Chap. 121.—An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke Industrial and Agricultural
Association.

Approved March 5, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That James P.
Woods, E. L. Stone, T. W. Goodwin, J. Allen Watts, R. H. Angell, S. 8.
Brooke, J. C. Rawn, Louis Scholz, J. H. Wingate, H. N. Dyer, John Rose,
James McFall, 8. Simon, Arthur, Sibert, S. P. Seifret, W. C. Stephen-
son, H. EB. Jones, Frank Reid, T. W. Goodwin, and such other persons as
may hereafter be associated with them, be, and thev are hereby, created a
body politic and corporate by and under the name of the “Roanoke Indus-
trial and Agricultural Association,” and bv that name may sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in all of the courts of this State and else-
where, have perpetual succession and use a common seal, and may adopt
such by-laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations for its government and
business, and for the government of all under its authority, as it may see
fit; and, generally, may do and perform all other acts and things neces-
sary, useful, and beneficial to carry this act into effect, and to promote
the objects, purposes, and business of said corporation.

2. The said corporation shall have the power to establish and conduct
agricultural fairs in the city of Roanoke and the county of Roanoke, of
Virginia, annually, or at other intervals; to raise, develop, and improve,
or promote and encourage the raising, developing, or improvement of
horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, and other stock, poultry, birds, fish,
and game, farm products of every kind, and all other articles and things
which may be shown for competitive exhibition, and all such other
things which are the result of labor, skill, or art; and may provide for
competitive exhibitions of the same at any of their meetings, upon such
terms and conditions as the corporation may prescribe, for prizes or
purses offered by themselves or others; may own, buy, or sell the same,
and solicit and hold auction sales of the same as often as they may deem
proper at their annual fairs or other meetings. They shall have the
power to encourage lawful and moral physical improvement, and all law-
ful sports and games, to encourage and promote horsemanship, riding,
driving, and the development of heavy draft or other harness horses and
mules, and to this end may hold contests of speed, endurance, and
strength, and may offer, or have offered by others, prizes or purses for the
same, or for any other excellencies in horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs,
and stock of every kind; poultry, birds, fish, game, fruit, and farm pro-
ducts of every kind ; needle work, fancy work, paintings, drawings, woods,
timbers, lumber, farm, and other implements, machinery and manu-
factories, and every other article or thing which may be made or shown
for competitive exhibition. Said corporation may charge an entrance or
admission fee to any of its meetings, or for special ground privileges.
The corporation may take by gift, grant, devise, or bequest, and may ac-
cept, purchase, lease, hold, and dispose of any real estate or personal
estate, provided said real estate held by them in any county or city at
any time shall not exceed five hundred acres; and said corporation may
borrow money and issue bonds or ofher evidences of debt therefor, and
may eccure the same by deed of trust, mortgage, or otherwise on the
whole or any part of its property.

3. Said corporation shall have a capital stock of not less than twenty-
five hundred dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars, divided
into shares of twenty-five dollars each, which capital stock, however, may
be increased by a three-fourths vote of the board of directors of said asso-
ciation, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, with the right to prescribe
the manner in which the said capital stock shall be paid and called for.
Stockholders of the company shall not be personally liable for any debt,
contract, or obligation of the said corporation, except to the extent of
the unpaid balance of their stock subscription.

4. The officers of the said association shall consist of a president,
seven vice-presidents, and secretary, and a treasurer, and a board of
directors, to consist of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five
persons, of which board the president and first vice-president shall, by
virtue of their respective offices, be members. The said officers shall be
elected and their salaries fixed, whether by the stockholders or by the
board of directors, as the said association may by by-laws determine.

5. The principal office of the association shall be in the city of Roanoke,
Virginia, and the annual election of officers and directors shall be held
mn said city. The following officers and directors, and such other officers
as may hereafter be elected. as provided in section four, which election
may be held upon the organization of the association, or as soon there-
after as may be convenient, shall manage the business and affairs of the
company for the first year, and until their successors are elected and
qualified: President, James P. Woods; first vice-president, Edward L.
Stone. Directors—J. Allen Watts, S. S. Brooke, Louis Scholz, H. N.
Dyer, James McFall, Arthur Sibert, W. C. Stephenson, R. H. Angell,
J. C. Rawn, J. H. Wingate, John Rose, S. Simon, S. P. Seifret, H. E.
Jones, Frank Reid.

6. 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 estate and personal prop-
erties of any kind, and may construct, own, operate, or lease club-
houses, booths, stands, stables, kennels, or other buildings for the enter-
tainment, lodging, boarding, or keeping of man or beast upon its lands
or those leased by it.

7. The said association is authorized and empowercd 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 officer, servants, agents, or emplovees; and
such person, upon prosecution, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and may be punished therefor, either by fine or imprisonment, such fine
not to exceed twenty-five dollars, and such imprisonment not to exceed
ninety days in the county or city jail. But this section shall not be con-
strued to prevent the acquisition, pursuant to the provisions of chapter
forty-six of the Code of Virginia, by any company incorporated for a
work of internal improvement of any of the lands of said association.

8. The said association may hold fairs or exhibitions at such times as
it may deem proper, and may adopt all necessary regulations for govern-
ing the same, and may, 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 associa-
tion: provided, however, that the said association shall not be authorized
hereunder to acquire for its purposes more than five hundred acres of
land, or to hold its fairs or exhibitions at more than one point or place in
the State of Virginia.

9. 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 appoint as manv special police as may be
necessary to preserve law and order, and shall file with the clerk of the
corporation court in any city, or with the clerk of the county court in
which such fair or exhibition is held, a list of such officers so selected,
who shall thereupon administer to them the oath of office, whereupon
the said policemen so selected bv said association and sworn in by said
clerk shall exercise exclusive police authority over the grounds of the
said association, and shall possess all authority and power of constables
in matters of arrest and in serving warrants of a criminal nature. The
compensation of the said police force to be fixed by the board of directors
of the said association, and such compensation, as well as the cost of their
being sworn in by said clerk, to be paid out of its funds; and the presi-
dent of said association 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; and if he shall
deem it necessary, he may call on any magistrate of such county or city
wherein the fair or exhibition may be held to open and hold court for
misdemeanors upon the grounds of the association, and such magistrate
so called upon is authorized to so hold his court upon the grounds of the
said association, and is hereby given jurisdiction of such offenses as may
be committed against the law (of:the State) while holding fairs’ or
meetings upon its grounds.

10. The said association shall be exempt from the payment of all
charter fees, State, county, or municipal taxes, upon its property or
stock, and during the time of holding of its exhibitions or fairs all per-
sons, whether exhibitors or otherwise, holding licenses or privileges from
the said association shall be exempt from all State, county, or municipal
license taxes. :

11. The provisions of this charter shall, in all matters connected with
said association and 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 be related to or restrict the rights, powers, privileges, or
franchises of said charter herein granted.

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