Healthcare

1936
An ACT to authorize the special board of directors of the Eastern State Hospital at Williamsburg to accept a gift of $25,000 from Colonial Williamsburg, Incorporated; to impose certain conditions upon the acceptance of such gift; to appropriate the said sum when received; and to declare the policy of the State as to the future removal of the Eastern State Hospital from its present location to Dunbar farm in James City county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1019 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the records of proceedings in the commitment of insane, epileptic, inebriate and feeble-minded persons.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1649 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to and regulating the practice of dentistry, and the powers of the Virginia State Board of Dental Examiners to suspend and revoke certificates and licenses.
An ACT to authorize the Special Board of Directors of the Southwestern State Hospital, at Marion, to convey certain real estate belonging to said hospital to the Chamber of Commerce of Marion, Incorporated.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1650 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the hearing of charges against licensed dentists and the revocation of licenses, so as to permit suspension of licenses, and to prohibit a person whose license is revoked or suspended from practicing dentistry pending a decision upon appeal.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 638, 641, 642, 643, 649, 653, 655, 656, 657, 660, 667, 669, 673, 674, 683, 684, 688, 695, 700, 707, 708, and 716 of the Code of Virginia, Sections 611, 612, 638, 642, 649, 653, 655, 656, 660, 673, 683, 684, 688 and 695 of which have heretofore been amended, all of which sections relate to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, division superintendents, county and city school boards, the literary fund, and to the establishment, maintenance and administration of the public school system, so as, among other things, to make certain of said sections applicable to cities, to validate county bond elections, to prescribe qualifications of certain teachers for purposes of compulsory education; to provide for settlements of treasurers with school boards, and to prohibit school boards from employing their members for certain purposes; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered six hundred and ninety-eight, providing for the levying of taxes and the appropriation of moneys in counties, cities and towns for public school purposes, and to repeal section six hundred and ninety-eight-a of the Code of Virginia relating to the same matter, and to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered seven hundred and forty-one, relating to the qualifications of drivers of school buses and the methods by which their fitness shall be determined; and to prohibit the school board from employing certain persons related to the Division Superintendent.
An ACT to regulate the manufacture of drugs, medicines, toilet preparations, dentifrices and cosmetics; to provide for the issuance and revocation of permits therefor by the Virginia Board of Pharmacy and for hearings on applications for such permits and appeals from the action of said board thereon; and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1020 of the Code of Virginia in relation to committing incompetent persons to State institutions, so as to allow incompetent veterans to be committed to a Veterans’ Administration Facility.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1682 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to and regulating the compounding and retailing of drugs, drug products and domestic remedies, providing for the inspection of places where the same are manufactured and sold; so as to require certain equipment and making unlawful certain signs and ee oe
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act, which became a law March 21, 1918, as last amended by an act approved March 24, 1932.
An ACT to empower the councils or other governing bodies of cities and towns to release the liability and liens for interest, penalties and accrued costs on unpaid taxes due such cities and towns for any year or years prior to and including the year 1935 provided such taxes are paid within six months after the effective date of this act.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Martinsville, Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1715, 1716, 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725 and 1726 of the Code of Virginia, 1919, as heretofore amended, and to add eleven new sections to the Code of Virginia, to be known and designated as sections 1715 (1), 1719-a, 1720-a, 1720-b, 1720-c, 1721-a, 1721-b, 1724-a, 1726-a, 1726-b and 1726-c, relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, changing the name of said board from State Board of Embalming to State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia, providing for the appointment and terms of members of said board, for the qualification of said members as to how said members shall qualify, for the meetings of said board, the election of officers of said board, for the adoption of rules and regulations by said board, for the establishment and conduct of schools; fixing the per diem of the members of said board, the compensation of its officers; prescribing the powers and duties of said board; authorizing the appointment of an inspector and providing for his authority and duties; providing for the qualification of applicants for a license, examination and licensing of embalmers, funeral directors and assistant funeral directors and the fees therefor; to prohibit false statements by applicants; to prohibit bribery and certain deceptive, misleading, improbable and unethical advertising, and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof; to require a license of persons employed by firms and corporations; to provide for the refusal, suspension or revocation of licenses and for appeals therefrom; to prohibit certain transactions between funeral directors and embalmers and burial associations and to provide penalties for the violation thereof; to require all funds collected by the State board to be paid into the State treasury, there to be retained until appropriated by law; to prescribe what shall constitute violations of this chapter and the penalties therefor; to prescribe certain definitions and to authorize the board to adopt certain rules and regulations; to provide for certain exceptions and exclusions from the act; and to declare each part of this act severable; and to repeal section 1717 of the Code of Virginia relating to membership of the State Board of Health.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1031 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the voluntary admission of insane persons to hospitals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1077 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-minded.
