Property

1926
An ACT to provide, with certain conditions and restrictions, a site on a portion of the land in the western section of the city of Richmond known as the Soldiers’ Home property, for the establishment and conduct thereon by the Home for Needy Confederate Women, a corporation existing under the laws of Virginia, of a home for the needy widows, wives, sisters and daughters of Confederate soldiers, sailors and marines, such home to be a memorial to the women of the Southern Confederacy.
An ACT to permit the board of visitors of the College of William and Mary to dispose of certain parcels of land.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Waverly, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the council and government of the town of Waverly and all powers heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office to be legal and valid.
AN ACT to authorize the board of the Virginia Teachers Colleges and the council of the city of Radford to exchange certain strips of land
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 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 Virginia, approved February 26, 1924, so as to include notanes public appointed by the governor of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 234, Acts of Assembly of Virginia, 1918, approved March 15, 1918, entitled an act for the relief of all taxpayers in the State of Virginia, whose lands during the year nineteen hundred and seventeen were taken or acquired by the United States, or shall be so taken or acquired in any year subsequent to the year nineteen hundred and seventeen
An ACT authorizing the military board to sell and convey or exchange certain property belonging to the Commonwealth in Princess Anne county, known as Camp Trinkle, at such time and for such price and upon such conditions as said military board may deem advisable, and to use the proceeds of sale for the purchase and equipment of a camp site and rifle range elsewhere.
An ACT to authorize the councils of cities and towns to provide, by ordinance, for the collection of city or town taxes or levies on property in equal semi-annual installments.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of the tax bill as here- tofore amended, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith with certain exceptions.
An ACT concerning taxation; to segregate for the purposes of taxation, the several kinds or classes of property, so as to specify and determine upon what subjects State taxes, and upon what subjects local taxes, may be levied; to amend and re-enact sections 2205, 2206, 2207 and 2212 of the Code of Virginia; to amend and re-enact sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 2914, 31, 33, 35, 36 and 36% of the tax bill, as heretofore amended; to repeal section 2209 of the Code of Virginia; to repeal an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and to appropriate money for the construction of roads and projects comprised in “the State highway system,” and to provide for an additional fund for the maintenance of public free schools of primary and grammar grades, from the first to the seventh, inclusive, and to provide for the prevention and eradication of tuberculosis among the people of this State, and to extend the work of the State board of health, approved March 16, 1918; to repeal an act entitled an act to raise additional revenue for the support of the government, approved March 23, 1918; to repeal an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and to appropriate money for the construction of roads and projects comprised in the “State highway system,” approved September 5, 1919; to repeal sections 2 and 7 of the tax bill, in relation to real estate and tangible personal property; to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate the situs of taxation of bank stock, approved March 16, 1918; to raise revenue for the support of the government and to provide a minimum fixed appropriation of State revenue for public free school purposes and to provide penalties for violations of this act.

1928
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4732 of the Code of Virginia, relating to constructing sidewalks, planting shade trees, et cetera,
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1052 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointments of committees of non-residents.
An ACT to authorize the town of Ashland, Virginia, to issue bonds
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5281 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to partitions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 1 of section 3292 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 20, 1924, in relation to crabs.
An ACT to provide a general road law applicable in all the counties
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 273 of the acts of 1874, as heretofore amended, entitled an act to provide a charter for the town of Lexington, approved April 28, 1874.
An ACT to provide for the payment of four hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents ($412.50) to Mary A. Sullivan to reimburse her for
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6020 of the Code of Virginia, so as to provide that proceedings before justices, including civil justices, civil and police justices, trial justices and judges of mayoralty courts, in civil cases, may also be by notice and motion.
