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Death and burial

1926
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6562 of the Code of Virginia, which said section is in chapter 274 of the said Code, on the subject of exemption of property of householder.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4806, 4811, 4812 and 4815 of the Code of Virginia, section 4806 having been amended by an act approved March 20, 1924, and to repeal sections 4809 and 4984 of the said Code, all of the said sections being in relation to coroner's inquests.
An ACT to amend subsections 3 and 28 of section 5888 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in order to transfer the county of Surry from the Third to the Twenty-eighth judicial circuit.
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.

1928
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5379 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to list to be furnished by personal representatives.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper, approved January 11, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to define a “mob,” and a “lynching”; to provide for the punishment of persons composing a “mob,” the actions of which result in the injury or death of another person; to prescribe penalties therefor; to provide for the recovery of damages therefor from any person or persons composing the mob; to prescribe the jurisdiction of courts in actions and prosecutions under the provisions of this act.
An ACT for the relief of the estates of L. H. Kemp and E. L. Tiller, deceased, and for the relief of W. L. Brittle, W. M. Milam and Robert Rose.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirteen of the charter of the town of Bedford, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Vinton, Roanoke county, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 and section 47 of an act entitled, an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke, approved March 22, 1924, subsection 10 of section two of which as amended, and subsection 11 of section two of which, as amended.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 412 of the acts of the general assembly of 1922, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Woodstock and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government of the town of Woodstock and all power heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid, approved March 24, 1922, relating to the public schools of said town, as amended.
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 amend and re-enact section 2569, of the Code of Virginia, relating to relief from fines.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5790 of the Code of Virginia in regard to the survival of the right of action against a deceased tort feasor.
An ACT for the relief of Eula O. Spence.
An ACT providing for the relief of Amelia Anne Cox.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1731 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disposition of certain dead bodies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1579, 1581 and 1582 of the Code of Virginia, section 1581 as amended by acts 1924, pave 499, relating to vital statistics.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5390 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the order in which debts of decedents shall be paid.

1930
An ACT to provide for payment of small sums due from employers State of Virginia or United States to distributees of decedents upon whose estates there have been no qualifications.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Bluefield, Virginia,
An ACT requiring the clerks of courts of records and the bureau of vital statistics to furnish to honorably discharged members of the United States military or naval forces, copies of records without charge.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Stony Creek, in the county of Sussex, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the council and government of the town of Stony Creek and all powers heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6239, 5361, 5362, 5363, 5364, 5365 and 5366 of the Code of Virginia, relating to presumption of death of persons absent for seven years or more and the distribution of the estate, real and personal, of such persons.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 85 of the acts of assembly of 1918, entitled “An act to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 21, 1916, relating to Confederate pensions,’ approved February 28, 1918, as amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 295 of the acts of assembly of 1928, entitled an act to authorize the boards of supervisors of the counties of Gloucester, Mathews and King William to appropriate funds for the purpose of contributing towards placing markers upon the graves of Confederate soldiers buried in such counties.
An ACT to provide for the relief of the family of S. M. Watts, a special prohibition officer, killed while in the discharge of his duty as such.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2569 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to relief from fines and forfeited recognizances.
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 and sailors, and in erecting and caring for markers and monuments to said soldiers and sailors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5402 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to commissioner of accounts.

1932
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5390 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the order in which debts of decedents shall be paid.
An ACT providing reciprocal relations in respect to death duties in non-resident estates.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gordonsville, Virginia; to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and 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.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4228 of the Code of Virginia, as last amended by an act approved March 18, 1926, in relation to the defenses of suicide and death by execution in actions on life insurance policies, and providing when such policies shall become incontestable, and as to certain ex-ceptions.
An ACT for the relief of Norella J. Wood, Mary Norella Wood, James Newton Wood and John Edwin Wood.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5791 of chapter 236, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the liability of intrastate common carriers by railroads operated by steam for injury to, or death of, employees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5247 and 5249 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the probate of wills and to the appointment of executors, et cetera, both sections having been heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Wakefield, approved April 2, 1902, as heretofore amended, so as to add thereto a new section designated section 18-a, relating to authorizing the said town to acquire and control a cemetery.

