Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-01

| office Of said society win beat - In
eaId county"
when such writing shall have been
| 40 signed. sealed, acknowledged. and re-
| corded in the County Court Clerks Office
| and n duly certified copy lodged In the
| Office OF the Secretary OF the Common
wealth for recordation. and another such
| copy deposited with the Commissioner OF
| Agriculture ut Richmond, the persons who
| signed. scaled, and acknowledged II, and
ali Others who may thereafter be associa-
ted with them shall be a body corporate
and polite under the name set forth In
| said writing. and as such may have a
common seal. may contract and be con-
| tracted with may sue and be sued, and
may be appointed an agent. or an attor-
ncy in fact to sell or lease or exchange
| land situated IN said county, or I'm any
other county adjoining that wherein is
the principal office OF such society. Pro-
vided. however. that there shall not be
organized. under this act. In any county,
more than one immigration society for
every 10000 acres OF land situate In such
county.
g. Each society organized under tnis act
shall be exempt from the payment OF the
tax upon said writing. for its recordation
I'm the Office OF the clerk OF the county
Commonwealth. and shall not he assessed
with n license tax as "A land agent either
by the State. the county. or the town In
which its principal Office may be located,
and shall be- exempt from the payment
OF taxes to the State upon powers OF at
torney or contracts Of agency FOR The sale
of lands recorded IN any county wherein
IL Is authorized by this act to do busi-
ness
4 Every such society shall. within six
months after its organization. ana IN
each six months thereafter file IN the
office Of the Commissioner OF Agriculture
a list Of lands In its hands Tor sale, show
ing as near as practicable their location
relative 10 railroad or water Transport
tation. and the price and terms uron
which the same will be sold. and also
list Of all sales made by II within the sx
months then last past, which list
shall be atteste1 by the presl-
dent and secretary Of the
society under its seal; for falling 10 file
such lists or either Of them for thirty
days after they have been called eor by
the Commissioner Of Agriculture the So
ciety so failing shall be subject to
fine OF go recoverable by the Commits
sioner Of Agriculture by motion after ten
days notice I'm the court Of the county
clety H..
). The Commissioner Of Agriculture
shall provide and furnish 10 societies or
ganizod under this act forms for the ie-
ports required 10 lie made by them I'M
der the fourth section, and ne 'hall WIN
his annual report to the Governor OF the
Commonwealth. furnish a list of imini-
grafton societies doing business under TINS
act. showing their presidents ana Stcic-
taries. their places Of business the GUAM,
tity of land In their hands for sale anu
the quantity sold 10y them since MS l'S'
report
n the owners OF the surplus lands in
the Gftv-three counties Of Eastern VIZ
ginla can be aroused 10 see tn dangers
which threaten and the evils when en-
,.iron them and can be induced to CO.
oneration i'm immigration societies, organ
tied under the law and governed py con-
stitutions and bylaws adopted by them
selves and operated by officers ana age nj"
Of their own appointment believe 'he
work can b. done. ! DO not bcueFe ldi't
agents can do II or that they VIII a'l ihpt
II The state cannot. and ought not 10
attonnt IN do II. The owners Of the lands
must do It, They cannot DO II shsV
and one by one; they can do 1t by COM
bined. systematic effort.
have addressed this communication 10
Won because Of your utterances when
hay. quoted, and because 1t seems To me
that the Chamber of Commerce is alive
IN all questions affecting the welfare oil
the people Of the State. and Is willing
and ready TO act and induce action there
on.
In conclusion. let me say. / am not
pessimst. / have not despaired OF the
commonwealth. or OF that section OF 1t
in which I was born and now reside.
but | cannot shut my eyes TO our e"ndi-
ton. or fail 10 apprehcnd the possibilities
OF the future. | know that before East
ern Virginia was tramphd under the non
hoof Of war and burnt over hy the VIA
fire Of reconstruction. Il was the home OF
as virtuous intelligent. thrifty, and happy
a people as ", re i'm the world.
ADDED EXPERIENCE.
believe that the people now here have
the same virtue and the same Intelligence
as their fathers. to which has been ahd'i
an experience In adversely which they
never knew.
| believe that from the sources from
>yhlch the statements given you have been
taken, and from others easily obtained
information can De gotten 10 show that
Eastern Virginia now offers to those de-
string homes and wishing To live 10y cul-
tivating the soil. inducements superior 10
those offered by any other portion OF
America and that If our people Will co.
operate and cause the dissemination OF
such information they can secure the in
flux amongst us OF a desirable class Of
immigrants. who will become one with as;
and thus We can make Virginia what she
Is entitled 10 be by right Of her past his
tory. by right ~ her geographical posi-
ton, by right Of her climate, by right II
the variety Of her products and resources,
and by right Of the character Of her Ieo-
pie. 1.-THE brightest star in the galaxy Of
American Commemorative
| will not undertake to point out how
Richmond City IS vitality interested in
this question. Her interest therein is too
patent to require discussion. The heart
must eventually cease to beat. If the *
tremities decay. I only ask that YOU ami
those associated with you having at heart
the good of the entire State. will consider
what / have said. and If deemed worthy
of your attention. will act thereon as your
best Judgment may suggest. Very truly
yours. j. y. FITZGERALD.