Chap. 231.—An ACT to Amend the Ist Section of an Act Entitled an Act to
Incorporate the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Company.

Approved March 29, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section first of the act incorporating the Piedmont and Po-
tomac railroad, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows :

Ҥ 1. It shall be lawful to open books of subscription for
the capital stock of a company to be incorporated by the name
of the Piedmont and Potomac railroad company, for the pur-
pose of constructing a railroad from a point on the Potomac
river, at or near the chain bridge, or at or near the Aqueduct
bridge, or at or near the Long bridge, or upon some railroad
leading to one of them, to Aldie, in the county of Loudoun;
thence to connect with the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas
railroad, at or near Rectortown, in the county of Fauquier;
and thence to or near Luray, in the county of Page, to connect
with the Shenandoah Valley railroad, or the Luray Valley
railroad.”

2. This act shall be in force from passage.
Chap. 232—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 8 of an Act Passed
March 19, 1832, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Merchants Manufac-
turing Company, in the Town of Petersburg.

Approved March 29, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section eight
of an act passed March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and
thirty-two, entitled an act to incorporate the Merchants Manu-
facturing company in the town of Petersburg, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows: .

Ҥ 8. This act is hereby extended so as to continue in full
force and effect for the period of twenty years from and after
its expiration, as fixed by the act entitled an act to extend the
charter of the Merchants manufacturing company of the city
of Petersburg, passed January eight, eighteen hundred and
fifty-one.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.