Industry

1887/1888
An ACT to incorporate the Dunlop and McCance Milling and Manufacturing Company.
An ACT authorizing the counties of Cumberland and Powhatan to change the form of bonds subscribed to the Farmville and Powhatan railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Hampton and Old Point railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fairfax and Georgetown turnpike company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to confirm a law passed by the Legislature of North Carolina, entitled an act to incorporate the Elizabeth City and Norfolk railroad company (now the Norfolk Southern railroad company)
An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap Improvement company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 323 of the Acts of the general assembly of Virginia for 1887, and entitled an act to incorporate the Danville and Seaboard railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Crimora Manganese Company.
An ACT incorporating the Berkley and Currituck turnpike company.
An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap Steel and Iron company.
An ACT to incorporate the Wythe Canning and Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion Boom and Log company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Mining and Manufacturing company.
An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg Manufacturing company.
An ACT to authorize the supervisors of Amherst county to issue bonds for the purpose of retiring outstanding bonds.
An ACT to incorporate the Manteo Pleasure association.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond city and Seven Pines railway company.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to legalize certain subscriptions of the town of Goodson, Virginia, to the South Atlantic and Ohio railroad company upon certain conditions
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia and Pennsylvania Iron and Coal company.
An ACT to incorporate the railway reform rolling stock company.
An ACT to allow the Eastern Shore steamboat company of Maryland, to acquire, hold, and dispose of a certain tract of land in Northampton county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Green Springs Tramway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Cohoke association.
An ACT to incorporate the Mutual Live Stock association of Accomac parish.

1889/1890 Public Laws
An ACT to enable certain mining and manufacturing corporations of other States or countries to conduct operations in this State.
An ACT to preserve the jurisdiction of this state over corporations of other states or countries operating railroads in state.

