Chap. 338.—An ACT to amend the charter of the Sherwood Female
Seminary at Staunton, Virginia, approved May 21, 1887.

Approved March 1, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
J. L. Massey, John E. Massey, William H. Kable, James Nel-
son, D. D., John B. Hoge, Henry E. Summerson, John W.
Todd, and their associates and successors, be and they are
hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the
name and style of the Sherwood Female Seminary, and by
that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal,
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, purchase, receive,
and hold, sell and dispose of any property, real and personal,
necessary and proper for the use and benefit of said seminary,
and under their common seal, make and establish from time
to time, such rules and by-laws not contrary to the laws of
Virginia, for the government and control of the professors
and students thereof, and for the conduct and maintenance of
a female college or school.

2. The president of the said Sherwood Female Seminary
shall have power and authority to confer upon any student
or students he may deem worthy, the different scholastic de-
grees conferred by other colleges and seminaries, and may
award diplomas. ,

3. All rights, powers, privileges, exemptions, and immuni-
ties secured by the laws of Virginia to like colleges or insti-
tutions, are also hereby granted to the said Sherwood Female
Seminary, hereby incorporated. It shall be free from all tax-
ation, and subject in all respects to the laws of Virginia in
such cases made and provided.

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