Chap. 169.—An ACT amending and re-enacting an Act to incorporate the
- Cottage Toll Bridge Company, passed February 1, 1860.

Approved June 27, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the act in-
<orporating the Cottage Toll Bridge Company, passed Feb-
ruary first, eighteen hundred and sixty, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 1. Beit enacted by the general assembly, That it shall
be lawful to open books of subscription to an amount not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, to
constitute a joint capital stock for constructing a toll bridge
across the southern branch of Tanner’s creek, in the county of
Norfolk, at some point from or near the lands of P. H. Masi
and Anna Lecompte, and the lands of Hury Proesher, on the
south bank of said creek, and crossing to the lands of J. B.
Whitehead and James Graham, on the north bank of said
creek, with the privilege of continuing a road, not less than
twenty-four feet, nor more than sixty feet in width, to the
northern branch of said creek, to the lands formerly belonging
to Garnett, upon which Groves resided, and constructing:
another bridge across the northern branch of said creek, from
the Garnett farm, to the lands of William Lambert, with the
privilege of continuing a road, not less than twenty-four feet,.
nor more than sixty feet in width, to a point of land in the
vicinity of Tanner’s creek cross roads.

Ҥ 2. And also to open and extend a road, in as straight a
direction as may be deemed expedient and practicable, from
the abutment of the said bridge, on the south branch of Tan-
ner’s creek, to connect with and form an extension of the
northern terminus of Chapel street, lately opened by the city
of Norfolk; the said road to be not less than forty feet, nor
more than sixty feet in width, with authority to use and
occupy such portion of the county road now running in the
same direction as the said corporation may desire, subject in
all respects to the provisions of the fifty-sixth chapter of the
Code of Virginia, and other general laws in such cases made
and provided: provided, however, that the said corporation
shall not be authorized to charge toll for use of the said last-
mentioned road, to those not crossing either of the said
bridges as aforesaid.

Ҥ 3. The said books may be opened in the city of Norfolk,
or at such place or places as may be designated by a majority
of the commissioners hereafter named, under the supervision
of John B. Whitehead, James H. Johnston, Henry Ghiseler,
William H. Turner, 8S. R. Borum, and Marshall Parks, or any
four of them, who are hereby authorized to appoint other
commissioners to act at such other place or places as they may
direct. When fifteen hundred dollars of the capital stock of
said company shall have been subscribed, the subscribers, their
executors, administrators, and assigns, shall be and they are
hereby incorporated in a company by the name and style of
The Cottage Toll Bridge Company, subject to the provisions
of chapter sixty-four of the Code of Virginia. The tolls
chargeable for crossing on the same bridge or bridges shall be-
reasonable, and such as their by-laws may prescribe, and the
said bridge or bridges so constructed as not to impede or im-
pair the navigation of said creek or water courses.

“§ 4. This act shall be in force from its passage.”