Chap. 776.—An ACT to incorporate the Society of the sons of the revolution in
the state of Virginia.

Approved March 4, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That James
Alston Cabell, Francis L. Smith, W. C. N. Randolph, Richard
Thomas, Walker Duke, junior, Robert Lancaster Williams, Charles
Washington Coleman and Lyon Gardner Tyler, and such other per-
sons a8 may be associated with them, and their successors, be, and
they are hereby, declared and constituted a body politic and cor-
porate by the name and style of the Society of the sons of the revo-
lution in the state of Virginia, and by that name shall be known in
law, and shall have a right to sue and be sued, to contract and be
contracted with, and to enjoy all the rights and privileges, and be
subject to all the regulations incident to similar corporations under
the general law of the commonwealth.

2. The objects of said corporation are social, patriotic and benevo-
lent, and the said society has been formed for the purpose of per-
petuating the memory of the men who, in the military, naval and
civil service of the colonies and of the continental congress, by their
acts or counsel, achieved the independence of the country, and to
further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of
Washington and of prominent events connected with the war of the
revolution; to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, records,
documents and other things relating to that period; to inspire the
members of the society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers;
and to promote the feeling of friendship among them.

3. The principal office of the said corporation shall be in the city
of Richmond, Virginia.

4. The members of the said corporation shall have authority to
adopt a constitution and by-laws, to prescribe rules and regulations
for its government and the promotion of its interests, for the admis-
sion and the expulsion of its members, and to amend the constitu-
tion and by-laws in the manner to be therein prescribed.

5. The officers of the said corporation shall be a president, vice-
presidents, secretary, treasurer, registrar, historian, and such other
officers as may be deemed necessary, and they shall be elected in
such manner and at such times, and shall hold office for such terms
and perform such duties as the constitution and by-laws shall pre-
scribe.

6. Said corporation may acquire property by gift, devise or pur-
chase, and may use, manage and dispose of the same in such manner
as may be deemed best to advance the object of its incorporation.

7. All the property—real, personal or mixed—which said cor-
poration now owns or may hereafter acquire by gift, purchase or
otherwise, shall be exempt from all state, county and city taxes or

evies.

8. The amount of real estate which the corporation may hold at
any time shall not exceed five hundred acres.

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