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Marriage

1918
An ACT to require the auditor of public accounts to turn over to the State bureau of vital statistics certain marriage, birth and death records.
An ACT regulating marriages and the issuance of marriage licenses; prohibiting marriages in certain cases, providing penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act.
An ACT to define ardent spirits and to prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale, transportation, keeping for sale, and giving away of ardent spirits, or drugs, as herein defined, except as provided herein; declaring certain ardent spirits contraband, and prescribing procedure for search therefor and forfeiture thereof; to prohibit advertisement of such ardent spirits; to prescribe the jurisdiction for trial and appeals of cases arising under this act; to prescribe the force and effect of certain evidence and prosecutions for violation of this act; to create the office of commissioner of prohibition and to define his duties and powers and compensation; defining intoxication and who is a person of intemperate habits within the meaning of this act; prescribing a penalty for intoxication; prescribing certain rules of evidence in certain prosecutions under this act; defining soft drinks, providing how they may be sold, regulating the sale of toilet, antiseptic preparations, patent and proprietary medicines, and flavoring extracts; exempting certain counties and cities from certain provisions of this act and authorizing additional restrictions and limitations beyond the provisions of this act as to sale, manufacture or delivery of ardent spirits in certain counties and cities; to provide for the enforcement of this act and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act; to appropriate out of the treasury of the State necessary moneys for the enforcement of this act; and to repeal chapter 146 of acts of assembly, 1916, approved March 10, 1916 and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act.
An ACT making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of non-support; providing for the taking of recognizances, and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment of probation officers, prescribing their duties and powers, and repealing certain acts.

1920
An ACT for the protection of patients and inmates of State hospitals and colonies for the insane, epileptic and feeble-minded from improper and unlawful marriages and providing punishment for violation of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3393 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5106 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT respecting the character of evidence in criminal prosecutions for seduction under section 4410 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3484 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the fees of the clerks of circuit, appellate and other courts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5276 of the Code of Virginia

1922
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1028 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of special justices of the peace in cities of less than 25,000 inhabitants and in counties, to be known as judges of juvenile and domestic relations courts; to prescribe their jurisdiction, powers, duties, and compensation; and to provide for the maintenance of juvenile and domestic relations courts in such cities and in counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of non-support; providing for the taking of recognizance, and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment of probation officers, prescribing their duties and powers, and repealing certain acts, approved March 27, 1918.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5117 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to a widow’s dower.
An ACT in relation to a surviving husband’s curtesy.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5121 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend an act approved March 20, 1920, entitled an act for the protection of patients and inmates of State hospitals and colonies for the insane, epileptic and feeble-minded from improper and unlawful marriages and providing punishment for violation of this act.
An ACT to remove the disability of infancy for the purpose of passing contingent right of curtesy and dower.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5105 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend section 5281 of the Code of Virginia.

1924
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5242 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5117 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 28, 1922, in relation to a widow's dower.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in relation to a surviving husband’s curtesy, approved March 28, 1922.
An ACT to preserve racial integrity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5125 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the assignment of dower.
An Act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Henry to borrow the sum of $100,000.00 and to issue serial bonds or notes for the same running from one to ten years; to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof at maturity; to provide that the money so borrowed shall be used for the retirement or payment of any notes, bonds or warrants heretofore issued by said board; to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to borrow the sum of $50,000.00 to be used for the construction and permanent improvement of roads and bridges in said county under the supervision of the State highway commissioner or the board of supervisors of said county and to provide for the payment of same and to provide for the retirement of any notes or bonds which may have been issued by said board pursuant to acts of the general assembly, approved March 9, 1918, and March 14, 1918, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, approved September 5, 1919; and to provide that no bank, person, firm or corporation in the county of Henry shall hereafter receive any interest on any loan made to the board of supervisors of the county of Henry unless such loan shall have been authorized by the general assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5072 of the Code of Virginia in relation to issuing a license to marry.
An ACT to prohibit the issuance of licenses, other than marriage licenses, required by the laws of this State or by any political sub-division thereof unless and until the persons applying therefor shall exhibit tax receipts or certificates showing that the State capitation taxes assessed or assessable against such persons for the last preceding tax year have been paid.

