Business

1893/1894
An ACT for the relief of the Bank of Portsmouth, of Portsmouth,
An ACT to supplement an act entitled an act to incorporate the Berlin and Lovettsville bridge company.
An ACT to define the liability of infants for debts under certain circumstances.
An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a board of commissioners for the promotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States.
An ACT to amend sections 2477 and 2479 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the lien of mechanics.
An ACT to incorporate the Appalachian iron and steel company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Winchester railroad company.
An ACT to repeal an act for the appointment of an inspector of staves in the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to require the board of supervisors of Alexandria county to tax the sale of ardent spirits and malt liquors in said county.
An ACT for the protection of hotels and boarding-houses.
An ACT to authorize the consolidation of the Norfolk city railroad company and the Suburban and city railway and improvement company under the name of the Norfolk street railroad company.
An ACT to ratify, validate and confirm the payment of certain fees heretofore paid to the state for and in connection with certain charters granted by the courts.
An ACT for the relief of J. G. Crouch, of the county of Henrico.
An ACT to incorporate the Chamber of commerce of the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion telephone company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to protect the oyster industry of the commonwealth, approved February 29, 1892.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1765 and 1766 of chapter 78 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the practice of pharmacy, as amended by an act approved May 6, 1887, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 12 of an act approved March 3, 1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia pharmaceutical association, and to regulate the practice of pharmacy, and to guard the sale of poisons in the state of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Charlottesville and University street railway company
An ACT to authorize the county of Rockingham to guarantee five per centum interest on bonds of the Virginia Central and Western railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Rocky Gap and East River Mountain Top turnpike company.
An ACT to incorporate the Real estate, title and guarantee company.
An ACT to validate and confirm all acts, contracts and proceedings under the charter of the Virginia trust company, heretofore styled “The Virginia safe deposit and fidelity company,” prior to the payment of the fee on its charter, with the same effect as if the said fee had been paid immediately upon the passage of the act of March 4, 1890, incorporating said company.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Coeburn, in Wise county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled act to incorporate the Mutual live stock association of Accomac parish
An ACT to incorporate the Fairmount railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth construction and transportation company.
An ACT to encourage immigration into the commonwealth of Virginia, and to promote sales of lands within the commonwealth to immigrants.
An ACT for the relief of William C. Reynolds, of Spotsylvania
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond, Manchester and Petersburg electric railway company.
An ACT to provide ne organization of state banks of circu-

1897/1898
An ACT to incorporate the Rockingham mutual telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to incorporate the B. F. Johnson school book publishing company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Rappahannock railway company.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company by amending and re-enacting section 4 of chapter 51, acts of assembly, 1885-1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Chesapeake dry dock and construction company, etc.
An ACT to validate and confirm an ordinance of the town of Berkley as to taxes omitted to be assessed in the mode prescribed by its charter for the years 1800, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897.
An ACT to incorporate the Harper’s Ferry power company.
An ACT to submit to the voters of Grayson county the question of a subscription to the capital stock of the Grayson and Carroll electric railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section fifty-eight of the charter of the town of Basie City.
An ACT to provide that if the plaintiff in a warrant upon a contract...
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2853 of the code of Virginia, with regard to upon what note or bill, and when an action of debt or assumpsit may be brought, and against whom, and to make the same apply to all negotiable instruments.
An ACT to incorporate the Mecklenburg railroad company.
An Act to amend and re-enact section 18 of chapter 2 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, 1800, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and incomes, and on licenses to transact business and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2674 of the code of Virginia providing for the returns of accounts of sales of fiduciaries, their duty and penalty on trustees for failure to make returns of sale.
An ACT to incorporate the South Boston tobacco company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Merchants’ and mechanics’ savings bank of the city of Norfolk, and for other purposes,
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond trust and safe deposit company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Potomac river railroad company.
An ACT to amend section 2 of chapter 635 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, session of 1803-94, entitled an act imposing a tax on building and loan associations
An ACT to incorporate the Botetourt electric railway and power company.
An ACT to incorporate the Clinch river and Big Sandy railroad company.
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Southern electric company
An ACT to impose a specific license on dealers in cigarettes in the county of Accomac.
An ACT to define and regulate fraternal beneficiary associations, orders or societies.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia state fair and agricultural association.
An ACT to revise, arrange and consolidate into one act the laws relating to negotiable instruments (being an act to establish a law uniform with the laws of other states on that subject).
An ACT to incorporate the town of Buchanan, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, under the name of the town of Buchanan, approved January 19, 1882. and acts amendatory thereof, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to enlarge the powers of the town of Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt, approved March 3, 1800, approved February 25, 18u2.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Tazewell county to rent law offices located on courthouse square in said county.
