Equality before the law
| An ACT to ratify the Joint Resolution of Congress, passed June 16, 1866, proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. |
| An ACT Prescribing the Oath of Office. |
| An ACT to Amend Section 1, Chapter 3 of the Code of 1860, Defining who are Citizens of the State of Virginia. |
| An ACT for receiving United States Registers of Marriage between Colored Persons |
| An ACT concerning Colored Persons as Witnesses |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 25, and 38, of Chapter 162 of the Code of 1860, and to Repea! Sections 3 and 9 of said Chapter, as to Juries Generally. |
| An ACT to Repeal Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1865-’66, in Regard to Contracts for Labor Between White and Colored Persons, &c. |
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS Petitioning the Congress of the United States to Remove all Disabilities under the operation of the 14th Amendment. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section two of Chapter eighty of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, in Relation to Funds from Gifts, Grants, Devises and Bequests. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION Expressing the Sense of the General Assembly of Virginia on the state of Public Affairs in Louisiana. |
| An ACT to amend and Re-enact the Ninth Section of Chapter one hundred and eight, of the Code of 1860, in reference to Marriages within Prohibited Degrees of Relationship. |
| Joint Resolutions Reaffirming the Third Resolution of the Conservative Platform of 1878, and Protesting against the passage of the Civil Rights Bill, now pending in the Congress of the United States. |
| An ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Jacksonville Male Academy to Transfer said Academy to the School Trustees of Floyd County. |
| An ACT to incorporate The British Association of Virginia |
| An ACT to enforce the constitutional amendments restricting the right of suffrage to citizens who shall have paid to the state before the day of election, the capitation tax required by law for the preceding year, and to amend and re-enact chapter 7 of the Code. |
| An ACT for the relief of P. G. Coghlan and others. |
| 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. |
| Joint Resolution in relation to the Constitutional Amendment. |
| An ACT providing for an eight weeks’ course of instruction for the colored teachers in this state. |
| An ACT to incorporate the Hartshorn Memorial College. |
| An ACT incorporating the Supreme Grand Lodge, Grand United Order, Knights of King Solomon. |
| An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Dinwiddie county to appropriate money to colored agricultural and industrial association. |
| An ACT to enable the board of supervisors of Elizabeth City county to make an appropriation for the public schools of said county. |
| An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the Normal Collegiate institute, and to provide for the support of the same, approved March 6, 1882, and in lieu thereof provide anew for the incorporation of said Normal and Collegiate institute, and for the support of the same. |
| 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 define the liability of infants for debts under certain circumstances. |
| An ACT to give the assent of the state of Virginia to the provisions of an act of congress, entitled an act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862. |
| An ACT for the relief of Sue Christian. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 6 of an act to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the Normal and collegiate institute, and to provide for the due support of the same, approved March 86, 1882, and in lieu thereof provide anew for the incorporation of said Normal and collegiate institute, and for the support of the same, approved May 20, 1887. |
| An ACT to incorporate the Halifax institute |
| An ACT to enable married women to sue in their own name in all cases where they were required to sue by their next friend. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, section 2, as amended by an act of the general assembly approved March 15, 1904, and sections 7, 12, 16, 18, and 20 of an act entitled ‘an act to aid the citizens of Virginia who were disabled by wounds received during the war between the States while serving as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, and such as served during the said war as soldiers, sailors, or marines of Virginia, who are now disabled by disease contracted during the war or by the infirmities of old age, and the widows of soldiers, sailors or marines who lost their lives in said service or whose death resulted from wounds received or disease contracted in said service, and providing penalties for violating the provisions of this act. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 12, 1898. |
| An ACT to provide for designation by cities and towns of segregation districts for residence of white and colored persons; for the adoption of this act by such cities and towns, and for penalties for the violation of its terms. |
| An ACT to establish on the farm of the Virginia State epileptic colony, the Virginia colony for the feeble minded and to provide for the commitment of feeble minded persons to such colony. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 54 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court, of Norfolk county, which was entered on the 9th day of January 1906, approved March 14, 1906. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 32 of the Constitution of Virginia and providing for publishing the said amendment and certifying the same to the next general assembly. |
| An ACT to provide for policewomen in all cities having a population of 15,000 or over as shown in the latest United States census. |
| An ACT to prohibit discrimination by common carrier, innkeeper, proprietor, or lessee of any place of public amusement, or any agent or representative of such, against persons lawfully wearing the uniform of the military service of the State or United States, and providing penalties therefor. |
| An ACT to provide for the admission of women to the College of William and Mary in Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3408 of the Code of Virginia, prescribing who may practice law in this State. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3716 of the Code of Virginia. |
