Children -- Institutional care

1948
An ACT to authorize the destruction of the papers and files of certain kinds of cases in certain of the juvenile and domestic relations courts, after the lapse of a certain time from the final disposition of any as KG
An ACT to repeal Sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of Chapter 171 of the Acts of Assembly of 1899-1900, in effect January 22, 1900, which chapter provided a new charter for the town of Abingdon in the county of Washington, the sections having been added to the chapter by Chapter 408 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 24, 1926, to create the Central School District for the town of Abingdon; to prescribe conditions under which such repeal shall be effective; and, in the event such repeal becomes effective, to abolish such Central School District and its board of trustees, and to provide that the town of Abingdon shall then become a special school district for representation on the county school board, with one member on such board.
An ACT to authorize the Virginia Commission for the Blind to convey certain property.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1, 2 and 3 as amended, 4, 5, 6 as amended, 7, 9, 10 as amended, 13 as amended, 14, 17, and 18 of Chapter 489 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, relating to the employment of children.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 11, as amended, of Chapter 105 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved ila eld 1922, relating to the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Public Welfare, and the fees paid for the maintenance of certain children.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 48 of the Code of Virginia relating to quantity of land certain associations may hold; and to validate certain holdings.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 3, 10, 11, 17, 20, 23, 27, 28, 29, 33, and 42 of Chapter 473 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 6, 1942, which chapter provided a new charter for the town of Blacksburg in the county of Montgomery, and the amended sections relating to the powers, duties, functions and procedure of the council, the annual budget, the appointment of town officials and employees, audits of the town’s finances, the subdivision of lands, and town planning and zoning.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5321, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disbursements by guardians and other fiduciaries.
An ACT to provide for a study, by the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council, of a system of juvenile and domestic relations courts for Virginia.

1950
An Act to provide a State-wide system of juvenile and domestic relations courts with probation officers and juvenile detention facilities, to define their powers and duties and to repeal §§ 116-130-172, inclusive; §§ 63-257 through 63-288 inclusive; §§ 63-294 through 63-307 inclusive of the Code of 1950.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Amherst; and to repeal the existing charter and amendments
An Act to amend and reenact § 2.05 of chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1948 providing a new charter for the City of Richmond concerning certain powers of the City so as to authorize the City to acquire and provide for the preservation and maintenance of places of old and historic interest,
AN ACT to permit civil proceedings to compel the support of dependent wives, children, and poor relations within and without the State of Virginia and to prescribe the procedure therefor.
AN ACT to amend and reenact Title 37 of the Code of 1950 containing sections numbered 37-1 through 37-260, the title and sections relating to insane, epileptic, feebleminded, inebriate and drug addicts; the Department and Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals; and the State Hospital Board; to amend the Code of 1950 by adding in Title 37 sections numbered 37-1.1, 37-34.1, 37-61.1, 37-71.1, 37-110.1, 37-126.1, 37-132.1, 37-185.1, 37-153.1, 37-254.1, 37-257.1 and 37-257.2 relating to the same matters and to repeal §§ 37-43, 37-82 and 37-179 of the Code of 1950.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 23-159 of the Code of 1950, relating to powers and duties of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, and to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 23-163.1, prescribing certain reports to be made by such Board to the State Board of Education.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 63-295 of the Code of 1950, relating to inspection of certain homes by Board of Welfare and Institutions.
AN ACT to provide a charter for the town of Exmore, and to repeal acts in conflict therewith.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 18-59.1 of the Code of 1950, relating to trials for unlawful carnal knowledge of female children who are of bad repute or lewd.
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Pound.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 63-28 of the Code of 1950 relating to duty of Board of Welfare and Institutions to visit certain institutions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-888 of the Code of 1950, relating to liens on real estate of decree for alimony, to extend the provisions to maintenance, support and education of infant children of parties to a divorce
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Martinsville, Virginia; and to repeal Chapter 69 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved February 25, 1942, which provided a charter for such city.
An Act to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 22-258.1, providing for the exemption of certain children from compulsory education requirements.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Parksley, including Chapter 362 of the Acts of Assembly of 1916, approved March 20, 1916, as amended.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 32 an article numbered 6, containing four sections numbered 32-104.4 through 32-104.7, requiring the making and filing of certain prenatal serological examinations and certainnotations on birth certificates and prescribing penalties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-367 of the Code of 1950 pertaining to the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, to change the name of the school to the Janie Porter Barrett School for Girls.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a new section numbered 68-848.1, so as to provide under certain conditions for the adoption of adult persons.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-49 of the Code of 1950, relating to the circumstances under which consent is required for a person to marry and how such consent is given.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a new section numbered 68-856.1 to provide for the adoption by a spouse of a natural parent of infant children without going through all the details of procedure.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 68-878 of the Code of 1950, relating to transfer of juveniles from industrial schools to the Virginia Industrial Farm for Women.

