Marriage
| An ACT to Prescribe in What Manner and on What Conditions a Householder or Head of a Family shall Set Apart and Hold a Homestead and Personal Property, for Benefit of Himself and Family, Exempt from Sale for Debt. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 50, 31, 32, 33, 34. 85, 36, 37, 58, 09, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, and 48, of Chapter 52 of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), so as to make the Provisions of the Chapter Conform to the Constitution. |
| An ACT to amend Section Four, Chapter One Hundred and Eight, Code of Virginia, relating to Marriages. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section One of an act entitled an act to Amend Sections Three and Four, Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-one, and Section Eight, Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-three of the Code (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), in regard to Acknowledgments of Deeds |
| An ACT to revise and amend the Criminal Procedure. |
| An ACT to amend the charter of the Arlington Mutual Life Insurance Company of Virginia. |
| An ACT for receiving United States Registers of Marriage between Colored Persons |
| An ACT to Incorporate the Life Insurance Company of Virginia. |
| An ACT to Amend the 11th Section of Chapter 128, Code of 1860, in Relation to the Release of an Insane Wife's Interest in Realty. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 22, 25, 26, 29 and 37 of the 108th Chapter of the Code of 1860, in Relation to the Register of Marriages, Births and Deaths, and to Repeal Sections 23 and 24 of said Chapter. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2 of an Act Enti- |
| An ACT to Authorize Deputy Clerks to take Acknowledgments of Deeds by Married Women in certain cases. |
| An ACT to Prevent the Seduction of Females, and Amending and Re-enacting the 16th Section of Chapter 191, in reference to the Abduction of Females. |
| An Act to Amend and Re-enact the fourth and seventh Sections of Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the Code of Virginia, (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, ) and all Acts Amendatory thereof, in Relation to the Taking of Acknowledgments of Deeds. |
| An ACT to amend and Re-enact the Ninth Section of Chapter one hundred and eight, of the Code of 1860, in reference to Marriages within Prohibited Degrees of Relationship. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1 and 8 of Chapter 104 of the Code of 1878, in relation to issuing Marriage Licenses. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Courts of the Counties of Charles City and Albemarle, which have charge of the Marriage License Bond of Thomas Jefferson, and the Will of Thaddeus Kosciusko, to transfer those Documents to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, for preservation among the Historical Documents in the State Library. |
| An Act to extend the corporate powers of the Germarm Banking Company of Alexandria, Virginia. |
| An ACT to exempt the Property of the Husband or Wife from the Ante-Nuptial Debts of the other. |
| An ACT to amend the second section of an Act to Exempt the Property of the Husband or Wife from the Ante-Nuptial Debts of the other |
| An ACT -to amend and re-enact section 22, chapter 172, Code of 1873, in relation to parties to suits testifying in certain cases. |
| An ACT securing to married women, on conditions, all property acquired by them before or after marriage. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 104 of the Code of 18738, to reduce Bonds of Ministers of the Gospel. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 22, chapter 172, of the Code of 1873, in relation to parties to suits testifying in certain cases. |
| An ACT to authorize Mrs. Harriet N. Dunn to convey real estate. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section two of an act approved April 4th, 1877, entitled an act securing to married women, on conditions, all property acquired by them before or after marriage, so as to more clearly define the courtesy and dower rights. |
| An ACT to provide for the compensation of Special House committee and their clerks appointed by resolution of the House cf Delegates of Virginia, adopted March Yth, 1880. |
| An ACT for the relief of Ella J. Jones, a person of un- sound mind. |
| An ACT for the relief of Ella J. Jones, a person of un- sound mind. |
| An ACT to amend sections 8 and 4, chapter 121, and section 8, chapter 163 of the Code, (edition of 1860), in regard to Acknowledgments of Deeds. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist section of chapter 108 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to Marriage License. |
| An ACT for the relief of Jeremiah Porter |
| An ACT for the relief of the estate of R. S. Slayton and his widow, Ann Slayton. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of chapter 120 |
| An ACT authorizing the auditor of public accounts to pay commutation to the wife of Henry Diggs, (a lunatic) provided for by an act entitled an act to give aid to the citizens of Virginia wounded, &c., during the late war while serving as soldiers, approved February 25, 1884. |
| An ACT to refund to John L. Dawson, of Albemarle county, fifty-four dollars for state taxes erroneously paid by him. |
| An ACT for the relief of M. C. and Emily M. Yancey. |
| An ACT to legalize the adoption of minor children |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2644 of the code of Virginia, in regard to the marriage of a female personal representative. |