An ACT to provide that persons, firms, corporations or associations which collect dues or assessments and provide burial benefits in return therefor shall be known as burial societies; to provide for the organization, licensing and regulation of such societies; and to provide penalties.
An ACT to authorize the Governor of Virginia, with the approval of the State Board of Health, to sell or lease certain land located in Roanoke county, Virginia, acquired April 15, 1912, from C. E. Strickler and wife by the Commonwealth of Virginia, for use in connection with the Catawba Sanatorium; and to appropriate the money realized therefrom.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending
An ACT to prohibit the sale, purchase, use, possession, delivery, distribution, transportation, growth, propagation or donation of drug known as derivatives of plant cannabis sativa (L) and each sale, derivative, compound, mixture or preparation thereof; and to provide punishment therefor.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Vinton, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to create a lien in favor of hospitals for its reasonable charges for caring for persons injured in accidents, the giving of notice of such lien, the effect thereof and to provide for the adjudication of the claims made by hospitals against persons injured in accidents, approved March 24, 1932, so as to include doctors and registered nurses within the provisions of the said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1224 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to testing cattle for tuberculosis and Bang’s disease.
An ACT to appropriate, subject to certain conditions $950,000.00 for each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 1936, to assist counties and cities to provide assistance to and for destitute persons in this State in need of public relief and for the purpose of providing for administration of the provisions of this act; to authorize the Governor to transfer certain funds to the State treasury; to provide for the distribution and expenditure of the funds herein appropriated; to require and empower counties and cities to match State funds to be paid to them hereunder; and to prescribe the powers and duties of the State Commissioner of Public Welfare relating to the distribution and expenditure of funds, hereunder.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2707 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to supervisors not being interested in certain contracts.
An ACT to create a commission to determine the probable cost of old age pensions or old age assistance in Virginia during each year of a ten-year period beginning with the year 1938; to prescribe the rights, powers and duties of the said commission; and to appropriate to the said commission the sum of $20,000.00 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1518 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the enforcement of health regulations, so as to make the same applicable to counties.

1936/1937es
An ACT to provide for unemployment compensation in Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled "An act to continue the board of charities and corrections under the name of State Board of Public Welfare; to provide for the composition and maintenance of said board; to prescribe its powers, duties and compensation; to provide how the officers, assistants and employees of the board may be appointed and compensated; to authorize the board to create a children’s bureau; to provide how county and city boards of public welfare must or may be appointed, with certain exceptions, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such local boards; to authorize such local boards to appoint local superintendents of public welfare, and to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such superintendents if and when appointed; also to repeal sections 1888 to 1902, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia," approved February 27, 1922, so as to provide for the payment by the State of certain allowances to the State Board of Public Welfare for the maintenance of children in receiving or detention homes operated by the board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1005 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the boards of directors of the State hospitals and the colony for epileptics and feeble-minded, so as to abolish the present general and special boards of directors of said institutions; to provide for a single board of directors to be known as the State Hospital Board, and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the appointment, suspension and removal of the members of such board and to provide for the expenses of the members of the said board and its secretary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Altavista, Campbell county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State,” approved March 30, 1936
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Upperville, in Fauquier county, Virginia.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Norton, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and all former charters and amendments thereof, of said town.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Front Royal, Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.

