Chap. 288.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act concerning
corporations, approved January 18, 1904, as amended by an act entitled
an act to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act con-
cerning public corporations, approved January 18, 1904, and providing
for the continuance of annual tolls on turnpikes.

Approved March 16, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section ten
of an act concerning corporations, approved January eighteen, nineteen
hundred and four, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and
re-enact section ten of an act entitled an act concerning public corpora-
tions, approved January eighteen, nineteen hundred and four, and pro-
viding for the continuance of annual tolls on turnpikes, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$10. When different rates are not prescribed by law the following
tolls may be received on a section of five miles of a turnpike which has
been completed, to-wit: six and a quarter cents for twentv sheep or hogs,
and twelve and a half cents for twenty cattle, and so in proportion for
a less or greater number; three cents for a horse, mare, mule or gelding ;
five cents for a two-wheeled riding carriage; twelve cents for a one-horse
four-wheeled riding carriage; sixteen cents for a two-horse four-wheeled
riding carriage; and twenty cents for a four-horse riding carriage; and
for a cart or wagon, six and a quarter cents for each animal drawing it;
and for every engine, machine, wagon, or other vehicle, moved or drawn,
in whole or in part, by steam or other motive power, six and a quarter
cents for each wheel of every such engine, machine, wagon or other
vehicle moving on the ground. For a fractional part of a section tolls
may be received, bearing the same proportion to the tolls for a full sec-
tion that the said fractional part bears to such full section: provided,
however, that the present system of giving annual tolls for travel to resi-
dents of counties traversed by pikes shall be continued, and no greater
charge shall be made than is now charged by turnpike companies for
similar travel: and provided further, that the rates of tolls charged on
the Valley turnpike shall not exceed the following rates, to-wit: five
cents for twenty sheep or hogs, and ten cents for twenty cattle, and so on
in proportion for a greater or less number; three cents for a horse, mare,
mule, or gelding; five cents for a two-wheeled riding carriage; ten cents
for a four-wheeled riding carriage drawn by two horses; six cents for a
four-wheeled riding carriage drawn by one horse; and for a cart or
wagon drawn by one horse, five cents; for a wagon drawn by two horses,
ten cents; for a wagon drawn by four horses, eighteen cents; and for
every additional horse, three cents; and for every engine, machine,
wagon or other vehicle moved or drawn, in whole or in part, by steam or
other motive power, six and a quarter cents for each wheel of every such
engine, machine, wagon, or other vehicle moving on the ground. For
a fractional part of a section only such tolls may be received on any and
all turnpikes as bear the same proportion to tolls for a full section that
the said fractional part bears to such full section: and provided further,
that the present system of giving annual tolls for travel to residents
along the Valley turnpike shall be continued, and no greater charge
shall be made than is now charged by turnpike companies for similar
travel, and whenever local conditions are such that any turnpike com-
pany shall be unable to collect tolls to any considerable extent from the
local travel on any section of its road, otherwise, the State corporation
commission shall, upon petition, if, upon a hearing, it shall deem it ad-
visable, authorize the erection of a second toll gate upon any such section
at the point designated in the petition, or at such other point thereon
as shall, in its opinion, best enable said turnpike company to collect such
local tolls, and shall authorize said turnpike company to demand and
receive such lawful tolls thereat: provided, that in no case shall more
than one full toll be demanded or received for travel of a full section
nor more than a proportionate toll for part of a full section of five miles.

Any turnpike company violating the terms of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten
dollars ($10.00) and not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense,
in the discretion of the court or justice trying the case.