Chap. 151.—An ACT to incorporate the sportsmen protective association of
Roanoke, Va.

Approved February 14, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That J. Allen
Watts, J. R. Bryan, J. Kinney, J. N. Lewis, H. N. Dyer, Ronald Fair-
fax, and Robert E. Scott, of the city of Roanoke, together with such
other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, be, and are.
hereby created a body, politic and corporate, under the name of the
Sportsmen protective association, and by that name they shall have
perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to prescribe the
design thereof, and alter the same at pleasure. By that name they may
sue and he sued, contract and be contracted with, take and hold prop-
erty—real, personal and mixed.

2. The purpose for which this corporation is formed is to encourage
and promote the sports of hunting, fishing and shooting, and to assist
in the enforeement of the laws for the protection and preservation of
game, fish and dogs.

3. The said company shall not acquire and hold at one time in
fee more than five hundred acres of land, except that it may contract
for and acquire such hunting and fishing privileges in and over the
lands of others as may be convenient for the use and enjoyment of its
members.

4. The principal office of said company shall be at the city of Roa-
noke, and the annual mecting of its members shall be held there at such
time as may be prescribed by its by-laws.
5. Any member of the association may be expelled for misconduct or
non-payment of dues, in the manner prescribed by its by-laws: pro-
vided, that no member shall be expelled until he shall have been in-
formed of the cause and nature of the charges against him, confronted
with his accusers and witnesses against him, and given reasonable oppor-
tunity to defend himself.

6. The revenues of said company shall consist of such dues as may
be assessed against the members thereof according to its by-laws.

%. The county court of Roanoke county and the corporation court of
the city of Roanoke shall, upon the application of the said company,
from persons nominated by it, appoint one or more persons as game
wardens, whose duty it shall be to see that the laws for the protection
of fish, game and dogs be enforced, and for this purpose, such game
wardens shall be clothed with all the powers of conservators of the
peace, and all persons caught by them violating any of said laws shall
be forthwith reported to the proper authorities to be dealt with accord-
ing to law.

Neither the state, the city, nor the county of Roanoke shall be liable
for any fees or charges for anything said wardens may do, but their
compensation shall be borne entirely by said company.

8. Said company may establish and maintain kennels for the breed-
ing of game and other dogs.

9. The individual members of said company shall not be liable for
any of the debts, contracts or liabilities of said company, and any mem-
ber thereof may sever his connection with said company in the manner
to be prescribed by its by-laws.

10. The affairs of said company shall be under control of the
following officers, to be elected by the members thereof, and removable
at their pleasure: president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and
a board of directors, consisting of not less than five nor more than nine
members. And said board may appoint such other officers and agents,
and prescribe their duties, as may be convenient or necessary.