CHAP. 188.—Aun ACT to incorporate the North and Southside Virginia
AEning and Mannfacturing Company.

Approved March 3, 1879.

1, Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
S.C. Neale, J. P. Agnew, James H. Reid, Courtland H. Smith,
Reverdy J. Daingerfield, W. H. Marbury, George G. Thompson,
and Robert Portner, and such other persons as may be here
after associated with them, shall be and are hereby incorporated
and made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style
of The North and Southside Virginia Mining and Manufacturing
Company, for the purpose of mining iron, manganese, or other
ores, transporting and selling the same, and of working the
same into pig, bar iron, and steel, or otherwise, and also for the
purpose of inandfacturing iron, manganese or other ores in all
the various branches and uses fer which iron, manganese and
other ores are used, and to transport and sell the same, and are
herepy invested with all the rig} ts and privileges, and sub-
ject to all the rules, reouiauons ang ceés.rietions, consistent with
this act, contained in the Code of Virgmia 10 reiation to such
corporations,

2. The capital steck of said company shall not be less than
ten thousand dollars, nor more than five hundred thousand do'-
lars, 10 be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars aach.

3, Phat said company shall have thé right to acjuire, nold,
use, possess, and enjoy, by purchase, lease, cift, dovise, trust,
or other lezal means, estate, real, pcreonal, and mived, and the
same may sell, aben, grant, lease, and convey. so that the lands
held by them. in fee or ctuerwise shall not excecd at any one
time ten thousand acres; and the company suail have power to
make and u50 a common seal, and tho same to change at will,
and to have all such ones puwers, mghts aud privileges 86 are
necessary and proper for them to Laye ind possess Os a2 ie
corpoiated company, subicet io the resiciciions in che fire: sec.
tion. of this eect.

A, Vinat said company shall have power to operate and work
in the counties of Alexandria. Albe:arle, Louisa, Nelson. Am-
herst, Bedford, Botetonrt, Appomattox. Buckingiam, Campbell,
Pittsylvania. Franklin, Floyd, Patrick and Heary, and that any
of the corporators mav pul into the capital stock of said com-
pany any lands owned by them in any of said counties, to be
held in tee simple by said company.

4. The said company inay, for the purpose of transporting
the productions of their mines and manufactures, construct,
maintain, and operate rail or tram-ways from their mines or
works, or any of then, iu said counties of Alexandria, Louisa,
Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst, Bedford, Botetourt, Appomaitox,
Buckingham, Campbell, Pittsylvania, Franklin, Floyd, Patrick
and Ilenry, to the nearest line of railroad by the nearest practi-
cable route, and to acquire the right of way by gift, purchase,
lease or condeimnation as provided by law.

6. That S. C. Neale, W. H. Marbury. and Courtland IT.
smith are hereby appointed aud made commissioners, and they
or any two of them may act at such times and places as they
deem expedient, to open books of subscription to the capital
stock of said company, and may receive for subscription for
stock money, leases, or such mineral rights on lands, buildings,
fixtures, or other property as they may deem wise, expedient,
or necessary to acquire for the purposes of said company, and
the same shall become part of the stock of said company.
And when ten thousand dollars shall have been subscribed or
put in, or acquired as aforesaid, the company may organize
under this charter by appointing five or more directors, one of
whom shall be chosen president.

7. That said company shall be authorized and empowered to
borrow a sum of money not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars, and to secure the money so borrowed; the said com-
pany is hereby authorized to issue coupon or registered bonds,
in such sums as the directors thereof may deem best, and to
secure the payment of the moneys so borrowed, the president
and directors of said company are hercby authorized and em-
powered to execute a lien on all the property, rights, and fran-
chises of said company existing af the time of the execution
of such len, and which may be thereafter acquired by said
company, and said company may sell said bonds at less than
par.

8. That the president and directors of said company may
enact such by-laws and regulations for the management of the
affairs of sail company as they may deem expedient, the same
being consistent with the coustitution and laws of the state and
of the United States.

9. That the sharcs of said company shall be deemed per-
sonal property, and assignable as such on the books of the said
company under such rales and reculations as may be preseribed
by the directors, who spall have power, from time to time, to
Increase the capital stock of said company, so that it shall not
exceed five hundred thousand dollars as aforesaid.

10. The directors, when elected. shall have power to des-
ignate the place or places where the office or offices of said
company shall be located.

11. This act shall be in foree from its passage, and shall be
subject to any amendment, alteration or modification at the
pleasure of the general assembly.

OwaAp, 18).—An ACT io amend and re-enact an act entitled an aet for
the protection of game, approved March 29, 1877.

Approved March 3, 1879.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the third section of an act entitled an act for the protection of
game, approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows :

$3. It shall not be lawful to kill or capture any wild water-
fowl in this state between the first day of May and the first
day of September of each year, except the wild duck com-
monly called the summer duck, and except the wild fowl com-
monly called sora, or during the night, that is between dark and
daybreak; nor shall it be lawful to kill wild water-fowl except
with a gun that can be raised at arm’s length and fired from
the shoulder without a rest. Wild geese may be killed either
during the day or night: provided that in no case shall floating
reflectors or lamps be used in shooting wild geese in the night-
time.

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