WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 35 - 3 - 5
§35-3-5. Incorporated grand lodges may establish homes or
asylums.
Any grand lodge enumerated in this article, or any similar
grand lodge, heretofore or hereafter incorporated as such grand
lodge under the laws of this state, shall be authorized and
empowered to take by purchase, gift, devise or otherwise, land
not to exceed five hundred acres for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining homes or asylums for orphans, widows, aged and
indigent members and dependents, and in and under its corporate
name may hold or dispose of such land under such regulations and
restrictions as said grand lodge may prescribe.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session