1926
An ACT to validate any certificate of acknowledgement heretofore taken by any notary public or other officer duly authorized to take acknowledgments who at the time of taking such acknowledgment was the husband or wife of the grantee in the deed or instrument to which the certificate is attached.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5103 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to divorces from the bond of matrimony.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5346 of the Code of Virginia, in reference to the release of the right of dower of an insane wife and the right of curtesy of an insane husband in cases of sales and encumbrances.

1928
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5074 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to marriage licenses.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1929, and the 28th day of February, 1930.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5106 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, so as to require depositions in certain divorce cases to be taken before a commissioner in chancery.
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia.

1930
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5123 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dower.
An ACT requiring the clerks of courts of records and the bureau of vital statistics to furnish to honorably discharged members of the United States military or naval forces, copies of records without charge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled, “An act in relation to a surviving husband’s curtesy,” approved March 28, 1922, as amended by chapter 345 of the acts of assembly of 1924.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5125 of the Code of Virginia, concerning the assignment of dower, as heretofore amended.
An Act to add a new section to the Code of Virginia, to be designated as sections 6266—a, in relation to subjecting curtesy and dower interests in real estate, to the satisfaction of liens thereon.
An ACT to provide for issuing of marriage licenses to persons on Federal reservations within Virginia and to legalize marriages performed on said reservations.

1932
An ACT to repeal an act entitled “an act to authorize and direct the board of supervisors of every county which alone constitutes a judicial circuit and which adjoins a city containing more than 100,000 inhabitants to fix the salary of the justice of the juvenile and domestic relations court of such county”
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3393 of the Code of Virginia,
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5134 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rights of married women.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of nonsupport; providing for the taking of recognizances, and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment of probation officers, prescribing their duties, and powers, and repealing certain acts, approved March 27, 1918, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5090 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriage of persons under the age of consent.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 85 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, entitled "an act to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 21, 1916, relating to Confederate pensions," approved February 28, 1918, as last amended by an act approved March 26, 1928.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4546 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriages of white persons to colored persons.

1934
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Quantico in the county of Prince William.
An ACT to reimburse Jessie L. Randolph for money illegally paid into the treasury of the Commonwealth of Virginia on account of erroneous or illegal assessment of taxes against her for the years nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of special justices of the peace in cities of less than 25,000 inhabitants and in counties, to be known as judges of juvenile and domestic relations courts; to prescribe their jurisdiction, powers, duties, and compensation; and to provide for the maintenance of juvenile and domestic relations courts in such cities and in counties
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5113 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 85 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 21, 1916, relating to Confederate pensions, approved February 28, 1918, as heretofore amended.

1936
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled an act making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of non-support; providing for the taking of recognizances and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment of probation officers, prescribing their duties and powers, and repealing certain acts, approved March 27, 1918, in relation to jurisdiction in cases of desertion and non-support.

1938
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jointure in bar of dower and effect of conveyance or devise.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5078 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriage licenses to certain persons under twenty-one years of age.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5074, as heretofore amended, and 5096 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marriage licenses and certificates of marriage.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5080 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of persons to celebrate rites of marriage.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as amended, of an act entitled “An act making it a misdemeanor for a husband to desert or neglect his wife or for a parent to desert or neglect his children; prescribing the penalty therefor, and making provision for the apprehension and punishment of persons charged with or convicted of non-support; providing for the taking of recognizances, and for the forfeiture and enforcement of the same; providing for the appointment. of probation officers, prescribing their duties and powers, and repealing certain acts’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3484 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees of clerks of courts.

1940
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 5073-a, requiring, as a prerequisite to the issuance of marriage licenses, certain serological tests, physician’s statements and reports as to serological tests, prescribing by whom such statements, reports and tests shall be made, prescribing the powers and duties of clerks, the State Department of Health and the State Health Commissioner with reference thereto, requiring certain precautions and medical treatments, prohibiting the refusal to issue such marriage license under certain conditions, and prescribing penal for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5078 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to issuance of marriage licenses for certain persons under twenty-one years of age.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, by adding thereto a new section, to be numbered 5139-b, to provide how curtesy may be barred.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5215 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of attorneys in fact by married women and the powers of such attorneys.

