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Legislative Amendments

1950
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 1 of chapter 508 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1948, approved April 1, 1948, which was continued in effect by § 24-119 of the Code of 1950, providing for the registration and reregistration of persons qualified to vote and the transfer of registrations of persons who have registered in lieu of such reregistrations in cities containing more than one hundred and ninety thousand population according to the last United States census, in relation to persons who are qualified to vote in elections held in such cities in the calendar year 1951.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 59-20 and 59-40 of the Code of 1950, relating to the prevention of trusts, combinations and monopolies wnimical to the public welfare; defining same and to repeal § 59-80 of the Code of 1950 so as to remove certain exemptions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-76 of the Code of 1950, relating to publication of notices, so as to provide for the dispensing with the publication in cases in which the person is legally served with process.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Orange, in the county of Orange; and to repeal the existing charter of the town, and certain other acts inconsistent with this act.
AN ACT to authorize and direct the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council to continue and complete the Study and revision of the insurance laws of Virginia which it has already begun; and to appropriate to the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council certain funds to carry out such puree
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 8-174, 8-178 and 8-182 of the Code of Virginia, which sections relate to the liability for and the exemptions from jury service and preparation of jury lists by the jury commissioners.
AN ACT to amend and reenact Chapter II of an act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the City of Danville’, approved February 17, 1890, as amended, relating to form of city government so as to provide a special form of government for the city; and to repeal certain acts.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2-244 of the Code of Virginia concerning the custody and distribution of reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals so as to provide for the distribution of the reports and decisions of the Court to judges or justices of municipal courts.
AN ACT to require the Commonwealth of Virginia to be free of the controls of the “Housing and Rent Act of 1949”, and any future law passed by Congress on the subject of rent controls; and to repeal Chapter 6 of Title 44 and §§ 44-160 through 44-203 of the Code of 1950, the Chapter and sections relating to State rent control; and to declare an emergency.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 88-208, 38-218, 38-258.26, 88-258 .88, and 88-557 of the Code of 1950, relating generally to insurance so as to correct certain errors contained in the Code of 1950, the sections relating to Virginia Insurance Rating Bureau, deviations, filings, policies, and rere
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 46-279.1, relating to dimming of headlights on parked vehicles under certain conditions.
AN ACT to establish the Judicial Conference of Virginia, to define its membership, and to provide for the duties and payment of the expenses of its members.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 63-295 of the Code of 1950, relating to inspection of certain homes by Board of Welfare and Institutions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 18-78 of the Code of 1950 relating to how dissolved corporations may obtain a new charter.
AN ACT to permit civil proceedings to compel the support of dependent wives, children, and poor relations within and without the State of Virginia and to prescribe the procedure therefor.
AN ACT for the relief of Giles E. Adams.
AN ACT to repeal § 3-822 of the Code of 1950 which continued § 1174 through § 1182, § 1184 and § 1189 of the Code of 1919, relating to adulteration and misbranding sh foods.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 17-186 of the Code of 1950, relating to corporation or hustings courts in certain cities so as to designate a certain court.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 24-194.2 providing for the appointment of additional judges and clerks of election for voting places in certain counties and cities ; and to repeal § 24-194.1 of the Code of 1950 and § 148-a of the Code of 1919, which was added to such Code by Chapter 276 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 16, 1948, and incorporated by reference in the Code of 1950 by § 24-194.1 of that Code.
AN ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1951, and the thirtieth day of June, 1952.
Act to repeal § 2-28 of the Code of 1950, relating to exceptions from vacation of public office on account of receiving emoluments, etc., from the United States during the present state of war.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding thereto a section numbered 8-468.1 to provide a scale of fees for clerks for making up and certifying the original records of cases on applications to the Supreme Court of Appeals for writs of error or appeals.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 5, 7, 14, 15, 27 and 52 of Chapter 34, Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as heretofore amended, which chapter provided a charter and special form of government for the City of Norfolk, which sections relate to the composition of the Council, vacancies in the Council, legislative procedure, emergency measures, ballots and method of voting in recall elections, and the creation of departments, respectively; and to provide the conditions upon which this Act shall become effective.
AN ACT to authorize consolidation of certain counties, cities and towns into a single city or a single county.
An Act to amend Title 2 of the Code of 1950 by adding a section designated 2-27.1, relating to public officers engaging in war service without thereby vacating their offices and providing for the designation of acting officers to perform their duties.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-669 of the Code of 1950 so as to change the compensation allowed commissioners and other officers for selling and collecting under decrees or orders for sale.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clover in Halifax County, and to repeal Chapter 6 of the Acts of Assembly 1895, approved December 14, 1895, and acts amendatory thereof, which provided a charter for the town of Clover.
AN ACT to eliminate and prohibit certain restrictions on tidal waters and marshlands heretofore established as within the jurisdiction of the Commission of Fisheries.
