Chap. 494.—An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke Orphan Asylum.
Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Augustine
Van de Vyver, John J. Bowler, Thomas A. Waters, S. L. Kelley, and
such other persons as they shall associate with them, be, and are hereby,
constituted a body corporate under the name of the Roanoke Orphan
Asylum, of the city of Roanoke, Virginia, and by this name and style
shall be invested with perpetual succession, and have a common seal, and
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and in all respects shall be in-
vested with the rights and privileges conferred, and subject to the re-
strictions and regulations prescribed for corporations by the laws of the
State of Virginia, so far as the same may be applicable to such an asso-
ciation and not inconsistent with this act.

2. The said Roanoke Orphan Asylum may purchase or receive by deed
of gift or devise, and hold or lease any real or personal estate, and lease,
rent, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same in such manner as may seem
most to the advantage of said association : provided, it shall not hold real
estate of value exceeding fifty thousand dollars.

3. The object of the said association shall be to conduct a school for
the education of children, and an asylum for the support, care, and in-
struction of orphans and such other infants as may be committed to its
charge.

4. The objects of the said association being purely benevolent, there
shall be no capital stock.

5. Said organization shall have power to make such rules and regula-
tions as it may see fit for the accomplishment of the purposes herein set
out, not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage, and be subject to amend-
ment, alteration, or modification at the pleasure of the general assembly.