Chap. 95.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 2, 1898,
changing the name of the John Hay Normal and Industrial School, of Alexan-
dria, Virginia.

Approved March 1, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the act
ipproved February two, eighteen hundred and nincty-eight, incorporating
he John Hay Normal and Industrial School, of Alexandria, Virginia,
ye amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§1. That there be, and is hereby, created and established, at Alexan-
iria, in the county of Alexandria, in this Commonwealth, a school to be
snown as the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School, wherein
children and youths of both sexes may be boarded and taught the ordi-
nary branches of an English education, together with the industrial arts.

§ 2. That Mangus L. Robinson, Robert B. Robertson, John A. Seaton,
H. J. Williams, W. A. Carter, William Bayne, and W. H. Lee, and their
successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and cor-
porate under the name and style of the trustees of the William Mclinley
Normal and Industrial School of Alexandria, Virginia, and by that
name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law and equity, and
by the name aforesaid they and their successors shall be capable in law,
and shall have full power and authority to acquire, hold, possess, pur-
chase, receive, and retain to them and their successors any lands, tene-
ments, and hereditaments necessary for the purposes of said school, not
exceeding fifty acres. And the said trustees shall have full power and
authority to receive and hold personal property by gift or otherwise for
the use and purposes of said school, not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars, which personal estate they shall have power to transfer, convey,
and dispose of in any manner they shall deem most useful to the interest
and legal purposes of said school.

§ 3. The said William McKinley Normal and Industrial School shall
be under the control and management of said trustees and their suc-
cessors, who shall appoint a president and all other necessary officers,
professors, and teachers in the said institution, and have power to remove
the same; and the said trustees shall, from time to time, make such
by-laws, rules, and regulations consistent with the laws of the State for
the government of those under its authority, the management of its
estates and properties, and the due and orderly conduct of its affairs.

34. Four of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of ordinary business, and vacancies shall be filled in such manner as the
‘trustees shall think fit. :

§ 5. The said board of trustees shall have power, either by themselves
or their agents, to take and receive subscriptions for the said school, and
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in case any person shall fail to pay his subscription, to enforce the pay-
ment thereof by law.

¥ 6. The board of trustees shall hold its annual meeting in the month
of June, during the closing exercises of the school session in each vear,
and shall meet at such other times as may be prescribed by the by-laws
of said board.

$7. This act shall be in force from its passage.