Chap. 261.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to
Authorize the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern
Railroad Company to Acquire and Sell Lands, approved February
15th, 1873. .

Approved March 28, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That an act ap- C
proved March sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, en- 9
titled an act to authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas ee
Railroad Company to acquire and sell lands, be amended and a a
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§. 1. That it shall be lawful for the Washington City, Vir- v
ginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company to ac- y u
quire by purchase, hold in fee simple and sell lands along its G
railway, or tributary thereto, and issue bonds or certificates of te
stock for amount of such purchases, and execute a mortgage »
or trust deed on said lands, or any part thereof, to secure the a
debt or liability thus incurred. Said lands shall not be in- '
cluded in any mortgage or deed of trust executed by said *
company for other purposes, nor liable for any debt incurred
by said company for other purposes, nor liable as after ac-
quired property by operation of any of the mortgages exe-
cuted by it, or either of the comparies by consolidation of
which it was formed, nor shall any lien attach thereto by rea.
son of judgments obtained against said company (except such
as may be rendered on obligations given for purchase of said
lands), or said component companies: provided, the lands thus
acquired shall not exceed two hundred thousand acres, and
shall not be held for longer than fifteen years, except for vil-
lage lots, depots, machine shops and other necessary purposes
connected with the business of said company.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

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