Property

1901es
An ACT giving the consent of this state to the acquisition by the government of the United States of so much land as may be necessary for a public building in the city of Charlottesville.
A JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the Torrens system of land registration and transfer.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Basic City to close up and abandon a part of Essex avenue in said town and convey to a private corporation or individual the fee simple or other less title in the part of said street so closed.
An ACT to allow George H. Jenkins to build a pier in the Rappahannock river, at the mouth of Deep creek, Lancaster county.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Catalpa school and magisterial district, in Culpeper county, to fund the existing bonded indebtedness of the district incurred under former acts of the general assembly of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Lewis Ginter land and improvement company.
An ACT for the relief of the heirs of S. M. Allen from improper assessments of land located in Madison county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act to provide for the working of roads in Gainesville district of Prince William county, and approved February 25, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 1, 1894.
An ACT to define a lawful fence for Washington county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to repeal subdivision 9 of section 19, chapter 3 of an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 8, 1894, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Clintwood in Dickenson county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 6 of an act to authorize the council of the city of Fredericksburg to apportion the expenses of street and other local improvements between the city treasury and the real estate benefited thereby
An ACT to authorize the county of Charlotte to purchase and own real estate and to dispose of it to the state of Virginia for certain purposes or otherwise.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Floyd county to levy a tax on dogs and to enforce collection of said tax, with certain penal- ties in case of failure to pay same.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of Franklin town school district
An ACT to give consent by the state of Virginia to acquisition by the United States, of such lands as may be needed for the establishment of a National forest reserve in the said state.
An ACT to provide for altering and vacating certain streets and alleys in Norfolk county not lying within the limits of any city or town, and to validate and confirm proceedings heretofore had in the county court of said county for the purpose of altering or vacating any such streets or alleys, and to limit the time within which remedies in respect thereto or to the closing or attempted closing thereof may be had.

1902/1903
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Lancaster to acquire by purchase or condemnation for public purposes a lot of land not exceeding two acres, adjoining the lot on which the courthouse now stands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to require the chancery court of the city of Richmond to keep in its clerk’s office a book showing the amount of money and notes under the control or subject to the order of said court, approved February 19, 1898,” so as to make said act apply also to the law and equity court of the city of Richmond.
An ACT dedicating a site on the Capitol grounds for an equestrian statue of General J. E. B. Stuart, and providing for an appropriation of $10,000 therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 21, and 29, and to repeal sections 9, 11, 19, and 24 of an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Big Stone Gap, and to legalize certain acts of the town council, approved February 28, 1890, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact. sections 4, 11, 15, and 17, and to repeal sections 12 and 13 of said original act, approved February 24, 1898.
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 for the maintenance and management of the State library.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Bedford county to contribute such an amount as it shall deem proper towards the erection of a Confederate monument in the courthouse square of said county.
An ACT to regulate the probate of wills, the appointment of appraisers of the estates of decedents, and the appointment and qualification of personal representatives, guardians, curators, committees by the clerks of circuit courts.
An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the Southwestern State Hospital to exchange certain land with the heirs of J. B. Rhea, deceased, and to execute and receive the necessary deeds for the purpose of carrying the same into effect.
An ACT to provide for the issuance of $30,000 bonds by the city of Newport News for the payment of damage to property in the construction of the Twenty-eighth-street bridge.
An ACT to add an additional section to an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Courtland, in the county of Southampton, approved January 27, 1888.
An ACT providing for the appointment of a commission of three persons by the circuit court of Spotsylvania county, to be known as the board of public roads for Spotsylvania county, and for holding an election to take the sense of the qualified voters of said county upon the question of bonding same for an amount not exceeding $100,000 for the purpose of permanently improving the public roads thereof.
An ACT incorporating the town of Bowling Green, in the county of Caroline.
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 raise revenue for support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution.
An ACT to authorize and empower the council of Blackstone, Nottoway county, Virginia, to appoint an assessor and have the real estate within the limits of said town assessed as a basis of taxation for State, county, and town purposes for the year 1903, and thereafter until the next regular assessment: provided, the aggregate amount of the said assessment shall not be less than the aggregate amount of the last assessment.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2148 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT concerning corporations.
An ACT authorizing the assignment of life insurance policies.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the action of the authorities of Augusta county in acquiring title to a certain lot of land, and the acts of said authorities in conveying certain rights and interests in said lands.
