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1946
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to sell and convey certain lands, of the Western State Hospital in or near Staunton, Virginia.
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 10, 27 and 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”, relating to the eligibility of aged persons, dependent children and blind persons for aid and assistance under the act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 916 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to compensation of owners of certain animals condemned and destroyed to prevent spread of certain diseases.
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 for the control, management, maintenance and operation of the DeJarnette State Sanatorium; to provide how patients may be received therein; to prescribe the purposes for which the revenues derived therefrom shall be used; to appropriate the same for such purposes; and to repeal Chapter 360 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to provide for employee’s pension and benefits in certain counties.
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.
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and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto and inserting in Chapter 71 thereof in lieu of the sections herein repealed twelve new sections numbered 1703 to 1714, both inclusive, defining and regulating the nursing of the sick in the State of Virginia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 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 appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1947, and the thirtieth day of June, 1948.
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 1079 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating to examinations of alleged feeble-minded persons; to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1079-a, providing for the use of experts skilled in making mental tests as members of commissions to determine feeble-mindedness; and to repeal Chapter 275 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, relating to the same subject.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to sell and convey certain property in the City of Richmond to J. Kennon Perrin and assignee.
1948
An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the county of Roanoke to transfer to The Roanoke County Public Health Association, Incorporated, either by gift, sale or lease, all or part of the lands, buildings and appurtenances now used or usable by The Roanoke Coanty, Public Health Association, Incorporated, in its operation of the Mercy House in Roanoke County, to place certain restrictions upon such transfer, and to exclude this bill from the provisions of certain named Acts.
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 ‘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 provide for the protection of the public health and to regulate certain establishments serving food; to require certain standards to be kept as to sanitary conditions therein, to provide for the enforcement of the act, the issuance and revocation of certain permits and appeals therefrom; and to prohibit certain acts and provide penalties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 188, 190, 190-a, 197 and 198 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the taxation of merchants; merchants placing vending machines; optometrists; keepers of restaurants, and persons, firms and corporations having anywhere in this State slot machines; which sections are in Chapter 14 of the Tax Code of Virginia, entitled “Licenses”.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 11, as amended, of Chapter 105 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved ila eld 1922, relating to the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Public Welfare, and the fees paid for the maintenance of certain children.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 8 of Chapter 86 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 5, 1934, short title of which is “Uniform Narcotic Drug Act”, the section relating to preparations exempted.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1058 of the Code of Virginia relating to expenses of certain insane, epileptic or feeble-minded persons and persons addicted to drugs or the intemperate use of alcohol, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding 5 new sections numbered 1058-a through 1058-e, requiring reimbursement of the State for the care of such persons and providing for the collection thereof.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1050-a of the Code of Virginia relating to trustees for certain incompetent persons.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1021 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees and costs of commissions on questions of insanity, inebriacy, feeble-mindedness and epilepsy, by increasing the fees of justices of the peace from two to five dollars in cities having a population of more than forty thousand.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1695 of the Code of Virginia providing punishment for unlawful prescription or furnishing of certain drugs.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 2, as amended, 4 and 6 as amended, of Chapter 197 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 23, 1946, providing for the hospitalization, care and treatment of indigent persons, and the allocation, expenditure and use of funds provided for such purposes; to amend the chapter by adding two new sections numbered 5-a and 5-b, relating to certain contracts; and to repeal Section 7, as amended, of such chapter, relating to credits, and to appropriate funds.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, and 16 of Chapter 1 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, extra session, 1936-1937, approved December 18, 1936, as heretofore amended and known, designated and cited as the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act
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 the Tax Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section designated as Section 186-a imposing a revenue license on certain medical doctors.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 10 and 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”, by reducing period of residence in Virginia required as a condition for assistance to the aged and aid to the blind.
An ACT to authorize the Virginia Commission for the Blind to provide for the acquisition and operation of certain business enterprises for benefit of the blind.
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.
An ACT to Vireiie a charter for the town of Warsaw, mn. the county of Richmond
An ACT to repeal Sections 14 and 44, as amended, of Chapter 379 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, and known as the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Act of 1938 relating to limitations on assistance to the aged and aid to the blind.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1639-a, regulating the practice of medicine, dentistry and optometry in connection with commercial and mercantile establishments, and prescribing penalties.
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 define and regulate the manufacture, sale, transportation, distribution and use of economic poisons and devices, including insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and herbicides, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration in connection therewith; to provide penalties for violations; to appropriate funds; and to repeal Chapter 477 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, and all amendments thereto, relating to the same subject.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1514-a 2 of the Code of Virginia, with respect to definitions, so as to exclude any home for indigent aged persons, operated by a county, city or town, from the provisions of the Virginia Hospital Licensing and Inspection Law, added to the Code of Virginia by Chapter 15 of the Acts of the General Assembly, 1947.
An ACT to provide for the establishment and operation of certain limited banking facilities at hospitals operated by the Veterans Admini ae
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Grottoes, in Rockingham County, Virginia; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1914, as amended, of the Code of Virginia so as to provide for reimbursing cities two-thirds of the salaries of officers and employees engaged in maintaining juvenile detention homes, and for the payment of other expenses incident thereto.
