The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-08

,dd,tfonaI sections thereto, approved Feb
rusrv ! m. 1882" and to amend and re-
enact ne 10th and Goth sections OF the
afnresaid ACT (arJproved February 10. 1892,
tonchinr the iuuatlc asylums of the State.
THE object OF the bill is to appoint new
boards ri directors and officers In the seve-
mi Innatic asylums In the State.
Referred to the Committee on Asylums
and Prisons.
BILLS PASSED.
The following House bills were passed /:
TO regulate the practice Of medicine and
TO EXEMPT pilots from jury duty.
To provide for the protection OF pur-
chasers at and other persons interested In
judicial sales.
For relief Of j. G. Allison.
For relief OF Isaac Edmondson, OF Hall
fax county.
To incorporate the Lynchbury, Halifax
and North Clrolina Railroad Company.
To amend and recnact an act entitled an
act 10 amend and reenact an act entitled
an act to amend and reenact the first section
OF an act approved April ,, 1870. to dis
trict the State for county judges.
RICHMOND, WILLIAMSBURG AND CENTRAL
TURNPIKE COMPANY.
The bill introduced in the House by Mr..
Lakewood revoking the charter OF the
Richmond. Williamsburg and Central
Turnpike Company in the county OF Hen
rico reads as follows:
Whereas the General Assembly, by an
act approved March II. 1860. granted a
charter to the Richmond, Williamsburg
and Central Turnpike Company, in the
county OF HenricO, "for the purpose OF
constructing grayelled road from Louis
lana street, i'm Port Mayo near Richmond,
to point on the Williamsburg stage
road, ten miles from Richmond, with n
branch from Carriers. on the said VIII
llamsburg road. on the present location
OF the Central road for distance OF ten
miles ~; and whereas the said turnpike
company has after the lapse OF nearly
twcnty-four years failed to construct said
gravelled road or roads for more than one
fourth the distance proposed in its charter;
and whereas the General Assembly did, by
an act approved February IS. 1915, provide
that il any turnpike company heretofore
chartered shall not complete the entire
length OF the road within two years from
the passage OF said act all rights acquired
under their respective charters shall be
forfeited; and whereas the said Richmond,
Williamsburg and Central Turnpike Com
pany has resisted and SO far defeated the
will OF tie Legislature as thus expressed.
and has continued to impose on and exact
Of the citizens OF Henrico county and the
general public travelling over its uncom-
pleted roads to and from the city OF Rich
mond an Onerous and unjust tax: there
fore
BE IL enacted by the Genera! assembly Of
Virginia. That the charter granted the
Richmond, Williamsburg and Central
Turnpike Company, in the county OF Hen
rico, by the act approved March II. 1860,
entitled an act to incorporate the Rich
mond, Williamsburg and Central Turn
pike Company, OF The county OF HenricO,
together with all the privileges and fran
chises granted by the SAID act OF incorpO-
ration, is hereby revoked and declared null
and void; and any person or persons hero
after attempting to establish or MAINTAIN
toll-gatcs, or by other means obstruct free
travel on the roads heretofore controlled or
managed by the said turnpike company,
shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeanOr,
aud shall, on conviction, be- for each OF
fence fined not less than $40 nor more
than $50, and be confined in the county
jail not less than one month nor more than
three months.
Adjourned.