Chap. 791.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act
to incorporate Big Sandy and Cumberland railroad company, in force
January 25, 1900.

Approved March 65, 1900.

1. Be it enacted hy the general assembly of Virginia, That section
nine of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Big Sandy and Cum-
berland railroad, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 9. Said company, or its successors, shall never, by reason of any
merger or consolidation with any company in this or any other state,
cease to be a domestic corporation, but shall forever be and remain sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this commonwealth, and the said
company upon the written request of any owner of land, timber, or coal
along its line; or throuch which it mav be constructed, shall construct
and place along its tracks and on and over its right of way at suitable
and convenient points or intervals therefor, all necessary and proper
sidings, side-tracks, and switches, with which such land, coal, and timber
owners may connect, for the purpose of loading and shipping coal, timber,
lumber, and other freight, and the construction of said sidings, side-tracks,
and switches shall be commenced by this company, its successors, or
assigns, within sixty days after such request is made, and prosecuted
with due diligence to completion, the actual expense thereof to be borne
and paid by said applicant in advance or as required therefor by said
company, and this company shall, as a common carrier, furnish cars
and transportation for such coal, timber, and other products of such
owner or his lessee shall desire to have transported, and such railroad
when constructed may connect with the road of the Norfolk and western
railway company, or of any other company reached by it under this
charter, and the said road shall allow and provide all usual and sufficient
and necessary facilities for such connection, and shall receive and trans-
port the coal, timber, and other freights received at as low a rate of
charges and as expeditiously as for other shippers of like freight on
the said road without discrimination in any way against the said shippers
therefrom.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.