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Municipal charters

1865 Extra Session
An act for organizing City Corporations and Courts of Hustings
1869/1870
An ACT Providing for an Election in the town of Danville.
An ACT to Amend and Reenact Sections One and Five of Chapter Ninety-Five of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, as Amended and Re-enacted by Act of Assembly passed February 16, 1867, Concerning Harbor Masters and Dock Masters.
An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act passed the 29th of May, 1862, entitled an Act to Prescribe the Mode of Electing Trustees for the Town of Farmville, in the County of Prince Edward, and Vesting them with Corporate Privileges.
An ACT for the Government of Towns of Less Than Five Thousand Inhabitants.
An ACT Concerning the City Serg:ant of Alexandr a.
An ACT Legalizing the Election held in the City of Williamsburg on the 26th day of May, 1870, for the Election of City Officers.
An ACT in Relation to the Establishment, in the State of Virginia, of a Branch of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and to Cede Jurisdiction to the United States over a Tract of Land in the State of Virginia, not exceeding Five Hundred Acres, for that purpose.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 7 of an Act entitled an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of Certain Township Officers
An ACT for the Government of Cities and Towns of five thousand inhabitants and over.
An ACT to Provide for the Removal of Causes and the Transfer of all Papers, Records, Judgments, and Decrees, from the Court of Hustings for the town of Harrisonburg, to the County Court of
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of West Point, in King William County.
An ACT to fix the times for Holding the Corporation Courts of the commonwealth.
An ACT to change the name of Fairfax to Culpeper, and to provide a new charter for the same.
An ACT to Provide for an Election in Towns of less than Five Thousand Inhabitants.
An ACT to Define the Limits of the Lower Parish of Nanse-
An ACT defining further the Powers and Duties of the Clerk of the Hustings Court of Richmond.
An ACT to Authorize the Election of Certain Officers in the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun county, on the first Saturday in June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
An ACT to Incorporate the Pamunkey Marl, Mining, and Manufacturing Company of Virginia.
An ACT for the Incorporation of the Town of Bowling Green, in the County of Caroline.
An ACT to Incorporate the Maury Literary Association in the town of Abingdon.
An ACT appointing Trustees for the town of Occoquan, in the county of Prince William.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Gordonsville.
An ACT to Authorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Chesterfield to Vote Anew on the question of the Removal of the County Courthouse to the Town of Manchester.
An ACT to authorize the qualified voters of the county of Chesterfield to vote on the question of Removing the County Courthouse to the town of Manchester or to the town of Chester.
An ACT authorizing the Trustees of Zion Baptist Church, in the city of Portsmouth, to borrow money and execute a deed of trust on lot of land.
An ACT to Incorporate the Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad Company.
An ACT Authorizing a New Registration of the Voters of Shenandoah Iron Works Township, in the County of Page.
An ACT authorizing Hustings Court, city of Richmond, to impanel a grand jury, &c.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an act to Incorporate the Abingdon and Rich Valley Turnpike Company, in the county of Washington
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act passed March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled an Act to Extend the Limits of and Provide for Electing Trustees for the Town of Marion, in the county of Smyth, Investing them with Certain Corporate Powers.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Berryville, and to Provide a Charter for the Same.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an act to Incorporate the town of Goodson, in the county of Washington, passed March 5, 1856.
An ACT for Allowing Compensation to Late Clerk of the Hustings Court of Richmond.
An ACT to Provide a Charter for the town of Front Royal.
An ACT to incorporate the North Loudoun Turnpike Company.
An ACT Prescribing what Counties and Corporations shal, Compose the First Judicial Circuit.
An ACT to Authorize Subscriptions to the Stock of the Atlantic and Alleghany Railroad Company by the Counties of Chesterfield, Powhatan, Cumberland, Buckingham, Appomattox, Nelson, Amherst, Rockbridge, the Cities of Richmond and Lynchburg, and the Towns of Manchester and Lexington.
JOINT RESOLUTION requiring the Keeper of the Rolls to Withhold House Bill No. 156, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Town of Liberty, &c.
An ACT Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings to have the Hall of the House of Delegates and Executive Chamber Repaired and Refitted.
An ACT to provide for Dividing the several Counties of this State into Townships.
An ACT for the Renewal of the Guaranty of the State on Certain Bonds of the Town of Petersburg, issued in aid of the Construction of the Southside Railroad.
An ACT Conferring Judicial Powers on Mayors of Towns having less than Five Thousand Inhabitants, and investing the Sergeants of said Towns with the Powers and Duties of Constables.
An ACT Appointing Trustees for the Town of Carrborough, in the County of Prince William.
An ACT Directing the Division of Cities and Towns into Wards.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of an Act passed February 28, 1867, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company.
An ACT to Establish a Court for the County of James City and the City of Williamsburg.
An ACT to Anthorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Prince Edward to Vote on the Question of Removing the County Court house to the Town of Farmville.
An ACT providing a Charter for the City of Richmond.
An ACT Amending the Charter of the Town of Harrisonburg, in the county of Rockingham, and Enlarging and Extending the Corporate Limits of said Town.
An ACT to Authorize Subscriptions to the Stock of Incorporated Companies by the Counties of Campbell and Pittsylvania, the City of Lynchburg, and the Town of Danville.
