Chap. 484.—An ACT to authorize the Buffalo river soapstone company to con-
struct and operate a railroad or tramroad not exceeding twenty miles in
length in Nelson county.

Approved March 1, 1804.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Buffalo river soapstone company, & company created by the order of
the circuit court of the county of Nelson, Virginia, by a charter
granted in vacation by the judge of the said court on the twenty-ninth
day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and recorded in
the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, be, and the said com-
pany is hereby, authorized and empowered, in addition to its powers,
rights and franchises granted in said charter, to construct, operate
and maintain a tramroad or railroad from its works and property on
Buffalo river, in the county of Nelson, either to some point on the
Virginia Midland railroad (sometimes called the Richmond and
Danville railroad), in said county, or tosome point on the James
river division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in said county,
or to both: provided, however, that such tramroad or railroad shall
in no case be of greater length than twenty miles, and for the pur-
pose of constructing such railroad or tramroad the said company
may acquire lands by condemnation in the modes prescribed by law,
and shall be vested with all the powers, rights and franchises con-
ferred by the general laws of the state upon works of internal improve-
ment.

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2. Such railroad or tramroad may be operated by steam, horse or
other power; and such portion of the public roads of said county as
the board of supervisors thereof may agree upon may be used for
the construction and operation of any such tramroad, upon such
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the said company
and the said board of supervisors, and any contract between the
sald company and board with respect thereto shall be valid and

inding.

3. The time limited for the construction of any such railroad or
tramroad shall be ten years from the passage of this act.

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