Property

1916
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to protect the title of a bona fide purchaser of real estate for value from the heir at law of a decedent against the devise of the said real estate without notice to such purchasers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act to provide in cities containing 70,000 inhabitants or more for the election of a special justice of the peace, to be known as the civil justice, to prescribe his jurisdiction and duties and to fix his compensation; and to authorize the issue by other justices of the peace in said cities of warrants cognizable by said civil justice
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to validate acknowledgment of deeds of trust taken by notaries public and justices of the peace who were trustees in said deeds, approved March 16, 1902, so as to include deeds of trust acknowledged before commissioners in chancery.
An ACT to provide for the indexing of deeds and other records in ledgerized general index books.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to direct and authorize county and corporation courts to strike from the lists of land returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes, levies and so forth, such as are erroneously thereon
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 38, 39 and 53 of an act approved March 14, 1906, and entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 20, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the sale of lots purchased by the Commonwealth for delinquent taxes and not redeemed within four years or more, approved February 23, 1906.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 81 of the acts of the general assembly of 1874 for the protection of sheep in the counties of Clarke, Frederick and Charlotte.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2674 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the return of accounts of sales by tH Bai
An ACT to make it unlawful to set or place traps, snares, nets, spring poles, dead falls, or other devices, upon the lands or in the waters of, or in the waters adjoining the lands of any person in the State of Virginia, for the purpose of catching or killing any fur-bearing or hair-bearing animal, or killing or attempting to kill with a gun, any fur-bearing animal, without first obtaining the written consent of such landowner to trap, such written consent to be in possession of the user of such device at the time of the setting or using thereof; grand juries to have inquisitorial powers; traps to be inspected within each thirty-six hours after setting or placing. Trap- pers to be liable for all damage done by their traps, and at once to make written report thereof when they find stock, fowls, or the like in their traps upon the lands of another; any person finding devices mentioned in this act set or placed contrary to the provisions of this act may seize and destroy same; each violation of any provisions of this act to constitute a misdemeanor.
An ACT to provide for the examination of the oyster and clam beds and waters of Virginia; to provide for the marking of polluted areas and to prohibit the taking of oysters and clams from polluted areas; defining violations of the act and fixing penalties therefor.
An Act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1912, entitled an act to establish on the farm of the Virginia State epileptic colony, the Virginia colony for the feeble-minded, and to provide for the commitment of feeble-minded persons to such colony.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 30, 1871, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Strasburg, in Shenandoah county, approved March 19, 1884.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2678 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the exhibit of the accounts of fiduciaries for settlement.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15 1902, entitled an act to allow the voters of a certain portion of Augusta county to vote on the stock law, and to provide for putting the same into operation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6, 10, 35 and 86 of an act approved March 17, 1910, entitled an act to revise, amend and consolidate into one act certain laws relating to oysters, fish, clams crabs and other shellfish, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts of the general assembly, and any section or sections of the Code of Virginia in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to make the north fork of the Holston river in North Fork district of Washington county a lawful fence
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gretna, Pittsylvania county, and to repeal all other acts ee with this
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in re-lation to fraudulent conversion of property held under trust deed
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act to provide for a special election in the town of Franklin upon the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of improving the streets of said town; to allow the council of the said town to issue said bonds, if the same shall be authorized by a majority of the qualified voters thereof at such special election, and by a majority of the registered voters of said town, and to levy and collect taxes sufficient to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the redemption of the said bonds upon their maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend an act ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within this State and authorizing the acquisition thereof, approved March 14, 1912, by stating and declaring more clearly the meaning of the term “purchase,” as used
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Gloucester county to lease or rent out certain lands at Gloucester Point, and to validate certain leases heretofore made.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 654 of the acts of assembly of 1897-8, entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Floyd county to let to contract the public roads of that county and levy a tax to keep the same in repair, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 227 of the acts of 1899-1900, and as amended and re-enacted by chapter 144 of the acts of 1904.