1938
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1006-a, conferring certain additional powers, and imposing certain additional duties, upon the State Hospital Board and to repeal Sections 1009, 1011 and 1012 of the Code of Virginia relating to the Commissioner of State Hospitals for the Insane.
An ACT to provide for the inspection of sweet cream and ice cream mix imported into the State of Virginia.

An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3193, 3199, 3208, 3210, 3216, 3223, and 3244 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Commission of Fisheries, the Commissioner of Fisheries, fish, fishing and shellfish; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections numbered 3151-a, authorizing the Commission of Fisheries to destroy duplicate and triplicate sets of licenses, and duplicate or triplicate vouchers and invoices, and 3244-a, making returns of employees of the Commission of Fisheries as to posting certain notices conclusive evidence of such posting.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 435 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to what property is exempt from taxation, State and local.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1726-d relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia and placing a limitation on the time within which a license without examination may be granted a funeral director.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 395 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to delinquent State taxes.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Appalachia, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and all former charters and amendments thereof, of said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2707 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to supervisors not being interested in certain contracts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to regulate the manufacture of drugs, medicines, toilet preparations, dentifrices and cosmetics; to provide for the issuance and revocation of permits therefor
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1493 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to duties of local boards of health.
An ACT to authorize boards of supervisors or other governing bodies in counties to divide the area of counties in the unincorporated portions thereof into one or more districts; to regulate the use of lands and of buildings and other structures; to provide the locations of those areas which may be used as places of residence or in which agriculture, forestry, trade, industry or other specific uses, may be conducted, the height, bulk and size of buildings or other structures, the percentage of land area which may be occupied, and the minimum sizes of yards, courts or other open spaces; to provide for amendments and changes therein; to require county planning commissions to perform certain duties with reference thereto; to permit cooperation between political subdivisions, State and Federal agencies and officials thereof; to permit the appointment and prescribe the powers and duties of county boards of zoning appeals; to provide that this act shall not apply to certain counties heretofore authorized to regulate the use of land and the construction and use of buildings and structures therein; to provide for the enforcement of this act; and to provide penalties for violation of this act.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board, with the consent of the Governor, to convey all right, title and interest of the State Hospital Board and of the Southwestern State Hospital in and to certain property in Smyth county to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the construction of route number 88 of the State Highway System.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3146 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Commission and Commissioner of Fisheries, so as to provide that the office of the Commissioner of Fisheries shall be in the city of Newport News.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1939, and the thirtieth day of June, 1940, to prescribe the provisos, terms, conditions and provisions with respect to the items of appropriation, and their payment, and to repeal all acts wholly in conflict with this act, and all parts of all acts inconsistent with this act to the extent of such inconsistency.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1553 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to appropriations by counties and cities for the care of persons bitten by animals suspected of having rabies, so as to include persons exposed to such animals.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Cape Charles, Northampton county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Cape Charles.
An ACT to revise, consolidate, amend and codify the laws of Virginia, relating to the appointment of a State veterinarian and assistant veterinarians, and the prevention, control and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of livestock and poultry; to prescribe penalties for violations; and to that end, to repeal Sections 907 to 920, both inclusive, Section 920-a, and Sections 1224, 1225 and 1227, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, all of which relate to the subjects above mentioned, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto fourteen new sections numbered Sections 907 to 920, both inclusive, relating to the same subjects.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 1014-a, authorizing the State Hospital Board to provide for the receipt, custody and expenditure of private funds provided for the benefit of patients in State hospitals and colonies; to authorize, under certain conditions, the expenditure of such funds, whether heretofore or hereafter received, for the benefit of all or any part of the patients in such hospital or colony; and to ratify, approve and validate, certain such expenditures heretofore made.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1494 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rules and regulations of boards of health.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1626, 1631 and 1632, as amended, and 1635, 1636, 1637 and 1638, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, in relation to optometry and the practice of optometry in Virginia.
An ACT to amend and. re-enact Section 1092 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the colony for feeble-minded colored persons, so as to establish said colony as a separate institution.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to create a lien in favor of hospitals for its reasonable charges for caring for persons injured in accidents, the giving of notice of such lien, the effect thereof and to provide for the adjudication of the claims made by hospitals against persons injured in accidents”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2, 3, 4 and 11 of Chapter 1 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, extra session, 1936-1937, approved December 18, 1936, and known, designated and cited as the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act.
