Chap. 107.—An ACT to authorize the Old Dominion Land Company to erect,
construct, and fill in a system of wharves and piers and bulkheads in the
James river between the foot of Twenty-third street extended and the foot of
Thirty-sixth street extended, in the city of Newport News, Virginia, and pro-
vide for the security of same and its extension, and to permit the issue of
bonds and negotiable notes secured by deeds or mortgages thereon.

Approved March 4, 1902.

Re it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the Old
Dominion Land Company, a corporation created by and existing under
the laws of the State of Virginia, with its principal office in the city of
Newport News, in said State, is hereby authorized and permitted to erect,
construct, and fill in a system of wharves and piers and bulkheads in the
James river between the southern line of Twenty-third street extended
and the northern line of Thirty-sixth street extended: provided, however,
that navigation be not obstructed thereby, nor any private rights of
property now vested, nor any right of the city of Newport News be im-
paired thereby.

2. That upon the commencement of the construction bv the said com-
pany of anv wharf, pier, or bulkhead under the authority granted herein,
the right to complete said system, and the right, from time to time, to
extend the same within the limits hereinbefore fixed shall thereupon
vest In said company, its successors and assigns.

3. The said company, its successors and assigns, shall have the right at
any time hereafter to add to the dimensions of any wharves in its said
*rstem. so as that the right of navigation may not he affected thereby.

That the said company. its successors and assigns, shall have the
right to permit the wharves of its said svstem. and any and all of them,
and its land adjacent thereto, to be occupied and used for any purpose
for which the Old Dominion Land Company, its successors and assigns,
may see fit, including the right to permit the occupancy thereof by any
railroad or transportation company.

5. That the said company, its successors and assigns, shall have the
right to charge and receive reasonable fees, tolls, and wharfage as com-
pensation for the use of any wharf, pier, or bulkhead which may be
erected under authority of this act.

6. That for the purpose of paying for the erection and construction of
said wharves, piers, and bulkheads, the said company, its successors and
assigns, shall have the power and authority to issue its bond or bonds, or
negotiable note or notes, from time to time, in such sum or sums, and
upon such terms as its board of directors may prescribe, and to secure
the same by any decd of trust upon any of the said wharves so to be
erected, or upon the said svstem of wharves.

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