| An ACT authorizing the sale of the real estate of a married woman who is a minor. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2597 of the code of Virginia, in regard to testamentary guardians. |
| An ACT to prevent the abatement by the death of the ward, if a male, or the death or marriage of the ward, if a female, of suits instituted by a guardian for the sale of his ward's estate, and to revive suits heretofore instituted by such guardian which have abated by the death or marriage of the ward. |
| An ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Hodges |
| An ACT to quiet titles to real estate in the commonwealth. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 751 of the code of Virginia, in relation to when suits may not be brought. |
| An ACT to make husband and wife competent witnesses for or against each other in civil cases. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act approved February 5, 1892, entitled an act to legalize the adoption of minor children by adult persons. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact section 2218 of the code of Virginia,in relation to consent of parent or guardian to marriage of party under twenty-one years of age |
| An ACT for the relief of Maria Farrar, widow of Wyatt Farrar, a Confederate soldier. |
| An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a beard of commission-ers forthe prumotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to legalize the adoption of minor children |
| An ACT to enable married women to sue in their own name in all cases where they were required to sue by their next friend. |
| An act to make husband and wife competent witnesses for or against each other in certain civil and criminal cases. |
| An ACT to ratify and confirm an order entered in the circuit court of the city of Richmond March 6, 1894, permitting James Grant and Mary Grant, his wife, to adopt as their own child Kate Woods, a female minor child under the age of fourteen, changing her name to Annie Grant, and to change the name of said female minor child to Annie Grant, and to declare the said Annie Grant to all legal intents and purposes the child of the said James Grant and Mary Grant. |
| An ACT to authorize and empower Mrs. Laura C. Webb-Peploe to dispose of certain real estate and to make valid title thereto. |
| An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a board of commissioners for the promotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States. |
| An ACT in relation to the property rights of married women, declaring how they may acquire and dispose of property; make contracts, sue and be sued; and to amend sections 2291, 2293, 2294, and 2296, chapter 103 of the code of Virginia; and to repeal sections 2284, 2285, 2286, 2287, oe hance i 2292, and 2295 as amended by acts of 1895 and 1896 on page |
| An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Martha Jane Harvey, widow of a Confederate soldier. |
| An ACT to pension Mrs. E. A. Wallace, widow of a Confederate soldier. |
| An ACT for the relief of Eliza A. Tinder, a Confederate soldier's widow. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2229 of the code of Virginia relating to certificates to be issued by the clerk with marriage license, the return to be made by person celebrating the marriage. |
| An ACT making the contingent right of dower of a woman in real estate, in which her husband has no interest, estate, and authorizing her to dispose of the same by her sole |
| An ACT to incorporate the union brothers, a colored organization, with powers to care for its sick and to bury its dead. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2298 of the code of Virginia in relation to the remedies for or against married women. |
| An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a board of commissioners for the promotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2216 of the code of Virginia relating to the issuing of marriage licenses. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2224 of the code of Virginia relating to the prohibition of marriage within certain degrees. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2225 of the code of Virginia, relating to marriage within certain degrees. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2625 of the code of Virginia, in relation to how right of dower of insane wife may be passed, and how right of curtesy of insane husband may be passed, same right in purchase money to be secured to her or him, or compensation made. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2,295 of the code in relation to the liability of the corpus of the equitable separate estate of married women for their contracts. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3680 of the code of Virginia in reference to rape and its punishment. |
| An ACT to incorporate the town of Wakefield. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to make husband and wife competent witnesses for or against each other in certain civil and criminal cases. |
| An ACT to validate all conveyances of land in this State heretofore made under powers of attorney executed by a married woman jointly with her husband. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact. section 2260 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, relating to proceedings for divorce. |
| An ACT to provide for the appointment every two years by the governor of three commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, to define their duties, and to authorize the payment of their traveling expenses. |
