Chap. 46.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19, chapter 56, Code
of 1873, in relation to Land Damage.

In force January 28, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section nineteen of chapter fifty-six, Code of eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: .

§ 19. The commissioners so appointed and qualified, shall
in each case submitted to them, ascertain in the manner pre-
scribed for commissioners by the tenth section of this chapter,
what will be a just compensation for the land proposed to be
taken as aforesaid, and make a report to the following effect:
We, , commissioners, duly appointed and qualified,
hereby certify that on the day of , we met
together on the land of , proposed to be taken by the
company for its purposes, and then and there des-
cribed to us as follows: (Here set forth the width and length of
the part proposed to be taken and describe it in such manner
as to make it reasonably certain,) and upon a view of the land
aforesaid, and upon such evidence as was betore us, we ascer-
tained that for the said land dollars would be a just
compensation, and that for the damage to the residue of the
tract beyond the peculiar benefits to be derived in respect to
such residue from the work to be construed, dollars
will be a just compensation. Given under our hands this
day of And if the company and the party
whose land is being condemned shall in addition to the
assessment of damages, as before provided for in this act,
enter into any contract in relation to the building, operat-
ing, or maintaining the proposed work, or in relation to fenc-
ing, crossings, culverts, depots, stations, sidings, cattle-stops,
damages, from fire, injury to or destruction of property, real
or personal, or other similar matters, it shall be the duty of
the commissioners to set forth such contract or agreement in
their report, which, when the report is confirmed, shall be
binding upon the parties thereto. It shall be the duty of
the clerk of the court of the county or corporation in which
the land lies, in relation to which any such report shall be
returned, upon the confirmation of said report, to record the
same in the deed-books of his said court, and to index the
same as is now provided for by law for indexing deeds: pro-
vided, however, that in the city of Richmond, such record
shall be made in the clerk’s office of the chancery court. The
cost of such recordation shall be paid by the company. But
notice of the time for the commissioners to meet on any land,
shall be given to the -owner of such land, his guardian or
committee in the manner prescribed by the seventh section,
unless such notice be waived by him.

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