An ACT to require purely mutual building and loan associations to create and maintain a reserve fund for protection against losses and providing a maximum and minimum amount of said reserve fund.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1747 of the Code of Virginia, relating to drainage districts, so as to provide a simple and more expeditious method of condemning rights-of-way, outlets, dams, or other obstacles in connection with the establishment and maintenance of drainage districts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5428 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the confirmation in vacation and recordation of reports filed by fiduciaries and the disposition of vouchers or other evidence filed with the commissioner.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 and section 47 of an act entitled, 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, approved March 22, 1924, subsection 10 of section two of which as amended, and subsection 11 of section two of which, as amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3192 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to dams, et cetera; to be provided with suitable fishway.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Waynesboro, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper, approved January 11, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3228 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to subrenting or assignment of oyster planting grounds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 12, 19c, 19e, 62, 64, 65 and 78 of an act entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city of Rich-
An ACT to authorize the board of the Virginia teachers colleges to sell and convey a tract of land belonging to the State teachers college, at Fredericksburg, and to acquire by purchase for said college certain lots from the proceeds of sale.
An ACT to prevent fraud and misrepresentation in the sale of liquid fuels, lubricating oils and similar products, and to prevent adulteration of any such product.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of directors of the Eastern State Hospital to sell and convey the “Bright lot,’ in the city of Williamsburg, lying in the angle of Francis street and England street, and the “Travis lot,” lying in the said city, in the angle of Henry street and Francis street.
An ACT to authorize the city of Williamsburg, and the county of James City, to convey to W. A. R. Goodwin, agent, and to his successors, property and property rights owned by the said city and county.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Luray, Virginia.
An ACT providing the form and mode of procedure, and furnishing a system of procedure for the condemnation of lands and buildings and other improvements thereon, or of any estate or interest therein, for use as a public park or for public park purposes
An ACT to authorize and empower the chairman of the State highway commission of Virginia to convey certain property to W. L. Davis
An ACT providing how a subdivision of land into villa sites, blocks, lots, streets and alleys, in Fairfax county, shall be made; certificates of source of title, boundary markers, recordation, power of board of supervisors to regulate and effect of copies of plats or extracts therefrom attested by the clerk in whose office recorded.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Vinton, Roanoke county, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2958 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the extension or contraction of corporate limits of cities and towns.
An ACT to revise, collate and codify into one act the general statutes of the Commonwealth relating to banks and banking, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as the Virginia banking act. and to repeal all Code sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith. and to provide penalties for the violations thereof.
An ACT authorizing and empowering the school board of the city of Williamsburg to convey, for a proper consideration, upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable, any property it has title to, in the city of Williamsburg, to W. A. R. Goodwin, agent, or his successor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1074 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the commitment of inebriates, opium eaters, and persons addicted to other drug habits, by a justice of the peace; the appointments of committees for such persons and the bonds to be given by such committees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 412 of the acts of the general assembly of 1922, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Woodstock 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 Woodstock and all power heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid, approved March 24, 1922, relating to the public schools of said town, as amended.
An ACT to prohibit any person from shooting from any duck blind belonging to another, in the waters of Middlesex county; limiting the number of duck blinds to be built by any person, and prescribing penalties for violation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 121 of the Tax Code of Virginia, in relation to recordation taxes.
An ACT to protect red foxes in the county of Lee, and to prescribe punishment for violation thereof.
An ACT to provide for the recordation of plats of subdivision of land located in or within not more than five miles of any city of a population not in excess of 100,000, according to the last United States census, for the vacation thereof, for the construction of public improvements therein and for the rights of such cities in connection therewith.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Loudoun county, with the approval of the board of supervisors of Loudoun county, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $55,400.00, on account of Mercer, Leesburg and Mt. Gilead school districts of said county, and to issue bonds theretor, and provicie for the levying of a tax to pay the interest. and te create a sinking tund for the redemption of the principal of said bonds at their maturity.
An ACT to authorize the councils of the cities to provide for the cutting of weeds and other foreign growth on vacant property.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the title, and to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent unfairness, imposition or fraud in the sale or disposition of certain “securities” herein defined by requiring an inspection thereof, providing for such inspection, supervision and regulation of the business of any person, association, partnership, or corporation, engaged or intending to engage, whether as principal, broker or agent, in the sale of any such securities in the State of Virginia as may be necessary to prevent unfairness, imposition or fraud in the sale or disposition of said securities, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof
An ACT to authorize the College of William and Mary in Virginia to sell, or otherwise dispose of, the property, held by it, known as the “Matthew Whaley school’ property.
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, to grant permission for the establishment of a cemetery within said town.
