The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-10
LOCAL MATTERS.

CHARTER OF THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
The following Is the charter under which
this Association is operating:
An act TO incorporate The Southern Asso.
citation for the benefit Of the Wido,cs and
Orphans of The Southern States" Passed
January 80, 1861 Whereas 1t is represent
ed that Henry A. Wise, 2. T. Moore, j. d.
Imboden, r. L. Walker, T. L. Rosser, j. K.
Anderson, T. z. Ballard, K. W. n. Noland,
s. P. Moore, John Dooley, David ]. Burr,
John Purcell, r. H. Maury, and others,
have associated themselves for the purpose Of
disposing Of certain real and personal estate
to the best advantage, the proceeds arising
therefrom to be devoted to relieve the suffer
ings OF the widows and orphans of the south
ern States who have been left homeless, help:
less, and penpiless by the late war; and that
having thoroughly examined the condition
of this unhappy class, and communicated
their plans and purposes to many eminent
and popular gentlemen and generous and
phlauthropic ladies in the South, they are
led to believe that by prompt and energetic
measures the object in view will be surely
accomplished; TO effect which corporate
privileges and facilities are deemed eXpedl-
ent. A
/. Be ii enacted by the General Assembly
Of Virginia, That the persons above named
and such others as may hereafter be asso.
ciated with them under this charter be and
they are hereby created body polite and
corporate, under the name and style OF the
Southern Association for the Benefit of the
Widows and Orphans Of the Southern States,
for effecting the purposes and objects here
inbefore declared and expressed; and to
that end all the estate, real and personal. now
i,nlI ~ far hn
hereafter acquired therefor, whether by pur-
chase, gift, devise, or douation in any way,
is hereby vested in the said corporation for
the purposes and objects aforesaid: pro.
vided that the amount of property held at
any one time shall not exceed IN value hYe
hundred thousand dollars.
2. The said corporation is hereby invested
with all the general powers conferred. and
made subject 10 all the restrictions imposed,
by chapters tifty.siX and ffty.seven of the
Code Of Virginia, so far us the same are not
Inconsistent with this act: Provided, hoU.
euer, That in the mode OF disposition OF the
said real and personal estate nothing shall be
done or performed by the said corporation in
conflict with or violation Of the provisions OF
the Constitution and laws of Virginia proh-
biting lotteries but as means and mode OF
selling said property to the best advantage
and for the fullest price, the said corporation
shall be, and are hereby, authorized and EN-.
powered to dispose of the same from time to
time by rattle, and for that purpose To dlVlde
said property into prizes to be rallied for,
and to sell the chances in said. raffia for such
prices as they may afix upon them, and to
adopt such rules and regulations as to the
mode in which the drawing or deciding OF
tho chances shall be conducted as they may
deem advisable to effect fair decision OF such
chances. And the said corporation shall not,
in exercising the powers and using the pri-
vilege hereby granted, be amenasle 10 any
of the pains and penalties imposed by the
laws now in force prohibiting and impos-
ing penalties for ratfing.
3. The corporate privileges hereby con-
ferred, and the property of the said corpora
tion while so held by them, are hereDy e2-
empted from taxation.
4. This act shall be in force from It's pass
age, and subject to amendment or repeal al
the pleasure of the General Assembly.