CHAP. 78.—An ACT to make valid the deed to certain lots in
Richmond city conveyed by the Free-Will Baptist Home Mis-
sion Society by accredited agent to certain lodges of the Order
of Love and Charity, said lots having been sold under powers
granted in act of General Assembly, approved February 22, 1878.

Approved January 28, 189U.

Whereas by an act of the general assembly of Virginia
approved on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight, the Free-will Baptist home
mission society, a body incorporated by the legislature of
New Hampshire, was authorized by its duly accredited
agent to convey certain real estate, situated in the city of
Richmond, on Seventh street, known as lots numbers
thirty-nine and forty, to certain trustees of six lodges of
the order of Love and Charity ; and whereas when the deed
to the said property was executed by Arthur Given, the
treasurer and duly accredited agent of the Free-will Bap-
tist home mission society, on December seventeenth, eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-nine, certain new trustees had
been elected by some of the six lodges in place of those
mentioned in the act of February twenty-second, eighteen
hundred and seven-eight, and therefore the deed being
made to Willis Wyatt, trustee of lodge number fifty-seven ;
[Irena J. Williams, trustee of lodge number fifty-six;
Thomas Minor, trustee of lodge number forty-six ; Robert
Howard, trustee of lodge number seventy-three; Rebecca
James, trustee of lodge number seventy-five, and W. M.
Meckins, trustee of lodge number eighty-five: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the deed made by Arthur Given, the treasurer and
duly accredited agent of the Free-will Baptists home mis-
sion society, on December seventeenth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-nine, to the trustees mentioned in the preamble
to this act, vested the title to the lots numbers thirty-nine
and forty, on Seventh street, north of Baker street in the
city of Richmond, in the said trustees; and the said
deed is as valid and binding as if the conveyance had
been made to the trustees named in the act of February
twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 78.—An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria and Mount
Vernon railway company of Virginia.

Approved January 2%, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That T. Stobo Farrow, Lorenzo G. Warfield, Levin J.
Woolen, and E. E. Meredith, their successors and associ-
ates, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate
and politic named and styled as the Alexandria and
Mount Vernon railway company of Virginia.

2. The capital stock of said company shall be one hun-
dred thousand dollars divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each.

3. The said company shall have power and authority to
construct, equip, and operate a railroad from a point in
Fairfax county within one mile of Mount Vernon; thence
along the Potomac river (and not within one thousand
yards of the proposed Mount Vernon ) avenue, excepting at
the starting point, through the said county of Fairfax
to the city of Alexandria; thence through the streets of
the said city of Alexandria, with the consent of the com-
mon council of the said city of Alexandria, by such route to
the ferry boat’s wharf as the common council of Alexan-
dria may grant: provided that no part of the lands of the
ladies’ Mount Vernon association shall be taken: and
provided further, that any crossing by said road of the
Mount Vernon avenue shall be above the grade thereof.

4. It shall be lawful for said company to transport pas-
sengers, freight, and baggage and the mails of the United
States, and to collect fare and tolls for the same. The
said company may use horse, cable, compressed air, or
electric power to propel the cars on said road, and shall
commence the construction of the road within one hundred
lays from the passage of this bill, and have the road open
or travel within four hundred days from the passage of
his bill, or the same shall be null and void.

5. The said company shall have power to acquire and
101d such real estate and persona] property as may
ye necessary for, the proper carrying out of the pur-
20ses and said business of said company, and shall have
ower to enter upon and caused to be condemned such land
a8 may be needed for said purposes, as prescribed by law
for the condemnation of lands for works of internal
improvement.

6. The said company shall have power to borrow money
for the use of the corporation, to issue its bonds or notes
for the same, and to secure such bonds by deed of trust or
mortgage on all or a part of its property and franchises.

7. The incorporators herein named may proceed at once
to receive subscriptions to the stock to said company.

8. All taxes due by said company shall be paid in law-
ful money of the United States and not in coupons.

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

CHaP.79.—An ACT to authorize the Shenandoah Valley rail-
road company and certain other railroad c»mpanies to make and
out contracts of consolidation and merger with and into

the Shenandoah Valley railroad company.

Approved January %, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That it shall be lawful for the Shenandoah Valley railroad
company, from time to time, with the consent or approval
of amajority of its stockholders present at a general or
special meeting thereof, to make and carry out with any
other company or companies organized or engaged in the
construction or operation of any connecting line of railroad
in this state or elsewhere, a contract or contracts for the
consolidation and merger of the capital stock, property, and
franchises of such company or companies with and into
the capital stock, property, and franchises of the Shenan-
doah Valley railroad company, upon such terms as may be
agreed upon between them; and the Shenandoah Valley
railroad company may issue shares of its capital stock in
exchange for the shares of such company or companies at
such rate as may be provided in such agreements; and
power is also hereby given to such other company or com-
panies in like manner to make and carry out such contract
or contracts of consolidation or merger; provided that the
line of the road of the company with which the Shenan-
doah Valley railroad company may so contract shall not
be a competing or parallel line.

2. The general assembly hereby reserves the right to
amend, alter, or repeal this act at its pleasure. .

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