Chap. 239.—An Act to amend the Charier of the Roanoke Valley Rail-
road.

Passed February 23, 1867.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That

the act of incorporation of the Roanoke valley railroad com-
pany, passed March fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one,
be re-enacted and amended by the addition of the following
section : :

Ҥ 2. To enable the Roanoke valley railroad to complete
its road, and to procure all things necessary for working the
game, it shall be lawful for the said company to acquire, in
the counties through which it passes, by subscription to its
capital stock and by purchase, an amount of land not exceed-
ing in the aggregate one hundred thousand acres: provided
that at the expiration of ten years from the completion of its
road, it shall not retain more land than may be necessary for
its road way, depot lots and yards and gardens of its em-
ployees.”

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

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