Chap. 679.—An ACT to incorporate the Howardsville toll bridge company.

Approved March 8, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That T. M.
Logan, F. H. McCullough, J. F. Alexander, A. F. Brady and J. K.
Irving, their associates, successors and assigns, be, and are hereby, created
and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the How-
ardsville toll bridge company, with full and adequate powers to build,
construct, own and operate a bridge across James river having its east-
ern terminus or end at or near the town of Howardsville.

2. The capital stock of said company shall not be less than five
thousand dollars nor more than seventy-five thousand dollars, divided
into shares of one hundred dollars each.

3. The above named corporators, or any three of them, are hereby
created a commission and authorized to receive subscriptions to the
stock of said company and to keep the book of subscriptions open until
the minimum amount of capital has been subscribed, after which they
may call a meeting of the stockholders, who may organize the company.

4. As soon as the bridge is completed the company may demand and
receive such reasonable tolls as may be subscribed by its by-laws, not to
exceed the usual and customary tolls charged by similar companies.

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