Chap. 313.—An ACT to appropriate $1,000, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association for the purpose of
placing a marker and tablet to the memory of Matthew Fontaine Maury in
Goshen Pass, Rockbridge county, Virginia. (S B 252]

Approved March 20, 1922.

Whereas, this general assembly in nineteen hundred and twenty
appropriated ten thousand dollars for the purpose of aiding in the
erection of a monument to the memory of Matthew Fontaine Maury ;
and

Whereas, it was the dying wish of the said Matthew Fontaine
Maury, true to the last to his love for the beautiful in nature, that
his remains be carried to his final resting place “through the Goshen
Pass when the myrtle and the ivy are in bloom,” and

Whereas, it would seem fitting that some permanent memorial be
established in honor of this great Virginian in that section of Vir-
ginia so dear to his heart where~the closing years of his life were
spent ; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That one
thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the treasury not othewise appro-
_priated to the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association, the said sum to
be used for the purpose of placing an anchor, or other suitable
marker, and a tablet with appropriate inscription, in the Goshen
Pass, Rockbridge county, to the memory of Matthew Fontaine
Maury, and to be paid by the treasurer of Virginia on warrants of
the auditor of public accounts, issued upon certificates of the presi-
dent of the said association, countersigned by its treasurer.