Chap. 87.—An ACT to Authorize the Washington City, Virginia, Midland
and Great Southern Railroad Company to Acquire and Sell Lands.

Approved February 15, 1873.

1. Beit enacted bythe general assembly, That an act approved
March sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled an act
to authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad
Company to acquire and sell lands, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§1. That it shall be lawful for the railroad company formed
by the consolidation of the Washington City, Virginia, Midland
and Great Southern Railroad Company to acquire by purchase,
hold in fee simple and sell lands along its railway or tributary
thereto, and issue bonds or certificates of stock for amount of
such purchases, and execute a mortgage or trust deed on said
lands, or any part thereof, to secure the debt or liability thus
incurred. Said lands shall not be included 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, until all bonds issued under this act have been paid;
nor liable as after acquired property by operation of any of the
mortgages executed by it, or either of the companies by con-
solidation of which it was formed; nor shall any lien attach
thereto by reason of judgments obtained against said company,
except such as may be rendered on obligations given for pur-
chase of said lands by said company, or said component com-
panies: provided, the lands thus acquired shall not exceed two
hundred thousand acres, and shall not be held for longer than
fifteen years, except for village lots, depots, machine sho‘ps
and other necessary purposes connected with the business of
said company.

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