Chap. 278.—An ACT to validate the bequest and devise made by A. H. Wilson to
the trustees of Muhlenberg Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Harrisonburg, Vir-
ginia.

Approved March 25, 1902.

Whereas, A. H. Wilson, of Rockingham county, in the State of Vir-
ginia, who died on the thirteenth day of November, nineteen hundred
and one, did give and bequeath in his last will, which bears date on the
thirteenth day of October, nineteen hundred and one, and has been pro-
bated and is of record in the clerk’s office of the county court of Rock-
ingham, unto the trustees of Muhlenberg Evangelical Lutheran Church,
of Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, Virginia, the sum of two thou-
sand dollars: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the devise
and bequest in the will of said A. H. Wilson, deceased, unto the trustees
of Muhlenburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Harrisonburg, in Rock-
. Ingham county, Virginia, of the sum of two thousand dollars shall be
valid: provided, that no vested rights be affected thereby.

2. And the said trustees, and their successors appointed as the law re-
quires, are authorized and empowered to do all acts and things necessary
for the carrying out of the aforesaid provision of the will of the said
A. H. Wilson, deceased, so far as the same relates to the devise and be-
quest made to the church aforesaid, and shall have the right and power
to bring and defend suits in the courts of this Commonwealth.

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