Property

1942
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 71, as amended, of an act entitled “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 acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide penalties for the violations thereof.”
An ACT to declare valid and legal the establishment and organization of housing authorities in the Commonwealth of Virginia under the provisions of the housing authorities law, and all contracts, bonds, notes, agreements, obligations and undertakings of such housing authorities, and all proceedings, acts and things heretofore undertaken, performed or done with reference thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act designated as Chapter 402 of the Atts of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, entitled "An Act to provide for the respective jurisdictions and powers of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia over lands in the Shenandoah National Park acquired by the United States, the effect of which is to modify the jurisdiction ceded to the United States over certain parts of said lands as set forth in Section 7 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928, and over other parts as set forth in Section 19-a of the Code of Virginia."
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 11, 63 and 64, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the City of Newport News, in the County of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor."
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 of such deeds, and to validate acts done by such substituted trustees.
An Act to validate sales of real estate in chancery suits brought under Chapter 217 of the Code of Virginia, and deeds made to the purchasers thereof, where the purpose of such suits was to pay off and discharge liens on such real estate superior to the rights of the persons for whose benefit the suits were brought.
An ACT to authorize the town of South Hill, in Mecklenburg county, to convey to Annie Crute Conway a certain parcel of land in said town, in exchange for a certain other parcel of land therein, for the purpose of adjusting certain street lines.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2 and 47, as heretofore amended, and Sections 29 and 48 of Chapter 473 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1924, approved March 22, 1924, the said chapter providing a new charter for the City of Roanoke, and the said sections relating to the powers of the city, the issuing justice, and the issuance of bonds therein
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 542-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the recovery of certain fire fighting costs from persons liable therefor, so as to provide that all such costs shall be recoverable by action brought by the State Forester, and to provide for the disposition of funds recovered.
An ACT to establish a boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to provide for the cession by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States of America of certain jurisdiction over lands acquired by the United States or any of its governmental agencies located in the counties adjoining the said boundary line of the District of Columbia.
An ACT to approve and accept from Corinne Lawton Melchers, subject to a retained life estate in the grantor and to certain other conditions and limitations, a deed of gift, dated February 17, 1942, of the estate at Falmouth, Stafford County, Virginia, known as “Belmont”; to provide that when possession is vested in the Commonwealth of Virginia the said property, and any additions thereto and any funds provided as-an endowment in connection therewith, shall be established and maintained in perpetuity as “The Gari Melchers Memorial”, and to provide for the management and control of the said memorial when established.
An ACT to abolish the special town school district of the Town of Falls Church, in Fairfax County, except for the purpose of representation on the county school board; to provide for the transferring of all property owned by or held for the use of said town school district, including all funds standing to the credit of the district, to the county school board; to provide that all outstanding bonds and other valid obligations of said district shall constitute valid obligations of said county; to provide for levying taxes for the payment of such bonds and obligations; and to provide that if and when it shall be determined in the manner prescribed by law, that the Town of Falls Church has sufficient population to constitute it a city of either the first or second class, the schools within the boundaries thereof shall be under the jurisdiction of the county school board of Fairfax County, and the school taxes thereafter levied upon the property within such boundaries, shall be annually levied and collected by the city and paid over to the county.

1944
An ACT to transfer jurisdiction and control of a part of the land here- to-fore devoted to the use of the Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children to the State Highway Commission to be used as a part of State Highway Route No. 610, Elizabeth City County.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered fifty-two hundred and twenty-four-a, defining the terms “factoring”, “factor” and “factors” and relating to the creation of liens upon goods or merchandise to provide for the recording of notice of such liens, their application, enforcement and discharge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4438 of the Code of Virginia relating to entry of certain places with intent to commit certain crimes, and to the punishment therefor.
An ACT to provide the procedure for releasing of powers of appointment in whole or in part.
An ACT to validate acknowledgments to deeds of trust, taken by persons named as trustees therein and who were also officers authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
An ACT to authorize the State Board of Education to convey a cer-
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5827 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to limitations on enforcement of deeds of trust, mortgages and certain other liens.
An ACT to authorize the governing body of any city having a population within certain stated limitations to elect one or more assessors to assess and equalize real estate assessments in the city, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the assessors.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 5286-a, to provide that trial justices, civil and police justices, and civil justices shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for partition of personal property within certain limits as to value; to provide how such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted; to provide for removals and appeals; and to repeal Chapter 292 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 16, 1918, relating to the same matters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 71 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved February 25, 1942, relating to disposition of surplus from proceeds of sale under deeds of trust under certain circumstances.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6543 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when homestead exemption may be set apart.
