Chap. 355.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an aet entitled an act to
authorize the county of Madison to subseribe to the stoek of the Madison and
Orange railroad company on certain conditions, approved February 29, 1806.

Approved February 17, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section one
of an act entitled an act to authorize the county of Madison to subscribe
to the stock of the Madison and Orange railroad company on certain
conditions, approved February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the judge
of the county court of Madison county, in term time or in vacation shall,
on application of the Madison and Orange railroad company, by its
president or any two of its directors, at any time within two years from
the passage of this act, stating the amount of the subscription asked for.
make an order requiring the sheriff at a time. designated in said order,
not less than thirty davs from the date thereof, to. open polls and t: uke
the sense of the voters of the said county on the question whether the said
county shall subscribe to the stock of the Madison and Orange railroad
company to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the said
county, in bonds of the said county bearing interest at six per centum,
and to be paid in the manner now prov ided by law for the payment of
such subscription, the principal of said bonds to be due in thirty years:
but the said subscription is subject to the condition that said bonds shall
be delivered to said company in proportion, as near as may be, as see-
tions of five miles of said road are constructed and completed, with rails
thereon, the same being certified to by a commissioner appointed by the
county court of said county, the compensation of the commissioner to
be fixed by the court but paid by the company; or otherwise the said
county subscription shall be due and pavable as may be agreed upon
between the supervisors of said county and the board of directors of said
company. Thereshall be attached to said bonds coupons for the interest
aforesaid, which shall be receivable at the office of the treasurer of said
county in payment of all taxes and county levies due said county by
the bearer on and after the date of maturity of the coupons.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.