Law Enforcement

1956
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 permit Charles C. Curtis to pay certain funds into the State treasury and to provide how the same shall be kept.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6-279, 6-285, 6-286, 6-290, 6-801, 6-302, 6-809, 6-810, 6-816, 6-817, 6-820, 6-828, 6-888 of the Code of Virginia, all being part of the Small Loan Act, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto § 6-816.1, in order to increase the maximum amount of loan from $800 to $600, to provide a rate of charge on such increase, and to provide certain additional requirements relating to the issuance of licenses and conducting business there.
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 and reenact § 2 of Chapter 12 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth”
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 § 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 § 18, as amended, of Chapter 440 of the Acts of Assembly of 1889-90, approved March 8, 1890, which provided a new charter for the town of Liberty, extended its limits, and changed the name to Bedford City, the section relating to certain powers of the town council.
An Act to appropriate funds to payment of a reward.
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 § 6-264.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duty to deny access to safe deposit boxes under certain conditions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15-828 and 15-828.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to departments of law enforcement and public safety, respectively, in certain counties.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-184.8 to provide for enforcement of dog laws in certain counties; to transfer certain powers in such connection from game wardens and to confer the same upon dog wardens and deputy dog wardens; to provide for appointment of dog wardens and deputy dog wardens, their terms of office, powers, duties and compensation; and to provide for license taxes and the disposition thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-414 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commonwealth’s Attorneys for cities.
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 §§ 7, as amended, and 67, 78, 77 and 112 of Chapter 84 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as amended, which chapter provided a charter and special form of government for the City of Norfolk, and which sections, respectively, relate to vacancies in the council, the annual budget, money in fund, the city purchasing agent, and rules of the civil service commission; and to amend said chapter by adding thereto four sections to be numbered 2 (e), 2(f), 74(a) and 75(a), relating, respectively, to penalties for violation of ordinances, city jail, supplementing the salary of the city treasurer, and supplementing the salary of the commissioner of the revenue.
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 provide for the regulation of the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles in this State; to provide penalties for violations; and to repeal Sections 56-183, 56-134 and 56-135 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the salaries of sheriffs and sergeants and their deputies, and certain factors to be considered in fixing such salaries.
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 § 56-884 of the Code of Virginia, relating to enforcement of motor carrier laws; appointment, powers and duties of agents, inspectors and investigators.
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 § 19-120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sureties on recognizances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 44-142.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil defense.
AN ACT to prohibit failure to relinquish a telephone party line for an emergency call; to prohibit falsely requesting another to relinquish such a line for an emergency call; to require publication of certain notices in telephone directories; and to provide penalties for violations.
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 Section 4-105, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grounds for refusal of licenses to manufacture, bottle, and sell beverages containing not more than three and two-tenths per centum of alcohol by weight, so as to provide standards or grounds for such refusal by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under certain circumstances.
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 § 18-17, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of conservators of the peace so as to provide for appointment of conservators of the peace at banks and certain State institutions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-221 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the breaking and opening of certain equipment used for dispensing or storing certain petroleum products, and the punishment there
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 and reenact § 46-410 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain accident reports filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles which shall be open to the inspection of certain persons, and the condition under which copies thereof shall be furnished.
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 § 58-247 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses of certain probation and parole oficen
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 9-16.1, authorizing the Virginia Athletic Commission to impose certain conditions precedent to the issuance of certain licenses to persons required to obtain same from the Commission; to authorize the Commission to investigate the existence of monopolies, combinations and other restraints upon wrestling, boxing and sparring matches and exhibitions within the State; to authorize the Commission to obtain the assistance of the Attorney General in connection therewith; to empower the Attorney General to make such investigations, and to provide for the defraying of the cost thereof.
An Act for the relief of Frank Shepard
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 § 4 of Article IV, § 14 of Article IV, § 2 of Article VI and § 2 of Article VII of Chapter 288 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 8, 1952, being the charter of the town of Poquoson, the sections relating to compensation of council members; to the appointment, compensation, powers and duties of the town attorney; to the appointment of school trustees, and to the appointment, term of office, qualifications, powers and duties of police justice; to provide for a referendum thereon and to provide for the effect of such referendum.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28-226 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of the authorities of the States of Maryland and Virginia, with reference to the Potomac River.
An Act for the relief of the family of William Broadwell.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-241.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the operation of vehicles under the direction of police officers and vehicles used for fighting fire and rescue purposes under certain circumstances.
