Chap. 672.—An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Whosoever home and
. farm.

Approved March 3, 1896. .

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That H. M.
Wharton, James B. Hudson, E. J. Armstrong, C. H. Grove, N. A.
Rust, A. W. McKim, William L. Hudson, S. A. Walton, W. T. Bied-
ler, E. T. Booton, M. M. Hargrove, T. J. Berrey, V. H. Ford, L. H.
Keller, H. V. Hudson, and G. T. Chapman, and their successors, as
they may be from time to time appointed as hereinafter provided,
be, and they are hereby, appointed a body politic and corporate
under the name and style of the trustees of the Whosoever home and
farm, for the purpose of maintaining, training, and educating or-
phans and other destitute white male and female children who may
be entrusted to their charge, and by that name shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal, may contract and be contracted with,
sue and be sued, may acquire, receive, hold, possess, and enjoy, and
may sell, convey, invest, and otherwise manage or dispose of all
property, real or personal, which may be given to or otherwise ac-
quired by the said trustees in or out of this state, and may purchase
or erect suitable buildings and appliances: provided that the pro-
perty, real and personal, shall not exceed in value at any one time
three hundred thousand dollars. The said home and farm shall be
located and established in Page county, Virginia.

2. The said trustees and their successors, as a board, shall con-
tinue in office until their successors are elected, and shall have the
power to fill vacancies in their own body occurring by. death, resig-
nation, removal, or otherwise; to add to the original number of trus-
tees, provided that the total number of trustees shall not exceed
forty; to appoint such officers as may be requisite, and exact from
any of them such bonds or other security in such penalty as the trus-
tees may direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of their
duties, and also to appoint not less than five persons to constitute
and be known as a board of managers, who, with the officers, shall
have the general supervision and management of the affairs of the
corporation. The said trustees shall not be liable individually for
the debts, liabilities, or contracts of the corporation.

3. Seven trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, but it shall require a majority of all the trustees to consti-
tute a quorum in any meeting ordering the sale of real estate belong-
ing to the corporation.

4. The trustees of the corporation shall have the power to make
any regulations or laws for the government of the corporation not
inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state or of the
United States.

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