Chap. 70.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-en-
act section 1 of an act entitled an act to confirm a law passed by
the Legislature of North Carolina, entitled an act to incorporate the
Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad company (now the Norfolk
Southern railroad company, , ratified the 20th day of January, 1870,
and an act supplemental thereto, ratified the 24th day of January,
1872 and approved on the 23rd day of February, 1875, approved on
the 3rd day of March, 1882.

Approved February 8, 1888.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section one of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact
section one of an act to confirm a law passed by the legisla-
ture of North Carolina, entitled an act to incorporate the
Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad company (now Norfolk
Southern railroad company), ratified the twentieth day of
January, eighteen hundred and seventy, and an act supple-
mental thereto, ratified the twenty-fourth day of January,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, approved on the twenty-
third day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,
which act hereby intended to be amended and re-enacted
was approved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred
and eighty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§1. Therefore, be it enacted by the general assembly of
Virginia, That the before recited acts be and they are hereby
ratified and confirmed, except as hereinafter excepted; and
that the same rights and privileges shall be and are hereby
granted to the Norfolk Southern railroad company (formerly
the Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad company) within the
territory of Virginia, as are granted to it within the territory
of North Carolina, subject to the exceptions and limitations
herein prescribed; that the said company shall be subject to
the same pains, penalties, and obligations as are imposed by
said acts, and the same rights, privileges, and immunities
which are reserved to the state of North Carolina, or to the
citizens thereof, are hereby reserved to the state of Virginia
and her citizens; that the said road shall not approach the
city of Norfolk by a line west of the eastern boundary of
Nansemond county; that in obtaining a right to any lands
through which the said railroad may be extended, or to any
timber or earth which shall be necessary to the construction
or repair of said road or other works or necessary buildings
within this commonwealth, the Norfolk Southern railroad
company shall proceed in the manner prescribed by chapter
fifty-six of the Code of Virginia, of the edition of eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, and be entitled to all the rights,
privileges, and advantages of said chapter that any injury
which may at any time be done within the limits of Virginia
to the said road, other works or necessary buildings, shall at
all times be punished according to the laws which may be in
force in this commonwealth; but nothing herein contained
shall be construed to authorize the said company to construct

a bridge across that part of Elizabeth river commonly known :
and designated as the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or ;
between the said harbor and Hampton roads, nor to use any |
county road except to cross the same. The said company,
may, at its discretion, increase the number of its board of:
directors to any number not exceeding thirteen, a majority |
of whom shall constitute a quorum, and shall be subject to
the general railroad laws of the state, and entitled to their:
privileges and advantages.

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