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Cemeteries

1893/1894
An ACT to incorporate the town of North Tazewell, in the county of Tazewell.
An ACT to incorporate the Shoemaker college, in Scott county.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in Dickenson county.
An ACT to incorporate the Riverside cemetery, near Courtland, Southampton county.
An ACT to incorporate the Valentine museum.

1897/1898
An ACT to incorporate the Danville mutual aid and benefit society.
An ACT to authorize the school trustees of Chatham school in Pittsylvania county to sell and convey certain land to the author Chatham cemetery lot.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 12, 27 and 28 of chapter 577 of the acts of the assembly of Virginia 1895-96 entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Waynesboro.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5, 12, 18 and 20 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Berkley in the county of Norfolk
An ACT to enlarge the criminal jurisdiction of the courts of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper.
An ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Cornett
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 2 in relation to the mayor; sections 6 and 7 of chapter 3 in relation to the common council; sections 2, 8, 9 and 10 of chapter 4 in relation to finance; section 11 of chapter 5 in relation to the city officers; and to add an independent section, in relation to omitted assessments, to said chapter of an act entitled, ‘‘An act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg,” approved March 11, 1875, as amended by an act approved April 4, 1877, and by an act approved January 25, 1890.

1899/1900
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts or charters in conflict therewith.
An ACT for the relief of the congregation and members of Madison station Methodist Episcopal church south, in Amherst county, authorizing the establishment of Meade memorial burial ground and defin- ing the duties and powers of the trustees thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved January 15, 1900, so as to regulate the location of cemeteries in Henrico county and confer certain authority upon the town council of Barton Heights.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to define the corporate limits and charter for the city of Williamsburg
An ACT to incorporate the independent order of Galilean fishermen.
An ACT for the relief of Jacob Yearout, a private Confederate soldier.
An ACT to amend section 1414 code of Virginia 1887, in relation to cemeteries in Henrico county, and giving the town of Barton Heights the authority to regulate by proper ordinances the burial of dead bodies in the cemeteries adjoining the town of Barton Heights and known as plat Cedarwood, Union Mechanics’, Methodist, Ebenezer, and Sycamore cemeteries.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clifton Forge,
An ACT to quiet the title to that certain lot in the city of Winchester, known as the old Catholic cemetery, and to provide for the removal of the remains interred therein and the sale of said lot.
An ACT to incorporate the west end cemetery company of Manassas.
An ACT to approve, ratify, and confirm the charter of the peace and light society, of King George county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the help and protection society of King George county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the John Marshall memorial association.

1895/1896
An ACT to amend sections 1 and 7 of a charter granted to the Gethsemane lodge of the state of Virginia, No. 1, on the 28th day of November, 1894, by the judge of the circuit court of King George county, in vacation, and to confirm, approve, and ratify such charter as amended.
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 incorporate the Sons and daughters of Zion of the county of Louisa.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 3 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Graham, in the county of Tazewell, approved February 29, 1892.
An ACT to establish public places of interment for the remains of citizens and residents of Tazewell county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the act to incorporate the Bethel cemetery company, approved December 15, 1885.
An ACT to incorporate the Wakefield cemetery.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.
An ACT for the relief of Wm. Henry Harrison Cawood.
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved Fehruary 23, 1888, as amended by an act entitled “ an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Waynesboro,” approved January 26, 1992, and to authorize said town to issue bonds for water and cemetery purposes.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Waverly to establish cemeteries or burial places within or without said town and to validate a certain deed conveying land to said town for that purpose.
An ACT to exempt from taxation the property of Green Hill cemetery company, near Berryville, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Smithville cemetery company, in Charlotte county.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Belle Haven, Accomac county.

