Chap. 50.—An ACT to incorporate the Board of Foreign Missions of
the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States of
America.

Approved April 14, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
A. Binga, junior, W. W.Colley, Henry Wlliams, junior, William
Troy, i. . Dawson, R. Spiller, J. W. Patterson, R. F. Mor-
ris, John Jones, J. E. Jones, J. E. Farrar, J. H. Holmes, J. B.
Smith, L. A. Black, W. H. Dickerson, and J. A. Taylor, of
the state of Virginia; W. H. McAlpin and J. Q. A. Wilhite,
of the state of Alabama; C. Johnson, of the state of North
Carolina; F. Brown, of the state of South of Carolina; W.
H. Tillman, of the state of Georgia; J. A. Stewart and J. M.
Armistead, of the state of Tennessee; R. Ramsey, of the
state of Mississippi; G. W. Walker, of the state of Louisiana;
R. H. Boyd, of the state of Texas; R. D. Dunbar, of the
state of Florida; and E. C. Morris, of the state of Arkansas,
and all others who now are, or may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, be and they are hereby constituted a body
politic and corporate, by the name and styte of the Board of

oreign Missions of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention
of the United States of America, and by that name may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have perpetual succes-
sion and a common seal, 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 cor-
poration and not inconsistent with this act.

2. The said corporation may take by purchase, gift, devise,
or bequest, and to hold real and personal estate, and lease,
rent, sell or otherwise dispose of the same in any such man-
ner a8 may seem most advantageous: provided it shall not
hold real estate exceeding ten acres of Jand in any county or
corporation of this commonwealth. ,

3. The object of the said board is to diffuse the gospel of
Jesus Christ in Africa and elsewhere abroad, as God may
direct.

4, The said board shall have power to make and adopt
rules and regulations for its government, the election of its
officers and to define their duties.

5. The officers of the board shall be a president and vice-
president, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, sta-
tistical secretary, treasurer, and auditor.

6. The principal office of the board shall be in the city of
Richmond and state of Virginia.

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

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Chap. 50.—An ACT to incorporate the Board of Foreign Missions of
the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States of
America.

Approved April 14, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
A. Binga, junior, W. W.Colley, Henry Wlliams, junior, William
Troy, i. . Dawson, R. Spiller, J. W. Patterson, R. F. Mor-
ris, John Jones, J. E. Jones, J. E. Farrar, J. H. Holmes, J. B.
Smith, L. A. Black, W. H. Dickerson, and J. A. Taylor, of
the state of Virginia; W. H. McAlpin and J. Q. A. Wilhite,
of the state of Alabama; C. Johnson, of the state of North
Carolina; F. Brown, of the state of South of Carolina; W.
H. Tillman, of the state of Georgia; J. A. Stewart and J. M.
Armistead, of the state of Tennessee; R. Ramsey, of the
state of Mississippi; G. W. Walker, of the state of Louisiana;
R. H. Boyd, of the state of Texas; R. D. Dunbar, of the
state of Florida; and E. C. Morris, of the state of Arkansas,
and all others who now are, or may hereafter become asso-
ciated with them, be and they are hereby constituted a body
politic and corporate, by the name and styte of the Board of

oreign Missions of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention
of the United States of America, and by that name may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have perpetual succes-
sion and a common seal, 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 cor-
poration and not inconsistent with this act.

2. The said corporation may take by purchase, gift, devise,
or bequest, and to hold real and personal estate, and lease,
rent, sell or otherwise dispose of the same in any such man-
ner a8 may seem most advantageous: provided it shall not
hold real estate exceeding ten acres of Jand in any county or
corporation of this commonwealth. ,

3. The object of the said board is to diffuse the gospel of
Jesus Christ in Africa and elsewhere abroad, as God may
direct.

4, The said board shall have power to make and adopt
rules and regulations for its government, the election of its
officers and to define their duties.

5. The officers of the board shall be a president and vice-
president, corresponding secretary, recording secretary, sta-
tistical secretary, treasurer, and auditor.

6. The principal office of the board shall be in the city of
Richmond and state of Virginia.

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

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