An ACT to authorize the Virginia State College for Negroes to establish a division of the College in the City of Norfolk, and for that purpose to accept on behalf of the Commonwealth conveyances of certain property in that city, and to authorize the City of Norfolk to convey, lease or grant to the Commonwealth of Virginia, without cost, certain property for the use of such division.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Botetourt County to refund to W. B. Mays and D. J. Mays certain taxes erroneously assessed against certain real estate in the county, and paid by them.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 49, as amended, of the Game.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 167, as amended, of the Acts of 1938, approved March 17, 1938, which made certain special provisions as to certain kinds of dogs in certain named counties, imposed certain prohibitions relative thereto, prescribed certain license fees, and imposed certain penalties, so as to extend the territorial scope of the Act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5449 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appeal from judgment of a justice in certain cases.
An ACT to authorize the council or other governing body of any city having a population of not less than sixty-five thousand nor more than ninety thousand, according to the last preceding United States census, to provide for the annual assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate, in lieu of the method now prescribed by law.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 3042-a, authorizing counties, cities and towns having the right of eminent domain to exercise the right of condemnation in the same manner as is prescribed by law for condemnation proceedings instituted by the State Highway Commission.
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 it, commonly known as the Vincent property, and to repeal Chapter 285 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 24, 1930, relating to the same
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 242 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to general reassessment of real estate in cities and counties under certain circumstances.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 5827-b, prescribing a period after which certain deeds of trust and mortgages and liens reserved to secure unpaid purchase money shall not be enforced.
An ACT to authorize depositories of county funds of Charlotte County to deposit with the State Treasurer securities to protect such deposits, and to prescribe how controversies with respect to such securities shall be heard and determined.
An ACT to authorize and empower the Governor to execute in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia a deed conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations contained in Section 19-a and Section 19-b of the Code of Virginia, to the United States of America, six parcels of vacant and unappropriated land containing a total of two hundred and thirteen and eight-tenths acres situate in Bedford and Botetourt Counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 19r and 105, as heretofore amended, and Sections 30 and 102 of an act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926.
An ACT to validate certain sales under deeds of trust to secure debts or indemnify sureties; to provide that this act shall not affect any final order heretofore entered by a court of competent jurisdiction in any suit or action pending in such court; to protect intervening rights ; and to limit the time within which a suit or action may be hereafter brought to vacate or set aside any such sale.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 435 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to what property exempt from taxation, so as to omit lands owned ‘by the United States.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to convey to the Virginia Lincoln Corporation all the right, title and interest of the Southwestern State Hospital and the Commonwealth of Virginia in and to a certain tract of land near Marion in Smyth county.
An ACT to authorize the Virginia Conservation Commission to use for repurchase from the United States the lands formerly a part of the Seashore State Park such sum as may be received from the United States as a result of the condemnation of certain lands in the Seashore State Park for use as a part of Fort Story, in Princess Anne County, Virginia, and to appropriate to said Commission, to be used for such purposes, any moneys received for said lands so condemned.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 541 of the Code, as amended, relating to forests, so as to impose upon the several counties the obligation to make certain annual payments into the State Treasury for the purpose of protection of forests, especially from the ravages of fire, and to prescribe the effective date thereof.
An ACT to authorize and empower the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to grant to Virginia Electric and Power Company certain easements of right of way across the State Game Farm in New Kent County, Virginia, for the construction, maintenance and operation of electric transmission lines.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 11, 12-a and 12-b of Chapter 161 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 17, 1926, as amended, relating to sanitary districts in certain counties, so as to include additional counties within the provisions of the chapter, to permit investments of sinking funds in certain bonds, to authorize bond issues by small districts within any such sanitary district, and to prescribe the rights of certain persons whose property is taken or used for improvements in sanitary districts and to further amend such chapter by adding thereto a new section numbered 3-a conferring additional powers as to such districts on boards of supervisors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3809; 3810 as amended (as Section 3810 and two new sections numbered 3810-a and 3810-b); 3811 as amended; 3822 as amended (as Section 3822 and a new section numbered 3822-a); 3830; 3836; 3851 as amended; 3857 as amended; 3857-a (by transposing part of Section 3857 as being amended into Section 3857-a); 3859; 3866 (as Section 3866 and a new section numbered 3866-a); and 3868, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain kinds of domestic corporations, so as to make explicit therein, in order to avoid confusion, certain amendments indirectly effected by Section 3 (c) of Chapter 33, Acts 1927, approved April 18, 1927, commonly known as the Reorganization of Government Act, as it was amended by Chapter 71, Acts 1930, approved February 27, 1930, which acts transferred certain duties and functions theretofore imposed upon the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Corporation Commission: so as, for future convenience, to subdivide Section 3810 into three sections (the two additional being numbered 3810-a and 3810-b); Section 3822 into two sections (the additional section being numbered 3822-a); Section 3866 into two sections (the additional section being numbered 3866-a): so as to transpose a portion of Section 3857 as being amended to Section 3857-a: and so as to make other purely verbal, formal, and conforming changes for purposes of clarification, brevity, or convenience.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5216-a of the Code of Virginia relating to Notice of Federal Tax Liens on Real Estate.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6299 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to substitution of trustees in certain cases and the procedure therefor.
