Amendments

1952
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-469.1, relating to the liability of telegraph and telephone companies who undertake, without compensation, to sound fire alarms.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annual registration fees for certain motor vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses of court clerks in certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 7 as amended, and 12 and 13 of Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, known as the Elizabeth River Tunnel Revenue Bond Act, and to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered § 16-a, the amended and new sections, relating, respectively, to incidental powers of the Commission, cessation of tolls, and trial of certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-52 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain registration records to be kept by the Division of Motor
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1.01, 2.03, 2.05, 2.06, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 3.08, 8.09, 3.10, 8.11, 3.12, 4.02, 4.07, 5.01, 5.04, 5.08, 5.11, 5.18, 5.14, 6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07, 6.14, 7.04, 7.06, 7.07, 8.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.06, 9.10, 9.12, 9.14, 9.18, 9.19, 10.01, 10.02, 11.01, 12.02, 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 15.02, 15.05, and the caption title to Charter Chapter 16, and to repeal §§ 10.08, 10.04 and 10.05 of Chapter 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being the charter of the city of Alexandria.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-129.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginea, relating to regulations concerning the taking of fish and game.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspending of sentence and release on probation, of defendants in desertion and nonsupport cases, so as to remove one class of persons from those to whom the court may direct certain payments to be made.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-897 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the license taxation of certain coin-operated radios; and to include coin-operated television sets within its provisions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition of marriage between certain persons, so as to conform the section to the provisions of Chap 1 of Title 20 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 89 of Chap 348 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 21, 1928, being the charter of the city of Lynchburg, the section relating to the establishment of a police and a fire department or department of public safety by providing for the appointment of special police.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 55-89 and 55-90 of the Code of Virginia, relating to agreements for conditional sales or leases, or reservation of title or lien, with respect to railroad equipment.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 12 and 129 of Chapter 84 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as amended, which chapter provided a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk, and which sections relate to the meetings of the council and to the high constable, and to further amend the chapter by adding thereto a section to be numbered 66(a), which section relates to the city auditor.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 15-5.1, authorizing governing bodies of cities and towns to provide for the reproduction of certain records and documents and the legal status of reproductions thereof, and for the destruction of certain records and papers.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-14, 16-29, 16-30, 16-81 and 16-91, as amended, all relating to removals and appeals of civil cases from certain courts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-444 and 8-445 of the Code of Virginia, relating to judgments against garnishees and exemption ol coe
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 a new section numbered § 10-74.1, providing for a declaration of policy as to the perpetuation of the forest resources of the State, and to amend and reenact 8§ 10-75, and 10-76 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to definitions of trees and to trees to be left uncut for seeding purposes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-61 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when recordation taxes not applicable to certain instruments.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-2 of the Code of Virginia, defining cer-
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-44.1, relating to certain special and emergency use of registration plates.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-44 of the Code of Virginia, relating to workmen’s compensation insurance coverage for occupational diseases; and to repeal §§ 65-48 and 65-45 of the Code of Virginia relating to the same matters.
An Act to amend Chapter 48 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 21, 1928, which provided a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, by adding a section numbered 64-a, prescribing the effect of certain provisions of the charter as to tax sales and aeons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the erection and maintenance of gates across private roads by landowners and providing for relief in certain cases of hardship.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-185 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees charged by justices of the peace.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exceptions to § 2-27.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-776.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessments and reassessments of real estate in certain cities so as to broaden its applicability.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15-852 and 15-353 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment, powers and duties of certain county officials, and budgets in certain counties; and to amend the Code by adding sections numbered 15-352.2 and 15-355.1, relating to county managers and to certain referenda in counties adopting a certain form of county organization and government.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-802, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to forfeiture of property used for certain illegal purposes.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chap 2 of Title 51, a new article numbered 8, consisting of seven new sections numbered §§ 51-29.1 to 51-29.7, inclusive, to provide for the voluntary retirement of the Clerks of the State Senate and House of Delegates, and for the payment of retirement compensation to persons who so retire; to create for the Clerks of the State Senate and House of Delegates a fund to be known as the Clerks’ of the State Senate and House of Delegates Retirement Fund; to provide for certain payments and to make certain payments optional.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered § 15-487.1, relating to residences of certain deputy clerks for certain cities and counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-628.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to loss of action by death of person liable or persons having right of action.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to § 141 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-288 of the Code of Virginia, relating to organization of boards of supervisors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-295 of the Code of Virginia, relating to real estate assessments in counties having the county executive form of organization and government.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-17.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reports to be made by certain persons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 51-15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to retirement of members of the State Corporation Commission.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-776.5, relating to the reassessment of real estate in certain cities so as to permit a general reassesment in certain years.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-253 of the Code of Virginia, relating to interest charges, installment payments, acceleration upon default, investigation fees and minimum combined charges upon loans made by industrial loan associations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-196 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the exemption of certain building and loan associations from regulation.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 44-141, 44-142, 44-144 and 44-145 of the Code of Virginia, relating to civilian defense and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding eight new sections numbered §§ 44-142.1, 44-142.2, and 44-145.1 through 44-145.6 relating to the same subject and to provide an appropriation therefor.
