                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GOVERNOR AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL
LITERARY SOCIETY (§ 2.2-125)

The Governor may accept, in the name of the Commonwealth, the property known as
The White House of the Confederacy, any building that may be erected by the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society, and the property known as The Lee House,
located at 707 East Franklin Street in the City of Richmond, together with any
moneys or other assets, including items being housed and displayed in such
buildings or any of them, belonging to the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society. The buildings and their contents thereof shall thereafter be preserved
and maintained for historic purposes by the Commonwealth. Upon the transfer of
title to the property to the Commonwealth, the Governor shall appoint a board of
trustees consisting of thirteen persons appointed from the Commonwealth at
large, which shall thereafter be charged with the preservation and maintenance
of the properties and the administration of any funds that may be received or
donated by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society or from any other source.
The members of the board first appointed shall be appointed as follows: four for
terms of four years, four for terms of three years, four for terms of two years,
and one for a term of one year. Subsequent appointments shall be for terms of
four years except appointments to fill vacancies, which shall be for the
unexpired terms.
		The board shall appoint a treasurer, who shall have custody of its funds and
shall be bonded in such amount as the board may determine. Expenditures from
such funds shall be made by the treasurer as the board directs, for any purpose,
in the discretion of the board, consonant with the purpose for which the same
are donated.
		The board may fix, charge and collect admission fees to the buildings under
its custody and control, and expend moneys so received in the upkeep,
maintenance and operation of such buildings as historic shrines.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 412, §§ 9-84.1, 9-84.2, 9-84.3, 9-84.4; 2001, c. 844.