Chap. 265.—An ACT to authorize and empower the Princess Iron Company to lay
out, construct, and operate a railroad from a point at or near its mines, at
North Mountain, in Botetourt county, Virginia, to a point on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway (James River division), at or near Gala, in said county.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the Prin-
cess Iron Company, a duly chartered company, be, and it is hereby, au-
thorized to lay out, build, and operate a railroad from a point at or near
its mines, at North Mountain, in Botetourt county, to the James River
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company at or near Gala,
in said county; that the said railroad may be operated by steam or
electricity or by other power; and in the construction of the said railroad
authority is hereby granted to the said Princess IronCompany to cross the
public road or roads between Gala and the said mines at North Moun-
tain along the route of the said railroad, by and with the consent of the
board of supervisors of the said county, but nothing herein contained
shall be construed as authorizing said company to obstruct the public
road at the Chesapeake and Ohio railway station at Gala, in said county.

2. That the said company may acquire its right of way for said rail-
road either by purchase or by condemnation; and if it elects to acquire
the right of way, either for a part of its railroad or for the whole length
of its railroad, by condemnation, then the proceedings for that purpose
shall be according to the provisions of chapter forty-six of the Code of
Virginia of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

3. This act shall be in force from and after the date of its passage.