Chap. 307.—An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Railway and
Electric company.

Approved February 20, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That Joseph Bryan, W. R. Trigg, D. H. Houghtaling, John
P. Munn, and G. E. Fisher, and their associates and suc-
cessors, be, and they are hereby, made and constituted a
body politic and corporate by the name of the Richmond
railway and electric company, and by that name shall
have all the general powers conferred, and be subject to
the general restrictions imposed, upon such hodies corpo-
rate by the laws of Virginia, so far as the same may be
applicable and are not inconsistent with the provisions of
this act. :

2. The said company shall have power to construct,
equip, maintain, and operate a line or lines of street rail-
way in the cities of Richmond and Manchester and the
counties of Henrico and Chesterfield, or any or either of
said cities or counties, and over the bridges across the
James river between said cities and counties. The said
company may construct and operate its line or lines of
railway over the streets of said cities and the public roads
of said counties: provided, the councils of said cities
respectively, and the judges of the county courts of the
said counties respectively, who are hereby vested with
authority so to do, shall consent to the location of said
railway on the streets and highways within their respec-
tive limits or jurisdiction, and the said company shall
construct and maintain its line or lines of railway over
the said bridges only with the consent of the persons or
corporations owning or controlling said bridges respec-
tively, but the consent of the commissioners of the James
river bridge company shall be sufficient in the case of
that company. But all lines of street railway constructed
by the said company'under this section shall be at all
times subject to all restrictions, conditions, and limita-
tions of whatsoever nature which may be imposed, re-
spectively, by the councils of said cities or by the judges
of said county courts as to so much of said railways as
may be within the limits or jurisdictions of said cities
and counties, respectively, or by the James river bridge
company as to so much of said railways as may be con-
structed upon said bridge, and to all police regulations of
said cities.

3. The company hereby incorporated may use horses
and mules, or may adopt and use such other motive power
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ineorporated is also acthorized to mancfacture. use. sell,
furnish. and Glstric ats eleccrie:ty.in its various forme,
for purperes of .zncing. beaticg. power. and for ail other
Eee 8G WH Ch eee trely may te appiicablie: to mannfac-
ture @ ard S6.. a. a) pera us sand appliances used in connec-
tron therewith. ana * coneteas’ and operate all necessary
works and apr. ances, ee: to locate and maintain poles,
Wires. and other appiances on. over. or under the streets
and highways of the cities and counties aforesaid, and
the said brides, with tne iike consent.as afor-said. of the
before mentioned authorities of such cities. counties. and
bridges. respectiveiy. If at any time in the future the
eity of Richm: di spall desire and determine ta, and shall
manufacture. sit, furpish. and distribute electricity Inany
one OY Inere of its various forms for purposes of lighting,
beating. power, and for anv other use to which electricity
mnay be applied. then the said company. or its ass signs. shall
not. without the consent of the council of said city. sell.
furncsh, or distribute electricity to any person or persons,
assocjations. or compauy other than itself. Should the said
city at any time in the future determine to estabksh its
own electric plant, then the said company hereby is given
power to sell to said city its electric plant or plants, or
guy part thereof, and the said city hereby is given power
to buy the same. The maintenance and use of all poles,
wires and other appliances to be located or erected under
this section by said company for the conveyance or dis-
tribution of electricity, on, over or under the streets or
highways of the said cities and counties, and the James
river free bridge, shall be at all times subject to such
restrictions, conditions, and limitations as the councils of
the said cities, the judges of the said county courts, and the
James river free bridge company may respectively impose
within their respective limits or juriedictions.

4. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
fifty thousand dollars nor more than two million dollara,
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Subscrip-
tions to the capital stock may be received by the corpora-
tors herein named, or any three of them, at such time and
place as they may appoint, and with or without notice, as
they may deem best; and as soon asthe minimum capital
stock has been subscribed the said subscribers may or-
ganize as a corporation and proceed to elect a president
and board of directors, adopt such by-laws and regulations
as may be proper for the management of the affairs of the
company, and thereafter further subscriptions to the capi-
tal stock may be received by the board of directors. Sub-
scriptions to the capital stock may be payable either in
money, land, labor, material, rights, or other property
upon such terms and conditions 2s may be agreed upon
between the said company and the subscriber.

