Chap. 218.—An ACT to Incorporate the Western Branch Drawbridge Com-
pany, in the county of Norfolk.

Approved July 9, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall be
lawful to open books for receiving subscriptions to an amount
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, in shares of fitty dol-
lars each, for constructing a toll-bridge, with a suitable draw,
across the Western branch of the Elizabeth river, in Norfolk
county, at or between the lands of Mrs. Benn and M. W. Den-
nis, on the west side, and between Richard Cox and Pearson
‘Rodman’s lands, on the east side of said branch. The said
books shall be opened in the city of Portsmouth, or at such
place or places in the county of Norfolk as may be designated
by any three of the commissioners hereafter named, under the
superintendence of James Carney, William F. Wise, John T.
‘Griffin, Henry Kirn, John S. Wright, M. W. Dennis, and
.James G. Baine, who are hereby authorized to appoint other
A EOUEEE to act at such other place or places as they shall
irect.

2. When five thousand dollars of the capital stock of said
‘company shall have been subscribed, the subscribers, their exe-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, shall be and are hereby in-
corporated into a company, by the name and style of The
Western Branch Drawbridge Company.

3. The said company shall be incorporated upon condition
that the bridge erected by it shall not hinder, delay, or ob-
struct the passage of any vessel, steamer, boat, or raft upon
said branch, or prevent or prejudice the improvement of navi-
gation thereon. And the said bridge shall be subject to the
provisions of chapters fifty-seven and sixty-one of the Code of

irginia, so far as the same shall be applicable.

4, As soon as the bridge is completed, the president and di-
rectors of the company may demand and receive such rea-
‘sonable tolls as their by-laws may prescribe, not exceeding the
spresent rate of tolls across the ferries of Norfolk county.

_ 5. This act shall be in force from its passage.