CHAP. 2.—An ACT to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
company to give deeds of trust or mortgages upon its works and
property, or any parts or branches thereof.

Approved December 18, 1889.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the Chesap-ake and Ohio railway company be, and is
hereby, authorized and empowered to secure any indebted-
ness that has been or may be incurred for construction
and equipment, or in the course of its business, by deeds
of trust or mortgages upon its works or property, or upon
anv part thereof, or upon any branch or branches, and
any such deeds of trust or mortgages that may have been
or may hereafter be executed to secure indebtedness so
incurred,or that may hereafter be incurred, whether the
same shall extend to or cover the whole or any part of such
works or property or branches, shall entitle the purchaser
or purchasers thereunder to the full benefit and enjoyment
of such works and property, branch or branches embraced
therein, respectively, and all franchises necessary for the
proper ownership and enjoyment thereof.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CuapP. 3.—An ACT to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
company to acquire or guarantee the stock and bonds of any
steamship company or companies now or hereafter running to
or from any port or ports in Virginia.

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Approved December 18, 1889.

1. Be it enacted by the ‘general assembly of Virginia,
That the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company be, and
is hereby, authorized to acquare or guarantee the stock
and bonds, or either, of any steamship company or com-
panies now or hereafter running, to or from any port or
ports in Virginia. ! \

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

CuHaAP. 4.--An ACT authorizing the union of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railway company and the Richmond and Alleghany rail-
way company by purchase, consolidation or merger, and the
issue of additional stocks and bonds for that purpose.

Approved December 1s, 1889.

1. Be if enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be lawful for the Chesapeake and Ubio rail-
way company and the Richmond and Alleghany rail~ay
company (which last mentioned company has succeeded
to all the rights, privileges, franchises and property of the
Richmond and Alleghany railroad company ) to unite with
each other under any contract which may have been or
may be entered into by and between the said Chesapeake
and Ohio railway company and said Richmond and Alle-
ghany railway company, and which may have been or may
be approved by a majority in interest of the stockholders
of the said companies, respectively, for the purchase of the
rights, privileges and property of the latter by the former
company, or for the consolidation of said companies, or
for the merger of one of them into the other; and in the
event of said purchase, consolidation, or merger, the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway company shall be entitled to and
shall have and possess all the rights, privileges, franchises
and property of the Richmond and Alleghany company.

2. In the event of said purchase, consolidation or merger,

it shall be lawful for the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
company, for the purpose of carrying the same into effect,
to issue its first preferred stock to an amount not exceed-
ing one million dollars in addition to that now authorized
by law, and its common stock to an amount not exceeding
six million dollars in addition to the amount now author-
ized by law; and for this purpose it may also‘ issue bonds
on the railway property and franchises so acquired, to be
secured by one or more mortgages thereon.

3. Inthe event of such purchase, consolidation or merger, |
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company shall assume
all the lawful debts and obligations of the Richmond and |
Alleghany railway company; and it shall be lawful for.
the holders of all such debts and obligations to enforce_
the same directly against the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way company with the same force and effect as they law-
fully could be enforced against the Richmond and Alle-
ghany railway company, subject, however, to the right of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company to make all
and any defenses in law or in fact which the said Rich-
mond and Alleghany railway company would have the
right to make to the same.

4. In the event of such purchase, consolidation or’
merger, the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company shall |
pay all taxes assessed upon its property, or upon the pro-
perty acquired from the Richmond and Alleghany railway
company, in lawful money and not in coupons.

5. This act shall be in force from its pasrage.

CuHAP. 5.—An ACT to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio railway
company to aid in the development of business along its line by
acquiring or guaranteeing the stock and bonds of mining,

a and other industrial enterprises connected there-
with.

Approved Deceinber 18, ISS).

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, .
That the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company be, and!
is hereby, authorized to aid in the development of busi- |
ness along its line by acquiring or guaranteeing the stock
and bonds of mining, manufacturing and other industrial
enterprises connected therewith.

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

CuapP. 6.—An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair
the in the county of Stafford.

Approved December 19, 1889.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred
and ninety, it shall be lawful for the county of Stafford to
work and ‘keep in repair highways, roads and bridges, as
follows: The board of supervisors of said county shall
take charge of and have worked and kept in repair all
public roads and bridges heretofore and hereafter estab-
lished, and for this purpose are authorized and empowered
to levy a road tax, not exceeding in any one year twenty
cents upon the one hundred dollars of assessed value (tax-
able) in said county, and to adopt such regulations as may
he necessary to secure the proper working of said roads in
said county.

