry
shall consist of one surgeon, with the rank of major; one
thaplain, with the rank of captain; one assistant surgeon,
with the rank of captain; one quartermaster, with the rank
of captain; one adjutant, with the rank of captain; one com-
Missary of subsistence, with the rank of captain, who shall
be commissioned by the governor as the field and company
officers of each regiment are commissioned when a certificate
of appointment shall have been furnished by the commandant
of the regiment. Each battalion of infantry shall be com-
posed of not less than three companies, and commanded by
a major elected as prescribed in section sixteen, and commis-
sioned by the governor upon certificate of election. The
staff of a battalion of infantry shall be appointed by the com-
mandant of the battalion, and shall consist of an adjutant,
with the rank of captain; one surgeon, with the rank of
major; one assistant surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant;
one quartermaster, with the rank of first lieutenant; one
commissary of subsistence, with the rank of first lieutenant;
and one chaplain, with the rank of first lieutenant, who shall
be commissioned by the governor; one sergeant-major; one
commissary sergeant, and one quartermaster sergeant, who
shall be each furnished a certificate of appointment by the
commandant of the battalion. Each battalion of artillery
shall be composed of not less than four batteries, and com-
manded by a major of artillery, elected as prescribed in
section sixteen, and commissioned by the governor upon
certificate of election. The staff of a battalion of artillery
shall be appointed by the commandant of the battalion, and
shall consist of an adjutant, with the rank of captain of artil-
lery; one surgeon, with the rank of major; one assistant
surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant; one quartermaster,
with the rank of first lieutenant; one commissary of sub-
sistence, with the rank of first lieutenant; one ordnance
officer, with the rank of first lieutenant, and one chaplain,
with the rank of first lieutenant, who shall be commissioned
by the governor; one sergeant major; one commissary ser-
geant; one quartermaster sergeant; and one ordnance ser-
geant, who shall be each furnished a certificate of appoint-
ment by the commandant of the battalion.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 5&.—JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the auditor of public
accounts to sell Jand in Alexandria county delinquent for taxes.

Approved March 29, 1882.

Resolved by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby instructed to
forthwith cause to be advertised and sold, all real estate in
the county of Alexandria delinquent for taxes, such sale to be
in accordance with existing laws upon the subject.

2. This joint resolution shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 4.—An ACT to authorize the trustees of Martha Washington
College to borrow money.

Approved January 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the trustees of Martha Washington College, at Abingdon, be,
and they are hereby authorized to borrow money, to an
amount not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, at a rate of
interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, as may be
agreed, for the benefit of said college.

2. For the purpose of securing the prompt payment of such
um or sums of money as they may borrow, the said trustees
may execute one or more deeds of trust upon the real estate
20w held by them for the use and benefit of said college.

3. The deed or deeds shall be regarded as executed by said
Frustees when signed, sealed, and delivered by the president
of the board of trustees, as such, and the deed or deeds so
sxecuted by them shall be valid and effectual in law for the
burposes therein set forth.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHaPp. 6.—An ACT to incorporate the New York and Buckingham
Gold and Silver Mining Company.

Approved January 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That.
Charles Gallagher, William G. Mitchell, B. F. Burfoot, Joseph
Monyed, William Davidson, and their associates, or such of them
as may accept the provisions of this act, and such other per-
sons as may be hereafter associated with them, and their
successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body
poutie and corporate, under the name and style of The New

ork and Buckingham Gold and Silver Mining Company ;
the object of the said corporation being to purchase, work,
and develop mineral-bearing veins and lodes in the county of
Buckingham, state of Virginia, and to reduce and sell gold
and copper and other ores, or the proceeds thereof, and to
transact all business, and to do all acts properly pertaining
to the objects aforesaid; and the said corporation is hereby
invested with all the powers, rights, and privileges pertaining
to such companies under the laws of the state of Virginia,
and is made subject to the restrictions imposed by such laws,
except in so far as the same are inconsistent with the provis-
ions of this act: and provided that said company shall not
hold at any time over twenty thousand acres of land.

2. The capital stock of the said company shall be not less
than one hundred thousand, nor more than two million dol-
lars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and
the said shares shall be non-assessable. And the said com-
pany shall have the right to set aside, as a fund for working
capital, a number of the shares of the capital stock, not
exceeding in all three thousand shares, which said shares
may be niaced upon the market, and sold for such prices and
under such regulations as the board of directors may adopt.

3. When the amount of the minimum capital of the com-

any shall have been subscribed, the subscribers may organ-
ize by electing five directors, who shall constitute a board for
the management of the affairs of the company, and the said
directors, from among themselves, shall elect a president, a.
vice-president, a secretary and treasurer, and a superinten-
dent; and the stockholders of said company may pass all
such by-laws and regulations as they may deem necessary
and proper for the due and proper conduct and management
of its affairs not inconsistent with the constitution of this
state or of the United States.

