Chap. 687.—An ACT to incorporate the United Waiters’ Union of Virginia.
Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That R. N.
Smith, J. H. Dickenson, S. D. Pannell, W. J. Hackett, and M. W. Pan-
nell, and such other persons as may he associated with them, and their
successors, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and
corporate by the name and style of the United Waiters’ Union of Vir-
ginia, and by that name it shall be known in law, and shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal, with the right to change the same at
pleasure, and it shall have the power to sue and be sued, to contract and
be contracted with, and it shall enjoy all of the rights and privileges, anc
be subject to all of the restrictions and regulations incident to corpora
tions of the like character under the general laws of the State of Vir
ginia.

2. The object of said union shall be to alleviate poverty among it
members, to assist in obtaining employment for its members, and to pro
tect them in such employment, and to aid its members in the time of sick
ness and death.

3. That the members of said union shall have the power to adopt
constitution and by-laws, to prescribe rules and regulations for its gov.
ernment and the promotion of its interests, and for the admission and ex
pulsion of members, and, from time to time, amend the same.

4, That the officers of said union shall consist of a president and suc
other officers as may be deemed useful, and they shall be elected in suct
manner and at such times, and shall hold office for such term and per.
form such duties as the constitution and by-laws shall prescribe.

5. That the said union may acquire property, real or personal, in any
lawful manner, whether by purchase, gift, devise, or bequest, not to ex-
ceed ten acres, and it may sell, lease, or exchange, or encumber any or all
of its property as it may see fit: provided, that it shall not, at any one
time, own property, real or personal, of any greater value than twenty
thousand dollars.

6. The chief office of said union shall be located at Covington, Vir-
ginia, and said union shall have power to organize subordinate unions at
such place or places in the State of Virginia as they may see proper.

%. The said union, being wholly charitable-and benevolent, shall be
exempt from the payment of all charter fees.

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