Property

1922
An Act making appropriations for the support of the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia for the year ending February 29, 1924.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Galax, situated in part in the county of Carroll and in part in the county of Grayson, and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to prohibit any person from killing, capturing or chasing deer in the county of King and Queen for a period of five years.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act approved April 16, 1903, entitled an act to raise revenue for the 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, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4439 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT in relation to a surviving husband’s curtesy.
An ACT to validate the issuance of $200,000 of bonds by the town of South Boston, Virginia, and to authorize the issuance of the same and to provide for the levy of a tax to pay the interest on said bonds and provide for-a sinking fund.

1923es
An ACT authorizing the county school board of Nansemond county to borrow money for the purpose of paying the existing indebtedness cf said board; and to provide funds to carry out the school building program and to require the board of supervisors to levy a tax to pay the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund to re- deem the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to authorize and empower the county school board of Wise county to issue and sell bonds to an amount not exceeding $100,000.00, for the purpose of funding the floating indebtedness of Gladeville school district of Wise county, and for erecting and furnishing, and enlarging and repairing, school buildings in said school district; and to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to provide for the condemnation of land for school purposes in Arlington county, Virginia.
An ACT to make assessable for taxes and levies lands conveyed to persons or corporations by the United States or its agencies pursuant to contracts held therefor prior to February of the year in which such deed is recorded, whether such deed be delivered before or after February 1st of such year.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2307 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize and empower the town of Pocahontas, in Tazewell county, Virginia, through its mayor and town council, to sell and convey to the county school board of Tazewell county the school property of the said town known as the high school property, located in said town, with the appurtenances belonging thereto and as aa
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties having less than 15,000 population and adjoining one or more cities of the first class to enact special and local legislation in their respective counties, for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges, and the lives and property of persons using such roads, providing a penalty for the violation of such legislation, and providing compensation for special services rendered by supervisors.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to borrow money by short time loans to enable it to meet the expense of destroying cedar trees for the eradication of cedar rust as provided by statute and to authorize said board to provide for the payment of the principal and interest by special levies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled "An act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 22, 1871, to incorporate the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and to provide a new charter for same," approved March 12, 1912.
An ACT providing how the lands in Lower Chuckatuck and Sleepy Hole magisterial districts of Nansemond county donated for the benefit of the poor of said districts shall be held, how trustees therefor may be appointed and removed, the duties of said trustees, how the incomes therefrom shall be used and how the said lands may be sold and the proceeds arising from the sale reinvested, counsel may be employed, etc.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Surry county to borrow a sum of money not in excess of $10,000, and to issue bonds of said county therefor, the proceeds of said bond issue to be used for the reconstruction of a certain bridge in said county.
An ACT authorizing the county school board of Chesterfield county to borrow money, not in excess of $30,000.00, and to issue its bonds therefor, for the purpose of erecting and equipping school buildings in Midlothian school district; and requiring the board of supervisors of said county annually to levy a tax to pay the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT authorizing the Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park, Incorporated, to issue bonds to be paid, with interest thereon, in ten years in annual installments by this State.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to reconstruct and resurface that portion of the macadam road, or so much thereof as may be necessary, between the town of Fincastle, Virginia, and Trinity and between Trinity and Troutville on its present location, said road to be so reconstructed and resurfaced to the north side of what is known as Main street in the said town of Fincastle, using what is known as Roanoke street in the said town; and also to authorize said board to issue and sell certain warrants on the county treasurer to provide for the cost of such road improvement and to make provision for the payment of the interest on said warrants and the retirement of the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act approved March 10, 1922, entitled “An act to authorized and regulate the recordation of plats subdividing tracts of land situated within the corporate limits of any city containing more than one hundred thou- sand inhabitants according to the last preceding United States census, or within ten miles of the corporate limits of any such city, into three or more parts for the purpose of laying out any town, or city, or any addition thereto, or any part thereof or surburban lots, and to declare the effect of such recordation; and to repeal an act entitled an act to prohibit the recordation of plats for the subdivision 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 arfd ten thousand inhabitants, except in conformity with the plan provided by such city, approved March 27, 1918.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act of the general assembly, entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Winchester, approved April 2, 1874, as amended by an act approved April 30, 1874, as amended by an act approved February 26, 1896, as amended in section 9 and section 11 thereof by an act approved March 5, 1900, as amended in section 9 thereof by an act approved March 9, 1910.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5264 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 28, 1922, and section 5266 of the said Code, both in relation to descents.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 648 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to property vested in and managed by county school boards.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5189 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved September 5, 1919, and as further amended by an act approved March 19, 1920, and as further amended by an act approved February 18, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25 of the charter of the city of Richmond, as the same may have been heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 4, 1896, entitled an act providing for the working, opening and keeping in repair the roads of the county of Lunenburg, and for building and keeping in repair the bridges of said county, except that an amendment to said act known as section 14-a, providing for submitting to the qualified voters of the several magisterial districts in Lunenburg county the question as to the issuance of bonds by such magisterial district for the construction and repair of public roads in said magisterial district, which said amendment was approved March 12, 1912, is not to be affected hereby, approved March 21, 1914.