An ACT to provide for the assessment of lands in the Commonwealth at other than semi-decennial years when certain conditions arise.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Accomac to grant permission for erection of small houses wharves at the several public landings in the said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to allow executors and other fiduciaries to invest in Virginia three per centum bonds issued by virtue of an act approved February 14, 1882, approved February 9, 1898.
An ACT to provide for the sale of property, real or personal held subject to a deed or deeds of trust, to secure the payment of money, or any evidence of debt, where there is no date fixed for the payment thereof, and for the investment of the proceeds of sale under decree of court subject to the terms of said deed or deeds of trust.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890 and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 460, 486, 496, 511, 520, 548, 568, 564, 603 and 604 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to sell and convey certain property heretofore used in connection with the toll roads in said county, and to provide for the disposition of the proceeds of such sale.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1407 of the Code of Virginia relating to conveyance of land to benevolent associations, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to create a State department of game and inland fisheries, and providing for the issuing of licenses to provide revenue for the support of such department, and imposing penalties for violation.
An ACT to amend section 5 of the charter of the town of Falls Church, in the counties of Fairfax and Alexandria.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act entitled an act to provide a special road law for the county of Fauquier; to provide for the working and keeping in repair of the public roads in said county and to create separate district road boards in each of the several magisterial districts thereof; to authorize the erection of toll-gates and the collection of tolls upon certain public roads, therein and making certain provisions for the enforcement and collection of said tolls and the protection of the said roads, and the property of said district road boards, and providing certain penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all special acts heretofore enacted in reference to the public roads of said county, and to validate the official acts of certain officers under laws heretofore in effect in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2498 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 16, 1901, in regard to releases on the margin of record books by clerks of courts.
An ACT to give the courts of record the power to suspend sentence in convictions of larceny, forgery or uttering or attempting to employ as true such forged writing, knowing it to be forged, during good behavior and the effect thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1912, and entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 34 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 12, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 27, 34, 36, 41, 45, 46 and 47 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; and March 15, 1902, and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly and approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by order of the circuit court of Norfolk county which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906, and add an independent section thereto to be known as section 33-a.
An ACT to prevent the padding of bills of costs in connectior with sales of lands for delinquent taxes.
An ACT to allow C. H. Mathews, his successor or assigns, to build a wharf on the York river, near Croaker, upon a site leased by him from the county of James City.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2466 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the recordation of certain writings.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2564 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 6, 1900.
An ACT to provide for the organization and government of incorporated communities becoming cities of the second class by the increase of their population to the number of 5,000, or more, when they have been duly ascertained and declared to be cities in the manner provided by law.
An ACT to provide for the proper payment and distribution of such funds as may have already come, or which may hereafter come, into the treasury of the State under an act of Congress approved May 23, 1908, to be applied for the benefit of the public schools and the public roads of the counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk and prescribing rules for actions against the city for damages.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2907 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to seizure in detinue of property sued for.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 5, 1915, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 443 of the Code of Virginia, relative to the returns to be made by land assessors and the penalty for their failure to comply with the requirements of the law as amended by act approved March 17, 1906, and by an act approved March 13, 1908, so as to provide for an extension of time.
An ACT to authorize the town of Wytheville to sell and convey its real estate on Church street; and to ratify and confirm a certain deed made by it to M. L. Harrison, J. M. Suddeth and W. E. Fulton, trustees, and their successors lawfully appointed, for the Wytheville Baptist church of Wytheville, Virginia, bearing date the 16th day of September, 1915.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, amend and consolidate in one act certain laws relating to oysters, fish, clams, crabs and other shellfish, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts of the general assembly and any sections of the Code of Virginia in conflict with the provisions of this act
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Henrico county to sell and convey the poor-house farm, belonging to the said county, or any part thereof, and to employ land agents to make sale of the said farm.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3584 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 15, 1910, in relation to the execution of writs of possession and unlawful detainer damages and costs.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2257 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act appointing trustees for the town of Christiansburg, in the county of Montgomery, and for other purposes, giving said town a charter
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Charlotte county to sell and convey the poor-house farm, belonging to the said county, or any part thereof, and to employ land agents to make sale of the said farm.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Shoemaker college to convey the real estate owned by Shoemaker college, a corporation, to the district school trustees of Estillville magisterial district of Scott county, Virginia.
