Law Enforcement

1934
An ACT to provide for the establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of a radio system to be used for transmitting and receiving messages for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals, and for other police purposes; to authorize and empower the Governor in his discretion, to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire real and personal property for such purpose; to vest in the Governor certain powers in connection therewith; to provide for the co-operation of and with the localities of the Commonwealth; and to appropriate the sum of $75,000 for each year of the biennium beginning July 1, 1934, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used by the Governor, in his discretion, in carrying out the provisions of this act.
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 make it unlawful for any person to drive or operate any automobile or other motor vehicle, engine or train while under the influence of alcohol, brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, wine, beer, lager beer, ale, porter, stout, or any other liquid, beverage or article containing alcohol, or under the influence of any narcotic drug, or any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature; to prescribe penalties for violations thereof, and to require convictions thereunder to be reported to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4568 of the Code of Virginia, relating to profane swearing and drunkenness, and punishment therefor.
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 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 repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the appointment
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 and re-enact section 64 of chapter 342, Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia.
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 provide for a police commission for any county having a population of over 25,000, which adjoins two cities in this State having an aggregate population of not less than 165,000 and not more than 185,000 according to the United States census of 1930; to provide for the appointment, supervision and control of a police force for such county; to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission and police force and provide for their compensation; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for a special police force in certain counties, prescribing the manner of their appointment and removal, providing for their compensation and defining their powers and duties, approved March 24, 1922, and all acts amendatory thereof.
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 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 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 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 amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 185 thereof a new section numbered 4705-a prohibiting persons from advertising in newspapers to draw wills or have wills drawn and prescribing penalties for violations.
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 4767 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to how attempts to commit offenses punished.

1936
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4771 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses committed on or near county boundary lines, so as to confer certain powers upon sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and police officers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 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, approved March 24, 1922, relating to certain powers of the city council, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto a new section to be numbered section 26%, authorizing the city council to appoint a city jailor and such deputy jailors as may be necessary and to fix their compensation, and prescribing the powers and duties of such jailors.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of South Hill, in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Hill, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, approved February 16, 1901, and all acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4693-a, providing how the committing, or permitting, of any act prohibited by any one or more of sections 4676 to 4693, both inclusive, may be enjoined and restrained, and to prescribe the method of procedure for such purpose, said Code sections being in relation to gaming, gambling, betting and other similar offenses.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4473 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to punishment for throwing stones or other missiles at trains, vessels, motor vehicles or buildings.
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 appropriate to the Division of Motor Vehicles $161,500 for the year beginning July 1, 1936, and $146,500 for the year beginning July 1, 1937, to be used for the employment of additional police officers and the adjustment of salaries of the police force of the said division.
An ACT for the relief of the Jefferson Hospital, Incorporated,
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 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 amend and re-enact section 63 of chapter 34 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, entitled an act to provide a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city, approved March 14, 1906, and the several acts amendatory thereof, approved respectively March 12, 1908, March 14, 1908, March 7, 1912, March 13, 1912, March 13, 1914, March 17, 1914, March 24, 1914, March 25, 1914, March 25, 1914, February 5, 1915, March 4, 1916, March 11, 1916, March 16, 1916, March 17, 1916, March 20, 1916, March 20, 1916, and March 20, 1916, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the said city of Norfolk, approved February 7, 1918, so as to prescribe the conditions under which officers and employees of the division of fire and the division of police may be discharged.
An ACT to authorize councils and other governing bodies of cities, towns, and counties to make ordinances prohibiting the driving of motor vehicles, engines and trains in such cities, counties, and towns by persons while under the influence of alcohol, brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, wine, beer, lager beer, ale, porter, stout or any other liquid, beverage or article containing alcohol, or under the influence of any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature; to prescribe the minimum punishment which may be imposed and to provide for the revocation of the rights of persons convicted of violating any such ordinances to drive any such motor vehicle, engine or train.
An ACT for the relief of Edward Meeks.
