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1878/79
An ACT to incorporate the Bank of Dublin
An Act to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Portsmouth Insurance Company, passed February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two.
An ACT to authorize the James River and Kanawha Company to make sale and transfer of all its works, property, and franchises to the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company, and to define the powers and duties of the Board of Public Works in respect thereto.
An ACT to incorporate the Dan Valley and Yadkin River Narrow-Gauge railroad company.
An ACT to authorize the erection of a pier or wharf on Lyon’s creek, in the county of Isle of Wight.
An ACT for the relief of J. B, Hylton, of Wise county
An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Goochland county to permit W. B. W. Brooklug to erect a store and warehouse on the public land at Cedar Point, in the county of Goochland.
An ACT to enable the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company to increase its capital stock for certain purposes.
1879/80
An ACT to authorize the board of trustees of Roanoke College to borrow money.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to refund to N. Rensch, of Pittsylvania county, a license tax
An ACT to incorporate the Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western Railway Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Portsmouth Terminal Railway, Wharf and Warehouse Company.
An ACT to incorporate the United States Commercial Company.
An ACT to repeal the act entitled an act to amend the charter of the Valley Railroad Company, approved April 2, 1879.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Dan Valley and Yadkin River Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company
An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria Reform Club Building Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 59, chapter 57, Code of 1873, as to incorporated companies.
An ACT amending the charter of the town of Grundy, in Buchanan county.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Albemarle Home Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
An ACT to authorize Smithfield Lodge of Independent Order of Odd-Fellows to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the erection of a wharf on Chincoteague bay, in the county of Accomac.
An ACT to incorporate the Small Dealers Cash-Payment Guarantee Society
An ACT to authorize the purchasers of the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad to issue common and preferred stock for certain purposes.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 28, 29 and 30, of chapter 36, Code 1873, in relation to deposits of foreign insurance companies.
An ACT authorizing the Board of Public Works to adjust the claims of the James River and Kanawha Company, and appropriating the proceeds, and providing for the safe-keeping of certain deposits, and authorizing the said James River and Kanawha Company to sell and convey its works and franchises to the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia and North Carolina Mining and Transportation Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Chesapeake and Idaho Gold and Silver Mining Company
An ACT to amend the sixth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway Company, and to enable the James River and Kanawha Company to subscribe to the capital stock thereof.
An ACT to amend and consolidate into one act the laws prescribing the manner in which the public printing shall be executed, and defining the duties of the superintendent thereof.
An ACT to incorporate the Iron Company of Virginia.
An ACT for the relief of A. M. Pierce from the payment of a tine and costs of same.
An ACT to refund to William S. Yates the tax of ten dollars paid by him as a common crier.
An ACT for the protection of mechanics by giving them a lien on articles repaired.
An ACT to incorporate the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company.
An ACT to authorize the Potomac and Ohio railroad company to record mortgages and deeds of trust under certain conditions.
An ACT to amend chapter 11 of Acts of special session 1879, authorizing sale of tobacco on storage, &c.
An ACT to incorporate the Seaboard Manufacturing Company.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Attorney-General to test before the Supreme Court of the United States so much of the act of incorporation of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad as relates to debts due the State of Virginia by the divisional lines of said railway.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 115 of the Code of 1873 as amended by an act approved March 31st, 1875, and as further amended by an act approved February 1st, 1879, relating to mechanics’ liens.
An ACT to incorporate the Luray Iron Company.
An ACT to confirm the donation by the town of Charlottesville to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, and to validate the bonds which have been or may be issued for the purpose.
An ACT to incorporate the Mount Vernon Railroad Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Mineral Land Company of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
An ACT to authorize the Tobacco City Building Fund Association, of Lynchburg, to hold real estate and convey the same.
An ACT to incorporate the Warrenton and Fauquier White Sulphur Springs Turnpike Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth and Deep Creek Turnpike Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Staunton and West Augusta Railroad Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk Knitting and Cotton Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to authorize the James River and Kanawha Company to construct and maintain a railway, in whole or in part, along its line, and to execute mortgages on its works, property and franchises.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Angora Company.
