Public expenditures

1916
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of North Tazewell, in the county of Tazewell; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to empower the road boards of the several magisterial districts of Loudoun county to erect, maintain and operate toll gates on certain roads in said districts.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell county, Virginia, approved January 27, 1912, to authorize the town council of said town to issue bonds of said town not exceeding $6,000.00 for permanent improvement of streets and sidewalks in said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 30, 1871, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Strasburg, in Shenandoah county, approved March 19, 1884.
An Act to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, and 5 of an act entitled an act to regulate the professional nursing of the sick in the State of Virginia, approved May 14, 1903, and to add an independent section to said act, designated as section 13.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 614 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of Essex and King and Queen counties to offer and pay rewards, payable out of the treasury of said county for the scalps of certain hawks Oe B 308
An ACT to provide for compensation to attorneys appointed to defend poor persons charged with certain offences, and for the payment of such compensation out of the treasury of the county or city.
An ACT to authorize counties and cities to establish sanatoria for the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to make the unauthorized use of automobiles or motor vehicles a misdemeanor, approved March 14, 1912, and providing punishment therefor.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Lebanon magisterial district, No. 5, of the county of Russell, to borrow money for the purpose of school improvements in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not exceeding $25,000.00 in amount, and to provide for an election by the qualified voters in said magisterial district.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Tazewell, in the county of Tazewell, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Bedford county to fix the district road levy for said county; how the same shall be collected and expended; treasurer to keep a separate account, and repealing section 12 of section 944-a of the Code of Virginia, so far as the same applies to Bedford county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1912, and entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 34 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 12, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 27, 34, 36, 41, 45, 46 and 47 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; and March 15, 1902, and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly and approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by order of the circuit court of Norfolk county which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906, and add an independent section thereto to be known as section 33-a.
An ACT to authorize and empower the council of the city of Portsmouth to contract with any person, firm, private, or public service corporation for a water supply for itself and inhabitants, in connection therewith, and to dispose of all the property, rights, and privileges which were acquired by the board of water commissioners, created by an act approved March 2, 1910.
An Act to authorize the submission to the legal voters of the city of Winchester, Virginia, of the question whether or not they will favor the issuance by said city of not more than $40,000.00 of electric light bonds
An ACT to provide for the proper payment and distribution of such funds as may have already come, or which may hereafter come, into the treasury of the State under an act of Congress approved May 23, 1908, to be applied for the benefit of the public schools and the public roads of the counties.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of Greene and Madison counties to levy a tax for the purpose of erecting a bridge across Rapidan river.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Nelson county to issue bonds for erecting bridges over Tye river and for completion of macadam road to Roseland in Massie’s Mill district and for the purpose of constructing macadam road from Shipman to Craig’s shop in said county in Lovingston district.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 38, 39 and 53 of an act approved March 14, 1906, and entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 20, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia.
An ACT to appropriate $4,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the State library board for the purpose of buying necessary metal filing cases and for properly protecting the valuable manuscripts in the department of archives in the State library building.
An ACT to provide for the examination of the oyster and clam beds and waters of Virginia; to provide for the marking of polluted areas and to prohibit the taking of oysters and clams from polluted areas; defining violations of the act and fixing penalties therefor.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 toward the purchase price of a tract of land for use of the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, in the county of Chesterfield, Virginia
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Powhatan county to appropriate money to the Powhatan chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy as part payment for a monument to Confederate soldiers at Huguenot Springs in said county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to appropriate from the general funds of the county a sufficient amount to maintain the convict road force in said county for the years 1916 and 1917.
An ACT authorizing the city of Hampton, Virginia, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor to the amount of $75,000.00, for the purpose of extending and improving the present sewer system and of constructing a new sewer system and other permanent improvements.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, of chapter VIII of the charter of the city of Danville, Virginia, relating to temporary loans, the borrowing of money, the limit of outstanding indebtedness, the issuing of certain bonds in serial form to be made payable in annual installments, to the right of the city council to create debts and to the maintenance of a sinking fund for certain bonds of said city; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 19, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 1, 1901, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 12, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved on the 5th day of February, 1916.
