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Civil Rights

1877/1878
An ACT to revise, amend, and re-enact sections eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, cighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of chapter sixteen ; sections eight, nine, ten, and eleven of chapter forty-eight; chapter ninety-six ; sections thirty-five and thirty-seven of chapter one hundred and eighty ; chapters one hundred and eirhty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety, one hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and ninety-five, one hundred and ninety-six, one hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and ninety-eight, one ‘hundred and ninety-nine, two hundred, two hundred and one, two hundred and two, two hundred and three, two hundred and four, two hundred and five, two hundred and six, two hundred and seven, and two hundred and eight of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and acts amendatory thereof, and regulating certain fees in criminal cases.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of James C. Scott and Edward G. Spillman under the duelling clause of the constitution.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 26th, 1877, entitled an act to amend section fifty-eight of chapter seventy-eight of the Code of 1873, in regard to admission to the public free schools.
An ACT to incorporate Chincoteague temperance association.
An ACT for the relief of Marcy W. Green from a fine
An ACT to amend and re-enact section L of an act entitled an act to extend the time for repairing and rebuilding mills and machinery burned during the war
An ACT for the relief of Andrew Taylor, of Craig county, from a fine of forty dollars assessed against him in the county court of Craig county.
An ACT for the relief of J. H. Godsey from the payment
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of John A. Henley and Sydney Smith of Williamsburg.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section, 10, chapter 145, Code of Virginia, 1873, in regard to actions for injuries.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the ninth section of chapter 146, of the Code of 1878, to the right of action on bonds of fiduciaries.

1881/1882
An ACT appropriating the public revenues for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-one-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-two-three.
An ACT to provide for the compensation of Special House committee and their clerks appointed by resolution of the House cf Delegates of Virginia, adopted March Yth, 1880.
An ACT cunfirming the issue of the capital stock of the Norfolk and Western railroad.
An ACT to provide commutation to such maimed soldiers, sailors, and marines, in lieu of artificial limbs or eyes, or otherwise disabled, as may not heretofore have received the same under the provisions of former acts.
An ACT providing for submission to the people of the proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia in reference to the elective franchise and qualifications to office.
An AOT authorizing and directing the directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum to contract for the erection, near the city of Petersburg, of suitable buildings for the accommodation of the colored insane of the state.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act authorizing and directing the directors of the Central Lunatic Asylum to contract for the erection, near the city of Petersburg, of suitable buildings for the accommodation of the colored insane of the State.
An ACT to incorporate the Normal and Collegiate Institute, and provide for the support of the same.
An ACT to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, under the name of the town of
An ACT for the relief of William Reynolds from a fine.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved January 26, 1877, entitled an act to amend section 68 of chapter 78 of the Code of 18738, in regard to admission to the public free schools, approved January 14, 1878.
An ACT to remove the disabilities of W. H. Payne, and others.
An ACT in reference to fences in Princess Anne county.

1882es
An ACT for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, income, and licenses, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt.
An ACT for the removal of the disabilities of Charles R. Lee, Warner S. Kerfoot, Conrad Kownslar, and Marshall McCormick.
An ACT to incorporate the Church home for infirm and disabled colored persons in the county of Brunswick.
An ACT to prevent Attorneys-at-Law, who fail to pay over moneys and valuables received by them, within a given time, from practicing in the courts of the commonwealth.
An ACT to incorporate the L. O. L. Order of Brotherhood.
An ACT to suppress duelling in the commonwealth of Virginia.
An ACT appropriating the public revenues for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-one-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-two-three.

1866/1867
An ACT to amend Chapter 21 of Acts of 1865-66, in relation to the Evidence of Parties in Suits.
An ACT to amend an act to amend the Charter of the City of Alexandria
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 2d sections of the act passed 8d of March, 1866, entitled an act providing for the Adjustment of Liabilities arising under Contracts or Wills made between the Ist day of January, 1862, and the 10th day of April, 1865.
An ACT appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1866-67.
Joint Resolution in relation to the Constitutional Amendment.

1883/1884
An ACT to prohibit the active participation in politics of certain officers of the state government.
An ACT to incorporate the Womans Temperance, Coffee and Lunch House and Reading-Room Association of Harrisonburg.
An ACT to provide a new Charter for the City of Roanoke.
An ACT to relieve the political disabilities of Harrison Southworth, John S. Williamson and others.
An ACT to incorporate the Ivy Hill Cemetery Company
An ACT to incorporate the town of Goshen, in the county of Rockbridge.
An ACT to incorporate the Loudoun County Live Stock Exhibition Association.
An ACT providing for an eight weeks’ course of instruction for the colored teachers in this state.
An ACT to regulate the taking of oysters in the Potomac
An ACT to incorporate R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans.
An ACT to incorporate the Hartshorn Memorial College.
An ACT appropriating the Public Revenues for the fiscal years 1884 and 1885.
An ACT to provide for the organization, maintenance, and government of the Virginia Volunteers, and to repeal existing laws concerning the Volunteer Militia.

