Prisons
| An ACT to Authorize a Sale of Manufactured Articles at the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT to Authorize the Governor to Appoint a Commission in Relation to the Sale and Removal of the Penitentiary. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION in regard to a Temporary Guard for the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the support of the Penitentiary for the fiscal year ending September 30th, 1870. |
| An ACT Appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1863-70. |
| An ACT to authorize the Superintendent and Directors of the Penitentiary to hire the Convicts to the City of Richmond |
| An ACT to authorize the Board of Public Werks to sell and convey unto the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac and the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Connection Company, a portion of the Real Estate of the Commonwealth known as the Penitentiary Property, or to grant a right of way to said company over said real estate. |
| An ACT to authorize the Governor to hive out the Convicts in the Penitentiary to learn stone eutting or other mechanical trades |
| An ACT to amend chapters 18 and 213 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1860, in regard to the Penitentiary, |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 2, 19, 20, 27, 30, 31, 35, 37, 40, 42, 49, 54, 56, 57, and 58, of Chapter 213 of the Code of Virginia (Edition of 1860), and to Repeal Section 41 of same Chapter, in Relation to the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 2, 3, and 4, of Chapter 209 of Code of 1860, as heretofore Amended, as to Suspension of Execution of Judgment and Writ of Error in Criminal Cases. |
| An ACT in Relation to the Disposition of the Funds paid into the State Treasury for the Hire of Convicts. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Removal of the Penitentiary |
| An ACT for the Relief of Frederick Griffith, of the County of Westmoreland. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Act in Relation to Chain Gang |
| JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Removal of the Penitentiary |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Fourteen of Chapter Two Hundred and Nine of an Act passed April 27th, 1867, Entitled an Act to Revise and Amend the Criminal Procedure. |
| An ACT Appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1871-72 |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section ten of Chapter one hundred and ninety-nine of the Code of 1860, concerning Crimes and Punishments. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 7 and 9 of Chapter 215 of the Code of 1860, in Relation to Proceedings in Criminal Cases |
| An ACT to Provide for the Removal of certain Criminal Causes from the County Court to the Circuit Court. |
| An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 33 of Chapter 184 of the Code of Virginia (edition 1860), and to Provide for a more Economical Mode of Transportation of Convicts to the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT Amending section 24 of chapter 196 of the Code |
| An ACT to incorporate the Town of Lawrenceville, in Brunswick County. |
| An ACT to increase the Fees of Sheriffs and other Officers, and to amend and re-enact the 13th section of chapter 180 of the Code of: 1873. |
| An ACT authorizing the Governor to Annul Contracts in hiring out Convicts. |
| An ACT to provide for the Removal of the Penitentiary. |
| An Act to amend and re-enact Section 22, of Chapter 13, of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1878), in Regard to Superintendent, Assistant Keepers and Surgeon of the Penitentiary, and to Declare the True Intent and Meaning of said Section in Regard to extra Allowance to Assistant Keepers of the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT for tho Relief of Philip Timbers, of Culpeper County. |
| An ACT for the Relief of M. C. Miles, Jailor of Lee County |
| An ACT to authorize the Sale of the Penitentiary Spring Lot, and the Erection of a Suitable Building for the Confinement and Employment of the Female Convicts in the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT prescribing the Duties, Powers, Liabilities, and Compensation of District Officers, and to repeal chapter 47 and section Ist of chapter 48 of the Code of 1873. |
| An ACT to Prevent the Further Burial of Convicts within the Corporate Limits of the City of Richmond. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Governor to cancel the contract with Mason, Gooch and Hoge, for the Hire of Convicts on certain conditions. |
| An ACT for the Relief of J. B. Fleshman |
| An ACT to authorize the Richmond Light Infantry Blues to adopt a uniform for company purposes in addition to that prescribed by law. |
| An ACT to provide for the Working of Penitentiary Convicts on the Danville and New River Railroad. |
| An ACT to amend an Act entitled an Act to Punish Unlawful Dealing in Pig Tron and Railroad Iron by Irresponsible Persons. |
| An ACT to amend chapter thirteen, section twenty-three of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, allowing Commission to General Agent and Storekeeper of the Penitentiary. |
| An ACT to authorize the Supervisors of Caroline county, to borrow money. |
| An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Henrico, to hire convicts for the purpose of improving the public roads in the county of Henrico, and to make provisions for ineeting the expense thereof. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to prevent the further burial of convicts within the corporate limits of the city of Richmond |
| An ACT to incorporate the town of Rustburg, in the county of Campbell. |
| An ACT directing the governor to hire not more than fifty nor less than twenty-five convicts to president Upper Appomattox canal company. |
| An ACT to amend the thirty-fourth section of chapter two hundred and two, Code of 1873, as amended by an act entitled ‘an act to amend the thirty-fourth section of chapter two hundred and two, Code of 1873, with reference to the trial of felonies, approved January 26th, 1874. |
| An ACT to compensate B. M. Angle for the capture of an escaped penitentiary convict. |
| An ACT to authorize the governor to hire convicts to the board of supervisors of Bedford county, and to provide for making levy to pay hire. |
| An ACT to provide for the use of convict labor on the James river and Kanawha canal. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Henrico to hire convicts for the purpose of improving the public roads in the county of Henrico, and to make provisions for meeting the expense thereof |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 13, Code of 1873, as amended by an act, approved February 12, 1876, in reference to allowing commissions to general agent and storekeeper of penitentiary. |
| An ACT to provide for the use of convict labor on the New river railroad. |
| An ACT to purchase a burial place for convicts in the penitentiary, outside of the corporate limits of Richmond. |
