Chap. 225.—An ACT to incorporate the children’s home society of Virginia.

‘Approved January 30, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Joseph
Bryan, John L. Williams, John Garland Pollard, B. R. Wellford, junior,
Pascal Davie, E. Raab, Charles T. O’Ferrall, C. W. Tanner, Charles
Straus, John P. Branch, O. S. Morton, and W. H. Clemmitt, of Virginia,
and D. W. Comstock, of West Virginia, and such other persons as are
now or may be hereafter associated with them, are hereby declared to
be a body politic and corporate, by the name, style, and title of the child-
ren’s home society of Virginia, and by that name shall be known in law,
and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with right to
change the same at will, and shall have power to sue and be sued, con-
tract and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, and have all the
rights and privileges of corporations and be subject to all the rules, regu-
lations, and restrictions, and do all acts and enjoy all powers incident to
similar corporations in general under and subject to the laws of this
commonwealth. The chief office of the said society shall be in the city
of Richmond, Virginia, with such branch oflices as may be necessary in
other places in the state of Virginia.

2. That the purposes of said children’s home society of Virginia shall
be finding family homes for homeless, indigent, or dependent poor
children in the state of Virgimia, and other purposes incident thereto.

3. That the members of said corporation, who are or may be entitled
to vote in any election of officers, shall have full power and authority to
make and adopt a constitution and by-laws, and to prescribe rules and
regulations for the government of said corporation and the promotion
of its interests, and for the admission and expulsion of members, and
from time to time, to amend and alter the same: provided, that the
same be not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United
States and the state of Virginia.

4. That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of a president
and such others as may be deemed necessary, and shall be elected at such
times as the constitution and by-laws shall prescribe.

5. That the corporation may take and acquire, by purchase, gift,
devise, bequest, or otherwise, and hold rea] and personal estate, and lease.
rent, sell, encumber, or otherwise dispose of the same as may seem most
advantageous: provided, it shall not hold at any one time real estate of
greater value than one hundred thousand dollars: and provided further,
that the said property, or income derived therefrom, shall be used wholly
for the purposes of said corporation.

G. That the said children’s home socicty of Virginia, being purely
benevolent and charitable, shall be exempt from payment of all taxes,
both state and municipal.

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