Chap. 75.—An ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Sons of
Zion Benevolent Society of Virginia.

Approved February 9, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Crockett Johnson, Phillip Seals, Hiram Mills, Granville Sav-
age, Lilburn Brown, James Guy, James Coleman, and all
others. who now are, or may hereafter become members of
this society, be and they are hereby constituted a body poli-
tic and corporate, by the name and style of The Grand
Lodge of the Sons of Zion Benevolent Society of Virginia,
and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a com-
mon seal; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and
in all respects shall be invested with the rights and privileges
conferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations
prescribed for corporations by the general law, so far as the
same are applicable to this corporation and not inconsistent
with this act.

2. The corporation may take by purchase, gift, devise, or be-
quest, and hold real and personal estate, and lease, rent, sell, or
otherwise dispose of the same, in such manner as may seem
most advantageous: provided it shall not hold real estate
exceeding five acres of land, and personal estate exceeding
five thousand dollars in value, in any one county in this com-
monwealth.

3. The objects of the order shall be to help, aid, and assist
ita sick and destitute; to bury its dead and take care of its
widows and orphans, and generally to cultivate and promote
good conduct and correct living among its members.

4. The said corporation may institute subordinate lodges
in any county or corporation in this commonwealth, and
shall have power to make and adopt a constitution and by-
laws and rules and regulations for the admission and expul-
sion of members and for their government, the election of
officers; and to define their duties, and for the use, invest-
ment, safe-keeping, and protection of its property, real and
personal: provided the same be not inconsistent with the
laws of the United States or of this state.

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

Chap. 75.—An ACT giving the consent of the state of Virginia for
the purchase, by the United States, of a tract of land at Yorktown,
for the purpose of the erection thereon by the United States, of a
monument to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and
his forces, to the allied army commanded by General George Wash-
ington, in October, 1781.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the consent of the state, be and the same is hereby given to
the purchase by the government of the United States, or
under the authority of the same, of a certain tract of land at
the town of York in the said state of Virginia, for the purpose
of the erection thereon by the United States, of a monument
to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his
forces, to the allied army commanded by General George
Washington, in October, seventeen hundred and eighty-one;
the metes and bounds of said tract being as follows, namely:
beginning at a point on the northeast side of the Main street
of Yorktown, at the intersection of a street leading to the
water, and being the southwest corner of lot number eighty-
one, as shown on Ladd’s map of Yorktown and environs;
running thence north thirty-eight degrees and thirty minutes,
east three hundred and fifty feet; thence north nineteen
degrees and six minutes, east one hundred and eighty-one
feet; thence north forty-four degrees and twenty-eight min-
utes, east four hnndred and forty-five feet, to line of low
water in York river; thence along line of lew water south
thirty degrees and forty-eight minutes, east three hundred
and sixty-cight feet; thence still along low water line, south
fifty-one degrees and ten minutes, east one hundred and forty-
five feet; thence south thirty-eight degrees and thirty min-
utes, west nine hundred and eleven feet; thence north forty-
one degrees, west four hundred and seventy-eight feet, to
lace of beginning; containing ten acres and thirty-four
undredths of an acre, more or less.

2. The aforesaid consent is given, subject to the following
terms and conditions, namely: All deeds, conveyances of
title papers for the same, shall be recorded as in other cases
upon the land record of the county in which the aforesaid
tract shall lie, and in like manner shall be recorded a sufficient
description of the aforesaid tract by its proper metes and
bounds, this consent being in accordance with the seven-
teenth clause of the cighth section of the first article of the
constitution of the United States, and with the acts of con-
gross in such cases made and Provided. The state of

irginia retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United
States over the aforesaid tract, so that courts, magistrates,
and officers of the state may take such cognizance, execute
such process, and discharge such other legal functions within
the aforesaid tract as may not be incompatible with the con-
sent hereby given.

3. The tract as above described, together with the tene-
ments and appurtenances for the purposes before mentioned,
shall be held exempt from taxation.