1952
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-240 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tie breakers, so as to provide for the election thereof in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to apportionment of State for representation in the House of Representatives.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-24. 2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to daylight saving time in certain counties or cities, so as to provide a method by which certain counties or cities may provide for, enforce and require daylight saving time.
An Act to authorize and empower the governing bodies of certain counties to create the office of general registrar; to provide for the appointment of such general registrars.
An Act to limit the period for introduction of certain bills for consideration by the General Assembly of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-402 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the expenses of candidates for election to certain offices.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-62 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the issuance of warrants by clerks only in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 57-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to quantity of real and personal estate which may be held for religious purposes.
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Ashland; and repealing all former charters and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the new charter.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8 of Chapter 206 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 14, 1918, being the charter of the town of Dungannon, in Scott County, the section relating to town officers, the composition of council and terms of office.
An Act to provide for the sale and disposition of certain waste and unappropriated lands; and to this end to repeal §§ 41-3 through 41-7, §§ 41-10 through 41-14, §§ 41-15 through 41-88, §§ 41-40 through 41-44, §§ 41-45 through 41-59, §§ 41-60 through 41-67, §§ 41-78 through 41-88, all of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and reenact § 41-1 of the Code, the repealed and amended sections relating to land office, land grants, and duties of State Librarian in relation thereto; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered § 41-8.2 and a new chapter numbered 8.1 in Title 41, consisting of § 41-83.1, the section and chapter providing for the sale and disposition of certain waste and unappropriated lands and to prescribe the procedure in such cases.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10-14.1, to provide for the appointment of a deputy clerk of the House of Delegates; the powers and duties of such deputy clerk; and for the filing of certain certificates and oath of office.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-41 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain days on which clerks’ offices to be kept open so as to permit the closing thereof on certain days in certain cities and counties.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 7,-8, 9, 29, 82, 88, 45 and 51 of Chapter 428, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1986, approved March 80, 1986, being the charter of the town of Vinton, the sections relating to organization rules of council, the powers and authority of the mayor, salaries and compensation, public improvement contracts, appropriation ordinance and levy, the fiscal year, and actions against the town for damages.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-942 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation for the citizen member of certain county finance boards.
An Act to amend and reenact § 21-116.1, which was added to the Code of Virginia by Chapter 549 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 and was incorporated by reference by § 21-116.1 of the Code, relating to the contraction of sanitary districts in certain counties.
An Act to repeal Chap 1A of an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the city of Newport News in the county of Warwick, and to provide a new charter therefor’
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4 and 76, as amended, of Chap 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, "relating to the election, terms and compensation of councilmen, and the compensation of other city officers, clerks and assistants."
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-852.8, providing for a referendum on the question of the creation of the office of county attorney in certain counties, and the method of his selection; and prescribing the compensation, duties, qualifications and term of office of such official.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1-15 and 15-24.8 of the Code of Virginia relating respectively to standard eastern time and daylight saving time.
An Act to validate certain ordinances.
An Act to amend and reenact Section 4 of Chapter 480 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 7, 1942, being the charter of the town of Chatham, the section relating to certain administrative and governmental duties, powers, and procedures.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-266.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, conferring certain powers of taxation upon certain counties
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6-14, 6-20 and 18-40 of the Code of Virginia, the first two sections relating to national banking corporations becoming state banking corporations, and the latter section relating to merger or consolidation of corporations; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding new sections numbered 6-15.1, 6-15.2 and 6-15.8 relating to national and state banking institutions and to repeal §§ 6-15, 6-16 and 6-17 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend Chap 128 of the Acts of Assembly of 1875-76, approved March 15, 1876, as amended, which provided a charter for the town of Franklin by adding a section numbered 8-a, providing for the compensation of the mayor and governing body of the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-56 of the Code of Virginia, relating to total compensation of boards of supervisors, so as to provide for compensation of boards of supervisors for certain counties.
An Act to repeal § 22-43.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the levying of a district tax for the operation of schools in Sussex County.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-288 of the Code of Virginia, relating to organization of boards of supervisors.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson, in the county of Shenandoah; and to repeal Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-1888, as amended, which chapter provided a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson.
An Act for the relief of James S. Craig, Sr.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19-168 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the trial of misdemeanors by the court without a jury so as to permit such trial upon a plea of guilty by counsel for the defendant or consent to such trial by counsel for the defendant.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered § 58-1021.1, relating to out-of-State tax collections.
An Act to provide a charter for the consolidated City of Newport News, to provide, under certain conditions, for the holding of a referendum to determine whether the same shall be adopted; and to provide the effect of such charter if adopted.
An Act to amend and reenact § 674, as amended, of the Code of Virginia of 1919, which was continued in effect by § 22-188 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, relating to validation of bonds of counties and school districts.
