Chap. 175.—An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Carolina Turn-
pike Company.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
W. A. Jackson, James E. Martin, William Wood, J. Sykes,
junior, A. M. Halstead, Joseph W. Carter, James Y. Old, J.
C. Flemming, William Stokes, and Francis Richardson, be
and are here y made a body corporate and politic, under the
name and style of the Norfolk and Carolina Turnpike Com-
pany, with full and adequate powers to construct a turnpike
road from the Great road near W. A. Jackson’s farm, east of
Centreville, in Norfolk county, to the Indian river turnpike
near Level Green, in Princess Anne county, crossing the pro-
perty of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal company near
the bend in the said canal, which bend is about three miles
eastwardly from Great bridge: provided, that the bridge
hereby authorized to be built across the said Albemarle and
Chesapeake canal shall be constructed with a suitable draw,
not less wide in the clear than the North Landing bridge over
said canal: and provided further, that said turnpike road be
not less than twenty, nor more than sixty feet in width.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
three thousand nor more than fifteen thousand dollars, to be
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and books
of subscription may be opened in the city of Norfolk under
the supervision of any three of the above named corpora-
tors, and when the minimum stock shall have been subscribed
and ten per centum thereon shall have been paid, the said cor.
porators may proceed to organize the company as is provided

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3. The said company may collect tolls for passing ovey
either said road or said bridge. But no person, after paying
the bridge toll, shall be subject to pay an additional road toll
The rates of toll for passing over said bridge may be regu
lated by the company, but shall not exceed the rates now
tixed by law.

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

CuaP. 176.—An ACT for the relief of Samuel C. Williams.
Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas it has been made manifest to the general assem
bly that Samuel C. Williams, superintendent of the Virgini
penitentiary, and his sureties upon his official bond, were sue
in the circuit court of the city of Richmond by one Anthon:
Briggs, an ex-convict, for a cause of action arising under th
administration of the predecessor of said Williams, and for
which said Williams was in no wise responsible ; and that in
and about his defence in that behalf, said Williams has been
subjected to an expense of two hundred and sixty-five dol-
lars, which it is inequitable and unjust that he should bear,
as his public position alone subjected him to said suit; there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sum
of two hundred and sixty-five dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to reimburse said Samuel C. Williams
for his said expenditure ; and the auditor of public accounts
is hereby authorized to issue his warrant upon the treasury
in favor of said Williams for the sum aforesaid, taking his
receipt therefor expressing that the same is in full of all
expenditures to which he has been subjected by reason of
said suit.

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

Chap. 175.—An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Carolina Turn-
pike Company.

Approved February 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
W. A. Jackson, James E. Martin, William Wood, J. Sykes,
junior, A. M. Halstead, Joseph W. Carter, James Y. Old, J.
C. Flemming, William Stokes, and Francis Richardson, be
and are here y made a body corporate and politic, under the
name and style of the Norfolk and Carolina Turnpike Com-
pany, with full and adequate powers to construct a turnpike
road from the Great road near W. A. Jackson’s farm, east of
Centreville, in Norfolk county, to the Indian river turnpike
near Level Green, in Princess Anne county, crossing the pro-
perty of the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal company near
the bend in the said canal, which bend is about three miles
eastwardly from Great bridge: provided, that the bridge
hereby authorized to be built across the said Albemarle and
Chesapeake canal shall be constructed with a suitable draw,
not less wide in the clear than the North Landing bridge over
said canal: and provided further, that said turnpike road be
not less than twenty, nor more than sixty feet in width.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
three thousand nor more than fifteen thousand dollars, to be
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and books
of subscription may be opened in the city of Norfolk under
the supervision of any three of the above named corpora-
tors, and when the minimum stock shall have been subscribed
and ten per centum thereon shall have been paid, the said cor.
porators may proceed to organize the company as is provided

aw.

3. The said company may collect tolls for passing ovey
either said road or said bridge. But no person, after paying
the bridge toll, shall be subject to pay an additional road toll
The rates of toll for passing over said bridge may be regu
lated by the company, but shall not exceed the rates now
tixed by law.

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

CuaP. 176.—An ACT for the relief of Samuel C. Williams.
Approved February 21, 1882.

Whereas it has been made manifest to the general assem
bly that Samuel C. Williams, superintendent of the Virgini
penitentiary, and his sureties upon his official bond, were sue
in the circuit court of the city of Richmond by one Anthon:
Briggs, an ex-convict, for a cause of action arising under th
administration of the predecessor of said Williams, and for
which said Williams was in no wise responsible ; and that in
and about his defence in that behalf, said Williams has been
subjected to an expense of two hundred and sixty-five dol-
lars, which it is inequitable and unjust that he should bear,
as his public position alone subjected him to said suit; there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sum
of two hundred and sixty-five dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to reimburse said Samuel C. Williams
for his said expenditure ; and the auditor of public accounts
is hereby authorized to issue his warrant upon the treasury
in favor of said Williams for the sum aforesaid, taking his
receipt therefor expressing that the same is in full of all
expenditures to which he has been subjected by reason of
said suit.

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