Chap. 115.—An ACT to Incorporate the Chestertield Land and Improve-
ment Company.

In Force, March 10, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Leigh R. Page, Joel Parker, Horatio G. Parker, William
A. Maury, and George M. Drewry, and their associates and
successors, or a majority of them, are hereby created and con-
stituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style
of the Chesterfield land and improvement company, and by
that name and style shall have perpetual succession, may con-
tract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, have a common
seal, and all the rights and privileges of a corporation; and
shall be subject to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions
imposed by the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, in rela-
tion to joint stock companies so far as they are applicable to
and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The first meeting of the corporation shall be holden in
the city of Richmond; it may be called by any two of the
three grantees first named, by a notice published, three weeks
successively, in some newspaper printed in the city of Rich-
mond, the last publication to be at least ten days before the
day of meeting; and the grantees may vote in person or by
proxy. !

3. Said corporation may purchase, hold, improve, lease and
sell, real and personal property; may carry on the business of
mining, quarrying, transportation, and manufacturing; and in
connection with its lands may construct railways and tram-
ways, but not on the lands of others without the consent in
writing of the owner first had and obtained.

4, The capital stock of the corporation shall be divided into
shares, the number to be determined by the by-laws; but it shall
not exceed one million of dollars.

5. After the corporation is organized, it may hold meetings
in the city of Richmond, or the city of Boston, or at such
place in the county of Chesterfield as may be designated by
the by-laws. It shall keep an office in the city of Richmond,
or in the county of Chesterfield, where all notices and other
processes may be served upon it.
6. Each stockholder present at any meeting, either in person
or by proxy, shall be entitled to one vote on each share of the
stock held by him.

7. The corporation may, by its by-laws, determine the num-
ber of its directors, and other officers, and prescribe the mode
of their election and their duties.

8. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and shall be
subject to amendment, modification, or repeal, at the pleasure
of the general assembly.