Chap. 311.—An ACT to incorporate the Sons and daughters of Zion of the
county of Louisa.

Approved February 13, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That John
Seatb, William Jackson, C. M Jackson, Nelson Harris, Randolph
Winston, Cornelius Jackson, Waller Anderson, Frederick Yancey,
and John Rollins, with such other persons as may be hereafter asso-
ciated with them, and their successors, be, and they are hereby,
constituted a corporation to be known as the Sons and daughters of
Zion, of the county of Louisa, by which name they shall have per-
petual succession and a common seal, which they may alter at pleas-
ure; shall sue and be sued, and shall! have and exercise all the rights,
powers, and privileges pertaining to corporations under the laws of
this commonwealth.

2. The object of the corporation shall be to care for the sick and
bury the dead.

3. The corporation may acquire and hold property, real and per-
sonal, not to exceed five thousand dollars at any one time.

4. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary,
a treasurer, and such others as the corporation may appoint or elect.

5. The place of business of said corporation shall be in the county
of Louisa, and all the officers shall reside in said county.

6. Members of said corporation shall be received into it upon a
vote of a majority of the members, and no member shall be expelled
except by a two-third vote of the members present.

7. Each member of said corporation shall be required to pay to its
treasurer twenty-five cents per month, and should a member be in
default in the payment of his dues for sixty days he shall forfeit all
tights of membership in said corporation, and shal! not be re-instated
until after the payment in full of such dues, with a penalty of ten
per centum added, which penalty may be remitted by a vote of a
majority of the members present.

8. Each member shall be entitled to receive from the treasurer
one dollar per week for the first two weeks of sickness, fifty cents
per week for two additional weeks, and thereafter twenty-five cents
per week during sickness; and upon the death of a member the cor-
poration shall pay to his family eight dollars for burial expenses, or
it may bury its members at a cost not to exceed eight dollars.

9. Each member shall have one vote in the meetings of the corpo-
ration, and not less than fifteen members shal! constitute a quorum,
and no member shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of the cor-
poration who is in default in the payment of his dues for sixty days.

10. The monthly dues, nor the payment to the sick, nor payment
for burial, shall not be increased or diminished except by a two-
third vote of the members.

11. General meetings of the corporation shall be held annually at
such times and places as the corporation may determine, and a spe-
cial meeting may at any time be called by the president; provided
that notice of such meeting be given in person to the members or
mailed to their address at least five days prior to such meeting.

12. The general assembly of Virginia reserves the right to alter,
amend, or repeal this charter at pleasure.

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