An ACT to legalize the organization of the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg, Massanutta and Toledo Railway Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Barboursville (Orange County, Virginia) Mercantile and Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to authorize G. W. Bishop, of Maryland, to erect a wharf on his premises at Franklin City, Accomac county.
An ACT for the protection of dairymen and to prevent deception in the sale of butter and cheese.
An ACT to incorporate Cumberland College, in Lee county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 180 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to clerk’s fees.
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Staunton.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 65 of the Code of 1873, in relation to telegraph companies.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Stove Company.
An ACT to incorporate Walker’s Creek Bridge and Turnpike Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act approved February 2, 1880, entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia Angora Company.
An Act to repeal an act approved February 27, 1879, entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Goochland county to permit W. B. W. Brooking to erect a store and warehouse on the public land at Cedar Point, in the county of Goochland.
An ACT to incorporate the Shenandoah Valley Mining Company
An ACT to incorporate the Seaboard Cotton Compress Company.
An ACT to incorporate the True Issue Publishing Company.
An ACT to amend the fifth section of an act to incorporate the Insurance and Savings Company of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the Mutual Building Fund Association of Lychburg to hold real estate and convey the same.
An ACT imposing a tax and prescribing regulations for collecting the same on the privilege of selling wine, ardent spirits or malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, within the limits of the commonwealth for the support of the government, and to pay the interest on the public debt.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 8 of an act approved January 11, 1877, enlarging the powers of the Royal Land Company so as to secure a connection for its railroad with the city of Richmond and otherwise to enlarge its powers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section three of an act to provide a charter for the town of Front Royal, approved November Ist, 1870.
An ACT to incorporate the Mount Alto Mining and Land Company of Virginia.
1879es
An Act to Amend and Re-Enact an Act Entitled An Act to Incorporate the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company, Approved March 25, 1875.
An ACT to incorporate the Fork Ferry Company, and to authorize it to establish a ferry across the south branch of the Shenandoah river in Warren county.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Jockey Club
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, liabilities, and compensation of district officers, and to repeal chapter 47 and section 1 of chapter 48, Code of 1873, approved March 26, 1875.
An ACT to incorporate the Shenandoah Seminary at Dayton, Rockingham county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist, 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10h, 11th, 12th, 18th and 22d sections of an act entitled an act imposing a tax, and prescribing the mode of collecting the same, on the privilege of selling wine, ardent spirits or malt liquors within the limits of the commonwealth, for the support of the government and to pay the interest on the public debt
An ACT to incorporate the Orange Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act preseribing the duties, powers, liabilities and compensation of cer-
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7 and 8 of chapter 141 of the Code of 1873, in relation to promissory notes.
An ACT to regulate the collection of charges for transportation by canal, steamboat, and railroad companies.
An ACT to refund to N. Rensch, of Pittsylvania county, a license tax.
An ACT amending and re-enacting an act entitled an act regulating insurance Companies.
An ACT to authorize the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company to record mortgages and deeds of trust under certain conditions,
An ACT for the relief of the Union Car-Works’ Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Forest Improvement Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to authorize the James River and Kanawha Company to make sale and transfer of all its works, property, and franchises, and to invest the purchaser or purchasers With certain corporate rights, powers and franchises.
An ACT to provide for an inspection of cattle
An ACT for the relief of Ira F. Jordan & Co., of Louisa county.
An ACT to provide for the creation of a commissioner and burean of immigration.
An ACT to incorporate the Buchingham Railroad Company.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Valley Railroad Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 24 of chapter 61 of the Code of 1878, as amended by section 1 of an act approved March 31, 1875, in relation to works of internal improvement.
An ACT authorizing state depositories to substitute new bonds for those executed under existing laws
An ACT to incorporate the Roxboro’, Leasburg and Danville ‘Turnpike Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of chapter 311 of the Acts of 1877-78, in relation to the regulation of the sale of poisons.
An ACT to amend section 8 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond Perpetual Building, Loan and Trust Company