An ACT for the relief of Ollie Fowler
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, amend and consolidate in one act certain laws relating to oysters, fish, clams, crabs and other shellfish, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts of the general assembly and any sections of the Code of Virginia in conflict with the provisions of this act
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act entitled an act to provide a special road law for the county of Fauquier; to provide for the working and keeping in repair of the public roads in said county and to create separate district road boards in each of the several magisterial districts thereof; to authorize the erection of toll-gates and the collection of tolls upon certain public roads, therein and making certain provisions for the enforcement and collection of said tolls and the protection of the said roads, and the property of said district road boards, and providing certain penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all special acts heretofore enacted in reference to the public roads of said county, and to validate the official acts of certain officers under laws heretofore in effect in said county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the council of the town of Altavista, in the county of Campbell, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purchase, construction, repair and improvement of streets and of the water and sewerage systems of said town.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newbern, in the county of Pulaski, approved March 4, 1872.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, of chapter VIII of the charter of the city of Danville, Virginia, relating to the improvement of roads in Pittsylvania county, temporary loans, the borrowing of money, limit to outstanding bonded indebtedness, and the creation of a sinking fund, etc., as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 19, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 1, 1901, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 12, 1903.
An ACT to provide that where deductions are allowed by law in the assessment of income or other taxes on account of an unmarried child or children of the person assessed, the same allowances shall be made in the case of a child or children legally adopted as for natural children.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an act entitled an act to provide the establishment, proper construction, and permanent improvement of the public roads, and landings, for building and keeping in good order and repair of all public roads, bridges, causeways and wharves in the several counties of this State and to repeal chapter 43 of the Code of Virginia, approved March 12, 1904, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, and 14 of an act approved March 12, 1904, relating to the establishment, proper construction and permanent improvement of the public roads and landings for building and keeping in good order and repair all public roads, bridges causeways and wharves and so forth, approved March 7, 1906, as amended by an act approved March 13, 1908, as amended as to section 5 thereof by an act approved March 14, 1910, as amended as to section 47 thereof by an act approved March 16, 1910.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 44 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 amended and re-enacted by an act approved March, 14, 1910.
An ACT to provide a reasonable compensation for the board of road commissioners of Bluestone magisterial district, Mecklenburg county, Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of the charter of the former town, now city, of Hampton, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Hampton, in Elizabeth City county, Virginia, approved May 23, 1887, as amended by an act approved March 2, 1914, in relation to the rate of taxation.
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Victoria, in the county of Lunenburg, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1506 of Code of Virginia, approved March 25, 1914, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1506 of Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to what school funds shall consist of, approved March 12, 1908. (S. B. 165)
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 654 of the acts of assembly of 1897-8, entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Floyd county to let to contract the public roads of that county and levy a tax to keep the same in repair, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 227 of the acts of 1899-1900, and as amended and re-enacted by chapter 144 of the acts of 1904.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act providing funds to help maintain indigent consumptives at the Catawba Sanatorium
An ACT authorizing commitment of persons charged with crime, who are suspected of being feeble-minded, to city or county farms, and providing for length of sentence and examination.
An Act to authorize the several magisterial districts of Accomac county to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of building, improving, and maintaining the public roads of said districts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled an act to provide for a special election in the town of Franklin upon the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of improving the streets of said town; to allow the council of the said town to issue said bonds, if the same shall be authorized by a majority of the qualified voters thereof at such special election, and by a majority of the registered voters of said town, and to levy and collect taxes sufficient to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the redemption of the said bonds upon their maturity.
An ACT to repeal an act of assembly of 1915, approved February 5, 1915, entitled an act to provide a road commission for Capeville magisterial district in Northampton county, to authorize the board of supervisors of Northampton county to borrow money for road purposes in Capeville district and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act requiring the several county and district school boards of Virginia to make and publish annually a statement of receipts and disbursements, amErOTGing a penalty for failure to do so
An ACT to authorize and require the re-payment pro rata to banks which have paid the examination fees required by section 1169-b of the Code of Virginia of moneys collected by the banking department of the State corporation commission in excess of $3,000.00.
