Judicial

1934
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4852 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to grand juries.
An ACT to amend section 6501 of the Code of Virginia which said section is in chapter 272 of the said Code on the subject of executions, and the means of enforcing the recoveries of money otherwise than by such writ.
An ACT for the relief of W. H. Williams and Company, Incorporated, W. H. Harris Grocery Company, Incorporated, Nelson Canning Company, C. G. Reaburn, Staples Grocery Company, Incorporated, Phillips-Lewis Company, Incorporated, Curtice Brothers Company, Barrow, Penn and Company, Banner Fuel Corporation and Smokeless Fuel Corporation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3l-a of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke, Virginia, and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke, approved February 28, 1928, so as to authorize the hustings court of the city of Roanoke, or the judge thereof in vacation to appoint a bail commissioner or bail commissioners for the city of Roanoke, to provide for the disposition of fees collected by a bail commissioner, to provide for the compensation of a bail commissioner, to authorize the council of the city of Roanoke, Virginia, to fix the compensation of such bail commissioner and to authorize certain officers of the city of Roanoke to admit persons to bail.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5259 of the Code of Virginia, relating to probate, impeachment and establishment of wills.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered section 5216-b, relating to the recordation of judgments, orders and decrees of United States courts affecting the title to, boundary or possession of, or any interest in and to real estate situated within this State.
An ACT to regulate and control the production, preparation, manufacture, possession, transportation, sale, disposition and use of coca leaves, cocaine, opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture and preparation thereof or of either, and substances not chemically distinguishable from such drugs or either of them; to provide for the issuance, suspension and revocation of licenses to produce, prepare, manufacture, sell, dispense and otherwise handle such drugs; to prescribe penalties for violations of this act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith: and to provide that this act may be designated and cited as the "Uniform Narcotic Drug Act."
An ACT to prohibit conspiracies to murder, rape, rob and kidnap persons and to burglarize, break and enter and burn buildings, and to provide penalties for violations of this act.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 169 thereof a new section, numbered 4248-a, prohibiting misrepresentations by insurance companies and officers, directors and agents thereof and others, and providing penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 368, 3378, 3379, 3381 and 3383 of the Code of Virginia; to amend and re-enact sections 3465 and 3486 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended; and to repeal section 3382 of the Code of Virginia; said sections relating to the tenure of office, duties and compensation of clerks of the Supreme Court of Appeals, auditing the accounts of such clerks, collection and remittances of fees and costs by them.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section, 200 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to pay of judges, clerks, registrars and commissioners of election.
An ACT for the relief of William A. Tuck, guardian of Helen Mitchell Morgan.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6253 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to certificates in lieu of bills of exceptions
An ACT to abolish the corporation court of the city of Hopewell, provide for the transfer of all cases, actions and proceedings now pending in the said court and all records of the said court to the circuit court of the city of Hopewell, to vest in the circuit court all jurisdictions now vested
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 124 thereof a new section numbered 3120-a prohibiting special justices, who are judges or justices of any civil court, civil and police court or police court in certain cities from practicing law.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections to be designated as section 3109-a and section 3118-a, providing respectively for the appointment of clerks of civil and police justices courts and for the appointment of bailiffs of civil justices courts, prescribing their duties and providing for their compensation; and to repeal section 3110 of the Code of Virginia relating to bailiffs for civil and police justices courts.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered section 5371-a in order to provide for the appointment and qualification of personal representatives and guardians in certain cases without security; to exempt certain estates from taxes and court costs, and to repeal ia 293 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, approved March 16
An ACT for the relief of Thomas F. Clemmer.
An ACT to provide for the dismissal of suits and actions which have been at rules for more than three years, and for noting such dismissal on the margin of the page of the deed book where any lis pendens filed in such suit or action has been recorded.
An ACT to make it a misdemeanor to operate fraudulently any coin-box telephone; or to obtain fraudulently from any such coin-box telephone the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service; or to manufacture, sell or give away, with intent to defraud or knowing the same is intended for an unlawful use, any slug, device or substance whatsoever for the operation of any coin-box telephone.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5936 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the court of law and chancery of the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to provide for the relief of Miss Ruby L. Garst.
