Chap. 248.—An ACT incorporating the Nevadaville Silver-lead Company
of Virginia,

Passed March 3, 1566.

1; Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Williamson
G. Atkinson, Elisha Y. Ten Eyck and William H. A. Brown,
of the city of Richmond, county of Henrico, state of Vir-
ginia, and such other persons as may hereafter from time to
time be associated with them, or their successors, shall be
and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate, under the name-and style of The Nevadaville
Silver-lead Company of Virginia; for the purpose of ex-
ploring, digging, boring, mining, raising and smelting silver,
lead, gold, copper, zinc, iron, and all such other minerals,
metals and mineral substances as may be found in proximity
thereto; and for the manufacture of all the products result-
ing from the same; and for the purchasing and holding of
lands, ore banks, mines, personal property and machinery ;
and for the erection of smelting, refining and other furnaces,
laboratories, houses, depots, mills, water works, tanneries,
and all necessary roads tor the use of said company; and for
the transportation of all said minerals and mineral substances,
and the products thereof, in the counties of Nelson and Albe-
marle, in the said state of Virginia: and the said company
are hereby invested with all the rights, privileges and powers
conferred on such bodies politic and corporate by an act en-
titled an act prescribing general regulations for the incor-
poration of manufacturing and mining companies, passed

‘ebruary the thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven ;
and shall be subject to all the rules, regulations and restric-
tions provided and prescribed by said act, so far as they are
applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the powers and
privileges herein contained and granted.

2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said
company shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars
nor more than five hundred thousand dollars; and the said
company shall have the right to purchase, lease and hold
land, not exceeding three thousand acr es, in the said counties
of Nelson and Albemarle; and to hold personal property,
machinery, houses, factories, furnaces, tanneries, depots, rail-
roads, tramroads, ‘and all other improv ements necessary to
the successtul prosecution of all said mines, works and manu-
factories connected therewith, and for the transportation of
all supplies and products to and trom the said property.

3. be it further enacted, ‘That the said company may con-
struct a turnpike or other road tor the conveyance of their
minerals and mineral substanees, manufactured articles and
all necessary supplies to and from the Howardsville and
Rockfish turnpike road; and that the said company are here-
by invested with all the rights, powers and privileges, and
sulject to all the limitations and restrictions contained in an
act entitled an act prescribing certain regulations for the
incorporation of turnpike companies, passed February the
seventh, eighteen hundred and seventeen, so far as the same
are applicable to, and not inconsistent with the provisions of
this act.

4, Be it further enacted, That if the said company should
desire to construct either a railroad or a tramroad to the
Orange and Alexandria railroad, or to the James river and
Kanawha canal, or to both of said improvements, to facilitate
transportation to and from said company’s works, then they
are hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges,
and subject to all the limitations and restrictions contained
in the general Code of Virginia, respecting said railroads or
tramr oads, so far as the same are applicable thereto, and not
inconsistent with the powers and privileges herein contained
and granted.

do. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful and right
for the said company to establish the necessary offices tor
their works wherever the business is located, and to. have
their principal office in Richmond, Philadelphia or New York,
as they may deem expedient ; at which place it shall be law-
ful to hold all mectings for the transaction of the business of
the said company.

6. Be it further enacted, That the said company shall have
three years from the passage of this act to organize and com-
mence their operations, and that. they shall have and exercise
all the powers,-rights and_ privileges by this act granted, for
‘thirty years after they shall be organized; - subject to the
general. assembly, at its pleasure, continuing such charter.

7. This act shall be in foree from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, modification or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.

8. Provided, nevertheless, That no railroad, tramroad or
turnpike shall ‘be made, by virtue of this act, through the
lands of any person without the consent of the owners
thereof.
Chap. 248.—An ACT incorporating the Nevadaville Silver-lead Company
of Virginia,

Passed March 3, 1566.

1; Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Williamson
G. Atkinson, Elisha Y. Ten Eyck and William H. A. Brown,
of the city of Richmond, county of Henrico, state of Vir-
ginia, and such other persons as may hereafter from time to
time be associated with them, or their successors, shall be
and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate, under the name-and style of The Nevadaville
Silver-lead Company of Virginia; for the purpose of ex-
ploring, digging, boring, mining, raising and smelting silver,
lead, gold, copper, zinc, iron, and all such other minerals,
metals and mineral substances as may be found in proximity
thereto; and for the manufacture of all the products result-
ing from the same; and for the purchasing and holding of
lands, ore banks, mines, personal property and machinery ;
and for the erection of smelting, refining and other furnaces,
laboratories, houses, depots, mills, water works, tanneries,
and all necessary roads tor the use of said company; and for
the transportation of all said minerals and mineral substances,
and the products thereof, in the counties of Nelson and Albe-
marle, in the said state of Virginia: and the said company
are hereby invested with all the rights, privileges and powers
conferred on such bodies politic and corporate by an act en-
titled an act prescribing general regulations for the incor-
poration of manufacturing and mining companies, passed

‘ebruary the thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven ;
and shall be subject to all the rules, regulations and restric-
tions provided and prescribed by said act, so far as they are
applicable thereto, and not inconsistent with the powers and
privileges herein contained and granted.

2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of said
company shall not be less than one hundred thousand dollars
nor more than five hundred thousand dollars; and the said
company shall have the right to purchase, lease and hold
land, not exceeding three thousand acr es, in the said counties
of Nelson and Albemarle; and to hold personal property,
machinery, houses, factories, furnaces, tanneries, depots, rail-
roads, tramroads, ‘and all other improv ements necessary to
the successtul prosecution of all said mines, works and manu-
factories connected therewith, and for the transportation of
all supplies and products to and trom the said property.

3. be it further enacted, ‘That the said company may con-
struct a turnpike or other road tor the conveyance of their
minerals and mineral substanees, manufactured articles and
all necessary supplies to and from the Howardsville and
Rockfish turnpike road; and that the said company are here-
by invested with all the rights, powers and privileges, and
sulject to all the limitations and restrictions contained in an
act entitled an act prescribing certain regulations for the
incorporation of turnpike companies, passed February the
seventh, eighteen hundred and seventeen, so far as the same
are applicable to, and not inconsistent with the provisions of
this act.

4, Be it further enacted, That if the said company should
desire to construct either a railroad or a tramroad to the
Orange and Alexandria railroad, or to the James river and
Kanawha canal, or to both of said improvements, to facilitate
transportation to and from said company’s works, then they
are hereby invested with all the rights, powers and privileges,
and subject to all the limitations and restrictions contained
in the general Code of Virginia, respecting said railroads or
tramr oads, so far as the same are applicable thereto, and not
inconsistent with the powers and privileges herein contained
and granted.

do. Be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful and right
for the said company to establish the necessary offices tor
their works wherever the business is located, and to. have
their principal office in Richmond, Philadelphia or New York,
as they may deem expedient ; at which place it shall be law-
ful to hold all mectings for the transaction of the business of
the said company.

6. Be it further enacted, That the said company shall have
three years from the passage of this act to organize and com-
mence their operations, and that. they shall have and exercise
all the powers,-rights and_ privileges by this act granted, for
‘thirty years after they shall be organized; - subject to the
general. assembly, at its pleasure, continuing such charter.

7. This act shall be in foree from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, modification or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.

8. Provided, nevertheless, That no railroad, tramroad or
turnpike shall ‘be made, by virtue of this act, through the
lands of any person without the consent of the owners
thereof.