Business

1895/1896
An ACT to consolidate in one act all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Lynchburg, and to create a new charter for said city.
An ACT to repeal the charter of the Old Dominion fire insurance company of Portsmouth, Virginia, which was granted by the judge of the court of hustings for the city of Portsmouth, on the 20th day of July, 169°.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Cape Charles and legalize certain acts of the town council.
An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont mining and manufacturing company.
An ACT to incorporate the Colonial Beach agricultural and industrial association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Wytheville, Virginia, approved February 26, 1886 (acts 1885-86, page 293), and as amended by an act approved February 25, 1892 (acts 1891-’92, page 654), and to amend and re-enact section 42 of said act, as amended by an act approved January 28, 1890 (acts 1889-’90, page 187), and to amend and re-enact section 45 of said act, approved February 26, 1886 (acts 1885-86, page 293).
An ACT to incorporate the Eastern midland railway company.
An ACT to require corporations to furnish for record in the clerk’s office of the county court of Wythe county the names of their officers and directors, and prescribing the penalty for failure to do so.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 525 of the code of Virginia in relation to the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue.
An ACT to regulate and license pawnbrokers, and to regulate junkdealers and dealers in second-hand personal property in the cities of Virginia and county of Henrico.
An ACT to incorporate the Blue Ridge railroad company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3211 of the code of Virginia in relation to the remedy by motion for judgment after fifteen days’ notice on contracts generally.
An ACT for the relief of Charles Straus, trustee, under a deed of trust from Levy & Davis.
An ACT to repeal the charter of the Shenandoah fire insurance company of Winchester, Virginia, which was granted by the judge of the corporation court of the city of Winchester, on the 8th day of September, 1893, under section 1145 of the code of Virginia and amendatory acts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10, chapter 188, acts of 1891-’92, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 336, acts of 1889-90, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 192 acts 1885-86, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Pulaski City.
An ACT to incorporate the Lexington and Goshen railroad company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent the erection of slaughter-houses within half a mile of the city of Norfolk
An ACT to amend and re-enact section three of an act approved March 5, 1894, entitled an act to incorporate the Chesterfield transit company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 10 and 11 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia seaboard and western railroad company
An ACT to amend and ,re-enact an act entitled “an act to provide for the payment of debts.due by commission merchants,” approved February 27, 1894, and to provide remedies in respect thereto.
An ACT to authorize the Commercial guarantee company of Richmond, Virginia, to deposit securities with the state treasurer.
An ACT to incorporate the Northern Neck mutual fire insurance company of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the American milk company.

1901/1902
An ACT to refund to Tazewell Ellett $1,500 erroneously paid into the treasury.
An ACT to legalize the subscription by the voters of Henry county of $50,000 to the capital stock of the Mount Rogers and Eastern Railroad Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Home Protective Insurance Company.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Columbia, in Fluvanna county, Virginia, to require a license to be taken out and to impose a tax for the benefit of the said town for the privilege of engaging in any pursuit or business within one mile from the corporate limits of said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved January 13, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled "an act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk," approved February 22, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act approved February 22, 1890, entitled "an act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk, and to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6, and 12 of said act as amended by an act approved February 12, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6 and 12 of an act entitled an act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk approved February 22, 1890."
An ACT to amend charter of Chesapeake Transit Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Portsmouth Dime Savings Bank, approved February 15, 1901, so as to authorize the said bank to act as agent for individuals and corporations.
An ACT authorizing and directing the board of pharmacy to register Horace T. Morrison as a pharmacist for the town of Hamilton, in the county of Loudoun, and authorizing him to act as pharmacist in said town.
An ACT to incorporate the Lynchburg and Amherst Belt Line Company.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Urbanna, in the county of Middlesex.
An ACT to incorporate the Citizens Rapid Transit Company.
An ACT for the relief of J. C. Hicks.
An ACT to incorporate Virginia-Carolina Trust Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Berkley Ferry Company, approved February 27, 1894, and to increase the capital stock of said Norfolk and Berkley Ferry Company.
An ACT to allow the firm of Gresham, Chilton & McGinnes to build a wharf in Currotoman river, off Garden Point, in Lancaster county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to charter the Blue Ridge Railway Company
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act for the incorporation of the town of Bowling Green, in the county of Caroline.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act approved March 20, 1877, entitled an act to incorporate the Westmoreland Club.
An ACT for relief of William Heider from erroneous taxation from 1875 to the year 1898, inclusive.
An ACT to incorporate the Independence and Comer’s Rock Telephone Exchange.
An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic Coast Telephone Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth Suburban Water Company.
An ACT to enable the stockholders of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company to fix the date for the annual meeting of said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company, and of the stockholders thereof.
An ACT to incorporate the People’s Warehouse Company, of La Crosse, Virginia.
An ACT to confirm and extend the charter of the Atlantic Trust and Deposit Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia-Carolina Telephone Company.
An ACT to incorporate the International Guarantee and Trust Company.
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of Consumers Light, Heat and Ice Company, to give it additional powers, and in relation to the stock of said company.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Scottsville, in Albemarle and Fluvanna counties, Virginia, to require a license to be taken out; to impose a tax for the benefit of the said town for the privilege of engaging any pursuit or business within one mile from the corporate limits of said town
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act approved March 6, 1890, as amended by an act approved February 14, 1898, as amended by an act approved March 6, 1900, 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, in relation to tax on bonds, notes, and other evidences of debt, and on stocks.
