Chap. 172.—An ACT to provide for the payment of charter fees, when char-
ters granted by the courts are ratified in whole or in part by the general
assembly of Virginia.

Approved January 23, 1900.

Whereas it appears that the charter fees provided by the general
statutes on the subject, for charters granted by the courts, are not the
same as those for charters granted by the general assembly of Virginia,
even when the amounts of capital stock in the said charters are the same;
now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted hy the general assembly of Virginia, That whenever
parties, who have obtained a charter from the courts, come to the general
assembly for a ratification of their court charter, or of some provisions
contained therein, they shall pay as a charter tax such an additional sum
as will be equal to the difference between the amount which was paid
when the court charter was obtained, and the amount which would have
been required if the original charter had been obtained from the general
assembly of Virginia,

2. This act shall apply to all future cases arising hereunder, and
to all pending bills which have not become Jaws when this meas ure
is approved by the governor.

3° "This act shall be in force from its passage.