An ACT to authorize and permit the Old dominion land company to erect a wharf or pier, and to construct a bulkhead on and along its water front in the city of Newport News, Virginia, and to authorize the issue by it of negotiable notes or bonds secured by mortgage or deed of trust to pay for the same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Mutual fire insurance company of Loudoun county.
An ACT to impose additional duties upon the examiner of records of the several judicial circuits, with reference to ships, tugboats, barges, boats, or other water craft.
An ACT to incorporate the Houston tobacco association.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia and West Virginia railroad company.
An ACT to change and amend charter of the Farmers’ mutual benefit assuciation.
An ACT to authorize the sale of the Front Royal turnpike company, its real and personal property, and all its corporate stock and franchises and that of the stockholders of the same, and as a means to that end to recognize the regularity of its organization and to authorize a re-issue of its corporate stock.
An ACT to incorporate the Southern branch drawbridge company.
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Richmond gas company.
An ACT to incorporate the Old dominion mining, chemical and electrical company.
An ACT to authorize building and loan associations and other similar institutions to change trustees in deeds of trust, and conferring the same powers and rights upon the substituted trustees as were vested in the original trustees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3, chapter 743, of acts of 1893-’94 in relation to time of assessing for taxation oysters and shells, &e.
An ACT to incorporate the Prince William horseman’s association
An ACT to ratify and confirm the consolidation of the City gaslight company of Norfolk and the Norfolk gas and electric company under the name of the City gas company of Norfolk.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3 and 4 of an act approved March 8, 1894, entitled an act to incorporate the Saltville and Mendota railroad company, as amended by an act approved February 7, 1896, and to legalization of said company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of the charter of the town of Richlands
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an act approved February 18, 1887, relating to the incorporation of the town of Rocky Mount, so as to enlarge the powers of the council of said town, and prescribe the circumstances under which an appeal may be taken by a party convicted of a breach of any ordinance passed by the said council in the exercise of its power
An ACT to impose a tax on corporations chartered and organized as social clubs desiring to keep liquors at their club-house or other place of meeting, to be sold or given away to the members of the corporation, for the support of the government and public free schools and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to prescribe the mode of paying such tax and penalty for its non-payment; to define the privileges of such clubs and to prescribe in what cases their charters may be revoked.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections of the charter of the city of Richmond
An ACT to incorporate the Lee fire insurance company of Alexandria, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Real estate loan and savings bank of Martinsville, Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1281 of the eade of Virginia relative to the verifications and publication of the annual reports of lmsurance companies.
An ACT to incorporate the National construction company
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia central railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Bay railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Campbell county mutual fire insurance company.
An ACT to incorporate the Grayson telephone exchange.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of an act approved May 18, 1887, entitled an act to incorporate the Buck horn iron and improvement company.
An ACT to incorporate the Potomac and mineral belt railroad company.
An ACT to convert the Lakeside wheel club from a joint stock company into a social corporation without stock; to extinguish the existing stock of said corporation; to declare those now entitled to membership to be members of said corporation; to continue and to validate the said corporation, its acts and contracts, and to enlarge its powers.
An ACT to incorporate the Lexington street railway, light and power company.
An ACT to exempt those engaged in the publication of newspapers from being required to obtain a license fur the privilege or right of printing or publishing the same in the cities, towns and counties in this state.
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Richmond traction company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 35, chapter 4, and section 40 of chapter 5, of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Wytheville, approved February 26, 1886.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia sugar refining company and to prescribe the powers, rights and privileges, and to encourage the sugar-beet industry of the state of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Alleghany mutual fire insurance company.
An ACT to incorporate the Mutual benefit insurance association of Virginia
An ACT to incorporate the Newport News beneficial association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1220 of the code of Virginia which provides a penalty upon any corporation, Company, association, or any agent or employee of either, or any other person, for violating sections 1210, 1216, 1217, 1218 and 1219 of the code of Virginia.
An ACT to convert the Deep Run Hunt Club, of Richmond, Virginia, from a joint stock company into a social corporation without stock, to extinguish the existing stock of said corporation, to declare those now entitled to membership to be members of said corporation, to continue and to validate the said corporation, its acts and contracts, and to enlarge its powers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2872 of the code of Virginia, when capital not to be withdrawn on dividend made.
An act to incorporate the Henrico six per cent. building fund association.
An ACT to empower the Days Point land and improvement company to erect a wharf in Pagan creek, in the county of Isle of Wight.