An ACT to authorize Beach Park and Hotel Company, of West Point, to erect wharves, docks, or piers on its lots, in the town of West Point, King William county, on the York river, known as a part of the Beach lot, and to erect thereon sheds and houses for public entertainment.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Virginia Mechanics Institute so as to authorize the same to acquire and hold real estate, etc.
An ACT to incorporate the Emporia Land and Investment Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Long-Distance Telephone Company, of Ridgeway, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the South Richmond Electric Railway Company.
An ACT to incorporate Staunton Falls Company.
An ACT to incorporate Norfolk City and Suburban Railway Company.
An ACT to provide for the establishing of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Rocky Mount, Franklin county, Virginia.
An ACT to ratify the contract between the joint library committee of the general assembly of Virginia, dated February 21, 1900, and the Michie Company, and to provide for similar contracts with other persons.
An ACT to incorporate the Christ Church Loan Association.
An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic District Mutual Live-Stock Insurance Association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 525 of the Cole of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1896, as further amended by an act approved March 3, 1896, as further amended by an act approved February 7, 1898, as further amended by an act approved January 24, 1900, and as further amended by an act approved March 6, 1900, in relation to the collection of the fees of the commissioner of the revenue.
An ACT to incorporate Norfolk and Lake Drummond Railway Company.
An ACT imposing upon railroad corporations liability for injury to their employees in certain cases.
An ACT to amend charter of the Bay Shore Terminal Company as proposed.
An ACT to incorporate the South and Western Railway Company.
An ACT to authorize the Seaboard Real Estate Company to erect a wharf in front of its land on Hampton Roads, in Elizabeth City county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to change the name of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company to the Pocahontas Collieries Company
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1145 of the Code of Virginia, so as to provide additional requirements where charters are granted to engage in the business of taking or catching fish for the purpose of converting the same into oil or manure in this State.
An ACT to authorize and empower the trustees of Shenandoah Institute, in the county of Rockingham, to borrow money.
An ACT to incorporate Norfolk Chamber of Commerce.
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Monticello Realty Company and its financial plan, and to give it additional powers.
An ACT to allow City Trust Company, of Newport News, to change
An ACT to authorize the city council of Alexandria to issue its coupon bonds, called “public improvement bonds,” to the amount of $50,000, for the purpose of making street and sewer improvements in the city of Alexandria, and for the purpose of improving the city gas works, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 55 of an act. entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Emporia, approved January 31, 1898, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 28, 1898.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the town of Warrenton, in the county of Fauquier, Virginia, at a special election to be held therefor, the question of the establishment of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, and in the event of a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establishment and the conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter within said town, or within one mile of its corporate limits, the sale, barter, or exchange of intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms, or corporations, except as provided therein.
An ACT to change the name of the Virginia and Louisa Improvement Company to the Virginia and Louisa Railway and Improvement Company, and to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 6 of chapter 268 of the acts of assembly of the extra session of 1901, entitled "an act to incorporate the Virginia and Louisa Improvement Company," approved February 16, 1901.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Berkley Street Railway Company
An ACT to suppress tippling houses, the illegal and unlawful sale or traflic in ardent spirits, in the county of Mathews, and to provide a penalty therefor.
An ACT to amend sections 3 and 9 of chapter 53 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, extra session 1901, entitled a “bill to incorporate the Mount Rogers and Eastern Railroad Company, to grant said corporation certain privileges, and authorize the counties through which said road may be constructed to aid the construction thereof.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Southern Railroad Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 54 of the act approved Marcn 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, in relation to the tax on tobacco auctioneers.
An ACT to change the name of the Security Trust Company, of Newport News, Virginia, to Security Trust and Savings Bank, of Newport News, Virginia, and to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 14, and 16 of chapter 113 of acts of assembly 1893-4, entitled an act to incorporate the Security Trust Company, of Newport News, Virginia, approved January 31, 1894.
An ACT to prohibit the sale of all kinds of cider in Caroline county, except apple cider, without liquor license, and to prescribe the penalty therefor.
An ACT to permit the Queen Annes Railroad Company to construct and operate its railway in Virginia, and to grant to it the franchises and powers of a Virginia corporation, subject to the laws of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Mineral, in the county of Louisa.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the Crystal Ice and Power Company, granted by the judge of the corporation court of Danville, Virginia, on March 8, 1900.
An ACT to incorporate Faulkland Development Company.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the Palmer’s Springs magisterial district, in the county of Mecklenburg, Virginia, at a special election to be held therefor, the question of the establishment of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in said magisterial district, and in the event a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establishment and the conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter within said magisterial district the sale, barter, or exchange of intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms, or corporations, except as provided herein.
An ACT to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the Old Dominion Railway Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Delta Chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity of the University of Virginia.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the charter of the Country Club, of Norfolk, Virginia.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the town of Martinsville, in the county of Henry, Virginia, at a special election to be held therefor, the question of the establishment of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, and in the event a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dispensary, then further to provide for the establishment and the conduct of the same, and to prohibit thereafter within said town, or within the magisterial district in which said town is situated, the sale, barter, or exchange of intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms, or corporations, except as provided herein.
An ACT to amend section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia Marble Company, approved March 30, 1870.
An ACT to permit R. H. Bland & Co., of Middlesex county, to erect a watch-house on their oyster grounds, on the Rappahannock river.
An ACT to incorporate the Craig Telephone Company.
An ACT for the relief of the Home Land Company from an erroneous assessment of land in Warwick county.