1952
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-818 of the Code of Virginia, relating to minors in public pool rooms outside of the limit of cities and towns, so as to extend the provisions of the section to certain counter 642
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-362 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annulments of adoption, so as to lamit the time within which such action may be brought.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-251 of the Code of Virginia, relating to ages of children required to attend school.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by amending § 63-848, providing for the adoption of children and prescribing the procedure and incidents
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-88 and 16-172.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil and police justices and judges of juvenile and domestic relations courts and to their substitutes.
An Act to repeal 8§ 68-872 and 68-878, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfer of wards of certain schools to other places of confinement under certain conditions, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 68-878.1, providing for certain criminal proceedings against certain persons in the custody of the State Department of Welfare and Institutions under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 68-68 of the Code of Virginia, relating to records of local boards of public welfare so as to provide further access thereto; to prohibit certain uses of information therefrom; to provide penalties for violations and to repeal § 3 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 5, 1950, relating to certain of the foregoing.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1.01, 2.03, 2.05, 2.06, 3.04, 3.05, 3.07, 3.08, 8.09, 3.10, 8.11, 3.12, 4.02, 4.07, 5.01, 5.04, 5.08, 5.11, 5.18, 5.14, 6.01, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07, 6.14, 7.04, 7.06, 7.07, 8.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.06, 9.10, 9.12, 9.14, 9.18, 9.19, 10.01, 10.02, 11.01, 12.02, 14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 15.02, 15.05, and the caption title to Charter Chapter 16, and to repeal §§ 10.08, 10.04 and 10.05 of Chapter 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being the charter of the city of Alexandria.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-49, amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to consent required for marriage and how given.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson, in the county of Shenandoah; and to repeal Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-1888, as amended, which chapter provided a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-674, 8-675, 8-676, 8-678, 8-679, 8-680, 8-682, 8-685, 8-686, 8-687, 8-688, 8-689, and 8-689.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-689.4, all of which relate to biils for sale or encumbrance of land of certain persons so as to include certain other persons thereunder and to validate prior proceedings.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 20-88.82, providing for the support of children of unwed parents by the father under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-363 of the Code of Virgiua, relating to issuance of licenses to operate motor vehicles to minors.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Emporia, in the county of Greensville, and to repeal Chapter 178 of the Acts of Assembly of 1897-1898, approved January 31, 1898, as amended.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63-5.2 to authorize the establishment and operation of stores in certain institutions.
An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Coeburn, in the county of Wise; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present Council and Government while in office, inconsistent with this new charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all acts, or parts of acts, in conflict with this act.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 63-51, 63-56, 63-58, 68-61, 63-62, 63-64, 68-69, 63-71, 68-72, 68-78, 68-75 and 68-80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local boards of public welfare; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding two new sections numbered 68-538.1 and 68-75.1, so as to provide for optional types of boards in cities of the first class and in two or more counties or a city and a county; and to repeal § 68-63 of the Code of Virginia relating to local boards of public welfare.
An Act to repeal §§ 68-48 and 68-49 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain duties of Commissioner of Welfare in relation to register of feeble-minded persons and protection of such persons.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-172.1, 16-172.4, 16-172.6, 16-172.7, 16-172.9, 16-172.11, 16-172.17, 16-172.28, 16-172.25, 16-172.80, 16-172.31, 16-172.83, 16-172.88, 16-172.89, 16-172.42, 16-172.48, 16-172.44, 16-172.49, 16-172.51, 16-172.52, 16-172.60, 16-172.65, 16-172.66, 16-172.67, 16-172.69, 16-172.70, 16-172.71, 16-172.75, 16-172.77, 16-172.78, 16-172.79 and 16-172.80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the purpose and intent of the juvenile and domestic relations law, to juvenile and domestic relations courts, judiciary and officials, to jurisdiction, practice and procedure of such courts, to commitments and arrests and detention of juveniles, and to the probation officers of such courts; to repeal § 16-172.73 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local superintendents as probation officers and to appropriate funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-298 of the Code of Virginia, relating to per diem cost of maintenance of children by the Board of Welfare and Institutions.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered § 68-859.1, providing indices of adoptions to be prepared by court clerks and to whom such indices shall be available.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-355 of the Code of Virginia, relating to omission of probationary period and interlocutory order and entrance of final order of adoption in certain cases, so as to alter certain requirements concerning visitations.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-750 and 8-751 of the Code of Virginia, relating to moneys under control of court to increase the amount payable without appointment of fiduciary.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-290 of the Code of Virginia, relating to departments of public welfare in certain counties.
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An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered § 63-5.1, relating to additional powers of Director of Department of Welfare and Institutions as to certain persons under the control of such department.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered § 63-356.2, relating to when, in certain adoptions, reference to and investigation by the Director of Welfare and Institutions may be dispensed with.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-7.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the education of children of persons killed or disabled while serving in the armed forces of the United States.
An Act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke; and to repeal Chap 478 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 22, 1924, which provided a new charter for said city, and all amendments thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to support of parents by children.
An Act to provide, subject to a referendum, for the incorporation of the town of Poquoson in York County; to provide for the creation of a special school district therein and prescribe its powers and duties; and to provide for such referendum.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 20 a Chapter numbered 5.2 containing §§ 20-88.12 through 20-88.31, relating to duty of support and civil and criminal enforcement thereof; and to repeal Chapter 5.1 of Title 20, containing §§ 20-88.1 through 20-88.11, relating to same matters.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-694 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of share in proceeds from certain sales, so as to coordinate same with § 8-685 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 638-124, 68-188, 68-159, 68-188, 63-202, 68-215, and 68-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to blind persons, and general relief, and to certain misdemeanors in connection with such aid, assistance, or relief; and to amend the Code by adding a section numbered 68-149.1, requiring certain information to be furnished local boards, and providing penalties for failure or neglect to do A

