Chap. 118.—An ACT to authorizo the Holston Valley Gypsum Com-
pany to hold its general meetings and keep its principal office in the
city of London, England.

Approved February 14, 1882. ®

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the Holston Valley Gypsum company, a corporation duly
incorporated and organized under the general corporation
law of this state, be, and it is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to bold the general meetings of its stockholders and to
keep its principal office in the city of London, England; but
the said company shall have an agent and a branch office in
the state of Virginia, with the right to sue and liability to be
sued in said state.

2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Chap. 118.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 124
of the Acts of 1876-7, and to provide for the working of the roads in
the counties of Lee and Russell.

Approved April 22, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That in the
counties of Lee and Russell, after the first day of May, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-two, the county court shall appoint
surveyors for each road precinct for the term of two years.
Each surveyor shall designate one or more of his hands,
whose duty it shall be to summon his list of hands to work
upon the roads, at such times and places as said overseer
may appoint; and every day that such hand or hands may
be employed in summoning hands, shall be deducted from
the number of days he is required to work upon the road.
No surveyor shall be entitled to compensation for his servi-
ces, but shall be exempt from serving upon petit juries.

2. All male persons shall be compelled to work three days
in each year on some public road in the district in which he
may reside, or pay to the overseer seventy-five cents for each
day’s failure to work, and on failure to pay, the same shall
be collected and paid as provided in the general road law,
with the following exceptions, to-wit: ministers of the gos-
pel, persons under sixteen and over sixty, persons who reside
in a town that provides for its poor and keeps its streets in
order, any person who has lost a leg or an arm, and any
other person who is otherwise disabled, may be exempted on
certificate of the county court of such disability.

3. It shall be the duty of the said overseer to put on and
keep a list of all the members of his road precinct, who are sub-
ject to work on the public roads by law, and to keep a record
of each day’s work done by every party on the road, together
with the failure to work, as prescribed in section two of this
act, and the amounts collected for such failure, as set forth
in section two; which amounts are to be applied by the
overseer in the hiring of hands in the place of those failing;
and if it shall appear, after each person has worked and paid,
as prescribed in section two of this act, that it is not sufficient
to keep the roads, bridges, gates, and so forth, in good order,
then the overseer may apply to the county court, as now

rovided by law, for further assistance: provided further,
that no hand or hands shall be required to work more than
ten days in any one year on opening any new road, in addi-
tion to three days set forth in the second section of this act.
4, All the provisions of the general road law inconsistent
with this act, are hereby ropealed as to the counties of Lee
and Russell.
5. This act shall be in force from its approval and accept-
ance by a majority of the supervisors of each county.

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 pre-
amble 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:

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, 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.
Peyton, 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 schoo! 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-cight of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three to execute said lease; therefore,

§ 1. Beit 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 empow-
ered, 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, trustee elected by said
Front Royal lodge, number thirty-five, of the independent
order of ddd-Fel ows; 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 bind-
ing on the parties thereto, and that the same is hereby rati-
fied and confirmed: provided, however, that the said lodges
or societies to which said third story of said school building
is 80 leased, as herein provided, shall jointly and severally be
responsible £0, 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.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 118.—An ACT to authorizo the Holston Valley Gypsum Com-
pany to hold its general meetings and keep its principal office in the
city of London, England.

Approved February 14, 1882. ®

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the Holston Valley Gypsum company, a corporation duly
incorporated and organized under the general corporation
law of this state, be, and it is hereby authorized and empow-
ered to bold the general meetings of its stockholders and to
keep its principal office in the city of London, England; but
the said company shall have an agent and a branch office in
the state of Virginia, with the right to sue and liability to be
sued in said state.

2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

Chap. 118.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 124
of the Acts of 1876-7, and to provide for the working of the roads in
the counties of Lee and Russell.

Approved April 22, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That in the
counties of Lee and Russell, after the first day of May, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-two, the county court shall appoint
surveyors for each road precinct for the term of two years.
Each surveyor shall designate one or more of his hands,
whose duty it shall be to summon his list of hands to work
upon the roads, at such times and places as said overseer
may appoint; and every day that such hand or hands may
be employed in summoning hands, shall be deducted from
the number of days he is required to work upon the road.
No surveyor shall be entitled to compensation for his servi-
ces, but shall be exempt from serving upon petit juries.

2. All male persons shall be compelled to work three days
in each year on some public road in the district in which he
may reside, or pay to the overseer seventy-five cents for each
day’s failure to work, and on failure to pay, the same shall
be collected and paid as provided in the general road law,
with the following exceptions, to-wit: ministers of the gos-
pel, persons under sixteen and over sixty, persons who reside
in a town that provides for its poor and keeps its streets in
order, any person who has lost a leg or an arm, and any
other person who is otherwise disabled, may be exempted on
certificate of the county court of such disability.

3. It shall be the duty of the said overseer to put on and
keep a list of all the members of his road precinct, who are sub-
ject to work on the public roads by law, and to keep a record
of each day’s work done by every party on the road, together
with the failure to work, as prescribed in section two of this
act, and the amounts collected for such failure, as set forth
in section two; which amounts are to be applied by the
overseer in the hiring of hands in the place of those failing;
and if it shall appear, after each person has worked and paid,
as prescribed in section two of this act, that it is not sufficient
to keep the roads, bridges, gates, and so forth, in good order,
then the overseer may apply to the county court, as now

rovided by law, for further assistance: provided further,
that no hand or hands shall be required to work more than
ten days in any one year on opening any new road, in addi-
tion to three days set forth in the second section of this act.
4, All the provisions of the general road law inconsistent
with this act, are hereby ropealed as to the counties of Lee
and Russell.
5. This act shall be in force from its approval and accept-
ance by a majority of the supervisors of each county.

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 pre-
amble 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:

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, 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.
Peyton, 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 schoo! 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-cight of the Code of eighteen hundred and
seventy-three to execute said lease; therefore,

§ 1. Beit 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 empow-
ered, 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, trustee elected by said
Front Royal lodge, number thirty-five, of the independent
order of ddd-Fel ows; 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 bind-
ing on the parties thereto, and that the same is hereby rati-
fied and confirmed: provided, however, that the said lodges
or societies to which said third story of said school building
is 80 leased, as herein provided, shall jointly and severally be
responsible £0, 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.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.