Business

1897/1898
An ACT to prescribe the amount of license tax to be paid by peddlers of manufactured implements and machines other than sewing machines, and by peddlers of cooking stoves and ranges and clocks.
An ACT to incorporate the Nelson telephone company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Washington, in the county of Rappahannock, approved February 12, 1894, with license to sell liquor in said town.
An ACT to authorize the consolidation of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad company and the Petersburg railroad company, and to authorize the consolidated company to change its name to the Atlantic Coast Line railroad company of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25 of an act entitled ‘An act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and income, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of 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 require all companies, other than those incorporated for works of internal improvement, incorporated under the general incorporation laws of this commonwealth, to file annually a list of their officers and directors, and in cases when the officers and directors are not residents of the county or corporation where the principal office of the company is located, to appoint resident attorneys or agents, and to prohibit them from exercising their charter privileges until the requirements of this act shall have been complied with.
An ACT to incorporate the House rock wheel club.
An ACT to require the power appointing an agent to conduct a mercantile business to be in writing and recorded, and to require a copy of the same to be posted conspicuously in the place of business conducted by such agent.
An ACT to provide that every alien casualty insurance company shall have a deposit of not less than $200,000 in the United States, dedicated to its business and liabilities in the United States.
An ACT to incorporate the Peoples light, fuel and power company of Norfolk, Virginia
An ACT to incorporate the Montgomery railroad and mining company.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk trust and safe deposit company of Norfolk, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to regulate and license pawnbrokers, and to regulate junk dealers and dealers in second hand personal property, approved March 4, 1896, by adding thereto a section requiring pawnbrokers’ places of business to be closed during certain hours, and a section making the displaying of the ordinary sign of a pawnbroker prima facie evidence of guilt in any prosecution
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2476 of the code of Virginia in relation to perfection of mechanics’ lien record, and notice of lien, as amended by an act approved January 16, 1806, and as further amended by an act approved March 5, 1896, and to amend and re-enact section 2477 of the code of Virginia in relation to the perfection of lien by sub-contractors and extent. of liens, as amended by an act approved February 28, 1894, and as further amended by an act approved March 5, 1896.
An ACT to amend charter granted "Citizens exchange bank" by the judge of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, Va., January 13, 180s, and to give said bank also the powers of a trust, guarantee and safe deposit company.
An ACT to amend an act approved January 31, 1898, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Emporia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 101 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for a method for a better assessment of personal property under the control of fiduciaries and the several courts of the commonwealth
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2465 of the code of Virginia, in relation to what contracts, deeds, and other writings are void as to creditors and purchasers unless recorded.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 923 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 16, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 923 of the code of Virginia, in regard to the appointment and qualification of notaries public.
An ACT to charter the Hill City benevolent relief association, of Lynchburg, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Chesapeake and Hampton Roads railway company.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pulaski.
An ACT to incorporate the Hampton and Old Point gas and electric company
An ACT to authorize Courtland lodge, No. 85, ancient, free and accepted Masons, to borrow money and to secure the same by deed of trust on their real estate, in Courtland, Virginia.
An ACT to amend, ratify and confirm the charter of incorporation granted by C. W. Hill, judge of the First judicial circuit of Virginia, on March 14, 1894, incorporating ‘the Courtland lumber company, and to extend its powers.
An ACT to provide for taxation of shares of stock issued by banks located in towns
An ACT to incorporate the Southern mutual life insurance company
An ACT to incorporate Newport News and Old Point railway and electric company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to require the payment of fees on certain charters
An ACT to amend sections 19 and 21 of chapter 615 of the acts of 1893-’94, approved March 3, 1894, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Crewe, in the county of Nottoway.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1202 of the code of Virginia in relation to rates of toll on railroads.
An ACT to allow William F. Ward and C. C. Ward to construct a vessel railway in Urbanna creek, in Middlesex county.
An ACT to prevent deception in the manufacture and sale of imitation butter.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Atlantic terminal company, approved January 28, 1802, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1892.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 23, 61, 108, 109 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled ‘An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.’
An ACT to protect labels, trade marks, terms, etc., of labor associations and organizations.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia-Alaska gold mining company.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to strike from the constitution the second clause of article ten and providing for publishing and certifying the same to the next general assembly of Virginia.
AN ACT to incorporate the Richmond, Petersburg and Southside telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to require fire insurance companies doing business in this state to refund to policy-holders a certain proportion of the premiums paid in certain cases.
An ACT to incorporate the Clarksville toll bridge company.
An ACT to incorporate the Princess Anne, Cape Henry and Lynnhaven Bay railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia railroad and mining company.
An ACT to incorporate the Chesapeake transit company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4 and 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Norfolk safe and deposit trust company, approved February 29, 1892, the name of which corporation was changed by the said act approved February 23, 1894, to the Norfolk bank for savings and trusts.
An ACT to empower S. N. Hurst to publish a pocket code of Virginia
An ACT for the relief of C. B. Beamer, S. J. Fisher, M. Goldberg, Ella Morgan, L. Shere and J. W. Richardson.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in relation to fraudulent conversion of property held under trust deed
An ACT to regulate the sale of cider in Montgomery county.
