Chap. 84.—An ACT to incorporate the Botetourt manufacturing com-
pany.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Henry C. Snyder, William Jolliffe, E. Dillon, John J. Allen,
J. William Boyd, J. W. Johnston, J. J. Zimmerman, and L.
Linkenhoker, and their associates and successors, are hereby
created and constituted a body politic and corporate by the
name and style of The Botetourt Manufacturing Company,
for the purpose of the general manufacturing of iron, cotton,
wool, leather, and so forth, and by that name and style shall
have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, contract
and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have a com-
mon seal, and change the same at pleasure, and shall have
all the rights and privileges of a corporation, and be subject
to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions imposed by the
Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in
relation to joint stock companies, so far as they are appli-
cable to and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be leas than
two thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dallars each,
with the privilege to increase the same from time to time, by
a vote of the stockholders, at an annual or special meeting,
toasum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.

3. The said company shall have power to construct suit-
able works for manufacturing, and shall have power to
acquire and hold for the purpose aforesaid, real estate not
exceeding five thousand acres.

4, Any incorporate body located in the state of Virginia
shall be authorized to subscribe for and hold stock in this
company.

5. The said company shall have power to make, from time
to time, such by-laws and regulations as it may deem neces-
sary and proper for the management of its affairs; may fix
the number of its directors and other officers, and prescribe
the manner of their election or appointment, their several
terms of service, and their powers, duties, and compensation.
In all general or special meetings of the company, the stock-
holders present, in person or by proxy, shall be entitled to a
vote on each share of their stock, a majority of the stock
being required to constitute a legal meeting.

6. The said company shall have power to borrow money
and to execute a deed of trust or mortgage upon the prop-
erty and franchises to secure the same.

7. The personal liability of any and every stockholder
shall be limited to the amount of stock held by each stock-
holder, and the stock can only be transferred by notice of
the same on the books of the company.

8. The general office of the said company shall be in the
town of Buchanan, Virginia, with such branch offices as said
company may establish elsewhere.

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

Chap. 84.—An ACT to incorporate the Botetourt manufacturing com-
pany.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Henry C. Snyder, William Jolliffe, E. Dillon, John J. Allen,
J. William Boyd, J. W. Johnston, J. J. Zimmerman, and L.
Linkenhoker, and their associates and successors, are hereby
created and constituted a body politic and corporate by the
name and style of The Botetourt Manufacturing Company,
for the purpose of the general manufacturing of iron, cotton,
wool, leather, and so forth, and by that name and style shall
have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, contract
and be contracted with, plead and be impleaded, have a com-
mon seal, and change the same at pleasure, and shall have
all the rights and privileges of a corporation, and be subject
to all the rules, regulations, and restrictions imposed by the
Code of Virginia, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in
relation to joint stock companies, so far as they are appli-
cable to and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be leas than
two thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dallars each,
with the privilege to increase the same from time to time, by
a vote of the stockholders, at an annual or special meeting,
toasum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.

3. The said company shall have power to construct suit-
able works for manufacturing, and shall have power to
acquire and hold for the purpose aforesaid, real estate not
exceeding five thousand acres.

4, Any incorporate body located in the state of Virginia
shall be authorized to subscribe for and hold stock in this
company.

5. The said company shall have power to make, from time
to time, such by-laws and regulations as it may deem neces-
sary and proper for the management of its affairs; may fix
the number of its directors and other officers, and prescribe
the manner of their election or appointment, their several
terms of service, and their powers, duties, and compensation.
In all general or special meetings of the company, the stock-
holders present, in person or by proxy, shall be entitled to a
vote on each share of their stock, a majority of the stock
being required to constitute a legal meeting.

6. The said company shall have power to borrow money
and to execute a deed of trust or mortgage upon the prop-
erty and franchises to secure the same.

7. The personal liability of any and every stockholder
shall be limited to the amount of stock held by each stock-
holder, and the stock can only be transferred by notice of
the same on the books of the company.

8. The general office of the said company shall be in the
town of Buchanan, Virginia, with such branch offices as said
company may establish elsewhere.

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