CHAP. 205.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 6,9 and 12
of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Atlantic and Danville
Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company, approved April 21, 1882; and
also to amend and re-enact the title of said act.

Approved February 24, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of virginia, That
sections two, six, nine and twelve, of an act entitled an act to
incorporate the Atlantic and Danville Narrow-Gauge railroad
company, approved April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and
eighty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
two hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hun-
dred dollars each; but may be increased, from time to time, to
such an amount as the board of directors may determine. The
above named persons, or any three of them, may open said
books of subscription at such times and places along the line
of said railway, and at such other places as they may elect.

$6. The said Atlantic and Danville railway company shall
be and is hereby authorized and empowered to locate, con-
struct, build, equip, operate and maintain a railway, either of
standard or narrow gauge, and may change the gauge of the
road already built, with such number of tracks as the said cor-
poration may desire; and for that purpose shall be entitled to
acquire title to a continuous line of one hundred feet in width
of land along the main line of said railway, or any of its branches,
with such additional land as may be necessary for the use of
said railway, from the most available point at deep water on
the James river, within the county of Surry, and passing
through or near the town of Waverly, Sussex county; thence
by the most direct and practicable route to a point at or near
the town of Bellfield, Greeneville county; thence by the most
practicable route to a point at or near Boydton, in Mecklenburg
county; thence by the most practicable route to a point in or
near the city of Danville. Said corporation is also authorized
and empowered to purchase, or to construct and operate branch
or connecting roads, not exceeding twenty miles each in length,
from any point or points on the main line of the said railway,
and is also hereby authorized to construct, equip, maintain,
extend and operate its railway from any point on its main line,
east of the town of Hicksford, through the counties of Greene-
ville, Sussex, Southampton, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, and
Norfolk, or any or all of them, to a point on the Elizabeth
river, either in or near the city of Norfolk, or in or near the
city of Portsmouth; and the said company may connect its
railway with, or enter into a traffic arrangement with any other
railroad company with which it may connect; and any such
railroad, or other company, incorporated under the laws of
this state, for the purpose of completing the construction and
equipment of said railway, of the Atlantic and Danville railway
company, guarantee the payment of the bonds of said com-
pany, or any part thereof. |
§ 9. The following counties, through which said railway shall
be constructed, to-wit: Brunswick, Greenesville, Mecklenburg,
Surry and Sussex, and the town of Danville, are hereby au-
thorized to subscribe, according to the forms prescribed by the
Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-
three, to the capital stock of said Atlantic and Danville railway
company—the said counties to an amount not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars per mile for each and every mile of rail-
road the said company may construct within the limits of the
said counties respectively; and the town of Danville to an
amount not less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
nor more than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the
county of Halifax, or any other county, city or town through
which the road may pass, and which has not already sub-
scribed, is hereby authorized to subscribe to the capital stock
of said company, to an amount not less than one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, nor more than two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, as may be prescribed in the order for the
vote thereon: provided, that the amount so subscribed shall not
exceed the limitations prescribed in section sixty-two, of chap-
ter sixty-one, of the Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, which order may be entered by the county court
of any such county, or the board of trustees or other proper
authority of any city or town, at the request of said company
at any time, as provided for in sections sixty-two and sixty-
three, of chapter sixty-one, of the Code of eighteen hundred
and seventy-three; and if it shall appear, by the report of the
board of commissioners, appointed by the county court, or such
board of trustees, as provided for in the said sixty-third section,
of chapter sixty-one, aforesaid, that three-fifths of the qualified
voters of the county, city or town voting upon the question
are in favor of subscription, and that said three-fifths includes
a majority of the votes cast by freeholders at such elections,
and a majority of the freeholders of the county, who shall
vote at such election, the county court, council or board of
trustees shall, at its next session, enter of record an order re-
quiring the supervisors of the county, or the members of the
council, to attend on a day, and at a place named in the order,
to carry out the wishes of the voters as expressed at said elec-
tion; but as to the town of Danville, the vote shall conform to
section sixty-four, of chapter sixty-one, of the Code of Vir-
ginia: and provided further, that as to the county of Halifax,
no election shall be ordered, or vote taken, until the company
has located and adopted the line upon which the said railway
shall be constructed through the said county; and, further, that
if the said line shall be located and adopted so as to run by
Halifax Courthouse, or within ten miles of South Boston, in
said county, then that the said company will construct and
maintain a branch to South Boston, immediately after the road
shall reach the court-house, or such point in said county: and
provided further, that no part of the subscription made by any
of the said counties, shall be due and payable, until it shall be
certified that one or more miles of the said railroad shall have
been graded, and the track laid thereon in accordance with the
provisions of the tenth section of the act incorporating the said
Atlantic and Danville railway company, approved April twenty-
first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and no part of the sub-
scription of the town of Danville shall be due or payable, and
none of the bonds of the said town shall be delivered to said
company, until the said Atlantic and‘ Danville railway company
shall have constructed and have in operation a standard gauge
railway from its eastern terminus, either at Claremont, on the
James river, or some point on the Elizabeth river, to a point
within five miles of the limits of the said town of Danville.

§ 12. The said company is hereby authorized to build and
construct wharves, piers, warehouses, and such other structures
as may be necessary for the convenient and safe loading, un-
loading, shipping, receiving and storing all kinds of personal
property and merchandise; and may build, purchase, charter
or operate steam or other vessels on the waters of this common-
wealth, in connection with its said railway: provided, that this
act shall always be subject to repeal, amendment or modifica-
tion, at the pleasure of the general assembly; and it is agreed
that this company will always pay its taxes in lawful money of
the United States.

2. And be it further enacted, that the title to the said act be
and the same is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: An Act to incorporate the Atlantic and Danville
railway company.

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