The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-13
LAW AND CHARTER PROVISIONS
CONCERNING THE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Coy.
oenerlai Raiiroad Law ofvirginfa.

aencFut hhttroitd Law OF virginia.
An Act prescribing certain general rcgtl
lationS for tho incorporation Of railroat
companies. Passed March II, 1887.
l. BE Il enacted By The General assembly
That whenever It shall be deemed necGs
sary by the General Assembly to grant {
charter for the incorporation OF q COMPANY
to construct railroad, tho following gen
cral provisions shall be deemed and taken
to lie part Of the said charter or act Of in
corporation, to the same effect as II the
same were expressly rc.enacted In refer
ence to any such charter or act, except SC
far as such charter or act may otherwise
expressly provide.
A. When the whole of the capital stock
OF the company, or such portion thereof
Us the act OF incorporation shall authorize,
shall have been subscribed, the subsCrib-
ers, their executors, administrators and
assigns, shall be and are hereby declared
to be incorporated into a company, with
all the rights, privileges and immnnities,
and subject to all the restrictions and LA.
bilities OF a body polite In law; aud by
their corporate name shall be capable, in
law, of purchasing, holding, selling, leas-
ing, and conveying estates, real, personal
and mixed, so fur as shall he necessary for
the purposes Of their incorporation, and
no further. They shall have perpetual
succession and power to make and use a
common seal sand by their corporate name
may sue and be scctl; and may make such
bylaws, rules and regulations, not inCon-
sistent with the laws Of this State, or Of
the United States, as shall be necessary
for well ordering aud conducting the al
fairs Of the company.
%. Upon the railroad the company shall
have the exclusive right OF transportation,
anu when a portion thereof shall be open
cd for transportation, they shall ut all
times furnish and keep in good repair the
necessary machines, carriages and other
requisites for the safe and convenient
OF persons and property.
1t sllall DO their duty, at all times, upon
the payment or tender OF the lawful or
customary tolls. TO transport to any con-
venient place OF delivery on tho railroad,
which the owner Of tie goods may indi.
cate, and there 10 deliver all articles
which shall be delivered to them for trans.
portation, or offered to them In proper
to be transported, ut some place
on the road convenient for the reception
thereof They shall give no undue prefer
ence in transportation Of the property OF
one person over that Of another, but as
far as practicable shall carry eacll in the
order OF time in which 1t shall be deliver
ed or offered for transportation with the
tolls paid or rendered. II the company,
or any OF its officers or agents, shall fail to
receive transport or deliver in due time,
any property so offered or delivered to
them, or shall fail to take up or set down
any passenger or passengers ut such con-
venient point US he or they may desire,
upon the payment or tender OF passage
money, or shall demand and receive more
than the lawful tolls or rate OF Transports
ton, they shall forfeit and pay 10 the In
iured party not less than twenty-five, nor
more than one hundred dollars, at the
discretion Of the court, to DO recovered by
motion, in the county or corporation in
which such preference has been given, or
in which they have refused to comply
with the acquisitions Of this section; Pro
rided, ten days notice Of such motion be
given 10 the President OF the company;
and shall, moreover, be liable to an action
on tho case, in which full damages and
double costs shall be recovered; Ptoriisd,
the company shall not be required to put
down or take in passengers, produce, or
merchandise, except ut their depots or
other regular stopping places, and except
where any railroad or stage line may in
terseCt the same.