1901/1902
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 26 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1832.
An ACT to close certain streets and alleys formerly laid off through a plat of land now owned by the Riverview cemetery and other lands adjoining now used as farming lands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1101 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 947 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the common council of the city of Roanoke to issue bonds or certificates of debt to the amount of $25,000 for the purpose of purchasing, improving, and maintaining a public park and cemetery in the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 19, 1850, entitled ‘an act incorporating the Woodbine Cemetery Company, in the county of Rockingham.”
An ACT to incorporate Bedford City Cemetery, in and near Bedford City, Bedford county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Oak Grove Cemetery Association, of Westmoreland county, Virginia.

1901es
An ACT to incorporate the Sweet Briar institute, in the county of Amherst, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Independent Baptist aid society of Westmoreland courity, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Oxford Presbyterian church, in the county of Rockbridge, to sell certain lots for burial purposes.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia casket, cemetery, burial and crematory company.
An ACT to incorporate the Independent order of true reformers of Westmoreland county, Virginia.

1902/1903
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Edenburg, in Shenandoah county, to acquire land for cemetery purposes, and to sell and convey lot or lots therefrom to purchasers,
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1101 of the Code of Virginia,
An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the Southwestern State Hospital to exchange certain land with the heirs of J. B. Rhea, deceased, and to execute and receive the necessary deeds for the purpose of carrying the same into effect.
An ACT to add an additional section to an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Courtland, in the county of Southampton, approved January 27, 1888.

1902/1904
An ACT to add an additional section to an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Courtland, in the county of Southampton
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Edenburg, in Shenandoah county, to acquire land for cemetery purposes, and to sell and convey lot or lots therefrom to purchasers.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of removing the remains of the wife and of the daughter of James Monroe from Oakhill, in Loudoun county, to Hollywood, in the city of Richmond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the title of an act entitled 'an act to prohibit the establishment and location of small-pox hospitals, or pest houses, within fifty yards of any street, public road, public park, or public cemetery, in any city, town, or county of the Commonwealth, or to hereafter establish any such hospital, or pest house, within one hundred and fifty yards of any public road, public park, or public cemetery, in any county of the Commonwealth'
An ACT to confer on the town council of the town of Barton Heights, Henrico county, certain authority as to the cemeteries adjoining said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to authorize the University of Virginia to send property to St. Louis for exhibition purposes.

1904
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers.
An ACT to make valid any disposition of property in perpetuity for the maintenance or care of cemeteries, cemetery lots, monuments, and other erections, and authorizing cemetery companies or trustees holding title to cemeteries or burial grounds to take and hold any property according to the terms of the grant, bequest, devise, or gift.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to appropriate certain sums of money from the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers,” approved February 8, 1904.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1416 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 580 of the acts of the general assembly, extra session 1902-’03-’04, entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 60, chapter 7, of the charter of the city of Portsmouth, in relation to city officers.”

1906
An ACT to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 15, 1900; and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved March 8, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 2, 1904.
AN ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter 3, and section 9, chapter 3, of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a secretary of Virginia military records, prescribing his duties, and for collecting materials for the 'History of Virginia in the Civil War'; and to appropriate the sum of $7,600 for the years of 1906-1907 to defray the necessary expenses of the office.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act approved February 10, 1904, entitled “an act to make valid any disposition of property in perpetuity for the maintenance and care of cemeteries, cemetery lots, monuments, and other erections, and authorizing cemetery companies and trustees holding title to cemeteries or burial grounds to take and hold any property according to the terms of the grant, bequest, devise or gift.”

1908
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 3, 1900, and in force from its passage, entitled: An act to provide a new charter for the city of Charlottesville and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to make an appropriation to the Johnson’s Island Confederate cemetery commission of Ohio to aid said Confederate cemetery commission in its noble work of caring for the graves of Virginia soldiers buried at Johnson’s Island and Camp Chase.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19 and 74, of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Manchester, approved March 20, 1874, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1878, and as further amended by an act approved March 3, 1900.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond as heretofore amended, in relation to the powers of the city council; and to amend and re-enact section 64 of the said charter in relation to the duties of the city engineer.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 3 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898, and an act approved March 15, 1906.
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the Virginia State treasury in aid of duly organized Confederate memorial associations of this State, having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers.
An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to pay to the Ladies’ Memorial Association of Petersburg, Virginia, certain sums of money appropriated by an act approved March 14, 1904, acts 1904, page 266, no part of said appropriation having been paid.