An ACT to amend section 3106 of the Code of Virginia, which said section is in chapter 124 of the said Code, on the subject of civil and police justices and civil justices.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sixteen new sections, numbered 4988-a to 4988-p, both inclusive, relating to the appointment of trial justices and substitute trial justices in counties; providing for the appointment of clerks for such trial justices, and prescribing the terms of office, jurisdiction, duties and compensation of such trial justices, substitute trial justices and clerks; to appropriate the sum of forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars annually or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, for distribution among certain counties, and to repeal section 4988-a of the Code of Virginia, as enacted into law by chapter 81 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1926, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1935, and the thirtieth day of June, 1936.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5335 and 5340 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to estates of persons under disability.
An ACT to define the term "machine gun"; to declare the use and possession of a machine gun, for certain purposes, a crime and to prescribe the punishment therefor; to require manufacturers, dealers and other persons, with certain exemptions, in possession thereof, to register all machine guns with the Secretary of the Commonwealth: to keep records of and report transfers and sales to the said Secretary; to allow inspection of records and of machine guns by peace officers; to provide for seizures and search warrants; to prescribe rules of evidence and presumptions; to provide penalties, and to repeal all inconsistent acts.
An ACT to amend sections 4, 5, 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 38 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk, approved September 11, 1919, as heretofore amended, which town has since become the city of South Norfolk and to provide a charter for the city of South Norfolk, approved March 20, 1924, and to further amend said act by adding thereto two new sections numbered ll-a and 24-a.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to provide a police commission for Norfolk county, to appoint and have supervision and control of the police force in said county; to prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of such commission and of such police force, and of the members of each; and to repeal chapter 404 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1922, approved March 24, 1922, and all amendments thereof, approved March 29, 1932.
An ACT to prohibit persons from releasing or causing or procuring tc be released in any private home or place of public gathering, tear gas.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 21 of an act entitled an act to reorganize the administration of the State government in order to secure better service, and through co-ordination and consolidation, to promote economy and efficiency in the work of the government; to create and establish or continue certain departments, divisions, offices, officers, and other agencies, and to prescribe their powers and duties; to abolish certain offices, boards, commissions and other agencies, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act to the extent of such inconsistency, approved April 18, 1927, as heretofore amended.
An ACT for the relief of Margaret F. McMurran.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5447 of the Code of Virginia, relating to unlawful entry and detainer, authorizing recovery of rents and damages.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6299 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the substitution of trustees in place of trustees who have died, resigned, removed or declined the trust, so as to validate decrees or orders of substitution heretofore made by courts of competent jurisdiction.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19-f, 19-h, 57 and 105 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of special justices of the peace in cities of less than 25,000 inhabitants and in counties, to be known as judges of juvenile and domestic relations courts; to prescribe their jurisdiction, powers, duties, and compensation; and to provide for the maintenance of juvenile and domestic relations courts in such cities and in counties
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to regulate the confession of judgment in the office of the clerk of any court of record in the Commonwealth of Virginia and to prescribe the procedure thereon
An ACT to identify and provide for the maintenance, operation, control and management of the DeJarnette State Sanatorium; to provide how patients may be received therein; to provide for the distribution and use of revenues derived therefrom and to appropriate the same; and to repeal all acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe the time for the holding of courts of the sixth judicial circuit, approved March 24, 1926.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 9, and 18-a, of an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved on the 22nd day of March, 1924, entitled an act to provide for a new charter for the city of Roanoke, to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke.
An ACT validating certain sales heretofore made under deeds of trust to secure debts or indemnify sureties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5337 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to answers of guardians ad litem and infants in certain cases.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 6240-a, permitting the introduction of evidence in mitigation of damages in actions against publishers, owners, editors, reporters and employees of newspapers, magazines and periodicals under section 5781 of the Code of Virginia or for libel or defamation.
An ACT to provide for the compensation of attorneys for the Commonwealth in the counties and cities, county and city treasurers, and county and city commissioners of the revenue, and officers and employees performing the duties of such officers in counties which adopt optional forms of county organization and government; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of the fees collected by such officers; to provide for a Compensation Board to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions of such board: to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate funds for the payment of salaries and expenses and for the administration of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize any judge or judges of a court or courts of record of the city of Norfolk to act as judge or court in any other court of record of said city, at the request of the judge of any one of said courts
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6298 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to appointment of trustees in the place of one who is dead, has resigned, removed or declined the trust, authorizing the beneficiary to make the appointment of substitute trustees in certain cases.
