CHAP. 34.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1399 of the
code of 1887, in regard to the appointment of trustees to effect
or promote the purposes of conveyances for religious purposes.

Approved January 31, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirteen hundred and ninety-nine of the
code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

§ 13899. The circuit court of the county or the circuit or
corporation court of the corporation, or the judge thereof
in vacation, wherein there is any parcel of such land, or
the greater part thereof, may on the application of the
proper authorities of such congregation, from time to
time appoint trustees, either where there were or are
none, or in place of former trustees, and change those
80 appointed whenever it may seem to the court proper,
to effect or promote the purpose of the conveyance, devise,
or dedication, and the legal title to such land shall, for
that purpose, be vested in the said trustees for the time
being and their successors.

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