Chap. 205.—An ACT to charter the Richmond and Peninsula Railway
Company,

Passed Petbruary 27, Tse,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
G. L. Thompson, James K. Wilks. John FE. Wilson. F. O.
Prince, Samuel Sneeden, Edmund Peehin. Frank O. Forbes.
John O. Reid, Ambrose C. Dunn. Thomas IH. Wynne, Stuart
Gwynn, James M. Sellers, J.T. Simms, R. OT. Catlett, Henry
I). Cooke, Charles T. Sherman, Francis W. Lemosy and EF.
S. Hamblin, and their associates and successors, shall be and
are hereby incorporated as a body politic and corporate, by
the name and style of The Richmond and Newport News
Railway Company; and invested with all the rights and
privileges, andl subject to all the restrictions conferred and
imposed by chapters fifty-six and fifty-seven of the Code of
Virginia, so far as the same may be applicable, and not incon-
sistent with this act.

2. The capital of the said company shall Le three millions
of dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each;
but the company may be organized, and proceed to exercise
its functions as soon as one million of dotlars shall be sub-
sertbed, and one hundred thousand dollars thereof shall be
actually deposited in any bank or banking house in the city
of Richmond, to the credit of the said company. And a
public meeting of the stockholders shall be called by James
Lyons, Thomas Il. Wynne, If. G. Fant, or any one of them
(who are appointed commissioners for the purpose), in the
‘ity of Richmond, by pubhe notice in one or more of the
daily newspapers published in the said city. At such meet-
ing one or more of said commissioners shall attend, and re-
ceive all additional subscribers for the said stock, who may
offer and pay up ten per centum of such subseription. The
said commissioners shall cause the names of all th® stock-
holders to be entered in a book to: be procured tor that pur-
pose, and also the certificate of deposit of the said sum of
one hundred thousand dollars as aforesaid; and of additional
deposits made by or for new subscribers, in like manner enter
and publish their own certificate of the fact of such deposits :
whereupon, the said company shall proceed to the election of
officers, according to the Code of Virginia.

3. If the capital be not subscribed at or before said first
meeting, the said company may receive new subscriptions on
all new stock until the whole capital is subscribed.

4. It shall be the duty of said company to build and equip
the said railway from the city of Richmond to Newport
News, at such gauge as may connect with the Virginia Cen-
tral railway and the York river railroad, with which it is au-
thorized to connect, and which is authorized to connect with
it. The rails upon the said road shall be of not less weight
than fifty-four pounds per yard: the joints shall be fished,
and the ties and spikes of the best quality used by first class
railways.

®. The said road shall be commenced within six months
from the passage of this act, and be completed, equipped and
put in use within two years thereafter; and if not thus com-
menced and completed, the said company shall be deprived
of all the privileges conferred by this act; and any other
persons or company who will comply with it, shall be entitled
to and receive them.

6. The said company may condemn, according to the laws
of Virginia, land for their roadway, depots, stations, or other
necessary purposes: provided, that they shall not be allowed
to condemn more than two acres of land in the city of Rich-
mond, nor more than fifty acres at any one point in the
country below Itichmond.

7. Inall meetings of the stockholders of the said company,
those only shall be allowed to vote who have complied with
the terms of subscription; and each share of stock shall
entitle the holder of it to one vote.

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

Chap. 205.—An ACT to charter the Richmond and Peninsula Railway
Company,

Passed Petbruary 27, Tse,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
G. L. Thompson, James K. Wilks. John FE. Wilson. F. O.
Prince, Samuel Sneeden, Edmund Peehin. Frank O. Forbes.
John O. Reid, Ambrose C. Dunn. Thomas IH. Wynne, Stuart
Gwynn, James M. Sellers, J.T. Simms, R. OT. Catlett, Henry
I). Cooke, Charles T. Sherman, Francis W. Lemosy and EF.
S. Hamblin, and their associates and successors, shall be and
are hereby incorporated as a body politic and corporate, by
the name and style of The Richmond and Newport News
Railway Company; and invested with all the rights and
privileges, andl subject to all the restrictions conferred and
imposed by chapters fifty-six and fifty-seven of the Code of
Virginia, so far as the same may be applicable, and not incon-
sistent with this act.

2. The capital of the said company shall Le three millions
of dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each;
but the company may be organized, and proceed to exercise
its functions as soon as one million of dotlars shall be sub-
sertbed, and one hundred thousand dollars thereof shall be
actually deposited in any bank or banking house in the city
of Richmond, to the credit of the said company. And a
public meeting of the stockholders shall be called by James
Lyons, Thomas Il. Wynne, If. G. Fant, or any one of them
(who are appointed commissioners for the purpose), in the
‘ity of Richmond, by pubhe notice in one or more of the
daily newspapers published in the said city. At such meet-
ing one or more of said commissioners shall attend, and re-
ceive all additional subscribers for the said stock, who may
offer and pay up ten per centum of such subseription. The
said commissioners shall cause the names of all th® stock-
holders to be entered in a book to: be procured tor that pur-
pose, and also the certificate of deposit of the said sum of
one hundred thousand dollars as aforesaid; and of additional
deposits made by or for new subscribers, in like manner enter
and publish their own certificate of the fact of such deposits :
whereupon, the said company shall proceed to the election of
officers, according to the Code of Virginia.

3. If the capital be not subscribed at or before said first
meeting, the said company may receive new subscriptions on
all new stock until the whole capital is subscribed.

4. It shall be the duty of said company to build and equip
the said railway from the city of Richmond to Newport
News, at such gauge as may connect with the Virginia Cen-
tral railway and the York river railroad, with which it is au-
thorized to connect, and which is authorized to connect with
it. The rails upon the said road shall be of not less weight
than fifty-four pounds per yard: the joints shall be fished,
and the ties and spikes of the best quality used by first class
railways.

®. The said road shall be commenced within six months
from the passage of this act, and be completed, equipped and
put in use within two years thereafter; and if not thus com-
menced and completed, the said company shall be deprived
of all the privileges conferred by this act; and any other
persons or company who will comply with it, shall be entitled
to and receive them.

6. The said company may condemn, according to the laws
of Virginia, land for their roadway, depots, stations, or other
necessary purposes: provided, that they shall not be allowed
to condemn more than two acres of land in the city of Rich-
mond, nor more than fifty acres at any one point in the
country below Itichmond.

7. Inall meetings of the stockholders of the said company,
those only shall be allowed to vote who have complied with
the terms of subscription; and each share of stock shall
entitle the holder of it to one vote.

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