Chap. 543.—An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection (f) of section 2 of chapter
3 of an act entitled an act concerning corporations, which became a law May 21,
1903.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That subsection
(f) of section two, chapter three, of an act entitled “an act concerning
corporations,” which became a law May twenty-first, nineteen hundred
and three, be, and the same is hereby, amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

(f) In the event the said corporation cannot, because of the incapacity
of the owner, or inability to agree upon the price or terms, or because the
owner cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found in this State, or is
unknown, agree on terms of purchase with those entitled to any land.
sand, earth, gravel, water, or other material necessary to be taken and
used in the construction, mainicnance, operation, improvement, or
straightening of the line or works, or change of location of the line or
works, of any such corporation, or in constructing or providing additional
facilities, or for other necessary purposes, it may proceed for the con-
demnation thereof in the manncr and subject to the limitations provided
by the general statutes of this State relative to the condemnation of land:
provided, however, any such canal or turnpike corporation shall not take
by condemnation proceedings a strip of land for its right of way wider
than one hundred feet, except at places where more land is required for
slopes, cuts, tunnels, embankments, terminals, or for the improvement or
straightening of its line, or for other neccessary purposes, or change of
location: and provided, further, no corporation chartered under this
chapter shall take by condemnation proceedings any more land: or other
property than is required for its line or works, or for the improvement
or straightening of its line, or change of location, as aforesaid, or for
other necessary purposes.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.