Chap. 251,—An ACT to amend the Charter of the Midlothian Coal Mining
Company, and to extend the duration of the same.

Passed December 16, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fourth
section of the act passed January the twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, entitled an act to incorporate the
Midlothian coal mining company, be so amended as to read
as follows:

“$4. The stock of the said company shall be deemed real
estate, up to the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty- six; and on and after that day, the same shall be
held and pass as personal estate; and shall be transferred as
such, on the books of the company, in such manner as its
by- Jaws may prescribe: provided, however, that the mght of
married persons to curtesy or dower in said stock, existing
before the said eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and
Sixty-SIx, OF any other richt so existing ‘before that day, de-
pending on the character of said stock or real estate, shall
not be prejudiced or alfected by the change in the character
of said stock from real to personal estate; and any right in

said stock held by married women, acquired before the said
eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in
the event of sale or transfer of the stock in which such right
is held, at any time during coverture, shall be barred or
relinquished only in the manner required by law in regard to.
real estate, in addition to being transferred on the books of
the company in the manner the by-laws may direct. But the
reservations herein contained in regard to the rights of mar-
ried persons and others, depending on the character of the
stock up to the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, as real estate, shall not be deemed to apply to any
auch stock acquired after the said eighth day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six.’

2. The eighth section of said act shall be amended so as
to Te sad as follows:

Ҥ8. Any number of persons representing a majority of
the shares of the company shall be sufhcient to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business in a general meeting.
The stockholders may vote at any general meeting, In person,
or by proxy authenticated as the by-laws may prescribe.
The shares of persons under legal disability shall be repre-
sented by their legal representatives. In general meeting,
each stockholder shall have one vote for each share held by
him or her, as far as ten shares, and one other vote for every
five shares above ten.”
3. The general annual meeting of the said company may
hereafter be held at such place in the city of Richmond, and
at such time as the stockholders, in general meeting, shall
from time to time prescribe.

4. Said company shall be governed by the fifty-seventh
chapter, Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and
sixty), as far as applicable and consistent with the provisions
of its charter. ;

5. The charter of said company, limited to expire on the
eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by
the said act passed January the twenty-third, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-five, as amended by the act passed January
eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled an act to
amend an act to incorporate the Midlothian coal mining com-
pany, is hereby extended for a turther period of thirty years
from the said eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage; subject, how-
ever, to modification, amendment or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly. ,

Chap. 251,—An ACT to amend the Charter of the Midlothian Coal Mining
Company, and to extend the duration of the same.

Passed December 16, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fourth
section of the act passed January the twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, entitled an act to incorporate the
Midlothian coal mining company, be so amended as to read
as follows:

“$4. The stock of the said company shall be deemed real
estate, up to the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred
and sixty- six; and on and after that day, the same shall be
held and pass as personal estate; and shall be transferred as
such, on the books of the company, in such manner as its
by- Jaws may prescribe: provided, however, that the mght of
married persons to curtesy or dower in said stock, existing
before the said eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and
Sixty-SIx, OF any other richt so existing ‘before that day, de-
pending on the character of said stock or real estate, shall
not be prejudiced or alfected by the change in the character
of said stock from real to personal estate; and any right in

said stock held by married women, acquired before the said
eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in
the event of sale or transfer of the stock in which such right
is held, at any time during coverture, shall be barred or
relinquished only in the manner required by law in regard to.
real estate, in addition to being transferred on the books of
the company in the manner the by-laws may direct. But the
reservations herein contained in regard to the rights of mar-
ried persons and others, depending on the character of the
stock up to the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, as real estate, shall not be deemed to apply to any
auch stock acquired after the said eighth day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six.’

2. The eighth section of said act shall be amended so as
to Te sad as follows:

Ҥ8. Any number of persons representing a majority of
the shares of the company shall be sufhcient to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business in a general meeting.
The stockholders may vote at any general meeting, In person,
or by proxy authenticated as the by-laws may prescribe.
The shares of persons under legal disability shall be repre-
sented by their legal representatives. In general meeting,
each stockholder shall have one vote for each share held by
him or her, as far as ten shares, and one other vote for every
five shares above ten.”
3. The general annual meeting of the said company may
hereafter be held at such place in the city of Richmond, and
at such time as the stockholders, in general meeting, shall
from time to time prescribe.

4. Said company shall be governed by the fifty-seventh
chapter, Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and
sixty), as far as applicable and consistent with the provisions
of its charter. ;

5. The charter of said company, limited to expire on the
eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, by
the said act passed January the twenty-third, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-five, as amended by the act passed January
eighth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled an act to
amend an act to incorporate the Midlothian coal mining com-
pany, is hereby extended for a turther period of thirty years
from the said eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage; subject, how-
ever, to modification, amendment or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly. ,