| An ACT for the relief J. C. Conway, of Washington county. |
| An ACT providing for the lease of the penitentiary, and the hiring of the convict labor. |
| An ACT for the relief of the heirs of James Baynes and John B. Baynes, deceased, late of the firm of James Baynes and Son, of Baltimore, Maryland. |
| An ACT to enable the James River and Kanawha company to contract with the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway company for the use of convict labor, granted to said first-named company by act approved December 12th, 1877. |
| An ACT to allow the Artillery Greys and Guards of Petersburg to take and utilize certain brick belonging to the commonwealth. |
| An ACT to provide for repairing the Rivanna canal with convict labor. |
| An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Carolina Turnpike Company. |
| An ACT allowing S. Bassett French, judge of the hustings or corporation court of Manchester, compensation for helding two terms of the hustings or corpuration court of Alexandria, pending the disability of the judge of said court. |
| An ACT to enable the people within the corporate limits of the town of Hillsville, in the county of Carroll, to take the sense of the qualified voters of said town upon the question of repealing the charter of said town. |
| An ACT to provide for the erection of a suitable building for the confinement and employment of the female convicts in the penitentiary. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14, of chapter 192 of the Code of 1860, as amended and re-enacted by act passed February 20, 1866, concerning Larceny. |
| An ACT to refund to James Wond, sergeant of the city of Danville, one hundred dollars. |
| An ACT to abolish the office of General Agent and Store-keeper of the Penitentiary. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION to empower the Superintendent of the Penitentiary to deliver a convict to the sheriff of Culpeper county, for a specified purpose. |
| An ACT appropriating the Public Revenues for the fiscal years 1884 and 1885. |
| An Act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax county to borrow money and issue bonds. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of chapter 3 of the act approved March 14, 1878, in relation to breaking and entering any railroad car. |
| An ACT to prescribe a condition precedent to the hiring of penitentiary convicts to the Danville and New River railroad company. |
| An ACT to employ convict labor on county roads and other works of internal improvement. |
| An ACT authorizing the governor to recall the convicts now held by the South Atlantic and Ohio railroad company, unless said company complies with certain conditions. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25 of chapter 11, subdivision of chapter 311 of the Acts of 1877-8, approved March 14, 1878, in reference to crimes and punishments. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4219, chapter 205, Code of Virginia, edition of 1887, in regard to criminal proceedings against convicts. |
| An ACT to relieve Levi Midkiff, surety of Tyler Midkiff. |
| JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the governor to hire convicts to the Abingdon Coal and Iron railroad company. |
| An ACT for the relief of G. T. Burgess and the heirs of S. B. Burgess (deceased), sureties of E. Burgess, late treasurer of Northumberland county. |
| An ACT to authorize the governor to furnish convict labor for the building of the Blue Ridge railway from Jacksonville, Floyd county, through the county of Montgomery to the Norfolk and Western railroad. |
| An ACT to authorize and direct the auditor of public accounts to pay N. J. Horn the sum of twenty dollars for expenses paid for conveying a prisoner from the state of Ohio to the jail of Wise county. |
| An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Abingdon. |
| An ACT to incorporate the town of Jacksonville, |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2823, chapter 17, of the code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of directors and surgeon of penitentiary. |
| An ACT appropriating the sum of $5,000 to the Prison association of Virginia for the purpose of erecting and equipping workabops and buildings for the use of its school at Laurel for each of the fiscal years 1892 and 1893. |
| An ACT to require prisoners charged with a capital offence, and on trial in a county court, to elect in which court he shall be tried before making a motion for a continuance. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled ‘‘an act to incorporate the Prison association of Virginia,” |
| An ACT to authorize the payment to George E. Sangster, late sheriff of Fairfax county, of the sum of forty dollars. |
| An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Prince William county to issue the bonds of said county for a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars. |
| An ACT to incorporate the town of Washington, in the county of Rappahannock. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3888, code of Virginia 1887, entitled "how attempts to commit offences punished." |
| An ACT to authorize the superintendent of the Virginia penitentiary to enlarge the prison enclosure and erect a building on the stable lot. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3675 of the code of Virginia, in reference to extorting money, &c., by threats. |
| An ACT to authorize the superintendent of the Virginia penitentiary to lease or purchase a farm and to erect thereon suitable buildings for the care and employment of convicts. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4179, code of Virginia, in regard to criminal proceedings against convicts, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 4219, chapter 205, code of Virginia, edition of 1887, in regard to criminal proceedings against convicts |
| An ACT to authorize the Prison association of Virginia to condemn for its purposes certain real estate in the county of Henrico. |
| An ACT to relieve the Washington county road board of expenses incurred under section 25, chapter 357, of acts of the general assembly of 1891-92, approved February 25, 1892. |
| An ACT to prevent the escape of persons in the custody of the rison association of Virginia. |
| An ACT to provide for working vagrants on public roads in the county of Norfolk. |
| An ACT to provide that the governor of the commonwealth shall have the right and authority, in certain cases, to pardon minors convicted and committed to the custody and control of the Prison association of Virginia, and to release said minors from such custody and control. |
| An ACT relating to the support and maintenance, In certain cases, of minors committed to the Prison association of Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 3 of an act entitled an act In relation to commitment of minors to Prison association of Virginia and their custody |
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