| An ACT to permit females to qualify, give bond and act as deputy clerks in all courts of this Commonwealth; and to validate certain acts heretofore performed by females acting as such deputy clerks. |
| A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section 133 of article 9 of the Constitution of Virginia. |
| A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendments to sections 18, 20, 21, and 173 of the Constitution of Virginia, so as to extend the rights of suffrage to women. |
| An ACT extending the right of suffrage to women; assessing a State capitation tax on certain women residents of Virginia; and prescribing the qualifications of women entitled to vote for members of the general assembly and all officers elective by the people, and the manner in which women may register and vote; also providing when this act shall take effect. |
| An ACT to amend sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, and 103 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor, and to repeal sections 2 and 93 of said act and to add thereto sections 14a, 55a, 99a, 116a, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132, which deal with and provide for vacancies in the council; the initiative and referendum; the general powers and duties of the department of public welfare; the division of the city into school districts and the election of trustees therefor; the creation of a civil service commission and its rules and regulations; the jurisdiction of courts to enforce ordinances; rules and regulations upon city owned property outside of the city; continuance of present officers in office until January 1, 1921, and the vacating of certain offices at that time; the penalties for violation of certain sections; the working of prisoners; the appointment of boards and the creation of pension funds. |
| An ACT to provide for the appointment of trial justices in counties adjoining one or more cities having a population of thirty thousand or more in the aggregate; to prescribe the terms of office, jurisdiction, duties and compensation of such trial justices. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 109, chapter 11, of the mode of Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 303 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled “an act to permit females to qualify, give bond, and act as deputy clerks, in all the courts of this Commonwealth; and to validate certain acts heretofore performed by females acting as such deputy clerks,” approved March 19, 1920. |
| A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 947, 948, 951, 953, 954, 957, and 969 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute and changing its name to the Virginia State College for Negroes, and abolishing the board of visitors thereof; and to repeal sections 949, 950, 952, 955, 956, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, and 968 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to said institution. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5134 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rights of married women. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 93 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of voters and who to be registered. |
| An ACT to provide equal educational facilities for certain persons denied admission to Virginia State colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to provide equal educational facilities for certain persons denied admission to Virginia State colleges, universities and institutions of higher learning” |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3518 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to pay of attorneys appointed to defend poor persons. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1005 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the location and corporate names of the State hospitals and colonies and to the State Hospital Board. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide equal educational facilities for certain persons denied admission to Virginia State colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning.’’ |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as heretofore amended, of Chapter 303 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1920, approved March 19, 1920, relating to female deputy clerks. |
| An ACT to authorize the governing board of the Virginia State College for Negroes to contribute to the cost of the education of certain medical and dental students. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 40, 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”, reducing the period of residence required for eligibility for aid to the blind. |
| Proposing Amendments to § 141 of the Constitution of Virginia |
| 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 and reenact § 19-128 of the Code of Virginia, relating to grand jurors. |
| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51 Proposing an amendment to Sec. 115a of the Constitution of Virginia. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, which section defines gross income. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 14-198, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the taxing of attorney’s fees as costs. |
| An Act to reappropriate from the public revenue to Virginia State College, at Petersburg, the unexpended balance of Item 220 of Chapter 708 of the Acts of the General Assembly, 1954. |
| An Act to create a legislative committee of the House and Senate to investigate and hold hearings relative to the activities of corporations, associations, organizations and other groups which encourage and promote litigation relating to racial activities; to provide for the organization, powers and duties of said committee; to provide for hearings; to authorize said committee to issue subpoenas and require testimony; to provide for application to court for an order requiring any person to appear and testify who fails or refuses to do so; to provide for witness fees; to provide for employment of a clerical and investigative force by the committee; to provide for payment of expenses; to appropriate funds for use of the committee; to provide that the Attorney General or other legal counsel shall represent said committee; and for other purposes. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2-86.1, providing that the Attorney General shall render certain services to local school boards, and to appropriate funds. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 40-36 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain notice and schedule required to be posted by certain employers. |