1954
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of courts to make certain decrees upon decreeing a divorce or the dissolution of a marriage.
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Middletown; and to repeal Chapter 870 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a charter for the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.77, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the supervision of ‘child or minor on parore.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18-848.1, to prohibit the keeping of a refrigerator or ice box under certain conditions without doing certain things and to provide a penalty for violation thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-61 as amended, 20-62, 20-63 and 20-88 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to desertion or nonsupport of wife, children and parents in certain circumstances, punishment therefor, forfeitures, commitment to certain penal institutions and payment of certain funds for the support of such dependents.
An Act to provide a mobile psychiatric clinic for children and youths who are wards of the State.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-751 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to moneys under control of court so as to provide for the payment of certain small amounts to certain persons.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-88.21 and 20-88.22 of the Code of Virginia, relating to contents of petitions and duties of courts of this State as an initiating state under the uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support of Dependents Act; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding §§ 20-88.21-1, 20-88.22-1 and 20-88.22-2, relating respectively to provision of counsel for certain petitioners, bringing of petitions with the appointment of guardians ad litem, arresting of defendants in certain cases, and duties of the Department of Welfare and Institutions as the State Information Agency.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-884 of the Code of Virginia as to opening and maintenance of express offices so as to make the statute apply only to railroad companies operating their own express business.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 68-818.1, relating to certain district homes for the maintenance of persons unable to care for themselves so as to provide for a transfer of certain property therein to certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-348 as amended, 63-348.1, 63-349, 63-351, 63-852, 68-858, 68-855 as amended, 63-858, and 63-361 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal § 638-862, all relating to adoptions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2-259.2, 15-712, 22-9, 22-262, 68-162, and 63-204.1 of the Code of Virginia, all of which relate to the Virginia Commission for the Blind, so as to change its name.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-866, 68-868 and 68-869 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain industrial schools.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-96 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the performance of certain services in relation to juvenile and domestic relations courts.

An Act to amend and reenact § 68-67.1 of the Code of Virginia concerning certain reports furnished governing bodies of counties and cities by local boards of public welfare.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-115, 68-141 and 68-179 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to eligibility for old age assistance, eligibility for aid to dependent children, and eligibility for aid to the blind
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.63 of the Code of Virginia, relating to detention and release of certain children taken into custody.
An Act to amend and reenact § 63-58 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local boards of public welfare in cities of the second class.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.71, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to how probation service provided under the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Law.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-750,as amended, of the Code of Virginta, relating to payment of certain funds to infants or adults through the court without the intervention of an administrator, guardian or committee.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.68 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the cost of maintenance of certain children in certain hot 79)
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-172.4, 16-172.6 and 16-172.9, as amended, and §§ 16-172.18, 16-172.15, 16-172.16 and 16-172.84 of the Code of Virginia, relating to juvenile and domestic relations courts and judges.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers and duties of county school boards generally.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-1738.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to free passage over certain toll bridges and ferries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 68-101 of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions of terms used in the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 809 of the Acts of Assembly of 1920, approved March 19, 1920, which provided anareet for the city of Bristol, the section relating to the powers of the city.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-419 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of admissions of patients to certain institutions.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 68-298.1, so as to provide for reimbursement of cities and counties by the State Board of Welfare and Institutions for certain costs in connection with detention homes.
An Act to provide for determining the validity of certain bond issues; and to repeal certain acts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.61 of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of warrants for children.
An Act to amend and reenact § 53-272 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspending sentence and placing on probation persons guilty of certain offenses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 81-6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bonds required of guardians.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.42 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfer of cases involving certain children to certain courts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4-61.1 and 4-89 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to the unlawful possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages, or beverages as defined in § 4-99, on property operated as clubs, and to ways in which the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act shall not be construed, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4-118.1 so as to provide that certain licensees of the Board shall not allow certain beverages to be kept upon their premises, with certain exceptions.