Chap. 315.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate
the Norfolk and Berkley Ferry Company, approved February 27, 1894, and to
increase the capital stock of said Norfolk and Berkley Ferry Company.

Approved March 25, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the act en-
titled an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Berkley Ferry Company,
approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,
he amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Caldwell
Hardy, R. Lee Hardy, W. I. Williams, Park L. Poindexter, F. M. Hal-
stead, Charles H. Williams, and James U. Goode, and their associates
and successors, be, and are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic
and corporate under the name and style of Norfolk and Berkley Ferry
Company, and as such may have and use a common seal, sue and be sued,
contract and be contracted with, and make all by-laws and regulations
for the management of its property and the proper conduct of its busi-
ness: provided, the same be not inconsistent with the laws of the State.

§ 2. The capital stock of the said company shall not be less than five
thousand dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each.

§ 3. The said company shall have power and authority to construct,
equip, maintain, and operate a ferry by means of launches not exceeding
forty feet in length, said launches to be operated and propelled by
naphtha, steam, electricity, or man-power from or near the eastern end of
Main street, extended, in the city of Norfolk, to or near the pier of the
old Norfolk draw-bridge, in Berkley; and for that purpose to purchase,
build, or lease steamers, barges, vessels, flats, or any and all other needful
appliances for the proper conduct and management of its said business,
and to acquire by gift, purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to hold real
estate in the county of Norfolk or the city of Norfolk, or its suburbs, not
exceeding in each, respectively, two acres.

§ 4. It shall be lawful for said company to transport passengers,
freight, baggage, horses, cattle, and all other animals, carriages, wagons,
and other vehicles and commodities, and to collect fares and tolls for the
same.

§ 5. The said company shall have the power and authority to lease its
ferry and franchise, to borrow money for the use of the corporation, and
to secure such loans, by mortgage or deed of trust on all or part of its
estate, franchise, and income.

§ 6. The following named corporators shall constitute the board of
directors, and, until their successors are elected by the stockholders, shall
manage the affairs of the company, to-wit: Caldwell Hardy, W. L. Wil-
liams, R. Lee Hardy, and James U. Goode.

§ 7. This act shall be in force from its passage.