1942
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5078 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the issuance of marriage licenses for certain persons under twenty-one years of age.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5090 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the age of consent for marriage.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 5338-a, to remove the disability of infancy for the purpose of passing the contingent right of curtesy and dower, and to repeal Chapter 293 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1922, approved March 20, 1922, relating to the same matter.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6167 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure where death or other fact is relied on in abatement in the appellate court.

1944
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1950 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating to jurisdiction of juvenile and domestic relations courts so as to broaden the jurisdiction in certain cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5111 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to dissolution of marriages and divorce.

1946
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 5760-a relating to certain written instruments executed to obtain benefits under federal legislation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5090 of the Code of Virginia

1948
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5115 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to merging a decree for divorce from bed and board into a decree from the bonds of matrimony.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5111, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to the powers of courts and in regard to the estate and maintenance of parties and custody, etc., of children in divorce st 208
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3484 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees of clerks of courts.

An ACT to amend and reenact Section aye of the’ Cade pa Virginia, as amended, relating to the issuance of marriage licenses, lection distribution of the tax thereon.

1950
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5, 6, 10,11, 18, 20, 21, 31, 88, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 50, 51, 60, 66 and 67 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved February 11, 1948, which provided a new charter for the city of Waynesboro, the sections relating, respectively, to powers of the city; zoning; disqualification for office; regulation of meetings of the council; appointment of certain officials; appointment, term of office and removal of city manager; powers and duties of city manager; election, terms of office, powers and duties, and compensation of certain officers of the city; the annual budget; sinking fund; bond issues; appropriation ordinance and levy of taxes; unencumbered balances in treasury; how claims against the city are paid; how special assessments made; audit of accounts of city officers; conducting of investigations by the council; planning for future development for the city; and powers of city policemen; and to repeal §§ 22, 39 and 46 of such act relating, respectively, to assigning of administrative duties by the council; contracts for public improvements and certain limitations on contracts, agreements or other obligations.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a new section numbered 68-848.1, so as to provide under certain conditions for the adoption of adult persons.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-49 of the Code of 1950, relating to the circumstances under which consent is required for a person to marry and how such consent is given.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-86 of the Code of 1950, so as to provide for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred as a result of personal injuries suffered by a married woman.
AN ACT to provide a charter for the city of Falls Church, and to repeal Chapter 878 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946 entitled “‘An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Falls Church in the county of Fairfax’’, as amended.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-123 of the Code of 1950 relating to fees charged by clerks of courts.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a new section numbered 68-856.1 to provide for the adoption by a spouse of a natural parent of infant children without going through all the details of procedure.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-288 of the Code of 1950, relating to testimony of husband and wife in criminal cases.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 20-71.1,80 as to make certain provisions for attorney’s fees in proceedings under § 20-71 of the Code of 1950, relating to temporary orders for support.
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 to amend and reenact § 20-104 of the Code of 1950 relating to orders of publication against nonresident defendant, to provide that publication may be had in case of a suit for annulment of marriage.

1952
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition of marriage between certain persons, so as to conform the section to the provisions of Chap 1 of Title 20 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to validate certain marriages.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14-123 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to fees of clerks of court.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-49, amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to consent required for marriage and how given.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-674, 8-675, 8-676, 8-678, 8-679, 8-680, 8-682, 8-685, 8-686, 8-687, 8-688, 8-689, and 8-689.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-689.4, all of which relate to biils for sale or encumbrance of land of certain persons so as to include certain other persons thereunder and to validate prior proceedings.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered § 63-356.2, relating to when, in certain adoptions, reference to and investigation by the Director of Welfare and Institutions may be dispensed with.
An Act to amend and reenact § 20-88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to support of parents by children.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 20 a Chapter numbered 5.2 containing §§ 20-88.12 through 20-88.31, relating to duty of support and civil and criminal enforcement thereof; and to repeal Chapter 5.1 of Title 20, containing §§ 20-88.1 through 20-88.11, relating to same matters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by amending § 63-848, providing for the adoption of children and prescribing the procedure and incidents
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 20-88.82, providing for the support of children of unwed parents by the father under certain circumstances.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Emporia, in the county of Greensville, and to repeal Chapter 178 of the Acts of Assembly of 1897-1898, approved January 31, 1898, as amended.