An ACT to compensate R. Gordon Finney for services rendered as trial justice for Alexandria county, Virginia, for the months of January and February, 1914, under the act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 23, 1912.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6, 9, 10 and 12, of an act entitled an act to provide for the building, working and repairing of public roads of Sussex county, and to authorize any magisterial district therein to borrow money and to issue bonds for the purpose of building said roads, and to provide for the payment of such bonds and the interest to accrue thereon, and authorizing the county to issue bonds for any magisterial district road purposes
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Prince George to undertake the building of an improved road from the corporation line of the city of Petersburg to the village of City Point, in the said county, under the direction and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the State highway commission.
An ACT to authorize the director of the legislative reference bureau to employ a sufficient number of clerical assistants to perform the work of the bureau and the stenographic and clerical work of the members of the general assembly during the present legislative session and to purchase codes, acts, journals, files and other books and equipment for the immediate use of said bureau; to appropriate money for such purposes and for the purpose of supplementing the former appropriation for salaries and expenses in connection with said bureau for the current fiscal year.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a special joint committee on publications
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Stanley in Page county, Virginia, approved February 14, 1900. (H. B. 475.)
An ACT for the relief of C. C. Cain.
An ACT to authorize and empower the council of the town of Chilhowie, in the county of Smyth, to borrow money and issue bonds for equipment of the fire department, and for the construction and improvement of water and sewerage systems of the said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Spotsylvania county to give rebates or refunds on tolls collected from those traveling the improved roads of said county who have made or shall hereafter make private subscriptions to the building of roads or bridges in said county and to those residing four miles or less from any toll gate and habitually using four miles or less of improved road and limiting the toll rates
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to enable incorporated towns and cities to contribute to the building or improvement of public roads and bridges and to the purchase of such bridges as may be so needed and are owned either by corporations or individuals, leading to such towns or cities
An ACT to establish an art commission for the State of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section seven hundred and fifty-three of the Code of Virginia, in relation to State depositories.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fisca! years ending respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1917, and the 28th day of February, 1918.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide for State money aid in addition to convict labor for the improvement of public roads
An ACT to empower the council of the town of Clarksville, in the county of Mecklenburg, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an electric lighting plant in said town
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 5, 1900, entitled an act to provide for the establishment, alteration, discontinuance and working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Giles county, and to punish obstructions of the road commissioners in the discharge of their duties, and also to punish road officials of Giles county for any neglect of their official duties, approved March 14, 1904, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 2538, extra session 1902-3-4, of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled an act providing for the working, opening and keeping in repair the roads in Cumberland county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of roads and bridges in Dinwiddie county
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890 and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Charlotte county to sell and convey the poor-house farm, belonging to the said county, or any part thereof, and to employ land agents to make sale of the said farm.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to make appropriations in aid of the Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Crewe, in Nottoway county, Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement in Lexington magisterial district, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in accordance with an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 13, 1912, entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement of the magisterial districts of the counties of the State; to further provide that the order of the issuing of bonds in the Lexington magisterial district of Rockbridge county shall be issued by the circuit court of said county upon the petition of twenty-five freeholders of the Lexington magisterial district outside of the corporate limits of the town of Lexington.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1484 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended in relation to annual reports of treasurers and clerks of district boards to county board.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 10, 11, 46, 47, 68 and 118% of an act 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, approved April 16, 1903, and acts amendatory thereof, and to add three new sections thereto designated respectively, section 86% providing for a license tax on collection agencies, and sections 86% and 36% providing for the taxation of water, heat, light and power companies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to license and regulate the running of automobiles, locomobiles and other vehicles and conveyances, whose motive power is other than animal power, along and over public highways of this State; to provide for the registration of the same; to provide uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations and for the licensing of chauffeurs, and to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate the running of automobiles, locomobiles and other vehicles and conveyances whose motive power is other than animals, along and over the public highways of this State; to provide for the registration of the same; to provide uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof, and to prescribe for the violation of said rules, approved March 17, 1910; and further, to provide for licensing dealers and garages and for running motor vehicles for hire, and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act. And to further provide for the payment of fees collected under this act into the State treasury and the expenditure of same in the maintenance and construction of State aid roads and bridges.
