Budget

1936
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of an act entitled ‘act to provide for the compensation of attorneys for the Commonwealth in the counties and cities, county and city treasurers, and county and city commissioners of the revenue, and officers and employees performing the duties of such officers in counties which adopt optional forms of county organization and government; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of the fees collected by such officers; to provide for a Compensation Board to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions of such board; to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate funds for the payment of salaries and expenses and for the administration of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,’ approved March 29, 1934, as heretofore amended, in relation to the salaries and expenses of commissioners of the revenue in cities containing more than 175,000 inhabitants.
An ACT to provide for the release of the liability of members of the boards of supervisors of counties for pay drawn by them in excess of the amount prescribed by law in certain cases, and to provide for the release of judgments heretofore recovered for such excess pay.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of South Boston to issue bonds of the town of South Boston in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and to provide for the levy of a tax to pay the interest on said bonds and retire the same as they mature.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 381, as amended, 386, 388, 389, 390, 393 and 394 of the Code of Virginia relating to public printing so as to prescribe the powers and duties of the Director of the Division of Purchase and Printing and the Director of the Division of the Budget with reference thereto, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 393-a, providing for the editing and printing of reports and publications of departments, officers, boards, commissions and other agencies of the Commonwealth; and to repeal section 280 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, as heretofore amended, relating to the printing and distribution of annual reports.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 19 of an act entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond,” approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Accomac county to use certain money realized from the sale of bonds issued in pursuance of chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1928, to retire certain of said bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 20 of an act entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond,” approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun, Virginia. and to repeal all prior acts and amendments thereto creating a charter for the said town.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of the counties of Franklin and Bedford to make appropriations for the expenses of the judge of the thirtieth judicial circuit.
An ACT to provide for the refunding of certain certificates of indebtedness of the par value of $478,000.00, issued under an act entitled "an act to repeal an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties, or otherwise, the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties or otherwise the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, approved March 21, 1924; to provide for the issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Virginia to repay the sums advanced to the State under the provisions of the aforesaid acts and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the said certificates of indebtedness and the principal thereof at maturity, " approved March 19, 1926, by authorizing and directing the issuance and sale of $478,000.00 par value certificates of indebtedness and/or notes of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and to provide for the payment of interest on such certificates of indebtedness and/or notes, and the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4 (37), 7, 42 (d), 50 (e) and 55 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, approved March 19, 1920, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper,” approved January 11, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled “An act authorizing cities containing not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand population, according to the last preceding United States census, to provide for the annual assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate approved March 24, 1932, in relation to reassessment of real estate, so as to prescribe the compensation of the assessors
An ACT to repeal the two sections numbered 29 of an act entitled, "an act to provide a new charter for the town of Waynesboro, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved March 26, 1928, and to amend said act by adding thereto and inserting therein in lieu of the sections repealed, two new sections numbered 29 and 29-a, providing for the issuance of bonds, the laying of levies, and the appropriation of moneys.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Chapter 109 thereof 13 new sections numbered 2726 and 2726-a to 2726-1, both inclusive, vesting in Boards of Supervisors power to cause county buildings to be insured, to provide suitable rooms for county purposes and to determine what allowances payable out of county treasuries shall be made to sheriffs and clerks, and to repeal Sections 2726-m to 2726-y, both inclusive, relating to the same matters.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 52 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Radford, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, approved March 15, 1910, in relation to borrowing money, and letting of certain contracts
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Charlottesville, and to provide a charter and special form of government for the said city, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Charlottesville, approved March 24, 1922, relating to certain powers of the city council, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto a new section to be numbered section 26%, authorizing the city council to appoint a city jailor and such deputy jailors as may be necessary and to fix their compensation, and prescribing the powers and duties of such jailors.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Vinton, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5, 14, 27 and 33, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk, approved September 11, 1919, as heretofore amended, which town has since become the city of South Norfolk; and to provide a charter for the city of South Norfolk,’ approved March 20, 1924, Section 5 relating to the election of councilmen and other city officers, Section 14 to the trial justice of the city and his jurisdiction, Section 27 to borrowing money, and Section 33 to appeals from the trial justice: and to further amend said act by adding thereto a new section numbered 42-a, relating to time for bringing action against city for damages; and to repeal Section 1l-a thereof.
