Chap. 194.—An ACT to Incorporate the Pamunkey River Internal Im-
provement Company.

Approved July 8, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That William S.
R. Brockenbrough, Thomas E. Ballard, George W. Pollard,
James: N. Eubank, D. B. Benson, Pulaski Sutton, S. R. Jeter,
W. E. Luck, and James 8. Benson, and such other persons as
they may associate with them, be and they are hereby declared
to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style
of The Pamunkey River Internal Improvement Company, and
by that nanfe and style may sue and be sued, plead and be im-
pleaded, in all the courts of law and equity of this state.

2. The capital stock of said company shall be limited to a
minimum of five thousand dollars, and a maximum of fifty
thousand dollars.

3. The object of said corporation shall be, and they are
hereby authorized, to open and improve the Pamunkey river
for navigation from Wormly landing, in King William county,
to the junction of the North and South Anna rivers, in Hano-
ver county, and to construct and own vessels for the purpose
of navigating the same; and all the powers and privileges ne-
cessary to enable them to complete the said improvement, not
Inconsistent with the laws of this state, are hereby granted to
the said corporators as soon as the minimum capital stock
herein prescribed shall have been taken and the company or-
ganized in accordance with the general law of the state; and
the said company, when thus organized, shall have the exclu-
sive right to navigate the said Pamunkey river, between the
points named in this charter, for the period of ten years from
the completion of the said work: provided, that nothing here-
in contained shall prevent the construction of any bridges across
the said river between the said points which may be necessary
for the purposes of continuing any public road; and provided
further, that the construction of such bridges do not obstruct
the passage of boats up and down said river.
4. Be it further enacted, That two years are allowed the
said parties in which’ to commence, and five years in which to
complete the said improvement.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to all the general laws of the state in regard to such
corporations.