Property

1952
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64-121.1 authorizing the transfer of certain evidences of indebtedness and stock of corporations held in decedents’ estates; and to validate certain transfers.
An Act to authorize the Medical College of Virginia to sell and convey its undivided interest in certain real property acquired by will from Raphael Levy.
An Act for the relief of T. H. Lillard, and to repeal Chapter 275 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, relating to the same matter.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Emporia, in the county of Greensville, and to repeal Chapter 178 of the Acts of Assembly of 1897-1898, approved January 31, 1898, as amended.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-906 and 8-908 of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil liability of persons cutting and taking timber of another.
An Act to amend and reenact § 59-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fireworks exploded on private property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-186 of the Code of Virginia, relating to grants of escheated lands; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding two sections numbered 55-186.1 and 55-186.2, relating to the same subject.
An Act to authorize the Virginia State Hospital Board to convey to Walter N. Robinson and William Glenn Robinson, by quitclaim, certain real estate.
An Act to amend and reenact section 15-676 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the payment of assessments against abutting landowners for improving walkways upon streets and for improving and paving alleys in installments.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-43 of the Code of Virginia, relating to kidnapping so as to broaden the application thereof and to prescribe uniform penalties; and to repeal § 18-50 of the Code of Virginia relating to abduction of certain persons for certain purposes.
An Act for the relief of T. C. McMullen.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating to burning or otherwise destroying certain buildings or aii
An Act for the relief of T. L. Childress
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-984 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the recordation by the clerks of certain courts of certain lists of real estate returned delinquent, and clerk’s fees therefor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-694 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of share in proceeds from certain sales, so as to coordinate same with § 8-685 of the Code.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-789 of the Code of Virginia, being a portion of the Virginia Land Sub-division Act and relating to submission of plats and appeals from actions of local governing bodies
An Act to amend and reenact § 57-12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to quantity of real and personal estate which may be held for religious purposes.
An Act to authorize the Virginia State Hospital Board to negotiate with the School Board of Smyth county in regard to the conveyance of certain real estate now owned by the State Hospital Board, and to authorize the State Hospital Board to convey the same real ons
An Act to provide for the appointment of a planning commission by counties that have adopted a zoning ordinance under § 15-855 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act for the relief of the Crown Savings Bank.
An Act to authorize the State treasurer to dispose of certain jewelry; to prescribe the procedure therein; and to appropriate the proceeds therefrom.
An Act to amend and reenact § 6-78 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bank loans on real estate security.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-79 of the Code of Virginia, relating to general indexes in offices of clerks of court and providing for the manner of indexing certain deeds and actions at law and suits in chancery.
An Act to provide notice of Federal tax liens on personal property, and satisfaction and release of such liens.
An Act to authorize the Virginia Military Institute, subject to the approval of the Governor, to sell or exchange certain property and to execute deeds therefor.
An Act to authorize a conveyance by the State Highway Commissioner of land lying in the city of Danville and formerly embraced in the right of way for State Route No. 125.
An Act to authorize the State Board of Agriculture and Immigration to convey to the city of Harrisonburg a certain strip of land.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-776.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessments and reassessments of real estate in certain cities so as to broaden its applicability.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of certain justices in proceedings for partition of personal property.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-674, 8-675, 8-676, 8-678, 8-679, 8-680, 8-682, 8-685, 8-686, 8-687, 8-688, 8-689, and 8-689.1 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-689.4, all of which relate to biils for sale or encumbrance of land of certain persons so as to include certain other persons thereunder and to validate prior proceedings.
An Act to amend and reenact § 84, as amended, of Chap 64 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which chapter provided a new charter for the city of Suffolk, and which section relates to property taxes, the lien for taxes, etc.; so as to provide that the city rate on real and tangible personal property shall not exceed three dollars and fifty cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value thereof.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-791.1, relating to plats of subdivisions so as to provide for the filing of a copy thereof with the local tax assessor.
An Act to validate certain sales of real estate made in the course of chancery suits prior to September 1, 1951, under certain circumstances despite certain procedural defects.
An Act to provide for the transfer of possession of real estate between agencies of the Commonwealth.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 13-278.1 so as to provide for certain registrations of stock of associations organized under the Agricultural Co-Operative Association Act, and the effect thereof.
An Act. to amend and reenact § 36 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 7, 1942, providing a charter for the city of Fredericksburg, and which section relates to liens of real estate i? tastes.
An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to transfer and convey certain property in the county of King and Queen, and to repeal a certain act relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction of Hustings Court of the City of Richmond.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-71 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the circumstances under which an order of publication may be entered.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 29 new sections numbered 29-2.1, 29-84.1, 29-84.2, 29-114.1 and 29-189.1, relating to the Game, Inland Fish and Dog Laws of Virginia, and to amend and reenact §§ 29-8, 29-5, 29-27, 29-28, 29-56, 29-125, 29-126, 29-128 and 29-144 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-825 of the Code of Virginia, relating to boards of zoning appeals in cities and towns.