1934
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5363 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to proceedings concerning presumption of death of persons absent for seven years or more and to distribution of estates of such persons.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia; to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and 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.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Quantico in the county of Prince William.
An ACT for the relief of Norella J. Wood, Mary Norella Wood, James Newton Wood and John Edwin Wood.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6552 of the Code of Virginia, relating to articles which a householder may hold exempt from levy or distress.
An ACT to provide that inquests over the bodies of persons who meet with sudden, violent, unnatural or suspicious death, or who die without medical attention, where the death, or the injury which resulted in death, occurred in Henrico county and the dead body, or the person so injured, is taken to any morgue, hospital or other place in the city of Richmond, shall be held by the coroner of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4814 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to coroners’ inquests and burial of SBT B
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5249 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to probate of wills, appointment and qualification of appraisers, personal representatives and curators, by clerks and deputies, and appeals therefrom.

1936
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1715, 1716, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725 and 1726 of the Code of Virginia, 1919, as heretofore amended, and to add eleven new sections to the Code of Virginia, to be known and designated as sections 1715 (1), 1719-a, 1720-a, 1720-b, 1720-c, 1721-a, 1721-b, 1724-a, 1726-a, 1726-b and 1726-c, relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, changing the name of said board from State Board of Embalming to State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia, providing for the appointment and terms of members of said board, for the qualification of said members as to how said members shall qualify, for the meetings of said board, the election of officers of said board, for the adoption of rules and regulations by said board, for the establishment and conduct of schools; fixing the per diem of the members of said board, the compensation of its officers; prescribing the powers and duties of said board; authorizing the appointment of an inspector and providing for his authority and duties; providing for the qualification of applicants for a license, examination and licensing of embalmers, funeral directors and assistant funeral directors and the fees therefor; to prohibit false statements by applicants; to prohibit bribery and certain deceptive, misleading, improbable and unethical advertising, and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof; to require a license of persons employed by firms and corporations; to provide for the refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses and for appeals therefrom; to prohibit certain transactions between funeral directors and embalmers and burial associations and to provide penalties for the violation thereof; to require all funds collected by the State board to be paid into the State treasury, there to be retained until appropriated by law; to prescribe what shall constitute violations of this chapter and the penalties therefor; to prescribe certain definitions and to authorize the board to adopt certain rules and regulations; to provide for certain exceptions and exclusions from the act; and to declare each part of this act severable; and to repeal section 1717 of the Code of Virginia relating to membership of the State Board of Health.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6552 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to articles which may be held exempt from levy or distress.
An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Thornton Massie.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4942 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the transfer of certain persons to the penitentiary, how death sentence shall be executed and who shall be present and the duties of the superintendent of the penitentiary relating thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe how a new day for the execution of the sentence of death shall be fixed, and dispensing with the presence of the person to be executed, approved March 20, 1922, so as to prescribe a new day for the execution of a sentence in case of a reprieve by the Governor.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun, Virginia. and to repeal all prior acts and amendments thereto creating a charter for the said town.
An ACT to provide that persons, firms, corporations or associations which collect dues or assessments and provide burial benefits in return therefor shall be known as burial societies; to provide for the organization, licensing and regulation of such societies; and to provide penalties.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Altavista, Campbell county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and 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.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending

1936/1937es
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Front Royal, Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.

1938
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 644 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the re-payment of loans made by school hoards of counties and cities from the literary fund, so as to include certain towns within the provisions of the said section.
An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Thornton Massie.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 176 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to contractors’, plumbers’ and steamfitters’ licenses, so as to except certain persons, firms or corporations dealing in or erecting tombstones from the operation of the said section.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2707 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to supervisors not being interested in certain contracts.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county to appropriate funds for the purpose of compensating dependents of any sheriff or deputy sheriff heretofore or hereafter killed in the performance of his duties.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Cape Charles, Northampton county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and 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 Cape Charles.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1021 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees and costs of commissions on question: of insanity, inebriacy, feeble-mindedness and epilepsy.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1726-d relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia and placing a limitation on the time within which a license without examination may be granted a funeral director.