An ACT to require certain officers to deposit in bank to the credit of an official account, all money received or collected for or on account of the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town, or person, subject to certain exceptions; to relieve such officers from liability upon certain conditions, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to provide that, in any city having a population of not less than sixty-five thousand nor more than one hundred thousand according to the last preceding United States census, all lists of real estate returned delinquent for non-payment of local levies thereon, shall be recorded by the treasurer in delinquent land books to be kept in his office; that no such delinquent list, nor any report of sale of delinquent real estate, by the treasurer shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of any court of such city; that all payments in redemption of any such delinquent real estate shall be made to the treasurer, or the delinquent tax collector; to transfer to, vest in, and impose upon such treasurers all other authority and duties vested by law in, and imposed upon, clerks of courts of such cities, concerning delinquent real estate, except in the matter of making deeds to purchasers thereof, and to provide for the payment of certain fees and compensation to such treasurer; and the payment of the same into their respective city treasuries; to provide for the appointment of delinquent tax collectors and for fixing their salaries, or compensation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of an act entitled "an act to authorize and empower educational institutions of the State to erect buildings and to make other improvements to their plants and for such purpose to borrow or accept money under the provisions of an act of the Congress of the United States, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and any acts amendatory thereof, and any acts supplemental thereto and revisions thereof, and any further acts of the Congress of the United States, and to issue bonds and certificates of indebtedness and other obligations; to provide funds for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the same and to secure such payment; and to authorize and empower said institutions to lease with or without the privilege of purchase buildings and projects constructed pursuant to the provisions of said National Industrial Recovery Act and any acts amendatory thereof and any acts supplemental thereto and revisions thereof, and any further act of the Congress of the United States, and to acquire and convey such real estate or other property as shall be required for such buildings and projects, approved September 12, 1933, so as to extend the effective date of certain provisions of said act until July 1, 1938.
An ACT to authorize the city of Hampton, Virginia, to borrow money and issue bonds in the amount of $10,000.00 to be used in the purchase of a site and paying for certain skilled labor incident to the building of an armory in said city, in conjunction with a United States Work’s Progress Administration Project, and to require the council of said city annually to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 'an act to authorize the governing boards of the University of Virginia, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and the State Teachers Colleges at Farmville and Harrisonburg to issue and sell, through the commissioners of the sinking fund, certificates of indebtedness in the name and on behalf of their institutions, respectively, to raise funds for dormitory construction purposes and for the construction of a power and heating plant at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this act; to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof at maturity; to authorize and require the State Board of Education to sell any State bonds held as a part of the literary fund, when so directed by the Governor, and to invest the proceeds: derived from the sale of such bonds in the certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this act and to authorize and require the State Board of Education, when so directed by the Governor, to invest any uninvested portion of the literary fund in the certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this act:' which follows the plan of the Noell Act, Chapter 489, Acts of 1926, adopted in the budget,” approved February 28, 1928, so as to authorize the Medical College of Virginia to issue and sell under the provisions of the said act certificates of indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $250,000 to raise funds for the payment of certain outstanding indebtedness.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 14 of an act entitled "an act to enable counties, cities and towns to secure the benefits of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, approved June 16, 1933, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, and any acts amendatory thereof and any acts supplemental thereto and revisions thereof, and any further act of the Congress of the United States of America delegating powers to undertake any purpose or purposes in aid of the financing of which the President of the United States or any other Federal agency is now or hereafter authorized and empowered, through the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works or through such other agencies as may be designated or created, to make grants or loans; delegating powers to contract debts, borrow money and issue bonds therefor; prescribing the mode of procedure for, and regulating the issuance of such bonds, and providing for the payment thereof; authorizing agreements with the holders of such bonds and providing for the remedies of such holders; and repealing inconsistent provisions of all laws general or special of the Commonwealth," approved September 7, 1933, so as to extend the effective date of certain provisions of said act until July 1, 1938.
An ACT to validate the proceedings and acts of the council, the election officials and certain officers, of the town of Berryville, in connection with the ordering and holding of an election on the question of the issuing of $30,000.00 of bonds of said town to provide a sewerage system and disposal plant, and in connection with the issuance of said bonds and fixing the rate of interest thereon; and to provide that said bonds shall be valid and binding obligations of said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 565 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to services of the Auditor of Public Accounts as to counties and cities.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2158 and 2162 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to public moneys and State depositories.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2769, fixing the compensation and mileage of members of boards of supervisors of counties, and to repeal Section 2769-a of the Code of Virginia relating to similar matters.
An ACT to provide for the refunding of certain certificates of indebtedness of the par value of $950,000.00, issued under an act entitled "an act to repeal an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties, or otherwise, the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties or otherwise the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, approved March 21, 1924; to provide for the issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Virginia to repay the sums advanced to the State under the provisions of the aforesaid acts and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the said certificates of indebtedness and the principal thereof at maturity,' approved March 19, 1926, by authorizing and directing the issuance and sale of $950,000.00 par value certificates of indebtedness and/or notes of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and to provide for the payment of interest on such certificates of indebtedness and/or notes, and the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to appropriate to the Division of Motor Vehicles $161,500 for the year beginning July 1, 1936, and $146,500 for the year beginning July 1, 1937, to be used for the employment of additional police officers and the adjustment of salaries of the police force of the said division.
