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Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1882es |
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Law Number | 100 |
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Chap. 100.—An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria Mining, Manu-
facturing, and Warehouse company.
Approved April 21, 1882.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That L. W. Reid, H. Grafton Dulaney, W. H. Marbu
George EK. French, Peyton Randolph, Courtland H. Smith,
W. M. S. Dunn, Robert Portner, John W. Burke, John S.
Barbour, Arthur Herbert, E. L. Daingerfield, James H. Reid,
John B. Smoot, and Linden Kent, and their associates and
successors, be and they are hereby constituted and made a
body corporate and politic by the name and style of the
Alexandria Mining, Manufacturing, and Warehouse company,
and by that name and style shall have all the rights and
privileges conferred, and be subject to all the provisions of
chapters fifty-six, fifty-seven, and sixty one of the Code of
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, so far as the same may
be applicable to and are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this act.
2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
twenty-five thousand nor more than five million of dollars,
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and for the
purpose of obtaining subscriptions to said capital stock, any
three of the persons named in the foregoing section, may
open books of subscription at such times and places as they
may appoint.
7. That for convenience of access to such mines or improve-
ments, the said company shall also have authority to con-
struct, equip, and operate one or more rail or tramways,
with all necessary sidings and branches (the latter not to
exceed fifteen miles in length), from any of said mines, fur-
naces, mills, or structures, to such point or points of conveni-
ent connection with each or any line of railway in Virginia,
as the said company shall determine; and for that purpose
may acquire title in the mode prescribed by law, and such
additional lands as may be necessary for the use of said roads
and tracks, and for the buildings and works of said company.
8. The said company shall have power to unite, consoli-
date, or connect its railways with any line of railway, con-
structed or which may be constructed in this state, upon
such terms as may be agreed upon between it and such other
railway company, and for this purpose power is hereby
granted to it, and to any railroad company incorporated by
this state, to make and carry out such contracts, by lease,
purchase, or otherwise, as will facilitate and consummate
such connection or consolidation.
9. Any railway, steamship, or navigation company, with
which said Alexandria mining, manufacturing, and ware-
house company may conncct, is hereby authorized to sub-
scribe to the capital stock of said company, and the stock so
subscribed shal] have the same privileges and powers, and be
subject to the same conditions and regulations, as the stock
held by other stockholders therein.
10. The said company is hereby authorized to subscribe to
the capital stock of any railroad company chartered by the
state, which may have been constructed, or may hereafter
be constructed. It is also authorized to acquire, by purchase
or otherwise, stock or bonds of any such railway company,
and further authorized to receive subscriptions to its capital
stock from any corporation chartered under the laws of the
state of Virginia.
11. The said company is also authorized, from time to
time, to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for
its purposes, and for such loans to issue its bonds, bearing
interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum; to sell,
exchange, and hypothecate said bonds, on such terms as it
may deem advisable, and to secure the said bonds and inter-
est thereon by deed of trust or mortgage, conveying its
works, property, and franchises, in whole or in part.
12. That the president and directors of said company may
enact such by-laws and regulations, for the management of
the affairs of said company, as they may deem expedient,
the rame being consistent with the constitution and laws of
the state and of the United States.
13. That the shares of said company shall be deemed per-
sonal property, and assignable as such on the books of the
said company, under such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the directors, who shall have power, from time
to time, to increase the capital stock of said company, so
that it shall not exceed five millions of dollars as aforesaid.
14. The principal office of said company shall be located
in the city of Alexandria.
15. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 100.—An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria Mining, Manu-
facturing, and Warehouse company.
Approved April 21, 1882.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That L. W. Reid, H. Grafton Dulaney, W. H. Marbu
George EK. French, Peyton Randolph, Courtland H. Smith,
W. M. S. Dunn, Robert Portner, John W. Burke, John S.
Barbour, Arthur Herbert, E. L. Daingerfield, James H. Reid,
John B. Smoot, and Linden Kent, and their associates and
successors, be and they are hereby constituted and made a
body corporate and politic by the name and style of the
Alexandria Mining, Manufacturing, and Warehouse company,
and by that name and style shall have all the rights and
privileges conferred, and be subject to all the provisions of
chapters fifty-six, fifty-seven, and sixty one of the Code of
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, so far as the same may
be applicable to and are not inconsistent with the provisions
of this act.
2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than
twenty-five thousand nor more than five million of dollars,
divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and for the
purpose of obtaining subscriptions to said capital stock, any
three of the persons named in the foregoing section, may
open books of subscription at such times and places as they
may appoint.
7. That for convenience of access to such mines or improve-
ments, the said company shall also have authority to con-
struct, equip, and operate one or more rail or tramways,
with all necessary sidings and branches (the latter not to
exceed fifteen miles in length), from any of said mines, fur-
naces, mills, or structures, to such point or points of conveni-
ent connection with each or any line of railway in Virginia,
as the said company shall determine; and for that purpose
may acquire title in the mode prescribed by law, and such
additional lands as may be necessary for the use of said roads
and tracks, and for the buildings and works of said company.
8. The said company shall have power to unite, consoli-
date, or connect its railways with any line of railway, con-
structed or which may be constructed in this state, upon
such terms as may be agreed upon between it and such other
railway company, and for this purpose power is hereby
granted to it, and to any railroad company incorporated by
this state, to make and carry out such contracts, by lease,
purchase, or otherwise, as will facilitate and consummate
such connection or consolidation.
9. Any railway, steamship, or navigation company, with
which said Alexandria mining, manufacturing, and ware-
house company may conncct, is hereby authorized to sub-
scribe to the capital stock of said company, and the stock so
subscribed shal] have the same privileges and powers, and be
subject to the same conditions and regulations, as the stock
held by other stockholders therein.
10. The said company is hereby authorized to subscribe to
the capital stock of any railroad company chartered by the
state, which may have been constructed, or may hereafter
be constructed. It is also authorized to acquire, by purchase
or otherwise, stock or bonds of any such railway company,
and further authorized to receive subscriptions to its capital
stock from any corporation chartered under the laws of the
state of Virginia.
11. The said company is also authorized, from time to
time, to borrow such sums of money as may be necessary for
its purposes, and for such loans to issue its bonds, bearing
interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum; to sell,
exchange, and hypothecate said bonds, on such terms as it
may deem advisable, and to secure the said bonds and inter-
est thereon by deed of trust or mortgage, conveying its
works, property, and franchises, in whole or in part.
12. That the president and directors of said company may
enact such by-laws and regulations, for the management of
the affairs of said company, as they may deem expedient,
the rame being consistent with the constitution and laws of
the state and of the United States.
13. That the shares of said company shall be deemed per-
sonal property, and assignable as such on the books of the
said company, under such rules and regulations as may be
prescribed by the directors, who shall have power, from time
to time, to increase the capital stock of said company, so
that it shall not exceed five millions of dollars as aforesaid.
14. The principal office of said company shall be located
in the city of Alexandria.
15. This act shall be in force from its passage.