                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONVEYANCES OF LAND TO BENEVOLENT AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS TO BE SUBJECT TO
CERTAIN SECTIONS (§ 57-19)

When any conveyance of land has been or shall be made to trustees for the use of
any society of Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, posts of Veterans of
Foreign Wars or of the American Legion, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled American
Veterans and of other associations of veterans of the armed forces of the United
States, or any other benevolent or literary associations, or school league, or
other groups organized for rural community civic purposes or improvement of farm
life or operations of like purposes and not for profit, or if without the
intervention of trustees such conveyance has been made since March 31, 1848, or
shall be hereafter made for such use, §§ 57-8, 57-11, 57-14 and 57-15 shall be
construed as if they were expressly made applicable to such association, post or
society. Whenever such association, post or society has been in undisputed
possession, for a period of twenty-five years or more, of any real estate, and
for which there is no deed of record, § 57-17 shall be construed as if it was
expressly made applicable to such association, post or society.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 47; 1946, p. 230; 1954, c. 129; 1956, c. 203.