Chap. 174.—An ACT to authorize the governor under certain conditions to re-
ceive gifts of busts or other memorials of certain great Virginians to be placed
in the old hall of the house of delegates in the capitol, in such a manner as not
to interfere with the utility of said hall as a place of meeting. [H B 298]

Approved March 22, 1932

Whereas, the statues of Robert E. Lee and Henry Clay and the
busts of John Marshall, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Fitzhugh Lee and
J. E. B. Stuart are now in the old hall of the house of delegates, in
the capitol; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
governor, by and with the approval of the art commission, may re-
ceive cifts of busts or other memorials of the following great Vir-
ginians, to be placed in the old hall of the house of delegates in the
capitol in such a manner as not to interfere with the utility of said
hall as a place of meeting: Patrick Henry, George Mason, Stonewall
Jackson, George Rogers Clark, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee,
Cyrus H. McCormick, Edmund Pendleton, Joseph E. Johnston, Sam
Houston, Merriwether Lewis and Andrew Lewis.

2. The governor shall not receive gifts of other busts and me-
morials to be placed in said hall except and until the same be ap-
proved by a committee, consisting of the governor, the State librarian,
and the president of the Virginia historical society, who shall pass
on the fitness of the subject of the memorial from a historical stand-
point, but no bust or memorial shall be placed in said hall to any
Virginian who reached distinction after the close of the War between
the states.