Chap. 178.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section five of an act en-
titled an act to incorporate the Norfolk Fuel and Gas Light com-
pany of Norfolk, Virginia, approved January 27th, 1888.

Approved February 23, 1888.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section five of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Nor-
folk fuel and gas light company of Norfolk, Virginia, approved
January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§5. That the said company shall be authorized to open,
dig up and excavate the roads, lanes, streets, alleys and pub-
lic squares in the said county and city of Norfolk, for the pur-
pose of laying, repairing, connecting and tapping their mains
and pipes, and generally for the purpose of doing what may
be necessary and proper in the prosecution of its business of
manufacturing, generating and distributing gas as provided
in the first section of this act: provided that when the same
shall have been opened, dug up or excavated for such pur-
pose, they shall, as soon as practicable, be repaired by the said
company, at its own costs, under the direction of the proper
authorities of the said city or county, if the same may be
had, so that the said roads, lanes, streets, alleys and public
squares may be restored to their former condition as nearly
as practicable.

2. This actishall bean fotee from its passage,