Municipal charters

1920
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2942, 2943, 2944 and 2945 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide a new’charter for the town of Narrows and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the Provisions of
An ACT confirming a payment by the auditor of public accounts to Lynchburg city farm, and authorizing the payment of two hundred and sixty-four dollars to said city farm.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to issue twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) of bonds for the purpose of acquiring the necessary land in erecting and constructing buildings for fire stations thereon.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3118 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2252 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 448 of the Code of Virginia (1887), as heretofore amended, in relation to commissioners of revenue
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Wakefield, approved April 2, 1902.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 87 and 111 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Crewe, in Nottoway county, Virginia, approved March 20, 1916.
An ACT to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of the public roads and bridges in Giles county, other than such as are included in the State highway system, and to provide for the issuing of county bonds for the construction, reconstruction and permanent improvement of the roads and bridges embraced in the county highway system.
An ACT to authorize the town of Narrows to appropriate $7,500.00 towards the erection by the Pearisburg school district, of a public high school building in said town, and to provide for the issuing of the bonds of the town to raise the money for the said purpose.
An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of Cape Charles, in the county of Northampton, and State of Virginia, to issue bonds and borrow money for the construction, repair, improvement, enlargement, extension and maintenance of the lighting system of the said town.
An ACT to authorize the chairman of the board of supervisors of Lunenburg county, who may be in office when this act takes effect, to sign certain minutes of the said board.
An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate
An ACT to authorize the State highway commissioner to sell the houses and lands appurtenant thereto on the Valley turnpike conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia under the act approved March 20, ae .
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to issue one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of bonds for the purpose of erecting, constructing and equipping a jail.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 135 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Williamsburg to sell and make conveyance of certain lots of land owned by the said city.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to create the city of Hopewell, in the county of Prince George; to provide temporary and permanent officers for its organization and management and to authorize the assessment and collection of revenue necessary for the permanent improvement and government of said city
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to extend the limits of, and provide for electing trustees for, the town of Marion, in the county of Smyth, and vesting them with certain corporate powers, passed March 15, 1849, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to define the corporate limits and charter of the city of Williamsburg, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and acts antencolayy Bee
An ACT to invest in boards of supervisors of counties adjoining and abutting a city with a population of 125,000, or more inhabitants, as shown by United States census, the same powers and authority now vested or hereafter conferred upon common councils of cities and ne
An ACT in relation to fish ladders in Floyd county.
An ACT to provide for the consolidation of towns.
An ACT to confer on circuit courts of counties jurisdiction to amend legislative charters of towns.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved November 24, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Boykins, in the county of Southampton, and amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 14, 1901, and amended by an act approved December 19, 1901, and amended by an act approved March 16, 1910.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5917 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize and empower the city council of the city of Buena Vista to raise and levy, annually, by assessment on property, and all other subjects of taxation taxable by the Commonwealth, in said city, such sums of money as it shall deem necessary or expedient to defray the expenses of said city, and to limit the amount thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 3, 1900, and in force from its passage, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Charlottesville, and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith; and also to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Charlottesville, approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to empower the council of the town of Wakefield, in the county of Sussex, to issue and sell bonds to the amount of and not exceeding $20,000.00, for the purpose of borrowing money to erect, equip and operate a plant for the manufacture, distribution and sale of electricity, or to contract for the manufacture of same; provided, that the question of such bond issue for the purpose named ta be first submitted to the qualified voters of said town, and to authorize said council to call an election for the submission of the same to the voters
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Fauquier county to erect a county building to contain the offices of the treasurer and clerk, and other county officers; and to contract a loan and issue bonds for said purpose upon the approval of the judge of the circuit court for said county ; and to levy an annual tax to pay interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for their payment at maturity or before.
An Act to authorize the town of Front Royal to issue bonds in the sum of $36,000.00, and expend the proceeds arising from the sale thereof, or so much as may be necessary for the construction, erection and maintenance of a sewerage system for the said town, and to provide by proper tax levy or appropriation for the payment of interest on the bonds so issued and to create a sinking fund to retire said bonds at maturity.
An ACT to provide how a charter of a town granted by a court may be annulled and repealed.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of the charter of the city of Richmond, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11 of an act entitled an act to create for the county of Norfolk a commission of roads and bridges, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission, and thereby to provide for controlling, constructing and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges within said county, and for acquiring, establishing, altering and vacating roads and bridges therein; and to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890, as amended by acts approved February 26, 1908, and March 14, 1910, respectively, and also to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 1, 1894, approved February 1, 1915, and to add to said act two new sections, designated sections 7-a and 13-a.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3665, 3666, 3667, 3673 and 3674 of the Code of Virginia of 1919.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Dillwyn and to submit to the qualified voters of Dillwyn, in the county of Buckingham, the question of repealing the charter of said town.
