Legislative Amendments

1883/1884
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the Ist section of an act approved April 2, 1870, to district the state for county judges.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of the Iron Belt railroad charter, so as to waive any claim of forfciture thereof the state may have.
An ACT to amend sections 6 and 7 and 8, and to repeal section 10 of an act approved December 21, 188%,
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 11 of the Code of 1873, relating to the qualifications to hold office.
An ACT to enable the Danville and New River Railroad Company to obtain further subscriptions to the capital stock of said company.
An ACT to incorporate the Bank of Goodson.
An ACT to regulate the practice of Medicine and Surgery.
An ACT to apportion the representation of the state of Virginia in the Congress of the United States.
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 for the relief of W. A. Adams, of the county of Wise.
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 amend section 10, chapter 17, Code of 1873, in relation to the suspension and removal of certain officers.
An ACT to provide for certificates of election for certain officers elected by the General Assembly.
An ACT to provide for the organization, maintenance, and government of the Virginia Volunteers, and to repeal existing laws concerning the Volunteer Militia.
An ACT to provide for the examination and verification of the Records of the Courts of the Commonwealth.
An ACT to establish thirteen voting precincts in the county of Caroline and to provide for a Registration of the Voters therein.
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 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 prescribe the method of proving the ordinances and joint resolutions of municipal corporations.
An ACT to dispense with the proof of handwriting in certain cases.
An ACT to provide a new Registration of Voters in the Town of Danville.
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 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 provide for the manner of choosing Registrars and Judges and Clerks of Election for the several counties and cities of the commonwealth, and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8, and sections 2 and 3 of chapter 7, of the Code of 1873.
An ACT to establish a Corporation Court for the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to provide for the sale of certain lands in the town of Buchanan and city of Richmond.
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 amend and re-enact the 4th section of chapter 82 of the Code of 1873, in regard to the appointment of Directors of Lunatic Asylums.
An ACT to repeal section 18 of an act entitled an act to provide for the manner of choosing Registrars and Judges and Clerks of Election and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8 and sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of Code of 1878, in force February 14th, 1884.
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 provide a new registration of voters, at New Design Precinet, Pittsylvania county, Virginia.

1884es
An ACT to provide for the appointment of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States by election by the people.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act entitled an act to revise and digest the Code of Virginia
An ACT to provide the times for holding the courts in the Ninth judicial circuit.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved January 11, 1877, entitled an act to provide for the appointment and removal of district school trustees, and to repeal the 4th clause of the 7th section of the 78th chapter of the Code of 1873, in force February 20, 1884.
An ACT in relation to fences in Berkley District in the county of Spotsylvania.
An ACT to provide for the restoration of certain recoras in the clerk’s office of the county court of Rockingham county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 10 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general registration of voters, approved April 12, 1870, chapter 46, sections 1 and 10, pages 55 and 57, Acts 1869-70, and which are sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of Code of 1878, and section 24 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, chapter 76, section 24, page 82, Acts of 1869-70, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 24 of the act approved May 11, 1870, entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved March 20th, 1878, chapter 200, section 1, page 185, Acts 1872-8, and which is section 8 of chapter 8, Code of 1878, and section 40 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, chapter 76, section 40, page 88, Acts 1869-70, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 89, 40, and 58 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved July 11, 1870, chapter 279, section 1, page 870, Acts 1870-1, and which is section 24 of chapter 8, Code of 1878, and to make valid all registrations made and elections held since the act of February 14th, 1884, became in force.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of George W. Gunnell, Richard B. Tyler, and others.
An ACT to pay to Waller R. Staples and John W. Daniel, for professional services rendered the state in the litigation involving the validity of the congressional apportionment act.
An ACT providing Local Option for Lunenburg county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act approved February 25, 1884, entitled an act to allow mileage to jurors.
An ACT to amend section 53, chapter 167, of Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved February 12, 1884, in relation to orders and decrees.
An ACT to provide for the manner of choosing registrars and judges and clerks of election for the several counties and cities of the commonwealth, and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8, and sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of the Code of 1878, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved August 25, 1884, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 10 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general registration of voters, approved April 12, 1870, chapter 46, sections 1 and 10, pages 55 and 57, Acts d869-70, which are sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of Code of 1873, and section 24 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, chapter 76, section 24, page 82, Aets of 1869-70, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 24 of the act approved May 11, 1870, entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved March 20, 1873, chapter 200, section 1, page 185, Acts 1872-8, and which is section 8 of chapter 8, Code of 18738, and section 40 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, chapter 76, section 40, page 88, Acts 1869-70, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend und re-enact sections 39, 40, and 58 of an act entitled an act to provide for a general election, approved May 11, 1870, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved July 11, 1870, chapter 279, section 1, page 370, Acts 1870-71, and which is section 24 of chapter 8 of Code of 1873, and to make valid all registrations and elections held since the act of February 14, 1884, became in force, and defining the duties and powers of the electoral boards created under this act.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 166 of Code of 1878, in relation to service of process against or notice to a corporation.
An ACT to amend section 11 of chapter 7 of the Code of 1878, in regard to registration of voters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 8 and 17 of chapter 178 of the Code of 1878, as amended by acts approved January 26, 1877, and February 19, 1884, in relation to petitions for appeals, writs of error, and supersedeas.
An ACT to provide for the rebinding and indexing of cer-
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the manner of Choosing Registrars and Judges and Clerks of Election for the several counties and cities of the commonwealth, and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8, and sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of the Code of 18738, in force February 14, 1884.
An ACT to authorize the voters of Smyth county, to ratify the action of the Board of Supervisors of said county, in donating lands for Southwestern Lunatic Asylum.
An ACT to provide a new Registration in the county of Fairfax.
An ACT to provide for the payment of the Danville Grays
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to donate to West Virginia certain Journals of the Virginia Legislature, Reports, and other documents, and to sell certain remaining volumes to public libraries.
An ACT to repeal section 28 of chapter 352 of the Acts of 1888-4, so far as the same relate to public roads in Amherst county.
An ACT to authorize the Judge of the Hustings court of the city of Richmond to have new copies of Registration Books — in certain cases, and to repeal chapter 510 of Acts of 1883-4.

