Chap. 328.—An ACT to Legalize the Toll Bridge built by William T. Hardy
and Leslie T. Hardy across James River between the Towns of Buchanan
and Pattonsburg, and to Prescribe the Tolls thereon.

Approved July 11, 1870. |

Whereas, the toll bridge known as The Buchanan and Pat-
tonsburg Toll Bridge, across James river between the towns
of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, was burned by the Confederate
forces under General McCausland in June, eighteen hundred
and sixty-four; and whereas, William T. Hardy and Leslie T.
Hardy have, since said burning, become the owners of the
site, abutments, and franchise of said toll bridge, formerly the
property of Cartmile and Wood, and being such owners, have
gone on to rebuild said bridge, completing the same on the
twenty-seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven; but in the construction thereof departing from the ori-
ginal charter passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred
and nineteen, in this, to wit: that the bridge, as rebuilt, is an
arched and covered structure, about sixteen feet wide, and
having foot-ways slightly raised from the main floor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, ‘That
the toll bridge, so rebuilt by the said William T. Hardy and
Leslie T. Hardy, be and is hereby declared a lawful bridge in

lace of the bridge so burned as aforesaid, and the said Wil-
iam T. Hardy and Leslie T. Hardy, their heirs and assigns, are
hereby invested with all the rigbts, privileges, and immunities
conferred by law on the owners and keepers of toll bridges.

2. It shall be lawful for the said William T. Hardy and Les-
lie T. Hardy, their heirs and assigns, to demand and receive
for crossing said bridge, the following tolls or rates; that is to
say: for a man, horse, mule, or work-ox, five cents; for all
riding carriages, wagons, and carts, six and one-fourth cents
per wheel; for every head of neat cattle, two cents; and for
every hog, sheep, goat, or lamb, one cent.

8. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall be
subject to alteration, amendment, modification, or repeal, at
the pleasure of the general assembly.