Chap. 719.—An ACT to incorporate the Mount Vernon military institute.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That James
EK. Clements, Jackson E. Sickles, Samuel H. Lunt, Charles H.
Schaaff, Howard M. Norris, Joseph Atkins, and Thomas J. Parker,
and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, created
a body politic and corporate by the name of the Mount Vernon mili-
tary institute.

2. That the said corporation is hereby authorized to hold, by pur-
chase, gift, or lease, the estate in Alexandria county in this state
known as Warwick, containing fifty acres of land, more or less.

3. That the said Mount Vernon military institute is hereby em-
powered from time to time to make such by-laws, rules and regula-
tions as they may find necessary, and to perform such other things
as may be required for carrying this act into effect, and which may
not be repugnant to the constitution of this state and the constitu-
tion and laws of the United States.

4. That said corporation shall have power to receive bequests,
gifts and donations for the purpose of improving, maintaining and
keeping in repair the grounds and buildings upon said estate, and
for scholarship and establishing professorships.

5. That the principal object and purpose of said corporation is to
fit young men for successful entrance into the naval and military
academies of the United States.

6. That said corporation shall be governed for the first year of its
existence by the incorporators herein named, a majority of whom
shall constitute a quorum, and the said incorporators, or a majority
thereof, shall have power to fill all vacancies happening by death,
resignation or otherwise.

¢. That in order to preserve the quiet of said institution, and the
full and complete use and enjoyment of all scientific instruments
used in connection therewith, it shall be unlawful from and after
the passage of this act for any railroad or tramway to be located
within one hundred yards of the grounds belonging to said institute.

8. That said corporation shall have jurisdiction and authority to
keep the peace within the limits of its grounds, and by and with the
advice and consent of the judge of the county court of Alexandria
county to appoint special policemen, who shall have and exercise
the same powers now and hereafter conferred upon county consta-
bles by the laws of this state.

9. That the board of trustees of said corporation shall make a full
report to the governor of this state on or before the first of January
in each year, showing in detail the receipts and expenditures of the
institution.

10. That nothing in this act shall be construed as binding this
state to pay any portion of the expense of said institution.

11. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.