Chap. 313.—An ACT to permit the Norfolk and Washington (District of Colum-
bia) Steamboat Company to extend its lines of steam vessels from the waters of
the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries to any port or ports within or without
the Commonwealth of Virginia that it may deem advisable.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That full power
be, and the same is hercby, given to the Norfolk and Washington (Dis-
trict of Columbia) Steamboat Company, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled
“an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Washington (District of Colum-
bit) Steamboat Company, approved January thirty-first, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety, to extend their lines of transportation from the waters
of the Chesapeake bay and its tributaries to any port or ports within or
without the Commonwealth of Virginia that it may deem advisable:
provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be construed as authoriz-
ing said company to construct, maintain, or operate a ferry for the trans-
portation of passengers between the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, or
the town of Berkley, or either of said points.

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