Budget

1916
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Nansemond county to borrow money and issue notes therefor.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Prince George to undertake the building of an improved road from the corporation line of the city of Petersburg to the village of City Point, in the said county, under the direction and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the State highway commission.
An Act to authorize Albemarle county to borrow money and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding $30,000; to refund the bonds issued under act approved February 20, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 450 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15, 1915, entitled an act to empower the board of supervisors of Princess Anne county to purchase or acquire certain toll roads and toll bridges in said county; and to authorize the said board to issue the notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of said county in payment therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 509 of the Code of Virginia, in reference to commissioners of the revenue extending levies and taxes, and compensation thereof as amended by an act approved March 11, 1912.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 104 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and provide a charter therefor
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 5, 1900, entitled an act to provide for the establishment, alteration, discontinuance and working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Giles county, and to punish obstructions of the road commissioners in the discharge of their duties, and also to punish road officials of Giles county for any neglect of their official duties, approved March 14, 1904, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 252 of acts of the general assembly of 1906, entitled an act to authorize the several school boards of the school districts in this State to borrow money belonging to the literary fund for certain purposes, and to authorize the loan of said funds to each district, as amended by chapter 82 of the acts of 1908 and chapter 359 of the acts of 1914.
An ACT to authorize the issuance of $130,000.00 of bonds by the city of Newport News, for school purposes.
An ACT to provide for improving the public roads and bridges of Estilville magisterial district in the county of Scott, to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and to macadamize roads in said district.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county to make certain appropriations to public schools.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of article 2, and section 1 of article 3, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county
An ACT to authorize the town of Norton, in Wise county, on petition of a majority of the qualified voters in said town, to sell bonds heretofore legally voted by said town, and use the proceeds of the sale of the said bonds for public improvements in the said town, other than that for which the said bonds were voted.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Plymouth magisterial district, Lunenburg county, Virginia, to borrow money for the purpose to pay off school indebtedness in said district, and to execute bond therefor not exceeding $3,500.00
An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm certain bonds to be issued by the town of Ashland, in Hanover county, the ordinance authorizing the issue and providing for the redemption thereof, and for the ordering and holding of an election of the qualified voters of said town to pass upon such issue, and the election ordered and held in pursuance thereof, for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a public high school building in said town.
An ACT to provide a permanent road commission for each of the several magisterial districts in the county of Pulaski, and to prescribe the appointment, duties and compensation of the same.
An ACT to direct and authorize the auditor of public accounts to settle with county and city treasurers for those counties and cities in the State for taxes of 1915, collected by them on or before December 31, 1915, without payment by such treasurers of 5 per cent. penalty, imposed by law which attached December 1, 1915; wherein failure to collect such penalty by such treasurers was due to delay in their receiving the land and personal property books of 1915 from the commissioners of the revenue, thereby not affording taxpayers reasonable opportunity and time to pay State’s taxes of 1915 on or before December 1, 1915; and provided, further, that each such treasurer make affidavit to that effect and file same with the auditor of public accounts.
An ACT to authorize the issuance of $30,000.00 of bonds by the city of Newport News for constructing and equipping an armory and convention hall in the city of Newport News.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, of chapter VIII of the charter of the city of Danville, Virginia, relating to temporary loans, the borrowing of money, the limit of outstanding indebtedness, the issuing of certain bonds in serial form to be made payable in annual installments, to the right of the city council to create debts and to the maintenance of a sinking fund for certain bonds of said city; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 19, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 1, 1901, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 12, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved on the 5th day of February, 1916.
An ACT for the relief of P. H. Carper.
An ACT to provide for the working of the public roads in the county of Charlotte, for the creation of district road boards in said county, and for the repeal of all acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 814 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 10, 1908, a a De- cember 17, 1903, approved March 27, 1914.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Shenandoah, Virginia, to issue bonds not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of building and maintaining a sewerage system, high school building, street paving and filtration plant.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1506 of Code of Virginia, approved March 25, 1914, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1506 of Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to what school funds shall consist of, approved March 12, 1908. (S. B. 165)
An ACT to authorize the clerk of the circuit court of Wise county to receive and keep on file a delinquent land book of delinquent town lots and acreage located within the boundaries the corporation of Gladeville.
An ACT to empower the council of the town of Stuart in the county of Patrick, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of paying the floating indebtedness of said town
An ACT to amend and re-enact section seven hundred and fifty-three of the Code of Virginia, in relation to State depositories.

1918
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 15 and 17 of the charter of the town of Mimnassas
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 852 of the Code of 1887, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1908, relating to compensation to clerks of boards of supervisors.
