Chap. 35.—An ACT to change the name of the Bristol Coal and Iron
Narrow Gauge Ruilroad Company to South Atlantic and Ohio Rail-
road Company, and confer certuin privileges thereon.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it eriacted by the general assembly, That the name
of the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge Railroad Com-
pany, incorporated by an act of the Gencral Assembly,
approved March twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-
six, shall be and the same is hereby changed to South Atlan-
tic and Ohio Railroad Company, and by that name the said
corporation shall possess and enjoy all the rights, privileges,
and powers conferred by, and be subject to all the lim!tations
imposed thereon, by the act aforesaid and subsequent amend-
ments thereto.

2. The capital stock of the said company shall be divided
into shares of one hundred dollars each, and each stockholder
shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of stock held
by him in said company.

3. The said company is hereby authorized and empowered
to extend its line or build a branch or branches from any
part of the same to any point or points on the Kentucky
state line in the counties of Lee, Wise, Dickenson, and
Buchanan.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Cur. 36.—An ACT for keeping in repair partition fences in the coun-
ties of Prince William and Warren, and that part of Henrico county
lying within the police jurisdiction of the city of Richmond.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it enagted by the general assembly, That all parti-
tion fences in the counties of Prince William and Warren,
and that part of Henrico county lying within the police juris-
diction of the city of Richmond, shall be kept in good repair.
When a division fence separating enclosed cleared lands, may,
in the opinion of either of the coterminous owners or ten-
ants. need repair, and such owners or tenants do not agree as
to said repairs, then either one of them, upon a notice of ten
days to the other, may apply to a justice of the peace of his
district, who shall appoint three disinterested frecholders, to
be known as fence viewers, two of whom may act, whose duty
it shall be, after being first duly sworn, to view the premises
and determine what repams are needed, estimate the cost
thereof, and fix the period within which they shall be made,
and announce their decision in writing to the parties. If
either of the parties shall fail, within the specified time, to
make the required repairs, then it shall be lawful for the
other party, after having made his own repairs, to make such
repairs at the cost of the party so failing, and to recover
before a justice of the peace, without limit as to jurisdiction,
the amount estimated for cost of said repairs and the costs of
collecting the same: provided, however, either party shall be
entitled to an appeal to the county court whenever the amount
included exceeds the sum of ten dollars. For their services
under this act, the fence viewers shall be allowed one dollar
each for every day so employed, to be recovered one-half
from cach party: provided such repairs shall, in the opinion
of the viewers, be to the interest of both parties.

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

Chap. 35.—An ACT authorizing the bourd of supervisors of the county
of Greene to employ a detective in certain cases.

Approved April 7, 1882.

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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of the county of Greene be and
the said board is hereby authorized to employ a detective for
the purpose of discovery of the guilty party or parties in
cases of arson or other felony, committed within the limits
of the county of Greene. And the expense incurred in pur-
suance hereof shall be paid, upon warrant of said board of
supervisors, out of the county levy of the county of Greene,
as other county expenses.

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

Chap. 35.—An ACT to change the name of the Bristol Coal and Iron
Narrow Gauge Ruilroad Company to South Atlantic and Ohio Rail-
road Company, and confer certuin privileges thereon.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it eriacted by the general assembly, That the name
of the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge Railroad Com-
pany, incorporated by an act of the Gencral Assembly,
approved March twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and seventy-
six, shall be and the same is hereby changed to South Atlan-
tic and Ohio Railroad Company, and by that name the said
corporation shall possess and enjoy all the rights, privileges,
and powers conferred by, and be subject to all the lim!tations
imposed thereon, by the act aforesaid and subsequent amend-
ments thereto.

2. The capital stock of the said company shall be divided
into shares of one hundred dollars each, and each stockholder
shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of stock held
by him in said company.

3. The said company is hereby authorized and empowered
to extend its line or build a branch or branches from any
part of the same to any point or points on the Kentucky
state line in the counties of Lee, Wise, Dickenson, and
Buchanan.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Cur. 36.—An ACT for keeping in repair partition fences in the coun-
ties of Prince William and Warren, and that part of Henrico county
lying within the police jurisdiction of the city of Richmond.

Approved January 26, 1882.

1. Be it enagted by the general assembly, That all parti-
tion fences in the counties of Prince William and Warren,
and that part of Henrico county lying within the police juris-
diction of the city of Richmond, shall be kept in good repair.
When a division fence separating enclosed cleared lands, may,
in the opinion of either of the coterminous owners or ten-
ants. need repair, and such owners or tenants do not agree as
to said repairs, then either one of them, upon a notice of ten
days to the other, may apply to a justice of the peace of his
district, who shall appoint three disinterested frecholders, to
be known as fence viewers, two of whom may act, whose duty
it shall be, after being first duly sworn, to view the premises
and determine what repams are needed, estimate the cost
thereof, and fix the period within which they shall be made,
and announce their decision in writing to the parties. If
either of the parties shall fail, within the specified time, to
make the required repairs, then it shall be lawful for the
other party, after having made his own repairs, to make such
repairs at the cost of the party so failing, and to recover
before a justice of the peace, without limit as to jurisdiction,
the amount estimated for cost of said repairs and the costs of
collecting the same: provided, however, either party shall be
entitled to an appeal to the county court whenever the amount
included exceeds the sum of ten dollars. For their services
under this act, the fence viewers shall be allowed one dollar
each for every day so employed, to be recovered one-half
from cach party: provided such repairs shall, in the opinion
of the viewers, be to the interest of both parties.

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

Chap. 35.—An ACT authorizing the bourd of supervisors of the county
of Greene to employ a detective in certain cases.

Approved April 7, 1882.

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1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of supervisors of the county of Greene be and
the said board is hereby authorized to employ a detective for
the purpose of discovery of the guilty party or parties in
cases of arson or other felony, committed within the limits
of the county of Greene. And the expense incurred in pur-
suance hereof shall be paid, upon warrant of said board of
supervisors, out of the county levy of the county of Greene,
as other county expenses.

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