Chap. 39.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the fifth section of the char-
ter of the Farmville and Charlottsville railroad company as amend-
ed and@ re-enacted ay an act of the General Assembly of Virginia,
approved on the 13th day of January, 1888.

Approved January 24, 1888.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section five of the charter of the Farmville and Charlottsville
railroad company as amended and re-enacted by an act of the
General Assembly of the state of Virginia, approved on the
thirteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§5. Any county, city or town on or near the line of said rail-
road may subscribe to its stock to the amount of one hun-
dred thousand dollars. Upon application of the company to
the judge of such county or the proper authority of such city
or town, such judge or authority of such city or town shall
cause an election to be held in the manner required by law
for other elections, and by the judges of election at the sev-
eral precincts of such county, city or town, to take the sense
of the qualified voters on the question of subscription ; and
if, at@a@ny, sighéion heretofore held or°that shall be hereafter
held, there has not been, or shall not be, such return and can-
vass of the vote as the law requires, so that such judge or
authority of the city or town cannot intelligibly and legally
ascertain how the voters have voted upon the question, such
company shall be entitled to a new order of election, and all:
subscriptions heretofore made, or that may be hereafter made
by the board of supervisors of any county, or proper author-
ity of any city or town, in pursuance of a second election
held for the reasons aforesaid, whether before or after the
passage of this act, shall be as effectual and valid to all in-
tents and purposes as if made in pursuance of an election
held under the first order of election obtained by said com-
pany in such county, city or town. If it shall appear by the |
report of the board of commissioners 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
election, the county court or proper authority (council, or
board of trustees) of such city or town, shall, at its next ses-
sion, enter of record an order requiring the supervisors of the :
county, or the members of the council, or board of trustees
to attend on a day and at a place named in the order, to car-
ry out the wishes of the voters as expressed at said election:
provided that said company shall, if desired so to do, receive
at par in payment of such subscriptions as may be voted un-
der this section, the bonds of such municipal corporation car-
rying not more than six per centum interest per annum, and |
having not less than thirty-four years to run. It is provided,
however, that none of the provisions of this section shall be’
applicable to the county of Albemarle, or to any city or town
therein.

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