An ACT to appropriate $810.25 to compensate A. Wingfield Baker
An ACT to authorize, empower and direct the board of super-
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for making, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county, approved March 6, 1900, and as further amended by an act approved March 14, 1904, approved March 13, 1908.
An ACT to appropriate $780.65 to reimburse Marshall M. Milton for expenditures made and bills incurred by him in the organization and recruiting of the fifth company, Virginia coast artillery, between the time of its muster Into State service, July 2, 1917, and its muster into federal service July 25, 1917.
An ACT to authorize Greene and Madison counties to erect, build and construct a bridge across Rapidan river.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 26 of an act entitled an act to amend sections 16, 27, 25, 26, and 28 of the charter of Suffolk
An ACT to appropriate money to the convict lime board to remove deficit in the funds available for use at the State lime grinding plants at Staunton and Irvington.
An ACT to provide for the expenditure of a surplus now in the hands of the road board of Boydton magisterial district, Mecklenburg county.
An ACT to amend the special road law for Rockbridge county
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 9, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 90 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and the acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT appropriating the sum of $43,000.00 for the purchase of tract of land in Powhatan county, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Augusta county to issue time warrants to carry the present floating debt of Augusta county and to levy a tax to pay the interest upon said debt, and to establish a sinking fund to pay off said debt.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 61, 79, 80, 97 and 100 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick and to provide a charter therefor, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the county of Scott.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Newport magisterial district of the county of Warwick, Virginia, to borrow money for the purpose of constructing a school building, or buildings, and to defray school operating expenses in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not to exceed the sum of $50,000.00
An ACT to appropriate $100.00 for payment of account due by commission on efficiency and economy for stenographic work.
An ACT authorizing the payment of fees earned by certain attorneys for the Commonwealth.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to, from time to time, borrow money not exceeding $200,000 on short-term notes.
An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm certain bonds
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 239 and 240 of the Code
An ACT to provide a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 4 of an act entitled in act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for creating, working and maintaining public roads in Fairfax county and defining the boundaries of the same
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Charlotte to lend out the money belonging to the county arising from the sale of the test farm, and secure the payment of the same by taking a deed of trust on real estate belonging to the lender.
An ACT to provide for the building of bridges in the county of Isle of Wight, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issuing of bonds, and to build bridges in said county, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question.
An ACT in relation to Virginia council of defense, and county and city councils of defense, appropriating money for the expenses of the same, and authorizing and empowering the boards of supervisors of counties and the governing bodies of cities, to contribute to the expenses of said county and city councils.
An ACT to validate certain obligations of the city of Norfolk and authorizing the said city to refund or renew the same by issuing, renewal or other obligations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 614 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 614 of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 10, 1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 614 of the Code of Virginian as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 613 and 614 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 15, 1904, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 18, 1916.
An ACT authorizing and directing the road authorities of Totars magisterial district, in Brunswick county, Virginia, and the board of supervisors of the said county, to expend any surplus, now in the hands of said authorities, arising from the sale of road bonds of said district.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act for working and keeping in repair the roads of Tazewell county, approved February 24, 1888, and further to provide for permanent improvement of the roads in said county, approved February 29, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 12, 1894, as amended by an act approved January 11, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 27, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 17, 1901, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1912, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1914, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 16, 1916, and to provide for the working, repairing, maintaining and improving the roads in Tazewell county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Culpeper county, Virginia, to issue bond to raise money for the purpose of providing for the building and completion of certain roads in Catalpa magisterial district in said county.
An ACT to authorize the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, Virginia, to borrow money.
An ACT to appropriate money to supplement certain appropriations heretofore made for Salaries and expenses of the said bureau.
An ACT to make available for general purposes an appropriation heretofore made for the legislative reference bureau, for certain specific purposes
An ACT to prescribe the penalty of the bond of the treasurer of Norfolk to secure the State revenue, and to require weekly settlements of such treasurer.
An ACT to allow the board of supervisors of Culpeper county, to create a special sinking fund.
An ACT to authorize and empower the district school boards of the county of Page to borrow money for certain purposes.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Albemarle county to borrow money and to issue bonds for the purpose of securing national and State aid in the building of roads.
An ACT to establish 'The State Highway System.'
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of Chesterfield county to create a general road fund, and to provide for the permanent improvement of roads, approved April 2, 1902, and to create an advisory road board and to provide for the appointment of a county superintendent of roads, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved May 14, 1903, and to authorize the said board of supervisors to create a general maintenance road fund.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to allow executors and other fiduciaries to invest in Virginia three per centum bonds issued by virtue of an act approved February 14, 1882, as amended by an act approved February 9, 1898, as amended by an act approved March 22, 1916.
