Chap. 144.——An ACT to ratify and confirm the charter of the Country Club, of
Norfolk, Virginia.

Approved March 10, 1902.

Whereas, the corporation court of the city of Norfolk did, on the
twentieth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
grant a charter of incorporation to the Country Club, which was duly
lodged in the office of the secretary of the Commonwealth, as follows:

To the Honorable Allan R. Hanckel, judge of the corporation court of
the city of Norfolk:

The undersigned, desiring to form an association for the purposes
herein set forth, do make, sign, and acknowledge the following certificate,
as provided by section one thousand one hundred and forty-five of the
Code of Virginia, 1887—to-wit:

1. The name of this incorporated company shall be the Country Club.

2. The purposes of this association shall be to promote the interest of
bicycling, riding, driving, tennis, and other out-of-door sports, and to
establish and maintain a club house for the use and enjoyment of its mem-
bers. :

3. There shall be no stock or property rights, and every member shall
have equal rights and privileges.

4, The amount of real estate to be held by this association shall not
exceed fifty acres at any one time in the State of Virginia.

5. The principal office of this association shall be kept in the city of

Norfolk.
. 6. The principal business of this association shall be as set forth in sec-
tion two above, and the association shall also have power to buy, sell,
lease, rent, encumber, and convey real estate to carry out the objects of
this association.

7. The names of the officers of this association who for the first year
are to manage its affairs are as follows:

President, A. H. Grandy, forty-seven Freemason street, Norfolk, Vir-
ginia.

First vice-president, Mistress Caldwell Hardy, one hundred and nine
Granby street, Norfolk, Virginia.

Second vice-president, John Graham, junior, Ghent, Norfolk, Virginia.

Treasurer, Mistress A. R. Hanckel, one hundred and fifty Duke street.
Norfolk, Virginia.

Secretary, J. Saunders Taylor, ninety-four York street, Norfolk, Vir-

inia.
. Witness our hands this fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six : A. H. GRANDY,

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State of Virginia, city of Norfolk—to-wit:

I, J. Saunders Taylor, a notary public for the city aforesaid, in the
State of Virginia, do certify that this day A. H. Grandy, William C.
Dickson, John Graham, junior, Caldwell Hardy, George McIntosh, R. L.
Overton, Fergus Reid, and Frank E. Wilcox, whose names are signed to
the above writing, dated the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, have acknowledged the same before me in my city aforesaid.

Given under my hand this fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred
and ninety-six.

J. SAUNDERS TAYLOR,
Notary public.

Virginia :

In the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, the twentieth day of
April, eighteen hundred and ninety-six:

It appearing to the court that A. H. Grandy, William C. Dickson,
John Graham, junior, Caldwell Hardy, George McIntosh, R. L. Overton,
Fergus Reid, and Frank EI. Wilcox have made, signed, and acknowledged,
according to law, a certificate in writing having for its object the forma-
tion of an association for the purposes set forth in said certificate, the
court doth grant unto them, and such others as may hereafter become
associated with them, a charter upon the terms set forth in said certifi-
cate; and it is ordered that they and their associates be, and they are
hereby, made and created a body politic and corporate under the name
of the “Country Club,” with all powers and privileges conferred, and
subject to all the provisions and restrictions imposed by the laws of Vir-
ginia applicable to corporations of this character. But this charter is
granted upon the express condition that the said corporation shall pay in
current money of the United States all taxes and other demands against
it due the State of Virginia. And said charter is ordered to be recorded.

ALLAN R. HANCKEL,
Judge of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk.

Teste:
IL. Royster,
Clerk.

Virginia:

In the clerk’s office of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk,
April twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six:

The foregoing certificate and charter of incorporation of the “Country
Club” was this day received in the clerk’s office of said court, recorded,
as is hereby certified to the secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
for recordation in his office.
And whereas it is deemed desirable to have ratified and confirmed the
said charter of the “Country Club”: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the said
charter of the “Country Club” be, and the same is hereby, ratified and
confirmed.

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