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Warrenton, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize John D. Armstrong to erect a dock, pier, or watch-house upon his oyster ground in James river.
An ACT to empower the boards of supervisors of the counties of Halifax, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Cumberland, and Powhatan to declare streams in their counties public highways, to provide rules and regulations for keeping the banks and channels of the same free from obstructions, and to provide penalties for failures to comply therewith.
An ACT to give the consent of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the acquisition of real estate in the city of Fredericksburg for a site for the Mercer monument, and authorizing the city to grant and condemn land therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 5, and 11 of an act approved March 4, 1898, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Buchanan and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, approved January 19, 1882, and amendatory thereof, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and enact an act entitled an act to enlarge the powers of the town of Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt, approved March 3, 1890, approved February 25, 1892.
An ACT to declare the powers and jurisdiction of the county and corporation courts in the exercise of the jurisdiction created by an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 666 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended in relation to sale of delinquent lands purchased in the name of the auditor," which act was approved March 6, 1900, and to prescribe when the same shall be in force.
An ACT providing that all dogs in this State which have been assessed with a license tax pursuant to an act entitled "an act to amend and reenaet chapter 402 of the acts of assembly, — session PO 1-2 entitled an act. to protect sheep and other stock in the counties of the State, and to amend the title thereof so as to provide for imposing a lieense tax on dows," approved February 12, 1903, upon which said license tax is not delinquent, or which have been assessed with a Heense tax or other tax pursuant to any ordinance of any incorporated city or town of this State now or hereafter having municipal law providing for or imposing a license tax or other tax on dogs, or pursuant to any special dog tax law of any county, and upon which said license tax or other tax is not delinquent, shall be deemed personal property, and may be the subject of Jareeny and malicious or unlawful trespass: and repealing section 499 of the Code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 499 of the Code oF Virginia in relation to the listing of dogs for taxation." approved Mareh 7, 1900, and sections 500 and 501 of the Code of Vi irginia, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith,
An ACT to repeal an act approved Mareh 25, 1902, entitled an act to make the boundary lines of lots and tracts of land in Greenesville county a lawful fence.
An ACT to provide for the special and separate assessment of taxes on mineral lands and on the improvements, fixtures, and machinery thereon.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Clintwood school district, in Dickenson county, to issue bonds and use the proceeds to purchase a site and erect thereon and furnish a school-house for said school district, and to authorize said trustees to sell the present school-house lot, and invest the proceeds in another school-house lot.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1101 of the Code of Virginia,
An ACT to amend and re-enact the eighteenth subdivision of section 17 of the charter of the city of Portsmouth, approved March 6, 1882.

1902/1904
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Giles county to sell to the trustees of the Baptist church a lot or parcel of land off the county farm near Ripplemead, Virginia, for the purpose of erecting a church thereon and to provide for the conveyance of same.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the action of the authorities of Augusta county in acquiring title to a certain lot of land, and the acts of said authorities in conveying certain rights and interests in said lands to others.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2505 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and reenacted by an act approved March 3, 1890, and by an act approved March 25, 1902, in relation to the indexing of 'deeds and other writings admitted to record by the clerks of the courts of the Commonwealth.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 567, 568, 571, 573, and 578 of the Code of Virginia, in relation tu the erroneous assessment of real and personal property.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3618 and 3625 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 22 of the charter of the town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax.
An ACT to prescribe the jurisdiction of the several boards of supervisors of the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Page, and Shenandoah, on and after the first day of February, 1904, in matters pertaining to county roads, toll roads, bridges, ferries, mills, fences, stock laws, and apprentices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2999, 3000, and 3004 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Luray to borrow money and increase levy for street and road purposes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection (f) of section 2, chapter 2, of an act entitled 'an act concerning corporations'
An ACT to empower the boards of supervisors of the counties of Halifax, Charlotte, Prince Edward, Cumberland, and Powhatan to declare streams in their counties public highways, to provide rules and regulations for keeping the banks and channels of the same free from obstructions, and to provide penalties for failures to comply therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 448 of the Code as amended by an act approved January 22, 1894, in relation to the number of commissioners of the revenue, so as to provide for one commissioner for each magisterial district of the county of Caroline.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2463 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 637, 638, 642, 648, 649, 650, G51, 653, 654, 655, 659, 662, 664, 665, and 666 of the Code of Virginia, as here- tofore amended, in relation to the sale of delinquent lands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection (f) of section 2 of chapter 3 of an act entitled an act concerning corporations
AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 5, and 11 of an act approved March 4, 1898, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Buchanan, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, approved January 19, 1882, and acts amendatory thereof, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to enlarge the powers of the town of Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt, approved March 3, 1890, approved February 25, 1892.