An Act to provide for the sale and disposition of certain waste and unappropriated lands; and to this end to repeal §§ 41-3 through 41-7, §§ 41-10 through 41-14, §§ 41-15 through 41-88, §§ 41-40 through 41-44, §§ 41-45 through 41-59, §§ 41-60 through 41-67, §§ 41-78 through 41-88, all of the Code of Virginia, and to amend and reenact § 41-1 of the Code, the repealed and amended sections relating to land office, land grants, and duties of State Librarian in relation thereto; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered § 41-8.2 and a new chapter numbered 8.1 in Title 41, consisting of § 41-83.1, the section and chapter providing for the sale and disposition of certain waste and unappropriated lands and to prescribe the procedure in such cases.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 85 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 8, 1948, relating to boards of assessors of real estate in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter 879 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, Chapter 879 and amendments thereto being continued in effect by § 15-795 of the Code of Virginia, relating to subdivisions of land in certain counties and penalties for certain offenses.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-61 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when recordation taxes not applicable to certain instruments.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 638-124, 68-188, 68-159, 68-188, 63-202, 68-215, and 68-218 of the Code of Virginia, relating to old age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to blind persons, and general relief, and to certain misdemeanors in connection with such aid, assistance, or relief; and to amend the Code by adding a section numbered 68-149.1, requiring certain information to be furnished local boards, and providing penalties for failure or neglect to do A
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-854.1, providing for the creation in certain counties of a department of real estate assessments, the method of appointment and compensation of officers and employees therein, their powers and duties and other matters in relation to the foregoing; to provide for a board of equalization of real estate assessments; and to provide for a referendum and the effect thereof.
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia to convey certain named property to the Seaboard Airline Railroad Company upon conveyance to it of certain other property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-64 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from the State recordation taz.
An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 20 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 9, 1940, as amended, which was continued in effect by § 15-762 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain assessments of taxes for public improvements in certain counties and validation of certain such levies.
An Act to amend and reenact § 55-59 of the Code of Virginia, relating to deeds of trust on real estate; the duties and rights of parties; and to validate certain sales.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections numbered 55-88.1 and 55-96.1, relating to the docketing of agreements for conditional sales, or reservation of title or lien, with respect to property used in the businesses of a contractor, logger or sawmiller, and to the recordation of certain contracts, deeds, and deeds of trust relating to such property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-180 of the Code of Virginia as to liens for taxes.
An Act to define the correct boundaries of territory annexed to the city of Fredericksburg by order of the Circuit Court of Spotsylvania County entered December 21, 1950, in the case of city of Fredericksburg v. county of Spotsylvania.
An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to adopt ordinances regulating the keeping of animals therein.
An Act to amend and reenact § 26-40 of the Code of Virginia, relating to securities in which certain fiduciaries may invest, so as to include certain securities therein.
An Act to amend and reenact § 17-43 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the inspection of court records and papers and the furnishing of copies thereof.
An Act to authorize the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania County to convey a strip of land lying in the city of Danville, formerly in Prttsylvania County and heretofore used as a part of the right of way of State Road No. 125.
An Act to provide a charter for the consolidated City of Newport News, to provide, under certain conditions, for the holding of a referendum to determine whether the same shall be adopted; and to provide the effect of such charter if adopted.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-85.2, prescribing the basis upon which gains shall be recognized upon the compulsory or involuntary conversion of property.
An Act to authorize and empower the governing board of Radford College, Woman’s Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, to grant to the Appalachian Electric Power Company certain easements of right of way on and across certain property of Radford College, Woman’s Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-119 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the erection and maintenance of gates across private roads by landowners and providing for relief in certain cases of hardship.

1952es
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55-182.1, so as to validate certain acknowledgments.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1 and 5 of Chapter 546 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved April 6, 1948, which authorized the Governor to acquire certain real estate in the city of Richmond and to take certain other actions in connection therewith, so as to authorize the Governor to exercise such powers in the area immediately adjacent to such real estate and continuing certain of his powers in connection with such real estate.
An Act to amend Chapter 202 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 23, 1946, which Chapter relates to the construction of a building to be used by certain State agencies and departments, by adding a section numbered 8-a, relating to the acquisition by purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain of real property in connection with the construction, maintenance, convenient use and occupation of such building.
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors of Virginia Military Institute to convey certain property to the George C. Marshall Research Foundation, Incorporated; and to prescribe the terms and conditions of such conveyance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 17 of the Acts of Assembly of 1947, approved January 29, 1947, which chapter was continued in force by § 58-769 of the Code of Virginia and which provides for the annual general reassessment of real estate and equalization of assessments in certain cities and matters relating thereto so as to confer like powers upon certain other cities; and to validate, ratify and confirm certain acts performed under the authority of such act.
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Kilmarnock in Lancaster County, and to repeal all former charters of the town.