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

Chap. 75.—An ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Sons of
Zion Benevolent Society of Virginia.

Approved February 9, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Crockett Johnson, Phillip Seals, Hiram Mills, Granville Sav-
age, Lilburn Brown, James Guy, James Coleman, and all
others. who now are, or may hereafter become members of
this society, be and they are hereby constituted a body poli-
tic and corporate, by the name and style of The Grand
Lodge of the Sons of Zion Benevolent Society of Virginia,
and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a com-
mon seal; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and
in all respects shall be invested with the rights and privileges
conferred, and subject to the restrictions and regulations
prescribed for corporations by the general law, so far as the
same are applicable to this corporation and not inconsistent
with this act.

2. The corporation may take by purchase, gift, devise, or be-
quest, and hold real and personal estate, and lease, rent, sell, or
otherwise dispose of the same, in such manner as may seem
most advantageous: provided it shall not hold real estate
exceeding five acres of land, and personal estate exceeding
five thousand dollars in value, in any one county in this com-
monwealth.

3. The objects of the order shall be to help, aid, and assist
ita sick and destitute; to bury its dead and take care of its
widows and orphans, and generally to cultivate and promote
good conduct and correct living among its members.

4. The said corporation may institute subordinate lodges
in any county or corporation in this commonwealth, and
shall have power to make and adopt a constitution and by-
laws and rules and regulations for the admission and expul-
sion of members and for their government, the election of
officers; and to define their duties, and for the use, invest-
ment, safe-keeping, and protection of its property, real and
personal: provided the same be not inconsistent with the
laws of the United States or of this state.

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

Chap. 75.—An ACT giving the consent of the state of Virginia for
the purchase, by the United States, of a tract of land at Yorktown,
for the purpose of the erection thereon by the United States, of a
monument to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and
his forces, to the allied army commanded by General George Wash-
ington, in October, 1781.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the consent of the state, be and the same is hereby given to
the purchase by the government of the United States, or
under the authority of the same, of a certain tract of land at
the town of York in the said state of Virginia, for the purpose
of the erection thereon by the United States, of a monument
to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his
forces, to the allied army commanded by General George
Washington, in October, seventeen hundred and eighty-one;
the metes and bounds of said tract being as follows, namely:
beginning at a point on the northeast side of the Main street
of Yorktown, at the intersection of a street leading to the
water, and being the southwest corner of lot number eighty-
one, as shown on Ladd’s map of Yorktown and environs;
running thence north thirty-eight degrees and thirty minutes,
east three hundred and fifty feet; thence north nineteen
degrees and six minutes, east one hundred and eighty-one
feet; thence north forty-four degrees and twenty-eight min-
utes, east four hnndred and forty-five feet, to line of low
water in York river; thence along line of lew water south
thirty degrees and forty-eight minutes, east three hundred
and sixty-cight feet; thence still along low water line, south
fifty-one degrees and ten minutes, east one hundred and forty-
five feet; thence south thirty-eight degrees and thirty min-
utes, west nine hundred and eleven feet; thence north forty-
one degrees, west four hundred and seventy-eight feet, to
lace of beginning; containing ten acres and thirty-four
undredths of an acre, more or less.

2. The aforesaid consent is given, subject to the following
terms and conditions, namely: All deeds, conveyances of
title papers for the same, shall be recorded as in other cases
upon the land record of the county in which the aforesaid
tract shall lie, and in like manner shall be recorded a sufficient
description of the aforesaid tract by its proper metes and
bounds, this consent being in accordance with the seven-
teenth clause of the cighth section of the first article of the
constitution of the United States, and with the acts of con-
gross in such cases made and Provided. The state of

irginia retains concurrent jurisdiction with the United
States over the aforesaid tract, so that courts, magistrates,
and officers of the state may take such cognizance, execute
such process, and discharge such other legal functions within
the aforesaid tract as may not be incompatible with the con-
sent hereby given.

3. The tract as above described, together with the tene-
ments and appurtenances for the purposes before mentioned,
shall be held exempt from taxation.

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