Chap. 34.—An ACT to authorize the governor to solicit subscriptions for a fund
to provide for the erection of a statue of General Robert Edward Lee in the
State capitol, to contract with a sculptor to create the same, to expend the
funds collected and to do all things necessary or proper to secure the erection
of such statue, and to report his actions hereunder to the general assembly.

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Approved February 20, 1928

Whereas, the love and lovalty of the people of Virginia for her
matchless son, Robert E. Lee, knows no bounds, and they desire an
opportunity for tangible expression; now. therefore,

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
governor be, and hereby is, authorized to solicit and collect sub-
~criptions from the people of Virginia for the purpose of providing
a sum sufficient to procure a proper and suitable statue of General
Robert Edward Lee, to be placed in the capitol of this State, on
the spot where he stood when he received command of Virginia’s
troops at the beginning of the war of secession; to contract with a
sculptor to create the statue; to expend for such purpose the funds
collected under authority of this act, and to do all things that may
be necessary or proper to secure the erection of such statue. When
completed, the governor shall report his actions in the premises to
the general assembly.