Chap. 8.—An ACT to incorporate the Harrisonburg and Rawley Springs
Turnpike Company.

Approved February 19, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That for the pur-
pose of constructing a turnpike road from the town of Harri-
sonburg, in the county of Rockingham, to Rawley springs, in
said county, it shall be lawful to open books for receiving sub-
scriptions to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to
be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. The said
books shall be opened at Harrisonburg under the direction of
C. C. Strayer, Jonas A. Lowenback, Thomas Shumate, Hugh
Swope, and John Brunk, or any three of them, and at such
other place or places, and under the direction of such agents,
as any three of the above named commissioners may appoint.

2. When one hundred and sixty shares shall have been sub-
scribed, the subscribers, their executors, administrators, and
assigns, shall be and are hereby incorporated into a company
by the name and style of The Harrisonburg and Rawley Springs
Turnpike Company, conformably to the provisions of the Code
of Virginia, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental
thereto: provided, that the said company shall not be required
to pave or cover their road with stone or gravel, nor to make
a summer or side road; that the said road shall be cleared at
least thirty feet wide, and constructed at least eighteen feet
wide: provided, also, that the subscribers to the stock of said
company may, at the election of the shareholder, pay the
amount of their subscriptions, or any part thereof, either in
money or in labor, work and services, at such rates or prices
as may be fixed by the board of directors of said company.

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