Chap. 254.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 436 of the acts
of assembly of 1897-8, entitled an act to incorporate the Botetourt Electric
Railway and Power Company, in force February 21, 1898, so as to change the
name of the said company.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section onc
of chapter four hundred and thirty-six of the acts of assembly of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, en-
titled an act to incorporate the Botetourt Electric Railway and Power
(Company, in force February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-
vight, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That C. C.
Thompson, C. M. Lunsford, R. D. Apperson, A. G. Preston, and James
Godwin, and such other persons or corporations as may be hereafter asso-
ciated with them, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby,
made and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the
Roanoke and Fincastle Railway Company, and by that name may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all of the courts of this State
and elsewhere, and have perpetual succession; may make, have, and use
a common seal, and change the same at pleasure; may make, publish,
and enforce such by-laws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of the
businesss of the corporation as may be consistent with the laws of this
State and of the United States; and shall have, enjoy, and exercise all
the rights, powers, and privileges of like corporations and necessary for
the purposes of this act; and shall be governed by the laws regulating
common carriers in this State.

2. The organization of the said Botetourt Electric Railway and Power
Company, and all acts done and contracts made by it under the said act
shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the said Roanoke and
Fincastle Railway Company, under which name it shall hereafter be
known.

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