An ACT authorizing district or city school boards to borrow money on short time loans.
An ACT to provide for the preparation and review of estimates for expenditures and revenue, and to establish a budget system for all State departments, bureaus, divisions, officers, boards, commissions, institutions, and other agencies and undertakings receiving or asking financial aid from the State of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section § of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution, approved April 16, 1908, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Charlotte to provide annual allowance for the sheriff of said county
An ACT to provide for the redemption of district and county road bonds under certnin conditions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 238 of the Code of Virginia providing for the examination of accounts and the payments of amounts appropriated for contingent expenses.
An ACT to authorize the county treasurer of Surry county to pay certain warrants drawn by the board of supervisors of said county, payable out of the county levy, in favor of Dr. S. B. Barham, late chairman of said board, for his salary as a member thereof, which warrants are barred by the statute of limitations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 852 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to reimburse the civil contingent fund for extraordinary expenses incurred in the rental and improvement of building used for offices for State officials, and to declare an emergency.
An ACT to authorize the school board of the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $30,000 to meet notes for money borrowed by trustees for the purpose of erecting the graded school building in said town, and to complete the said building.
An ACT to raise revenue for the support of the government and to appropriate money for the construction of roads and projects comprised in ‘the State highway system,” and to provide for an additional fund for the maintenance of public free schools of primary and grammar grades, from the first to the seventh, inclusive, and to provide for the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis among the people of this State, and to extend the work of the State board of health.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to the State farm to meet the deficit in maintenance for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1918.
An ACT to provide for the publication and distribution of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Orange county to provide annual allowances for the clerk, sheriff and Commonwealth attorney of said county.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars to the Virginia penitentiary to meet the deficit in maintenance for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1918
An Act to provide for the payment of contingent and incidental expenses of the general assembly, and to appropriate money for the same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32-n of the charter of the city of Portsmouth, approved March 13, 1912, as heretofore amended, in reference to the issue of bonds.
An ACT to amend and reenact section 1 of an act entitled an act to create a commission to consider the compensation of court clerks, examiners of records, treasurers, commissioners of the revenue, sheriffs, high constables and city sergeants, and until action upon the report of said commissioners, to fix the maximum amount of the compensation of said officers
An ACT to incorporate the town of Dungannon, in Scott county,
An ACP to authorize the clerk of the eirecut court of Wise county to receive and keep on file due his office a delinquent hand book of delinquent town lots and acreage located within the boundaries of the corporation of Norton
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fiscal years ending, respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1919, and the 29th day of February, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to provide for a road law for Spotsylvania county
An ACT to authorize the school board of the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $30,000 to meet notes for money borrowed by trustees for the purpose of erecting the graded school building in said town, and to complete the said building.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Warren county to borrow the sum of ten thousand dollars, and issue bonds therefor, for the permanent improvement and construction of certain roads in Front Royal and South River magisterial districts of said county.
An ACT authorizing the council of the town of Gretna in the county of Pittsylvania to use and dispose of the net profits derived from the dispensary in said town.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Bedford county to borrow money to build or improve the court house and clerk's office, and to issue bonds therefor, approved March 25, 1914.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 20, 1916, entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to invest, use and apply any part of the sinking fund created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of the $700,000 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds, dated February 1, 1911, in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of the $130,000 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds issued for the Richmond magisterial district, dated March 1, 1913; and in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of the $130,000 issue of Wise county road bonds issued for the Gladeville magisterial district, dated March 1, 1913, and to grant to the board of supervisors of said county the additional authority to invest, use and apply any part of said sinking fund, and any part of any sinking fund now or hereafter created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of any road bonds of said county now or hereafter issued for the said county, or for any of the magisterial districts thereof, in and to the purchase and holding of any part or parts of such county or district road bonds, now or hereafter issued, and in and to the purchase and holding of any school bonds now or hereafter issued by any school district of said county.
An ACT authorizing cities, containing by the last or any sub-sequent United States census, a population of not less than fifty thousand nor more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, to appropriate to standard guage steam railroad companies such sum or sums as may be necessary, not to exceed two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars in any one case, to induce such standard guage steam railroad companies to extend their lines into the corporate limits of such cities, and ratifying and confirming any such appropriation, not exceeding two hundred thousand ($200,000.00) dollars, made by any such city heretofore for said purpose.
An ACT for the relief of Smith-Courtney company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 279 of an act of the general assembly, approved March 16, 1910, entitled an act to require the State treasurer to charge off the books of his office all checks drawn by him on State depositories which have not been presented for payment within five years from the date they were issued, and to require him to certify the fact to the auditor of public accounts and to the State depositories on which these checks were drawn not to pay same.