1940
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1569 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the duties of undertakers, and to the removal, transportation and burial of bodies of dead persons, and to repeal Section 1728 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the transportation of the bodies of dead persons.
An ACT for the relief of Pearson Martin
An ACT for the relief of Bernice M. Bull
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4806, as heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to coroners’ inquests.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Holland, in the county of Nansemond, and to repeal the charter provided for said town by chapter 1047 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1899-1900, approved March 7, 1900, and all amendments thereof, or of any part thereof.
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, and to provide for a referendum.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Iron Gate, Alleghany County, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith: and 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 Iron Gate.

1942
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Chatham, in the County of Pittsylvania; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present governing body and council while in office, not 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.
Proposing amendment to Section 73 of the Constitution of Virginia:
An ACT to amend, as heretofore amended, and to re-enact, Sections 30, 31, 39 and 42 of Chapter 400, Acts of 1918, which became a law March 21, 1918
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5786 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to actions for wrongful death, so as to eee the time within which any such action may be instituted.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4806 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the functions and duties of coroners.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5787 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to actions for damages for death from wrongful act, so as to provide a limitation of the amount that may be recovered.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section Nineteen-o of an act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6167 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure where death or other fact is relied on in abatement in the appellate court.
An ACT for the relief of Fannie Bass.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 20 of Chapter 379, Acts 1938, approved March 31, 1938, of which the short title is 'Virginia Public Assistance Act of 1938.'
An ACT for the relief of Carolyn Canada Boelte.

1944
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2 and 8 of Chapter 375 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 1, 1942, to extend the time in which the development of projects may be initiated thereunder.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1716 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating to composition and appointment of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6442 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how certain acts to be done and certain notices served after bankruptcy or death of certain persons.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 71 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved February 25, 1942, relating to disposition of surplus from proceeds of sale under deeds of trust under certain circumstances.
An ACT to permit members of the governing body of certain counties
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for tt
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3035 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to pensions and group insurance for certain city officials and employees, so as to include death benefits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 40, as amended, of Chapter 400, Acts 1918, which became a law March 21, 1918, short title of which is “The Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act”
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 5229-a, to make certain changes in the requisites for proof of formalities of execution of wills under certain circumstances.

1946
An ACT for the relief of Mary Pultz.
An ACT for the relief of Oscar R. Mundy.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 30, as amended, 31 as amended, and 39 as amended, of Chapter 400 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, which became a law March 21, 1918, known as “The Virginia Workmen's Compensation Act” and to amend the chapter by adding a new section numbered 4-a, relating to coverage of Act.
An ACT to revise the laws of Virginia with respect to post-mortem examinations, and to that end to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new chapter numbered 190-A and 15 new sections numbered 4806-a to 4806-0, both inclusive, creating a Commission on Post-Mortem Examinations and prescribing its powers, duties and functions; to provide for the appointment of a Chief Medical Examiner, and to prescribe his powers and duties with respect to post-mortem examinations and investigations ; to provide for the dis- position of certain dead bodies and of any property or estate of such deceased persons; to amend Section 1727, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to embalming dead bodies, and Sections 2817 and 2821 of said Code relating to the service of process and summons by coroners and others and the appoint- ment of criers for courts; and to repeal Sections 2815, 2818 and 2819 of the Code of Virginia relating to coroners, Chapter 190 of the Code of Virginia relating to coroners and coroner’s inquests, and Chapter 214 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 relating to disposition by coroners of money or property of deceased persons.
An ACT to provide for the sending of a certain book to the family or nearest relative of each member of the armed forces of the United States from Virginia who died in World War II; and to appropriate funds therefor.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Falls Church, in the County of Fairfax, and to repeal the existing charter of said town and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to provide a new charter and special form of government for the City of Charlottesville ; to provide for continuation of certain ordinances ; to repeal Chapters 109 and 411 of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred twenty-two, approved, respectively, February 28 and March 24, 1922, and all acts amendatory thereof, to repeal Chapter 1012 of the Acts of Assembly of 1899-1900, approved March 3, 1900, and all acts amendatory thereof, all relating to the same matters; and to repeal certain other acts and parts of acts.