An ACT to authorize the State highway commissioner to establish a convict camp at Catawba sanatorium for the purpose of constructing necessary roads, walks and such other improvements as may be agreed upon by the State highway commissioner and the State health commissioner, and prescribing the manner in which the expenses of such force shall be paid.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Western Branch magisterial district, No. 1, of the county of Norfolk, Virginia, to borrow money for the purpose of school improvements in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not to exceed the sum of $15,000 in amount.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of King and Queen county to borrow, from time to time, the sum of $5,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to continue the improvement of the public roads of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly, approved March 12, 1912, entitled, an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly, approved March 4, 1894, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, constructing, maintaining and working of the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation; and repeal any act in conflict therewith, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 24, 1914, entitled an act to add independent section ll-a to an act approved March 12, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly, approved March 4, 1894, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, construction, maintaining and working the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation, and to repeal any act in conflict therewith.
An ACT to provide for the indexing of deeds and other records in ledgerized general index books.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Hanover county to appropriate a sum not to exceed three hundred dollars in any one year for the purpose of aiding district and county fairs.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Tazewell county to issue additional bonds of Tazewell county, to pay off and discharge indebtedness incurred for work done and materials furnished in macadamizing and otherwise permanently improving the public roads and bridges of the several districts of said county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to invest, use and apply any part of the sinking fund created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of the $700,000 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds
An ACT to require the supervisors of Middlesex county to superintend the repairing of public roads in their respective districts and to provide compensation for such services.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Round Hill in the county of Loudoun, approved February 5, 1900, approved March 24, 1914.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1507 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the approximate apportionment and disbursement of State school funds.
An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to employ the attorneys for the Commonwealth, in the several counties and cities, to take steps and institute actions at law or suits in equity for the recovery of taxes on personal property, money and income returned delinquent and to provide for the compensation of the attorneys and to require bond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 120 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution, approved April 16, 1903, and acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT to provide for the payment of road bonds of the county of Orange for Barbour district, of said county, by use of road funds of said district and by levy.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Amelia to borrow from time to time the sum of $5,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to continue the improvement of the public reads of said county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of counties of Alleghany, Bath and Highland to appropriate money for the purchase, maintenance and operation of motor trucks to be used in building and keeping in repair roads in their respective counties.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Alleghany county and of the incorporated towns of Covington and Iron Gate the question of whether or not the board of supervisors of said county shall borrow the sum of $100,000.00 to be used in the building of public roads in Alleghany county, Virginia; and to permanently improve the present roads in said county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to establish and maintain a system of public high schools and to appropriate money therefor
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Isle of Wight, in its discretion, to contribute out of the general county levy, a sum of money to be expended in the building and erection of a public service building to be erected at what is known as “Burwell’s Bay” in the county of Isle of Wight.
An ACT to authorize the rector and visitors of the University of Virginia to enter into a contract with Dr. William E. Hopkins in regard to a conditional donation and to enter into contracts of a similar nature with others.
An ACT to allow C. H. Mathews, his successor or assigns, to build a wharf on the York river, near Croaker, upon a site leased by him from the county of James City.
An ACT to provide for the relief and detention by commitment to the Western State hospital of any person who through use of alcoholic liquors or habit forming drugs has become dangerous to the public or himself, or unable to care for himself or his property or family, or has become a burden on the public, his family or any other person.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 8 and 9 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and the 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, approved April 16, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An Act to authorize Northampton county to borrow money and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), for the purpose of building, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of Capeville magisterial district in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 780 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1898 (chapter 959, acts 1897-98), so as to impose certain duties upon Commonwealth’s attorneys in regard to the collection of fines and costs and to allow them compensation therefor.
An ACT to prevent undue publicity of income tax returns.