Chap. 232.—An ACT to incorporate the Chesterfield Gas-coal Mining
Company.

Passed December 21, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That James IU.
Cox, W. H. Haxall, Robert H. Maur v, Franklin Stearns,
Martin Burton, J. G. Watson and William E. Burton are,
and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with
them, shall be and they are hereby incorporated and made a
body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The
Chesterficld Gas-coal Mining Company; for the purpose of
mining coal in the counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan and
Goochland: and they are hereby invested with all the rights,
powers and privileses conferred on such bodies politie and
corporate in relation to joint stock companies, and subject to
all the restrictions and reculations in relation to joint stock
companies and corporations generally, contained in the Code
of Virginia, aud any law ‘amendatory thereof, excepting
where the same may be inconsistent with this act.

2. That the capital stock of said company shall not be less
than one hundred thousand dollars nor more than five hun-
dred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hun-
dred dollars each.

3. Said company shall have power to purchase and hold
lands, not exceeding tive thousand acres, in the said counties,
and shall be authorized to subscribe to or purchase stock in
the Clover Hlill company to an amount not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars.

4, It shall be lawful for said company to construct rail-
roads from their lands, to connect with other railroads that
may consent to said connection: provided they do not in-
vade the lands of others without just compensation, to be
agreed by the partics, or to be assessed and allowed under a
writ of ad quod damnum.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, alteration or modification, at the plea-
sure of the general assembly.
Chap. 232.—An ACT to incorporate the Chesterfield Gas-coal Mining
Company.

Passed December 21, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That James IU.
Cox, W. H. Haxall, Robert H. Maur v, Franklin Stearns,
Martin Burton, J. G. Watson and William E. Burton are,
and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with
them, shall be and they are hereby incorporated and made a
body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The
Chesterficld Gas-coal Mining Company; for the purpose of
mining coal in the counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan and
Goochland: and they are hereby invested with all the rights,
powers and privileses conferred on such bodies politie and
corporate in relation to joint stock companies, and subject to
all the restrictions and reculations in relation to joint stock
companies and corporations generally, contained in the Code
of Virginia, aud any law ‘amendatory thereof, excepting
where the same may be inconsistent with this act.

2. That the capital stock of said company shall not be less
than one hundred thousand dollars nor more than five hun-
dred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hun-
dred dollars each.

3. Said company shall have power to purchase and hold
lands, not exceeding tive thousand acres, in the said counties,
and shall be authorized to subscribe to or purchase stock in
the Clover Hlill company to an amount not exceeding two
hundred thousand dollars.

4, It shall be lawful for said company to construct rail-
roads from their lands, to connect with other railroads that
may consent to said connection: provided they do not in-
vade the lands of others without just compensation, to be
agreed by the partics, or to be assessed and allowed under a
writ of ad quod damnum.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, alteration or modification, at the plea-
sure of the general assembly.