An ACT to provide a new ‘charter’ for the town of Round Hill; in
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1662, as amended, 1060, and 1664, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to add thereto the following new sections; section 1663-a, defining adulterated cosmetics; section 1664-a, defining misbranded cosmetics; section 1664-b, defining false advertisement; section 1664-c, prohibiting the dissemination of false advertisement and the introduction and delivery into commerce of adulterated or misbranded drugs or cosmetics; section 1664-d, providing for the seizure and forfeiture of adulterated and misbranded drugs and cosmetics; and section 1664-e, providing for injunctive relief in certain cases.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of $220,000.00, or so much thereof as may be required, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1938, for the purpose of paying retirement compensation to judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and of other courts of record, and to members of the State Corporation Commission, who may retire, and to supplement other appropriations made for the purpose of paying salaries of such judges and of members of the said commission.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 38, as amended, of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia”, approved March 21, 1928, relating to the powers of the council of the said city, so as to authorize the prohibition of lotteries and raffles therein, the fixing of certain penalties for violation of city ordinances, and prescribing the manner in which certain city ordinances shall be published.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax”
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Manassas, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Manassas, in Prince William county’
An ACT to provide for financial aid and assistance to and for certain needy persons in need of public aid or assistance; to that end, to provide for the administration of the provisions of this act, and for the appointment, suspension, removal, compensation, costs, expenses, powers and duties of the officers, agents and employees, charged with the administration of the provisions of this act; to provide for State and local welfare administrative agencies; to impose certain duties upon the governing bodies of counties and cities; to appropriate money for, and in aid of, the purposes of this act; to impose penalties for violations of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13, of an act entitled "An act to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Charlottesville and to provide a charter and special form of government for the said city, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Charlottesville"
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1021 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees and costs of commissions on question: of insanity, inebriacy, feeble-mindedness and epilepsy.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board and the Governor of Virginia to sell and convey from time to time, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, all or any part of the property of the Eastern State Hospital in the city of Williamsburg, and property of the Eastern State Hospital within three-fourths of a mile of the city of Williamsburg and to use the money received from such sale in the purchase of certain lands in James City county, and in the construction of such buildings and plant and the purchase of such equipment as may be necessary for the use of such Hospital; and to authorize the said board to accept and use gifts and bequests made in connection with the proposed transfer of the plant from the city of Williamsburg.
An ACT to regulate the distribution and sale of milk and cream, to define and fix standards for said milk and cream, to provide for bio-assays of certain milk, and to provide for the payment for such assays, and for the disposition of funds collected.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1017 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commissions to ascertain insanity, epilepsy and inebriety.
An ACT to provide minimum standards for plumbing and plumbing materials; to define plumbing and plumbing materials as used in this act; to provide for inspection and tests; to prescribe penalties.

1940
An ACT to revise, consolidate, amend and codify the general laws of Virginia relating to mines, mining, quarries, quarrying, the Division of Mines, and the State Mine Inspector
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 4, 8, 13, 14, 19, 26, 27, 36, 37, 43, 44, 49, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 65, 66, 68, and 69 of Chapter 379 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938, and known, designated and cited as the Virginia Public Assistance Act of 1938; to further amend the said Virginia Public Assistance Act of 1938 by adding thereto a new section numbered 31-a, relating to procedure when a change of residence of a recipient of aid occurs; and to repeal sections 67 and 70-a of the said Virginia Public Assistance Act of 1938, the said sections relating to appropriations, and to the continuation of the Public Assistance Act of 1936, respectively.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide a new charter for the town of Woodstock and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government of the town of Woodstock and all power heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid.”’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4960 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the compensation of sheriffs or other persons in certain criminal cases and the compensation allowed hospitals for the treatment of prisoners.
