Education

1944
An ACT to require the school board of any county having an area and population within certain respective designated limitations to employ school attendance officers, prescribing their duties, and making certain violations of the provisions thereof misdemeanors and prescribing the punishment therefor.
An ACT to provide for an addition to the regular cash payments made to certain retired public school teachers out of the Virginia Retirement System fund, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions of this act.
To authorize the sale, lease or rental of the timber or mineral rights of certain property owned by the State Teachers College at Radford.
An ACT to continue the Marine laboratory under the name of the Virginia Fisheries Laboratory and provide for its operation, to provide for the appointment of an advisory group in connection with such laboratory, and to prescribe the duties and functions of the group when appointed.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 807 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for tt
An ACT to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Sections 73 and 134 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 835 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.
A Joint RESOLUTION proposing amendments to Sections 73 and 134 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 396 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the custody, disposal and sale of published reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 935 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
A Joint RESOLUTION proposing amendment to Section 183 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to permit the Board of Visitors of the College of William and
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1 and 3, as amended, of an act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Medical College of Virginia.”
An ACT to create, establish and maintain an institution for the study, treatment, prevention and research of mental disorders and the training of students, nurses and physicians, under the name of the Virginia Institute of Psychiatry.

1945es
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 664 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to contracts with public school teachers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of Chapter 181 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 22, 1932, the act and section relating to school indebtedness and levies for public free schools in Washington SBS
An ACT to authorize the governing body of any county in which a sanitary district has been established to exercise certain powers in relation to parks, recreation areas and swimming pools.
An ACT to appropriate funds for the construction of an agricultural building at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

1946
An ACT to repeal Sections 1703 to 1714, both inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the practice of the professional nursing of the sick, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto and inserting in Chapter 71 thereof in lieu of the sections herein repealed twelve new sections numbered 1703 to 1714, both inclusive, defining and regulating the nursing of the sick in the State of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 61 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874, approved February 24, 1874, relating to Miller Fund and Miller Manual Labor School, the section relating to charter of the corporation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 396 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the duties of the Director of the Division of Purchase and Printing in the distribution of volumes of Virginia Reports.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto 2 new section numbered 683-a, to require school buses to be equipped with heaters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 354 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 1, 1942, relating to establishment, terms and conditions of certain medical scholarships, so as to expand the provisions oo and make an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to ametd the Code of Virginia by adding two new sections numbered 683-a 1, and 683-a 2, to require, and specify the use of, certain equipment on school buses and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 14 and 15 of an act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926; to amend and re-enact Section 27-a of said act, as amended by an act approved March 22, 1930; and to amend and re-enact Section 29 of said act, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1942; in relation to the composition of the City Council and terms of office of members thereof, the powers and duties of the city purchasing agent and heads of departments, and the number and election of trustees of the city school board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 8 as amended of Chapter 325 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 31, 1942, known as the 'Virginia Retirement Act,' relating to service retirement of members of the Virginia Retirement System.
An ACT proposing an amendment to Section 183 of the Constitution of Virginia
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Clintwood, in the County of Dickenson, and to repeal the charter provided for said town by Chapter 616 of the Acts of Assembly of 1893-4, approved March 3, cig and all acts amendatory thereof, or of any part thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 57 of Chapter 101 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which chapter provided a new charter for the town of Galax, situated in part in the county of Carroll and in part in the county of Grayson, Section 57 providing that the town shall constitute a separate school district, the amendment providing for representation by the town on the school boards of said counties.
An ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 51 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 363, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition and appointment of the State Board for the Certification of Librarians.
An ACT to provide for the determination by an examining hoard created for the purpose of the qualifications of clinical psychologists, and their certification by the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals; and to impose penalties for serving or holding one’s self out as competent to serve as a certified clinical psychologist in violation of the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 656 and 2724 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the authority and duty of school boards and boards of supervisors, to provide for the use of certain warrant-checks in paying obligations, and to authorize governing bodies of counties to provide petty cash funds for certain purposes.
An ACT to provide for the expenditure or application of certain funds, within the appropriation for such purpose, in aid of libraries and library systems particularly in rural communities, and to prescribe the powers, and duties of the State Library Board and others with respect thereto; and to repeal Chapter 350, Acts of 1942, approved March 31, 1942, and Chapter 315, Acts 1944, approved March 29, 1944, both relating to the same subject, and all inconsistent provisions of law to the extent of such inconsistency.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 979 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, so as i shange the name of such institution to Virginia State School at Newport News.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3, as amended, of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Medical College of Virginia."
