Chap. 122.—An ACT to incorpotate the Botetourt Mining and Manufac-
turing Company. *

Passed January 28, 1867.
1. Beit enacted by the genera assembly of Virginia, That
fohn S. Wilson, John R. McDaniel, William T. Staples,

Tenry Coalter Cabell, H. E. C. Baskerville and Walter G.
‘urpin, and such other persons as may hereafter be asso-
ciated with them, be and they are hereby incorporated and
made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of
The Botetourt Minipg and Manufacturing Company, for the
purpose of mining, manufacturing and transporting lime,
marble and other minerals and metals, and of selling the
same, and for thé purpose of purchasing and holding lands,
not to exceed in the aggregate twelve thousand acres, and
other property; and by that name and style they shall have
perpetual succession, may contract and be contracted with,
sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and be invested
with all the rights and privileges conferred, and subject to
all the rules, regulations and restrictions imposed by the
Code of Virginia, so far as not inconsistent with this act.

,2. That the capital stock of the said company shall not be
less than ten thousand dollars, or more than two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty
dollars each; the said capital may be increased to the limit
aforesaid, from time to time, by the directors of the com-
pany, and each‘stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for
each share of his stock.

3. That the company may hold land in the counties of
Rockbridge, Botetourt, Craig and Alleghany, not exceeding
three thousand acres in any one county, may construct rail-
roads, (with the consent of owners of lands through which
such roads may pass), connecting such lands with the James
river and Kanawha canal or the Virginia Central railroad, or
with both of them; and it may also own and employ canal
barges and sea-going vessels for. the transportation of their
own supplies and products, and for general transportation.

4, That the company shall have ‘authority to make, from
time to time, such by-laws and regulations as it may deem
necessary or proper for the management of its affairs, may
fix the number of its directors and may hold its meetings in
elther of the said counties, or the city of Richmond or else-
where, as a majority of the directors may determine.

d. This act shall bein force from its passage, and shall be
gubject to amendment, modification or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.