An ACT to authorize counties, districts, cities and towns to issue bonds for the purpose of funding floating indebtedness; to prescribe how such bonds may be issued, and the terms thereof as to interest and time to run; to provide how such bonds may be sold or disposed of and how the proceeds shall be applied; to provide for the levying of taxes for the payment of such bonds; and to validate the principal of such bonds and the interest thereon and also the floating indebtedness to be funded.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 14 and Section 20 of an act entitled "An act to revise, collate and codify into one act the general statutes of the Commonwealth relating to building and loan associations, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as the Virginia building and loan association act, and to repeal all Code sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide penalties for violations thereof," approved March 5, 1932, as heretofore amended, so as to include the shares of Federal Savings and Loan Associations within the provisions of Section 14 of the Act, and so as to enlarge and extend the powers of Trustees under deeds of trust on real estate securing loans of such associations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6552 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to articles which may be held exempt from levy or distress.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2772-a relating to the compensation of clerks of boards of supervisors; and to repeal section 2773 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia, by adding thereto a new section to be numbered 350-a of the Tax Code of Virginia, providing compensation for the citizen member of the county finance board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3l-a as amended, and section 46 of an act entitled 'an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke,' approved March 22, 1924, section 3l-a being in relation to the bail commissioners, and section 46 in relation to the sinking fund commission, and to declare an emergency.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 16, 19, 21, 22 and 28 of an act entitled an act to provide a charter and special form of government for the city of Hampton, and to repeal the existing charter for said city, formerly the town of Hampton, approved May 23, 1887, and the several acts amendatory thereof, approved, respectively, February 29, 1892; February 24, 1896; March 3, 1898; January 13, 1900; January 30, 1900; February 23, 1901; the two acts of May 15, 1903; March 2, 1914; March 9, 1916, and the act of December 26, 1903, which became a law without the Governor’s signature; and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Hampton, approved March 16, 1920, as heretofore amended; to repeal section 23 of the said act; and to provide for the effect of said repeal; and to prescribe the conditions upon which the said amendments and the said repeal shall become effective.
An ACT to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds by counties, magisterial districts and school districts; to prescribe a mode of procedure therefor; to provide for the payment of such bonds; to validate all bonds so refunded; to prescribe various details pertinent to the subject matter of this act; and to declare an emergency.
An ACT to authorize State departments, agencies, bureaus and institutions to accept grants of funds made by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, to be applied to purposes within the functions of such State departments, agencies, bureaus or institutions, respectively, and to administer and expend such funds for the purposes for which they are granted; to ratify and affirm any previous actions of State departments, agencies, bureaus and institutions in accepting and/or administering and expending such grants; to appoint the treasurer of Virginia custodian of such funds and authorize him to disburse the same on warrants issued by such departments, agencies, bureaus and institutions.
An ACT to require bonds issued by any county or magisterial district in this State after January 1, 1937, to be made payable in certain installments.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Chapter 33 thereof a new section numbered 698, providing for the levying of taxes and appropriating money in counties, cities and towns for public school purposes, and to repeal Section 698-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.

1936/1937es
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Front Royal, Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2769-a, fixing the compensation and mileage of members of boards of supervisors of counties, and to repeal section 2769 of the Code of Virginia relating to the same subject.
An ACT to make additional appropriation for legislating for the Commonwealth and to provide especially for the expenses of this extra session of the General Assembly.
An ACT to authorize the town of South Boston to issue bonds of the town of South Boston in an amount not exceeding the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for the purpose of constructing a high school building, and to provide for the levy of a tax to pay the interest on said bonds and retire the same as they mature.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to the Division of Statutory Research and Drafting for the employment of stenographic and clerical help, and to pay other expenses of said division.
An ACT to validate certain outstanding notes of the city of Radford, and to provide for the issuance of bonds of said city to fund such notes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2727 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the raising of money for county a ae
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Altavista, Campbell county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State,” approved March 30, 1936
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 47 of chapter 473 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1924, entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke,” approved March 22, 1924, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 1/9 thereof thirteen new sections numbered 2726-m to 2726-y, both inclusive, vesting in boards of supervisors power to cause county buildings to be insured, to provide suitable rooms for county purposes and to determine what allowances payable out of county treasuries shall be made to sheriffs and clerks, and to repeal sections 2726 and 2726-a to 2726-l, both inclusive relating to the same matters.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Norton, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and all former charters and amendments thereof, of said town.

