CHAP. 318.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act, approved
February 18, 1888, entitled an act to authorize the board of super-
visors of Buckingham, Prince George, and Surry counties to
let to contract the public roads, and to levy a tax to keep the
same in order.

Approved February 22, 1890,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one of an act, approved February eighteen,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled an act to
authorize the board of supervisors of Buckingham, Prince
George, and Surry counties to let to contract the public
roads, and to levy a tax to keep the same in order, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

81. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of
the county of Buckingham to take charge of and have
kept in order the public roads and bridges in said county,
and in order thereto they shall, as soon as practicable
after this act shall take effect, proceed to lay off all the
public roads in each magisterial district, designating them
as between given points, in order of their importance to
the public—to wit: as road number one in district,
commencing at and leading to , and so on.

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

CuaP. 819.—An ACT toincorporate the Newport News, Hampton
and Old Point Comfort telephone company.

Approved February 22, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That M. B. Crowell, W. 1. Nelms, T. M. Benson, John G.
Livezey, Hunter R. Booker, Harry Libby, and John B.
Kimberly, and their associates and successors, be, and
they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate
under the name of the “ Newport News, Hampton and Old
Point Comfort telephone company,” and by that name
shall sue and be sued, have, make and use a common seal,
and change and alter the same at pleasure, and may make
such by-laws and regulations for the government of said
company as they may deem best, and as may not be incon-
sistent with the constitution and laws of the United States
or of Virginia.

2. The said company may acquire, construct, operate
and maintain telephone lines and offices in the counties of
Warwick, Elizabeth City and elsewhere, with power to con-
nect the same with other telephone lines, receive and de-
liver messages for compensation, charge for the use of its
lines and ’phones, and couduct a general telephone busi-
ness; and may construct, erect and mgintain its lines
along any and all public highways so as not to obstruct
travel on the same, and also on any private or public lands,
other than public highways, with the consent of the pro-
prietors thereof or by condemnation.

3. The capital stock of said company shall be not less
than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand
dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars
each.

4. The offices of said company (one or more of which
may be filled by the same person), shall be a president,
vice-president, secretary and treasurer, to be elected an-
nually by the board of directors, which said board shall
be composed of not less than seven stockholders, and shall
be elected by the stockholders annually on the third Tues-
day in April of each year, or such other day as the stock-
holders may from time to time prescribe, and shall hold
said office until their successors are elected; and for the
first fiscal year, M. B. Crowell, of Newport News, Virginia,
shall be president ; W. I. Nelms, of Newport News, Virginia,
shall be vice-president; T. M. Benson, of Newport News,
Virginia, shall be treasurer, and John G. Livezey, of New-
port News, Virginia, shall be secretary, and the aforesaid
M. B. Crowell, W. I. Nelms, T. M. Benson, John G. Livezey,
Hunter R. Booker, John B. Kimberly, and Harry Libby
shall be directors. Any vacancies occurring in any of said
offices or on said board shall be filled for the remainder
of the term by such person as said board shall elect; any
five of said board shall be a quorum sufficient for transact-
ing business.

5. The said company may borrow money and issue bonds,
to secure which it may execute mortgages or deeds of trust
upon its property and franchises, and may hold stock in
any other corporation, and any other corporation may hold
stock in said company.

6. No stockholder shall be liable for any debts, obliga-
tions, or liabilities of said company beyond unpaid stock
subscribed by him.

7. The capital stock of said company shall be personal

roperty and transferable on the company’s books; and
fa nds and materials and securities or any of them may, in
the discretion of the board of directors, be received on
stock subscriptions.

8. This company shall not hold over five hundred acres
of land.

9. In all meetings of the stockholders of this company
each share shall be entitled to one vote.

10. Said company shall pay all taxes and duties to the
commonwealth in lawful money of the United States and
not in coupons.

1. The principal office of said company shall be at
Newport News, Virginia.

12. Books may be opened for subscriptions to stock by
any three of said corporators, and the company shall be
organized as soon as the minimum amount of stock be
subscribed.

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