Death and burial
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3035 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, authorizing cities and towns to provide pensions, death benefits, insurance or annuities for certain officers and employees or their dependents, including certain retired teachers and retired employees of school boards. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5789 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromises of claims for damages for wrongful death, and distribution of amounts paid under such compromises. |
| 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 4946 of the Code of Virginia relating to the disposition of certain dead bodies. |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 58-a, relating to removal of remains interred in certain graveyards and disposal of lands vacated thereby; and to repeal Section 58 of the Code of Virginia and Chapter 182 of the Acts of Assembly of 1889-90, approved March 4, 1890, as amended by Chapter 312 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 16, 1918, relating to the same matters. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 287 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 24, 1932, creating certain liens in favor of hospitals, physicians and nurses. |
| An ACT for the Relief of Mrs. Mont Gilbert. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact ‘Sections 1565, ee 1567, 1568 - as .amended,. 1569 as amended, 1577, 1578 as amended, 1579 as amended, and 1581 ‘as amended, of the Code of. Virginia, relating to the powers, duties, functions and activities of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, local registrars and others with respect to births and deaths ; to amend ‘the. Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1572-a, providing for the registration of foundlings; and to repeal section 1584 of the Code of Virginia, authorizing certain expenditures. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4919 of the Code of Virginia dealing with verdict and judgment in cases of murder by the court without intervention of a jury. |
| An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding fifteen sections numbered 119-a 1 through 119-a 15 authorizing compromise or arbitration of death taxes when there are conflicting claims as to decedent’s domicile making uniform the law relating thereto. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 10 and 20, as amended, of Chapter 379 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, known as the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Act of 1938, relating to the eligibility of aged persons for assistance, and the recovery from estates of deceased persons of amounts paid for assistance. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4553 of the Code of Virginia relating to injuries to burial grounds and to the punishment therefor and limiting its application. |
| An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Blanche M. Shifflett. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Stephens City and to repeal certain acts. |
| An ACT to authorize the State Board of Health with the approval of the Governor, to sell and convey, or to transfer to another agency of the Commonwealth, certain property in Princess Anne County formerly owned by the Tidewater Tuberculosis Hospital Association, together with additions thereto and improvements thereon; to prescribe how the proceeds of such sale or transfer shall be used; and to provide for a memorial tablet to certain persons. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 56 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the location of cemeteries; to provide that if the location of the proposed cemetery be in Norfolk County it may be established on such location if the owners of every residence within two hundred fifty feet thereof consent thereto, or if the location for the proposed cemetery be separated from any residence by a State highway it may be established upon such location without the consent of the owner of such residence if it be not less than one hundred fifty feet from the residence at its nearest point thereto. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1731 as amended, 1732 and 1735 of the Code of Virginia, relating to delivery of bodies to State Anatomical Board. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact section 2707 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1936, Chapter 44, and the Acts of Assembly of 1938, Chapter 338, in relation to supervisors and other paid officers of the county not being interested in certain contracts. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the City of Waynesboro, Virginia; to establish courts of justice and officers therefor; to provide for continuation of certain ordinances; and to repeal Chapter 482 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928; approved March 26, 1928, and all acts amendatory |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section thereto numbered 5058-a providing for the appointment of attorneys to defend convicts charged with the commission of felonies and the payment of compensation to such attorneys for such defense. |
| 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 Sections 1719, as amended, 1719-a, 1720, as amended, 1720-a, and 1721, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia, its agents and employees, the practice of embalming, funeral directing, and licensing of applicants and conditions thereof. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 23 of Chapter 280 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 24, 1932, and providing a new charter for the city of Alexandria, by empowering the city manager to employ department heads and by authorizing the council to make grants in aid of the Alexandria Bicentennial Commission. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 5, 14, 15, 20, 22, 27 and 82 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946 approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter for the City of Charlottesville, as amended, relating to the duties of the Council, the mayor and city manager of the city; the powers of taxation thereof; the assessment of real estate for taxation; the issuance of bonds by the city; the creation of a floating debt, and borrowing in anticipation of revenue. |
| AN ACT to ratify and confirm the conveyance by the Medical College of Virginia of all of its right, title and interest in and to certain property located in the County of Pinellas, State of Florida, to Mina R. Anderson. |
| AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 8-628.1 to provide for the survival of certain actions. |
| An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Pound. |
| AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Glen Lyn, in Giles county; and to repeal the court charter of such town and Chapter 165 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 20, 1930, which provided a charter for such town. |
| AN ACT to provide a charter for the Town of Montross, in the county of Westmoreland, Virginia. |