An ACT to provide for the study of the problems of alcoholism, the treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to the excessive use of alcoholic beverages; and for other purposes; and to this end to create in the Department of Health a Division of Alcohol Studies and Rehabilitation subject to the State Board of Health; to provide for a Director of the Division of Alcoholic Studies and Rehabilitation and to confer upon the Board, the Director and the Division, respectively, certain powers, duties and functions; to provide for the establishment and operation of certain hospital and clinic facilities for the study, treatment and rehabilitation of persons addicted to the excessive use of alcoholic beverages; to authorize the receipt and expenditure of certain grants and gifts; to authorize the entry into certain cooperative undertakings ; and to make an appropriation.
An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of the counties to make gifts of money and other property in aid of non-profit making hospitals.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 4, 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, Ca 24, rele and 45 of ee id 91, as amended, of the Acts ‘of. Assembly of 1919 ap
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1618-a, providing for the annual renewal of certificates to practice any branch of the healing arts, and the publication of the names of the holders of such certificates; to prescribe fees for such renewals and the disposition of funds collected; and to prescibe penalties for violations.
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 Sections 2-1 and 2-m and to repeal Section 2-i of the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act, which sections relate to occupational diseases and .which were added to the said Act by Chapter 77 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944.
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 Sections 5, 13, and 23 of Chapter 385 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932 as amended, known and designated as the "Virginia Operators’ and Chauffeurs’ Act"
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1006-c, authorizing the State Hospital Board to enter into reciprocal arrangements with other States for the transfer and care of patients.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 2-g of the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act, which section relates to a schedule of occupational diseases and which was added to the said Act by Chapter 77 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to sell and convey on behalf of the Commonwealth certain timber on the Dunbar Meadowfield tracts in James City County, and to appropriate the moneys derived from any such sale.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding seven sections numbered 1276-a through 1276-g dealing with qualifications for practice of veterinary medicine, requisites for certificates, examinations, fees, power of board to grant, refuse, suspend or revoke certificates, hearings and appeals and to repeal Section 1276.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1014-a, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to private funds of patients in State hospitals and colonies and the use and investment of such funds.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 8 of Chapter 98 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 27, 1940, authorizing establishment of mosquito control districts, such section relating to the amount the State Board of Health is authorized to contribute to any mosquito control com
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 regulate the production, handling, distribution and sale of milk, cream and certain milk products; to define certain terms, prohibit certain acts and provide penalties for violations; to provide for the administration of the act and the making of certain rules and regulations; and to repeal Chapter 155 of the Acts of assembly of 1934, approved March 24, 1934, and all amendments thereto, relating to the foregoing.
Ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the terms of office of the President.
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.
An ACT to provide for the protection of the public health and to that end to require certain establishments serving the public to have certain sanitary facilities and to maintain the same in a sanitary condition; to provide for administration and enforcement of the act; to provide for making certain rules and regulations; to prohibit certain acts; to impose penalties for violation and to provide for appeals from action of the State Health Commission
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 to protect the public health and to this end to provide for the regulation of sanitary conditions in certain establishments offering lodging to the transient public, to require a safe water supply and adequate waste disposal; to require the State Board of Health to enforce this law and authorize the Board to make certain regulations therefor, to provide certain penalties, and to provide for appeals from actions of the State Health Commissioner; to amend and re-enact Sections 1585, 1589, 1590 and 1592, of the age of Virginia as they have been severally amended, relating to inspection of hotels and ers the same, and to repeal Sections 1594, 1595, 1596, 1598, 1600, 1601 and 1607-a of the Code of Virginia relating to ‘hotels, and tourist camps and filling stations.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1621 of the Code of Virginia, prescribing what persons, professions, occupations and practices are exempt from the provisions of the statutes of Virginia regulating the practice of the healing arts; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1621-a, regulating the employment and practice of unlicensed practitioners in certain hospitals, and imposing penalties for violations.
An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to make gifts and donations of property, real or personal, and of money to certain associations and institutions; to validate certain acts; and to repeal Chapter 36 of the Acts of Assembly, Extra Session, 1947, approved January 30, 1947, relating to the same subjects.
An ACT to authorize the appropriation of certain funds for the purchase, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of hospital and health centers in certain counties and towns.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 16 of Chapter 14 of the Acts of Assembly of 1947, Extra Session, approved January 29, 1947, to provide for the deposit of State funds in the hospital construction fund; and to amend said chapter by adding two new sections numbered 16-a and 16-b, prescribing conditions for the deposit and expenditure of State funds, and to confer certain powers upon the governing bodies of counties and cities.
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 Sections 1731 as amended, 1732 and 1735 of the Code of Virginia, relating to delivery of bodies to State Anatomical Board.
An ACT to authorize the governing body of the county of Scott if approved in an election duly called and held in such county, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to appropriate toward the purchase or erection of a hospital in the county of Scott.
An ACT for the relief of Noah C. Hudson.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 355, of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 20, 1924, the sections and chapter relating to the regulation of the solicitation of contributions from the public, and to arthend such chapter by adding new sections numbered 1-a and 1-b, imposing certain duties upon the State Corporation Commission with regard to such solicitations, requiring the filing of certain reports and requiring certain certificates as a prerequisite to solicitation of funds.
