Chap. 138.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly
of Virginia, approved February 12, 1892, entitled an act to make the bridge
at Shenandoah, Virginia, a toll bridge, etc.

Approved January 24, 1900.

Whereas since the passage of the act of the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, approved February twelve, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
making the bridge at Shenandoah, Virginia, a toll bridge on certain
terms and conditions named in said act, several spans of said bridge
on the castern side thereof have been washed down and rendered said
bridge wholly useless; and :

Whereas nothing has ever been paid since the passage of said act, to
the parties to whom the west Shenandoah land company was indebted
for the balance due for the construction of said bridge, and it is to the
interest of the public, as well as the individuals to whom the west
Shenandoah land company is indebted for said bridge, that the same
should be reconstructed; and

Whereas the land upon which said bridge stands, and also the land
necessary to be taken for proper and necessary approaches to said
bridge, is the property of persons other than the said west Shenandoah
land company; and

Whereas there is now pending in the circuit court of Rockingham
county, a suit in chancery in the name of “ Nelson and Buchanan versus
west Shenandoah land company and others ” for the sale of said bridge;
and

Whereas no sale can be made, and said bridge reconstructed, until the
title to the site and necessary approaches for said bridge is fixed so that
the purchaser or purchasers can use said bridge without objection from
the persons owning said site and approaches; now, therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the pur-
chaser or purchasers of said bridge, or any persons claiming under
them under proceedings had in said chancery suit or otherwise, be, and
are hereby, authorized and empowered to apply to the county courts of
Page and Rockingham, respectively, in each of which counties the land
proposed to be taken for the purpose aforesaid les, to have the site
occupied by said bridve and the approaches thereto, and any other land
necessary to be taken to connect the said bridge with the public roads
in each of said counties connecting with said bridge, condemned, and the
judge of each of said courts of Page and Rockingham counties, is hereby
authorized and empowered, upon application made to him by said pur-
chasers, to proceed to have said lands condemned under proceedings to
be had in accordance with the provisions of chapter forty-three of the
code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven and any amend-
ments thereof.

2. That said iron bridge, when reconstructed and open for travel be,
and is hereby, made a toll bridge, with the right to the owners thereof
to charge and receive tolls for passage over the same at the rates here-
inafter fixed: provided, however, that the said bridge continue as a toll
bridge until the said owners shall have received the sum of ten thousand
dollars on account of said tolls, exclusive of the cost of operating said
bridge, collecting said tolls, and keeping said bridge in repair.

3. When said sum of ten thousand dollars shall have been received
by the owners of said bridge, as provided in the preceding section, the
said bridge shall be opened to the public as a free bridge, by the order
of the county courts of Rockingham and Page counties.

4. The owners of said bridge shall keep an accurate account of all
tolls received from said bridge, which shall be open at all times, to the
inspection of the county courts of Rockingham and Page counties; and
said owners of said bridge shall make report of said account of tolls to
the said county courts on the first day of July and the first day of
January of each vear hereafter.

5. The rates of toll on said bridge shall be as follows: for every male
or female person, two cents; for all cattle, one cent per head up to
twenty, and one-half cent per head in exccss of twenty head; for each
horse, mare, mule, or gelding, two cents; for every wagon (empty or
loaded) for every animal drawing the same, five cents; for every one-
horse four-wheel riding carriage, ten cents; for every two-horse four-
wheel riding carriage, fifteen cents; for every one-horse spring wagon,
ten cents; for every two-horse spring wagon, fifteen cents; for every
arriage tied to another vehicle, five cents; for every cart, five cents;
for every two-wheeled carriage, ten cents; for every engine, machine,
wagon, or other vehicle, moved or drawn by steam power, in whole or
in part, ten cents for every wheel of engine, machine, wagon, or other
vehicle, moving over the bridge.

6, All taxes and dues to the state of Virginia shall be paid in good
and lawful money of the United States and not in coupons.

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