Chap. 80.—An ACT to incorporate the United States Beacon Light and
Signal Company.

Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Marshall Parks, J. i Foster, Danford Knowlton, Frank A.
Lynch, R. G. Ingersoll, James L. Harway, and Samuel Kim-
berly, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under
the name of The United States Beacon Light and Signal
Company, and by such name may sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, adopt and have a corporate seal, and make
such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of
said corporation as may seem proper, not inconsistent with
the laws of this commonwealth or of the United States.

2. The said company shall bave the right to manufacture,
operate, maintain, and sell beacon lights, fog signals, and all
other structures or devices, intended to aid in the navigation
of the coast and inland waters of the United States, and
shall have the right to erect gas-works, and manufacture gas
for use in said beacon lights, and shall have the right to pur-
chase and hold real estate, not exceeding ten acres, upon
which to erect shops and gas-works. .

3. The capital stock of the company shall not be less
than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than one
million of dollars, divided into forty thousand shares of the
par value of twenty-five dollars pes

4. The said company shall have the right to purchase any
and all patent.rights pertaining to said business, paying for
the same in the stock of said corporation or otherwise.

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5. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a
board of seven directors, to be elected by the stockholders,
each share of stock being entitled to one vote, and the direc-
tors shall elect of their number a president, secretary and
treasurer, who shall bold their offices for one year, or until
their successors are elected, and that the chief office of said
company shall be in Norfolk, Virginia.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 80.—An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Buch-
anan county to borrow money and issue bonds for the same.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors of Buchanan county, be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit and
faith of said county, a sum of money suflicient to rebuild a
courthouse and jail of said county, and to secure the pay-
ment of such sum of money, the board may issue bonds of
said county, the same to be signed by the president of the
board and countersigned by the clerk of the board, and be
made payable in five equal annual installments, bearing six
per centum interest from date of such loan. ~

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

Chap. 80.—An ACT to incorporate the United States Beacon Light and
Signal Company.

Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Marshall Parks, J. i Foster, Danford Knowlton, Frank A.
Lynch, R. G. Ingersoll, James L. Harway, and Samuel Kim-
berly, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, under
the name of The United States Beacon Light and Signal
Company, and by such name may sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, adopt and have a corporate seal, and make
such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of
said corporation as may seem proper, not inconsistent with
the laws of this commonwealth or of the United States.

2. The said company shall bave the right to manufacture,
operate, maintain, and sell beacon lights, fog signals, and all
other structures or devices, intended to aid in the navigation
of the coast and inland waters of the United States, and
shall have the right to erect gas-works, and manufacture gas
for use in said beacon lights, and shall have the right to pur-
chase and hold real estate, not exceeding ten acres, upon
which to erect shops and gas-works. .

3. The capital stock of the company shall not be less
than one hundred thousand dollars, nor more than one
million of dollars, divided into forty thousand shares of the
par value of twenty-five dollars pes

4. The said company shall have the right to purchase any
and all patent.rights pertaining to said business, paying for
the same in the stock of said corporation or otherwise.

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5. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a
board of seven directors, to be elected by the stockholders,
each share of stock being entitled to one vote, and the direc-
tors shall elect of their number a president, secretary and
treasurer, who shall bold their offices for one year, or until
their successors are elected, and that the chief office of said
company shall be in Norfolk, Virginia.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 80.—An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Buch-
anan county to borrow money and issue bonds for the same.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the board
of supervisors of Buchanan county, be and they are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit and
faith of said county, a sum of money suflicient to rebuild a
courthouse and jail of said county, and to secure the pay-
ment of such sum of money, the board may issue bonds of
said county, the same to be signed by the president of the
board and countersigned by the clerk of the board, and be
made payable in five equal annual installments, bearing six
per centum interest from date of such loan. ~

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