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 authorize the governing body of the county of Greens-
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 for the Relief of Mrs. Mont Gilbert.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1619-a, authorizing the State Board of Medical Examiners to suspend or revoke the certificate or license of or to prosecute for illegal practice certain persons responsible for or implicated in practices for which a hospital license has been suspended or revoked by the State Board of Health.
An ACT to authorize the governing body of the town of Emporia to appropriate funds of such town for the purchase, construction, maintenance, repair and operation of recreation centers, parks, libraries, civic centers, hospital or health centers.
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 and reenact sections 1656, 1657, 1659, 1661, 1662 as amended, 1663 as amended, 1663-a, 1664 as amended, 1664-a, 1664-b, 1669, 1671, 1674 as amended, 1681 as amended, 1686 as amended, 1687 as amended, 1688, 1690, 1691, and 1692 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the practice of pharmacy, and the composition, branding, possession, dispensing, sale and inspection of alg ce drug ied cosmetics and poisons, and to repeal section 1658 of the Code of Virginia relating to rules and regulations of the Board of Pharmacy.
An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Blanche M. Shifflett.
1950
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia; to repeal chapter 186 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 21, 1980, as amended, which provided a ‘charter for the town of Colonial Heights, the existing charter of the city and amendments thereto; and to validate all contracts and obligations of the city.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 32-293.1 and 32-294 of the Code relating to contracts for hospitalization of the medically indigent and eligibility for such hospitalization.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-12 of the Code of 1950 to provide that property of the Virginia Association of Workers for the Blind, Inc., shall be exempt from taxation, State and local, including inheritance taxes.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 51-81, 51-47, 51-62, 51-82, 51-99 and 51-101 of the Code of 1950 relating, respectively, to definitions under the Virginia Retirement System, prior service credit, prior service credit certificates, rates of contribution, service retirement benefits and disability retirement benefits.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-276, 32-278, 32-285, and 32-288 of the Code of 1950, so as to provide that the provisions of Chapter 14, including §§ 32-276 through 32-290 of Title 32 of Code of 1950, relating to Hospital or Health Center Commissions, shall be applicable to cities as well as to counties and towns.
AN ACT for the relief of Patricia D. Parrott
AN ACT to define “Dental Hygiene’ and “Dental Hygienist,” to regulate the practice of dental hygiene and to provide penalties for the violations of the provisions of this act.
AN ACT to consolidate, subject to certain conditions, the county of Warwick, the county of Elizabeth City, including the town of Phoebus, the city of Hampton, and the city of Newport News, or certain of such political subdivisions and to provide, subject to certain conditions, a charter for the consolidated city of Virginia, Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5, 6, 10,11, 18, 20, 21, 31, 88, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 50, 51, 60, 66 and 67 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved February 11, 1948, which provided a new charter for the city of Waynesboro, the sections relating, respectively, to powers of the city; zoning; disqualification for office; regulation of meetings of the council; appointment of certain officials; appointment, term of office and removal of city manager; powers and duties of city manager; election, terms of office, powers and duties, and compensation of certain officers of the city; the annual budget; sinking fund; bond issues; appropriation ordinance and levy of taxes; unencumbered balances in treasury; how claims against the city are paid; how special assessments made; audit of accounts of city officers; conducting of investigations by the council; planning for future development for the city; and powers of city policemen; and to repeal §§ 22, 39 and 46 of such act relating, respectively, to assigning of administrative duties by the council; contracts for public improvements and certain limitations on contracts, agreements or other obligations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 63-119 of the Code of 1950 relating to old age assistance grants.
AN ACT to transfer the jurisdiction and control of certain parcels of land through and along Catawba Sanatorium, in Roanoke County, from the State Board of Health to the State Highway Commission, and to authorize the latter agency to use the said parcels of land as a part of State Highway Route No. 311.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 37-75 of the Code of 1950, so as to provide that the State shall pay commitment fees in certain cases.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Martinsville, Virginia; and to repeal Chapter 69 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved February 25, 1942, which provided a charter for such city.
AN ACT to provide for the reduction and elimination of occupational disease, and to this end to confer certain powers upon the State Health Commissioner concerning the inspection of certain establishments, the making of tests and taking of samples, and to recommend certain practices.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 54-109 and 54-110 of the Code of 1950, relating to clinical psychologists so as to provide for examination, qualification, and renewal of licenses thereof, and to appropriate funds.
Proposing Amendments to § 141 of the Constitution of 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 provide a new charter for the Town of Blacksburg in the County of Montgomery, and to repeal the existing charter of the Town, and all former charters and amendments thereto.
An Act for the relief of Allen B. Turpin.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia 1950 by adding five new sections numbered 54-280.1 to 54-280-5, both inclusive, providing temporary licenses for certain chiropractors and naturopaths, creating a Special Board to give examinations on certain subjects to holders of temporary licenses, and prescribing how such chiropractors and naturopaths may obtain permanent licenses.