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Legislative Amendments

1882es
An ACT providing for a new Board of Visitors for the University of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act passed March 3d, 1880, entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors to determine what amount shall be paid certain county officers.
An ACT authorizing any railroad or other company, or companies, to acquire and hold shares of the capital stock of the Roanoke machine works.
An ACT giving the consent of the state of Virginia for the purchase, by the United States, of a tract of land at Yorktown, for the purpose of the erection thereon by the United States, of a monument to commemorate the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and his forces, to the allied army commanded by General George Washington, in October, 1781.
1866/1867
An ACT to incorporate the Great Republic Gold and Silver Mining Company.
Joint Resolution requiring the Publication of the Constitution of Virginia with Acts of the present Session of the General Assembly.
An ACT to amend the Jaws relating to the Printing of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly.
Joint Resolution in regard to Recess of the General Assembly
An ACT to amend section 8 of Chapter 158 of the Code, so as to change the terms of the Circuit Court for Nottoway County.
An ACT to amend the 29th section of chapter 158 of the Code of 1860, in regard to terms of Circuit Courts.
An ACT to amend chapter 65 of the Code, in relation to Incorporations by the Circuit Courts.
An ACT amending and re-enacting the 5th section of an act entitled an act to Charter the Richmond and Peninsula Railway Company
An ACT extending the corporate limits of the Town of Tappahannock.
An ACT to incorporate the James Rivet Marine Railway and Ship Building Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 1st section of chapter 164 of the Code of 1860, and the act amendatory thereof, passed 14th January, 1864, in relation to granting Licenses to Attorneys at Law; and to render Valid all Licenses signed by any Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia since the 14th January, 1864.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 2d and 6th sections of the 23d chapter of the Code of 1860, altering the Brigades and Divisions of the Militia of the State
An ACT declaratory of the trne meaning and intent of Acts of Incorporation of Insurance, Banking and other Companies.
An ACT to establish Holland’s Warehouse in the Town of Danville.
An ACT ito incorporate the Virginia Express Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 11th section of Chapter 170 of the Code, in relation to the Posting of Orders of Publication.
An ACT to incorporate the Granite Falls Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Ladies Memorial Association for Confederate dead at Oakwood Cemetery.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 20 of the Code, (edition of 1860), as amended by-act of March 1, 1866, and by act entitled an act to amend the laws relating to the Printing of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly, passed January 28, 1867.
An ACT to incorporate the Citizens Bank.
An ACT to incorporate the Staunton Savings Bank
A Joint Resolution in relation to an Act for the relief of Samuel C. Young
An ACT making an Appropriation to Defray Expenses of Commissioners appointed to settle with West Virginia.
An ACT to re-enact and amend section 12 of chapter 184 of the Code of 1860, in relation to the Printing of Records in the District Courts and Court of Appeals.
An ACT amending the Charter of the City of Lynchburg
An ACT to amend the 2d section of the act passed January 28, 1867, in relation to the Terms of the Circuit Court for Nottoway County.
An ACT to incorporate the Savings Bank of Scottsville.
An ‘ACT to incorporate. the Ashland Savings Bank.
An ACT to incorporate the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond, Virginia.
An ACT authorizing the County Court of Lee County to authorize Charles W. Roop and Josiah Wynn, of said county, to construct a Dam across Powell’s river.
An ACT to amend an act to amend the Charter of the City of Alexandria
An ACT authorizing the South-western Virginia Mining, Smelting and Transportation Company to construct a railroad from King's Salt Works to a point on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, at or near Dublin.
An ACT for the relief of Jolin W. Stewart.
An ACT to Incorporate the Southwestern Virginia Mining, Smelting and Transportation Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Culpeper Savings Bank and Insurance Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Farmers Bank of Fincastle.
Joint Resolution in regard to the Visiting Members and Officers of the General Assembly.
An ACT to incorporate the Loudoun Savings Bank.
Resolution in regard to a call for an Extra Session of the General Assembly
An ACT to incorporate the Clinch Valley Savings Bank, of Jeffersonville.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Land, Mining and Manufacturing Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12, of chapter 179 of the Code of Virginia, and conferring additional powers s upon the Judges of the Circuit Courts in Vacation.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an_act to incorporate the Valley Railroad Company.
An ACT incorporating thé Manchester Insurance and Savings Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fireman’s Banking and Insurance Company of the city of Richmond.
Resolution concerning the Compensation of the Clerks of the two Houses of the General Assembly.
An ACT authorizing the Board of Public Works to sell the State’s interest in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.
An ACT Staying the Collection of Debts for a limited period in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
An ACT to amend the 6th section of chapter 157 of Code of Virginia, (edition of 1860), so as to increase the number of Grand Jury Terms of the Hustings Court of the city of Petersburg.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 12th section of 170th chapter of Code, in regard to Orders of Publication.
An ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Commonwealth to Batteibante Session Acts, &c., in certain cases.
An ACT amending and re-enacting the 8th section of chapter 157 of the Code of 1860, so as to create the office of Judge of the Court of the City of Lynchburg, and defining the powers and duties of said court.
An ACT amending sections 6 and 14 of Chapter 158, of the Code of 1860, concerning the terms of Courts.
Joint Resolution extending the present session of the General Assembly.
An ACT to establish and incorporate the Augusta County Fair.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Sth section, chapter 118 of the Code, (edition of 1860), in relation to the Recording of Deeds.
An ACT to amend section 4, of Chapter 59, of the Code of Virginia, (edition of 1860), in relation to Banks merely of Deposit and Discount.
An ACT to establish evidence in relation to Waste and Unappropriated Lands.
An ACT changing the time of holding’the terms of the Circuit Court of the County of Highland.
An ACT providing for the Reprinting and Binding of certain volumes of the Reports of the Coart af Appeals.
An ACT directing steps to restrain the Collection of Taxes imposed by West Virginia, in the counties of Jefferson and Berkeley.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the Sth section of chapter 14 of the Code, (edition of 1860), as amended by an-act passed February 28, 1866, entitled an act to repeal the act passed June 22, 1865, in relation to the Salaries of certain Officers of Government, aud to revive certain sections of the Code repeated by said act.
An ACT for the relief of Jeremiah Porter
1883/1884
An ACT to provide a new registration of voters, at New Design Precinet, Pittsylvania county, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the surviving trustee of the Halifax Academy to appoint new trustees, and said trustees to dispose of the
An ACT to prescribe the method of proving the ordinances and joint resolutions of municipal corporations.
An ACT to amend section 14, chapter 154 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the compensation to county and corporation judges for holding court for other county or corporation judges who are unable to hold their own court.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 7 of an act approved March 29, 1877, entitled an act to establish a department of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing for the state.
An ACT to appoint B. P. Green and John A. Parker avents to prosecute to settlement certain cluims of the state of Virginia ayainst the United States.
An ACT to revise und digest the Code and Statutes of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 59 of chapter 57 of the Code of Virginia of 1873, as amended by un act approved February 27, 1880, in relation to the formation of Joint Stock Companies.
An ACT to allow George W. Glenn, of the county of Accomac, to erect a pier, or wharf, in said county, for the purpose of shipping oysters, &c.
An ACT to amend section one, chapter one hundred and seventy, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, as amended by an act approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in relation to the removal of causes from the corporation to the circuit court.
An ACT declaring the present mayor and council of Chase City, Virginia, the legal mayor and council.
An ACT to provide for the sale of certain lands in the town of Buchanan and city of Richmond.
An ACT to regulate the practice of Medicine and Surgery.
An ACT to prescribe the manner in which the Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad company shall pay its tax on its mortgage to secure bonds hereafter to be issued, and to enlarge the powers of said Norfolk and Cincinnati Railroad Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 47 of chapter 78 of the Code of 1873, in relation to teachers institutes.
An ACT to provide for the examination and verification of the Records of the Courts of the Commonwealth.
An ACT to authorize the Norfolk and Western railroad company to make contracts for the use and operation or lease of connecting lines, and conferring certain other additional powers on said company.
An ACT to provide for a new registration at Conrad’s Store precinct, or voting district, in the county of Rockingham.
An ACT to provide for certificates of election for certain officers elected by the General Assembly.
An ACT to allow John F. Powell to erect a wharf at Franklin City in Accomac county, on Chincoteague bay, for the purpose of shipping oysters.
An ACT for the reliefof John W. Grubbs of Clarke county.
An ACT to provide a new Registration of Voters in the Town of Danville.
An ACT to empower the Dismal Swamp Canal Company to construct and operate a railway on its own land from Gilmerton Locks, in Virginia, to South Mills, in North Carolina.
An ACT for the relief of W. A. Adams, of the county of Wise.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5, chapter 48, Code of 1873, in regard to the pay of a justice.
An ACT to authorize a subscription by the county of Frederick, in money or bonds, to the stock or bonds of the Washington, Ohio and Western Railroad Company.
An ACT to prohibit the active participation in politics of certain officers of the state government.
An ACT to regulate the printing and binding of the Virginia Reports, and to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 162, Code of 1873.
An ACT to empower and authorize the purchase by, and conveyance to, the United States government of property in the city of Portsmouth for certain purposes.
An ACT to amend sections 6 and 7 and 8, and to repeal section 10 of an act approved December 21, 188%,
JOINT RESOLUTION in regard to Mileage of Members and Officers of the General Assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 6, and to repeal section 1, chapter 16, of the Code of 1878, in relation to vacancies in the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor.
An ACT to provide for the organization, maintenance, and government of the Virginia Volunteers, and to repeal existing laws concerning the Volunteer Militia.