Chap. 205.—An ACT to ineorporate the John Hay normal and industrial school,
of Alexandria, Virginia.

Approved February 2, 1598.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there be
and is hereby, create d and established at Alex: andria, in the countv o

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Hfayv normal and industrial school, wherein children and youths of both
sexes may be boarded and taught the ordinary branches of an English
education, together with the industrial arts.

2. That Mangus L. Robinson, Robert B. Robinson, John A. Seaton,
H. J. Williams, W. A. Carter, William Bayne and W. H. Lee, and
their successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and
eorporate under the name and stvle of the trustees of the John Hay
normal and industrial school of Alexandria, Virginia, and by that name
shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, and by the
name aforesaid they and their successors shall be capable in law, and
shall have full power and authority to acquire, hold, possess, purchase,
receive and retain to them and their successors any lands, tenements and
hereditaments necessary for the purposes of said school, not exceeding
fifty acres. And the said trustees shall have full power and authority to
receive and hold personal property by gift or otherwise, for the use and
purposes of said school, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,
which personal estate they shall have power to transfer, convey and dis-
pose of in any manner they shall deem most useful to the inter est and
legal purposes of said school.

‘3. The said John Hay normal and industrial school shall be under
the control and management of said trustees and their successors who
shall appoint a president and all other necessary officers, professors, and
teachers in the said institution, and have power to remove the same; and
the said trustees shall, from time to time, make such by-laws, rules,
and regulations consistent with the laws of the state for the government
of those under its authority, the management of its estates and proper-
ties, and the due and orderly conduct of its affairs.

4. Four of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of ordinary business, and vacancies shall be filled in such manner as
the trustees shall think fit.

5. The said board of trustees shall have power, either by themselves
or their agents, to take and receive subscriptions for the said school, and
in case any person shall fail to pay his subscription, to enforce the pay-
ment thereof by law.

6. The board of trustees shall hold its annual meeting in the month
of June, during the closing exercises of the school session in each year,
and shall meet at such other times as may be prescribed by the by- laws
of said board.

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