Chap. 42.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled “an act
concerning public service corporations, approved January 18, 1904,” and pro-
viding for the continuance of annual] tolls on turnpikes.

Approved February 27, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section ten
of the act approved January eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four, en-
titled “an act concerning public service corporations,” be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 10. When different rates are not prescribed by law, the following
tolls may be received on a section of five miles.of a turnpike which has
been completed, to-wit: Six and a quarter cents for twenty sheep or
hogs, and twelve and a half cents for twenty cattle, and so in proportion
for a less or greater number; three cents for a horse, mare, mule, or
gelding; five cents for a two-wheeled riding carriage; twelve cents for
a one-horse four-wheeled riding carriage; sixteen cents for a two-horse
four-wheeled riding carriage; and twenty cents for a four-horse riding
carriage; and for a cart or wagon, six and a quarter cents for each ani-
mal drawing it; and for every engine, machine, wagon, or other vehicle,
moved or drawn, in whole or in part, by steam or other motive power,
six and a quarter cents for each wheel of every such engine, machine,
wagon, or other vehicle moving on the ground. For a fractional part of
a section, tolls may be received, bearing the same proportion to the tolls
for a full section that the said fractional part bears to such full section:
provided, however, that the present system of giving annual tolls for
travel to residents of counties traversed by pikes shall be continued, and
no greater charge shall be made than is now charged by turnpike com-

anies for similar travel; and provided further, that the following rates
of tolls shall be charged on the Valley turnpike, to-wit: Five cents for
twenty sheep or hogs, and ten cents for twenty cattle, and so on in pro-
portion for a greater or less number; three cents for a horse, mare, mule,
cr gelding; five cents for a two-wheeled riding carriage; ten cents for a
four-wheeled riding carriage drawn by two horses; six cents for a four-
wheeled riding carriage drawn by one horse; and for a cart or wagon
drawn bv one horse, five cents; for a wagon drawn by two horses, ten
cents; for a wagon drawn by four horses, eighteen cents; and for every
additional horse, three cents; and for every engine, machine, wagon, or
other vehicle moved or drawn, in whole or in part, by steam or other
motive power, six and a quarter cents for each wheel of every such en-
gine, machine, wagon, or other vehicle moving on the ground. For a
fractional part of a section only such tolls may be received on any and all
turnpikes as bear the same proportion to tolls for a full section that the
said fractional part bears to such full section; and provided, further,
that the present system of giving annual tolls for travel to residents
along the Valley turnpike shall be continued, and no greater charge shall
be made than is now charged by turnpike companies for similar travel.

2. This act shall be in force from and after ninety days after the ad-
journment of this session of the general assembly. .