An ACT to prohibit actions for the recovery of ground rent
An ACT to provide for the settlement, registration, transfer, and assurance of titles to land, and to establish courts of land registration, with jurisdiction for said purposes, and to make uniform the laws of the States enacting the same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2992 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to judgment debtors about to quit the Hn 56.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3702 of the Code of Virginia, regarding setting fire to woods and certain inflammable substances.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 89 of an act entitled an act to provide for the settlement, registration, transfer, and assurance of titles to land, and to establish courts of land registration, with jurisdiction for said purposes, and to make uniform the laws of the States enacting the same
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2048 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved December 31, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2048 of the Code of 1887, as amended by act of the general assembly, approved February 26, 1896, as amended by an act approved March 7, 1900, so as to provide how the present existing fence law in any county, magisterial district or selected portion of any county other than such as now have no fence law,
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the cities and towns of this Commonwealth to acquire, by purchase, gift, or condemnation, property adjoining parks, monuments or other public property belonging to such cities or towns, or property in the vicinity of such parks, monuments, or other public property, which is used and maintained in such a manner as to impair the beauty, usefulness, efficiency, or convenience of said parks, monuments, or public property, and to dispose of the same, with proper limitations as to the future use thereof
An ACT to amend section 37 of an act approved January 11, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper, Virginia, as further amended by an act approved March 13, 1912.
An ACT to authorize the clerk of the circuit court of Wise county to receive and keep on file a delinquent land book of delinquent town lots and acreage located within the boundaries the corporation of Gladeville.
An ACT to prevent the destruction of wild game within certain territory lying within the boundaries of the Massanutten purchase area, in the State of Virginia, within the county of Shenandoah, and to provide a penalty therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 27 of an act approved March 15, 1906, and entitled, an act to amend and re-enact sections 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 26 and 27 of an act concerning the exercise of the power of eminent domain, approved January 18, 1904.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1398 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to conveyances of real estate for religious purposes.

1918
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pocahontas, in the county of Tazewell, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to cause all deposits or accounts in the several banks and banking corporations or associations in this Commonwealth, whereof the depositor is unknown, or the person or persons, to whom such account or deposit belongs, or belong, is, or are unknown, and against which deposit or account there has been no check, draft or order for a period of twenty-one years, by one entitled to check thereon, to escheat to the Commonwealth; and to direct the manner of reporting same, and the final disposition thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act providing for the removal of remains interred in grave-yards and sale of land vacated by such removals
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 any 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 section 3730 of the Code of Virginia. In relation to pulling down fences or leaving gates open, and so forth
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3508 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to fees of certain officers, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to require the clerks of courts to keep a separate book to be known as the Federal farm loan mortgage book and to provide how farm loan mortgages shall be recorded.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3630 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended in relation to homestead exemption.
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 to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Amherst county
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Prince William county to reimburse Palmer Smith for damages suffered by him by reason of their order.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3418 of the Code of Virginia in regard to the appointment of commissioners to execute deeds.
An ACT to ratify and confirm judicial proceedings in partition suits where parcels of real estate, in which infants had undivided interests, have been conveyed to corporation organized for the purpose of acquiring such real estate in exchange for its capital stock.
An ACT to prevent damage and injuries by dogs, and to provide compensation to owners of stock so injured; to provide for license on dogs, and to provide for penalties for violation thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for making, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county, approved March 6, 1900, and as further amended by an act approved March 14, 1904, approved March 13, 1908.
An ACT to validate the recordation of certain maps and plats as recorded in the counties of Amherst, Campbell and Halifax and authorize the use of plat books in the clerk’s offices thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to provide for a method for the better assessment of personal property under the control of fiduciaries and the several courts of the Commonwealth
An ACT appropriating the sum of $43,000.00 for the purchase of tract of land in Powhatan county, Virginia.
