Legislative Amendments

1874
JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring the Substitution of the word “Supervisors” for the word ‘‘Justices’’ in the 7th Section of 50th Chapter of Code of 1878, and other Verbal Changes by the Compiler of the Code, to be the true meaning and intent of the Law.
An ACT Providing a Charter for the City of Manchester.
JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing Certain Amendments to the Constitution of Virginia, in Relation to County Organizations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 61 of Chapter 3, Acts of 1865-6, in Relation to the Release of Taxes prior to the year 1865.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 23d section of chapter 158 of the Code of 1873, in reference to Special Juries.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of chapter 9, and section 2 of chapter 155 of the Code of 1873, in reference to the jurisdiction of circuit courts.
JOINT RESOLUTION extending the Privilege of Taking Fish to the Land-owners of Lancaster and other Counties.
An ACT to make Valid the Charter of The Virginia Savings Bank of Lynchburg, Virginia, granted by the Lynchburg Circuit Court.
An ACT to establish Corporation Courts for the Cities of Manchester and Winchester.
An ACT to amend an Act entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Scottsville
Joint Resolution Directing a Distribution of the Code of 1878
An ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Richmond.
An ACT to provide for the Removal of the Penitentiary.
An ACT to Authorize the Bessemer Company to Purchase and Dispose of Lands in the State of Virginia.
An Act to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 160 of the Code of 1878, in relation to granting licenses to practice law.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 9th Section of Chapter 156 of the Code of 1878, for the Transfer of Causes from the Counties of Amherst and Nelson, to the Court at Staunton.
JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings, with the Approval of the Governor, to furnish Accommodation in the Capitol, for the Records of the Southern Historical Society.
An ACT Incorporating The Rich Mg Mat and Leather Manufacturing Company, in the County of Washington.
An ACT Chartering the Bank of Commerce
An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the City of Petersburg.
An ACT to amend the Charter of the Town of Chatham, in Pittsylvania County.
JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Governor to direct and control all Arrangements Necessary to the Removal, &c., of the Public Library, and Providing that the Removal shall not take place until some other place has been Provided for the Safe Keeping and use of said Library.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 27, Chapter 16, Code of Virginia (edition of 1878), so as to provide Necessary Clerical Assistance in office of the Executive.
An ACT to provide for the Organization and Government of the Volunteer Militia of the State, and to repeal existing law concerning the same.
An ACT to Regulate the Granting of Ordinary and Other License in Bland and Giles Counties.
An ACT to Provide for Purging the Registration Books of Illegal Voters
An ACT for the Assessment, Levy and Collection of Taxes.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 25 of Chapter 158 of the Code of 18738, so as to increase the pay of Grand Juries.
An ACT to Amend Chapter 157 of the Code of 1878, so as to vacate the office of judges for removal or for failure to qualify.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the eleventh Section of an Act entitled an Act to prescribe the times for holding the Terms of the Circuit Courts of this Commonwealth, and to repeal the fifteenth Section of the 155th Chapter of the Code of 1873, which authorizes the Judges of said Courts to fix said Terms
An ACT Prohibiting the Sale of Intoxicating Liquora on the Sabbath Day.
An ACT Amending sections 11 and 14 of chapter 155 of Code of 1878, in relation to the Terms of the Circuit and Chancery Courts of the City of Richmond.
An ACT to Extend the Time within which The Farmville, Charlottesville and Stanardsville Narrow-Guage Railroad may be Commenced and Completed.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 4, chapter 6, of Code of Virginia, (edition of 1873,) in Relation to Vacancies in Offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor.
An ACT to Incorporate The Rappahannock Banking and Insurance Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 16th section of chapter 128 of the Code of 1873, in reference to Commissioners in Chancery.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first section of the Act to Incorporate the Richmond and Henrico Turnpike Company

