Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-04-18
VIRGINIA H.Hs(slSLATa1leE.
SKETCH OF TIE ACTS OF A PUBLIC
NATURE,

session 1889.
An act Incorporating tho Petersburg Exchange;
with capital not less than So. COO nor more than
| 500 900.
An act to amend an act entitled. act to provide
| ior the construction Of road from Winchester to
Staunton, aud for Other purposes authorizes the
| board OF Public Works To borrow the amount nc =
crssary 10 pay the States subscription to the stock
ot the company,a rate OF interest exceeding six
per cent; and increases the number of directors TO
ten during the location aud construction Of tho
road ~ lot two years from their appointment, ard
then reduces the number To that prescribed by the
charter; six Ia be chosen ion the State. ana lou
the stockholders.
Amaet 10 cNonerato tho people Of Portsmouth
from personal labor ON tho public roads.
An act To amend tho act entitled. act ineorpo-
rating the Lafayette and Englishs Ferry Turnpike
Company authorizes the company to extend their
foad 10 tho town OF Newbern aud the Board of Pub
lie Works To subscribe Tor lths of the stock OF
the company.
An act 10 amend tho net entitled. m act 10 au.
tho,za the uppe, Appamattox company 10 enlarge
then capital stock aud Tor other purposes emrow-
cfs the company TO increase their capital To SleO,.
600 and the board Of public works To subscribe
for 80 many shares of the augmented stock will
equal Two iiiths Of the stock OF tho company
authorizes the sale OF wasc-wacr NJ their dams OF
canals and requires the owners oi dams having locks
therein, who refuse to give up the same To the
pany. 10 keep the same in repair, aud 10 cause
Ne
An act to constitute portion OF Dan rive, law.
iul fence.
Anaci to augment tho c,piiul stock olthc Charles
ton aud Point Pleasant Turnpike Company. aud for
other purposes Increasing the samc to fly two
thousand dollars and authorizes the Board of Public
Works To subscribe for two flths oi the additional
capital. and for that purpose To borrow from banks
OF individuals for short period the sum neccs-
sary at rate OF interest not exceeding SIX per
cent.
Al act to amend the act entitled, m act to pro.
vide for the construction of the North western
turnpike road authorizes the company to borrow
temporarily az rate ot interest not exceeding SIX
per cent. the amount authorized to be borrowed BY
the act TO which this is amendment. aud also,
the sum necessary TO reconstruct the bridge across
The south branch OF the Potomac on thu line Of
the said road.
An act 10 authorize the Circuit Superior Courts
of Law and Chaucery 10 change the names o per
Sous III certain cases; pesctbcs that the person
desirous of changing his or her name. ihr name
Of his Der child ward, may apply 10 the Great
Court oil the county where they reside Tor leave 10
make snch change, and authorizes the eonli
Tor good cause 10 giant the leave, provided
such person has not been convicted OF treason or
felony Is fugitive from Justice and makes the
person so changing name capable Of inIoiiriog cs
tale and suing and being sued thereby, ,ectual-
" as ifthe name had been changed by special act Of
the Legislature.
An act hNing the school quotas ol the counties of
Boietout and Roanoke gives 10 the county OF
Botelourt 1888 So and tn the county of Roanoke
SI9l II, and any additional sums TO which they may |
be entitled by law IN the ratio OF three lonths To the
county OF Boctourt and one fourth TO tho county
OF Roanoke.
An act TO incorporate the Great Falls Manul,etu- |
ring Company for the purpose Of manufacturing
cotton hemp l'x wool, ell paper, non, copper,
...s., anu o'ncr metals and mineral substances and
Tor The cultivation Of the mulberry tree q the produc-
ton Of silk al the great falls of Potomac in the
county Of Fairfax with capital not less than 800
900, more than $500 900; and with power to
hold 5000 acres Of land.
An act to amend tho act entitled. an act TO extend
the limits of the town of Union in the county of
Monroe, passed February 18Th, 1898.
An act TO incorporate the Gu dsvlle Manu-.
featuring Company in the county Of Bucking
ham.
An act 10 amend the act entitled, an act corpor-
4tins the Salem and New Castle turnpike company |
authorizes said company To extend their road 10
Lewis lIsrveys IN the county Of Roanoke fixes
the amount "f each share Of stock NJ S2j, and re-
quires The Boark of Public Works TO subscribe to
the stock Of The company IN the proportion of sixty
six shares for every hundred subscribed by udlyld |
nals
An act directing reduction of the width of Ger
lain portions of the road from Prices turnpike to |
Cumberland gap :, authorizes the road 10 be reduc-
ed to dirty feet where it passes through fields and
open lands clear OF timber
An act to prevent the spreading by contacio ion a |
mongst horses, OF the disease called CHAMBERS on far
cy imposes apcnay of twenty dollars upon any per
who shall suffer horse thus diseased 10 20 GU
of his enclosed grounds, one half OF the penalty to
the nornct, the other half 10 the literary fund
gives TO the magistrates the power to order any such
horse TO BIO killed and buried with the hide on, al
lowing fee of two dollars therefor, be recovered
OF the owner, or If no known owner. to be paid out
81 the county levy; giving reasonable notice TO the
OF such order; and prrscrbes, that If any
shall cause horse not thus disease TO be killed by
order OF magistrate, such person shall be liable
to the action OF the party injured, aud il done mali
ciousy, pronounccs the offence mlsdemcanor aud
the person liable TO a prosecution accordingly.
An act divorcing Jane l.. Evans from hen husband |
Ephraim Evans
Anact concerning the Valley turnpike; requires the
company To return to he clerks OF the county courts
of the counties through winch the road passes pia,s
OF the part Of the road within the county. be PIE
served IN the ccrkss Office, and gives to the compa-
ny all the rights. powers, and remedies gwen Il,
and imposes all the restrictions imposed upon rail
road companies in relation to the acquisition OF land
and materials for their road aud to proceedings a
ganst delinquent stockholders; authorizes the
company TO increase their capital by the addition oil
$4,000
An act to amend the act, entitled an act to ucor-
porae the Eagle Hotel Company in the city OF
Richmond.
An act concerning the provisioning Of lands
gives the courts of the counties (a the JUSTICES hsv
ing been summoned for the purposr,) the ppwer 10
require the provisioning Of lands within the
counties whenever they think proper beng not Of
tener Than once III three years and repcas so much
OF former laws as requires provisioning to be per
formed every four years.
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