Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-03
ACTS
OF THE LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CONCLUDED.
An act to incorporate the Wheeling manufac
urine Company, for manufacturing cotton, wool,
iron, glass, leather and other things in the coun
ty oi OHIO. To be snbjec. 10 the general law
regulating such companies. Capital rot less
lnan Si0u, 900 nor more than 81, 100000, and The
RICH, 10 hold mol exceeding 1000 acres OF land.
An act to provide for The construction Of a
hri3se across the Valley River on the Siaunlon
and parkersburg Road. rc be located at Beyc.-
lev il nc coaniy Of Randolph. Five thousand
dollars or. OF Treasury are appropriated 10 coa-
sruct the same, on the orders ui the Board oiPub-
lie Works.
An &C, TO incorporate The Berkeley Asiicu!tn-
raj Society. Gives them t,ie usual corporate
powers conferred Oh bodies corporate. To af-
point officers and make bylaws. Dues and other
deliuquerc;es OF members re be -ecc:c-:ble be-
fore single justice Of the peace on warrant, Or
before any ciraUi. or inferior cour, FOR any city
OF corporation Of the STATE having jurisic,;cc
whereof ihe member delinquent shall DC an in
hsti.ant To hold real property not exceeding
SOC acres, and personal property % The amount OF
$500.
An act Incorporating The Hardy and Winches
ter Turnpike Company. To construct a turn
pike from some poin, on the wairs ci lie Great
Cacapon River IN Hardy 10 Winchester. Capt.
tal nc; exceeding 100000, TO be raised b. suo-
scripioas, subject 10 the provisions OF the general
turnpike law; allowing re company 10 dispense
with side roads, and with paving or covering The
same with sioae or gravel, reducing the width Of
the road 10 thirty feet and pIo.iting tia; its grade
shall no where exceed tour and half degrees.
A. act to incorporate a company !. remove
the bars in James river between the city of Rich.
mond AMI Bermuda Hundred. Requires books
10 be opened on line 10Th March 1886, in the city
of Richmond, for receiving Subscriptions for an
amount no, exceeding 100000 10 accomplish
sail oo,ect. The company is incorporated under
the name OF The James River Navigation Com
PAW They are authorized 10 demand al such
place as they may appoint, tolls from vessels tor
their passage by or through the said place; that's
10 say Tor vessels drawing over eleven feet and
not exceeding eleven and half feet, eleven
dc!la,s; on vessels drawing cYcT eleven and a half
feet and not exceeding twelve ieet, twenty-five
dollars ON those drawing over twelve and MOI
exceeding twelve and half feet, thirty-three dol
lars; on those drawing twelve and halt and not
exceeding thirteen ieet, fos.y-i0ur dollars; on
those drawng thirteen aud Eot exceeding thirteen
and a malt lee ifty-fve dollars; over thirteen
and nail and mol exceeding fourteen sixiy-six
dollars; over fourteen and not more than fourteen
and a half seventy-sevea dollars; and on those
over fourteen and hal! feet lightweight dollars.
The Legislature reserving the right to regulate
said tolls so as TO prevent The prch:s OF the COM
pany exceeding fifteen per cent. Tine company
10 DSSlu Tue WOih III wv JCdiS az! ipdJplIlC
five years, or the charter is forfeited.
An act 10 amend an act entitled an &C. 10
INCORPORATE the Richmond and Ohio railroad
company. Provides that no agent Of the State
shall ever have the power 10 fly and regulate the
tolls Of said company. Allows the James River
and Kanawha company nine months after The
passage Of this act to indicate TO the Board OF
Public Works the line Of lis improvement West
Of Lynchburg. Prohibits the Richmond and Ohio
fro, ak..,I
other qualified estates less than estates 10 fee sim
pie, in The sale or disposition Of its lands, for a
longer period than fourteen years, under penal
~ Of forei,ng all It's interest in The lands so sold
or disposed OF to the lessee or grantee thereof
Prohibits them also rom engaging in the manu-.
fac,ure OF -four east of The Blue Ridge And de.
clares that il thew shall be unable 10 complete
their road in The manner provided by The tenth
section OF their charter the forfeiture imposed by
that section shall not extend TO such part OF their
road as may have been commenced, but only 10
sucn sections as may not have been commenced,
before the forfeiture attached.
An act for the transfer and exchange OF certain
obligations between the Commonwealth and the
Board OF Public Works. Authorizes The Govern
or 10 transfer to said Board certificate Of State
six per cent. stock, amounting 10 100000 re-
ceiyed BY the State from The Richmond and Pc
,e,sburg railroad companv; and the said Board
10 transfer TO the State bond executed Dy lhe
James river and Kanawha company Tor 1894, 10
90 in lieu of said certificate and 10 pay The differ
ence between said bond and certificate into The
treasury il money. The State to receive the in
,erest on said certificate due onIhe lst January
last. and The Board to receive The interest on said
boni Que dt the same date.
An &C, authorizing the Auditor TO issue war
rants on The treasury in satisfaction OF certain
judgments agains,-lh Commonwealth, and iol
otIsr purposes. The act also authorizes the Au-
ditor 10 pay the amour! appropriated BY the reso-
luton authorizing the preparation and publication
OF the sketches OF ,as laws.
An act to amend an act entitled an act 10 revive
and extend an act entitled an act 10 incorporate
The Spring Hill Manufacturing Company Re.
wives aud extends said charter for the period Of
thirty years. Capital no, less than $4,000 nor
more than S50o,oo0.
An act TO revive an act entitled, an act to au-
thorize the Berryviile Turnpike Company TO ex.
lead their road 10 Winchester, passed March go
1880. Revives said act with its appropriations
and allows the company until tbs LIST of August,
1916. for the commencement Of said extension
and authorizes them to dispense with the stone
mon parts of their road wcs, Q! the Opeqcon.
An act requiring articles 10 be purchased by
wholesa,s for the use of the inmates OF the u
nalic asy;ums, except in cases Of absolute neces-
sity, and then only IN quantities saficien' 70 pro-
vide for such necessity.
An act to revive and amend an act entitled, an
nc: to incorporate the Great Falls Manufacturing
Company. Revives The said act; allows me lur-
ther time Of two years from tbs passage OF me