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6. That there shall ever after be annual meetings of the members for the election of trustees, at such time as the byHow trustees laws may require; but in the event of a failure to hold such meetings, the trustees then in office shall continue until their successors may be elected.

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7. That immediately after the first general meeting for the president, &c election of trustees, and of all other elections of trustees, they shall elect from their own body a president, and shall elect a treasurer and secretary and such other officers as the by-laws may designate, and may fill any vacancy that may occur in any office.

Interest of corporator or lot

taxes, &c., but

8. That no interest of a corporator or lot-holder in the holder not sub property of said company shall be subjected in any way to the ject to debts, payment of debts, pass by insolvency, or into the hands of shall remain in executors or administrators, or be liable for taxes for state, county, district or any other public purpose; but the rights and interest shall remain in the families of each according to the course of descents.

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property

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Property subject to ordi

9. The said company shall have full power to acquire, by quire and hold sales of lots, gifts and devises in money and personal property, or by a tax on lot-holders, an amount in value not exceeding ten thousand dollars: provided, however, that said company shall make no use of said money, property or effects, except for the improvement, repairs and maintenance of the cemetery. 10. The grounds and improvements thereon, and all other nances of town property and things connected therewith belonging to said company hereby incorporated, shall, for all police purposes, be under the protection of and subject to the ordinances of the Jurisdiction of corporation of the town of Lovettsville, and the mayor, recorder and common council of said corporation shall have jurisdiction of all offences committed upon and within said grounds in the same manner as if done and committed within the town of Lovettsville.

of Lovettsville

town officers

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11. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Loan of arms authorized

Condition of loan

CHAP. 2.-An ACT granting a loan of arms of the state to the principal of Hoover's Select High School, at Staunton.

Approved December 19, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the governor be and he is hereby authorized, if not incompatible with the public welfare, to loan to the principal of Hoover's Select High school, at Staunton, fifty stand of arms and accoutrements, and four swords and accoutrements, for the use, in military exercises, of the pupils of said school, upon his giving bond with good and sufficient security for the proper care of such arms, and their return to the state in good condition when

thereto required by the governor: provided, that no such loan Proviso
shall be made until all the existing military organizations of the
state are armed and equipped.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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CHAP. 3.-An ACT in relation to the commissions of the commissioners of the revenue for the county of Loudoun.

Approved December 19, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That an act Act 3d March, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, 1879, repealed entitled an act to reduce the commissions of the commissioners

of the revenue for the county of Loudoun be and is hereby

repealed.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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CHAP. 4.-An ACT to authorize the Gordonsville Grays, of Orange county, and the Culpeper Minute-Men, of Culpeper county, and the Norfolk City Guards, to uniform themselves in such manner as they may prescribe.

Approved December 19, 1879.

Whereas an infantry company of volunteer militia has been Preamble organized in Orange county called the Gordonsville Grays, and another such company has been organized in Culpeper county called the Culpeper Minute-Men, and a company in Norfolk city by the name of The Norfolk City Guards, and said com- Name panies desire to adopt a military uniform different from that prescribed by the governor for volunteer militia :

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That as soon as Uniform said companies shall be mustered into service according to law, it shall be lawful for their members, or a majority thereof, to uniform themselves in such manner and agreeably to such regulations as they shall prescribe for their respective companies provided, that the uniforms adopted by said companies Proviso shall be subject to the governor's approval.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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CHAP. 5.-An ACT fixing the time for holding the circuit courts in the sixteenth judicial circuit.

Approved December 19, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the circuit courts for the several counties composing the sixteenth judicial circuit shall be held at the following times, to-wit:

Buchanan-First Monday in June and the Tuesday after the last Monday in October of each year.

Russell-Second Monday in March and August and the first
Monday in November.

Scott-Third Monday in March, August and November.
Lee-Tuesday after the fourth Monday in March and August.
Wise-Second Monday after the fourth Monday in March
and August.

Smyth-Third Monday in April and September.

Washington-First Monday in May, October and January. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Preamble

Organization legalized

Rights and privileges

CHAP. 6.-An ACT to legalize the organization of the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.

Approved December 19, 1879.

Whereas in the organization of the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge railroad company, on the seventeenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, all the requirements of the charter of said company and of the general railroad laws of the state were not fully complied with; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the organization of the said Bristol Coal and Iron NarrowGauge railroad company, effected on the seventeenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby declared as legal and valid as if all the requirements of its charter and of the general railroad law had been fully complied with; and the said Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge railroad company, organized on the seventeenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby declared a body politic and corporate, clothed with all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises conferred by the act of the general assembly approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventysix, and the acts amending said act, the general railroad law of this state, and the act providing for the formation of the Virginia and Kentucky railroad company, passed March third, Liabilities and eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and said first-named company shall be subject to all the liabilities and restrictions imposed by the said several acts named above.

restrictions

2. Authority is hereby conferred on the stockholders of said Directors company, in general meeting assembled, to fix the number of

the directors of said company and their term of office: pro- Proviso
vided, that the number of such directors shall not exceed nine,
and their respective terms of office shall not exceed three years.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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CHAP. 7.-An ACT to authorize a change in the site of the terminal station in Richmond of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company.

Approved December 19, 1879.

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may be ap

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the Rich- Authority to 'mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company be and remove termiis hereby authorized to remove its terminal station and depot such point as in the city of Richmond from its present site to such point or proved by city points within the said city as shall be approved by the common council council and board of aldermen of the said city, and that from When requireand after such removal the said company shall not be bound by rate railroad its charter or by any law of this commonwealth to maintain or on Broad operate any railroad in Broad street east of Belvidere street in the said city.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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street to cease

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CHAP. 8.-An ACT to authorize the trustees of the congregation
Beth Ahaba, of the city of Richmond, to borrow money.

Approved January 7, 1880.

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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Trustees auCharles Millhiser, S. Hirsh and Charles Thalheimer, trustees of ecute deeds of the German-Hebrew congregation Beth Ahaba, of the city of trust for the Richmond, and their successors in office, be and are hereby raising money authorized and empowered to execute one or more deeds of trust on the property owned by said congregation in said city

purpose of

for the purpose of raising a sum of money not exceeding ten Limitation thousand dollars, to be used in the erection of a new synagogue

in the city of Richmond by said congregation.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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§ 5, act 28 February, 1866, amended

Capital stock

CHAP. 9.-An ACT to amend the fifth section of an act to incorporate the Insurance and Savings Company of Virginia.

Approved January 7, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the fifth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Insurance and Savings Company of Virginia, passed February the twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§5. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars, nor more than one million dollars, to be How payable divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. The said capital shall be payable by each subscriber at such time or times and in such proportion as it may be called for by the president and directors; and if any such subscriber shall fail failure to pay to pay the same so called for upon each and every share so held within twenty days after the same has been so called for, How recover- then the amount so called for may be recovered, by motion, upon twenty days' notice in writing, in any court of record in the city of Richmond, or place of residence of the holder of the stock, at the option of the said company.

Penalty for subscription

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2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Power to hold real estate

Limitation

CHAP. 10.-An ACT to authorize the Mutual Building Fund Association of Lynchburg to hold real estate and convey the same.

Approved January 24, 1880.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the Mutual Building Fund Association of Lynchburg be authorized, in its corporate character as well as by its trustees, to hold the legal title to real estate not exceeding five acres, and such as it may acquire, in part or in whole satisfaction of debt, whether herePower to con- tofore or hereafter acquired, and shall be permitted to convey the same under its corporate seal when its board of directors shall so order.

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2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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