Chap. 591.—An ACT to authorize the Petersburg railroad company to discon-
tinue the maintenance and use of its station and any portion of its present
line of railway within the city of Petersburg, upon certain conditions.
Approved March 3, 1896.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Petersburg railroad company be, and it is hereby, authorized at any
time hereafter that it may elect to do so, to discontinue the mainte-
nance and use of its present station and any portion of its present
line of railway in the city of Petersburg, provided that said com-
pany shall adopt for the location of its passenger and freight stations
such place or places within or near to the city limits of said city
as may be approved by the common council of said city.
2. Upon such approval by the common council of said city, the
legal principal office of the Petersburg railroad company shall be in
the city of Petersburg, Virginia.
3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
4. This act shall be in force from and after its passage.