Chap. 291.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize
the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company to construct, operate and main-
tain a branch or connecting line between its railroads, in the counties of
Goochland and Henrico, or either of them, approved January 381, 1890, so as,
in addition to the powers authorized by said act, to enable the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway company to construct, maintain and operate additional
lines of railway in, through or by the city of Richmond, in conformity with
any agreement which may hereafter be entered into between the council of
the city of Richmond and said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company, and
in the county of Henrico, with power to the said Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way company to condemn any and all property and rights, corporeal or incor-
poreal, necessary tothe exercise of the powers herein granted.

Approved February 11, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the act
entitled an act. to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio railway com-
pany to construct, operate and maintain a branch or connecting line
between its railroads, in the counties of Goochland and Henrico, or
either of them, approved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and
ninety, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway company be, and it is hereby, author-
ized to construct, operate and maintain a branch or connecting line
between its railroads, in the counties of Goochland and Henrico, or
either of them, by any route deemed most expedient for that pur-
pose, and it may, if deemed expedient, extend such branch across
the main line to the peninsula division of said Chesapeake and Ohio
railway within the county of Henrico; and the said Chesapeake and
Ohio railway company is further authorized to construct, with all
necessary foundations, piers, columns, posts, and so forth, an iron or
steel viaduct or structure supporting double track lines of railway
and the sidings, switches and connections adjacent or incident thereto,
and to maintain and operate the said structure and tracks as a rail-
way forever in, through, and by the city of Richmond, and in the
county of Henrico from a point to be selected by the said company
on its James river division above the works of the Tredegar com-
pany; thence, after obtaining the consent of the city council of the
city of Richmond, by such route as may be agreed upon between the
council and the said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company, across
such streets, alleys, highways, waterways, rights, bridges, and other
structures and works as may be crossed, to the city limits, and thence
to a connection with the peninsula division of the said Chesapeake
and Ohio railway company within the county of Henrico; with the
right likewise to construct, maintain, and operate forever, an iron or
steel viaduct or structure, with elevated railway tracks, upon such
plans as may be agreed upon between the city of Richmond and the
said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company, commencing from or
near the present tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway com-
papy near Clay street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets,
and thence across such streets, alleys, highways, waterways, rights,
bridges and other structures and works as may be crossed, to a con-
nection with the lines of railway last hereinabove authorized to be
constructed; with the right to construct, use, maintain and operate
all needful depots, trainsheds, and such other structures as may be
provided for in said agreement, and proper for the use and operation
of the said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company.

§ 2. The said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company is hereby
authorized and empowered to make such changes and alterations in
highways, waterways, and docks as may be deemed by it necessary
for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating the lines
of railroad, and additions and improvements in connection there-
with, authorized to be built, maintained, and operated under and by
virtue of this act, and as may be in conformity with such plans as
may be agreed upon between the city of Richmond and the said
Chesapeake and Ohio railway company.

§ 3. The Chesapeake and Ohio railway company shall have the
right to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, a continuous tract
of land, not exceeding one hundred feet in width, between the line
of road now known as the Richmond and Alleghany railway, or the
James river division of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, and the
line or lines of road known as the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, to-
gether with such additional lands as may be necessary for depots,
train-sheds, and other structures, depot grounds, yards, shops, round-
houses, and other purposes of said company, not exceeding one hun-
dred acres in addition to the Jand now held by the said company ;
provided that if said line be located within five miles of the limits
of the city of Richmond the principal turnpikes and thoroughfares
shall be provided with gates and watchmen in all cases where they
are intersected at grade; and the said Chesapeake and Ohio railway
company shall also have the right to acquire, by condemnation or
otherwise, all real estate and other property and rights, corporeal or
incorporeal, necessary to enable it to construct, maintain, and oper-
ate the lines of railway, viaducts, buildings, structures, and appur-
tenances thereto, additions, and improvements authorized to be con-
structed, maintained, and operated, under and by virtue of this act,
in, through, or by the city of Richmond and in the county of Henrico.
Proceedings to condemn shall be in conformity with chapter forty-
six of the code of Virginia, and in the event that the tenant of the
freehold is unknown, publication shall be had in the manner pre-
scribed by section ten hundred and seventy-five of the said code of
Virginia. °
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.