An ACT to aménd and re-enact section 89 of an act entitled an act to provide for the settlement, registration, transfer, and assurance of titles to land, and to establish courts of land registration with jurisdiction for said purposes, and to make uniform the laws of the States enacting the same
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Charlotte to lend out the money belonging to the county arising from the sale of the test farm, and secure the payment of the same by taking a deed of trust on real estate belonging to the lender.
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Bedford.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 5, 1916, entitled an act to make it larceny to receive money or other thing of value with intent to injure or defraud, from any person engaged in the cultivation of the soil, under a contract of employment for personal service, and fraudulently refuse or fail to perform such service or refund such money or other thing of value so received.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2197 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the disposition of dead animals and fowls, as here- tofore amended.
An ACT for the relief of Martha E. Hensley, J. C. Larkey, and S. E. Head.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county to provide for the protection of sheep and other live stock by a license tax on dogs, the enforcement thereof, and the reimbursement of the owners of such animals, killed or injured by dogs, out of the proceeds of such tax.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 492 of chapter 24 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore umended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6, 11, 18, 18a, 18b, 19g, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 88, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89. 90, 91, 92, 98, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 and 108, of chapter 101 of the acts of the general assembly, approved May 24, 1870, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Richmond, as heretofore amended; to add to said charter, as a part of the charter of the city of Richmond, sections to be Kngwn as sections 18c, 18d, 18e, 27a, 27b, 27¢c, 27d, 28a, and Slu, and to repeal sections 13b, 30u, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e, 30f, 30g, 30h, 301, 30j, 93a, 93b, 93c, 938d, 98e, 93f, 938g, 93h, 931, 93), 93k, 931, 93m, 93n, 9380, 9383p, 93q, B8r, 938s and 109 of said charter, the general object of which amendments, added sections and repeal of sections is to require claimants for damages occurring by reason of the negligence of the city to give notice of such claim; to limit the time in which suit shall be brought to recover land opened to and used by the public as a street or alley; to divide the government of the city of Richmond into six departments; to provide for the appointment, qualification and duties of the head of each of said departinents; to enlarge the powers and duties of the mayor; to create a bvard to be known as the advisory board of the city of Richmond, and define their powers and duties; to provide for the better assessment, collection and levy of taxes: to authorize the council of the city of Richmond to pass ordinances deemed necessary to cure defects in the making of such levies and assessments of taxes; to abolish the board known as the administrative board of city of Richmond; to abolish the board known as the board of fire commissioners of the city of Richmond, and to provide for the holding of an election by the people to finally determine whether or not the said amendments shall become effective as a part of the charter of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to validate certain instruments in town of Mendota.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1359 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended, with reference to grain to be ground in turn; amount of toll; penalty for violations.
An ACT to empower and authorize the board of supervisors of Lee county to employ an agent to make from the office of the register of the land office of Virginia, copies of surveys missing from the surveyor’s records now on file in the clerk’s office of Lee county, and of old surveys covering lands in Tee county, as now constituted, made before the formation of said county, and to make copies so procured evidence in any case involving the title to the lands covered by such surveys.
An ACT to prohibit the recordation of plats for the sub-division of land into lots showing on said plats streets and alleys, within, or within fifteen miles from, the limits of any city having a population of not less than sixty thousand nor more than one hundred and ten thousand inhabitants, except in conformity with the plan provided by such city.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to acquire rock quarries.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act for working and keeping in repair the roads of Tazewell county, approved February 24, 1888, and further to provide for permanent improvement of the roads in said county, approved February 29, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 12, 1894, as amended by an act approved January 11, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 27, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 17, 1901, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1912, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1914, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 16, 1916, and to provide for the working, repairing, maintaining and improving the roads in Tazewell county.
An ACT to punish the making or use of false statements to obtain property or credit.