An Act to amend Chap 486 of the Acts of Assembly of 1891-92, approved February 29, 1892, which provided a charter for the town of Glasgow, by adding a section numbered 16, providing for the issuance of bonds for school buildings under certain conditions.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section, numbered 58-776.5, so as to authorize the governing bodies of certain cities of the second class to provide for reassessment of real estate.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 55-181 and 55-184 of the Code of Virginia, validating certain acknowledgments so as to extend the application thereof.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto §§ 18-244.1 and 18-244.2, relating to the crime of bribery of certain persons, and to provide a penalty therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-487 of the Code of Virginia, relating to where county, district, and city officers shall reside.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 15-5.1 so as to extend the police power of certain cities over certain lands owned by such cities, and lying beyond the corporate limits of such cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-43 of the Code of Virginia, relating to kidnapping so as to broaden the application thereof and to prescribe uniform penalties; and to repeal § 18-50 of the Code of Virginia relating to abduction of certain persons for certain purposes.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 46-822.2, relating to imitation or counterfeit inspection slicers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-50 of the Code of Virginia, relating to board of visitors of Medical College of Virginia so as to increase the membership thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-837 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and mileage of electoral boards.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appeals from trial justices in criminal cases, so as to provide for withdrawal of appeals in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-70 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trawling.
An Act to amend Title 87 of the Code of Virginia, relating to insane, epileptic, feeble-minded and inebriate persons and drug addicts, by adding thereto a new section numbered 87-61.2 so as to provide for the appointment of special justices to perform the duties of the justice or trial justice under the title, and to amend and reenact § 87-62 of the Code of Virginia, concerning duties of the judges, trial justices and special justices in dealing with such persons and addicts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the compensation of clerks of courts in certain cities; to provide for the payment of such compensation and the expenses of office of such officers, and to impose certain duties on the State Compensation Board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-76.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to alternative procedure for abandonment of roads in the State Highway System.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 15-287 and 15-289 of the Code of Virginia, relating respectively to departments of certain counties and to departments of public works of certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1014 of Chapter 41 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 1, 1988, being the charter of the town of Appalachia, Virginia, the section relating to the appointment of justices and substitutes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-511.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to personal actions on contract when the plaintiff is due less than twenty dollars.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-806 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of committees for convicts under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-210 of the Code of Virginia, relating to field trials for dogs so as to permit them at certain times and to provide a license for those participating.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-85 of the Code of Virginia, relating to medical attention under Workmen’s Compensation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 34-29 of the Code of Virginia, relating to wages or salary exempt from certain legal process.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-78 of the Code of Virginia, relating to driving after revocation of license, so as to increase the penalty therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-81 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to deductions allowed for income tax purposes.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-85.2, prescribing the basis upon which gains shall be recognized upon the compulsory or involuntary conversion of property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-299.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the fee of an attorney appointed to defend a convict.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-906 and 8-908 of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil liability of persons cutting and taking timber of another.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 62-11, 62-28 and 62-83 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to the State Water Control Board, so as to provide: that sewage from facilities serving five hundred persons shall be deemed to be pollution; that unsatisfactory progress toward compliance with any special order of the Board shall entitle the Board to take certain other action; that the Board may recover the value of fish killed by pollution; that funds thus recovered be appropriated for replacement of such fish by the Commissioner of Game and Inland Fisheries; that the court may require the issuance of bonds or calling of a referendum in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6 and 9 of Chap 44 of the Acts of Assembly of 1988, approved March 1, 1988, being the charter of the town of Clarksville, the sections relating to the appointment, terms of office, compensation, powers and duties of certain town officers and employees, and to the duties and powers of the mayor and of the justice of the peace.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-1038 of the Code of Virginia, relating to confirmation by court of reports of certain delinquent real estate.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 28-1.1 requiring all State educational institutions which maintain intercollegiate athletic programs to file a report of athletic receipts and disbursements.
