Judicial

1956
An Act to permit the release from confinement of certain offenders under certain conditions, and the requiring from such persons payment of moneys earned by them as reimbursement for expenditures for support of their dependents.
An Act to amend and reenact § 42-68 of the Code of Virginia so as to permit the State Librarian to authorize a deputy to certify copies of records.
An Act to amend Chapter 44 of the Acts of Assembly of 1982, approved March 26, 1982, which provided a charter for the town of Scottsville, by adding a section numbered 18-a, providing for appointment by the council of a justice of the peace for the town.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1, 28, 25, 81, 84, 44, 45, 51, 59, 66, 88, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 104, 105, 109, 110, 112, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled, "An Act to incorporate the City of Newport News, in the County of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor"
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 17-117 and 17-119 of the Code of Virginia relating to establishment of circuit courts and judicial circuits.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 19-120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sureties on recognizances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-75.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the determination of alcohol in blood by chemical analyses, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding two new sections numbered 18-75.2 and 18-75.8, to provide for the admissibility in evidence of the results of such determination, and to provide certain presumptions and definitions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-71 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taxes on suits and writ taxes generally.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-80.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to recording evidence in felony cases, so as to allow certain defendants to have transcript of evidence with costs to be paid by the Commonwealth.
AN ACT to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to §§ 155 and 161 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to provide for the employment of assistants to the Commonwealth’s Attorneys in certain counties, subject to the approval of the Compensation Board, and to provide for their compensation.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.5, relating to terms of court for the county of Dinwiddie.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-577.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the procedure for changing names.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 59-140.1, relating to weights and measures, and to provide a penalty for violation, and the right of review in a court of competent jurisdiction.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 25-18.1, providing for procedure of commissioners in condemnation, their report, and what testimony may be required in connection therewith.
An Act to make the city of Waynesboro a part of the twenty-ninth judicial circuit; to establish a circuit court for said city; to make the judge of the twenty-ninth judicial circuit the judge of said circuit court; to prescribe the jurisdiction of said circuit court; to transfer to said circuit court all suits, actions, proceedings and matters pending in the corporation court; to provide for the clerk, city sergeant and Commonwealth’s attorney of said circuit court; to transfer to the clerk’s office of said circuit court and make parts of the records therein, all record books, papers and records of and in the clerk’s office of said corporation court.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 17-135 and 17-136 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to cities designated as cities of the first class for purposes of a judicial system and corporation and hustings courts of such cities.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 16-172.11, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the clerk, bailiff and other employees of juvenile courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-58, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of the Board of Bar Examiners.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.8, providing for terms of court in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 14-155.11, relating to additional increase of maximum compensation
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 48-63.1, giving a lien to certain persons furnishing ambulance service and providing for enforcement of the same.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-127 and 68-191, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to liens upon property of and recovery from estates of, certain recipients of public welfare. [H 67]
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-448 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice of accidents to be given the State Corporation Commission by railroads.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-204, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to power of counties to regulate traffic.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 37-186.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to proceedings to determine legal competency, so as to fix the jurisdiction of certain courts in the city of Richmond with respect to such proceedings.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-50 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees charged members of the Virginia State Bar.
An Act to authorize the city of Suffolk and county of Nansemond to join together in the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of a building or buildings to serve as a joint courthouse and related facilities for such city and county.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-172.44, as amended, and 16-172.47 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain decrees and orders affecting children or minors, to the transfer of certain information upon the commitment of children.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-397 of the Code of Virginia, which section construes and qualifies § 8-396, relating to the limitation of proceedings to enforce judgments.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 18-118.1, prohibiting the gift, sale or distribution of certain printed matter to minors under the age of eighteen years, to prohibit compulsory receipt of such printed matter as a condition to the sale or delivery of other articles, and providing penalties for violation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 34-80, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the exemption of wages of certain judgment debtors.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1957, and the thirtieth day June, 1958.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 17-127.7 to establish terms of certain circuit courts.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 19-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the time when prosecutions for certain crimes shall be commenced.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-871.2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to professional bondsmen so as to provide for certain courts in cities to issue certificates and allowing courts to suspend bondsmen under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.9, fixing the terms of court in the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Article III of Chapter 177 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 10, 1948, which provided a new charter for the town of Bowling Green, the section relating to powers of the town.
AN ACT for the relief of Mrs. Elsie S. Carstens and others.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-85, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fees paid from State Treasury to certain sheriffs and sergeants for attending certain courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-66, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth; and to repeal § 14-66.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 52-4.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking and preserving fingerprints of persons charged with a felony.
An Act to amend and reenact § 37-27 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment and terms of the State Hospital Board.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 36 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved February 21, 1950, which provided for a special police force in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 82-858 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the issuance of birth certificates upon court order establishing date and place of birth.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6.04 through 6.09, inclusive, 10.01 and 18.01 of Chapter 562 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 6, 1954, which provided a charter for the city of Galax, the amended sections relating, respectively, to fees and costs, jurisdiction, docket books, and records of the civil and police justice, the substitute civil and police justice, the clerk of the civil and police court, jurisdiction to hear and try removals and appeals from the civil and police court, and appointment, powers and duties of the special justice; to further amend said chapter by adding a section numbered 6.10 relating to the jurisdiction of certain trial justices; and to repeal § 7.01 of said chapter relating to the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54-482.8, relating to injunction to prohibit the practice of pharmacy.