An ACT to authorize and empower the town council of the town of Farmville, Virginia, to negotiate a loan for the purpose of paying off and discharging the floating debt of said town, caused by urgent and needful repairs to the streets and public utilties owned by the town, said debt being incurred by war times and extraordinary high cost of labor and materials; to issue bonds for said loan to provide for payment of interest and principal thereof and to provide a sinking fund.
An ACT to provide for the contraction of the corporate limits of towns located partially in one county and partially in another.
An ACT to provide for submission to the people for approval and ratification the proposed amendments to section 32 of article 2, section 117 of article 8, section 133 of article 9, section 136 of article 9, section 138, and section 184 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section five thousand nine hundred and eleven of the Code of Virginia, providing for the jurisdiction of circuit courts in cities which have, since the present Constitution went into effect, undergone transition from cities of the second class to the first class.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for opening and keeping in repair the public roads of Pulaski county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2958 of the Code of Virginia in relation to annexation of territory by cities or towns.
An ACT to provide a charter and special form of government for the city of Hampton, and to repeal the existing charter of said city, formerly the town of Hampton, approved May 23, 1887, and the several acts amendatory thereof...
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 7, 1918, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 26 of an act entitled an act to amend sections 16, 21, 23, 26 and 28, of the charter of Suffolk, approved February 3, 1888.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section three thousand and eighty-two of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 5 of article 2 and section 1 of article 3, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county, approved January 22, 1900, as heretofore amended by an act approved March 2, 1914, and by an act approved March 1, 1916.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 23, 33, 43, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 and 106 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke, and the acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT providing for the appointment of a commission on the development of Hampton Roads.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Nottoway county to establish road districts and levy a special tax in such districts for road improvements and maintenance.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Abingdon, Virginia, and to repeal all other acts with reference thereto, in effect January 22, 1900, as heretofore amended by adding a new section thereto, to be known as section 23.
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Lawrenceville, Brunswick county, Virginia, to issue and sell bonds of the said town to an amount not in excess of twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of raising money to repair, extend, enlarge and improve, the municipal light, water and sewerage system of said town.

1922
An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of the town of Cape Charles, in the county of Northampton, and State of Virginia, to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of paving the streets of the said town.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Pennington Gap, Lee county, Virginia, by adding thereto seven new sections to be numbered 20 to 26, inclusive; to authorize, under certain conditions, the issuing of bonds for street, road, sewer, and water supply purposes; and to provide for the procurcment, installation and maintenance of a water a system.
An ACT discontinuing the toll gate near the corporate limits o! the city of Winchester on the North Frederick road, and providing for the sale of the toll gate property and the disposition of the proceeds thereof
An ACT authorizing the town council of the town of Halifax in Halifax county to borrow not exceeding $45,000, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of improving streets in the said town; also authorizing the said council to levy a tax on the property in said town to pay the interest on and principal of said bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3481 and 3507 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 25, 1920.
An ACT to create county school boards; to prescribe the powers, duties, obligations and compensation of such boards; to provide that, in counties, the county school board shall be the unit of operation of the public free school system; and to abolish district school boards in counties, and county school boards as they may exist on September 1, 1922.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow a sum not exceeding $100,000.00 to be used in payment of municipal equipment.
An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more, approved March 20, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2881 and 2882 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the incorporation of towns by the circuit courts of this State.
An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm bonds heretofore and hereafter issued on elections heretofore held authorizing the issuance of such bonds by any county of the State for the purpose of rec or otherwise improving public roads or bridges of magisterial ae said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Wachapreague, in Accomac county, and to provide for taking the sense of the qualified voters of said town on the rues approved April 2, 1902.
An ACT conferring upon the council of the city of Portsmouth
An ACT to authorize the councils or other governing bodies of cities of the Commonwealth to divide the municipal area into one or more districts, and in such districts to regulate the use of land and of buildings or other structures, and the height thereof, and also to establish building lines and to regulate and restrict the construction and location of buildings and other structures
An ACT to change the method of appointment of coroner for the city of Newport News, and to provide for his election by the council of said city, and to fix his term of office and compensation.
An ACT to validate certificates of indebtedness of the town of South Boston aggregating $129,634.00, and providing for the payment of said certificates.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide how a charter of a town granted by a court may be annulled and repealed
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Cumberland county to levy a special district road tax for Hamilton district in Cumberland county, and to pay out of the same certain debts due to contractors for work done on roads in said district.