An ACT to authorize the severance and sale of buildings and other improvements from land to be purchased by the Radford College, Woman's Division, of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and to appropriate the proceeds of such sale or sales.
An ACT to require the State Board of Education to make a survey regarding the advisability of establishing a certain radio network in Virginia for educational purposes and to make an appropriation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the title of Chapter 42 of the Code of Virginia; to amend and re-enact Sections 947, 948, 954, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to name of Virginia State College for Negroes, name and style, powers and duties of governing board, and scholarships; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections numbered 969-a and 969-b, relating to powers of the governing body of the institution: and to repeal Chapters 72 and 86 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved February 28, 1944 and February 29, 1944, respectively, relating to the same matters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 673 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to loans contracted by school boards of counties for certain school purposes.
An ACT to provide free textbooks for the use of pupils attending the day and evening public elementary schools in Virginia; to prescribe the powers and duties of the State Board of Education, of division superintendents of schools, and of local school boards relating thereto; and to appropriate money therefor
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 15, as amended, of Chapter 489 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, the act and section relating to employment of children.
An ACT to create a commission to have painted and hung in the Capitol at Richmond a large oil painting of the ships ‘Sarah Constant’, “Goodspeed”, and “Discovery”, and to appropriate funds to carry out the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 642 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to loans to school boards from the Literary Fund.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 774, 783, and 786 as here- tofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the receipt, custody and disbursement of State funds apportioned and designed for public schools in cities and towns.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 23 of the Virginia Retirement Act, in relation to benefits to teachers who were retired under Chapter 36 of the Code of Virginia as it existed immediately prior to the establishment of the Virginia Retirement System; to prescribe a minimum retirement allowance for every such teacher, and to make an appropriation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 649, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to division superintendents of schools and ee 296
An ACT to amend Chapter 227 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 14, 1942, relating to child welfare, children’s homes, et cetera, by adding a new section numbered 21, excepting certain institutions from the provisions of the chapter.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 687-a, relating to adjustment for expenses of attendance in the public free schools of certain children under certain circumstances.
An ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to sell a tract of land in or near Staunton, Virginia, and to hold the proceeds of sale as a permanent endowment for such school.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 698 of the Code of Virginia, providing for the levying of taxes and the appropriating of money by counties, cities and towns for public school purposes.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Wachapreague
An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of counties to provide shelters, platforms or other structures at points on school bus routes for the protection and comfort of school children.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 7, as amended, of Chapter 212 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved March 23, 1932, providing for licensing dealers in motor fuels, levying a tax on motor fuels, and other related matters, Section 7 relating to refunds of motor fuel taxes.
An ACT to create a permanent commission to be known as the Museum of Science Commission, and to prescribe its powers, duties and functions in the establishment and operation of a museum of science for the State of Virginia and to provide for quarters for the museum.
An ACT to authorize and empower the governing body of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to sell and convey a lot of land situate in the City of Williamsburg, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 670 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the establishment and operation of joint schools for counties or for counties and cities.
An ACT to provide for the creation and incorporation of the City of Arlington; to provide a charter and form of government therefor; to prescribe its confines; to transfer certain powers, rights, duties, obligations, property and other matters; to provide how the foregoing may be accomplished; to continue certain ordinances, and acts, and preserve certain rights, and repeal certain acts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 377 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, relating to support and maintenance of the public free schools, minimum terms thereof and the apportionment of the State appropriation for such purposes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 835 of the Code of Virginia relating to the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Chase City, in the County of Mecklenburg, and to repeal the existing charter of the town, and all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and to repeal Sections 9, 11, 13, and 19, of Chapter 49 of the Acts of the Extra Session of the General Assembly of 1933, relating to the issuance and sale of revenue bonds by certain educational institutions.
An ACT to appropriate certain funds to the Medical College of Virginia to be used as a student loan fund.