An ACT to require certain officers to deposit in bank to the credit of an official account, all money received or collected for or on account of the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town, or person, subject to certain exceptions; to relieve such officers from liability upon certain conditions, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4970 of the Code of Virginia relating to special prosecuting attorneys.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 10 and 17 as amended, of an act 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,
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 124 thereof a new section numbered 3105-a, prescribing the conditions upon which warrants or other process, issued upon certain claims or causes of action of which civil and police justices are given jurisdiction, may be made returnable before such justices; and providing that such warrants or other process may be directed to a constable, sheriff or sergeant of any county or city wherein the defendant resides or may be found, and prescribing in what instances such warrants may be served in a county or corporation other than that in which the action is brought.
An ACT to amend Section 16 of Chapter 247, Acts 1930, defining the duties and powers of game wardens.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5, as heretofore amended, of 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, approved March 27, 1922, in relation to notice to be given after judgment confessed.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 60 of the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia, in relation to defining the word “poultry.”
An ACT to prohibit the distribution of drugs and medicines by means of medicine shows, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2868 of the Code of Virginia relating to jailors and jails in the Commonwealth.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to require persons or corporations doing business under an assumed or fictitious name, and persons doing business as copartners, to sign, acknowledge, and file a certificate; to designate what the certificate shall contain; to provide for recordation of such certificate, to fix fees of the clerk, and to provide a penalty for violation of this act,’ approved March 23, 1922, in relation to persons or corporations doing business under assumed or fictitious names, or as partners, making and recording certain certificates, appointing statutory at-orney and providing for personal judgments in certain cases, upon service of process on such agent.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6218 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to securing attendance of certain witnesses.
An ACT for the relief of H. I°. Minter
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 47 of Chapter 242 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, which chapter constitutes, and may be designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, said section being in relation to taxing, driving or using a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, and prescribing penalites therefor.
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 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 39 of an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact an act appointing trustees for the town of Christiansburg, in the county of Montgomery, and for other purposes, giving said town a charter, approved January 7, 1833,” approved March 16, 1916, said sections relating to the election, qualification and terms of, and vacancies in, certain municipal officers, so as to provide for the election of the town sergeant.
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 amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 3 as amended, 4, 7-a, 9, 9-a as amended, 12, 17, 20, 22, 25, 33, 38, 39, 50, 53 as amended, 57, and 71 as amended, of an act entitled ‘an act to revise, collate and codify into one act the general statutes of the Commonwealth relating to banks and banking, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as the Virginia Banking Act, and to repeal all Code sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide penalties for the violations thereof,’ approved March 27, 1928
An ACT to amend and re-enact "an act to provide for the establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of a radio system to be used for transmitting and receiving messages for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals, and for other police purposes; to authorize and empower the Governor in his discretion, to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire real and personal property for such purpose; to vest in the Governor certain powers in connection therewith; to provide for the cooperation of and with the localities of the Commonwealth; and to appropriate the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars for each year of the biennium beginning July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used by the Governor, in his discretion, in carrying out the provisions of this act, approved March twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirty-four," [S B 272]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 59 of chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, relating to reports of accidents, so as to permit the inspection of such reports at any reasonable time.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, and 12 of an act entitled ‘an act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth,” approved March 10, 1908, as heretofore amended, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto a new chapter numbered chapter 12, providing for the establishment of a classified civil service for the city of Portsmouth and prescribing the classes of employees to which such civil service provisions shall apply.
An ACT to impose an annual State license tax on certain police pension fund associations, police benevolent associations, and firemen’s mutual aid associations, which license tax shall be in lieu of all State taxes on the intangible personal property of such association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 20 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 116 of chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, relating to weighing vehicles, so as to authorize officers to collect weighing charges for excess loads, [H B 494]
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4835 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the fees of bail commissioners and clerks of courts for admitting persons to bail and the authority of the clerk to exercise powers of a bail commissioner.