An Act to amend and reenact § 21-116.1, which was added to the Code of Virginia by Chapter 549 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 and was incorporated by reference by § 21-116.1 of the Code, relating to the contraction of sanitary districts in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-694 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of share in proceeds from certain sales, so as to coordinate same with § 8-685 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact § 53-295 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction of trial of convicts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-107 of the Code of 1950, relating to the filing of a claim as a prerequisite to suit against the Department of Highways, and limitations on such suits.
An Act for the relief of Wilbur Wright
An Act to amend Chapter 16, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved February 13, 1924, which provided a charter for the town of Edinburg, by adding a section numbered § 4-c relating to election and terms of office of mayor and town council and to repeal § 4-b of the charter which was added by Chapter 320 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 17, 1948, relating to the foregoing.
An Act to provide a charter for the consolidated City of Newport News, to provide, under certain conditions, for the holding of a referendum to determine whether the same shall be adopted; and to provide the effect of such charter if adopted.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 20 a Chapter numbered 5.2 containing §§ 20-88.12 through 20-88.31, relating to duty of support and civil and criminal enforcement thereof; and to repeal Chapter 5.1 of Title 20, containing §§ 20-88.1 through 20-88.11, relating to same matters.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-409, 46-421, 46-428 and 46-424, of the Code of Virginia, relating to accident reports by investigating officers, notice and hearings required with reference to revocation of operators and chauffeurs licenses, when such licenses and registration certificates and plates may be revoked, and appeals from acts or orders of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; and to amend the Code by adding new sections numbered 46-422.1 and 46-422.2, providing how such hearings shall be conducted and the manner of rendering decisions or orders.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-216 and 24-252 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the preparation and form of and the insertion of names on official ballots.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-876 of the Code of Virginia, relating to expiration and renewal of operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses so as to increase the fee and require certain notices.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 9 a chapter numbered 1.1 containing fourteen sections numbered 9-6.1 through 9-6.14, so as to regulate administrative agencies in their functions of rule-making and adjudication, and to provide for appeals from such agencies, and to repeal Chapter 1 of Title 9 of the Code, containing §§ 9-1 through 9-6, relating to the Administrative Code of Virginia, and Chapter 2 of Title 54 of the Code, containing §§ 54-2 through 54-16, relating to the regulation of certain agencies and to the Commission on Administrative Agencies.
An Act to amend and reenact § 59-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fireworks exploded on private property.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered § 63-5.1, relating to additional powers of Director of Department of Welfare and Institutions as to certain persons under the control of such department.
Ratifying the XIX amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-274.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of governing bodies regarding zoning in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-78 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bank loans on real estate security.
An Act to amend and reenact § 60-14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of the term “employment” as used in the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act, so as to provide that the term “employment” shall not include service performed by certain distributors of petroleum products when remunerated solely by way of commission.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-57 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to salaries of governing bodies of certain counties so as to change the same.
An Act to amend and reenact § 53-61 of the Code of Virginia, relating to
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-290 of the Code of Virginia, relating to departments of public welfare in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-66.4 of the Code of Virgima, relating to partial satisfaction or release of certain liens.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-168.1 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to allowances to clerks of counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section to be numbered 54-790.1, to provide an annual registration fee to be paid by all persons authorized to practice veterinary medicine or surgery; the amount thereof; penalties for nonpayment; and exemptions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-209, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of dog funds, so as to include certain counties in certain provisions thereof.
An Act for the relief of McKinley Manns.
An Act to amend Chapter 168 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874-1875, approved March 11, 1875, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Petersburg, by adding a section numbered 6-b in Chapter III of such charter, the section relating to the power of the city council to regulate the operation of certain engines within the city.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-209 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to disposition of dog funds, so as to provide for certain appropriations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-77.1, relating to tongers’ licenses.