Chap. 716.—An ACT to amend section 2 of a charter granted to The John G.
Hurkamp Company on the 7th day of August, 1895, by the judge of the cir-
cuit court of Fredericksburg, in vacation, and to confirm and approve and
ratify such charter, as amended, and all its provisions.

Approved March 4, 1896.

Whereas by an order entered on the seventh day of August, eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-five, the judge of the circuit court of Frede-
ricksburg, in vacation, granted a charter incorporating The John G.
Hurkamp company, which charter is in words and figures following,
to wit: |

Be it known that we, William H. Hurkamp, Charles H. Hurkamp,
Virginia Hurkamp, Elizabeth Hurkamp, Annie A. Keim, and Pey-
ton R. Keim, whose names are signed hereto, do hereby associate our-
selves together, and with us such other persons as we may desire,
and form a body politic and corporate, in pursuance of the laws of
the state of Virginia, and do make the following statements and de-
clarations in reference thereto:

I.
The name and style by which this corporation shall be known
shall be The John G. Hurkamp company. °
II.

The objects and purposes for which said corporation is formed are
the manufacture and sale of leather; also, the manufacture and sale
of sumac, bark, and etcetera, and so on, in the ground state and ex-
tract form. _

The capital stock of said company shall not be less than five thou-
sand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares
of one hundred dollars each, payable in such installments and at
such time or times, as the board of directors may determine. The
said capital stock may be increased from time to time by the board
of directors to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars.
It shall be lawful for said company to acquire, hold, and own rea
estate not exceeding five hundred acres.

The principal office of said company shall be at Fredericksburg
Virginia, where the chief business of the company will be trans.
acted.

VI.

The names of the officers of the company who for the first year
shall manage the affairs of the company are: William H. Hurkamp.
president and treasurer; Charles H. Hurkamp, secretary and gen-
eral manager. Board of directors: William H. Hurkamp, Charles
H. Hurkamp, Virginia Hurkamp, whose residences are Fredericks-
burg, Virginia, and who shall make such by-laws as may be neces-
sary for the conduct of said business of the said company.

Witnesseth the following signatures and seals, this fifth day of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred and ninety-five: |

W. H. Hurxamp [Seal }.
CuHaruLes H. Hurxamp [Seal ].
VirGiniA HuRKAMP [Seal ].
ELIZABETH HuRKAMP [Seal ].
ANNIE A. KEIM [Seal ].
Peyton R. KEM [ Seal ].

State of Virginia—Corporation of Fredericksburg, to-wit:

I, A. B. Botts, a notary public in and for the corporation aforesaid,
in the state of Virginia, do hereby certify that William H. Hur-
kamp, Charles H. Hurkamp, Virginia Hurkamp, Elizabeth Hurkamp,
Annie A. Keim, and Peyton R. Keim, whose names are signed to the
writing above, bearing date on the fifth day of August, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-five, have acknowledged the same before me in my
corporation aforesaid.

Given under my hand this fifth day of August, eighteen hundred
and ninety-five.

A. B. Botts, notary public.

In the circuit court of Fredericksburg—In vacation:

The foregoing petition being presented to the judge of the circuit
court of Fredericksburg, in vacation, asking for a charter to incor-
porate “The John G. Hurkamp company,” and being in proper form
and according to law, the judge of said court doth, in pursuance of
the laws of the state of Virginia, grant said charter and incorporate
the said company under the said name and style of “ The John G.
Hurkamp company,” in the manner and with the provisions set out
in said certificate and petition.

And the judge of said court doth direct the clerk of the circuit
court of Fredericksburg to record this charter according to law, and
to certify the same under the seal of the said court to the secretary
of the commonwealth.
W.S. Barron,
Judge tenth judicial circuit,
August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

And whereas it being now desired that said charter, granted as
aforesaid, be amended in the second section thereof, and as amended,
that said charter be approved in all its provisions,and confirmed and
ratified by the general assembly of Virginia, and that the rights and.
powers by said corporation be sure and stable; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion two of said charter be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§2. The said company is hereby authorized to carry on the busi-
ness of: manufacturing leather, sumac bark, and so forth, in the
ground state and extract form, and may transport and sell the same
and conduct such other similar business in connection therewith as
to it may seem proper; and it may acquire property not exceeding
five hundred acres, as provided for in article four of said charter, and
establish works for the said purposes herein granted; and it may
hold, sell, lease and otherwise dispose of any real and personal estate
deemed necessary to the proper prosecution of its business; and the
said company may, in connection with any of its said business and
the use and improvements of any of its properties, make, build and
operate any canals or waterways, tramways or railways of such gauge
as may be deemed expedient for any of its works erected or to be
erected, and to connect the same with other railroads now existing
or hereafter built, and to operate the same for either freight or pas-
senger Bervice, provided said railway shall not exceed five miles in
length.

Be it also enacted that the aforesaid charter of the John G. Hur-
kamp company, as above amended, be, and the same is hereby, con-
firmed, approved and ratified, and the board of directors, as named
therein, and all of their acts and doings thereunder, and all rights of
property and otherwise, acquired or belonging to the said corporation,
are made stable and true.

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