An Act to permit banks to amend their charters under certain circumstances
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-1.2 and 80-5 of the Code of Virginia, so as to specifically exempt certain rights of members of the General Assembly and other persons from the effect of certain rules prescribed by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
An Act to revise the statutes relating to boundary changes of cities and towns; to this end and to repeal §§ 15-125 to 15-152.1, both inclusive of the Code of Virginia and all amendments thereof; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding, in Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 15, new sections numbered §§ 15-152.2 to 15-152.28, to provide how annexation proceedings shall be instituted and conducted, how the court hearing such proceedings shall be constituted, the powers and duties of such court, the effect of decisions rendered thereby and how the same may be enforced; to provide for appeals in such cases; to limit certain proceedings hereunder; and to repeal certain acts
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 15-855.1, empowering the county board in certain counties to provide by ordinance for the installment payment of certain taxes and levies and to assess certain penalties for the delinquent payment thereof.
An Act to provide for the creation and incorporation of the City of Elizabeth City, including the Town of Phoebus, to provide a charter and form of government therefor; to prescribe its confines; to transfer certain powers, rights, duties, obligations, property and other matter: to provide how the foregoing may be accomplished; to continue certain ordinances and acts, and preserve certain rights.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 38 an article numbered 10 containing section numbered 88-256 so as to confer certain powers upon cities and towns with respect to charging or collecting tolls for transit over certain streets, roads, bridges or tunnels within the corporate limits thereof.
An Act to provide, subject to a referendum, for the incorporation of the town of Poquoson in York County; to provide for the creation of a special school district therein and prescribe its powers and duties; and to provide for such referendum.
An Act to incorporate the city of Virginia Beach; and to repeal Chap 76 of the Acts of Assembly of 1906, approved March 6, 1906, which incorporated the town of Virginia Beach, and all amendments thereto.
An Act to repeal § 62-81 of the Code of Virginia, requiring a fee for the issuance of a certificate to discharge waste into State waters.
An Act to amend and reenact § 16-19 of the Code of Virginia so as to provide for proceeding by motion for judgment before a trial justice, civil justice or civil judge except in certain cities.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding six new sections numbered §8§ 40-75.1 through 40-75.6, to designate the Department of Labor and Industry as the State agency established to mediate and conciliate labor disputes, to require notice of labor disputes between certain public utilities and their employees and to impose on the Commissioner of Labor, or his designated agent, certain duties in connection therewith; and to repeal §§ 40-75 through 40-95, relating to labor disputes affecting operation of certain public utilities.
An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to establish times of employment, provisions in connection therewith, and personnel systems for their employees.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-487 of the Code of Virginia, relating to where county, district, and city officers shall reside.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 24-45.1 concerning the establishment of election districts or precincts and voting places therein in cities containing more than two hundred and thirty thousand population.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-216 and 24-252 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the preparation and form of and the insertion of names on official ballots.
An Act to amend and reenact § 12.01 of Chap 586 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, being a new charter for the city of Alexandria, the section relating to the qualifications, manner of election, terms of office, duties, powers and compensation of civil and police justices and substitute civil and police justices of that city.
An Act to provide for the inspection of certain State facilities by persons who will be members of the General Assembly.
An Act to authorize the Virginia State Hospital Board to convey to Walter N. Robinson and William Glenn Robinson, by quitclaim, certain real estate.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-278 of the Code of Virginia, relating to boards of supervisors of counties, so as to provide a method by which certain supervisors in certain counties may be elected.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-319 and 24-321 of the Code of Virginia, relating to absent voters so as to provide for absent voting in second primaries and to change the time within which applications for ballots shall be made.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to minimum terms of schools in counties and cities.
An Act to provide a charter and form of government for the city of Warwick, and to provide for the adoption thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exceptions to § 2-27.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 85 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 8, 1948, relating to boards of assessors of real estate in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-57 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to salaries of governing bodies of certain counties so as to change the same.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 37-125.1, as amended, and $7-125.14, relating to expenses of care, treatment and maintenance of certain persons, and how such expenses shall be collected in certain instances; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 37-125.15, relating to statement forms to be completed by certain persons and to provide a penalty for failure to complete such forms.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-48 of the Code of Virginia, relating to election of chairman and clerk of school boards of counties, cities and towns.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered § 62-82.1 so as to provide that any provision in any charter in confitet with the State Water Control Law its repealed.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-644 of the Code of Virginia, 1950.
An Act to repeal § 22-247 of the Code of Virginia, relating to supervisors of physical education.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-68.1, requiring certain information to be contained on licenses issued by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-49 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain powers of public service corporations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 98-478.1, relating to banks located in counties without the limits of incorporated towns, so as to permit such counties annually to receive a sum equivalent to eighty per centum of the State tax paid into the State treasury by such banks on their shares of stock.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51 Proposing an amendment to Sec. 115a of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8 of Chap 208 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, relating to licenses to hunt certain wild animals in certain counties, and to authorize certain payments from the special fund created by that chapter.
An Act to repeal § 22-242 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain payments by the State Board of Education and State Board
An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to levy a capitation tax.
An Act to amend and reenact § 24-873 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain petitions required to be filed by certain candidates.