An ACT authorizing the town council of the town of Wachapreague in Accomac county to borrow not exceeding $10,000, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of improving’ streets and sidewalks in the said town; also authorizing the said council to levy a tax on the property in said town to pay the interest on the principal of said bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, of chapter 8, of the charter of the city of Danville, Virginia, approved February 17, 1890, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Danville, relating to temporary loans, the borrowing of money, the limit of outstanding indebtedness, the issuing of certain bonds in serial form, to be made payable in annual instalments, to the right of the city council to create debts and to the maintenance of a sinking fund for certain bonds of said city; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 19, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 1, 1901, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 12, 1903, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved on the fifth day of February, 1916, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 16, 1916.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow $60,000 and to issue notes therefor, for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness existing against the county road fund and the general county fund of said county; and to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow $40,000 and to issue notes therefor for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness existing against the county road fund and the general county fund of said county, approved February 17, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 16, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 21 of the charter of the town of Lexington, approved April 28, 1874, to validate and confirm all bonds heretofore issued by the town and to authorize the mayor and the council of the town to issue bonds to the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of supplying the town with water.
An ACT to provide for building and permanently improving the public roads and bridges in the magisterial districts of Washington county, Virginia, or any magisterial district therein; to authorize the board of supervisors of Washington county to issue bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement or construction in any or all of the magisterial districts in said county, on a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters in such district or districts; and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds; and a levy for maintenance of the sinking fund and maintenance and upkeep of said roads, and to provide for the construction or improvement of such roads and bridges.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2978 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Windsor, in the county of Isle of Wight, approved March 15, 1902, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize cities and towns to lay an additional levy over and above any other amounts authorized by law for the purpose of providing a sinking fund for payment of principal and interest on its bonded indebtedness.
An ACT to authorize, empower and direct the board of supervisors of the county of Princess Anne to borrow money by the issue of bonds in the aggregate sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), for the purpose of purchasing, building and improving roads and bridges in Scaboard magisterial district in said county; to sell the said bonds; to provide for the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof and to authorize the commission of roads and bridges of Princess Anne county, for Scaboard magisterial district, to dispense the funds so obtained.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2110 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by chapter 402, Acts of Assembly 1920, and to amend and re-enact sections 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121 and 2122 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to county bonds for road and bridge construction and improvement, and to repeal all acts in so far as the same are in conflict.
An ACT to authorize and empower the town of Richlands, in Tazewell county, Virginia, through its mayor and town council, to sell and convey all school property, situate in said town, belonging to it, to Maiden Spring district school board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to create for the county of Norfolk a commission of roads and bridges, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission, and thereby to provide for controlling, constructing and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges within said county, and for acquiring, establishing, altering and vacating roads and bridges therein; and to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890, as amended by acts approved February 26, 1908, and March 14, 1910, respectively, and also to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 1, 1894, approved February 1, 1915, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Glade Spring, in the county of Washington
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Appalachia, Virginia,
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act approved February 11, 1896, entitled an act to constitute the town of Leesburg, and adjoining territory a separate school district, and to authorize the council of said town to appoint or elect school trustees for said district; and to repeal sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the aforesaid act; and to repeal all acts or parts of atts relating to the school district for the town of Leesburg, inconsistent with the present general law.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 54 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Radford, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Stafford county to levy a tax upon certain property for the purpose of erecting a court- house, county offices and a jail in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 77 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Martinsville, in the county of Henry, approved March 3, 1892, as heretofore amended, and to validate interest bearing obligations of said town heretofore issued.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 6 of an act to incorporate the city of Danville, approved February 17, 1890.
An ACT to provide a road commission for Eastville magisterial district, in Northampton county, and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of trial justices in counties adjoining one or more cities having a population of thirty thousand or more in the aggregate; to prescribe the terms of office, jurisdiction, duties and compensation of such trial justices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act enabling county boards of supervisors in certain counties to order and pay for certain public improvements through levy of special assessments
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Glade Spring, in the county of Washington,
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Giles county to erect a toll gate on the public road leading from Rich Creek, in said county, to the West Virginia line at Peterstown.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7, 9 and 48 of an act entitled an act to define the corporate limits and charter of the city of Williamsburg
An ACT to provide for the consolidation or annexation of cities.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within the State, and authorizing the acquisition thereof and interest therein, and repealing all prior acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 2, 1888, providing for the making, changing, and working of roads in the county of Rockingham, approved March 8, 1888, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 5, 1890, as further amended by an act of the general assembly approved February 25, 1892, as further amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 2, 1894, and as further amended by an act of the general assembly, approved February 26, 1896, approved March 15, 1904, as further amended by an act approved March 10, 1910, also by an act approved March 20, 1916, lastly amended by an act approved September 10, 1919, approved Mare 15, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 308 of the Code of Virginia of 1919.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2930, 2931, 2932 and 2933 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for change in the form of government of cities having a population of less than 100,000, and of towns, and to provide in what manner such cities and towns may adopt such form of government,