Chap. 892.—An ACT to incorporate the agricultural fair association of North-
ern Virginia.

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That John
Yarrow, Doctor D. N. Rust, James Patterson, 8S. R. Donahue, William
Rogers, Lewis C. Barley, E. E. Meredith, Robert Elliott, George E.
Pickett, J. W. Gaines, M. B. Harlow, and Courtland H. Smith, and
their associates and successors be, and they are hereby, incorporated
and made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of
the agricultural and industrial fair association of Northern Virginia,
and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and have the power
to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in
alt courts, whether in law or equity; it may make and have a common
seal, and may alter or renew the same at pleasure, and have and enjoy
and extend all the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises contained
in this charter, and under the general incorporation laws of this com-
monwealth. It may make by-laws and regulations for the government
of all under its authority, the management of its properties, and for
the proper and orderly conduct of its business and affairs.

2. The capital stock shall not be less than two thousand ($2,000.00)
dollars nor more than fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars, which shall
be divided into shares of the par value of ten ($10.00) dollars each;
the personal liability of the stockholders shall be limited to the amount
due and unpaid upon the shares of stock held by them respectively in
said association. Any three of the incorporators may open books of
subscription to said capital stock, and when the minimum amount has
been subscribed, shall call a meeting of the subscribers for the purpose
of organization, at which meeting there shall be elected a president,
secretary, and treasurer, and ten directors, who shall constitute the
board of directors, to serve for the first year unless sooner removed.
The board of directors shall have power to accept in payment of said
capital stock labor, materials, services, real or personal estate, as they
deem for the best interests of the association; the by-laws of the asso-
ciation may provide for the election of such other officers as the needs
of the association may require and for the increase of the board of
directors to such number as the stockholders at their first or any sub-
sequent meeting may prescribe. ~

3. The association is authorized and empowered to purchase, hold,
own, lease, improve, and control in any manner, grant, bargain, sell,
mortgage, convey, and otherwise dispose of real and personal prop-
erties of any kind, and may construct, 9wn, operate, or lease club-
houses, booths, stands, stables, kennels, or other buildings for the
entertainment, lodging, boarding, or keeping of man or beast upon
it lands or those leased by it.

4. The said association is authorized and empowered to post its
lands, and all persons are hereby prohibited and forbidden to enter upon
any of the lands of the said association without its consent; and any
person who shall, in any way, violate any rule or regulation prescribed
by the board of directors of said association may be summarily ejected
from the grounds by the said association, its officers, servants, agents,
or emplovees; and such person, upon prosecution, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and may be punished therefor, either by fine or
imprisonment, such fine not to exceed twenty-five ($25.00) dollars,
and such imprisonment not to exceed ninety days in the county or
city jail. But this section shall not be construed to prevent the acquisi-
tion, pursuant to the provisions of chapter forty-six of the code of
Virginia, by any company incorporated for a work of internal improve-
ment, of any of the lands of said association.

5. The said association may hold fairs or exhibitions at such times
as it may deem proper not exceeding thirty days in any one year, and
may adopt all necessary regulations for governing the same, and mav,
under such regulations as the board of directors may deem proper and
expedient during such fairs or exhibitions, permit the speeding of
horses and racing upon the grounds of the said association: provided,
however, that the said association shall not be authorized hereunder
to acquire for its purposes more than two hundred acres of land, or
to hold its fairs or exhibitions at more than one point or place in the
state of Virginia.

6. The said association shall have authority to appoint and organize
a sufficient police force for the maintenance and preservation of order
upon its grounds, and may call upon the county, state, or municipal
officers where ifs grounds are located to assist in maintaining order
and the prevention of crime; the police force so appointed by said
association to possess all the authority and powers of constables in
matters of arrest and in serving warrants of a criminal nature; the
compensation of said police force to be fixed bv board of directors of
said association and to be paid out of its funds. The chairman of
the board of directors shall be, and he is hereby, clothed with all the
powers of a conservator of the peace during the period of holding its
fairs or exhibitions upon the grounds of said association.
%. The board of directors are authorized and empowered to prohibit
the sale of intoxicating liquors and all games of chance upon the grounds
ot the said association, and within a radius of a mile at or during the
time of holding its said fairs or exhibitions, but nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to interfere with legally licensed places of
business outside of the enclosure of the said association.

8. The annual exhibition of said association shall be held at or near
the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and the association shall charge such
admission fees to its grounds to witness its fairs or exhibitions as its
board of directors may, from time to time, prescribe, and may offer such
prizes, premiums, awards, or purses to be competed or contested for
as the board of directors may determine, and may grant such licenses
and privileges to exhibitors and others, and charge such compensation
therefor as the board of directors may deem expedient, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this charter.

9. The said association shall be exempt from the payment of all
charter fees, state, county, or municipal taxes upon its property and
stock, and during the time of the holding of its exhibitions or fairs
all persons, whether exhibitors or otherwisc, holding licenses or privi-
leges from the said association shall be exempt from all state, county,
or municipal license taxes.

10. The provisions of this charter shall, in all matters connected
with said association or its operations, or in relation to the conduct of
its affairs and the management of its business, govern and control, and
all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this charter are hereby repealed,
so far as they may relate to or restrict the rights, powers, privileges, or
franchises of said charter herein granted.

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