Amendments

1889/1890 Private Laws
An ACT to incorporate the Metropolitan Western railroad of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia mining, milling and transportation company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 48, chapter 5, of act approved February 13, 1890 entitled an act to change the name of the town of Goodson to the city of Bristol and provide a new charter for the same.

1878/79
AN ACT to amend and re-enact the 7th section of chapter 212 of the Aets of 1876-77, for the protection of fish In the waters of the Commonwealth above Tidewater.
An Act to allow Barnes Brothers, of New Kent, to erect a pier in Chickahominy river, below Binn’s bar.
An ACT for the relief of Joseph A. Carr, of Loudoun county.
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the fiscal year 1878-79.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact the 3d section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Company
An ACT authorizing the committees to which was referred Senate bill 29, to permit counsel for claimants to said land, occupied by the Central Lunatic Asylum, to appear before them without paying the tax required by law of counsel appearing before legislative committees.
An ACT to authorize the county court of Giles county to exempt residents of the town of Newport from working on the public roads outside of said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 2d sections of an act entitled an act to provide for the working of the roads in the counties of Scott, Wise and Buchanan
An ACT to amend section 12 of an act entitled an act to provide for the division of school districts into sub-districts, and for the appointment of school directors
An Act to amend and re-enact section 19 of chapter 18 of an act approved March 4, 1872, revising the criminal law of this state
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 60th section of chapter 101, Code of 1873, for the protection of tetrapins and terrapin eggs
An Act to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 8, of the Code of 1873, in reference to the counting of the vote by board of state canvassers in cases of special elections.
An ACT for the relief of Joseph Wyche, of Brunswick county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of the act approved March 26, 1875, prescribing the powers, duties, and compensation of district officers, and to repeal the 47th chapter, and section J of chapter 48 of the Code of 1873.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 115 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved March 31, 1875, relating to mechanics’ liens.
An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth Library Association.
An ACT to amend sections 7 and 9 of an act approved December 29, 1877, entitled an act to amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the Lee Monument Association, approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7, chapter P47, Code of 1873, in relation to warrants for small claims.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Bank of Portsmouth
An Act to amend and re-enact section 14 of the charter of the city of Danville.
An ACT granting a loan of arms of the state to the principal of the Suffolk military academy.
An ACT to provide for the election of four commissioners of the revenue for the county of Fauquier.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 4th section of an act approved March 12, 1878, in relation to office hours of certain officers and clerks of the state government
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 2d section of an act approved March 15, 1875, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the bank of Manchester.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 86 of chapter 49 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, so as to authorize courts, or judges thereof in vacation, or justices of the peace, to order sales of personal property seized under writs of fieri facias or under distress warrant, in cases Where such property is expensive to keep or perishable.
An Act instructing Attorney-General to defend citizens of Virginia unlawfully molested by Federal courts, and requesting our Representatives in Congress to ask for a committee of investigation on the same subject.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to authorize the construction, alteration, and repair of roads in the counties of Carroll and Grayson, approved February 13, 1877, as amended by an act approved March 12, 1878.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 97, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, relating to repeal of fence law in counties that have adopted it, so far as said section applies to the county of Greensville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11, chapter 13, of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the salary of county judges of Norfolk and Henrico
An ACT for the relief of the sureties of Peyton R. Ford, late collector of Madison township of the county of Charlotte.
An ACT to amend the first section of an act to amend and re-enact an act passed March 15, 1849, entitled an act to extend the limits and provide for electing trustees for the town of Marion, ta the county of Smyth, investing them with ceftain corporate powers.
An ACT to amend section 2, chapter 171, Code of 1873, and the acts amendatory thereof, in regard to commissioners of courts.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Spotsylvania.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, and 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Life Assurance Association of Norfolk, Virginia, approved February 26, 1876, and to change the name of said Association.
An ACT to amend section 7 of chapter 81 of the Code of 1878, in reference to the admission of pupils to the asylum for the deaf, dumb and blind.
An ACT to amend and re-cnaect section 1 of an act ap-
An Act for the relief of Silas D. Martin, of Lee county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section nineteen of an act entitled an act to provide for working the roads in the counties of Shenandoah and Page
An ACT permitting J. W. Bagwell, of the county of Aceodmac, to build a bridge acio~s a branch of Onanrockh creek.