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 reduce the number of trustees of Margaret Academy, and to provide how such trustees shall be appointed; and to confer certain powers and impose certain duties upon such trustees with respect to trust funds held by them.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4 of Chapter 19 of the Acts of Assembly of 1945, approved March 29, 1945, the chapter relating to certain educational practices and procedure in Hanover County, so as to neappraprate certain unused funds and to appropriate other funds.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1947, and the thirtieth day of June, 1948.

1948
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 682, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to who may be admitted to public schools and the conditions imposed as to such admissions.
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 14 of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-1888, approved January 30, 1888, which provided a new charter for the town of South Boston, the section relating to the separate school district for the town.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 695, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to census of school population and compensation of census agents.
An ACT to constitute the Board of Regents of Gunston Hall a corporation; and to prescribe the powers, duties and functions of the corporation so created.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 655 and 656, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to school boards.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 669 and 670 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to condemnation of land for school purposes, and the establishment of and powers with respect to operation of joint schools for counties and for counties and cities.
An ACT to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to subdivide and sell and convey the lot or parcel of land situate in the city of Williamsburg, known as the rd S. Opheim property.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 7 and 8 of the Virginia Retirement Act by adding to section 7 paragraph (c) and by adding a new paragraph to section 8 designated as paragraph (d) of Chapter 325 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1942, as amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1944, Chapter 151, and as amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1946, Chapter 309, respectively, relating to membership, service, retirement and management of funds, respectively.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 779, 783, and 786, as amended of the Code of Virginia relating to division superintendents and clerks of school boards, and to the receipt, custody and disbursement of State funds apportioned and designed for public schools in cities and towns.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 615 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to school divisions and division superintendents of schools.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pulaski, in the county of Pulaski, and to r the charter which was provided for said town by Chapter 242 of the Acts of Assembly of 1910, approved March 16, 1910, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 671 as amended of the Code of Virginia relating to erection of school buildings and requirements
An ACT to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to convey the title and interest of the College of William and Mary in that property known as the Matthew Whaley School property, situate in the city of Williamsburg.
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 653-a 1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to School Trustee Electoral Boards, County School Boards, and compensation of members.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 653-a 3 of the Code of Virginia relating to payment of certain funds to town school districts.
An ACT to authorize the school boards or governing bodies of certain counties to acquire lands and to construct thereon stadiums and other recreational facilities, and to issue bonds for such purpose; and to prescribe the conditions upon which such bonds may be issued, sold and redeemed.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 698, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, providing for the levying of taxes and the appropriating of money by counties, cities and towns for public school purposes.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 693 of the Code of Virginia, relating to admission of non-resident pupils.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 4, 11, 15, and 23%, as amended, and Sections 5, 6, 7, and 20 of Chapter 230 of the Acts of Assembly of 1920, approved March 16, 1920, and being the charter of the city of Hampton, Virginia, which sections deal with the election and organization of the council, the election of certain city officers, their bonds, the police justice, the treasurer and his duties, the lien of city taxes and choad wai
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2773-i 3, providing the time of election and terms of office of certain members of county school boards of certain counties; and providing for an election to determine the sense of the qualified voters thereon.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 653-a 1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to school trustee electoral boards and county school boards, so as to permit additional compensation for certain
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 Chapter 354, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 1, 1942, relating to establishment, terms and conditions of certain medical scholarships, so as to expand the provisions thereof and make an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 636 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to loans from the literary fund.
An ACT to provide for the creation of a metropolitan commission for certain areas of the State; to prescribe its powers and duties; to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties, cities and towns to enter into certain contractual relations with and contribute funds to such commission; to provide for the entry of certain other political subdivisions into such commission; to authorize certain school boards to enter into certain contractual relations with such commission.
An ACT to establish certain scholarships for nursing training, to prescribe the terms and conditions thereof and to make an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to amend Chapter 101, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which provided a new charter for the town of Galax, by adding a section numbered 60-a relating to the special school district.
An ACT ‘to provide a new charter for the town of New Market, in Shenandoah County, Virginia; and to repeal the existing charter of the town and all other acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 23, as amended, of Chapter 325 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 31, 1942, and known as the Virginia Retirement Act, relating to benefits to teachers who were retired under Chapter 36 of the Code of Virginia as it existed immediately prior to the establishment of the Virginia Retirement System; to prescribe a minimum retirement allowance for every such teacher, and to make an appropriation.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 674, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, validating school bonds heretofore issued, notwithstanding certain defects.