Chap. 14.—An ACT to fix the times for holding the terms of the circuit
court of Bedford county.

Approved January 14, 1882.

Bedford circuit 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the circuit
court court of Bedford county shall hereafter hold two regular
terms in each year; the spring term to commence on the
twenty-fifth day of May, and the fall term to commence on
the twenty-fifth day of November.
Repealing 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are
clause hereby repealed.
3.

Commencem't his act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 14.—An ACT to prevent Attorneys-at-Law, who fail to pay
over moneys and valuables received by them, within a given time,
from practicing in the courts of the commonwealth.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That should any
attorney-at-law collect money or be the custodian of nego-
tiable paper or other paper representing money for any per-
son, corporation or court, and fail to pay over or deliver the
same, after such collection and demand, if the parties enti-
tled thereto are known to him, it shall be the duty of the
attorney for the commonwealth to move the court, on appli-
cation of a party aggrieved, to revoke the license of such
person as an attorney-at-law. Upon hearing the case, the
court shall, if it be of opinion that the attorney was wrong-
fully in default, forthwith, enter an order prohibiting. the
party so offending, to appear as attorney in any case, and
striking his name from the list of attorneys and revoking his
license as a lawyer: provided, however, that when there are
questions of dispute or other causes which should justify the
holding of the funds by attorneys, that it may be competent
to move the court for instructions as to the temporary dis-
posal of such funds.

2. Any attorney-at-law who shall have in his possession
money or negotiable paper, or other paper representing
money, collected or held for another prior to the passage of
this act, and shall fail to pay over or deliver the same within
ninety days, as hereinbefore directed and provided, or ask
the court for authority to invest the same, he shall be
deemed an offender under this act; and it shall be the duty
of the attorney for the commonwealth, on application of any
party aggrieved, to proceed against him, and the court to
enter an order in accordance with the provisions of this act.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

Car. 15.—An ACT to incorporate the Union cotton mills of Rich-
mond, Virginia.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
A. Y. Stokes, Isaac Davenport, junior, A. S. Buford, J. Tur-
ner Morehead, P. T. George, David N. Walker, James H.
Blair, A. L. Ellett, C. C. Baldwin, Joseph S. Hopkins, W. J.
Johnson, Moses Milbiser, Fred R. Scott, W. A. James, M.
Rosenbaum, Byrd Warwick, John P. Branch, E. A. Saunders,
Richard L. Brown, Thomas Potts, L. L. Bass, T. William
Pemberton, William C. Seddon, A. Judson Watkins, D. O.
Davis, W. E. Dibrell, C. W. Branch, C. McCallock Beecher,
John L. Cadwalader, George C. Clark, William A. Baldwin,
junior, James G. Blaine, W. D. Kelley, Philip Cook, Washing-
ton McLean, H. C. Parsons, Walter B. Brooks, Peter C. War-
wick, William P. Burwell, Charles H. Simpson, David A.
Ainslie, T: C. Williams, and their associates, are hereby incor-
porated and made a body politic and corporate by the name
and style of The Union Cotton Mills of Richmond, Virginia.

2. The capital of the said company shall be two million
dollars, if so much be necessary, divided into shares of fifty
dollars each.

3. The parties above named shall be commissioned to receive
subscriptions to the said stock, but any three of them may
act; and as soon as the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
shall have been subscribed in the manner provided in the
first section of chapter fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia,
the said company shall proceed to organize itself by the
appointment of a president, vice-president, and eleven other
directors of the said company, any three of whom shall con-
stitute a quorum for business.

4. If the company shall be organized before the whole of
its capital stock is subscribed, the president and directors
may, from time to time, sell additional stock, as they may
find it necessary or expedient to do so, until the whole capi-
tal is obtained, unless the stockholders, in general meeting
shall otherwise direct, and order books of subscription to be
again opened.

5. The stockholders in said company shall not be liable,
individually, for the debts of said company.

6. The business of the company shall be the manufacture
of cotton, woolen, silk, jute, flax, hemp, straw paper, wood,
and other ‘fabrics, and such other things or articles as the
stockholders may, in general meeting, determine, which it
may sell by wholesale or retail.

7. The said company may purchase and hold as much real
estate, not exceeding two thousand acres, and other property
as it may deem necessary for its business; and it may pay
for the same in its stock, at its par value, if the owner is
willing to accept the same, or in money; and may erect and
construct such machinery, mills, and other buildings as may
be useful for that purpose; and may improve, lease, sell, and
convey, as other proprietors of real and personal estate may
Jawfully do; and shall have authority to purchase or sub-
scribe to the stock of any other company.

8. In all respects not herein provided for, the said company
shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by
chapters fifty-six and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, and
be subject to all the limitations imposed by these chapters,
except so far as they may be in conflict with this act.

9. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall
be subject to amendment, alteration, or modification at the
pleasure of the general assembly.
Chap. 14.—An ACT to fix the times for holding the terms of the circuit
court of Bedford county.

