Chap. 236.—An ACT to incorporate the Prince George Lumber and
Transportation Company.

Approved February 26, 1886.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
James G. Harrison, Otis D. Wemple, David A. Harrison,
Alexander Livesay, and John T. Hancock, and such other per-
sons as now or hereafter may be associated with them, be and
they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by
the name and style of the Prince George Lumber and Trans-
portation company, for the purpose of manufacturing lumber,
cutting wood and railroad ties, and buying, selling and other-
wise operating in the same, and for the purpose of transporting
lumber, wood, railroad ties, merchandise and produce.

2. That the said company shall have.all the powers, -rights,
privileges and franchises necessary and proper to acquire, lo-
cate, and construct and maintain a railroad or tramway, includ-
ing the right to acquire land necessary for the establishment of
the same, as provided by chapter fifty-six of the Code of Vir-
ginia, of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for the purpose
of transporting lumber, wood, railroad ties, and such produce
and merchandise as may be brought to them for transportation
from some point on Blackwater swamp, near Mount Sinai
church, in Prince George county, to some point on James river
at or near Fort Powhatan, with the privilege of constructing
branch roads, none of which ‘shall exceed fifteen miles in
length.

3. That the said company shall have power to acquire, hold
and employ such machinery and appliances as their business
may require, and may purchase and hold such land, timber and
personal property as may be necessary for the successful opera.
tion of said business. ,

4. That the capital of said company shall not be less than
thirty thousand dollars, nor more than fifty thousand dollars.

5. That said company shall have power to build a wharf on
James river, and for that purpose may condemn not exceeding
one acre of land. This charter is granted upon the express
conditions that all taxes accruing against said company shall be
paid in lawful currency, and not in coupons.

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