Chap. 160.—An ACT to incorporate the North Loudoun Turnpike Com-
pany.

Approved June 27, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall be
lawful to open books at Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun,
under the direction of B. F. Sheetz, W. B. Lynoh, L. W. S.
Hough, Charles P. Janney, and Henry C. Sellman; and at the
following places in said county, namely: at Clark’s Gap, under
the direction of R. G. Bowie, John V. Tavenner, T. M. C.
Paxson, Washington Vandervanter, and C. Boyd Barrett; at
Waterford, under the direction of William Williams, James
M. Walker, Jacob Scott, Samuel A. Gover, and Griffith W.
Paxson; at Wheatland, under the direction of W. A. Stroud,
George L. Moore, David Conner, John Leslie, and Thomas
Camp ; at Hitsborough, under the direction of William Hough,
E. F. Potts, James M. Kilgour, James C. Janney, and Henry
Gover; and at Neersville, under the direction of Joseph Con-
rad, W. Hilt Grubb, John Clendening, James Grubb, and Na-
thaniel Prince, for receiving subscriptions, in shares of one
hundred dollars each, for the purpose of constructing a turn-
pike from Leesburg by Clark’s Gap, Waterford, Wheatland,

illsborough, and Neersville, to Harper's Ferry: provided,
that any two of the commissioners named at each place may
constitute a quorum to open said books.

2. Be it further enacted, That the sections of the road shall
be as follows, namely: first section, from Leesburg to Clark’s
Gap, over the bed of the Leesburg and Snicker’s Gap turn-
pike; second section, from Clark’s Gap to Waterford; third
section, from Waterford to Wheatland; fourth section, from
Wheatland to Hillsborough; fifth section, from Hillsborough
to Neersville; and the sixth section, from Neersville to the
Virginia and West Virginia state line: provided, that said
sectlon may extend to Harper’s Ferry, if the consent of West
Virginia be first obtained to this act.

3. Be it further enacted, That when ten thousand dollars
shall have been subscribed, the subscribers, their executors,
administrators, and assigns, shall be and are hereby incorpo-
rated into a company under the name and style of The North
Loudoun Turnpike Company, subject to the provisions of the
Code of Virginia, subject to the provisions of the laws of Vir-
ginia which are now in force or may hereafter be passed, ap-
plicable to such companies, except as herein provided, and that
the ultimate capital stock may be one hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars.

4. Be it further enacted, That said company are hereby au-
thorized to build lateral or branch roads in any direction, not
exceeding twelve miles each, and for such purpose may open
books of subscription at such places and times, and under such
regulations and persons, as the board of directors may pre-
scribe.

do. Be it further enacted, That the subscribers may desig-
nate, at the time of subscription, to which section their sub-
scriptions must be applied, and that no portion of the sub-
scriptions so made shall be applied, beyond the two dollars
payable at the time of subscription, to any portion of the road

ut the one to which the subscription shall be made: pro-
vided, that the two-dollar instalment may be applied to the
surveys and other general expenses of the road, without re-
gard to the section subscribed for.

6. That the directors shall be so arranged as to represent all
sections of the road that may be represented by subscriptions
at the time of the organization of the company, or at any an-
nual meeting or other general meeting of the company; and
in case of death, resignation, or other incapacity of a director,
the board of directors may supply the vacancy until the next
general meeting of the company.

7. That said road shall be graded twenty feet wide, and
shall be McAdamized for one-half its width before it shall be
lawful to charge tolls, and the tolls on each section shall be in
proportion to the lawful tolls that the length of that section
shall be to five miles; and that the grade of the road shall not
exceed seven feet to the hundred. The side ditches shall be
not less than two feet deep and two feet wide on the bottom,
and that all water shall be conducted under and not over the
road-bed.

8. Be it further enacted, That said company may, with the
consent of the county court, (or board of supervisors, as may
be provided by general law,) occupy any turnpikes that may
have been abandoned to the county, and any county roads or
bridges built by the county, and that the county of Loudoun
may subscribe to the capital stock of said company one-third
of the same, in the mode now or hereafter to be prescribed by
law: provided, that no bonds issued by the county shall be
paid to said company at a faster rate than the private sub-
scriptions shall be paid in. |

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