An ACT to authorize the governing body of certain counties to levy assessments upon property owners in sanitary districts in such counties for the cost of certain public improvements, to prescribe procedure for the assessment and collection of the costs so assessed, and to confer certain powers upon the governing bodies of such counties in connection with the improvements and the assessments so made.
An ACT to authorize and regulate the use of trust receipts and pledges of personal property unaccompanied by possession in the pledgee, and to enact a law with respect thereto which shall be uniform with those of other States.
An ACT to transfer the jurisdiction and control of certain parcels of land in Smyth County from the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to the State Highway Commission, and to authorize the latter agency to use said lands as a part of State Highway Route No. 16.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6442 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how certain acts to be done and certain notices served after bankruptcy or death of certain persons.
An ACT to provide a new Charter for the Town of McKenney, in the County of Dinwiddie, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thence a new section numbered 4219-a, protecting the rights, title, interests and property of beneficiaries under certain policies of life insurance and supplemental contracts.
An ACT to permit the Board of Visitors of the College of William and
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6470 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to liens on real estate of judgments and decrees.
An ACT to amend Article 2 of an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City County.'
To authorize the sale, lease or rental of the timber or mineral rights of certain property owned by the State Teachers College at Radford.
An ACT to provide that adverse possession of the surface of land
An ACT to provide that in certain counties taxes and levies assessed against a life tenant of land shall constitute a lien against timber growing on such land, and to provide how such lien may be enforced.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 56 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the location of cemeteries, to provide that the prohibitions and restrictions as to location or establishment of cemeteries shall not apply to the Woodbine Cemetery in Harrisonburg nor to any residence in Norfolk County separated from the proposed cemetery by a State highway, river, creek, tributary branch or marsh lands, if such residence is not less than two hundred fifty feet therefrom at its closest point.
An ACT to amend Chapter 380 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1940, as amended, relating to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the State Highway Commissioner, so as to add a new section thereto, designated as Section 7, providing certain remedies to landowners whose property has been entered upon by the State Highway Commissioner under Section 4 and Section 6 of Chapter 380 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, as amended.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 6204-a, validating certain proceedings had under the two preceding sections, under certain circumstances.
An ACT to authorize the Governor of Virginia and the State Hospital Board, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to convey to the College of William and Mary in Virginia, as a gift and without any consideration paid therefor, certain property of the Eastern State Hospital in the city of Williamsburg and the county of James City.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1887-h of the Code of Virginia relating to Division of Mines, and to duties of the mine inspector as inspector of weights and measures for certain purposes.
An ACT for the relief of George P. Browning et als.
An ACT to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to release certain penalties, interest and costs on real property taxes, under certain conditions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3394 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to general and daily indexes in clerks’ offices.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 344 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to boards of equalization of real estate assessments.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 309-a of the Tax Code of Virginia, requiring operators of certain apartment houses annually to file lists of tenants with commissioner of the revenue.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5194, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the recordation of certain contracts, deeds and other instruments, and the indexing of such instruments in the office wherein they are recorded.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2698-a relating to surety bonds of public officials.
An ACT to authorize and empower Mary Washington College to grant to Virginia Electric and Power Company certain easements of right of way on, over and across the property of the College in the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6456 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to satisfaction of certain liens by marginal notations.
