Chap. 223.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 177,
Acts of Assembly 1883-4, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the
charter of the Farmville and Staunton river railroad company, as
amended by section 2, chapter 200, Acts of Assembly 1885-6.

Approyed May 14, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section six, chapter one hundred and seventy-seven, Acts of
Assembly eighteen hundred and cighty-three—four, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the Farmville
and Staunton river railroad company as amended by section
second, chapter two hundred, Acts of Assembly, cighteen
hundred and eighty-five-six, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§6. The counties of Cumberland, Prince Edward, and
Powhatan, or any incorporated town or city, except the town
of Farmville, along or near this railroad, or at any terminal
point thercof, or along or near the line of its branch, lateral
or connecting lines or at their terminal points, may subscribe
to the capital stock of said company; and to this end it shall
be the duty of the county court of such county, and the hus-
tings court of such city or town, in its discretion, to cause &
vote of the qualified voters of such county, city, or town, to
be taken at such time and for such amount as the president
and board of directors of said Farmville and Staunton river
railroad company may request. Notice of said election shall
be given in accordance with section sixty-one of the Code of

eighteen hundred and seventy-three. If it appear by the
returns thereof, that three-fifths of the qualified voters voting
upon the question which shall include a majority of the free-
holders voting on the question in any county, city, or town,
are in favor of such subscription, the same shall be made, and
thereupon the county, hustings, or corporation court of such
county, city, or town, shall make all the necessary orders for
the issuing and delivery to the said company the bonds of
such county, city, or town, to the amount of subscription so
made and payable at such times and places and in such sums.
with interest at a rate not cxceeding six per centum per
annum, as such court may determine; and said bonds shall
be received at par in payment of said subscription. Said
court in ordering said vote, may, in its discretion, require the
whole or any part of said subscription to be expended in the
county making the same. The supervisors of any county
making a subscription under the provisions of this act, are
authorized and required to levy and collect a tax sufficient to
pay tbe interest and provide a sinking fund to liquidate tue
principal of said bonds when due: provided that the county
of Prince Edward, excluding the town of Farmville, shall
not subscribe more than fifty thousand dollars to said capital
stock. .
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.