Chap. 171.—An ACT to incorporate the Buckingham Mining and
Water Company.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
R. N. Avery, of the state of New York, William Martin, J.
A. Kunkel, 8. R. Ludwick, and C. H. Vauneman, of the state
of New Jersey, their associates and successors, be and they
are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under
the name, style, and title of The “Bnokinghars Mining and
Water Company, with the right to use a common seal and
to exercise the rights and privileges of corporations in this
state, banking excepted, and subject to the provisions of
existing general statutes in regard to corporations.

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2. The business of the company shall be to conduct water
in or through the county of Buckingham, in the state of
Virginia, from the James river, Slate river, Appomattox
river, Rock creek, or Willis’ creek, in a channel not exceed-
ing ten feet wide at the top, six feet wide at the bottom, and
four feet deep, to the lands owned by said company, or other
adjacent lands in the said county, or any adjacent county,
from such point or points on said rivers or creeks, as will
give sufficient altitude to convey said water thereto, for the
purpose of mining or otherwise improving said lands, and to
sell, rent, or lease out the water so conveyed to any person
or persons owning lands adjoining the lands of said com-
pany, or adjoining said water course.

3. The capital of said company shall be not less than ten
thousand dollars, nor more than two hundred thousand dol-
lars, in shares of five thousand dollars each, transferable in
person or by proxy, on the books of the company.

4. The company may hold such lands as now belong to the
eorporators herein named, or either of them, and such other
lands as they may hereafter acquire in the said county of
Buckingham, or in adjacent counties, as may be requisite for
the purpose of conducting said body of water from said
rivers or creeks to said lands, and for the purpose of keeping
said channel open and in good repair.

5. It shall be lawful for said company, from time to time,
as it may deem proper, to sell, lease, or dispose of its prop-
erty, or any part thereof, or interest therein, by contract,
lease, or otherwise; to contract for the improvement or ope-
ration of the same, or any part thereof, upon such terms,
rents, payments, and in such manner, as by the board of
directors, or a majority of them, may be deemed expedient.

6. The corporators and stockholders of said company shall
meet as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, and
shall then and there proceed to elect a president and a board
of directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than
seven persons, and such other officers as they may deem
necessary, and pass any by-laws not in conflict with the con-
stitution and laws of this state, or the constitution and laws
of the United States, which they may deem necessary for
their government. All elections after the first held by said
company, shall be at such time and place as they may direct,
and all officers elected by said company shall hold office fo
such length of time as may be agreed upon by said company
and afterwards until their successors are elected and quali.
fied to enter upon the duties of their respective offices; the
terms of all officers elected by said company shall commence
at such time as may be prescribed by said company.

7. The principal office of said company shall bo in the saic
eounty of Buckingham; and in addition thereto, the saic
company may also have an office for the transaction of busi
ness in the city of Richmond, or the city of New York.

8. This act shall be in force from the date of its passage.
Chap. 172—An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors for the
county of Pittsylvania to provide for the payment of any outstanding
debts against any of the late townships in said county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of the count
of Pittsylvania to provide for the payment of any outstand-
ing debts against any of the late townships in said county,
by levying on the persons and property of the magisterial
districts into which such townships have been changed, a
sufficient amount for that purpose and for defraying all costs
and expenses of collecting and paying out the same, which
levy shall be made in accordance with the laws in regard to
the county levies as far as the same is consistent with this
act.

2. It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to collect
such levy and pay out the same, upon the outstanding war-
rants of the late township boards; or when such warrants
have not been issued to the township creditors, then upon
the warrants of the board of supervisors drawn for that pur-
pose, and said board of supervisors sball have all the rights
and remedies against. delinquent treasurers and their sureties
as they now have against treasurers and their sureties for
the collection of county levies, which proceeding may be had
in the name of the board of supervisors of said county at the
relation of, and for the benefit of any person in interest.

3. The treasurer shall keep a separate account of the levies
collected and paid out under this act, and shall report the
same to the board of supervisors, with the vouchers for such

ayments, at the time of his annual settlement, and also a
ist of delinquents, which shall be examined by the board,
and allowed, if correct ; the treasurer shall be entitled to the
same commissions for his services under this act, as for the
collection and payment of the county levies, and shall have
all the remedies for the collection of the levies herein pro-
vided for, as are given him by law for the collection of county
levies.

