CHAP. 274.—An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria and Fairfax
passenger railway company.

Approved February 18, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That Henry Strauss, Isaac Eichburg, George W. Fisher, and !
their associates and their successors, be, and they are
hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corpo-
rate by the name and style of the “ Alexandria and Fair-
fax passenger railway company,” by which name it shall
have perpetual succession and a common seal; may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be
contracted with, and shall have and exercise all the rights,
powers, and privileges, and be subject to all the duties
and obligations of corporations of alike character, under
the Jaws of the state of Virginia.

2. The capital stock of the said corporation shall not
be less than fifty thousand dollars, nor more than five
hundred thousand neta, to be divided into shares of
fifty dollars each.

3. That when the minimum amount of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed, and the amount required by
law shall have been paid. upon such subscriptions, the
said corporation shall have power to construct, operate
and maintain a railway for the carriage of passengers by
cars run by animal, cable, or electrical power, or other
motive power, from such point or points and. over and
upon such street or streets in the city of Alexandria as
may be agreed upon between the said corporation and the
city council of Alexandria; and over and upon the roads
of the Little River turnpike company and the Middle
turnpike, and by such other route or routes in and through
the counties of Alexandria and Fairfax, not exceeding
ten miles from the corporate limits of the city of Alex-
andria: provided, that any crossing by said road of the
Mount Vernon avenue shall be made above or below the
grade thereof, and provided, further, that the said company
shall not enter upon the lands of the Mount Vernon ladies’
association of the union without the consent of such asso-
ciation.

4. The officers of the said corporation shall be a presi-
dent, secretary, treasurer, and three directors, who shall
constitute a board for the management of the business
and affairs thereof, and who shall be elected annually at
such time as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said
corporation. The incorporators herein named are consti-
tuted commissioners to receive subscriptions to the capi-
tal stock of said corporation, and when the minimum of
its capital stock has been subscribed shall call a meeting
of the stockholders for the election of the officers and
directors, who shall manage the business and affairs of
said corporation until an election is held under the by-
laws thereof.

5. The said corporation shall have power to borrow
money on its bonds or other evidences of debt at a rate of
interest not exceeding that allowed by law, and to secure
the payment thereof by deed of trust or mortgage upon
its road and property, its franchises and income, or any
of them. .

6. The said corporation shall have power to acquire,
hold, and dispose of, in addition to its roadway or road-
bed, so much land as may be necessary for its purposes not
exceeding two hundred and fifty acres.

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

CHapP. 275.—An ACT to submit the question of a hog law to the
voters of Gainesville District, Prince William county.

Approved February 18, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That an election shall be held in Gainesville district,
Prince William county, on the fourth Thursday in May,
eighteen hundred and ninety-one, by the- judges of elec-
tion in said district, at the several voting places therein,
to enable the qualified voters of said district to declare by
their votes whether or not they will agree to a law to be
known as the “hog law.” The ballots shall be respec-
tively, “ For hog law,” “ Against hog law:” provided, that
notice shall be given by the sheriff, posting the times and
places of voting on the front door of the court-house and
at the several voting places in said district, thirty days
before the day of election.

2. The manner of receiving and canvassing the ballots
at such election on said question, and making abstracts
and returns thereof, shall conform in all respects to the
general election law of the state, except that the certificates
of the judges shall be as follows:

We hereby certify that at the election held ;

votes were cast “ for hog law,” and votes
were cast “against hog law.”

Clerks. Judges.
8. If it shall appear from the abstracts and returns of

said election that a majority of the qualified voters of said
district voting upon said question are in favor of the “ hog
law,” then it shall be the law of the said district, and all
acts and parts of acts repugnant to this act, be, and are
hereby, repealed in the limits aforesaid.

4. If any swine should trespass upon any lands in the
limits aforesaid, the owner or managers of said animals
shall be liable for all damage or injury done by the said
animals to the owner of the crops or lands upon which
they may trespass, whether the said animals wander from
the premises of the owner in the county or district in which
the trespass was committed or from another county or
district.

5. The damages and awards in all cases arising under
this act shal] be ascertained in the manner and under
laws now in force for trespass and damage.

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

Chap. 276 —An ACT for the protection of game in the counties
of Richmond and Lancaster.

Approved February 13, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be unlawful to kill any deer, or chase any.
deer with dogs with intent to kill the same, or to kill or
capture or offer for sale or buy any partridges or quail in
the counties of Richmond or Lancaster between the first
day of February and the fifteenth dav of October of each
year.

2. Any person violating this act shall be punished as
provided in section two thousand and eighty of the code
of Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

3. All acts inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.

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

CuaP. 277.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 7 of
chapter 268 of the acts of the general assembly, session of 1872-
73, relating to the incorporation of the Tazewell county agricul-
tural and mechanical society, approved March 23, 1873.

Approved February 18, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections one and seven of chapter two hundred and
sixty-eight, session acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-
two and eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That Samuel Leece, E. Bruster, J. R. Gildersleeve, Wil-
liam E. Peery, D. B. Baldwin, Z. S. Wilten, and B. B.
Greever, and such other persons as may be associated with
them under this act, be, and they are hereby, incorporated
and made a body corporate and politic, under the name
and style of the Tazewell county agricultural and me-
chanical society, for the purpose of establishing and con-
ducting fairs and other exhibitions of the natural and
individual products of Tazewell county and adjoining
counties, as a means of developing the resources of the
said county and of promoting enterprise, industry, econ-
omy and thrift among the citizens of said county; and
that said society shall have power to acquire by that name,
by purchase, gift, devise or bequest, and hold real and
personal estate to the value of twenty thousand dollars;
may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all the
courts of law and equity in this state, and have perpetual
succession ; to have, make and use a common seal, and the
same to break, alter, or renew at their pleasure; to ordain
and establish such by-laws, ordinances and regulations for
the furtherance of the purpose of a society as they may
think wise and proper, by a vote of the stockholders of
said society as hereinafter provided, and generally to do
every act and thing necessary to carry into effect this act
or to promote the object and design of this corporation.
The said society shall have the power and authority to
borrow money for its purposes, or to issue its bonds from
time to time, and sell them or pledge them to raise any
money which the executive committee may deem expedi-
ent for the purposes of the society; it may for the pur.
pose of borrowing money, or of securing its bonds issued:
for sale, execute mortgages or deeds of trust upon all or
any portion of the property, real or personal, to secure
such loans made to it or such bonds issued by it: pro-
vided, that the sums so borrowed and the bonds so issued
shall not at any time aggregate more than three-fourths
the value of such property: provided, further, that if
the money borrowed and the bonds issued should exceed
the aforesaid®three-fourths value of said property it shall
not affect the rights of the person or persons who make,
the loans or buy the bonds: provided, also, further, that
such by-laws or ordinances, regulations and acts be not
inconsistent with the laws and ordinances of this state or
of the United States.

§7. Such constitution as shall be adopted by a majority
of the stockholders of said society shall be held and
deemed to be the constitution of said society, and shall
not be altered or amended except as may be herein pro-
vided.

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