Approved January 14, 1882.

Bedford circuit 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the circuit
court court of Bedford county shall hereafter hold two regular
terms in each year; the spring term to commence on the
twenty-fifth day of May, and the fall term to commence on
the twenty-fifth day of November.
Repealing 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are
clause hereby repealed.
3.

Commencem't his act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 14.—An ACT to prevent Attorneys-at-Law, who fail to pay
over moneys and valuables received by them, within a given time,
from practicing in the courts of the commonwealth.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That should any
attorney-at-law collect money or be the custodian of nego-
tiable paper or other paper representing money for any per-
son, corporation or court, and fail to pay over or deliver the
same, after such collection and demand, if the parties enti-
tled thereto are known to him, it shall be the duty of the
attorney for the commonwealth to move the court, on appli-
cation of a party aggrieved, to revoke the license of such
person as an attorney-at-law. Upon hearing the case, the
court shall, if it be of opinion that the attorney was wrong-
fully in default, forthwith, enter an order prohibiting. the
party so offending, to appear as attorney in any case, and
striking his name from the list of attorneys and revoking his
license as a lawyer: provided, however, that when there are
questions of dispute or other causes which should justify the
holding of the funds by attorneys, that it may be competent
to move the court for instructions as to the temporary dis-
posal of such funds.

2. Any attorney-at-law who shall have in his possession
money or negotiable paper, or other paper representing
money, collected or held for another prior to the passage of
this act, and shall fail to pay over or deliver the same within
ninety days, as hereinbefore directed and provided, or ask
the court for authority to invest the same, he shall be
deemed an offender under this act; and it shall be the duty
of the attorney for the commonwealth, on application of any
party aggrieved, to proceed against him, and the court to
enter an order in accordance with the provisions of this act.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the first day of
July, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.

Car. 15.—An ACT to incorporate the Union cotton mills of Rich-
mond, Virginia.

Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
A. Y. Stokes, Isaac Davenport, junior, A. S. Buford, J. Tur-
ner Morehead, P. T. George, David N. Walker, James H.
Blair, A. L. Ellett, C. C. Baldwin, Joseph S. Hopkins, W. J.
Johnson, Moses Milbiser, Fred R. Scott, W. A. James, M.
Rosenbaum, Byrd Warwick, John P. Branch, E. A. Saunders,
Richard L. Brown, Thomas Potts, L. L. Bass, T. William
Pemberton, William C. Seddon, A. Judson Watkins, D. O.
Davis, W. E. Dibrell, C. W. Branch, C. McCallock Beecher,
John L. Cadwalader, George C. Clark, William A. Baldwin,
junior, James G. Blaine, W. D. Kelley, Philip Cook, Washing-
ton McLean, H. C. Parsons, Walter B. Brooks, Peter C. War-
wick, William P. Burwell, Charles H. Simpson, David A.
Ainslie, T: C. Williams, and their associates, are hereby incor-
porated and made a body politic and corporate by the name
and style of The Union Cotton Mills of Richmond, Virginia.

2. The capital of the said company shall be two million
dollars, if so much be necessary, divided into shares of fifty
dollars each.

3. The parties above named shall be commissioned to receive
subscriptions to the said stock, but any three of them may
act; and as soon as the sum of one hundred thousand dollars
shall have been subscribed in the manner provided in the
first section of chapter fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia,
the said company shall proceed to organize itself by the
appointment of a president, vice-president, and eleven other
directors of the said company, any three of whom shall con-
stitute a quorum for business.

4. If the company shall be organized before the whole of
its capital stock is subscribed, the president and directors
may, from time to time, sell additional stock, as they may
find it necessary or expedient to do so, until the whole capi-
tal is obtained, unless the stockholders, in general meeting
shall otherwise direct, and order books of subscription to be
again opened.

5. The stockholders in said company shall not be liable,
individually, for the debts of said company.

6. The business of the company shall be the manufacture
of cotton, woolen, silk, jute, flax, hemp, straw paper, wood,
and other ‘fabrics, and such other things or articles as the
stockholders may, in general meeting, determine, which it
may sell by wholesale or retail.

7. The said company may purchase and hold as much real
estate, not exceeding two thousand acres, and other property
as it may deem necessary for its business; and it may pay
for the same in its stock, at its par value, if the owner is
willing to accept the same, or in money; and may erect and
construct such machinery, mills, and other buildings as may
be useful for that purpose; and may improve, lease, sell, and
convey, as other proprietors of real and personal estate may
Jawfully do; and shall have authority to purchase or sub-
scribe to the stock of any other company.

8. In all respects not herein provided for, the said company
shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by
chapters fifty-six and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, and
be subject to all the limitations imposed by these chapters,
except so far as they may be in conflict with this act.

9. This act shall be in force from its passage, and shall
be subject to amendment, alteration, or modification at the
pleasure of the general assembly.