An ACT to control and regulate the keeping, maintenance and operation of tourist camps, to this end to provide for the keeping of certain records and for the making of certain inspections, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1941, and the thirtieth day of June, 1942, to prescribe the provisos, terms, conditions and provisions with respect to the items of appropriation, and their payment, and to repeal all acts wholly in conflict with this act, and all parts of all acts inconsistent with this act to the extent of such inconsistency.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4537-b, making it a misdemeanor for any person, without just cause, to call or otherwise summon, any ambulance.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Holland, in the county of Nansemond, and to repeal the charter provided for said town by chapter 1047 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1899-1900, approved March 7, 1900, and all amendments thereof, or of any part thereof.
An ACT to declare policy as to, and to determine the character of, plans, projects, or enterprises for the furnishing of future hospital, medical and/or surgical services
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide for a referendum.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1017 and 1020, of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to commissions on insanity, epilepsy, and inebriacy, and the commitment and transfer of such persons to certain institutions.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Wise, in the county of Wise; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office, not inconsistent with this new charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all acts, or parts of acts, in conflict with this act.
An ACT for the relief of I. J. Smith
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1092 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the establishment of the Petersburg State Colony.
An ACT to fix the number of terms of the circuit courts of the Thirty-third judicial circuit, and to authorize the judge of such courts to fix the days for the commencement of the said terms.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1068 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the commitment of inebriates to the State hospitals for the insane.
An ACT to provide for the sterilization of all bottles, jugs, cans, barrels and containers used in the packing, bottling, storage, distribution and sale of non-alcoholic beverage and drink products
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2854-a, authorizing the governing bodies of the several counties to acquire necessary lands for certain sewage disposal purposes at county seats, by eminent domain proceedings or otherwise.
An ACT to provide for the regulation and control of the manufacture, sale, advertising of and traffic in certain foods; to define adulterated or misbranded food, and to prohibit the manufacture and sale of and traffic in such food; to confer upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration and the Board of Agriculture and Immigration certain powers and duties with respect to certain foods, and to authorize certain injunctive relief to restrain, and to provide penalties for, violations of certain provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1006 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, establishing the State hospital Board and defining certain of its powers and duties.
An ACT to regulate the operation of certain summer camps, to require certain sanitary and health provisions to be made therefor, to provide for the inspection thereof and for the issuance and revocation of permits for the operation thereof and for appeals in certain cases, to confer and impose certain powers and duties upon the State Health Commissioner and the agents and employees of the Department of Health, and to prescribe penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1018 and 1019 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to proceedings for the commitment of insane, feeble-minded, epileptic and inebriate persons to the several State hospitals and colonies.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 5073-a, requiring, as a prerequisite to the issuance of marriage licenses, certain serological tests, physician’s statements and reports as to serological tests, prescribing by whom such statements, reports and tests shall be made, prescribing the powers and duties of clerks, the State Department of Health and the State Health Commissioner with reference thereto, requiring certain precautions and medical treatments, prohibiting the refusal to issue such marriage license under certain conditions, and prescribing penal for violations.
An ACT for the relief of Pearson Martin
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Iron Gate, Alleghany County, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith: and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Iron Gate.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to convey to J. A. Overbay all the right, title and interest of the Southwestern State Hospital and the Commonwealth of Virginia in and to two certain tracts of land near Marion in Smyth County, and to use the money received from such sale in the purchase of certain other lands in said county.
An ACT to provide for the regulation and control of the manufacture, sale, advertising of and traffic in, certain dog food; to define adulterated, misbranded and unlabeled dog food, and to prohibit the manufacture, and sale of and traffic in such dog food; to confer upon the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration certain powers and duties with respect to certain dog food; and to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the sexual sterilization of inmates of State institutions in certain cases’
An ACT to provide for the regulation and inspection of maternity hospitals, to require permits to be obtained for the operation of such hospitals, to vest certain powers in the State Board of Health, to provide for appeals in certain cases, to prescribe penalties for violations, and to repeal an act entitled "An Act to provide for the licensing, regulation, and inspection of Maternity hospitals, and to repeal sections 1925 to 1930, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia."
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.