Chap. 162.—An ACT to amend and reenact section 9 of chapter 10, of chap-
ter 609 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, 1902-3-4, relating
to turnpike companies. (H. B. 48.)

Approved March 21, 1914.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section nine of chapter ten of chapter six hundred and nine of the
acts of the general assembly of Virginia, nineteen hundred two,
three, four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

9. All tolls upon any section or sections of the road of any
turnpike company so pronounced not to be in good repair, shall be
suspended from the time of filing of a report of the said viewers in
the clerk’s office, and until the said section or sections shall have
been put in good repair and ascertained so to be in the following
manner, within four months from the date of filing the report of
said viewers:

On application of the president or one of the directors of the
company, the court shall, in term time or vacation, direct the same
viewers, or in case of vacancy or vacancies, such other disinterested
freeholders as may be necessary to fill such vacancy or vacancies,
as he may appoint, to meet on the said section or sections at a speci-
fied time, which shall be as soon as convenient and ascertain whether
or not the said section is, or sections are, in good repair, and all pro-
ceedings shall be the same as prescribed in preceding sections. The
fees accruing to officers and viewers acting under this section, shall
be paid by the company, and upon any report hereunder the company
shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court. But nothing con-
tained in this or the preceding five sections shall be construed ta
refer to any turnpike placed under the exclusive control of the State
ccrporation commission.