Chap. 426.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act, approved De-
cember 17, 1891, entitled an act to incorporate the Marion and Rye Valley
railroad company.

Approved February 26, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Marion and Rye
Valley railroad company be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: .

§9. The said company shall be required to commence the con-
struction of said railroad within two years from the passage of this
act, and to complete the construction of the main line, commencing
at Marion, Smyth county, Virginia, or at some other point in said
county on the line of the Norfolk and Western railroad, and running
thence southwardly toa point in the Currin valley, on the head-
waters of Staly’s creek, in Smyth county, Virginia, within five years;
otherwise the powers, privileges and franchises hereby granted shall
be annulled and become void.

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