Chap. 776.—An ACT to incorporate Jordan lodge, No. 40, independent order
of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria.

Approved March 7, 1894.

Whereas an organization is established in Richmond city, known
as Jordan lodge, number forty, independent order Good Samaritans
and Daughters of Samaria, which has for its object the mutual aid
and protection of its members in times of sickness and distress,
the burying of deceased members, the care of the widow and the
orphan, and other benevolent purposes, and for the purpose of se-
curing the advantages of co-operation in matters affecting their in-
terests and mutual improvement: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That A.
Coots, president; R. A. Eggleston, vice-president; Joseph N. Myers,
treasurer; J. W. Thompson, secretary; Arthur Hayes, Alfred Coots,
William I. Johnson, William Winston, Thomas Johnson, John W.
Harwood and Charles James, and all other persons who are now or
may hereafter be associated with them, and their successors, shall be,
and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate by the
name and style of Jordan lodge, number forty, independent order of
Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria, and by that name shall
have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts and places, and in all
manner of actions and complaints whatever; and may make by-laws
and regulations not inconsistent with this act and the laws of this
state for the government of its members and officers and proper con-
duct for-its affairs, and shall possess and enjoy all other privileges
and franchises incident to a corporation.

2. The capital stock of said corporation shall not be less than five
hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars, and shall be divided
into shares of not less than five dollars each.

3. The personal liability of each shareholder shall be limited to the
amount due and unpaid upon the shares of stock owned and held by
him, and no assignment or transfer of any share shall be valid until
all calls made or due thereon shall have been paid or secured to be
paid to the satisfaction of the directors.

4. The amount of property, real, personal and mixed, which may
be held by said corporation at any one time shall not exceed one
hundred thousand dollars, which property shall be managed by the
directors of said corporation (unless otherwise provided by the by-
laws of the corporation) who may, under the direction of said cor-
poration, rent, mortgage, sell, buy, convey, invest, or in any wise
acquire and dispose of any property of said corporation when directed
so to do by said corporation. The property acquired by this corpo-
ration shall be vested exclusively in the same, and shall be at all
times during the existence of the corporation, and at the dissolu-
tion of the same, be subject to the paramount authority and control
in its ultimate disposition of a majority of the holders of shares of
stock therein.

5. The persons above named shall be the officers and also directors
of said corporation until the stockholders shall otherwise determine
by their by-laws, and they shall hold their offices until their succes-
sors shall be appointed and have qualified.

6. The number of directors who shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business shall be determined by the by-laws of the
corporation.

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