| An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Warrenton, Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 44 of the Code of Virginia (1887) in relation to cities and towns, and to repeal sections 1039 and 1040 of the Code of Virginia, and section 1043 of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1896, and as attempted to be repealed by an act approved March 7, 1900, and to repeal an act approved March 7, 1900, entitled “an act to provide for local assessments in cities and towns.” |
| An Act to provide for the appointment every two years by the governor of three commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, to define their duties, and to authorize the payment of their traveling expenses. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 3, 1900, entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 2229 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificates to be issued by the clerk with marriage licenses, the return to be made by persons celebrating the marriage.” |
| An ACT to prohibit advertising of any offer to obtain divorces. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2636, 2637, 2639, 2640, 2642, 2645, and 2647 of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and re-enact section 2644 of said Code as amended and re-enacted by act approved February 12, 1892, entitled “an act to amend and re-enact. section 2644 of the Code of Virginia, in regard to the marriage of a female personal representative. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2463 of the Code of Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2274 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dower. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2216, as amended by an act approved January 17, 1896; 2224, as amended by an act approved December 17, 1895; 2225, as amended by an act approved January 28, 1896; 2228, 2240, 2250, and to repeal section 2233 of the Code of Virginia. |
| An ACT to validate all licenses for marriages issued by a clerk of a county court on or after December 12, 1903, and prior to February 1, 1904. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2220 of the Code of Virginia to authorize corporation courts to appoint persons to celebrate the rites of marriage. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond as heretofore amended, in relation to the powers of the city council; and to amend and re-enact section 64 of the said charter in relation to the duties of the city engineer. |
| An ACT allowing courts to approve and confirm compromises it actions and suits wherein infants, idiots or lunatics are parties. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2219 of the Code of Virginia in regard to how a minister is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2219 of the Code of Virginia, in regard to how a minister is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 15, 1908. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1902, entitled an act requiring notaries within this State to affix to certificates of acknowledgment hereafter taken by them upon writings which are admitted to record the date when their terms of office shall expire so as to provide for showing a change of name in certain cases. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved May 20, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 3, 1900, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2229 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificates to be issued by the clerk with marriage licenses, the return to be made by persons celebrating the marriage. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2224 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, as heretofore amended, in reference to marriages within certain degrees prohibited. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to legalize the adoption of minor children by adult persons |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3505 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved December 31st, 1903. |
| An ACT making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect to provide for the support of his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect to provide for the support of his child or children under the age of sixteen years; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provisions for the apprehension and punishment of persons convicted of non-support, and providing that persons convicted of non-support shall be sent to the convict road force in certain contingencies; providing for the taking of recognizances, and for the forfeiture and enforcement of said recognizances; providing for the appointment of probation officers and prescribing their duties and powers; and making chief of police and sheriff probation officers in certain contingencies. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 45, 46, 46%, 46% (a), 4614(b), 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51(a), 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 8&5, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 9214, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 97%, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 108, 104, 105, 106, 106%4, 107, 108, 109, 10944, 110, 111, 11144, 112, 1138, 118%, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 118(a), 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 1380, 131, 18382. 133, 1384, 1385, 136, 137, 138, 140 and 141 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 17, 1910, amending and re-enacting section 2219 of the Code of Virginia, in regard to how a minister is authorized to celebrate the rites of matrimony as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 15, |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2257 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended. |
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