An ACT to incorporate the Truitt lumber company.
An ACT to authorize the Maysville magisterial district and other magisterial districts of Buckingham county to vote a subscription towards the construction and extension of the Buckingham branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway to Buckingham courthouse.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3994 of the code of Virginia relating to what number of offences may be charged in prosecution for embezzlement if committed within six months; what description of money sufficient in prosecution for embezzlement; what for larceny.
An ACT to prevent fire insurance companies, associations or partnerships doing business in this state, or the agents of said companies, associations or partnerships from entering into combinations to Take or control rates for fire insurance on property in this state and providing a punishment for violation of this act.
An ACT to authorize the commonwealth’s attorney of the city of Bristol to collect taxes due by the bristol land company.
An ACT to incorporate the Cottage farm railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2910 of the code of Virginia in relation to warrants for small claims as amended and re-enacted by chapter 74 of the acts of assembly 1889-90, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 541 of the acts of assembly of 1893-94.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 5, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections seventy and seventy-one of an act approved March 6, 1890, 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 schools and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses, etc., so as to define who shall be deemed boarding house keepers.
An ACT to provide for a tax on the extension or revival of charters
An ACT to incorporate the Laurel railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Peart-Neilds and McCormick company.
An ACT to incorporate the Benevolent investment and relief association of Virginia.
AN ACT to incorporate the Virginia electric company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4 and 10 of an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate the Virginia and northwestern railroad company,”
An ACT to incorporate the Angusta and Nelson railroad company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section eighty-seven of an act 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 2872 of the code of Virginia in relation to the withdrawal of capital or the payment of dividends in cases of limited partnerships, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 22, 1897.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 7 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to Incorporate the Falls Church, Fairtax and Manassas railway company.
An ACT to provide for a change of name of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church railway company.
An ACT to ratify, confirm and amend the charter of the Monticello company and its financial plan, and to give it additional powers.
An ACT to prescribe and regulate the procedure by which unpaid subscriptions to joint stock companies may be recovered by said companies, their creditors, receivers, trustees, assignees, or any other person.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section eighteen of the charter of the town of Farmville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the first subdivision of section 8, chapter 1, of an act 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 to prescribe 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 prohibit the use of trading stamps, trading checks, and similar gift enterprises, and providing a punishment for those who use them.
An ACT for the relief of the Orange and Keysville railroad company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 4,5, 6, and 9 of an act approved February 26, 1804, entitled an act to incorporate the Madison and Orange railroad company, and also to amend and re-enact sections 3B, 7, ands of an act approved March 4, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3, 7 and S of an act entitled an act. to incorporate the Madisun and Orange railroad company, approved February 26, 1904.
An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1759 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the practice of pharmacy, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 5, 1894.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first subdivision of section 8, chapter 1, of an act 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, approved March 6, 1800, so as to provide for the listing of bonds, notes, stocks, and other evidences of debt subject to taxation.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Mountain Dale Lodge, No. 49, Independent Order Odd Fellows, of Roanoke city, to issue building bonds
An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke mineral railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the American development company of the United States.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32, chapter 1, of an act entitled an aet to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and oon Heenses to transact business, and in paying taxes thereon for the supportoft the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the pubhie debt. and: preseribing the mode of obtaining Heenses to sell wine, ardent: spirits or malt Liquors, or any mixture thereof, ino cases where a court certificate is required, approved) Mareh 6, E800, relating to sale by peddlers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twelve of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Ashland
An ACT to incorporate the Martin and Mason building and supply company of Aeecomac county.
An ACT to incorporate the Washington terminal railroad company
An ACT to allow Dr. L. B. Hunley to establish a ferry from Gwynn’s island, in Mathews county, over to the mainland in said county, across the Piankitank river.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Shenandoah county to lease or sell and convey certain portions of lots upon which the courthouse and jail now stand.
An ACT to provide a charter for the Consolidated railway and electric power company of Roanuke.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 2 of an act approved March 6, 1890, 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, and to repeal section 9 of chapter 2 of this act relating to liquor licenses, approved March 4, 1896.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of an act 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 the 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 commissioner’s certificate is required, approved March 6, 1880.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1170 of the code of Virginia of 1887, In relation to statements made by banks.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Petersburg railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria shoe company.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk bicycle road company.
An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic telephone company.
An ACT to incorporate the Onancock telephone company.
AN ACT to provide for imposing a specific license tax on slot machines into which are dropped pennies or nickels or coins of other denominations and used in the state to dispose of cigars, cigarettes, chewing gum or other articles of merchandise, and on musical devices, &c., which operate on the nickel in the slot principle to increase the revenues of the state.
An ACT to require junk dealers to keep certain books and exhibit the same, to make report of certain articles received or purchased by them and prescribing penalties for failing to do so.
An ACT authorizing the circuit judge of Bath, Highland, Rockbridge and Alleghany to appoint inspectors of all outdoor platform scales and weights used in weighing live stock, farm products, or other things in said counties and providing compensation therefor.