57-19 - Conveyances of land to benevolent and other associations to be subject to certain sections. - Virginia Statutes

§ 57-19. Conveyances of land to benevolent and other associations to besubject to certain sections.

When any conveyance of land has been or shall be made to trustees for the useof any society of Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, posts ofVeterans of Foreign Wars or of the American Legion, Spanish War Veterans,Disabled American Veterans and of other associations of veterans of the armedforces of the United States, or any other benevolent or literaryassociations, or school league, or other groups organized for rural communitycivic purposes or improvement of farm life or operations of like purposes andnot for profit, or if without the intervention of trustees such conveyancehas 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 expresslymade applicable to such association, post or society. Whenever suchassociation, post or society has been in undisputed possession, for a periodof twenty-five years or more, of any real estate, and for which there is nodeed of record, § 57-17 shall be construed as if it was expressly madeapplicable to such association, post or society.

(Code 1919, § 47; 1946, p. 230; 1954, c. 129; 1956, c. 203.)