Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-03-01
JOSEPH HoDcsoN, Secretary.
AN ACr.


Further to amend the oct entitled ON ocf ncor,o,o,;n
me Stockholders Of The James Rirer and Hano,rho
Company (Fdssed February lIfh, IS3l)
BE enacted by the General assemble hat the books
OF SUBSCRIPTION Tor Stock horised by tho act entitled
an act ncorpo nting the stockho OF the Jane, River
aud kanswha Company" passed on the l6,,, dsv nj
March, eighteen hundred and thirty two m.v be con
un"ed open in the for the p,rpo,cs ,,es.rh 4
ny mar ac untii the thirty rs day Of December ne
apu me SAID act shall have the effect and to all in
tens and purposes shall be in the same manner
~ me hrst section oil the said act the time for keen
ing open The said locks had been limited the said thirty
mrs Jay OF December next, instead being lim ed 10
The second Monday in ID. ccber, Of the wear
hundred and ihriy-two Provided that nothing herein
contained shall be construed debar the
Assembly from modifying its pleasure the azores all sc
inco pora'ing the aforesaid James River and Kanawha
Be further enacted That the forfei,u,e n ,vh; M,
said company are made liable by the twenty seventh
non OF ihe act aforesaid shall not be incurred the
required ny mat act be commenced within two years after
NE passing OF TINS act and finished within twelve years
at er The irs, general meeting o! the stockholders
Be fJWher enacted, That in proceed ny under the
id section OF the aforesaid act ascer ain the amount
oil valid subscriptions the Pre.cn, and oi The
James River Company shall regard as valid subscriber
any person, body polite or corporate who shall have paid
one dollar or more az OH each share subscribed for by him.
eher into the Bank OF Virginia. pes Bank Of yir
g'na, or into any OF their Offices of discount and
OF 70 any agtn' appointed receive the same under the
provisions OF ibis act, and shall have furnished at
such payment to the Second Audi or Ii shall be ia. duv
oil the President and Directors of the James River Com
P"ny Without delay appoint one or more AGENTS In eac
Soh y In which any subscribers TO the ock OF the James
River and Ksnawha Company NAV reside i,b aubori,v
20 receive from the several subscribers one dollar upon
each share subscribed for by them and to deposit The
same in either OF the banks offices of deposit aore
10 the credit OF the James River Company.
ne u further enacted That when half or more of
the capital stock OF the james River and snawba Com
pany shall have been subscribed, by persons bodies poll
TIC or corporate, other than the Common eab but The
whole CAPITAL SHAH not have been subscribed then the
commonwealth shall be regarded subscriber for the
residue OF The five millions: aud hen one half or more of
,e capa STOCK shall have been subscribed by persons
oo'ies Poc or corporate other than the Common al
having PAID a. Aforesaid, dollar upon each SHARE
the subscribers, their successors executors admins
traitors and assigns shall be body polite and by
the name, anu IN the declared by the filth
OF the Aforesaid Act OF Assembly, with all the rights mi,
vi'eges and miuunities and subject to all the conditions
and restrictions granted and declared by the act as
cy shai nave heen explained modified by the subse-
quent acts amendatory ,hereo, and by this act.
BE a further enacted That ii hereafter, under the
provisions OF the twenty eighth section the above re.
cited act, the company sbou enlarge their stock
the Commonwealth sa! he al liberty 10 take so much Of
the additional capital with the stock subscribed
on her behalf, under this and the former acts
will he equivalent wo-hs of the whole stock OF The
company and the other stockholders shall be liberty
take the residue.
BE ii further enacted, That The Second Audi or be-
and he is hereby directed TO issue his warrants ON the
Treasury TO snch subscribers the James River and Ka
nawha Company as may require him do, for the re-
payment OF all but dollar per share of the sums which
they have respectively paid, the first insalDeu of their
shscrip ion, into the Bank Of Virginia. and Farmers Bank
oil virginia, to the credit OF the James River and
Ina Company.
BE 1t further enacted That the seventeenth section Of
the aforesaid act, Incorporating the James River and A.
nawha Company be, and the is hereby so amended
as TO autoe the President and Directors thereof to de-
nand and receive within thirty days after the first gene
raj meeting oil the stockholders, exceeding i've
dollars on The share, in lieu OF the of five dol
lars required.
This act shall commence and be in force from after
the passing thereof.
TGginiG. City Of Richmond, to tcif:
j, George w. Muniord, Clerk Of the House OF lie.
gates and Keeper Of the Rolls of Virginia do hereby
certify aud make known that the foregoing is true copy
OF an act OF the General Assembly passed February the
ionrieenih, eighteen hundred aud thirty four
Given under my hand, this iwenty-sixh day Of Feb.
ary, 1881. GEORGE w. MUNFORD,
III c III ID. and X. Of The X. of IA.