Chap. 362.—An ACT to authorize the sale of certain church property in the
county of Lee.

Approved February 17, 1895.

Whereas the congregation of Clear Spring Baptist church, in Lee
county, Virginia, near Clear Spring on Cox’s branch, have ceased to use
suid church property, and have erected a new church as a place of wor-
ship for said congregation in the town of Drvden, Lee county, Virginia,
about three-fourths of a mile from said first-mentioned property; and

Whereas it is desired by said congregation that the said Clear Spring
church property be sold, and the proceeds of said sale invested in said
new church at Dryden, Lee county, Virginia; and

Whereas Larkin Herndon is the only surviving trustee of said Clear
Spring church property: therefore,

1, Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the said
Larkin Herndon, surviving trustee, is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to sell the said Clear Spring church property (consisting of the
church-house, and the land belonging thereto, containing about one
acre) for the best price obtainable, and to make a proper deed convey-
ing the same to the purchaser, and he shall pay over the net proceeds
of said sale to the trustees of the said church property at Dryden, Lee
county, Virginia, to be used in paying for said property, and for the
benefit of said congregation worshiping in said church.

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

Chap. 362,.—An ACT for the relief of the charitable institutions named in the will
of the late Lewis Ginter.

Approved February 28, 189%,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the seve-
ral pecuniary bequests made by the late Lewis Ginter to the following-
named charitable institutions and persons, and the said institutions anil
persons, to-wit:

Virginia hospital, ten thousand dollars; Richmond male orphan asv-
lum, ten thousand doNars; Virginia mechanical institute, ten thousand
dollars: > Female humane association, five thousand dollars; Protestant
Episcopal church home, five thousand dollars; Richmond home for
ladies of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, two thousand five
hundred dollars; Baptist home for aged women, two thousand five hun-
dred dollars; Hebrew home for the aged and infirm of Richmond, two
thousand five hundred dollars; Saint Paul’s church home orphan asy-
lum, two thousand five hundred dollars; Masonic home of Virginia, five
thousand dollars; Retreat for the sick, five thousand dollars; Sheltering
arms hospital, five thousand dollars; [Home for incurables, five thou-
sand dollars; Richmond eve, ear and throat infirmary and dispensary,
five thousand dollars; Maternity hospital and free dispensary, two thou-

sand five hundred dollars; Trustees of the sisters of charity of Saint
Joseph’s academy and orphan asylum, five thousand dollars; Little sis-
ters of the poor, five thousand dollars: Woman's C hristian association,
five thousand dollars; Richmond exchange for woman’s work, fixe
thousand dollars; Christian women’s city mission, five thousand dol-
lars; Richmond city Ice nussion, two thousand dollars; Spring-street
home for wome n, two thousand dollars: Day nursery and kindergarten,
two thousand dollars: R. E. Lee Camp Soldiers’ home, two thousand
dollars; Industrial horne, one thousand dollars; the IF oundling hospital,
one thousand dollars, be, and the same are hereby, exempted from the
payment of the tax on collateral inheritances Imposed by an act ap-
proved February fourteenth, eizhteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled
‘¢ An act to impose a tax on collateral inheritances and regulate the col-
lection of same’’; and the executors of the said Lewis (iinter are au-
thorized to pay over said amounts to the parties entitled thereto without
first deducting any tax on the same, as required by said act of the
general assembly, approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
ninetv-six.

This act shall be in force from its passave,