1891/1892
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Metropolitan Western railroad of Virginia, approved February 4, 1890.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Washington, Cincinnati and Saint Louis railroad company
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Salem and Craig railway and mining company
An ACT to incorporate the Washington pneumatic power and post company.
An ACT to authorize any railroad company or companies owning any line or lines of railway which the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company may have the lawful right to acquire, to lease, convey, or otherwise transfer the same to said Chesapeake and Ohio railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Ohio and Big Sandy coal company, approved February 22, 1890, so as to authorize the increase of the capital stock of the said company.
An ACT to incorporate the Lexington and Western railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Russell fork coal and lumber company.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the consolidation of the Norfolk and Virginia Beach railroad company, and the Danville and Seaboard railroad company, under the name of the Norfolk, Albemarle and Atlantic railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Salem and Craig railway and mining company.
An ACT to amend and re enact an act to incorporate the Virginia and Kentucky railroad company, approved March 8, 1884, as amended by an act approved November 22, 1884, and an act approved May 12, 1887.
An ACT to amend the fifth and sixth sections of an act entitled ‘an act to incorporate the Big Stone Gap steel and iron company,’ approved February 14, 1888.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 11 and 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia mineral belt railroad company, approved February 20, 1886.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Wythe lead and zinc mine company so as to enlarge its rights and privileges.
An ACT to authorize and empower the East Hampton development company to construct a bridge across Hampton river, in the county of Elizabeth City, and to construct, equip, and operate a railroad from its lands in said county across said bridge into the town of Hampton.
An ACT to incorporate the East Virginia and Tide-water railroad company.
An ACT to advance the agricultural and industrial interests of the state by providing for the assaying by the state board of agriculture for the benefit of the owners thereof of any minerals found in the state.
An ACT to incorporate the Elizabeth and Pasquotank railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Southwest mining, development and construction company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of an act approved March Ist, 1886, creating the Baldwin district fair association, enlarging the powers of the association, etc.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia land investment and railway company.
An ACT to protect the oyster industry of the commonwealth.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 7, 1884, entitled an act authorizing the Sulphur mines company of Virginia to construct railways for transportation of ore, et cetera, same not to exceed forty miles in length.
An ACT to incorporate the Baltimore, Richmond and Southern railroad company.
An ACT to authorize the Virginia pyrites mining company to construct a railroad or railroads connecting its mines and lands with other railroads.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia manganese, iron and coal company.
An ACT to authorize and empower the Alleghany iron company to construct and operate a railroad under certain limitations.
An ACT to incorporate the Marion and Rye Valley railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Southanipton, Greenesville and Brunswick railway.
An ACT to allow T. W. Taylor to erect a wharf on Mattaponi river.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of the act entitled an act to incorporate the Pittsburgh and Virginia railroad company, as amended by the act approved February 24, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of the act approved March 3, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the Pittsburgh and Virginia railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke and New Castle railway and mining company.
An ACT to incorporate the Lanston monotype machine company.
An ACT to confirm and ratify a charter granted by the judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit, incorporating the Virginia iron and railway company, and to amend the same.
An ACT extending the time for commencing the construction of the Petersburg and Chesterfield railroad and re-enacting the act approved February 18, 1890.
An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont and Tidewater pipe-line company.
An Act to Repeal Chapter 324 of the Acts of Extra-Session 1887 and to Put in Full Force Section 1189 of the Code of 1887, in Relation to Branch Roads on Lateral Works.
An ACT to incorporate the Rockingham and West Virginia railway, mining, and manufacturing company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Staley’s creek and manganese iron company
An ACT to incorporate the Potts valley railroad and iron company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2184, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto.
An ACT to amend section 8 of an act approved March 4, 1890, entitled ‘an act to incorporate the Northwest and southeast railroad company, extending the time for commencing the construction of said railroad and authorizing the company to begin work in any of the counties named in said act.
An ACT to revive and continue the charter of the Old Dominion iron and nail works company and the additional powers conferred on said company by an act approved February 26, 1884, to reincorporate said company and to validate and confirm all acts performed by said company since the expiration of its former charter.
An ACT to authorize the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company to construct or acquire branches or extensions and to issue its mortgage bonds thereon, or to hold stock in and guarantee the bonds of corporations owning such branches or extensions.
An ACT to incorporate The Virginia and Tennessee marble, natural oil and gas company.
An ACT to incorporate the Bristol and Northern railroad company.
An ACT to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the state of Virginia at the World’s Columbian exposition of 1893.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Newport News ship-building and dry dock company
An ACT to incorporate the Berryville and West Virginia railroad company.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the charter granted by D. W. Bolen, judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit of Virginia, incorporating the Eldorado mining, manufacturing and improvement company of Virginia, and for other purposes.
An ACT to extend the time for the organization of the Bertha mining and improvement company for the further period of two years.
An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic, Staunton and West Virginia railway compary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘an act to incorporate the Midlothian, Manchester, and Richmond railway and mining company’
An ACT to amend section 2 of an act to incorporate the Cardwell machine company and to repeal section 3.of said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act approved May 18, 1887, entitled ‘an act to revive and re-enact the charter of the Farmville and Charlottesville railroad company, and to amend the same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2485 and 2486 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the lien of employees, &c., of transportation, mining, and manufacturing companies, on franchises and property of said companies, and how the same may be perfected and enforced.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Ocean View railroad and hotel company.
An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth, Smithfield and western railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of the act approved January 14, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of the act approved March 3, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia western railroad company.

1893/1894
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Winchester railroad company
An ACT to incorporate the Elizabeth River terminal company.
An ACT extending the time for commencing the construction of the Baltimore, Richmond and Southern railroad company.
An ACT to allow R. E. Johnston and J. J. Routten to erect a wharf on Harris creek, in Elizabeth City county.
An ACT authorizing the Loudoun national brick, paint and manufacturing company to construct and operate a railroad to its property from the existing railroad, near Leesburg, Virginia, by building such road or contracting with some other company therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of the act entitled an act to incorporate the Pittsburgh and Virginia railroad company
An ACT to authorize J. C. Harris to construct a mill-dam across Clinch river, in Russell county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia transit company, and to authorize it to engage in mining, manufacturing and storage.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Potts Valley railroad and iron company.
An ACT to incorporate the Pan-American investment company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and Carolina mining and development company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an act incorporating the Falls Church and Potomac railway company
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Abingdon development company, approved March 4, 1890.
An ACT to incorporate the Great Falls power company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1094 of the code of Virginia, in relation to one road or canal crossing another road.