| 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 and reenact §§ 11 and 31 of Chapter 289 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 27, 1934, so as to broaden the powers of the Council of the City of Staunton respecting real estate, and the board of health and department of public welfare, to restrict the requirement that ordinances be published, to empower the Council to levy certain taxes, and to make permissive a certain provision as to public ways. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 64-18 of the Code of 1950, relating to when homicide bars acquisition of an estate. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 54-864, 54-865, 54-866, 54-867 and 54-868 of the Code of 1950, relating to the Department of Professional and Occupational Registration, so as to prescribe the duties of the Director thereof with respect to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors; and to appropriate certain funds. |
| AN ACT to amend § 82-3387 of the Code of 1950 and to reenact same in the form of four sections, with amendments, numbered 32-837, 32-887.1, 32-887.2 and 32-8337.3, to provide for the issuance of a short form of birth certificate and imposing limitations on the issuance of full birth certificates. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 19-28 of the Code of 1950, so as to provide that the State shall pay coroner’s fees in certain cases. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Colie Hamlett Harris and others. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Rosa Crawley Richardson. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 19-23 as amended and 32-836 of the Code of Virginia, which sections relate respectively to duties of coroners and registrars, so as to provide how fees to such coroners and registrars be paid. |
| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51 Proposing an amendment to Sec. 115a of the Constitution of Virginia. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 65-51, 65-58, 65-62, 65-67 and 65-68 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation payments under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 57-88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the amount which may be given, granted or bequested for the upkeep and maintenance of cemeteries and burial grounds. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-628.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to loss of action by death of person liable or persons having right of action. |
| An Act to provide a charter for the consolidated City of Newport News, to provide, under certain conditions, for the holding of a referendum to determine whether the same shall be adopted; and to provide the effect of such charter if adopted. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. J. Bowman Webster and others |
| An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Smithfield, and to repeal the existing charter and amendments thereto. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 51-112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to authority of municipalities to provide certain benefits for injured, retired or superannuated officers and employees. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 51-112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of cities and towns as to officers and employees. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-686 of the Code of Virginia, relating to amount and distribution of damages in actions for death by wrongful act. |
| An Act for the relief of W. C. McCormack and others. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 32-336, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, which section relates to the duties of registrars, so as to provide how fees to such registrars will be paid. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-628.1 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal § 8-628 of the Code of Virginia, both relating to surviving rights of action. |
| An Act to provide for the regulation of certain burial contracts whereby certain property is delivered in exchange for services to be performed upon death; to require that such property be held in trust; and to provide a penalty for violation. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Hazel D. Jackson. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Gladys C. Gilley. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62, and 65-68, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation payments under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 194 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 27, 1984, which provided a new charter for the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, so as to change the power of the town to tax real and personal estate. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 51-182, 51-184, 51-185, 51-186, 51-139, 51-140 and 51-141, of the Code of Virginia, relating to service and disability retirement allowances of members of the State police and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 51-186.1 and 51-186.2, providing certain death benefits for survivors of members of the State police and how membership ceases. |
| An Act to amend and renact § 18-17, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to appointment of conservators of the peace. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 57-7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to what transfers of property for religious purposes are valid. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 32-885 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain duties of local registrars of vital statistics. |
| An Act for the relief of Truman H. Stewart and Mrs. Truman H. Stil oat |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-337, 32-337.1 and 82-337.8 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to furnishing copies of birth and death certificates and fees therefor, to authorize certain local registrars of vital statistics to furnish the same. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth Poole Cox. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37-57.1, to provide for the payment of certain small sums directly to the consort or to the court. |
| An Act to repeal § 54-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain nominations for appointment to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding three new sections, numbered 26-7.1 through 26-7.8, to provide that by executing the bond required of him any one who qualifies in a court or clerk’s office of this State as personal representative of a decedent, guardian, curator, committee, trustee or receiver, and the surety on such bond shall be deemed to have designated the clerk of the court in which he qualifies, and his successor in office, as a person on whom service of any notice, process or rule issuing from a court of this State or a commissioner of such court may be executed whenever the said person can not be found and served within the State of Virginia after the exercise of due diligence. |
| An Act for the relief of the family of William Broadwell. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-21 and $8.1-860 of the Code of Virginia, relating to what included within, and excluded from, certain classes of insurance. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 4 and §§ 18 and 14, as amended, Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 1924, which provided a charter for the town of Salem, the section relating to powers of the town and town ordinances. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 18-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery and fornication; incest. |
