Chap. 96.—An ACT to incorporate the Surry county railroad and lum-
ber company.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
David Steel, R. A. Cock, John W. Ramey, John J. Deyer.
and Samuel H. Burt, or such of them as may accept the pro-
visions of this act, be and they are hereby constituted a body
politic and corporate, by the name of The Surry County

ailroad and Lumber Company, for the purpose of manufac-
turing lumber, cutting wood, and otherwise operating in the
same, and for the purpose of transporting lumber, wood, and
produce, and by that name may suc and be sued.

2. That the said company sball bave all the powers, rights,
and franchises necessary and proper to locate, construct, and
maintain a railroad, for the purpose of transporting wood,
lumber, and such produce as may be brought them for trans
portation from Sloop point, on James river, to Blackwater
river, Muscle forks, in Surry county, Virginia, with the priv-
ilege of constructing branch roads, none of which shall ex-
ceed twenty miles in length.

3. That the said company shall have power to hold and
employ such machinery and appliances as their business may
require, and may purchase and hold such land and timber as
may be necessary for the successful operation of said busi-
ness and road.

4, The capital of said company shall not be less than fif-
teen thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars.

5. That the said company shall have power to build a
wharf on James river, and for that purpose may condemn
land not exceeding one acre: provided that before the rights
hereby conferred shall become vested, and before the actual
work of construction shall commence, at least ten thousand
dollars shall have been subscribed to the stock, and twenty
per centum paid thereupon: and provided further, that there
shall be deposited with the treasurer of the state, under his
official bond, two thousand dollars, either in money or in
bonds, approved by the treasurer, to be held by such officer
to the credit of the president and board of directors of said
railroad company, and subject to their order when, and only
after, the like amount of two thousand dollars has been
expended upon said railroad, and the same so certified to the
treasurer of the state by the railroad commissioner, whose
duty it shall be to make such examination and certificate
without delay upon application.

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

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Chap. 96.—An ACT to incorporate the Surry county railroad and lum-
ber company.

Approved April 21, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
David Steel, R. A. Cock, John W. Ramey, John J. Deyer.
and Samuel H. Burt, or such of them as may accept the pro-
visions of this act, be and they are hereby constituted a body
politic and corporate, by the name of The Surry County

ailroad and Lumber Company, for the purpose of manufac-
turing lumber, cutting wood, and otherwise operating in the
same, and for the purpose of transporting lumber, wood, and
produce, and by that name may suc and be sued.

2. That the said company sball bave all the powers, rights,
and franchises necessary and proper to locate, construct, and
maintain a railroad, for the purpose of transporting wood,
lumber, and such produce as may be brought them for trans
portation from Sloop point, on James river, to Blackwater
river, Muscle forks, in Surry county, Virginia, with the priv-
ilege of constructing branch roads, none of which shall ex-
ceed twenty miles in length.

3. That the said company shall have power to hold and
employ such machinery and appliances as their business may
require, and may purchase and hold such land and timber as
may be necessary for the successful operation of said busi-
ness and road.

4, The capital of said company shall not be less than fif-
teen thousand nor more than fifty thousand dollars.

5. That the said company shall have power to build a
wharf on James river, and for that purpose may condemn
land not exceeding one acre: provided that before the rights
hereby conferred shall become vested, and before the actual
work of construction shall commence, at least ten thousand
dollars shall have been subscribed to the stock, and twenty
per centum paid thereupon: and provided further, that there
shall be deposited with the treasurer of the state, under his
official bond, two thousand dollars, either in money or in
bonds, approved by the treasurer, to be held by such officer
to the credit of the president and board of directors of said
railroad company, and subject to their order when, and only
after, the like amount of two thousand dollars has been
expended upon said railroad, and the same so certified to the
treasurer of the state by the railroad commissioner, whose
duty it shall be to make such examination and certificate
without delay upon application.

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

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