Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-04-10

olidated with the Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio
iallIoad company, except i'm so far ms thev nrc
uo lined and restricted by this act
4. uPoh tne organization Of said company the
q t@ht', Mississippi and Ohio railroad company
. hhlI ulrn over to it all the property real ana
Eersontl, assets and records, received by il of tbe
' TEnla and Kentucky, railroad company in
CIu3lhF thG records OF all surveys and Cstilnates
made 10y the Virginia and kcutuckv railroad
company. And the Bristol conl and iron narrow
Euage railroad company shall pay the AtI9nTir
Mississippi and Ohio railroad company surn sun,
or sums OF money as the said company has paii
on account OF work done on the Virginia and
hcLtucky railroad company previous to the sew
cutccnth day Of June eighteen hundred and SOW
nnty, but shall not be required to pay amy expcn-
Gs incurred by the Atlantic, Mississippi and
vhio rallfoad company in surveying and making
estimates SINCE that time. And the said Bristol
coM ana IRON narrow guage railroad company
.issipr and Ohio railroad company in
its bonds secured by mortgage, as hcrcinbeIore
authorized: provided that il the two companies
cannot agree upon q settlement according to the
proLisions of this section, then it shall be the du-
ty ofthc board 0 public works to settle and adj
Jus, the same. and their decision shall be binding
ON the snId bumpnnicS.
3. ! shall be lawful for said company to cx-
tend ltS line from any point on the same to
,umhcrl lgrl gap. ut any time when majority Of
the stookhol .crs SHALL deem it to the interest of
sald company a. tu SO and for the purpose of
extending said line the said company is autho-
rzcd to enlarge their capital stock or issue bonds,
As theN lnaN elect; to the amount Oithrec million
dollars. The said company is further cmpow-
cred to build branch roads to connect their line
with any other railroad, or other nuLlic high-
way, that they may deem ii to the interest of The
road to connect with in this state, and to any
mines or manuinctory afordng tonnage TO justi-
iy the construction Of branch road,
.. he gauge OF of the said road shall not be
less than three feet and it shall be lawful for the
SAM company 70 increase width of the said road
50 that the same will OrrCspOud with the guage
%! the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad
company, whenever two thirds of the stockhol-
tcrs assembled for that purpose shall so order.
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lIcd and directed to furnish the said company
Tree OF hire, rs many able bodied convicts, male
md female, from the penitentiary as are on hand
when applied Tor, and can be spared without in
terfcrng with the mechanical or skilled labor
employed for manufacturing purposes under
such conditions as to safe keeping as the COVER
nor may prescribe, to be used in constructing
said railroad. And the said cOnyicts shall be
fed, clothed, and guarded by the State whilst at
worl; for said company for the cost and expense
OF which the said company shall issue to the
state its bonds, secured by mortgage ms hercnhc-
tore provided, at such times as may be agreed
upon and required by the governor; provided
that in no event shall the cost incurred by the
State in feeding, guarding, and clothing said
conyicts exceed the average cost of gunrdiug,
feeding, and clothing them at the pententiGTy.
II. II shall be lawful for the counties of Lee,
scott, Wise, and Washington, and the town of
GoOdson, to subscribe TO the capital stock Of said
company, whenever they shall decide so to do in
the manner provided by law for counties, cities,
and towns, to subscribe to the capital stock of
internal improvement companies, and il shall be
lawful for the boards of supervisors of the sid
counties, acting for and on behalf of their said
counties respectively, to guarantee the payment
of interest on an amount Of the said companies
bonds not exceeding one hundred thousand lo-
lars for such period of time as the said supcryi-
sors may determine, and it shall also be lawful
for any railroad company operating a line of rail-
IOud in this State, or any manufacturing firm or
company to subscaibe to the capital stock of the
same. The boards of supervisors of Scott and
Ice, shall have power and are hereby authorized
to trantcr the subscriptions of their said coun-
ties, respectively, from the Virginia and Ken
tucky railroad company, or the Atlantic, Missis-
sippi and Ohio railroad company to the Bristol
coal and iron narrow guage railroad company,
and shall also have authority to issue the bonds
of their respective counties for whatever sum
may remain unpaid on account of their said res
proper and legally constituted officers Of the
Bristol coal and iron narrow -guage railroad com
nu