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 authorizing the board of supervisors of Smyth county to make annual allowances, as salaries, to two deputy sheriffs in said county
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 61 and 62 and 94, as amended, of chapter 342, of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, said sections relating to reckless driving and lighting equipment.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper,” approved January 11, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 63 and 64 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, Virginia, as amended by act approved March 24, 1920, as amended by act approved March 10, 1928, and to add thereto a new section to be known as section 64-a.
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 sections 4, 5, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 29, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 50, and 53 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, so as, among other things, to vest in members of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and persons designated by such board general police authority, to provide that judicial notice shall be taken of regulations of such board, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto the following new sections: Section 38-a, providing for the forfeiture and confiscation of certain automobiles, boats, aircraft and other conveyances; Section 48-a, imposing penalties for failing or refusing to obey certain subpoenas and for disturbing decorum of certain meetings; Section 49-a, providing for regulations and permits relating to transportation of the aforementioned alcoholic liquids, beverages and articles; Section 61-a, providing for introduction of chemical analyses as evidence; and Section 61-b, allowing previous convictions hereunder to be alleged and proved.
An ACT to authorize the payment, with the approval of the Governor, out of the unexpended balance of money appropriated to the Division of Motor Vehicles for the biennium ending June 30, 1936, of fees for professional services rendered in the defense of police officers of the said division in prosecutions for alleged criminal acts committed by such officers while in the discharge of their official duties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4895 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to venire facias in felony cases and the trial of persons jointly indicted for a felony, so as to provide that juries summoned as herein provided may be used for the trial of civil cases as well as felonies and misdemeanors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4942 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the transfer of certain persons to the penitentiary, how death sentence shall be executed and who shall be present and the duties of the superintendent of the penitentiary relating thereto.
An ACT to provide for the compensation of city sergeants in cities having a population of not less than 120,000 nor more than 150,000 according to the last United States census; and cities having a population between 40,000 and 44,000; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the collection of certain fees and charges by and for city sergeants and for the disposition of the same; to provide for the maintenance of prisoners in jails in cities and for food, clothing and medicine for such prisoners

1936/1937es
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 12 of an act entitled "An act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth"
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Upperville, in Fauquier county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to authorize councils and other governing bodies of cities, towns, and counties to make ordinances prohibiting the driving of motor vehicles, engines and trains in such cities, counties, and towns by persons while under the influence of alcohol, brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, wine, beer, lager beer, ale, porter, stout or any other liquid, beverage or article containing alcohol, or under the influence of any other self-administered intoxicant or drug of whatsoever nature; to prescribe the minimum punishment which may be imposed and to provide for the revocation of the rights of persons convicted of violating any such ordinances to drive any such motor vehicle, engine or train,” approved March 30, 1936.
An ACT to provide for the establishment, purchase, construction, maintenance and operation of a radio or teletype system or any combination thereof, to be used for transmitting and receiving messages for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals, and for other police purposes.

1938
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 amend and re-enact Sections 4, 10 and 11, and to repeal Section 18, of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Tappahannock, county of Essex”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 33 of an act entitled, “An act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 8, 9 and 10 of "An Act relating to public service companies, providing for additional supervision and regulation of their relations and practices with affiliated interests, and declaring an emergency"
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county to appropriate funds for the purpose of compensating dependents of any sheriff or deputy sheriff heretofore or hereafter killed in the performance of his duties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3378, as heretofore amended, 3379, as heretofore amended, 3380, 3381, as heretofore amended, 3383, as heretofore amended, 3384, 3385, 3465, as heretofore amended, 3486, as heretofore amended, 5862, 5863, 5866, 5874, 5883, 6337, as heretofore amended, 6350, 6355, as heretofore amended, 6357, as heretofore amended, 6358, as heretofore amended, 6360, 6370, and 6371, as heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Supreme Court of Appeals, its clerks and employees, its jurisdiction and work, and the practice and procedure therein, and to repeal Sections 4936, 5867, as heretofore amended, 5868, 5869, as heretofore amended, 5871, as heretofore amended, 6361, and 6362 of the Code of Virginia.
