Chap. 74.—An ACT in relation to the extension of the Petersburg and
Richmond and Petersburg Railroads through the City of Petersburg.

‘Passed January 16, 1867.

Whereas, at the last’session of the general assembly, two
acts were passed on the third day of March, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-six, one authorizing the incorporation of a
company to construct a connection of the Richmond, Fred-
ericksburg and Potomac railroad, and the Richmond and
Petersburg railroad, in the city. of Richmond, and one au-
thorizing the incorporation of a company to construct a con-
nection of the Petersburg and Richmond and Petersburg
railroads, in the city of Petersburg; and whereas circum-
stances have prevented the organization of the latter named
company, and in consequence the Petersburg and Richmond
and Petersburg railroad companies have been compelled to
construct the connecting track, in the city of~Petersburg, at
the joint cost of those two companies; in consideration,
therefore, of the great cost, as compared with the length of
this connecting track, including the erection and mainte-
nance of a bridge across the Appomattox river, and also the
increased cost of operating the same:

1. Be it enacted, That the Petersburg and the Richmond
and Petersburg railroad companies, be and they are hereby
authorized to charge the same rate of toll upon the trans-
portation of passengers and freights, over the track connect-
ing their two roads in the city of Petersburg, as is allowed
to be charged by the charter of the Richmond, Fredericks-
burg and Potomac and the Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road connection company for hke transportation over its con-
necting road in the city of Richmond, and fora like period
as is allowed to said .connection company. ‘The gross
amount of receipts derived from transportation over said
connecting track, in the city of Petersburg, shall be divided
into two equal parts: of the one-half of such gross receipts,
three-fifths shall be assigned to the Petersburg railroad com-
pany for its proportion of maintenance and operating ex-
penses of so much of such track as may be constructed by
it, and two-fifths shall be assigned to the Richmond and Pe-
tersburg railroad company for its proportion of maintenance
and operating expenses of so much of such track as may be
constructed by it; the other half of such gross receipts to
be divided between the two companies in the ratio of each
company’s expenditure in the construction of said connect-
ing track.
'2. This act shall be in force from its passage.