An ACT validating acknowledgments heretofore taken by notaries public in the State of Virginia whose commissions have expired.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a commission on redistricting judicial circuits in Virginia; to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission and to appropriate funds for certain expense of said commission.
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 amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 169 thereof, a new section numbered 4257-d, prohibiting officers and directors of insurance companies from being pecuniarily interested in certain transactions.
An ACT to provide for commencing civil actions to be tried by civil and police justices, civil justices and trial justices by notice of motion, and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the trial of civil cases by a civil and police justice on motion, approved March 15, 1924.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6469 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to lis pendens and attachment.
An ACT to prohibit the sale or receipt of second hand heating or plumbing fixtures or supplies, electrical fixtures or wiring, gas fixtures or appliances, water faucets, pipes, locks, bath tubs, or other second hand fixtures of whatever kind or description pertaining to a building without a permit; to require persons engaged in the buying and selling of such articles to keep permanent records of such transactions and the names and descriptions of the persons participating in the same; to require junk dealers and dealers in such second hand personal property to make reports of such transactions; to exempt certain persons from the provisions of this act; to require the books and premises of all persons affected by this act to be open to police inspection; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to define dealers within the meaning of this act.
An ACT to prohibit sheriffs, sergeants, constables and high constables or any of their deputies from purchasing effects sold by them under writs and to prohibit any such officers from acting as an auctioneer or common crier unless he first obtains a license to act as such.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5249 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to probate of wills, appointment and qualification of appraisers, personal representatives and curators, by clerks and deputies, and appeals therefrom.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Hopewell and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Hopewell.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6307 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vacation powers of chancery judges, and effect of vacation decrees and orders.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6338 of the Code of Virginia relating to how persons desiring to present petitions for appeals, writs of error and supersedeas may procure suspension of execution.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4896 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the selection and summoning of jurors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2773-n 40 of the Code of Virginia, as enacted into law by chapter 368 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, relating to the department of law enforcement in counties adopting the county manager form of organization and government.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6503 of the Code of Virginia, relating to ascertainment of the estate on which a writ of fiert facias is a lien.
An ACT to require notice when application is made for appointment of receivers, and to provide for appointment of receivers in emergency cases, and to require certain notices, settlements and reports.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5940 of the Code of Virginia, relating to commissioners in chancery of the court of law and chancery of the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to permit the trial together of cases for personal injury of infants, with claims for the expenses of curing or attempting to cure infants from such injury.
An ACT to provide that when any court of competent jurisdiction shall appoint a receiver for any State bank, or banking institution, or trust company, such court shall have authority to prescribe and limit the rate of interest to be paid upon the claims of depositors; and to provide for the distribution of any surplus, after all such claims have been paid.
An ACT to authorize and empower justices of the peace, civil justices, civil and police justices, justices of juvenile and domestic relations courts, and trial justices to recognize witnesses, issue subpoenas duces tecum, and punish for contempt.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to regulate the keeping, and making entries in the chancery and common law order books in the several courts of this State
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6035 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to interpleader.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4997-a, providing for the taking of fingerprints, photographs and descriptions of convicts received in the penitentiary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6351 of the Code of Virginia relating to bonds of appellants and petitioners and the penalties and conditions thereof.
An ACT to repeal section 4988-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to removals to court in misdemeanor cases triable by a justice of the peace.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6107 of the Code of Virginia relating to pleading several matters of law or fact.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to provide for the suspension of operator’s and chauffeur’s licenses and registration certificate, and the right of non-residents to operate a motor vehicle, in certain cases; to prescribe procedure where damages to property and/or injuries to persons have been caused by the operation of motor vehicles, and to prescribe penalties, approved March 24, 1932, and to provide for the collection and distribution of fees from judgment creditors requesting suspension of operator’s, chauffeur’s and motor vehicle licenses.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 23 and 24 of chapter 385 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, entitled an act to provide for the licensing of chauffeurs, and other motor vehicle operators, and for the suspension and revocation of such licenses for certain causes; to fix liability on certain persons for negligence in the operation of motor vehicles on the public highways; and to prescribe penalties for violations of certain provisions of this act, approved March 29, 1932.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4938 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the cost of printing records, and to certain sections applicable to criminal and civil cases.