1885/1886
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 187, Acts of Extra Session, 1884, providing for a new registration of the voters of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to prevent frauds upon the commonwealth, and the holders of her securities, in the collection and disbursement of revenue; and to repeal section 112 of an act approved March 15, 1884, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes, &c.; and to repeal an act approved February 7, 1884, entitled an act to regulate the granting of licenses, &c.; and to repeal an act approved February 25, 1884, entitled an act to regulate granting of license, &c.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act approved February 14, 1884, entitled an act to provide for the manner of choosing registrars and judges and clerks of election for the several counties and cities of the commonwealth, and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8, and sections 2 and 3 of chapter 7 of the Code of 1873.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 4, of chapter 141, of the Code, in relation to the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange.
An ACT to require quarterly reports to bé made to the Governor by the heads of departments and other state agencies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 514 of Acts of Assembly, 1883-4, respecting wild game.
An ACT for the relief of Joseph Copenhaver.
An ACT to regulate the appointment of boards of direc- tors of the lunatic asylums and care of insane, and the repeal-of chapters 117 and-118 of Acts of Assembly of 1883-’84, respecting the appointment of the boards of said asylums.
An ACT in relation to the removal of causes, and to
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend section 10, chapter 17, Code of 1873, in relation to the suspension and removal of certain officers, in force February 23, 1884.
An ACT to amend the first section of an act entitled an act to amend the first, second and third sections of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Saltville and Coal Mine railroad company, and to change the name to the Norfolk and Cincinnati railroad company
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of chapter 158 of Acts of Assembly, 1883-’84, in relation to choosing registrars and judges of election, &c.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 138 of the Acts of Assembly, session of 1883-84 in regard to filling vacancies in the county boards of school commissioners.
An ACT to incorporate the Lynchburg Perpetual Building and Loan Company.
An ACT to amend section 2, chapter 171, Code of 1873, and the acts amendatory thereof, in regard to commissioners of courts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 17 of chapter 13 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an act to amend and re-enact certain sections of the Code of 1873, and certain acts of assembly amendatory thereof, and other acts of assembly in relation to salaries of certain officers of the government and their employees; compensation of members and officers of the general assembly, mileage and other allowances; to define the salaries of certain officers, and to repeal chapter 153 of the act of 1874, and section 27 of chapter 16, and sections 5, 16 and 24 of chapter 13 of the Code of 1873, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to remove the political disabilities of 8S. R. Donohoe and others.
An ACT to provide additional compensation to the re-visers of the Code.
An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke and Southern Railway Company.
An ACT for the relief of Mrs. R. W. Davidson, of Floyd county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7, of chapter 159, Acts of 1883-4, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Greenville, Augusta county.
An ACT to provide for the working of the public roads in the counties of Northumberland and Westmoreland.
An ACT to authorize the Seaboard and Roanoke 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 authorize the Second Auditor to complete Bond No. 308, issued under Act of the General Assembly, approved the 28th of March, 1879.
An ACT re-arranging the judicial circuits of the state.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to dispose of certain Virginia Reports on hand and in the custody of the librarian
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 840 the Code of Virginia, in relation to public health.
An ACT to incorporate the Madison Court-house and Orange Railroad Company.
An ACT to provide for a new registration in the county
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION to appoint Joint Committee to examine State securities, &c., deposited in the basement offices of the capitol.
An ACT to incorporate the Chicago, Parkersburg and Norfolk Railroad Company.
An ACT to regulate the printing and binding of the Virginia Supreme Court Reports, and to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 162, of the Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved
An ACT to appropriate certain moneys to meet a note given by the board of Eastern Lunatic Asylum to raise funds to rebuild certain buildings destroyed by fire on the 7th day of June, 1885.
An ACT to provide for a new registration of voters for the city of Fredericksburg.
An ACT to provide the manner of selling the sulphate and other preparations of morphine in the state of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize George N. Parker to erect a wharf on Chuckatuck creek, in Nansemond county.
An ACT to provide for submitting the question of liquor license to the qualified voters of the several counties, corporations and magisterial districts.
An ACT to provide that all corporations hereafter chartered in this state shall pay their taxes in money, or forfeit their charters.
An ACT to incorporate the Elba Beneficial and Social Society of Richmond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section.2 of chapter 159 of the Code of 1873, relating to clerks of the courts of appeals.

1887es
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 3 section of an act approved February 26, 1854, entitled an act to amend the charter of the Edenton and Norfolk railroad company, and to change the name of said company to that of the Carolina and Chesapeake railroad company.
An ACT authorizing the re-registration of voters at Farrham precinct, Richmond county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Brentsville, Bristow, and Manassas telephone company, incorporated by the circuit court of Prince William county.
An ACT to allow Edwin T. Melvin and others to erect a wharf at Franklin city, Accomack county, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize and enable the Fredericksburg and Chesapeake railroad company to consolidate or merge its stock, property, and franchises with those of any company authorized to operate a connecting line of railroads.