An ACT to authorize and empower Henrico Lumber Company, Incorporated, to construct a temporary bridge across the Pamunkey river, between the counties of King William and Hanover, for private use between the lands of John W. Atkinson and George P. Haw.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5431 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to investments that may be made by executors and other fiduciaries.
An ACT to ratify and confirm certain deeds and conveyances heretofore made by the town of Strasburg through its mayor and councilmen of certain portions of what is known in a plat of said town as the public square at the intersection of Main and Holliday streets, and to divest the town of Strasburg from all right, title and estate to the said four corners of said square, and to confirm the title to the portions of said square so conveyed to the present owners thereof and to their heirs and assigns.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5349 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by chapter 540 of the acts of 1926, approved March 25, 1926, in relation to transfer of property in this State belonging to non-resident decedents.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act requiring permits to be obtained for the construction, repair or improvement of buildings or structures in counties having a density of population ef more than 300 per square mile, according to the United States census, approved February 26, 1926.
An ACT to validate certain judgments rendered upon pleadings which failed to contain certain allegations as to the assessment for taxation, of the bonds, notes and other evidences of debt sued on; and to protect the title to lands sold under deeds of trust, where the holder of the notes secured by the deed of trust, had not listed same for taxation.
An ACT to amend 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
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4366 of the Code of Virginia, 1919, in relation to the exercise of the power of eminent domain and concerning the pay of commissioners.
An ACT to provide for the submission to the people for ratification or rejection the proposed revision and/or amendments of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, Al, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 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, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 of the Constitution of Virginia (a part of which said sections have not been altered but remain as they are in the present Constitution, but have been included in said proposed revision), and the addition thereto of seven new sections to be numbered as sections 86a, 115a, 183a, 184a, 184b, 195a and 198, and the repeal of sections 128, 148, 149, 150, 151 and 182 of the present Constitution, all as authorized by section 196 of the present Constitution; to provide when and how such election shall be held; to designate the persons who may vote in such election; and to provide for the ascertainment and proclamation of the result of such election.
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Charlottesville, approved March 24, 1922, by adding thereto four sections, to be numbered 21%, 1314, 1814 and 4014, and by amending and re-enacting sections 4, 9, 17, 18.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the payment of small amounts into court and then to the parties entitled to receive the same, without the intervention of any administrator, guardian or committee, approved March 16, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3225 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to oyster grounds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5, 7, 8, 9 and 13 of chapter 101, of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, 1922, providing a new charter for the town of Galax.
An ACT to amend and re-enact 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; to provide compensation to owners of fowl so injured, and to provide funds for the enforcement of this act therefrom
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of the county of Rockingham to adopt an ordinance or regulation requiring land-owners along the public roads of said county to keep free of weeds, brush and other foreign vegetation their land abutting such public roads.
An ACT to create Arlington sanitary district, which shall include the entire county of Arlington; to create the “Arlington board of public works,” to define the powers and duties of said board; to invest said board with the power of eminent domain; to provide for the division of said sanitary district into zones, or sections; to provide for the purchase, construction, maintenance, operation and control of drainage and sewerage systems and sewerage disposal plants or works: for the construction of sidewalks: for the issuance of bonds to raise funds for such purposes; for the assessment of abutting property owners with certain amounts to be used in the construction and use of sewers and sidewalks; for the fixing and regulation of service and other charges for the connection with and use of sewers; for the pay of members, officers and employees; to prescribe penalties for violations: and to repeal chapter 260 of the acts of assembly of 1922, page 445, and chapter 463 of the acts of assembly of 1926, page 754, chapter 315 of the acts of assembly of 1926, page 531, and chapter 294 of the acts of assembly of 1926, page 510, in so far as it is applicable to the county of Arlington, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5540 of the Code of Virginia, relating to emblements.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars and issue bonds therefor, to be used for the purchase of municipal equipment for said city.
An ACT for the relief of the estates of L. H. Kemp and E. L. Tiller, deceased, and for the relief of W. L. Brittle, W. M. Milam and Robert Rose.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of trustees to hold gifts, grants, or devises of real estate for charitable purposes to unincorporated bodies or societies, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such trustees.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind to sell and convey certain land belonging to said school.