1938
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 642 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to restrictions upon making eae retirement of previous loans.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of counties adjacent to counties having a density of population in excess of five hundred inhabitants per square mile, to lay a special levy annually, for fire protection’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 638 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended, authorizing the school boards of counties, cities and towns to borrow from the literary fund.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county which adjoins three cities lying wholly within this State, one of which cities has a population of 170,000 or more as shown by the last preceding United States census, to appoint an executive secretary; to prescribe the powers and duties of such executive secretary; to prescribe the powers and duties of the board of supervisors and certain other county officers in relation thereto; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to authorize the Town of Colonial Heights to issue bonds
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 11 of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the refunding of certain certificates of indebtedness of the par value of $2,000,000.00, issued under an act entitled 'an act to repeal -ah act entitled an act to anticipate by counties, or otherwise, the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to-anticipate by counties or otherwise the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, approved March 21, 1924; to provide for the issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Virginia to repay the sums advanced to the State under the provisions of the aforesaid acts and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the said certificates of indebtedness and the principal thereof at maturity,' approved March 19, 1926, by authorizing and directing the issuance and sale of $2,000,000.00 par value of certificates of indebtedness and/or notes of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and to provide for the payment of the interest on such certificates of indebtedness and/or notes, and the principal thereof at maturity', approved March 3, 1932, so as to provide for the transfer of surplus funds remaining in the sinking fund provided for by the said act to the sinking fund provided for by Chapter 33 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved February 20, 1934, and to appropriate the funds so transferred or credited for purposes for which the last mentioned sinking fund was created.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 14 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Grundy, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 395 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to delinquent State taxes.
An ACT to authorize any county in which is located in whole or in part, any legally established drainage district, to appropriate money to any such drainage district for application on the indebtedness of such district, or for any other legal purpose thereof, and to authorize the county board of drainage commissioners to accept and use such appropriations for such purposes.
An ACT to revise, consolidate, amend and codify into a single chapter of the Code of Virginia the laws of Virginia relating to public printing and centralized purchasing
An ACT to validate the payment of interest heretofore made on certain notes of the school board of Claremont School District No. 4 of the county of Surry; to validate the said notes for the purpose of and to the extent necessary for liquidation, and to authorize the application of certain funds realized from a special levy made upon the taxable property in the said school district to the liquidation of the said notes.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1939, and the thirtieth day of June, 1940, to prescribe the provisos, terms, conditions and provisions with respect to the items of appropriation, and their payment, and to repeal all acts wholly in conflict with this act, and all parts of all acts inconsistent with this act to the extent of such inconsistency.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Chapter 109 thereof 13 new sections numbered 2726 and 2726-a to 2726-1, both inclusive, vesting in Boards of Supervisors power to cause county buildings to be insured, to provide suitable rooms for county purposes and to determine what allowances payable out of county treasuries shall be made to sheriffs and clerks, and to repeal Sections 2726-m to 2726-y, both inclusive of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 653 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to school trustee electoral boards, local school boards, and school districts.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clarksville, in the county of Mecklenburg, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Clarksville, and to authorize the issue of bonds by said town” approved February 11, 1898.
An ACT to provide a new ‘charter’ for the town of Round Hill; in
An ACT to authorize boards of supervisors of counties having a population of less than 12,000 to contribute towards the compensation of deputy clerks.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of an act entitled “an act to provide for the compensation of attorneys for the Commonwealth in the counties and cities, county and city treasurers, and county and city commissioners of the revenue, and officers and employees performing the duties of such officers in counties which adopt optional forms of county organization and government; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of the fees collected by such officers; to provide for a Compensation Board to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions of such board; to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate funds for the payment of salaries and expenses and for the administration of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” approved March 29, 1934, as heretofore amended, in relation to the salaries and expenses of commissioners of the revenue in cities containing more than 175,000 inhabitants.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 38, as amended, of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia”, approved March 21, 1928, relating to the powers of the council of the said city, so as to authorize the prohibition of lotteries and raffles therein, the fixing of certain penalties for violation of city ordinances, and prescribing the manner in which certain city ordinances shall be published.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of an act entitled "an act to provide for the establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of a radio or teletype system or any combination thereof, to be used for transmitting and receiving messages for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals, and for other police purposes; to authorize and empower the Governor, in his discretion, to establish, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire real and personal property for such purpose, to vest in the Governor certain powers in connection therewith; to provide for the cooperation of and with the localities of the Commonwealth; and to appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 for each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 1936, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used by the Governor, in his discretion, in carrying out the provisions of this act: and to repeal Chapter 284 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, as amended, relating to the same matter", approved January 13, 1937, so as to appropriate the sum of $150,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the biennium beginning July 1, 1938, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to relieve counties of Virginia of, and to assist certain cities and towns in, the maintenance and improvement, including construction and reconstruction, of certain roads, causeways, streets, bridges, landings and wharves; to establish a secondary system of State highways; for such purpose to prescribe the rights, powers, duties, and authority of the local road authorities, the State Department of Highways, the State Highway Commission, and the State Highway Commissioner; to prohibit certain local levies; to appropriate and allocate funds for the purpose of this act; to provide for elections in counties for withdrawal from the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 40, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact the charter of the Town of Culpeper”
An ACT to authorize and empower the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, subject to the approval of the Governor, to release, quit-claim, sell, transfer and convey all right, title and interest of the Commonwealth of Virginia and of the said Commission in and to certain lands, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, located in the county of Pittsylvania.
