The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-17
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY H. 1871.

| That no connection sshaH take place be.
tween said Washingson and Richmond
railroad and the Richmond. and Danyille
railroad except withinsthe corporate limits
of the city Of Rlchhnpd or the town Of
Manchester. 8
8. That In order taaenable said company
to construct and eqa5p sasd and branch.
es, it is hereby authorized TO increase and
issue tseapital stocEto an amount not ex,
ceeding Sa, ,000, 900, AID it is also authorized
to borrow the sum of p, 200. 600, and to
issue registered or coupon bonds therefor,
bearing interest at q rate not exceeding 8
per centum per annnm, and convertible
into the capital stock of the company as it
may hereafter from time to time determine.
and may secure the same by deeds Of trust
or mortgage upon its franchise. and upon
the whole or any portion of It's property.
! 4. The organization Of the said Aiexan-
dria and Fredericksburg Railway Com
pany, heretofore constituted, shall be
valid and complete, provided the stock
Il IlClCUOlOlC SuDoIlIDCO W UAC AlCAdIl.
dria and Fredericksburg Railway Com
pany shall be paid up as required by law,
/ and all other acts within the law required
to be done or performed by the original
subscribers to the stock Of the Alexandria
and Fredericksburg Railroad Company,
for proper and legal organization Of the
last-named company, shall now be done
and performed, as far as practicable, either
by such original stockholders or by the
stockholders Of the Washington, AleXan-
i dria, Fredericksburg and Richmond Rail-
way Company.
l . s.. The said company shall have all the
privileges and be subject to all the pro-
/ visions Of the Code and general laws of
i Virginia applicable to such corporations,
/ except such as are inconsistent with this
act. And its principal office shall be To-
Gated in the city of Alexandria, Fredericks-
] burg, or Richmond, as the said company
may select. The principal workshops OF
1 the said Washington and Richmond Rail-
way Company shall be located in the city
\ of Richmond or the town of Manchester,
| dS GuC 1uay uCIOiL
| 6. The said company shall not charge for
the transportation Of persons more than
three cents per mile for single person !:
PROVIDED, ho,oeuer, That it may fix its mini.
mum charge for any distance at twenty
five cents nor shall it charge for the trans
portation. OF freight an amount exceed
ing FIVE cents per ton per mile. Said com.
pany shall not charge greater rate for the
| transportation Of passengers, and not above
one-fifth more per mile for the transporta-
ton Of freight over part Of its line than
is charged per mile for the transporta-
lion of similar freight and passengers
in the same character Of trains over any
other part of its whole line nor shall they
| in any case make terminal charges in such
local freight different from what are made
on through freight; nor in any case give
drawbacks in favor of through freights.
They shall not charge for freights consigned
to or from any point within the State more
per mile than is charged for like freight in
the same character of trains consigned to
or from any point beyond the limits of the
State, nor make any combination, nor enter
into any arrangement with any other railroad
or any other line of transportation by which
| charges for freight consigned to or from
any point within this State shall be greater
! by the mile, reckoning between the ex-
treme points Of consignment, than like
freight in the same character Of trains trans
ported over this railroad, or any part Of It,
and consigned from point beyond the
State to another point beyond the State, is
required to pay by the mile, reckoning in.
like manner between the extreme points of
consignment; and it shall have sufficient
depots for the reception Of freight at dis
tances along its line not exceeding ten
miles apart, and shall from such depots as
well as from either end of its line provide
proper transportation for all freights at
least as often as three times week.
For every violation Of this section, either
by said company or by any person or COM
pany operating upon said road, or running
cars over the line thereof, any person ag-
grieved thereby shall be entitled, in any
circuit, county, or corporation court of this
State, within whose jurisdiction such vio-
lation may have occurred, after ten days
notice in writing, served on the agent Of
the said company within the county or cor
poration in which said court may be, to re-
cover from said company the sum of S100
and the cost of such proceedings, and any
sum or sums which may have been paid by
the complainant to said company in viola
tion of the provisions of this section.
7. The said Washington and Richmond
Railway Company shall not discriminate in
its rates of charges for freight or passengers
against any railroad company within this
Commonwealth but this provision shall
not apply to any railroad company which
shall discriminate in its rates against the
said Washington and Richmond Railway
Company.
8. The said Washington and Richmond
Railway Company shall complete its line
within five years from the passage Of this
act. .u .....@
| 8. That if the said Washington and Rich
mond Railway Company, or the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad Company, or the
Northern Central Railroad Company, or the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or any
two or more of said companies; or if any
of the officers or stockholders Of said COM
panies, or any or either Of them, or any
person or persons..on behalf or in the inter-
est of said companies. or any or either of
them shall become the owner or owners of a
majority of the capital stock of the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail-
road Company, or shall, by lease, contract,