1882 Act to Amend Lease Third Story of School

Chap. 118 — An ACT to amend and re-enact the preamble and section 1 of chapter 126 of the Acts of 1876-77, in relation to the execution of a lease of the third story of the public free school building in the town of Front Royal.

Approved April 22, 1882

  1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that the preamble and section one of chapter one hundred and twenty six of the Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-six-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Preamble

  Whereas, in pursuance of an act approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, the trustees of the Front Royal school district have erected in the town of Front Royal a public free school building, two stories high; and whereas said trustees did consent, in writing, on seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, that Unity lodge, number one hundred and forty-six, of Ancient York Masons; Front Royal lodge, number thirty-five of the independent order of Odd-Fellows; Sinede lodge, number forty-seven, of the improved order of Red Men; and Front Royal council, number one hundred and forty-one, one of the Friends of Temperance; might erect, at their equal and joint expense, a third story upon said public free school building, for their respective uses, and to execute a lease of said third story to trustees for said four lodges for the term of ninety-nine years, with the right of renewal; and whereas said third story has been erected by said four lodges upon said public free school building; and whereas said trustees of the Front Royal school district did authorize and empower John W. Payton, one of their number, on seventh of October, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to sign and acknowledge said lease for and in their behalf; and whereas said lease has not been executed, and said John W. Peyton is no longer a school trustee for town of Front Royal school district, in which last named district said school building is located, and to which it belongs; and whereas some doubt exists as to whether said school trustees have the power under the provisions of chapter seventy-eight of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three to execute said lease; therefore,

Authority to execute lease

  § 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John W. Peyton, one of the school trustees of town of Front Royal school district, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to execute to Gabriel H. Hill, trustee elected by said Unity lodge, number one hundred and forty-six, of Ancient York Masons; William C. Weaver, trusteed elected by said Front Royal lodge, number thirty-five, of the independent order of Odd-Fellows; William P. King, trustee elected by said Senedo lodge, number forty-seven, of the improved order of Red Men; William O. Rust, trustee elected by said Front Royal council, number one hundred and forty-one of the Friends of Temperance; and Giles Cook, junior, trustee elected by the trustees hereinbefore named of said four lodges of secret orders, and their successors, a lease of said third story upon said public free school building, in the town of Front Royal, for the period of ninety-nine years, with the right of renewal; that the said lease shall be valid and binding on the parties thereto, and that the same is hereby ratified and confirmed:

Proviso

provided, however, that the said lodges or societies to which said third story of said building is so leased, as herein provided, shall jointly and severally be responsible to, and shall pay to the school trustees of town of Front Royal school district, one-third of the amount of the reasonable cost of all necessary repairs and renewals of the roof and cupola of said school building; and on failure to pay the same within a reasonable time after demanded by said school trustees, said lease shall be void.

Commencem’t

  2. This act shall be in force from its passage.