Chap. 537.—An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection (f) of section 2, chapter
2, of an act entitled “an act concerning corporations,” which became a law
May 21, 1903.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That subsection
(f) of section two, chapter two, of an act entitled “an act concerning
corporations,” which became a law May twenty-first, nineteen hundred
and three,-be, and the same is hereby, amended and re-enacted so as to
read as follows:

(f) In the event the said corporation cannot, because of the inca-
pacity of the owner, or inability to agree upon the price or terms, or be-
cause the owner cannot, with reasonable diligence, be found in this
State, or is unknown, agree on terms of purchase with those entitled to
any land, sand, earth, gravel, water, or other material necessary to be
taken and used in the construction, maintenance, operation, or improve-
ment of said railroad, or in the straightening of its line or change of its
location, or in constructing or providing depots, stations, shops, yards,
terminals, or additional tracks or facilities, or for other necessary rail-
road purposes, it may proceed for the condemnation thereof in the man-
ner and under the restrictions prescribed by the general statutes of this
State relative to the condemnation of lands: provided, however, that
such corporation shall not take, by condemnation proceedings, a strip of
land for its right of way wider than one hundred feet, except at p
where more land is required for slopes, ditches, cuts, tunnels, embank-
ments, or for the improvement or straightening of its line, or change of
location, or for drainage, or for depositing waste material.

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