| An Act to repeal Chapter 10 of Title 54 of the Code of Virginia, consisting of §§ 54-217 to 54-260, inclusive, and all amendments thereto, relating to embalmers and funeral directors and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 54 thereof a new chapter numbered 10.1, consisting of sections numbered 54-260.1 to 54-260.64, inclusive, to provide for the examination, regulation and licensing of funeral directors and embalmers; to define certain terms; to permit certain reciprocal agreements with other states; to create the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers and prescribe the powers, duties, functions and compensation of said board; to prescribe the conditions under which apprentice funeral directors and embalmers may be trained; to regulate funeral service establishments; to provide for the granting, refusal, revocation or suspension of licenses; and to prescribe penalties for violation. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62 and 65-68, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to workmen’s compensation generally and, respectively, to compensation for total incapacity, compensation for partial incapacity, compensation in case of death, and maximum compensation payable. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2, 4, as amended, 12 and 18 of Chapter 428 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, approved March 80, 1986, which provided a charter for the town of Vinton, the sections relating to powers of the town council, and enactment of ordinances and emergency measures. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-887, 32-887.1 and 82-887.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to furnishing copies of birth and death certificates. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8, as amended, of Chapter 194 of the Acts of Assembly of 1984, approved March 27, 1984, which provided a new charter for the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, so as to provide that the town may levy taxes to meet obligations imposed by certain bond issues. |
| AN ACT for the relief of Mrs. Elsie S. Carstens and others. |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia, relating to courts not of record; to that end to repeal Title 16 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 6 and §§ 16-1 to 16-129.1 and Chapter 7 including §§ 16-172.1 to 16-172.84, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to courts not of record; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code re- pealed by this act a new title numbered 16.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 16.1-1 to 16.1-217, both inclusive, relating to courts not of record; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-127 and 68-191, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to liens upon property of and recovery from estates of, certain recipients of public welfare. [H 67] |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the city of Martinsville, the section relating to the powers of ue sig |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 32-337, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to furnishing copies of records of births or deaths. |
| An Act for the relief of Mrs. Ethel Jorden. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-636, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the amount and distribution of "damages in actions for death by wrongful act." |
| An Act to provide for the relief of the family of Mattie C. Bennett, |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-633 and 8-684 of the Code of Virginia, relating to actions for death by wrongful act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-431, 46-487, 46-455, 46-460, 46-474 and 46-492, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, all being part of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, in order to increase certain minimum provisions of the security for damages and proof of financial responsibility required after certain accidents. CH 638 |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62 and 65-68, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to workmen’s compensation generally and, respectively, to compensation for total incapacity, compensation for partial incapacity, compensation in case of death, and maximum compensation payable. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 51-136.1 of the Code of Virginia, to provide for the making of determinations by the Industrial Commission in cases involving allowances to survivors of members of the State police officers’ retirement system and for the authorization and computation of allowances to such survivors when no award is made under the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 23 of Chapter 217 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 14, 1918, being the charter of the city of Clifton Forge, the section relating to the powers of council. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 5 of Chapter 303 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, relating to benefits payable under retirement and pension systems of certain counties. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 8 and 29, as amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and reenact the charter of the town of Culpeper’ |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to crimes and offenses generally; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 11 and §§ 18-1 to 18-366, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to crimes and offenses generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 18.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 18.1-1 to 18.1-429, both inclusive, relating to crimes and offenses generally; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to criminal procedure; to that end to repeal Title 19 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 13 and §§ 19-1 to 19-342, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to criminal procedure; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 19.1, which title includes fifteen new chapters numbered 1 to 15, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 19.1-1 to 19.1-878, both inclusive, relating to criminal procedure; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 51-112, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to retirement systems of localities. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-298 of the Code of Virginia, to prescribe penalties for offenses committed by convicts. |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the laws of Virginia relating to vital statistics |
| An Act for the relief of Mr. Ray DeHart. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §8§ 65-51, 65-52, 65-62, and 65-68, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Workmen’s Compensation generally and, respectively, to compensation for total incapacity, compensation for partial incapacity, compensation to dependents of employees killed, and maximum compensation payable. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-639 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise of a claim for death by wrongful act. |
| An Act to provide for the removal and reinterment of remains which may be interred upon land to be acquired by the State Highway Commissioner for highway purposes. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-639 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise of claims for death by wrongful act. |
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