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An Act concerning the bridge erected over Staunton river by the Pittsylvania and Lynchburg turnpike company. 1838 137 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0533 and id is 1 raw text is: Bridges. 137 Cmr. 193.-An ACT concerning the bridge erected over Staunton river by the Pittsylvania and Lynchburg turnpike company. (Passed March 20, 183.) 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That if any person 'onalty air car. shall carry fire oir or across the bridge erectcd over tile Staunton tingor kindling river, by tie Pittsylvania and Lynchburg turnpike company, or bi,dga. shall make or kindle a fire in tile open air within sixty feet of such bridge, he shall, (if a free person,) for every olrence be liable to it penalty of' fivc dollars, recoverable before any justice of the peace of this commonwealth, or if a slave, be punished at the discretion Punishniont on of such justice, with not less than tern, nor more than thirty-nine gIV,. stripes. 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commeonomont. CmiA. 194.-An ACT incorporating the New river tollbridge company. [l'aioed March 19 1938.) 1. Be it cnacted by the gcneral assenibly, That it shall be lawful lokso r 4ub. to open books at Giles courthouse, tinder the direction of Saul nri.ndhy whroe Park, William Charlon and Thomas Kirk, or any two of them ;oejn-. and at Newport in Giles county, under the direction of Tyree G. Newbill, John J. Young and Isaac Epling, or any two of them, on tie fourth Thursday in April next, or on some subsequent day to be recited by said commissioners, due notice thereof having been given by advertisement at tie courthouse of said county, for receiv- ing subscriptions to tie amount of twelve thousand live hundred capial. dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, for the pur- pose of erecting a tollbridge across New river, at the point at which tie road from Price's turnpike to Cumberlandr gap will reach said river. In receiving said subscription, David I. Chapman and Rightif (hiprn, Christian L. Snidow, the proprietors of a ferry near the conte n- ildow to plated site of said bridge, shall first be allowed the privilege of sub- scribing for as nriany shares as they may desire, and their subscrip. tions shall be received for tie residue of said amount of capital. 2. So soon as one hundred and fifty shares shall have been sub- F'iritgeneral scribed, the befbre named coinnrissioners shall call a general meet-me,,ing. ing at some sritable place, named ini a purblic notice given as abre- said, to constitute which, or any general neeting of' the stocklol. now conatirutoI. ders of the company, the presence of proprietors entitled to a ma- jority of all the votes that can be given, shll be necessary, either in person or by proxy properly authorized; and if a sullicient num- her do not attend on any day appointed for a general meeting, the proprietors who do attend, may adjourn from time to time, until a general meeting be had. From the time of the said first general Co,,mny incer|,. meeting, tIe subscribers, their heirs and assigns, shall be and are hereby incorporated into a company, by the name and style of The.New river tollbridge company, and by that name shall have Name. perpetual succession and a comnon seal, and may sire and be sued, General powers. plead anti be imple4ded, in any court of law or equity. 3. Be it further ehacted, That the stockholders, at the first ge. President and di. neral meeting af'oresaid, and at all subsequent annual general meet-.tors how ch. ings which shall he held on such day in each year, as tie by-laws may prescribe, shall elect five directors, who shall be stockholders, and who shall, as soon as may he, elect one of their own body pre- sident: and the president anl directors shall rerain in office one'renure oromee. year, and until their successors be appointed. In all elections and atito or votes. Is

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