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 in Chapter 9 of Title 15 anew article numbered 5, containing new sections numbered 15-281.4:1 through 15-281.4:78, to provide a general charter for the consolidation of two or more political subdivisions; to provide, under certain conditions, for the holding of a referendum to determine whether the same shall be adopted; to provide, under certain conditions, for a referendum to adopt the name of a consolidated city; and to provide the effect of such charter if adopted.
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 § 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 the Code of Verges by adding thereto a section numbered 18-281.2, making it unlawful to enter the property of others under certain conditions and providing penalties for violations
An Act to permit the Cities of Hampton, Newport News and Warwick, acting pursuant to Section 15-220 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, 1950, and Acts Amendatory thereto, to incorporate in the provisions of the agreement providing for consolidation of all three cities certain optional provisions which may be set forth in whole or in part in any agreement submitted in a referendum on consolidation of all three cities, and to provide for the provisions which may be included
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.

1956es
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees charged for services in criminal cases in courts not of record.
An Act to appropriate certain funds for construction or improvement of facilities at the Western State Hospital.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-474, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to eligibility of certain groups for issuance of policies of group life insurance.
An Act to create a joint committee of the General Assembly to study and report upon the administration and enforcement of certain statutes; to prescribe the powers of such joint committee; to provide for the selection, terms of office and compensation of the members of such committee; and to require reports from the committee to the General Assembly.
An Act to make it unlawful for any person to induce another person to commence or prosecute proceedings in any court or before any board or administrative agency under certain conditions; to provide for ai filing of affidavits; and to provide penalties for violations of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to when search warrants may issue in certain cases.

1958
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-291 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the department of law enforcement in certain counties.
An Act to authorize appointment of a public defender in certain counties; to prescribe the powers and duties of such public defender; and to provide for compensation thereof.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18.1-188 and 18.1-294 authorizing the State Corporation Commission to require corporations to furnish certain information, produce certain books and records and to produce certain witnesses upon complaint that they are engaging in the unauthorized practice of law and to order involuntary dissolution of domestic corporations or revocation of certificates of authority to transact business in this State of foreign corporations for noncompliance; and to this end to amend and reenact §§ 18.1-98 and 18.1-256 of the Code, relating to involuntary dissolution of domestic corporations, and §§ 18.1-118 and 18.1-280 of the Code, relating to revocation of certificates of authority of foreign corporations to transact business in this State; and to further amend the Code by adding thereto another section numbered 18.1-842, making the above mentioned sections applicable to associations organized or doing business in this State under Chapter 8 of Title 18.1.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18-239.1 and 18-239.2, to prohibit testifying under oath on separate occasions in a conflicting manner as to the same matter or thing; to provide how a person charged therewith may be indicted; to provide what evidence shall be necessary to sustain a conviction; to prohibit inducing another to give false testimony under oath; to give immunity to certain witnesses for the Commonwealth from prosecution for certain offenses; and to prescribe penalties for violations.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 210 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 18, 1942, which provided a new charter for the town of Chincoteague, by adding a section numbered 2 in Chapter II thereof, authorizing the Council to provide for daylight saving time, and to amend and reenact §§ 8, 6 and 7 of Chapter V thereof relating to the council and the town sergeant.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-345.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the filing of declarations of candidacy in primary and general elections for certain public offices so as to facilitate voting by members of the armed forces in time of war.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-555.2, permitting, under certain conditions, the taking of finger-prints of persons charged with misdemeanors.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 30-10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of committees of the General Assembly to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence.
An Act relating to apples; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 20 of Title 8 a new Article 1.1 containing sections numbered 8-512.8 through 8-512.20, defining terms, prescribing qualifications for voters in certain referendums, prescribing certain powers and duties of the Virginia State Apple Commission, to levy a tax on apples sold for certain purposes, fixing the time for payment thereof, and providing for collection of the same with interest when delinquent, requiring the making of reports and the keeping of records, creating an "Apple Merchandising Fund", and providing how the same shall be expended, prescribing certain penalties for violations of this Article and providing for enforcement of the Article.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-395 and 46-396 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to the revocation of certain motor vehicle licenses, registration certificates and registration plates, and to the general penalty for violation of the provisions of Chapter 6 of Title 46 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-24 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disqualification of judges of courts not of record and appointments of persons to hold courts not of record under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 52-28 and 52-24 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment by the Governor of investigators and temporary special police officers and their compensation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 59-218, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fireworks exploded on private property; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 59-214.1, to provide for destruction of certain fireworks in certain cases; and to repeal §§ 59-220 and 59-221, relating to fireworks in this State.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-283.1 imposing requirements as to brake fluid, empowering the Superintendent of State Police to adopt regulations relative thereto, to prohibit use of certain kinds of brake fluid, and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter $77 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter for the Town of Chase City, the section relating to administration and government so as to allow the council to appoint a justice of the peace.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-3838.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the assessment and manner of collecting liquidated damages for violation of weight limits.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-159 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of burglary and the possession of burglarious tools
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Lebanon and to repeal Chapter 96, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1872-78, in force February 21, 1878, which incorporated the town of Lebanon.