An ACT to provide for the contraction of the corporate limits of cities and towns.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 791, 793, 796, 799, 801, S04, and 810 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2773 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3630 and 3636 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4110, 4113, 4114, 4115, 4143, 4164, 4155, 4156, 4167, 4168, 4172, 4173 of the Code of Virginia, and sections 4123, 4124, 4159, 4162, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 4123, 4124, 4152, 4159, 4160, 4161, 4162, 4163, 4164, 4167, and 4173 of chapter 202, Code of Virginia, in relation to rules governing the management of the penitentiary, approved February 19, 1892, and sections 4133, 4160, and 4167, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 4130, 4132, 4133, and 4136 of the Code of Virginia, and sections 4137 and 4138 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 6, 1890, and sections 4160 and 4167 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 19, 1892, relating to rules governing the penitentiary, approved March 18, 1892, of title 55 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the organization, government, and discipline of the penitentiary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 22, 23, and 24, and sections 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 23 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the assessment of lands and lots.
An ACT to authorize the sale of real estate held as curtesy or as dower, whether the remainder be vested or contingent, and whether the remaindermen be infants or adults.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsections 1015b, 1015g, 1033, 1033b, 1033f, 1042a, and 1048 of section 1, and section 2 of an act approved May 20, 1903, entitled “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 establish Norton school district, in Wise county.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the sale and conveyance of certain property in the county of Alexandria made by the city council of Alexandria to the Washington Southern Railway Company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3174, as amended by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 3174 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to clerks of courts.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2917 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to declare the powers and jurisdiction of the county and corporation courts in the exercise of the jurisdiction created by an act entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact section 666 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended in relation to sale of delinquent lands purchased in the name of the auditor'
An ACT providing that all dogs in this State which have been assessed with a license tax
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 913 as heretofore amended, 917, and 922 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to give the consent of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the acquisition of real estate in the city of Fredericksburg for a site for the Mercer monument, and authorizing the city to grant and condemn land therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Fairfax county to lease to the National Bank of Fairfax the old clerk’s office building, on the public square, in the town of Fairfax,
An Act to Provide for the Release of Contracts for Sale of Personal Property Docketed Under Section 2462 of the Code of Virginia, as Amended by Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Approved 28th Day of February, 1890.
An ACT to authorize the city of Petersburg to acquire land necessary to construct a channel for diverting the freshet water from the Appomattox river at Petersburg, Virginia, so as to improve the harbor and channel of said river.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3419, as amended by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 3419 of chapter 167 of the Code of 1887, in reference to the powers of a personal representative of a dead trustee,” approved February 7, 1890, and by an act approved March 7, 1898, and section 3426, as amended by an aet entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 3426 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, in relation to interlocutory decrees and orders,” approved February 12, 1894, and by an act approved January 27, 1896, and by an act approved March 3, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1721 and to repeal section 1722 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to provide for the special and separate assessment of taxes on mineral lands and on the improvements, fixtures, and machinery thereon.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2044, 2051, 2055, and 2058 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and reenact section 3214, as amended by an act approved February 14, 1900, and by an act approved March 3, 1900, and section 3218 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1421 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1340 and 1345 of chapter 60 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Mayville, in Dumfries magisterial district, Prince William county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2063 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 448 as materiel by an act approved February 25, 1892, and by an act approved January 22, 1894, and by an act approved May 20, 1903; section 457 as amended by an act approved January 22, 1894; section 459 as amended by an act approved February 9, 1898; section 492 as amended by an act approved February 24, 1898; section 498 as amended by an act approved January 8, 1898; sections 460, 462, 487, 488, 491, 503, 521, 524, 527, 528, and 532, and to repeal section 472 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2501 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 10, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 28, 1896, in relation to certificates of acknowledgments.
An ACT to establish a rule of evidence in actions of ejectment and unlawful entry, or detainer involving the location of reservations within the exterior boundaries of grants or other conveyances.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 7, 1900, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of the county of Washington, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and macadamize the roads in said county, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question, approved April 2, 1902.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2785 and 2786 of the Code of Virginia.