Chap. 195.—An ACT to repeal the charter of the German-American fire insur-
ance company of Virginia, which was eramiec by the judge of the circuit court
of the city of Richmond, on the 7th day of July, 1892, under section 1145 of
the code of Virginia and amendatory acts.

Approved January 80, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
charter of the German-American fire insurance company of Virginia,
which was granted upon application of George C. Jefferson, L. P
Routt, William P. DeSassure, 8.8. Elam, and A. H. Felthaus, by
Honorable B. R. Wellford, junior, judge of the circuit court of the
city of Richmond, on July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-
two, and which is recorded in charter-book number three, page one
hundred and thirty-five (the same being the book provided and kept
for the purpose, pursuant to section one thousand one hundred and
forty-five of the code of Virginia, in the clerk’s office of the circuit
court of the city of Richmond), and which charter, after being cer-
tified by the clerk of said court, was, on the sixteenth day of Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, lodged in the office of the
secretary of the commonwealth, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

2. This act shall not be construed to interfere with, obstruct or
prevent suits by or against the said company, its officers, agents,
directors or stockholders, which may have been, or which may be,
brought on its existing contracts.

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