AN ACT to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the motor vehicle laws of Virginia; to that end to repeal Title 46 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 10 and 8§ 46-1 to 46-558, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as severally amended, which title relates to motor vehicles generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 46.1, which title consists of nine new chapters numbered 1 to 9, inclusive, and new sections numbered 46.1-1 to 46.1-555, inclusive, relating to motor vehicles generally; and to provide for the applicability of certain other sections of the Code of Virginia to certain sections in said new title.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 506 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, which was incorporated by reference by § 18-147.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the carrying of loaded firearms on highways in certain counties.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 4-114, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the suspension and revocation of certain licenses issued by the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, to provide for revocation or suspension of certain licenses under certain circumstances, to require notice and hearing before the Board may revoke and suspend certain licenses, and to permit the payment of costs by the licensee as a condition precedent to the removal of a license suspension.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-194 through 16.1-197 of the Code of Virginia, relating to arrest, transportation, confinement or detention and release of juveniles.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 2-87, 4-20, 33-11.1, 52-11 and 56-3384 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to defense of certain State officials and employees in certain civil litigation and certain criminal prosecution, and to appointment, powers and duties of certain agents, inspectors and investigators authorized to enforce the State motor vehicle laws, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-16.1, authorizing the appointment of counsel to represent certain guards in certain proceedings.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 19-108 of the Code of Virginia, relating to recognizances in criminal cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 11 as amended, of Chapter 808 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, which provided for a retirement and pension system for personnel of police departments in certain counties, the amended section relating to investment of funds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 68-878.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses committed by juveniles in the custody of the Department of Welfare and Institutions.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding new sections numbered 18.1-175, 18.1-176, 18.1-177, 18.1-178 and 18.1-179, relating respectively to unauthorized use of certain vehicles, acquisition, transfer or possession of stolen vehicles, tampering with certain vehicles, and entering certain vehicles or setting or attempting to set same in motion, and providing penalties for violation.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 51-136.1 of the Code of Virginia, to provide for the making of determinations by the Industrial Commission in cases involving allowances to survivors of members of the State police officers’ retirement system and for the authorization and computation of allowances to such survivors when no award is made under the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-75 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers, duties, functions and jurisdiction of Capitol Police.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-162 of the Code of Virginia, relating to withholding certain records of juvenile courts from public inspection.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 27-25.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain authority of fire fighting officials and providing penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8 of Chapter 184 of the Acts of Assembly of 1988, approved March 18, 1988, which provided a new charter for the Town of Manassas, so as to define the powers of the mayor and provide for the appointment of a police justice and defining his powers.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2-75.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parking in Capitol Square, and to provide a penalty for violations thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-209 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of court officials in juvenile cases.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-4.2, to require that the Division of Motor Vehicles furnish certain information to the Department of State Police; to prescribe the use that shall be made of such information; and to authorize the Department of State Police to conduct certain experiments.
An Act to amend Chapter 57 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 20, 1940, which provided a new charter for the town of Wise, by adding new sections numbered 5-A and 5-B, relating to a special justice and a police justice; and to amend and reenact §§ 8 and 22 thereof, relating to salaries of certain officers and municipal securitves.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-112 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure upon appeal from a judgment of a court not of record in a civil case, so as to require notice of appeal to the appellee or his attorney.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-76, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalties for drunk driving.
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Boydton; and to repeal Chapter 114 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874, approved March 16, 1874, which incorporated such town, and all amendments thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-176 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted in Chapter 587 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, relating to presentment of certain children to grand juries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-70 of the Code of Virginia, relating to malicious or unlawful shooting, stabbing, cutting or wounding
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Tazewell, in the county of Tazewell, Virginia; and to repeal Chapter 78 of the Acts of Assembly of 1916, approved February 29, 1916, which provided a charter for such town, and all amendments thereof.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 53-122 of the Code of Virginia, providing for the use of employees of the Department of Highways as guards of convicts in certain instances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 23 of Chapter 217 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 14, 1918, being the charter of the city of Clifton Forge, the section relating to the powers of council.
AN ACT to provide for establishment of a special police force in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offense of tampering with motor numbers on vehicles.