Chap. 285.—An ACT to incorporate the Suffolk street railway com-
pany.

Approved May 13s, 1887.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
Thomas W. Smith, William H. Jones, junior, James C. Cau-
sey, James R. Baker, Robert W. Baker, John A. Brown, and
their associates and successors, be and they are hereby con-
stituted a body corporate under the name and style of the
Suffolk street railway company.

2. The said company shall have power and authority to
construct, equip, maintain, and operate astreet railway along
the streets of the town of Suffolk, with the consent of the
council of said town, and to any point in the county of Nan-
semond, with the consent of’ the county court thereof.

3. It shall be lawful for the said company to transport pas-
sengers, freight, and bagyage over their line of railway, and
to collect fare and tolls for the same, and may use horse or
electric power to propel its cars.
4. The capital stock of said company shall not be less
than twenty-five hundred dollars, nor more than twenty-five
thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each, and as soon as the minimum is subscribed the
company shall be authorized to proceed to the construction
of said railway. All taxes shall be paid in money, and not
in counons.

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