CHAPTER 216

An Act to amend and reenact § 57-8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the appointment of trustees to hold property for religwus
purposes.

[H 104]

Approved March 31, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 57-8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 57-8. The circuit court of the county or the circuit or corporation
court of the city, or the judge thereof in vacation, wherein there is any
parcel of such land or the greater part thereof may, on the application
of the proper authorities of such church diocese, religious congregation,
church, or religious society or branch or division thereof, from time to
time appoint trustees, either where there were, or are, none or in place
of former trustees, and on such application and without notice to the
trustee or trustees change those so appointed whenever it may seem to
the court or judge proper to effect and promote the purpose and object
of the conveyance, devise, or dedication, and the legal title to such land
shall for that purpose and object be vested in the trustees for the time
being and their successors.

All such changes and appointments heretofore made are hereby valt-
dated, ratified, approved and confirmed.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.