CHAP. 55.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act to
incorporate the Charlottesville and Rapid Ann Railroad Company,
approved February 12, 1876.

Approved February 6, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section one
of an act to incorporate the Charlottesville and Rapid Ann
railroad company, approved February twelfth, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-six, be amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

§ 1. That it shall be lawful to open books of subscription
in the town of Charlottesville, under the direction of A. R.
Blakey, John Wood, junior, W. C. N. Randolph, 8S. V. South-
all, and R. F. Mason, or any three of them; at Orange court-
house, under the direction of John M. Chapman, Thomas P.
Wallace, and Alexander Daly; and at Stanardsville, under
the direction of Wyatt S. Beazley, Benjamin Herndon, and
Kdwin Booth, or any two of them, for receiving subscrip-
tions to an amount not exceeding one million dollars, in
shares of fitty dollars each, to constitute a joint capital stock
for constructing a railroad from the town of Charlottesville,
or Some point near that town, on the Washington city, Vir-
ginia Midland, and Great Southern railroad, to Orange court-
house, or some point on said road between that village and
Rapid Ann river. And to enable said company to construct
said road, it is authorized to issue its bonds to an amount not
exceeding six hundred thousand dollars, at such rates of
interest, not exceeding that allowed by law, as may be
deemed expedient, and to secure payment of principal and
interest by one or more deeds of trust or mortgages on the
franchises, tolls, receipts, and whole property, real and per-
sonal, of said company.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.