Chap. 241.—An ACT to authorize the trustees of Bethel Presbyterian
Church, in Washington county, to sell and convey certain real estate.

Approved March 6, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Doctor
Robert G. Grant, David B. Reed, and S. T. Caldwell, trustees
of the Bethel Presbyterian church, in Washington county, be
and they are hereby authorized to sell or exchange and con-
vey, @ certain portion of the real estate belonging to said
Bethel Presbyterian church, containing one acre, more or
less, to Benjamin Reed, for certain other lands, more suitable
for the use of said congregation.

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

CuHap 242.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section three of an act
approved February 14, 1882, entitled an act authorizing the con-
struction of a free bridge across the James river at Lynchburg.

Approved March 6, 1882,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
three of an act approved February fourteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-two, entitled an act authorizing the con-
struction of a free bridge across the James river at Lynch-
burg, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
§3. The board of supervisors of Amherst county are hereby
authorized to order a special election, to be held on the fourth
Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and it
shall be the duty of the officers conducting the said election
at the several voting precincts, to receive the ballots of the
qualified voters of the county who shall vote upon this act;
and the ballots shall be as follows: “For the bridge” and
“Against the bridge”; and the ballots so cast shall be taken
as a vote for or against this act. The manner of receiving
and canvassing the ballots so cast, and of making returns,
shall be in accordance with existing law, except that the cer-
tificate of the judges in this respect shall be as follows: “ We
hereby certify that at the election held on the fourth Thursday
in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, votes were
east “for the bridge,” and votes were cast “against
the bridge.”

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

Chap. 243—An ACT to authorize the consolidation and merger of
the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company and the Alex-
andria and Washington Railroad Company.

Approved March 6, 1882.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the Alexandria and Fredericksburg
railway company, and the Alexandria and Washington rail-
road company, to consolidate and merge with and into each
other their corporate rights, property, and franchises, by
agreement made by and between their respective boards of
directors, upon such terms and conditions as to them may
seem best, such agreement to be exccuted under the corpo-
rate seals of the respective companies, and approved by a
vote of the stockholders at any annual mecting, or at any
special meeting called for that purpose after thirty days’
notice by publication in one or more newspapers of this
state.

Z. That when such agreement shall have been approved
by the stockholders of the respective companies, and the fact
of such approval certified therein by the respective secreta-
ries, under seal, it shall be filed in the office of the secretary
ot the commonwealth, and thereupon, said corporations
agreeing, as aforesaid, shall be taken to be one corporation in
law by the name provided in said agreement, possessing all
the property, powers, rights, and franchises of the several
corporations consolidated and merged as aforesaid, and sub-
ject to all the restrictions, disabilities, and duties of cach of
such companies, save so far as modified by such agreement.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 241.—An ACT to authorize the trustees of Bethel Presbyterian
Church, in Washington county, to sell and convey certain real estate.

Approved March 6, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Doctor
Robert G. Grant, David B. Reed, and S. T. Caldwell, trustees
of the Bethel Presbyterian church, in Washington county, be
and they are hereby authorized to sell or exchange and con-
vey, @ certain portion of the real estate belonging to said
Bethel Presbyterian church, containing one acre, more or
less, to Benjamin Reed, for certain other lands, more suitable
for the use of said congregation.

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

CuHap 242.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section three of an act
approved February 14, 1882, entitled an act authorizing the con-
struction of a free bridge across the James river at Lynchburg.

Approved March 6, 1882,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
three of an act approved February fourteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-two, entitled an act authorizing the con-
struction of a free bridge across the James river at Lynch-
burg, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
§3. The board of supervisors of Amherst county are hereby
authorized to order a special election, to be held on the fourth
Thursday in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and it
shall be the duty of the officers conducting the said election
at the several voting precincts, to receive the ballots of the
qualified voters of the county who shall vote upon this act;
and the ballots shall be as follows: “For the bridge” and
“Against the bridge”; and the ballots so cast shall be taken
as a vote for or against this act. The manner of receiving
and canvassing the ballots so cast, and of making returns,
shall be in accordance with existing law, except that the cer-
tificate of the judges in this respect shall be as follows: “ We
hereby certify that at the election held on the fourth Thursday
in May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, votes were
east “for the bridge,” and votes were cast “against
the bridge.”

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

Chap. 243—An ACT to authorize the consolidation and merger of
the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company and the Alex-
andria and Washington Railroad Company.

Approved March 6, 1882.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the Alexandria and Fredericksburg
railway company, and the Alexandria and Washington rail-
road company, to consolidate and merge with and into each
other their corporate rights, property, and franchises, by
agreement made by and between their respective boards of
directors, upon such terms and conditions as to them may
seem best, such agreement to be exccuted under the corpo-
rate seals of the respective companies, and approved by a
vote of the stockholders at any annual mecting, or at any
special meeting called for that purpose after thirty days’
notice by publication in one or more newspapers of this
state.

Z. That when such agreement shall have been approved
by the stockholders of the respective companies, and the fact
of such approval certified therein by the respective secreta-
ries, under seal, it shall be filed in the office of the secretary
ot the commonwealth, and thereupon, said corporations
agreeing, as aforesaid, shall be taken to be one corporation in
law by the name provided in said agreement, possessing all
the property, powers, rights, and franchises of the several
corporations consolidated and merged as aforesaid, and sub-
ject to all the restrictions, disabilities, and duties of cach of
such companies, save so far as modified by such agreement.

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