Chap. 269.—An ACT incorporating the Goochland Mining Company.

Passed February 28, 1867.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Erasmus
Powell, Messrs. Powell and Robertson, Richard Powell,
James A. Powell and William Powell are, and such other
persons as may hereafter be associated with them, shall be
and they are thereby incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate, by the name and style of the Goochland Min-
ing Company, for the purpose of mining coal in the county
of Goochland, Virginia; and they are hereby invested with
all the rights, powers and privileges conferred on such bodies
politic and corporate in relation to chartered companies, and
subject to all the restrictions and regulations in relation to
chartered companies and corporations generally, contained in
the Code of Virginia, and any law amendatory thereof, ex-
cepting where the same may be inconsistent with this act.

2. That the capital stock of said company shall not be‘less
than one hundred thousand dollars nor more than three hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of
one hundred dollars each.

3. Said company shall have power to purchase and hold
lands, not exceeding three thousand acres in the said county,
and be authorized to construct a railroad from their lands to
connect with the James river and Kanawha canal, if the said
canal company consents thereto: provided, they do not in-
vade the lands of others without just compensation, to be
agreed upon by the parties.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, alteration or modification, at the plea-
sure of the general assembly. P .