An Act to amend and reenact Section 4-87 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the suspension and revocation of licenses by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, so as to provide certain standards or grounds upon which the Board may suspend or revoke such licenses under certain circumstances and so as to provide for an appeal in certain cases.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 14-155.12, providing for an annual salary for the clerks of certain courts.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 62 a new chapter numbered 5.1, consisting of sections numbered 62-94.1 through 62-94.12; to provide for the conservation of flood waters under certain conditions; to define terms; to provide how certain impounding structures may be built; to provide for notice to certain persons; to provide for the jurisdiction of certain courts; to prescribe the procedure tn such cases; to set forth rights which may vest; and to give the consent of the Commonwealth to the use of the beds of certain watercourses.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 44 Proposing amendments to §§ 155 and 161 of the Constitution of Virginia.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 19-92.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to batl commissioners for the city of Roanoke so as to allow such commissioners in certain other cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.4, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter 272 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, relating to compensation of clerks of courts in certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2, 4, as amended, 12 and 18 of Chapter 428 of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, approved March 80, 1986, which provided a charter for the town of Vinton, the sections relating to powers of the town council, and enactment of ordinances and emergency measures.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-797 and 58-798 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annual lists of deeds, and of judgments for partition or recovery of lands and of lands devised to be made out by clerks of courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-40 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-114 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the suspension and revocation of licenses by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, to manufacture, bottle, distribute, transport, use and sell beverages containing not more than three and two-tenths per centum of alcohol by weight, so as to provide certain standards or grounds upon which the Board may suspend or revoke such licenses under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-170 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise of claims for personal injury to infants or insane persons.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-67.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to service of process on nonresident motorists.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-93, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to rehearings on awards of the Industrial Commission.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 16-172.42:1, prescribing the powers of certain courts in cases involving juvenile offenders; to amend and reenact § 16-172.48, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, so as to authorize trial of certain juvenile offenders as though they were adults.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-51, as amended, and 14-52 of the Code of Virginia, relating to salary limits of trial justices in counties and to repeal § 14-52.1 of the Code of Virginia, allowing an increased maximum for trial justices in all counties.
An Act to amend Chapter 808 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, which provided a new charter for the town of McKenney, by adding thereto a section numbered 10.1, providing for the appointment of trial justices and their compensation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 47-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notaries public for counties and cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.28, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of juvenile and domestic relations courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the granting of and refusal to grant licenses by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, so as to provide certain standards or grounds upon which the Board may refuse to grant such licenses.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 18-252 and 18-258 of the Code of Virginia, relating to escape from custody of persons charged with criminal offenses and providing penalties therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-101, as amended, and 68-105 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to definitions and appropriations under the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-119.1 of the Code of Virginia, providing additional judges for certain judicial circuits so as to increase the number of such judges and the circuits to which the section 1B 86)
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 16-172.71, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to method of providing probation service for juveniles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-555.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fingerprinting of persons charged with a felony, and empowering police authorities of certain cities to fingerprint persons arrested and charged with a misdemeanor under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 44-75 and 44-78 of the Code of Virginia, relating to calling forth the militia so as to allow for call of the militia during the period of certain disasters.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-272, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspension of sentence and probation.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-38 and 8-59 of the Code of Virginia, relating to venue, and the service of process on domestic corporations; to amend and reenact effective July 1, 1958, §§ 8-60 and 8-65 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the service of process on a foreign corporation; and to repeal effective July 1, 1958, §§ 8-61 and 8-62 relating to the service of process on cooperative non-profit life benefit corporations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 4-51 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages to certain persons, as to further define persons to whom such sales may be prohibited under specified circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 88-64 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the view, testimony and report of commissioners.
An Act to prescribe procedure and method of payment by political subdivisions and agencies of the State in the exercise of the power of eminent domain in certain cases.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 19-106, 19-107 and 19-108 of the Code of Virginia, relating to cash deposits in lieu of recognizance with 'ne
An Act to appropriate funds for payment of salaries of judges of certain courts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 875 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a charter for the city of Radford, the section relating to powers of the city.
An Act to provide for the further gradual revision of the Code of Virginia
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 17-118.1, as amended, and § 24-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clerks of circuit courts of certain "850"
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-136, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to corporation courts in cities of the first class.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the filing of certificates evidencing marriage with bills for divorce.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trespass on certain la: so as to provide how such person shall be forbidden to do so.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-868, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the application of minors for operators’ licenses
An Act to amend and reenact § 7 of Chapter 526 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, which provided a charter for the town of Whaleyville, relating to mayor and police justice of the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.80, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, so as to provide for the issuance of summons to juveniles charged with violation of the traffic laws.
AN ACT to prescribe the regular terms of the courts of the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 18-146, 18-146.1, 18-147 and 18-804 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the unlawful possession, use, gift and sale of certain weapons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-477 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appeal and supersedeas bonds, so as to provide that supersedeas may
An Act to amend and reenact Section 87-75, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees and expenses of commitment of mentally ill, mentally deficient, epileptic, and inebriate persons and drug addicts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.41 and §§ 16-172.42 and 16-172.48, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 16-172.42:1, all relating to the transfer of cases involving a child or minor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the city of Martinsville, the section relating to the powers of ue sig
An Act to provide for the employment of assistants to the Commonwealth’s Attorneys in certain counties, subject to the approval of the Compensation Board, and to provide for their compensation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14 of Chapter 376 of the Acts of Assembly of 1988, approved March 81, 1938, which provided a new charter for the town of Herndon in Fairfax County, and to amend the said chapter by adding thereto a section numbered 20-a, the amended and new sections, respectively, relating to the salaries of certain town officials and to special justices.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to lists of jurors to be prepared by jury commissioners.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.5, fixing the terms of the Circuit Court for the City of Suffolk
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-882 of the Code of Virginia, relating to records of purchase made by junk dealers and to provide a penalty for failure to keep the required records.
An Act to amend and reenact § 65-115 of the Code of Virginia, relating to records and reports of industrial accidents.