Chap. 517.—An ACT to incorporate the Wakefield cemetery.

Approved February 27, 1896.

1. Be itenacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Rev-
erend William E. Allen, Phillip D. Bain, George W. Holland, James
W. Cannon, James E. Richardson, Doctor Walter L. Devany, John
L. White, and Joseph H. Pursell, their successors and associates, and
all such persons as hereafter may become stockholders in the ceme-
tery hereby incorporated, shall be, and are hereby, created a body
politic and corporate under the name and style of the Wakefield
cemetery, with power by the name to have perpetuate succession, to
sue and be sued, to have a common seal, and to alter the same at
their discretion.
2. The said company shall have the right to acquire and hold, in
or near the village of Wakefield, in the county of Sussex, not ex-
ceeding in quantity ten acres of land, for the purpose of said ceme-
tery, and shall have the power to lay out and ornament the same; to
erect such buildings thereon as it may deem necessary and proper;
to arrange burial lots and sell the same, and to make and enforce, by
reasonable fines and penalties, such by-laws, rules and regulations
for its own organization, for the management of its business, for the
election of all necessary officers and the appointment of agents, for
the issue of certificates of stock and the transfer of the same; pro-
vided such by-laws and regulations shall not be inconsistent with
the laws of this state; and provided, also, that in all the meetings
of the stockholders the votes shall be in proportion to the amount of
stock held by each respectively.

3. That the capital stock of said company shall be of such amount
as the said company shall determine, and may be increased from
time to time at their discretion, but the amount of capital stock
shall not be fixed at an amount less than five hundred dollars nor
greater than the value of the property and franchises owned by said
company, including the sums expended and to be actually expended
in developing and improving said cemetery.

4. That hereafter no streets, lanes, alleys or roads shall be made or
established over said land, or any part thereof, except for the use of
said company, nor shall the same be condemned or taken for any
public use except by the unanimous consent of said company or their
successors.

5. That no interest of a lot holder in the property of said company
shall be subject in any way to the payment of debts, pass by insol-
vency, or into the hands of executors or administrators, or be liable
for taxes of any description, but the right and interest shall remain
in the families of each according to the course of descent.

6. The persons named in the first section of this act shall consti-
tute the first board of directors, who shall hold their offices until their
successors are elected and qualified, which election shall be governed
by the by-laws of the said company.

7. The by-laws of the said company shall be considered in effect
as soon as ratified by two-thirds of the directors.

8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pas-
sage, and shall be subject to the provisions of all general laws now
in force, or which shall be hereafter passed, governing other char-
tered companies so far as they are applicable to the company hereby
incorporated.

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