4. To constitute a meeting of stockholders, there must be
present a sufficient number to give a majority of all the votes
which could be given by all the stockholders, and at all such
meetings each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes
as he shall hold shares of stock, and representation by proxy
or power of attorney shall be allowed if filed with the secre-
tary and treasurer two days before the meeting at which the
same is intended to be used.
5. The said board of directors shall have the right to pre-
scribe the time or times, manner, and amounts in which the
payments of-the subscriptions to the capital stock shall be.
made. At all meetings of the board, three directors shall
constitute a quorum.

6. The board of directors may establish offices and agen-
cies at such places as they may think proper, but the princi-
pal office of the company shall be located at some point
within the limits of the state of Virginia. The annual meet-
ing of the stockholders shall be held in New York, at such
time and place as may be prescribed in the by-laws of the
company.

7. The said company may purchase, hold, sell, and convey
anv and all land or other property necessary or proper for
the purposes and objects of the corporation; and such land
or other property may also be received by said company In
payment of subscriptions to the capital stock, at such valua-
tion as may be agreed upon between said company or the
directors thereof, and the party or parties desiring to make
such payment.

&. If any stockholder shall be in default in the payment of
his subscription as required by the directors, in addition to
the right of recovery by the company by legal proceedings,
the board of directors are hereby invested with the power
and authority, after giving public notice of the time and
place of sale for the period of two weeks in some newspaper
published in the place of the principal office of the company,
to sell at public auction, for cash, the said stock in respect to
which such default shall have been made, and to have the
same property transferred to the purehaser; and out of the
proceeds of such sale shall be paid the charges and expenses
of sale, and the amount due upon the said stock and the sur-
plus, if any, shall be paid to the delinquent or his representa-
tive; and if at any such sale there shall be no bidder who
will purchase the said stock at a price equal to the charges
and expenses of sale and the entire amount due and unpaid
on the stock, then the said company may purchase the said
stock and hold the same for its benafit, and make such dispo-
sition of the same as it, by its directors, may deem fit.

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

Chap. 4.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section seventeen of chap-
ter two hundred and thirty-eight of the Acts of eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, as amended by an act approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled an act to provide for
the organization and government of the volunteer militia of the
state, and to repeal existing laws concerning the same.

Approved March 29, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
seventeen of an act entitled an act to provide for the organi-
zation and government of the volunteer militia of the state,
and to repeal existing laws concerning the same, approved
April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as
amended by an act approved March fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§17. The staff of each regiment of infantry and cavalry
shall consist of one surgeon, with the rank of major; one
thaplain, with the rank of captain; one assistant surgeon,
with the rank of captain; one quartermaster, with the rank
of captain; one adjutant, with the rank of captain; one com-
Missary of subsistence, with the rank of captain, who shall
be commissioned by the governor as the field and company
officers of each regiment are commissioned when a certificate
of appointment shall have been furnished by the commandant
of the regiment. Each battalion of infantry shall be com-
posed of not less than three companies, and commanded by
a major elected as prescribed in section sixteen, and commis-
sioned by the governor upon certificate of election. The
staff of a battalion of infantry shall be appointed by the com-
mandant of the battalion, and shall consist of an adjutant,
with the rank of captain; one surgeon, with the rank of
major; one assistant surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant;
one quartermaster, with the rank of first lieutenant; one
commissary of subsistence, with the rank of first lieutenant;
and one chaplain, with the rank of first lieutenant, who shall
be commissioned by the governor; one sergeant-major; one
commissary sergeant, and one quartermaster sergeant, who
shall be each furnished a certificate of appointment by the
commandant of the battalion. Each battalion of artillery
shall be composed of not less than four batteries, and com-
manded by a major of artillery, elected as prescribed in
section sixteen, and commissioned by the governor upon
certificate of election. The staff of a battalion of artillery
shall be appointed by the commandant of the battalion, and
shall consist of an adjutant, with the rank of captain of artil-
lery; one surgeon, with the rank of major; one assistant
surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant; one quartermaster,
with the rank of first lieutenant; one commissary of sub-
sistence, with the rank of first lieutenant; one ordnance
officer, with the rank of first lieutenant, and one chaplain,
with the rank of first lieutenant, who shall be commissioned
by the governor; one sergeant major; one commissary ser-
geant; one quartermaster sergeant; and one ordnance ser-
geant, who shall be each furnished a certificate of appoint-
ment by the commandant of the battalion.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 5&.—JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the auditor of public
accounts to sell Jand in Alexandria county delinquent for taxes.

Approved March 29, 1882.

Resolved by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby instructed to
forthwith cause to be advertised and sold, all real estate in
the county of Alexandria delinquent for taxes, such sale to be
in accordance with existing laws upon the subject.

2. This joint resolution shall be in force from its passage.