                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURPOSES AND POWERS (§ 38.2-4104)

A. A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries
by:

   1. Providing benefits as specified in &#xA7; 38.2-4116; and

   2. Operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable,
   benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes for the benefit
   of its members, which may also be extended to others. Such purposes may be
   carried out directly by the society, or indirectly through subsidiary
   corporations or affiliated organizations.

B. Every society shall have the power to adopt laws and rules for the government
of the society, the admission of its members, and the management of its affairs.
It shall have the power to change, alter, add to or amend such laws and rules
and shall have any other powers necessary and incidental to effecting the
objects and purposes of the society.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 38-277, 38.1-593; 1952, c. 317, § 38.1-638.25; 1968,
c. 654, § 38.1-638.36; 1986, c. 562.