An ACT to authorize the State board of public welfare to sell and convey certain lots, pieces or parcels of ground situated in the city of Newport News, and to use the proceeds of sale to purchase other property more suitable for a detention home for the cities of Newport News and Hampton.
An ACT authorizing the council of the city of Portsmouth and the board of supervisors of the county of Norfolk to sell and convey the present courthouse property in said city, the clerk’s office site and the land in the rear of said clerk’s office site of said county, adjoining said courthouse property on the west, and the land in the rear of the municipal building of said city, adjoining said courthouse property on the north; or, in lieu thereof, to authorize the said board to convey to the said city the county’s interest in said property, and if so conveyed, to authorize the said council to sell said property at public auction; also to authorize the said council to acquire land in said city and erect thereon a courthouse, and office building and to convey to the said county for its courthouse, clerk’s office, and other office purposes, a one-half interest in said land and buildings.
An Act to approve the grants and conveyance by the Prison Association of Virginia of a lot of land with improvements thereon, located in the city of Richmond and the State of Virginia, which said lot of land was not enumerated as a part of the property of the said association in an act approved February 21, 1920, and to declare the grant and conveyance by the said association to the Commonwealth of all its property, wherever located, valid in all respects.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5161 of the Code of Virginia, which provides for the sale of contingent and other estates, and the procedure therefor; and validating proceedings and sales in certain suits in equity heretofore instituted.
An ACT to enable the county of Prince Edward, State of Virginia, to release and forever quit claim to a strip of land fronting fifteen feet on Main street of the town of Farmville, formerly a portion of the courthouse square.

1924
An ACT to authorize the college of William and Mary in Virginia to sell and convey a certain strip of land from a tract owned by it, not used by it, and containing four-fifths of an acre more or less.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3334 of the Code of Virginia in relation to owners and landlords hunting and trapping on their own land
An ACT to provide for the distribution in chancery causes, upon the giving of a refunding bond, of estate to which a person other than the distributee or distributees may be entitled if alive.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3223 of the Code of is san
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2417 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT authorizing the town of South Hill to convey to Bright Leaf Warehousing Corporation a certain portion of Virginia street in said town.
An ACT to ratify, approve and confirm certain conveyances of the Berryville Turnpike Company; and to provide for the distribution of the assets of the said company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5117 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 28, 1922, in relation to a widow's dower.
An ACT to create local boards of equalization of assessments of real estate for purposes of taxation in each county and city of the Commonwealth; to define the powers and duties of such boards; to fix the compensation of their members; to create a State tax commission; to define its powers and duties; to fix the compensation of its members; to appropriate money to carry out the provisions of this act; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act, and to repeal sections 2213, 2214, 2215 and 2216 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide that in certain cases it shall be prima facie presumed that no minerals, coals, oils, or ores exist in or on certain lands situated in the non-mountainous regions of this Commonwealth, having an elevation not in excess of six hundred feet above sea level, and for the extinguishment in certain cases of the claim to undiscovered or exhausted minerals, coals, oils or ores in such land.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled 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 violations thereof
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Gladeville, in Wise county, approved February 24, 1874, as heretofore amended, the name of which town being subsequently changed to Wise; and to provide a charter for the town of Wise.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1985 of the Code of Virginia,
An ACT to reimburse George W. Richardson for a certain sum improperly paid into the treasury of the State of Virginia.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4482 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4114 of the Code of Sant
An ACT to authorize the county school board of Sussex county to borrow money to pay off the existing indebtedness of Wakefield school district in said county, and to issue bonds therefor; and to provide for a tax to pay the principal and interest on such bonds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2248, 2249, 2254, 2265, 2271, 2285 and 2337 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended, and to repeal Code sections 2299 and 2340 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended with regard to duties of local boards of review.
An ACT to provide for the inspection and to regulate the distribution of gasoline, naphtha, benzine, and other liquids and fluids used, or intended to be used, for power purposes; and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2324 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to dogs.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section five of an act approved November twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Boykins, in the county of Southampton, and amended and re-enacted by an act approved February fourteenth, nineteen hundred and one, and amended by an act approved December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and one, and amended by an act approved March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, and amended and re-enacted by an act approved March twenty-fourth nineteen hundred and twenty.
An ACT to provide for the holding of an election in the town of Covington school district in the county of Alleghany, on the question of the issuance of bonds not in excess of $75,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, improving and furnishing school buildings and for acquiring sites for school buildings in said district; to provide for the issuance and sale of said bonds in accordance with said election; and to provide for levying a tax for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6443 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Franklin county to pay to C. P. Guilliams a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars to compensate him for certain losses.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Big Stone Gap school district of the county of Wise to borrow money, not in excess of $100,000.00, and to issue its bonds therefor, for the purpose of enlarging present school grounds erecting and furnishing school buildings, and retiring bonds heretofore issue for school purposes.