1954
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 194 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 27, 1984, which provided a new charter for the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, so as to change the power of the town to tax real and personal estate.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-776.7, relating to the general reassessment of real estate in certain cities.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-202 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating to compensation of owners of livestock and poultry killed by dogs.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section, numbered 58-484.1, relating to the taxation of the stockholders of banks, so as to provide when a bank may omit filing a list of its taxable stockholders for any tax year, prescribing the effect of such omission, and declaring when such list must be subsequently filed.
An Act to authorize the council of the Town of Clarksville to convey certain properties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-786 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the power of cities and incorporated towns to adopt subdivision regulations to be effective in certain counties under certain conditions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-194 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dogs in certain counties running at large, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 29-197.1, authorizing game wardens and certain landowners in certain counties to kill any dog not accompanied by its owner if it goes on lands on which there are sheep.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses for dogs.
An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Rural Retreat, in the county of Wythe; and to repeal prior charters of the town and certain acts.
An Act to authorize the county of Bath to expend certain funds and acquire certain property; and to dispose of such property.
An Act to authorize and direct the State Highway Commissioner of Virginia to convey approximately eight acres of land, formerly used as a Residency Headquarters, to the cities of Hampton, Newport News, and Warwick jointly; reserving the right to the Department of State Police to operate and maintain its radio tower located on said premises.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in Title 3 a chapter numbered 16.1 containing §§ 3-840.1 and 3-340.2, relating to certain dietary foods and drinks so as to provide that no sugar shall be added thereto, and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-888, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to liens on real estate of decrees for alimony and for maintenance, support and education of infant children of parties to a divorce proceeding.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8 and 9 of Chapter 709 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Monterey, the sections relating to powers of the council.
An Act to amend and reenact § 57-19 of the Code of Virginia, relating to conveyances of land to benevolent and other associations and making them subject to certain sections.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18-848.1, to prohibit the keeping of a refrigerator or ice box under certain conditions without doing certain things and to provide a penalty for violation thereof.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 61, 62 and 68 of Chapter 888 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 21, 1928, being the charter of the town of Luray, the sections relating to the election, term of office and compensation of a justice of the peace, and providing for the appointment, duties and compensation of a trial justice.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-791 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the recordation of subdivision plats.
An Act to authorize the governing body of the city of Portsmouth to sell and convey certain property of the city.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding three new sections, numbered 26-7.1 through 26-7.8, to provide that by executing the bond required of him any one who qualifies in a court or clerk’s office of this State as personal representative of a decedent, guardian, curator, committee, trustee or receiver, and the surety on such bond shall be deemed to have designated the clerk of the court in which he qualifies, and his successor in office, as a person on whom service of any notice, process or rule issuing from a court of this State or a commissioner of such court may be executed whenever the said person can not be found and served within the State of Virginia after the exercise of due diligence.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia, by adding thereto a section numbered 54-88.1, so as to permit the enjoining of running, capping, soliciting and maintenance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 29-202, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation for poultry and livestock killed by dogs.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 54, a Chapter numbered 14.1, containing 28 Sections numbered 54-898.1 to 54-898.28 inclusive; to create the “Virginia State Board of Opticians”, and prescribe its powers, duties and compensation; to provide for the examination, licensing and registration of “Opticians”, and for the renewal and revocation of such registrations; to provide for the collection of certain fees and to appropriate the same; to prohibit certain acts and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 22-97 of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers and duties of city school boards and to validate agreements between cities and counties for school consolidation.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 188 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which chapter authorized the Governor to convey certain property to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and which section imposed certain reversionary and other conditions upon the conveyance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-772.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the assessment and reassessment of certain real property.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitation of entry on or actions for land.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4-10, 8-204, 14-5, 14-80, 14-47, 14-57, as amended, 14-186, 14-187 as amended, 19-198, 22-67, as amended, and 54-58 of the Code of Virginia, relating generally to reimbursement for certain expenses, and respectively, to allowances to witnesses testifying before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, pay and mileage of jurors, the general rate of mileage, the mileage to be received by the members, officers and employees and legislative committees of the General Assembly, the traveling expenses and hotel bills of circuit judges, the compensation of individual members of boards of supervisors, allowances to witnesses for the Commonwealth, allowances to other witnesses and how and by whom entered, compensation and mileage of jurors in criminal cases and when and by whom paid, salary of members of county school boards generally, and compensation of members and secretary and treasurer of the Board of Bar Examiners and the expenses of the examinations conducted by that Board; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto new sections numbered 14-5.1 through 14-5.5, to regulate travel on State and local governmental business, and compensation for the expenses in connection therewith; and to repeal §§ 14-46 and 14-58 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to mileage of Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals and of circuit courts, and to the mileage of members of the boards of supervisors; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An Act to validate certain conveyances of county courthouse grounds
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-751 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to moneys under control of court so as to provide for the payment of certain small amounts to certain persons.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-784.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the postponement of general reassessments of real estate in counties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 10-89.1, providing that the destruction, removal or leaving open or unlocked of certain obstruction to certain roadways shall be a misdemeanor and providing penalties for violations.