An ACT to Authorize Sycamore Church to be Fitted Up and Used as the State Courthouse.
JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor to return to the House of Delegates an act entitled an act, &c.
An ACT to Incorporate the Fairfax County Narrow Gauge Elevated Railroad Company.
An ACT to Prescribe the Duties and Fix the Compensation of Officers in Cities and Towns of over Five Thousand Inhabitants.
An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Winchester, in the County of Frederick.
JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Keeper of the Rolls to retain Senate Bill No. 111.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Three of an Act passed December twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Orange.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections Four, Five, Six, Seven, Thirteen, Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-nine, Thirty-one, Forty-six, Forty-seven, Fifty, Fifty-four, Fifty-nine, Sixty-two, Sixty-eight, Eighty-four, Eighty-six, One Hundred and Six, and One Hundred and Seven of an Act entitled an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Richmond, approved May Twenty-fourth, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy.
An ACT Authorizing the Council of the Town of Staunton to Appoint a Constable and three Justices of the Peace for each Ward of said Town.
1867 Extra Session
An ACT for the relief of James A. Wright, Sheruf of Buck- Ingham county, Virginia
An ACT to amend the preamble of the act passed February Lith, 1867, entitled an act to authorize the transfer of the Property, Charter and Franchises of the Manassas Gap Railroad Company, and the Stock Shares in the same, to the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company,
Joint Resolutions in reference to Immigration to the State of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the 6th section of an act passed January 9, 1866, entitled an act authorizing the Trustees of the Town of Manchester to construct a Bridge across James river, at Richmond, Virginia
An ACT to amend the act passed Merch 18, 1861. entitled an act to amend the Charter of the City of Richmond, as amended by the act passed February 24, 1866. entitled an act to amend the act passed March 18, 1861, rutitied an act to amend the Charter of the City of Richmond.
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Richmond.
An ACT relating to the Alexandria Canal and Railroad.
An ACT authorizing Washington Lodge, No. 78, of Free and Accepted Masons, to occupy and appropriate a portion of Jett street, in the town of Washington, Rappahannock county, &e.
An ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Norfolk
An ACT to anchorize the County Court of Amberst to sell the stock held by that county in the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
An ACT changing the time of holding the Circuit Courts of the Counties of Dinwiddie, Lunenburg, Brunswick and Mecklenburg.
An ACT amending and re-enacting the 5d section of an ce passed December loth, 1865, amending the Charter of the Town vu Danville.
An ACT for the relief of James O. Harris, late Sheriff of Culpeper County.
1870/1871
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the town of Abingdon, Passed March 11, 1834.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Luray.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Lovingston, in the County of Nelson.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Independence, in the County of Grayson.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 7 of an Act Passed January 14, 1871, Entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Passed February 28, 1856, Amending an Act for Working the Roads of Loudoun County.
An ACT to Provide a System of Public Free Schools in the Cities of the Commonwealth, and to Repeal Section 66 of‘an Act Entitled an Act to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools
An ACT Appointing Trustees for the Town of Newport, in the County of Prince William.
An ACT Enlarging the Corporation of the Town of New Market, in the County of Shenandoah.
An ACT Authorizing the Governor to Cede to the United States Jurisdiction over a certain Bridge, with its Abutments, in the County of Elizabeth City.
An ACT to Extend the Jurisdiction of the Corporate Authorities of Towns Containing Less than Five Thousand Inhabitants.
An ACT to Provide a New Charter for the Town of Charlottesville.
An ACT to Extend and Define the Boundaries of the City of Lynchburg.
An ACT to Authorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Hanover to Vote on the Question of Removing the County Courthouse to the Town of Ashland.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of Chapter 61 of the Code of Virginia, (Edition of 1860), to Authorize Subscriptions to Incorporated Companies by Counties, Cities, Towns, and Townships.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Amend the Charter of the Town of Warrenton, passed April 0, 1852.
An ACT to Amend the Third Section of an Act approved May 6, 1870, Fixing the Times for Holding Corporation Courts.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 5 and 14 of an Act Entitled an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Richmond, Approved May 24, 1870, as Amended by an Act Approved July 11, 1870.
JOINT RESOLUTION Legalizing the Order of the County Judge of Fluvanna County, made December 26, 1870, in Relation to Taking the Sense of the People of said County in Aid of Subscriptions to the Rivanna Navigation Company.
An ACT to Incorporate the Towns of Middleburg, Hillsborough, and Hamilton, in the County of Loudoun.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Approved February 19, 1858, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Ashland, in the County of Hanover, and the Act Amendatory thereof, Approved January 11, 1864.
An ACT to Provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the City of Lynchburg.
An ACT to Authorize the County of Washington to Borrow Money to Redeem and Pay Off Railroad and Courthouse Bonds Heretofore Issued by the County, and Falling Due in the Year 1872.
An ACT Providing a Charter for the City of Staunton.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 3 of an Act Passed December 20, 1855, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Orange, as Amended by an Act Approved July 9, 1870.
An ACT Authorizing the Joint Committee for the Regulation of Norfolk County Ferries to Borrow Money on Behalf of Norfolk County and the City of Portsmouth, and for Other Purposes.
An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Dublin, in the County of Pulaski.
An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Liberty, in the County of Bedford.