An ACT to provide for appointment of conservators, under certain circumstances, for property of persons reported as missing, interned, captured, et cetera; and to provide how any such conservatorship may be terminated.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5167 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to deeds of trust.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 472 of the Acts of Assembly

1945es
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 364 of the Acts of 1944, approved March 31, 1944, relating to the expenditure by the Virginia Conservation Commission of moneys received from the United States as a result of the condemnation of certain lands in the Seashore State Park for use as a part of Fort Story.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of Chapter 31 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved February 17, 1944, relating to the recordation by clerks of courts of certain information with respect to persons inducted into the armed forces of the United States.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an act entitled 'An act to regulate investments of domestic life insurance companies.'
An ACT to appropriate funds for the construction of an agricultural building at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

1946
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 5145-a, validating certain deeds executed by agents or attorneys-in-fact for certain persons in military service or engaged in war work.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 247 of the Tax Code of Virginia, relating to the reassessment of real estate.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to grant and convey to The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, an easement for a railroad siding over and across the property of the Southwestern State Hospital at Marion, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, approved April 11, 1927, relating to zoning in certain counties, so as to make certain change or changes as to the scope of the act.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to grant and convey unto Appalachian Electric Power Company, its successors and assigns, certain easements of right of way on, over and across the property of Lynchburg State Colony in the County of Amherst near the City of Lynchburg, Virginia.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2772-a authorizing the governing bodies of counties to acquire land for the dumping of waste material and to prohibit the dumping of such material elsewhere without the written consent of landowner and providing penalties.
An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding thereto nine new sections, to be numbered 310-a, 310-b, 310-c, 310-d, 310-e, 310-f, 310-g, 310-h and 310-i, and to repeal Sections 311, 312, 313 and 314 of the Tax Code of Virginia, and to repeal Sections 330 to 343, both inclusive, of the Tax Code of Virginia, so as to abolish the office of examiner of records and to vest certain of the powers of such officer in, and to impose certain of the duties of such officer upon, commissioners of the revenue; also in relation to the collection of taxes and levies on property under control of fiduciaries and courts and taxes owing by decedents’ estates.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5358, 5360, and 5371-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of administrators and administrators with the will annexed, and the bonds required of certain personal representatives, guardians and committees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 242 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to general reassessments of real estate in cities and counties, and making an appropriation to enable the Department of Taxation to render advisory aid and assistance.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to grant, convey, release and quitclaim unto the Virginia Lincoln Corporation all right, title and interest of the Southwestern State Hospital and the Commonwealth of Virginia in a certain tract of land near Marion, Virginia, heretofore conveyed under a deed in which the description is alleged to have been inadequate or erroneous.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section to be numbered 3071-b, relating to the docketing of abstracts of ordinances or resolutions authorizing special assessments against abutting land owners for certain public improvements.
An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered 120-b, in relation to inheritance taxes on nonresident decedents with respect to real estate and tangible personal property located in Virginia; apportionment of exemptions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 17, as amended, of an act entitled ‘““An act to incorporate the town of Franklin, Southampton County.”, approved March 15, 1876, and to amend said act by adding a new section numbered 17-a, relating to borrowing money, issuing bonds, and levying and collecting taxes.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections numbered 2743-a and 3034-a, conferring certain powers upon governing bodies of counties, cities and towns with respect to grass, weeds and other growth on vacant lots, and to repeal Chapter 3 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved February 18, 1938, as amended, relating to the same subject.
An ACT to authorize the City of Portsmouth to sell and convey certain property on Court Street.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 8 of Chapter 211 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 14, 1944, which chapter provided for the annual assessment of real estate in certain cities, Section 8 relating to the abolishment of the board of assessors.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 3386-a, relating to the storage of certain recorded instruments and other records.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 4219-b, prescribing the rights of beneficiaries, assignees and creditors under policies of life insurance.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new chapter numbered 211-A and nine new sections numbered from 5222-a to 5222-i, both inclusive, all of which sections are embraced in such new chapter, the object of which is to provide for the regulating by the governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns, of the subdivision of lands within their territorial limits or adjacent thereto, into lots, streets and alleys and other public areas; to provide for the making and recording of plats of such subdivisions, and certain certificates with respect thereto; to provide how such regulations and plats shall be approved, and how such plats may be vacated; and to repeal sections 5217, 5218, 5219, 5220, 5221 and 5222 of the Code of Virginia, and Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 10, 1922, and Chapter 468 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 21, 1924, relating to the same matters, and all acts amendatory thereof, or of any part or parts thereof.
An ACT to authorize and empower the Governor to execute in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia a deed conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations contained in Section 19-a and Section 19-b of the Code of Virginia, to the United States of America, certain waste and unappropriated lands.