Chap. 197.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of an Act
passed February 28, 1867, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad Company.

Approved July 8, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That.
the first section of an act passed February twenty-third, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled an act to incorporate
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 1. It shall be lawful to open books of subscription for
the capital stock of a company to be incorporated by the
name of The Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, for the

urpose of constructing a railroad from the town of Harper’s

erry, in the county of Jefferson, or some other point on the
Potomac river, through the counties of Warren, Page, Rock-
ingham, and Augusta, to a point on the southern boundary of
the state of Virginia, between Bristol-Goodson and the west-
ern line of the state, to be selected by the said company, with
the privilege of building a branch road from some suitable
point on the said road to Harrisonburg, in Rockingham county;
also a branch from some suitable point on said road via Stan-
ardeville, in the county of Greene, to Gordonsville, in the
county of Orange; also a branch from some suitable point on
said road to Lexington, in the county of Rockbridge; also a
branch from some suitable point on said road by or near the
town of Salem, in the county of Roanoke, to Danville. When
the said company shall have completed and equipped their said
road from the town of Harper's Ferry, in the county of Jef-
ferson, or some other point on the Potomac river for the dis-
tance of twenty miles, they are hereby authorized to work the
same as if entisely finished.
‘The following persons are appointed commissioners to re-
ceive such subscriptions, namely: Peter B. Borst, William
Milnes, Jr.. Benjamin F. Grayson, and John W. Ashby, to
open books and receive subscriptions at Luray, in the county
of Page; S. A. Coffman, Henry Farrar, A. M. Newman, John
T. Harris, and John E. Roller, to open books and receive
subscriptions at Harrisonburg, in the county of Rockingham ;
William M. Buck, Thomas N. Ashby, Robert H. Turner,
Samuel W. Thomas, and Smith S. Turner, to open books and
reseive subscriptions at Front Royal, in the county of War-
ren; Loyd Logan, Henry M. Brent, James H. Williams, to open
books and receive subscriptions at Winchester, in the county of
Frederick; David H. McGuire, William N. Nelson, David
Meade, W. W. Arnett, William D. Smith, to open books and
receive subscriptions at Berryville, in the county of Clarke;
Nicholas K. Trout, Michael G. Harman, George Baylor, A. H.
H. Stuart, to open books and receive subscriptions at Staun-
ton, in the county of Augusta; John S. Wilson, William D.
Couch, and Alphonso Finney, to open books and receive sub-
scriptions at Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt; W. E. M.
Word, T. J. Goodwin, and W. A. Glascow, to open books and
receive subscriptions at Fincastle, in¢he county of Botetourt;
Wm. White, J. McD. Taylor, and Jas. Compton, to open books
and receive subscriptions at Lexington, in the county of Rock-
bridge; G. W. Hansbrough, H.S8. Blair, G. B. Board, A. M.
Jordan, and G. W. Shanks, to open books and receive sub-
scriptions at Salem, in the county of Roanoke; John B. White,
George J. Stephens, Wyatt S. Beazley, James F. Affield, and
William T. Sims, to open books and receive subscriptions at
Stanardsville, in the county of Greene. A majority of the
commissioners appointed at each place, respectively, may act
as if above named. The commissioners appointed for Luray,
or a majority of them, shall be permitted to open books of
subscription themselves, or through their agents, at any point
to be selected by them. The directors elected by the stock-
holders of said company shall not exceed fifteen in number.”

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