1879/80
An ACT for the relief of Elbert S. Fugate and James Bays.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 60, chapter 101 of the Code of 1873, for the protection of terrapins.
An ACT for the relief of James H. Noel, of King and Queen county.
An ACT to prevent the sale of liquor to students of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
An ACT to amend section 67 of an act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, approved March 11th, 1873.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 8 and 10 of an act to provide for working and keeping the public roads in order in Clarke county
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Staunton.
An ACT to incorporate Cumberland College, in Lee county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 182 of the Code, as amended by an act approved February 17, 1874, as amended by an act approved April 2, 1877, as amended by an act approved February 22, 1878, in relation to judgment liens.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Broad Creek Toll Bridge and Turnpike Company
An ACT to amend an act passed February 27, 1880 entitled an act for appointment of powder officer for the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
An ACT to amend section 5 of chapter 61 of the Code of 1873, in reference to the construction of branch railroads or lateral works.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section three of an act to provide a charter for the town of Front Royal, approved November Ist, 1870.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 25, 1879, so as to extend the time in which district school boards are authorized to use district school funds for the payment of teachers.
An ACT to release Frank C. Butler from the payment of a fine.
An ACT to incorporate the Small Dealers Cash-Payment Guarantee Society
An Act proposing an amendment to the first section, article 3 of the Constitution, concerning the elective franchise.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 24 of an act approved April 29, 1870, entitled an act to change the name of Fairfax to Culpeper, and to provide a new charter for the same, and to amend the 28th section of said act as amended and re-enacted by an act approved April 29th, 1874.
An ACT incorporating the trustees of Oak Hill Academy
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 164, Code of 1873, in relation to changing a person’s name.
An ACT to authorize the Gordonsville Grays, of Orange county, and the Culpeper Minute-Men, of Culpeper county, and the Norfolk City Guards, to uniform themselves in such manner as they may prescribe.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Lovettsville, in the county of Loudoun
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 115 of the Code of 1873 as amended by an act approved March 31st, 1875, and as further amended by an act approved February 1st, 1879, relating to mechanics’ liens.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 41 of chapter 108 of the Code of 1873, in reference to public lands.
An ACT to release Charles IT. Steele from the payment of a fine.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 180 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to clerk’s fees.
An ACT to allow commutation to John E. Young, of Dinwiddie county, for artificial limb.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 24th section of chapter 40 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the auditor’s power to adjust old claims.
An ACT for the relief of Sallie E. Pickett, widow of General George E. Pickett, deceased.
An ACT for the relief of Hamilton Shields, of Petersburg, from payment of a fine.
An ACT to ineorporate the Mutual Benefit Association of Southwest Virginia.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Potomac.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of chapter 180 of the Code of 1873. in relation to the fees of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Clerk of the House of Delegates.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the fifth section of chapter 38, Code of 1873, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 25, 1879, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the fifth section, chapter 38, Code of 1873, in regard to the delivery of lists of delinquent lands to treasurers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of chapter 7 of the Criminal Laws, approved March 14, 1878, in relation to violations of the Sabbath.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 64 of the Acts of the special session of 1879, entitled an act to regulate the fees of notaries and commissioners in chancery.

1879es
An ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars for the state of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the transportation of convicts and Insane persons and their guards at reduced rates
An ACT to amend the 18th section of the 76th chapter of Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, in reference to sales of property of religious, benevolent and literary associations.
An Act to Amend and Re-Enact an Act Entitled An Act to Incorporate the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company, Approved March 25, 1875.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the act entitled an act for the protection of game
An ACT for the relief of T. W. Rhinehart, of Rockingham county, from the payment of a fine.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 80 of Acts 1875-76, for the relief of the sureties of J. B. Golliday, late treasurer or Shenandoah county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7 and 8 of chapter 141 of the Code of 1873, in relation to promissory notes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 32 of the Code of 1873, with reference to the compensation of assessors.
An ACT to provide for the punishment of persons convicted of petit larceny in the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 21 sections of an act approved March 21, 1877, entitled an act to secure the payment of the wages or salaries to certain employees of railway, canal, steamboat and other transportation companies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 178 of the Code of 1873, in relation to appeals.
An ACT to relieve Milford B. Spencer of his disabilities
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 236 of an act approved March 29, 1877, entitled an act iu relation to the time for holding elections for town officers in the town of Smithfield, in Isle of Wight county.
An ACT for the relief of B. S. Hooper from the payment of a fine.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 57 of an act providing a charter for the city of Manchester.
An ACT to amend the third section of an act approved March 12, 1878, entitled an act to provide for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, Grayson, Carroll, Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews, Rockbridge and Amherst, and to repeal an act approved March 29, 1877, for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee and Grayson.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 97, Code of 1873, relating to repeal of fence law in counties that have adopted it so far as it applies to the county of Essex.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7, 10 and 11 of chapter 181, Acts of 1874-5, approved March 20, 1875, to provide for working and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, liabilities, and compensation of district officers, and to repeal chapter 47 and section 1 of chapter 48, Code of 1873, approved March 26, 1875.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act preseribing the duties, powers, liabilities and compensation of cer-
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 6th section of the 56th chapter, Code of 1873, so as to include the directors of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution, of the Western Lunatic Asylum, of the Hastern Lunatic Asylum, and of the Central Lunatic Asylum.