2. The said board of supervisors shall annually, at a
meeting to be held on the fourth Monday in June, let to
contract to the lowest suifable bidder the work of keeping
in repair such roads and bridges in their county as in their
judgment should be put to contract, notices of which let-
tings shall he posted for ten days prior to the day of let-
ting, at each post-office, and otherwise published at the
discretion of the board of supervisors. The said lettings
shall be for the vear ending on the first day of July in
each vear. Said bids shall be in writing, signed by the
contractor and delivered to the clerk of the board of-super-
visors for examination and approval or rejection bv said
board at their said annual meeting. Each contractor shall
be required to give bond, with good security, in a penalty
at least double the amount of his bid for the faithful per-
formance of his contract, which bond shall be filed with
the clerk of the board of supervisors. A recovery may be
had for any breach of said contract in the name of the
county for the benefit of the road fund in the county
court, by motion, after ten days’ notice to the contractor
and his security or securities.

3. It shall he the duty of the supervisors of each of the
magisterial districts fo give personal supervision to all

-the roads and bridges in their respective districts, and to

see that the roads worked by contract or otherwise are
properly worked, and where there is violation of any of
said eontracts by contractors he shall at once institute,
through the prosecuting attorney, proceedings for the re-
covery of damages for any breach of said contract: The
said supervisors shall each receive as compensation not

-exceeding two dollars a day for every dav actually em-

cr

ployed, but in no case shall their compensation exceed the
sum of ten dollars each per vear, to be paid by the county.

4. The board of supervisors shall provide tor the pav-
ment of all costs which may be incurred in keeping the
public roads in order, and for altering the same and tor
opening new roads, including land damages, and for re-
pairing and building bridges : to he levied, collected, and
paid out according to provisions of law.

5. No member of the board of supervisors shall be di-
rectly or indirectly interested in any contract made under
this act; any participation therein by either shall, under
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this contract, be null and void. No appropriation by the
county court for roads or bridges in excess of thirty dol-
lars shall be binding on the county or paid, unless and
until the same shall have been submitted to and approved
by the board of supervisors.

6. All levies made under this act shall be extended by
the commissioners of the revenue upon their books, sepa-
rate and apart from other levies, and are only to be ex-
pended in the districts in which they are assessed, and
they shall be collected and accounted for by the county
treasurer as a special road fund, and shall be paid out on
the order of the board of supervisors.

7. All male persons in each district of this county shall
be compelled to work on some public road two days in each
year therein, as near as may be to the place of their resi-
dence, with the following exceptions, viz.: ministers of
the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, persons
under sixteen years, persons who reside in a town that
keeps streets in order, and any person who has lost a leg
oran arm. Any person who is otherwise disabled may be
exempted by the county court.

8. Each contractor shall be entitled to the services for
not more than two days in any one year of all persons
liable to service nearest adjacent to the road for which he
has contracted, and any person for failure to attend and
work the roads on such days as the contractor may direct,

shall pay to the contractor seventy-five cents for every day
in which there may be such failure. If the money be not
paid to the contractor within thirty days, he shall make
out a ticket against such delinquent for the amount of
euch fine, and place the same in the hands of the consta-
ble of his district, who is- hereby required to receive the
same for collection and take a receipt of the officer for the
same. The officer having charge of the collections of
such fines shall distrain therefor in the same manner as
for taxes and county levies, and may sell any property
distrained after ten days’ notice. Such officer shall have
a fee of twenty-five cents in all cases where the money
shall have been collected-by him, to be paid by the party
in addition to the fines. He shall pay over to the con-
tractor all such fines within sixty days after they come
into his hands, or return the same fo the contractor as
insolvent when the fine cannot be collected by levy. [f
the officer shall fail to make payment of the fines, or
return the same insolvent within thirty days from the
date he receives it, he and his sureties on his official
bond shall be liable for such fines, whether collected hy
him or not, to be recovered by the contractor upon motion.

9. Provided that nothing herein contained shall be so
construed as to relieve any road overseer from any duty
or liability as such until his road precinct shall have been
let to contract according to law, and that after such letting
all roads not put to contract shall be worked by overseers
under the present system, subject, however, to the pro-
visions of section seven of this act; and, further, after
said overseer shall have worked each hand of his precinct
the two days required by this act, and when there was a
failure on the part of any hand to so work after being
duly notified, and when said overseer has performed his
duty by placing the ticket, required by section eight of
this act, in the hands of the proper officer, he shall then
be authorized to hire hands enough to enable him to put
his precinct in proper repair, at the price of seventy-five
cents per day of ten hours actual work.

SCHEDULE.

10. Ten hours’ actual work shall be required on the
roads under this act. For every day’s work each two-horse
or ox-team shall receive one dollar and fifty cents per day,
one-horse team one dollar per day, with wagon or plow
included; if driver is furnished, fifty cents shall be added
for two-horse team and twenty-five cents for one-horse
team. Fifty cents per hundred shall be paid for poles,
and none shall be purchased by overseers of a less diame-
ter than three inches at the smallend. __

11. Such provisions of the general road law of the
state as do not conflict with this act shall continue in
force in the county named herein.

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