Chap. 205.—An ACT to amend the charter of the Central Railway of Virginia,
approved February 15, 1901.

Approved March 15, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Central Railway of Vir-
ginia, approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3. Said Central Railway of Virginia is hereby authorized, em-
powered, and permitted to erect, construct, equip, maintain, and operate
i railwav of standard gauge, with one or more tracks, and also telegraph
line or lines, from any point it may select in the county of Rockingham,
and through said county, or portion thereof, or through the counties of
Augusta, Bath, or Highland, to a point or points in any of the said coun-
ties named, to the West Virginia State line; and the Central Railway of
Virginia is further hereby authorized, empowered, and permitted to
crect, construct, equip, maintain, and operate a railway of standard
vauge, with one or more tracks, and also telegraph line, or lines, from any
point it may select in the county of Rockingham, eastward, on the route
deemed most practicable, to any point it may select on the Chesapeake
bay, or the tributaries thereof, between the James and Potomac rivers, or
to any point it may select on the north bank of the James river or the
south bank of the Potomac river, east of the east line of King George
county, and is hereby authorized, empowered, and permitted to construct,
Inaintain, and operate at such point when selected all such terminal
structures, buildings, and facilities as it may regard necessary for its
business, including piers, wharves, docks, and bulkheads; and is further
authorized and empowered to own, lease, buy, sell, and operate steam-
ships, boats, and vessels of any dimensions, whether constructed of wood,
iron, steel, or other material, and may also crect, equip, maintain, and
operate buildings, machinery, and appliances for the construction of, and
it may construct, build, and repair ships, steamships, boats, and vessels
of any character, and of any kind of material, and may scll, lease, or
operate the same, and shall have the right to charge and receive reason-
able tolls, fees, and wharfage for the use of its terminal facilities, and of
its piers, wharves, and bulkheads, and may acquire by purchase or con-
demnation, in the method prescribed by law, and hold as much real
estate, water front, and riparian rights as it may deem necessary and
convenient for any or all of the purposes aforesaid, not excceding in the
aggregate one hundred acres, exclusive of the land used as right of way
for its railway.

$15. The principal and general offices shall be in Virginia.