1936
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 4902-b, providing for the selection, use, powers and duties of additional jurors in the trial of certain criminal cases to substitute for regular jurors who die or are discharged, or excused, to prevent mistrials in such cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled an act making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of non-support; providing for the taking of recognizances and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment of probation officers, prescribing their duties and powers, and repealing certain acts, approved March 27, 1918, in relation to jurisdiction in cases of desertion and non-support.
An ACT to amend Chapter 6 of an act entitled “An act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg,’ approved March 11, 1875, as heretofore amended, by adding thereto a new section numbered 7, in relation to bringing actions against the city for damages.
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 amend and re-enact sub-sections (f), (i), (j) and (k) of section 29 of chapter 64 of the acts of 1922, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Suffolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the said city of Suffolk
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 the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 4902-a, providing that when a jury is required to be kept together, the court may for good cause permit one or more of such jurors to be separated from the others, provided all such jurors be kept in charge of officers provided therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6371 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the destruction of manuscript records and the binding of printed records in the clerk’s offices of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 55 of Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, the said section relating to common nuisances; how persons punished for maintaining, or aiding and abetting or knowingly associating with others in maintaining same; bonds.
An ACT to authorize, under certain conditions and under the direc-tion and control of certain courts, assignments by certain persons of salary, wages and income to trustees for the benefit of creditors; defining the power and duties of such trustees and fixing their compensation; and prescribing the effect of such assignments as to creditors of the parties so assigning.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 20-a and 21 of an act entitled "an act to provide for a State Boxing and Wrestling Commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, and to provide for the expense of administering this act; to authorize and empower counties, cities and towns to determine by ordinance, referendum, or otherwise, when boxing and wrestling contests may be held therein; to provide for boxing and wrestling contests for prizes or purses, or where an admission is charged, and limiting such boxing contests to fifteen rounds and wrestling matches by such rules as may be promulgated by the commission; to prescribe conditions under which licenses shall be issued and contests held; to declare that amateur boxing and wrestling contests conducted heretofore shall be subject to the provisions of this measure and under the sole jurisdiction of such commission in all cases wherein an admission fee is charged spectators to witness such amateur boxing and/or wrestling contests; to provide for licensing and taxing such boxing and wrestling matches and providing for the distribution of the moneys derived therefrom," approved March 29, 1934, said sections being in relation to licenses, permits, compensation of officers, referees, number of bouts of matches, and appropriation of money collected.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 6253-a, designating the judges who may sign bills of exceptions and certificates of exceptions pertaining to any case tried in any court by a judge who is not the regular judge thereof.
An ACT to authorize and empower peace officers of other State of the United States to follow in close pursuit and arrest in Virginia persons fleeing into Virginia, and to provide for the disposition of such persons after such arrest.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of the counties of Franklin and Bedford to make appropriations for the expenses of the judge of the thirtieth judicial circuit.
An ACT to prohibit any and all institutions owned and operated by the State of Virginia from selling or exchanging seed corn to be used for agricultural purposes in the State of Virginia, unless to such institution or institutions as may be entirely owned and operated by the State of Virginia and entirely supported by State funds.
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.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 414 of the Tax Code of Virginia, relating to the correction of erroneous assessments.
An ACT to prohibit the pollution of the waters of the Chickahominy river and its tributaries, and to provide means for enjoining violations of this act, and to prescribe the duty of the court to which relief is applied for.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Albemarle county to institute certain proceedings against persons within or without this State for the recovery of any and all papers and records heretofore removed from the clerk’s office of the circuit court of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3487 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to fees for sheriffs, sergeants, criers, coroners and constables.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6185 of the Code of Virginia relating to how report of commissioners in chancery made out; what to be returned with it, et cetera, so as to require the commissioner to give notice of the date of the return of his report to certain parties or their attorneys.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 27 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke,” approved March 22, 1924, as heretofore amended, said section relating to the civil and police justice.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4767 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to how attempts to commit offenses punished.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe how a new day for the execution of the sentence of death shall be fixed, and dispensing with the presence of the person to be executed, approved March 20, 1922, so as to prescribe a new day for the execution of a sentence in case of a reprieve by the Governor.