An ACT. to amend and re-enact an act. entitled “An act to invest
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3079 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to purposes for which cities and towns may issue bonds, and the amount of such bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4987-g of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to trial justices and clerks of trial justice courts, so as to authorize the appointment of deputy clerks and clerical assistants in certain cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 33 of an act entitled, “An act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 8 of an Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the compensation of attorneys for the Commonwealth in the counties and cities, county and city treasurers, and county and city commissioners of the revenue, and officers and employees performing the duties of such officers in counties which adopt optional forms of county organization and government; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of the fees collected by such officers; to provide for a Compensation Board to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions of such board; to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate funds for the payment of salaries and expenses and for the administration of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act’, approved March 29, 1934, in relation to population of counties and cities.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an act entitled "An act to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds by counties, magisterial districts and school districts; to prescribe a mode of procedure therefor; to provide for the payment of such bonds; to validate all bonds so refunded; to prescribe various details pertinent to the subject matter of this act; and to declare an emergency", approved February 28, 1936, so as to include sanitary districts within the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled “An act to authorize the governing boards of the University of Virginia, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and the State Teachers Colleges at Farmville and Harrisonburg to issue and sell, through the commissioners of the sinking fund, certificates of indebtedness in the name and on behalf of their institutions, respectively, to raise funds for dormitory construction purposes and for the construction of a power and heating plant at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this act; to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof at maturity; to authorize and require the State Board of Education to sell any State bonds held as a part of the literary fund, when so directed by the Governor, and to invest the proceeds derived from the sale of such bonds in the certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this act and to authorize and require the State Board of Education, when so directed by the Governor, to invest any uninvested portion of the literary fund in the certificates of indebtedness issued under the provisions of this act: which follows the plan of the Noell Act, Chapter 489, Acts of 1926, adopted in the budget”, approved February 28, 1928, as heretofore amended, so as to authorize the governing body of the State Teachers College at Farmville to issue and sell in accordance with the provisions of the said act certificates of indebtedness in an additional amount not to aot Ty
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Cape Charles, Northampton county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Cape Charles.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled “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 provide for the payment to the counties of Albemarle and Nelson their respective shares of the principal of a certain fund known as the Dawson fund, and to prescribe how such funds and securities shall be used.
An ACT to amend an act entitled, “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Strasburg, in the county of Shenandoah, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith”, approved February 25, 1922 by adding thereto a new section numbered Section 17-a, authorizing the council to levy certain license taxes.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax”
An ACT to authorize the county school board of Giles County to pay John Eaton $250.00 to reimburse him in part for hospital expenses incurred by him for injuries received while in the performance of his duties as janitor and caretaker of the Pearisburg high school building.
An ACT to make effective the Constitutional provision to the effect that the General Assembly shall establish and maintain an efficient system of public free schools throughout the State, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT for the relief of John C. Senter, of Roanoke, Virginia; J. F. Barbour and Sons, of Roanoke, Virginia, and the Stone Construction Company of Bristol, Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a police communication system under the supervision of the Division of Motor Vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 16 of chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act relating to the distribution of net profits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2621 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the commissioners of the sinking fund.

1940
An ACT to authorize the boards of county supervisors of certain counties to invest sinking funds in bonds of the United States, the State of Virginia, or of any county, city, town or district in the State of Virginia.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Holland, in the county of Nansemond, and to repeal the charter provided for said town by chapter 1047 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1899-1900, approved March 7, 1900, and all amendments thereof, or of any part thereof.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new Section numbered 2769, fixing the compensation and mileage of members of boards of supervisors of counties, and to repeal Section 2769-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide for a referendum.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clinchport, Virginia.