1884es
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 340, sections 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Session Acts 1883-4, in relation to the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Clifton Forge in the county of Alleghany.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of George W. Gunnell, Richard B. Tyler, and others.
An ACT to incorporate the Bishop Payne Divinity and Industrial School in Virginia.
An Act for the relief of John McClure

1885/1886
An ACT appropriating public revenues for the fiscal years 1886 and 1887.
An ACT making an annual appropriation fer the support of the home of R. E. Lee Camp No. 1 Confederate veterans.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of W. O. Hardaway and others.
An ACT for the relief of Wm. H. Talley
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of 8S. R. Donohoe and others.
An ACT to incorporate the association of the survivors of the Clarke cavalry.

An ACT to allow persons charged with crime to testify in their own behalf.
An ACT to incorporate the Colored Agricultural and Industrial Association of Virginia.

1887es
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of John L. Lee, of Amherst, and B. C. Mosby, of Bedford.
An ACT to repeal section four, chapter 340 of Acts of 1883-84, entitled an act providing for an eight weeks’ course of instruction for the colored teachers in the State.
An ACT to provide for the care of the colored insane of the State, and to enlarge for that purpose the Central lunatic asylum, and appropriating money therefor.
An ACT to provide for a normal school in the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute.
An ACT to provide a modified oath to be taken by persons elected or appointed to any post or office under the laws of the commonwealth, who are unable to take the oath required under the Acts of Assembly approved April 21, 1882.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of Page McCarty and William L. Royall.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 32 and 33 of chapter 82 of Code of 1873, in relation to disposing of lunatics when restored to sanity.

1887/1888
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections one hundred and twelve, six hundred and thirty-three, six hundred and seventy-four, two thousand five hundred and thirty-three, three thousand and forty-five, three thousand and fifty-three, three thousand and ninety-three, three thousand and ninety-one, three thousand four hundred and fifty-five, three thousand four hundred and ninety-two, four thousand and forty-eight, and four thousand and forty-nine of the act entitled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the general statutes of the commonwealth, approved May 16, 1887.
An ACT to nema f the political disabilities of Daniel P. Curtis.
An ACT for the relief of T. E. McCracken from a fine imposed by the corporation court of Fredericksburg.
An ACT to give aid to soldiers, sailors, and marines of Virginia maimed or disabled in the war between the states, and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors, and marines who lost their lives in said war in the military service.
An ACT for the relief of Lillias D. Womack, a lunatic.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of W. S. Mathews and others.
An ACT to provide for abating public nuisances, and for disposing of fines imposed therefor.
An ACT appropriating the public revenues for the fiscal years 1888 and 1889.

1889/1890 Public Laws
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of A. H. Christian, junior, Frank Lee, R. H. Lee, W. E. Owen, James E. Andrews, and H. W. Booker.
An ACT to amend section 2462 of the code of Virginia in regard to reservation of title to goods and chattels sold upon condition.
An ACT to refund to John L. Dawson, of Albemarle county, fifty-four dollars for state taxes erroneously paid by him.
An ACT to re-enact chapter 49, code of Assembly 1874, for the relief of sheriffs in the service of civil process in other counties than the one in which they reside.
An ACT in relation to the preservation of order at the polls
An ACT for the relief of C. M. Botta and Robert Mullen.

1891/1892
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of William P. Dillard.
An ACT to empower the county court of Buckingham to certify the claim of Mrs. Sallie A. Wade to the auditor of public accounts.
An ACT for the relief of Susan C. Mays, the widow of Thomas T. Mays, a Confederate soldier.
An ACT to incorporate the Hamilton institute, in the county of Washington.
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years, ending respectively, the 80th day of September, 1892, and the 30th day of September, 1893.
An ACT to incorporate the Rosemary library.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of Seyar Whiting and Geo Fitchett
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to incorporate Blackstone female institute.
An ACT to remove political disabilities of B. F. Hudgins, Jr.
An ACT to release George W. Chewning from the payment of fines imposed upon him by the county court of Louisa.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the tenth clause of article 1 of the constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said amendment, and certifying the same to the next general assembly.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Waverly.
An ACT to incorporate the Hanover Troop Association, C. V.

1893/1894
An ACT for the relief of R. E. Clay from payment of a fine imposed by county court of Amelia county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2906 of the code of Virginia, with respect to the survival of the right of action to the plaintiff’s representatives in actions for tort when the plaintiff dies pending the action.