Chap. 563.—An ACT to relieve certain Jegatees and devisees of Miss Mary J. Bald-
win, of Staunton, from the operation of the act approved February 14, [S%6, im-
posing a tax on collateral inheritances, Ke.

Approved February 2s, 1s8us,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the tax of
five per centum imposed by the act ap proved F ebruary the fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, on collateral inheritances, shall not be
exacted from the legacies, and so forth, of Miss Mary J. Baldwin,
deceased, to the Mary Baldwin seminary of Staunton (lately known
as Augusta female seminary), to the trustees of the general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in the United States, to the trustees of the
Young men’s Christian association of } Staunton, and that said legacies
and deviges shall be free from said tax.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.