Chap. 129.—An ACT authorizing the Manassas Battlefield Confederate
Park, Incorporated, to issue bonds to be paid, with interest thereon, in
ten years in annual installments by this State. [S B 38]

Approved March 29, 1923.

1. Whereas, the Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park,
duly incorporated under the laws of this State, is a non-stock,
non-dividend organization which proposes to acquire about one
hundred and twenty-five acres, known as the Henry land, on
which it now holds an option to purchase at the price of twenty-
five thousand dollars, which also includes what is known as the
Henry museum on which land the battle of First Manassas or
Bull Run was mainly fought, and on which land the second
battle of Manassas or Bull Run closed in victory for the Confed-
erate armies, and being the land where General Bee fell and
where General Jackson received the immortal name of “Stone-
wall,” and being the land on which many other events of great
importance in history and which reflected imperishable glory
upon the Confederate armies, and where important events re-
flecting glory upon the Union armies occurred; and whereas,
said corporation proposes to take title merely to hold as trustees
for the public; and whereas under the charter of the said in-
corporation no officer and no member of any committee receives
salary or pay, the said organization being entirely patriotic and
in the interests of history, proposing on said land a battlefield
park and museum, in a general way similar to Gettysburg and
Chickamauga; and whereas said battlefield is one of Virginia’s
most interesting and historic spots, beautifully located on the
Lee highway, and will soon be passed by increasing numbers of
tourists from all parts of the country; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
said incorporation be, and hereby is authorized, to issue its
bonds for ten thousand dollars, with interest at four per cent.
jer annum, and there is hereby appropriated out of the money
of this State in its treasury one thousand dollars per annum for
the ten years covered by said bonds, with interest on the unpaid
balance of said bonds at said rate, which the treasurer of this
State is hereby authorized to and shall pay from time to time
upon presentation of the said bonds as due or the interest
coupons as and when due provided, however, that said payments
shall not be made unless the attorney general of this State first
shall certify that said property is free from the lien of the
balance of the said purchase price, of twenty-five thousand
dollars, and that in his opinion said price is bona fide for pur-
chase price of the said battlefield site duly received by the
owners of the said land without commission or rebate of any
kind to any one, directly or indirectly, and that the title to
the said land is a good record title, free from all encumbrances
and liabilities of whatsoever kind excepting said bonds. When
such a certificate has been duly filed with the treasurer of this
State, then and not otherwise shall he pay said bonds and all
parts thereof, together with the said interest as from time to
time due, as herein authorized.

2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
attorney general of this State, and he is hereby so required
when so requested by the chief executive officer of said in-
corporation, or any one properly representing said incorporation,
to examine or cause to be examined said title and to inquire into
the facts regarding the purchase price that he may make the
certificate herein required, provided, further, said incorporation
shall first pay to him a reasonable sum, to be fixed by him, to
cover the costs of a proper examination of said title.