An ACT to amend sections 3, 4 and 14 of an act entitled an act to create a State commission on conservation and development; to prescribe its powers and duties; to vest it with powers and duties now vested by law in the water power and development commission, the State geological commission, the State geological survey, the office of the State geologist, and the office of the State forester; and to vest it with power to condemn and acquire land and other property for public park purposes, approved March 17, 1926, and providing for the conservation of property acquired under the provisions of section 14, with the aid of voluntary gifts or contributions placed at the disposal of the commission.
An ACT to validate the title acquired by the purchasers under tax deeds from the clerks of court, under the provisions of chapter 28 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, under the provisions of chapter 52 of acts of 1906, approved February 23, 1906, and under the provisions of chapter 99 of the Code of Virginia, 1919, and acts amendatory thereof, and to provide a time within which objections may be made to such deeds, or any entry may be made on, or an action may be brought to recover the land conveyed by such deeds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirteen of the charter of the town of Bedford, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Roanoke county to enact an ordinance requiring building permits for the construction, repair or improvement of certain buildings located in subdivisions of land, and to prescribe penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of chapter 407 of the acts of the general assembly of 1924, page 593, approved March 20, 1924, concerning intoxicating liquors, as amended in chapter 231 of the acts of the general assembly of 1926, page 417, approved March 23, 1926.
An ACT to reimburse John FE. Ross for a certain sum improperly paid into the treasury of the State of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1983 of the Code of Virginia, relating to paying of viewers, commissioners and surveyor; mileage.
An ACT to provide for a commission to confer with a similar commission to be appointed by the State of Maryland and, subject to the approval of the general assembly of Virginia, to endeavor to reach a satisfactory settlement of the dispute now existing between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland, with reference to the right of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia to fish in the Potomac river: to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission, and to provide a sum sufficient to pay the actual expenses of the members of the commission and such other incidental expenses as may be incurred in the performance of the duties required by this act.
An ACT for the protection of all fur-bearing animals in the county of Halifax
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 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 Virginia, approved February 26, 1924, so as to include notaries public appointed by the governor of Virginia, approved March 6, 1926, so as to include notaries public of States other than Virginia.
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to confer upon the city of Hopewell the power of supervision of subdivisions of tracts of land in said city, or within three miles of the corporate limits of same; descriptions of lots in such subdivisions and copies of such plats as evidence.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5342 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the sale of lands of persons under disabilities.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3067, 3070 and 3071 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessments for local improvements.
An ACT to amend, extend and re-enact an act approved March 21. 1924, entitled “an act to validate substitutions of trustees under deeds tecorded 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 of such deeds, and to validate acts done by such substituted trustees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3876 of the Code of Virginia.

1930
An ACT to authorize and empower the city of Suffolk to acquire by purchase, the lot and building owned by Washington Square Realty Corporation, and situated on the corner of west Washington street and south Saratoga street, in said city; to use a portion of the lot for widening and improving west Washington street; to remodel and improve the residue of said property, and to own, hold and use, rent, lease or sell the same or any part thereof; and to borrow money for said purposes and issue and sell bonds therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 473, of the acts of assembly of 1924, entitled “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,” as last amended by chapter 333 of the acts of assembly of 1928
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind to sell and convey a farm belonging to said school, commonly known as the Vincent property.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of directors of the Eastern State Hospital to either grant a perpetual easement over, or sell, a certain small strip of land adjoining the “Bright lot,” in the city of Williamsburg, to the Williamsburg Holding Corporation.
An ACT to extend the time within which an application may be made for relief from erroneous assessment of property the beneficial title of which is vested in any religious congregation and used for religious pur-poses.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Bluefield, Virginia,
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Occoquan and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4449a of the Code of Virginia, of 1919, relating to the sale and purchase of second-hand metals.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2723 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the sale, exchange and control of county property by supervisors.
An ACT to authorize counties containing a city of the second class, which constitutes a magisterial district thereof, to exempt property of manufacturing establishments and works of internal improvement located on government property, situated in the State of Virginia, from local taxation.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Burkeville, Nottoway county, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.