Chap. 386.—An ACT to incorporate the Peninsula gas-light, fuel and power
company.

Approved February 24, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Doctor
A. C. Jones, George B. West and L. P. Stearns, of Newport News,
Virginia ; and David E. Fleming, of Washington, District of Colum-
bia; William A. Little, junior, of Fredericksburg, Virginia; Fred-
erick Benson, of Brooklyn, New York; and Eugene Vanderpool, of
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after associated with them, shall be, and they are hereby, incorpo-
rated and made a body politic and corporate under the name and
style of the Peninsula gas-light, fuel and power company, with power
to construct, purchase or lease, or to maintain suitable works, pipes,
machinery and all proper and desirable appliances, either in the
county of Warwick, or in the county of Elizabeth City, or in the
town of Hampton, or in all three localities, for the manufacture,
generation, distribution and sale of gas for fuel, motive power, and
public and private illumination or heating, or both, 1n the said county
of Warwick, or in the said county of Elizabeth City, or in the said
town of Hampton, any or all. And for the purpose of carrying into
full effect the powers and privileges herein granted and provided for,
the said company shall have power to purchase’and lease such real
estate, not exceeding ten acres, located either in the county of War-
wick, or in the county of Elizabeth City, or in the town of Hampton,
either or all, as may be necessary for the said works, and for laying
the pipes, and for the carrying on of the said business. And the
said company shal! have all of the general powers, and be subject to all
the general restrictions prescribed by chapters forty-six and forty-
seven of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
except so far as this act may otherwise prescribe.

2. That the capital stock of this company shall not be less than
twenty thousand or more than one hundred thousand dollars, to be
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be raised by sub-
scription, for which purpose, if the stock be not otherwise subscribed,
books may be opened under the superintendence of any two or more
of the persons hereinbefore named; and the amount of the capital
stock of said company may be increased from time to time by order
of the board of directors, provided the maximum above mentioned
be not exceeded. And said company shall have power to make, exe-
cute, issue and sell or negotiate its bonds, and shall have power to
secure said bonds by a mortgage or deed of trust on all its works or
property and franchises, or any part thereof, and may hold stock
in any other company or corporation, and may acquire by purchase,
lease or otherwise, the plant, works or property of any other gas-light
company or any other light company in the county of Warwick, or
the county of Elizabeth City, or in the town of Hampton, either or all.

3. That each and every share of stock in said company shall enti-
tle the owner thereof to one vote thereon, in person or by proxy.

4, That the said company shall be authorized to open, dig up and
excavate the roads, lanes, streets, alleys and public squares in the
county of Warwick, or in the county of Elizabeth City, or in the
town of Hampton, either or all, for the purpose of laying, repairing,
cementing and tapping their mains and pipes, and generally for the
purpose of doing what may be necessary and proper in the prosecu-
tion of its business of manufacturing, generating and distributing gas,
as provided for in the first section of this act: provided that the consent
of the county, city or town authorities shall be first obtained, and that
when the same shall have been opened, dug up or excavated for such
purpose they shall, as soon as practicable, be repaired by the said
company, at its own cost, under the direction of the proper authori-
ties of the said county of Warwick, if the same be done in the said
county, or the county of Elizabeth City, if the same be done in the
said county, or the town of Hampton, if the same be done in the
said town, if the said local authorities may be had, so that the roads,
lanes, streets, alleys and public squares may be restored to their for-
mer condition as nearly as practicable. .

5. That any person who shall willfully open a communication
with the street gas-mains or other gas-pipes of said company without
authority of the president or directors thereof, or shall willfully let
on the gas after it has been stopped by order of the president or
directors for repairs or any other purpose, or who shall put up any
pipes or burners in addition to the burners and pipes originally put
up and inspected, or introduce gas into any of them or disconnect or
In any way tamper with any meters without authority, as aforesaid,
or Shall willfully do or cause to be done any act whereby the works of
said company shall be in any way obstructed, injured or destroyed,
such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined for each offence not less than five dollars nor
more than thirty dollars, and such person shajl! further forfeit to the
company double the amount of damage sustained by it by reason of
such offence or injury, to be recovered by action or motion in any
court of record.

6. That all taxes due the state shall be paid in money, and not in
coupons.

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