Chap. 140.—An ACT for the relief of Joseph H: Ryan, late Sheriff of
Clarke county.

Passed February 1, 1867.

Whereas Joseph H. Ryan, late sheriff of Clarke county,
has fully paid, as will appear from the auditor’s books, all
revenue due from said county for the years eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty: Therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Joseph H.
Ryan, late sheriff of Clar ke county, be and is hereby autho-
rized to receive and collect all taxes, fee bills, muster fines and
county levies which were due in the years eighteen hundred
and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty and are still
unpaid ; and that he shall hereby possess the same legal right
in the collection ot the same that he had or possessed ‘at the
periods hereinbefore mentioned: provided, however, that
the said Joseph H. Ryan shall not resort to any measure to
enforce collection thereof until the expiration of one year
from the passage of this act.

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

Chap. 141—An. ACT to amend and re-enact Ist section, chapter 99 of the
Code, (edition of 1860), in relation to Fences.

Passed February 1, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the first
section of chapter ninety-nine of the Code of Virginia, (edi-
tion of eighteen hundred and sixty), be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ1. Every fence, five feet high, which, if the fence be on
2 mound, shall include the mound to the bottom of the ditch,
shall be deemed 9 lawful fence as to any of the stock named
in the eighth section of this chapter, which could not creep
through ‘the same.’

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

‘sap. 142.—An ACT to incorporate the Wythe Mining and Manitifacturing
Company.
Passed February 2, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of
virginia, That Thomas J. Boyd, together with such other
ersons as may hereafter be associated with him, shall be and
are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corpo-
rate, by the name and style of The Wythe Mining and Manu-
facturing Company, for the purposes generally of mining,
smelting and manufacturing on any of the lands of said
Boyd, in the county of Wythe, in the state of Virginia, and
of laying out and constructing any railroad or other road, in
said. county, from any of the mines or other works of said
company to the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, with the
consent of owners of land through which such roads may
pass; and they are hereby invested with all the rights, pow-
ers and privileges conferred, and made subject to all the reg-
ulations and restrictions imposed by the provisions contained
in the Code of Virginia, edition of the year one thousand
eight hundred and sixty, so far as the same shall be applica-
ble to the business and purposes-of the said company and
not in conflict with the provisions of this act.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
twenty thousand, dollars, nor niore than one million of dollars,
to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; and the said
Thomas J. Boyd shall be authorized to exercise and perform
the powers and. duties of “commissioners to receive sub-
scriptions,” conferred and imposed by chapter fifty-seven of
the said Code of. Virginia, so far as the same shall apply to
the purposes of said company, and he shall not be required
to receive subscriptions at any particular place.

3. Said company shall have the right to purchase and hold
land, not exceeding five thousand acres, including the afore-
said lands of said Boyd, or such: part thereof as may be
agreed on between him and said, company; and the said
company may be organized at any time within five years after
the passage of this act.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, modification or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.