Chap. 201.—An ACT to incorporate Brambleton Lodge, No. 56,
Knights of Pythias of Norfolk city, Virginia.

Approved February 23, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

C. D. Cake, R. J. Dykes, W. H. Gordon, Charles S. Spaun,
and W. F. Gallop, and such other persons as are now or may
hereafter be regularly associated with them, be and they are
hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate
under the name and style of Brambleton Lodge, number
fifty-six, of the order of Knights of Pythias, situated in
Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk; and by that name shall
have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may purchase and
hold, to them and their successors, any lands, tenements,
chattels, and goods of what kind soever, as may be conducive
to the objects of such association, the purpose of such incor-
poration being to erect a castle hall for its own use and other
purposes: provided that the whole amount of property, per-
sonal and real, of said association, shall not be less than two
thousand nor more than fifteen thousand dollars.
. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for
Brambleton Lodge, number fifty-six, of the order of Knights
of Pythias, to borrow a sum not exceeding the legal rate of
interest for the purpose of erecting a building suitable for a
hall, giving security for the same by deed of trust or mort-
gage bond upon their real estate.

3. And be it further enacted, That the assent of a majority
of all the members of said association shall be necessary for
the purchase or sale of any estate, either real or personal, in
the name and for the benefit of said association.

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