Chap. 335.—An ACT to incorporate the west end oer company of
Manassas.

Approved February 14, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That G. W.
Hixson, J. B. T. Thornton, D. J. Arrington, T. H. Lion, and L. A.
Larkin, junior, or any three of them, may open books of subscription,
and when two thousand dollars shall have been subscribed by them,
or such others as may hereafter be associated with them, they shall be a
body politic and corporate, to be known as the west end cemetery com-
pany, by which name and style it shall have perpetual succession and
a common seal, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in
all courts; may contract and be contracted with, ordain and establish
by-laws: provided, such by-laws be in conformity with the laws of the
United States and this state.

2. The capital stock of said company shall be not less than two
thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, divided into
shares of twenty-five dollars each, which shall be paid in cash or instal-
‘ments as the by-laws may require, and the personal liability of each and
every shareholder for the debts of the company, shall be limited to the
amount unpaid on the share or shares of stock subscribed for by such
stockholders. All certificates of stock shall be under the seal of the
company, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary,
and when so issued shall be deemed personal property. Each stockholder
shall have one vote for every share of stock held by him, and may cast
such vote either in person or by proxy at any and all meetings of said
stockholders.

3. The officers of said company shall consist of a president, secretary,
and treasurer, and a board of three directors; the secretary may be
allowed to hold the office of treasurer, if the company so determine.
Said officers and directors shall be elected annually by the stockholders,
and shall hold office until their successors shall be elected. Any va-
cancy occurring in the officers or directors shall be filled by the board
of directors. The annual meetings of the stockholders may be held
at such place in the town of Manassas, and at such time as the by-laws
may prescribe: provided, that the first annual meeting shall be held on
the first Thursday in April, nineteen hundred, and special meetings
may be held at any time by the call of the president, by giving notice
of the time and place of meeting. At all annual meetings and all regu-
larly called special meetings the shareholders present shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.

4. The said company shall have power to acquire by purchase or
otherwise and hold land not to exceed ten acres, in or near the town
of Manassas, to be used as a burial place or cemetery for white persons
only, and may lay off the same into lots and subdivisions of lots for
graves, vaults, and monuments, and may improve and ornament the
same, lay out roads and walks therein, sell and convey lots or sub-
divisions of lots on such conditions as may be prescribed by the by-
Jaws, and the same shall not be subject to sale by order of any
court, except as hereinafter provided, nor be transferred by the owner,
his executor or administrator, outside of the owner’s family without th~
consent of the company. The company shall make all proper rules and
regulations for the general management of the cemetery and with regard
to the enclosures, digging of graves and the erection of vaults and mon-
uments, the manner in which lots and subdivisions of lots shall be kept,
the adornments thereof, and may prescribe the penalty for the violation
of them, and may enforce the saine by action at law or suit in equity,
and the circuit court of Prince William county shall have jurisdiction
to hear and determine all matters of controversy between the lot
holders and the company, and to that end process from said court may
issue and be served on a lot owner in any part of this state and on a
lot owner who is a non-resident of this state, by order of publication
and upon a judgment in favor of the company in any such action at law
or suit in equity; the lot or subdivision of lot of such owner may he sold
by order of court in such action or suit and the proceeds of such sale
applied to the satisfaction of such judgment.

5. A survey and plat showing the walks and roads and the number,
size and location of lots shall be made and may be recorded in the clerk’s
office of the county court of Prince William county, and no street, road,
lane, or alley shall be made over the land of said company without its
consent, nor shall the said land be condemned and taken for public use
without the consent of the company.

6. The said company shall be subject to all the general laws of this
state not inconsistent with this act.