CHAP. 228.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 12 of
an act entitled an act to incorporate the Metropolitan Western
railroad of Virginia, approved February 4, 1890.

Approved February 16, 1892.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That sections three and twelve of an act entitled an act
to incorporate the Metropolitan Western railroad of Vir-
ginia, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3. The said Metropolitan Western railroad company is
authorized and empowered to locate, construct, equip, and
operate a railroad of standard gauge, with a single or
double track, commencing at a point it may select on the
Potomac river, in the county of Fairfax, and running
thence by the most practical, eligible, and direct route
deemed advisable by the board of directors of said com-
pany, through the counties of Fairfax and Prince Wil-
liam, to such point as they may elect on the Potomac
river, in the county of Stafford; and it shall be lawful for
said company to construct and operate lateral or branch
roads of standard gauge, not exceeding twenty miles in
length, which sha! have all the rights and powers, and be
subjected to the same restrictions as the main line.
§ 12. The said company is required to commence the
onstruction of its railroad within two years, and to com-
ylete the construction of its main line within five years
rom the date of the passage of this act.

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