An ACT to provide a special road law for the county of Bland; to provide for the working and keeping in repair of the public roads in said county and to create separate district road commissions or road boards in each of the several magisterial districts of said county; and to repeal all acts in conflict herewith so far as they relate to the provisions of this act relating to 'county of Bland.'
An ACT authoniding the city of Norfolk, in addition to its present powers, to fix and determine pierhead and bulkhead lines in waters within the territorial limits of the city of Norfolk, in which the Federal government. ¢ does not exercise jurisdiction.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2757 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to make uniform the law of transfer of shares of stock in corporations.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Edinburg and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government of the town of Edinburg and all power heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid.
An Act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Henry to borrow the sum of $100,000.00 and to issue serial bonds or notes for the same running from one to ten years; to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof at maturity; to provide that the money so borrowed shall be used for the retirement or payment of any notes, bonds or warrants heretofore issued by said board; to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to borrow the sum of $50,000.00 to be used for the construction and permanent improvement of roads and bridges in said county under the supervision of the State highway commissioner or the board of supervisors of said county and to provide for the payment of same and to provide for the retirement of any notes or bonds which may have been issued by said board pursuant to acts of the general assembly, approved March 9, 1918, and March 14, 1918, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, approved September 5, 1919; and to provide that no bank, person, firm or corporation in the county of Henry shall hereafter receive any interest on any loan made to the board of supervisors of the county of Henry unless such loan shall have been authorized by the general assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide under certain conditions for the conveyance of real property occupied by a church
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties to enact special and local legislation for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges of the said counties, and for the regulation of traffic thereon.
An ACT to release unto G. B. Morehead all the right, title and interest of the public in certain real estate in the town of Wytheville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 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 provide how the incorporation of towns in Fauquier county heretofore incorporated by a court may be annulled.
An ACT to release all liens upon real estate for taxes and levies due
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 892 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 10, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2403 of the Code of Meares
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to establish Jonesville high school district, in Lee county, Virginia, providing the mode of appointing trustees, levying tax for district school purposes therein, and authorizing the trustees to apply the money collected for district school purposes to the payment of teachers’ salaries, the purchasing, renting or building of school houses, apparatus, furniture, appliances, etc., approved May 5, 1903; to abolish the said district; to provide for the vesting of the title to property of the Jonesville high school district, in the county school board of Lee county; and to authorize the said board to assume both the assets and liabilities of the Jonesville high school district.
An ACT to authorize and direct the auditor of public accounts and the clerk of the circuit court of Henrico county to mark off the tax books of said county certain unpaid taxes charged against the estate of A. P. Russell deceased.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the compensation of supervisors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2146 of the Code. of Virginia as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5343 of the Code of YS S133
An ACT to authorize the board of visitors of the Virginia State school for colored deaf and blind children to sell, and to grant a clear title to a certain tract of land owned by the said institution.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6035 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act in relation to a surviving husband’s curtesy, approved March 28, 1922.
An ACT relating to deeds of assignment for the benefit of creditors, and prescribing certain requirements to be complied with.
An ACT to validate certain certificates of acknowledgments to deeds and other writings recorded in Virginia, taken by commissioners of deeds appointed by Governors of States other than the Governor of the State of Virginia.
An ACT to validate conveyances of real estate by executors given power of sale under wills admitted to probate in other jurisdictions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2244 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 10, 1920, relating to duties of assessors and commissioners of the revenue.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2854 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered section 6429-a, so as to provide, in the mechanics’ lien law, how the owner or general contractor may be made personally liable to subcontractors, laborers, or material men.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5161 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 20, 1923.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2743 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 546-b of the Code of Virginia, with reference to the prevention of forest fires.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania county to convey certain real estate to the county school board.
An ACT to validate substitutions of trustees under deeds recorded in Virginia heretofore made in the courts of Virginia without sufficient notice or without any notice to some one or more of the persons interested in the trusts
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4362, chapter 176 of the Code of Virginia of 1919 in reference to the exercise of the power of eminent eels
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5420 and 5423 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide the time within which objections may be made to irregularities in advertising sales made by trustees under deeds of trust securing money and to validate deeds made by such trustees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6436 of the Code of Me ary
An ACT authorizing the county school board of Norfolk county to borrow money, not in excess of $250,000.00, and to issue its bonds therefor, for school improvements in said county; and requiring the board of supervisors of said county annually to levy a tax to pay the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-nine hundred and fifty-six and section twenty-nine hundred and fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and re-enact section twenty-nine hundred and fifty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 10, 1920.
An ACT sathorting te town of Colonial Beach in Westmoreland county to convey to Frank Blackistone upon certain conditions a certain street within its corporate limits.
An ACT to re-amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the town of Waynesboro, known since consolidation with Basic City as Waynesboro-Basic, and to provide a charter for the town of Waynesboro.