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 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 amend and re-enact Section 4978 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to forfeited recognizances, so as to enlarge the jurisdiction of trial justices with respect thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 8 of an Act entitled, “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’, approved March 29, 1934, in relation to population of counties and cities.
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 amend and re-enact Section 4987-f of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of trial justices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4889 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the trial of misdemeanor cases, so as to provide for the trial of such cases by trial justices, in the absence of the accused.
An ACT to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a police communication system under the supervision of the Division of Motor Vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 33, as amended, of Chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, relating to registration fees.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections, numbered 4407-a and 4407-b, prohibiting the payment of money or the giving of pecuniary benefit, and requiring the disclosure of information and the rendering of assistance, by certain persons, in event any person be taken, seized or secreted by another, or in event of any threat or attempt to take, seize or secrete any person.
An ACT to enact a uniform law to secure the attendance of witnesses from without a state in criminal proceedings.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 40 and 41 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, so as, among other things to provide that certain sales of alcoholic beverages shall be unlawful, to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of such sections, and to provide that when such penalties shall have been imposed that such sentences shall not be suspended; and to amend and re-enact Section 50 of Chapter 255 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1936, approved March 25, 1936, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, so as, among other things to provide under certain conditions that it shall be unlawful to have, possess, keep, carry, ship or transport alcoholic beverages, to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of such section.
An ACT to authorize the superintendent ot the state penitentiary, upon certain conditions and in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of officers of other States, of the United States and of the District of Columbia, prisoners in his custody, for transportation to such other States or the District of Columbia for trial or as witnesses in criminal cases in the courts thereof; and to authorize said superintendent and his deputies to receive and retain in custody for trial or as witnesses in criminal cases in Virginia prisoners of said District, of other States, or of the United States, delivered to him by the officers thereof; and to provide for the custody of all such or similar prisoners while in transit in or through Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 36 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, so as, among other things, to provide what alcoholic beverages, materials and other articles shall be deemed contraband and forfeited to the Commonwealth.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3486 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees to be charged by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals; to whom cost of printing record is charged; and when case dismissed if cost of printing not paid.
An ACT to require the sheriff and his deputies and all other officers of the county of Buchanan, authorized to make arrests, to wear uniforms or some insignia of office, while in performance of their duties, and to provide for forfeiture of office for failure to comply with such requirement.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of an act entitled “An act to define a ‘mob’, and a ‘lynching’; to provide for the punishment of persons composing a ‘mob,’ the actions of which result in the injury or death of another person; to prescribe penalties therefor; to provide for the recovery -of damages therefor from any person or persons composing the mob; to prescribe the jurisdiction of courts in actions and prosecutions under the provisions of this act”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 39, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act appointing trustees for the town ot Christiansburg, in the county of Montgomery, and for other pur-oses”, passed January 7, 1833, as amended by an act approved March 16, 1916, said sections relating to the election, qualification and terms of certain municipal officers, so as to provide for the appointment of the town sergeant.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3487 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to fees of sheriffs, sergeants, criers coroners and constables.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 57, and Section 58, as amended, of Chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and known, designated and cited as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, in relation to stopping at scene of accident, and penalties for failure to stop, render aid and give certain information; and to repeal an act entitled 'An act prescribing the duties of operators of motor or other vehicles on public highways who shall injure any person or property while so driving on said highways, and prescribing penalties for the violation of this act', approved March 24, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4804 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the appointment and powers of conservators of the peace at watering places, natural caverns, universities and colleges, so as to provide for the appointment of conservators of the peace with like powers at airports.
An ACT to prevent collection agencies from purchasing debts or other causes of action for the purpose of collecting them by legal proceedings.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 7 of chapter 5, and Section 2 of chapter 10, of an act entitled “An act to incorporate the city of Danville”
An ACT to provide for the refund by the State of Virginia to police pension fund associations, police benevolent associations, and firemen’s mutual aid associations, of all amounts in excess of $20.00 per year paid by any such association for State taxes on intangible personal property for certain years, and to appropriate a sum sufficient for such purpose.