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

Chap. 171.—An ACT to incorporate the Buckingham Mining and
Water Company.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
R. N. Avery, of the state of New York, William Martin, J.
A. Kunkel, 8. R. Ludwick, and C. H. Vauneman, of the state
of New Jersey, their associates and successors, be and they
are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, under
the name, style, and title of The “Bnokinghars Mining and
Water Company, with the right to use a common seal and
to exercise the rights and privileges of corporations in this
state, banking excepted, and subject to the provisions of
existing general statutes in regard to corporations.

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2. The business of the company shall be to conduct water
in or through the county of Buckingham, in the state of
Virginia, from the James river, Slate river, Appomattox
river, Rock creek, or Willis’ creek, in a channel not exceed-
ing ten feet wide at the top, six feet wide at the bottom, and
four feet deep, to the lands owned by said company, or other
adjacent lands in the said county, or any adjacent county,
from such point or points on said rivers or creeks, as will
give sufficient altitude to convey said water thereto, for the
purpose of mining or otherwise improving said lands, and to
sell, rent, or lease out the water so conveyed to any person
or persons owning lands adjoining the lands of said com-
pany, or adjoining said water course.

3. The capital of said company shall be not less than ten
thousand dollars, nor more than two hundred thousand dol-
lars, in shares of five thousand dollars each, transferable in
person or by proxy, on the books of the company.

4. The company may hold such lands as now belong to the
eorporators herein named, or either of them, and such other
lands as they may hereafter acquire in the said county of
Buckingham, or in adjacent counties, as may be requisite for
the purpose of conducting said body of water from said
rivers or creeks to said lands, and for the purpose of keeping
said channel open and in good repair.

5. It shall be lawful for said company, from time to time,
as it may deem proper, to sell, lease, or dispose of its prop-
erty, or any part thereof, or interest therein, by contract,
lease, or otherwise; to contract for the improvement or ope-
ration of the same, or any part thereof, upon such terms,
rents, payments, and in such manner, as by the board of
directors, or a majority of them, may be deemed expedient.

6. The corporators and stockholders of said company shall
meet as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, and
shall then and there proceed to elect a president and a board
of directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than
seven persons, and such other officers as they may deem
necessary, and pass any by-laws not in conflict with the con-
stitution and laws of this state, or the constitution and laws
of the United States, which they may deem necessary for
their government. All elections after the first held by said
company, shall be at such time and place as they may direct,
and all officers elected by said company shall hold office fo
such length of time as may be agreed upon by said company
and afterwards until their successors are elected and quali.
fied to enter upon the duties of their respective offices; the
terms of all officers elected by said company shall commence
at such time as may be prescribed by said company.

7. The principal office of said company shall bo in the saic
eounty of Buckingham; and in addition thereto, the saic
company may also have an office for the transaction of busi
ness in the city of Richmond, or the city of New York.

8. This act shall be in force from the date of its passage.
Chap. 172—An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors for the
county of Pittsylvania to provide for the payment of any outstanding
debts against any of the late townships in said county.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
it shall be lawful for the board of supervisors of the count
of Pittsylvania to provide for the payment of any outstand-
ing debts against any of the late townships in said county,
by levying on the persons and property of the magisterial
districts into which such townships have been changed, a
sufficient amount for that purpose and for defraying all costs
and expenses of collecting and paying out the same, which
levy shall be made in accordance with the laws in regard to
the county levies as far as the same is consistent with this
act.

2. It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to collect
such levy and pay out the same, upon the outstanding war-
rants of the late township boards; or when such warrants
have not been issued to the township creditors, then upon
the warrants of the board of supervisors drawn for that pur-
pose, and said board of supervisors sball have all the rights
and remedies against. delinquent treasurers and their sureties
as they now have against treasurers and their sureties for
the collection of county levies, which proceeding may be had
in the name of the board of supervisors of said county at the
relation of, and for the benefit of any person in interest.

3. The treasurer shall keep a separate account of the levies
collected and paid out under this act, and shall report the
same to the board of supervisors, with the vouchers for such

ayments, at the time of his annual settlement, and also a
ist of delinquents, which shall be examined by the board,
and allowed, if correct ; the treasurer shall be entitled to the
same commissions for his services under this act, as for the
collection and payment of the county levies, and shall have
all the remedies for the collection of the levies herein pro-
vided for, as are given him by law for the collection of county
levies.

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