1874/1875
An ACT amending section 23 of chapter 25 of the Code, so as to authorize the Governor to Furnish Small Arms for the Use of Pupils of the Institutions of Learning under Certain Circumstances.
An ACT to provide for a New Registration of Voters in Torrence’s Store Voting District, in the County of Chesterfield.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the eleventh section of an Act entitled an Act prescribing the Times for Holding the Courts of the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuits
An ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute to Perfect Title to House and Lot sold by their order.
An ACT to change the Time for Holding the Circuit Courts in the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the Town of Farmville.
An ACT to repeal chapter 121 of the Code of 1878, in relation to the Maintenance of Illegitimate Children.
An ACT to provide an Artificial Leg for W. P. Smith.
An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of Lebanon Township, in Russell County.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an Act to incorporate The Greene Humane Society, and for other purposes
JOINT RESOLUTION to extend the Present Session of the General Assembly
An ACT requiring one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals to Reside at the Seat of Government, and Providing Additional Compensation therefor.
An ACT to provide for the Election and Qualification of County Officers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of chapter 181 of Code of 1878, in regard to Taxing Costs.
An ACT to provide for determining the respective terms of office of the several Members of the City Council of the City of Manchester.
An ACT to prescribe the Times for Holding the Circuit Courts of the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 36, Chapter 172, Code of 1873, in relation to Notices for taking Depositions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 5, and 6 chapter 32 of the Code of 1873, and to repeal sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16 of said chapter, in Relation to the Assessment of Lands of the Commonwealth.
An ACT to incorporate the Winchester Building Company.
An ACT to provide Artificial Legs for Edward A. Snellings.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 162 of the Code of 1873, in relation to Printing the Reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 13 of the Code of 1878, in relation to Salaries of certain Officers of Government.
An ACT to amend the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections, and to repeal the second section of the twenty-third chapter of the Code of 18738, in relation to the Militia.
An ACT to amend ard re-enact section 18, chapter 79 of the Code of 1873, in reference to the Powers of City School Boards of Trustees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Charter of the Bank of Manchester.
An ACT amending and re-enacting secfion 15, chapter Code of Virginia (edition of 1873), in relation to the Remova! .: Voters from Wards in which they are Registered.
An ACT to Pay John O. Steger for Services in Investigating the Basement Offices of the Capitol.
JOINT RESOLUTION for a Recess of the General Assembly.
An ACT to authorize the Chesterfield Land and Improvement Company to Construct a Railroad.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28, chapter 78 of the Code of 1873, to provide for tuking the Census of School Population.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved seventeenth of March, 1875, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section fourteen of an act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9, chapter 15, Code of 1873, in regard to the Construction of Statutes.

1875/1876
An ACT to authorize Joseph C. Boggs, of Accomac County, to Erect a Wharf on Andua Creek in said County.
An ACT to prescribe Times for Holding Terms of Circuit Courts in the Twelfth and Eighteenth Judicial Circuits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-three, chapter one hundred, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, with reference to Non-residents Fishing in the Waters of the Commonwealth.
An Act to amend section two of Chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, as amended by an act approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, in reference to Number of Commissioners in Chancery.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Battersea Manufacturing Company, in the City of Petersburg.
An ACT to authorize the Recordation by the Register of the Land Office, of Copies of Papers Recorded in Clerks’ Offices of the Commonwealth.
An ACT to incorporate the Germania Bank of Richmond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an act to provide for the Registration of the Voters of the City of Danville.
JOINT RESOLUTION to ascertain the Number of Lunatics Confined in the Jails of the Several Counties.
An ACT providing for the Submission to the People of the Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Virginia, in reference to the Elective Franchise and Qualification for Office, and concerning the Legislative Department.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-six, chapter thirty-eight of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Delinquent Lands.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to amend the ninth section of the act approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an act to prescribe the Times of Holding the Terms of the Circuit Courts of this Commonwealth, and to repeal the fifteenth section of the one hundred and fifty-fifth chapter of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, which Authorizes the Judges of said Courts to Fix said Terms.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an Act to amend and re-enact section fourteen of an Act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
An ACT to amend the sixth and eighth sections of an act entitled an act to Establish a Separate Circuit Court in and for the City of Fredericksburg
An ACT to amend and re-enact section two of an act, approved March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled an act to Establish a New Judicial Circuit, to be known as the Seventeenth, and to alter the First and Eighth Circuits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section first, Chapter one hundred and thirty, Acts of Assembly, eighteen hundred and seventy-four-seventy-five, entitled an act to Release Certain Purchasers of the De Tubeuf Lands, in Wise County, from the Payment of Interest from January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, inclusive.
An ACT amending section two, chapter one hundred and seventy of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the Removal of Causes.
An ACT to Establish a Separate Election Precinct in the County of Northampton.
An ACT to provide for a Special Election for an Attorney for the Commonwealth in Prince William County.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in reference to the Docket of Causes in the Court of Appeals.
JOINT RESOLUTION tendering the Acknowledgments of the General Assembly of Virginia to the United States Authorities for their action in reference to the Graves of the Confederate Dead at Fort Deleware.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
An ACT to authorize the Qualified Voters of Halifax County to vote on the Question of the Purchase or Construction of a Bridge at South Boston, in that County.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twelve of an act approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an act providing a Charter for the City of Manchester.
An ACT in relation to Cemeteries and Cemetery Associations

1876/1877
An ACT for the relief of Elizabeth M. Barker, of Lee
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 18 and 19 of chapter 13 of the Code of 1873, in relation to pay and mileage of members of the general assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the sixty-eighth section of chapter thirty-four of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved the thirteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, in relation to the deposit of securities to be made by foreign insurance companies as a prerequisite to obtaining license.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter 178, Code of 18738, in relation to Records in the Court of Appeals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 8 of the Code of 1873, with regard to Election Districts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of chapter 14 0f the Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved April 15th, 1874, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 14 of the Code of 18738, in relation to the meeting of the general assembly.