| An Act to create a legislative committee of the House and Senate to investigate and hold hearings relative to the activities of corporations, associations, organizations and other groups which encourage and promote litigation relating to racial activities; to provide for the organization, powers and duties of said committee; to provide for hearings; to authorize said committee to issue subpoenas and require testimony; to provide for application to court for an order requiring any person to appear and testify who fails or refuses to do so; to provide for witness fees; to provide for employment of a clerical and investigative force by the committee; to provide for payment of expenses; to appropriate funds for use of the committee; to provide that the Attorney General or other legal counsel shall represent said committee; and for other purposes. |
| An Act to authorize the Virginia State Bar to make rules and regulations governing the functions and operation of legal aid societies, to prescribe the conditions therefor, to provide for enforcement, and to prohibit the operation of any legal aid society not approved by the Virginia State Bar. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2-86.1, providing that the Attorney General shall render certain services to local school boards, and to appropriate funds. |
| An Act to declare an emergency to exist in any school division in which an efficient system of elementary or secondary public schools is not operated under local authority, and in such case to invoke the police powers of the Commonwealth and the Constitutional powers of the General Assembly; to establish in every such school district, subject to the adoption by the local governing body of a resolution declaring the need therefor, an efficient system of elementary or secondary public schools operated by the Commonwealth; to provide that such system be operated and maintained by the Governor for and on behalf of the General Assembly; to define "efficient system of elementary public schools" and "efficient system of secondary public schools"; to provide for the use of local school buildings and related facilities of certain counties, cities and towns; to provide for the purchase of text-books, supplies and equipment, and to permit local school boards to provide for the transportation of pupils; to provide for the administration of the school system hereby established and the employment of persons therein; to provide for the application of this act to counties, cities and towns; to vest in the State Board of Education the general supervision of such schools and to authorize it, subject to certain limitations, to make rules and regulations applicable thereto; to provide how proceedings against local school boards in matters involving the State established schools may be instituted; to prescribe the effect of certain proceedings brought against local school boards and the members thereof; to provide the circumstances under which pupils may be admitted to the State schools; to provide for the employment and assignment of teachers and other personnel; to prescribe the provisions of Title 22 of the Code of Virginia which shall apply to the State established and maintained schools; to provide the method for admission to the State established schools and the terms and conditions thereof. |
| 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 amend and reenact § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of jurors. |
| Proposing an amendment to Section 20 of the Constitution of Virginia. |
| Proposing an amendment to Section 30 of the Constitution of Virginia. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of jurors. |
| An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Section 20 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 proposing amendments to Section 20 of the Constitution of Virginia |
| An Act to authorize persons, in anticipation of ratification of the 24th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, to file certificates of continuing residence so as to be able to vote, if otherwise qualified, in Federal elections to be held in the year 1964 without payment of a poll tax, to prescribe certain duties of the State Board of Elections, and to make an appropriation to the State Board of Elections. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of jurors. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 24-245 of the Code of Virginia, relating to manner of voting. |
| An QRDINANCE to alter and amend the third Article of the Constitution |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact the 9th section of chapter 103 of the Code of Virginia for 1860. defining a Mulatto, providing for the punishment of Otfences by Colored Persons, and for the admission of their Evidence in Legal Investigations; and to repeal all Laws in relation to Slaves and Slavery, and for other purposes. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact the 14th section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to Registers of Marriage; and to legalize the Marriages of Colored Persons now cohabiting as Husband and Wife. |
| An ACT in relation to the Testimony of Colored Persons. |
| An ACT to amend the third Article of the Constitution of Virginia |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 8 of Title 63 an article numbered 4, containing sections numbered 68-204.25 through 68-204.80, so as to promote and regulate the sale and distribution of goods and articles made by blind persons; providing a penalty for violations. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 68-162, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment, terms and qualifications of members of the Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-199 of the Code of Virginia, relating to determination of relationship, interest, bias or prejudice of a juror. |
| An ACT prohibiting persons resident within the corpo- |
| An Act proposing an amendment to the first section, article 3 of the Constitution, concerning the elective franchise. |
| An ACT relating to the custody of infants |
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