5. The company hereby incorporated may acquire, by
lease or purchase, and use and operate the works, prop-
erty, franchises, rights, privileges, and immunities of any
other existing street railway company, or of any existing
company incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing
or furnishing electricity whose railway or works are at
present situated or in process of construction within the
cities and counties aforesaid, or any or either of them,
and the company hereby incorporated may unite or con-
solidate with such other company or companies as afore-
said upon such terms as may be agreed upon, and power
is hereby conferred upon such other company or com-
panies to transfer, by sale or lease, their works, property,
franchises, rights, privileges, and immunities to the com-
pany hereby incorporated, or to unite and consolidate
with the company hereby incorporated upon such terms
as may be agreed upon, and as soon as such lease or sale
or consolidation shall have been made the company here-
by incorporated shall be invested with and be entitled to
have, maintain, and operate all the works, property, fran-
chises, rights, privileges, and immunities of every kind
of each and any of the companies with which such lease,
sale or consolidation may be effected; and in order to
carry out the terms of any such consolidation, purchase,
or lease as is hereinbefore authorized, this company may
issue its stock and bonds and use the same in payment
for the works, property, franchises, rights, privileges, and
immunities so to be acquired, and the company hereby
incorporated may acquire the stocks and bonds of any
such other company as is specified in this section: pro-
vided, that if the company hereby incorporated shall
acquire, by lease, purchase, or consolidation, any line of
street railway running to the city of Manchester it shall
not charge on the said line so acquired a fare of more
than five cents for each passenger for one continuous ride
in the same direction on said line. But all the powers,
franchises, and privileges acquired under authority
granted in this section are to be at all times subject to
such conditions, restrictions, and limitations as the said
cities or counties, respectively, or the said James river
bridge company have heretofore imposed upon any such
street railway company, or any such company or associa-
tion formed or incorporated for the purpose of manufac-
turing or furnishing electricity, or may hereafter impose
under any power reserved by such city or county, or by
said James river bridge company, respectively, or may
hereafter see fif to impose as to any additional privileges
hereafter granted or as to any renewals of the present
privileges when the same may lapse or terminate,

6. The Richmond railway and electric company shall
not have any power to lease, purchase, control, or own the
Richmond city railway company, except upon the condi-
tion that by reason of such ownership, control, purchase,
or lease the power granted the said Richmond city railway
company by the fifth section of an act entitled an act to
enlarge the powers of the Richmond city railway company,
approved March one, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,
to lease or purchase the exclusive or joint right of way over
or interest in the road-beds, rails and franchises of any
railroad, railway company or company for the quick tran-
sit of persons, or persons and freight, shall thereupon cease
and determine. Such ownership, lease or purchase of the
said Richmond city railway company shall be a declara-
tion of surrender of the power aforesaid. Any lease, pur-
chase, ownership, or control by the Richmond railway and
electric company of the Richmond city railway company,
by or through the Richmond union passenger railway
company, shall be deemed and considered, for the pur-
po ses and restrictions of this section, to be the ownership,

ease, purchase, or control of the said Richmond railway
aud electric company.

7. The Richmond railway and electric company shall
not have power to lease, purchase, control, or own the
Richmond union passenger railway company, except upon
the condition that by reason of .such ownership, control,
purchase, or lease the power granted said Richmond union
passenger railway company by the fourth section of an act
entitled an act to enlarge the powers of the Richmond
union passenger railway company, approved March thirty-
first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to acquire and
own, by lease or purchase, or otherwise, any street railway
and the property and franchises thereof, and to acquire
and consolidate said railway or railways with their rail-
way company, shall thereupon cease and determine. Such
ownership, lease, or purchase of the said Richmond union
passenger railway company shall be a declaration of sur-
render of the power aforesaid. Any lease, purchase, own-
ership, or control by the Richmond railway and electric
company of the Richmond union passenger railway com-
pany, by or through the Richmond city railway company,
shall be deemed and considered, for the purposes and re-
strictions of this section, to be the ownership, lease, pur-
chase, or control of the said Richmond railway and elec-
tric company.

8. The principal office of the company hereby incorpo-
rated shall be located in the city of Richmond, Virginia.

9. The said company may from time to time borrow
money, and issue bonds and secure the payment of the
same by a deed or deeds of trust or mortgage conveying
its works, property, franchises, rights, privileges, and im-
munities, or such part. or parts thereof as it may desire
to embrace in such deed of trust or mortgage.

10. All taxes due the commonwealth by the said com-
pany shall be paid in lawful money and not in coupons.

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

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Chap. 308 —An ACT to confer certain powers on the Richmond
unjon railway company.

Approved February 20, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the Richmond union passenger railway company be,
and is hereby, authorized to lease or sell and transfer its
works, property, franchises, rights, privileges, and immu-
nities of every kind to, or to consolidate with, the Rich-
mond railway and electric company, on such terms and
conditions as may be agreed on between the said compa-
nies; but the above power is granted upon the condition
that any exercise of the same shall he deemed and held
to be a full surrender by the said Richmond union pas-
senger railway company of the power granted it by the
fourth section of an act entitled an act to enlarge the
powers of the Richmond union passenger railway com-
pany, approved March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, to acquire and own, by lease or purchase, or
otherwise, any street railway, and the property and fran-
chises thereof, and to acquire and consolidate said rail-
way or railways with their railway company.

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