1910
An ACT providing for the condemnation, by cities and towns, of abandoned or unused and neglected burying grounds wholly or partly within the limits of such cities and towns, and making disposition of the remains interred in such burying grounds.
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the Virginia State treasury in aid of duly organized Confederate memorial associations of this State having in charge and that expend such money upon cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers or sailors.
An ACT concerning the charter and transactions of the General Alumni Association of the University of Virginia, and accepting the provisions of a certain deed of trust made by said association for the use and benefit of the University of Virginia.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fiscal years
An ACT providing for detention or commitment of minors under seventeen years of age for certain offenses not in jails or penitentiaries; placing them in suitable homes and institutions under certain circumstances; when they can and cannot be sent to jail; allowing them to be released on probation; the approval of the State board of charities and corrections under certain contingencies; penalties for removing any child committed hereunder or violating any provision hereof; allowing jury trials and appeals: appointment of probation officers and outlining their duties; and declaring an emergency.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of chapter 1 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, to amend and re-enact chapters 2, 3 and 5 of said act, as amended by subsequent acts, and to amend and re-enact sections 4 and 5, and to repeal section 7 of chapter 6 of said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 9, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 15, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved March 3, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 2, 1904.

1912
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled: “An act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force, January 21,1884, entitled ‘An act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882,’ as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887, April 28, 1887, May 14, 1887, February 14, 1900, February 21, 1900, February 26, 1900, February 2, 1901, February 15, 1901, March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887, February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906.”
An ACT to allow the erection of a fountain in the city of Alexandria, by the Mount Vernon Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and to authorize the city council of Alexandria, to grant permission for such erection.
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the Virginia State treasury in aid of duly organized Confederate memorial associations of this State having in charge and that expend such money upon cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers or sailors.
An ACT to provide for the immediate registration of all births and deaths throughout the State of Virginia, by means of certificates of births and deaths, and burial or removal permits; to require prompt returns to the bureau of vital statistics at the capital of the State, as required to be established by the State board of health; to insure the thorough organization and efficiency of the registration of vital statistics throughout the State; to provide certain penalties; to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 4 of an act entitled an act concerning corporations, which became a law on May 21, 1903, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1910, entitled an act to amend section 4 of chapter 4 of an act concerning corporations.

1914
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish the town of Monterey, at the seat of justice for the county of Highland, passed March 29, 1848, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend an act passed March 29, 1848, entitled an act to establish the town of Monterey, at the seat of justice for the county of Highland, approved March 17, 1876, and as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 4 of an act entitled an act to amend an act passed March 29, 1848, entitled an act to establish the town of Monterey as the seat of justice for Highland county, approved March 17, 1876, approved February 19, 1898; and to provide a new charter for the said town of Monterey.
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the Virginia State treasury in aid of duly organized confederate memorial associations of this State, having in charge and that expend such money upon cemeteries containing the graves of confederate soldiers or sailors.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Blackstone, in the county of Nottoway, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 3 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 17, 1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of chapter 1 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, to amend and re-enact chapters 2, 3 and 5 of said act as amended by subsequent acts, and to amend and re-enact sections 4 and 5, and to repeal section 7 of chapter 6 of said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 or an act approved July 11, 1870, providing a charter for the town of West Point, in King William county, as amended by an act approved March 22, 1872, and as amended by an act approved March 1, 1884, and as amended by an act approved May 2, 1887, and as amended by an act approved March 1, 1892, and as amended by acts approved March 3, 1894, and by an act approved March 14, 1910, and to add additional sections thereto.