CHaP. 185.—An ACT to authorize the Chesepeake and Ohio rail-
way company to construct, operate, and maintain a branch or
connecting line between its railroads in the counties of Gooch-

nd and Henrico, or either of them.

Approved January 31, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company be, and it
18 hereby, authorized to construct, operate and maintain a
branch or connecting ine between its railroads in the
counties of Henrico and Goochland, or either of them, by
any route deemed most expedient for that purpose; and it
may, if deemed expedient, extend such branch across the
main line to the peninsula division of said Chesapeake
and Ohio railway within the county of Henrico; and said
Company shall have the right to acquire by condemnation
or otherwise a continuous tract of land not exceeding one
hundred feet in width between the line of road now known
as the Richmond and Alleghany railway and the line or
lines of road now known as the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way, together with such additional lands as may be neces-
sary for side tracks, depot grounds, and other purposes of
said company: provided, however, that said branch or
connecting line shall shall be used exclusively by said
Chesapeake and Ohio railway..company: provided, also,
that if said line be located within five miles of the limits
of the city of Richmond, the principal turnpikes and
thoroughfares shall be provided with gates and watchmen
in al] cases when they are intersected at grade.
2. This act to be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 185.—An ACT to incorporate the Bethany Institute of
Virginia.

Approved February 7, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That F. M. Whittle, A. M. Randolph, Lewis William Bur-
ton, John B. Newton, Hartly Carmichael, H. M. Jackson,
James B. Funsten, J. M. Fourquerean, Charles C. Baugh-
man, Charles E. Whitlock, James N. Boyd, and Rosewell
Page, as trustees, and for the purpose of establishing and
conducting an orphan asylum and hospital, and for edu-
cating women in the care of the poor and sick, the rel!-
gious training of the young and others, and the work of
moral reformation, be, and are hereby, constituted a body
politic and corporate by the name and style of the
Bethany institute, and by that name shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal, may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, with power to hold, receive, and
purchase, to them and their successors forever, lands, tene-
ments, money, and other chattels, and dispose of and
manage the same as shall seem best for the said institute:
provided, that the land so held and acquired shal] not
exceed one hundred acres, nor the money and other chat-
tels the sum of five hundred thousand dollars: and_ pro-
vided, further, that the majority of said trustees, or the:r
successors, may at any time hereafter increase the num-
per of trustees to twenty, and that not less than a majority
of the trustees for the time being shall authorize the sale
or mortgage of any real estate belonging to said institute.

2. The said trustees and their Successors shall have
power toappoint a president, vice-president, secretary, trea-
surer, teachers, board of managers, and such other officers
and agents as they may deem proper, and to make, from
time to time, such by-laws, rules, and regulations (not con-
trary to the laws of the state or of the United States) as
they may judge to be proper for the good government of
the said institute. A majority of the trustees shall con-
stitute a board for the transaction of business, and any
vacancy amongst the trustees occasioned by death, resig-
nation, or other cause declared by the by-laws to be suffi-
cient to create a vacancy shall he filled by appointment
of the board. .

3. The treasurer shall receive all moneys accruing to
the institute or property delivered to his care, and shall
hold the same subject to the order of the board. Before
entering upon the discharge of his dutiea he shall give
bond, with security, and in such penalty as the board may
direct, made payable to the trustees for the time being
and their successors, conditioned for the faithful perform-
ance of his duty under such rules and regulations as may
be adopted by the board; and it shall be lawful for the
trustees to obtain a judgment for the amount thereof, or
for any special delinquency incurred by said treasurer,
on motion in any court of record in this commonwealth
against the said treasurer and his security or securities,
his or their executors and administrators, upon giving ten
days’ notice of such motion.

4. The said board of trustees shall have power, either
by themselves or their agents, to take and receive sub-
scriptions for said institute, and in any case any person
who shall fail to pay his or her subscriptions, to enforce
the payment thereof by warrant before a magistrate or by
motion in any court of record .in this commonwealth,
according to the amount of such subscriptions, upon giv-
ing ten days’ notice of such motion.

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