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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0458 and id is 1 raw text is: Rail-RMads. 153
person be invaded without his or lrc consent; provided that the ogaier, to o
said company iii extending their rail-road within thie limits of said pu ,red.
town, shall be, and are hereby required to pursue the route hereto-
fore surveyed and marked off' by their engineer - and provided Dnin, to , i
whon any yard, garden, curtilage or orchard shalI be invaded by dr.
the extension of the rail-road within the limits of said town, on the
route above mentioned, application shall be iade to the court of
the county in which said town is situated, for the appointment of
freeholders or commissioners to dssess the damages to be sustained
by theowner of such yard, garden, curtilage or orchard, according
to the provisions of the eighth section of the act, entitled, an act Acts t831. , 11.
to incorporate tire Portsmouth anti Roanoke rail-road company. ]d.,139.
7. B3e it further enacted,. That so much of the eigith section of ',,r to enter
tire att, entitled,' an act to incorporate the Portsmouth and Roan-,,Lo,, rhrd,.
oke rail-road company, as inhibits tlre said comnpany from invading
the orchard of any person without his dr her consent, be, and the
same is hereby repealed, and that when any orchard shall be in-
vaded by the extension of tire rail-road, application shall be riade DI,,nge, ,ho.
to the court of the county in which the said orchard lies, for the ap.
pointment of commissioners to assess the damages to be sustained by
tire owner of such orchard, according to the provisions of' tire eighth
section of the act, entitled, an act to incorporate the Portsnmouth
and Roanoke rail-road company.
S. Be it inthcr enacted, That in all applications by proprietors Nticeto , given
oe te c, e c ' an actt y of appli-
of lands under the twelfth section of' te ;lct, entitledl, aln act to c,,,,, ns ,,
ircorpotate the Portsmouth and Roanoke rail-road company, for ,,cs-
the appointinrent of freehotlers to assess the daiages which may l p' .
have been oCCasionLd by the removal of any wood, stone, gravel or
earth for tire purpose of making or keeping in repair the said rail-
road, it shall be the duty of said proprietors to shew to tire justice
of the peace to whon the application is made, that ten days 1)rcvi-
ous notice of the time of making tire same has beenr given to the
president, or one of tire principal superintendents of the said rail-
road, and no award which may be given trnder aI)pointnent with-
out such notice, ohall be obligatory or binding on said company.
9. And be it /further enated, That the said corpiany shall have 'roll on wail and
full power and authority, in addition to produce and other commo-passu,geri.
dities, to transport the mail and passengers ott their rail-road, at
such rates for the transportation of the mail as they nray agree for,
and at a rate not exceeding eigirt cents a nile for each passenger
Provided, That it shall trot be incimubent ott the company to put Proviso.
down passengers at any other than their regular stopping places or
stands in the line of their rail-road.
10. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the Comancenztn.
passage thereof.
CAmP. 1ll7T-An ACT to amend the act, entitled, an act to authorizo a Stll-
scription, on behalf of tie commonwealth, to the stock of the WVinchetL'r
and Potowaiae rail-road compayy, and for other prirpo3es.
('asRied Ferouary 6, 1831.)
Whereas it is represented to tire general assembly of Virginia, L'r,,lo.
that the president and directors of tire Winchester and Potowitrac
rail-road company have placed tinder contract nearly the entire line
of the road, from Winchester to the Potowmac, upon terms highly
advantageous to the company, to the community at large, and to
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