Chap. 78.—An ACT to incorporate the Society of colonial wars in the state
of Virginia.

Approved January 17, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Jo-
seph Bryan, Gustavus Adolphus Walker, Virginius Newton, Richard
Thomas Walker Duke, junior, Thomas Bolling, junior, Edward Car-
rington Mayo, James Lyons, William James Walker, John Garland
Walker, James Alston Cabell, and Thomas Nelson Carter, and such
other persons as may be associated with them, and their successors,
are hereby constituted, and declared to be a body politic and corpo-
rate by the name and style of the Society of colonial wars in the
state of Virginia, and by that name shall be known in law, and shall
have perpetual succession and a commen seal, with the right to
change the same at pleasure, and shall have a right to sue and be
sued, contract and be contracted with, and to enjoy all the rights
and privileges, and be subject to all the regulations incident to sim-
ilar corporations under the general law of the commonwealth.

2. The objects of said corporation are social and patriotic, and
the said society has been formed for the purpose of perpetuating
among their descendants the memory of the men who assisted in
establishing the colonies of America, and imperiled their lives and
interests in the French and Indian wars, from May thirteenth, six-
teen hundred and seven, to April nineteenth, seventeen hundred and
seventy-five, which, preceding the revolutionary struggle, tended to
form the free and independent United States of America, and for the
collection and preservation of historical] relics and documents relating
to the period.

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 expulsion of its members, and to amend the constitution
and by-laws in the manner to be therein prescribed.

5. The officers of the said corporation shall be a governor, deputy
governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary, treasurer, deputy governor-
general, registrar, chancellor, 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 prescribe.

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.

¢. All the property, real, personal or mixed, which said corpora-
tion now owns or may hereafter acquire by gift, purchase or other-
wise, shal] be exempt from all state, county and city taxes or levies.

8. The amount of the 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.