Public expenditures

1922
An ACT to create county school boards; to prescribe the powers, duties, obligations and compensation of such boards; to provide that, in counties, the county school board shall be the unit of operation of the public free school system; and to abolish district school boards in counties, and county school boards as they may exist on September 1, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact 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, by adding a new section to be known as section 441%, imposing a tax upon the transfer at death of the personal property of non-residents, and providing penalties for the violation of this section.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Blacksburg, in Montgomery county, to issue bonds and to borrow money for the purpose of improving the streets of the said town
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania county to borrow a sum not exceeding $250,000.00 to be used for general county purposes, including public free schools, public roads and bridges, and to pay the indebtedness of said county incurred under act of the general assembly, approved February 4, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Warren county to borrow certain sums of money not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and issue bonds therefor, for the permanent improvement and construction of certain roads in Front Royal, Cedarville, and Fork magisterial districts of said county, approved September 9, 1919.
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 enlargement and other improvement of its water supply system, sewers and streets.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Franklin county to erect and maintain toll gates on the improved roads of said county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Culpeper county to borrow not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of resurfacing and patching Madison road between the corporation line and Salem district line in Catalpa magisterial district of said county; and to require the said board to levy a tax to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity
An ACT authorizing the town council of the town of Eastville in Northampton county to borrow not exceeding $15,000, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of grading, draining, paving and otherwise improving the streets in the said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to create the city of Hopewell, in the county of Prince George; to provide temporary and permanent officers for its organization and management and to authorize the assessment and collection of revenue necessary for the permanent improvement and government of said city, approved February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended by an act approved March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty.
An ACT requiring county and city treasurers to account for interest received upon funds of the State, or of any political subdivision thereof, and providing penalty for violation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2780 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the town of Front Royal to issue bonds in a sum not exceeding $25,000.00, and expend the proceeds arising from the sale thereof, or so much as may be necessary for the enlargement, improvement, repair and maintenance of the electric lighting plant and water system now owned by said town; and to provide by proper tax levy or appropriation for the payment of interest -on the bonds so issued and to create a sinking fund to retire said bonds at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 45, 46, 61 and 69 of an act entitled an act to prevent industrial accidents; to provide medical and surgical care for injured employees; to establish rates of compensation for personal injuries or deaths sustained by employees in the course of employment; to provide methods for insuring the payment of such compensation; to create an industrial commission for the administration of this act, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission; to levy a tax and appropriate funds for the administration of this act
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2546 and 2550 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3181 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the State highway commissioner to sell and convey houses and lands appurtenant thereto, formerly used as tollhouses, on Road No. 6 in the State highway system, in Frederick county, Virginia, between Winchester by way of Gore to the West Virginia line, formerly known as Northwestern turnpike road.
An ACT to provide for building and permanently improving the public roads and bridges in the magisterial districts of Washington county, Virginia, or any magisterial district therein; to authorize the board of supervisors of Washington county to issue bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement or construction in any or all of the magisterial districts in said county, on a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters in such district or districts; and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds; and a levy for maintenance of the sinking fund and maintenance and upkeep of said roads, and to provide for the construction or improvement of such roads and bridges.
An ACT to amend sections 80, 81, and 82 of the charter of the city of Portsmouth approved March '10, 1908, to provide for a sinking fund and the management thereof by a board of sinking fund commissioners.
An ACT to authorize, empower and direct the board of supervisors of the county.of Princess Anne to borrow money by the issue of bonds in the aggregate sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), for the purpose of building and improving school buildings in Pungo magisterial district in said county; to sell the said bonds; to provide for the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof and to authorize the school board for Pungo district of Princess Anne county to dispense the funds so obtained.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of Prince George and Surry counties to enact special and local legislation for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges of the said counties, and for the protection of the lives and property of persons using such roads, and providing compensation for special services rendered by supervisors, and to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the boards of supervisors of Prince George and Surry counties to enact special and local legislation for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges of the said counties, approved March 16, 1920.
An ACT to authorize and empower the town of Orange to borrow not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars to be used for street improvement purposes, and to issue bonds therefor; and if such bonds be issued, to provide for the payment of the interest thereon and the principal: thereof at maturity.
An ACT authorizing the school board of South Hill school dis- district, in the county of Mecklenburg, to borrow money, not to exceed $45,000, for building a school house in the town of South Hill, in said ws
An ACT to permit Harwood Bristow, of the county of Accomac, to build a bridge across Warrington branch of Onancock creek in said county.
An ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the Virginia State treasury in aid of duly organized Confederate memorial associations of this State, having in charge, and that expend such money upon, cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers or sailors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the school board of Bellefonte school district, of the county of Nottoway, Virginia to borrow money for the purpose of erecting a high school building at Blackstone in said district, and to issue bonds therefor not to exceed the sum of forty thousand dollars in amount, approved March 19, 1920, and to increase the amount of bonds authorized by said act to sixty thousand dollars.
An ACT to require commitment to the State board of charities and corrections of certain misdemeanants on indeterminate sentences; and to provide what disposition said board may make of such persons.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 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.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3160 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to validate the issuance and sale of eighty-five thousand dollars street and school improvement bonds of the town of Franklin, and to provide for the payment thereof.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Craig county to borrow money and issue notes therefor.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Bath county to issue bonds or other obligations of said county for a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of financing road construction in said county and to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof
An ACT to authorize and provide for the expenditure of the surplus of the proceeds of the road bonds issued by the county of Henry, pursuant to the road bond election held on the twenty-eighth day of June, 1921, in the construction and improvement of public roads in said county, in addition to those designated in the order of election; and for the construction of bridges on the aforesaid designated roads and on the said additional roads; and for the appointment, by the circuit court of Henry county, of a commission to act jointly with the State highway commissioner or road engineer, in inspecting and receiving any work done under or by virtue of this act.
An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm bonds heretofore and hereafter issued on elections heretofore held authorizing the issuance of such bonds by any county of the State for the purpose of rec or otherwise improving public roads or bridges of magisterial ae said county.
An ACT to regulate motion picture films and reels; providing a system of examination, approval and regulation thereof, and of the banners, posters and other like advertising matter used in connection therewith; creating the board of censors; and providing penalties for the violation
An ACT authorizing the convict lime board to borrow not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars on the lime grinding plant at Irvington; in case the said loan cannot be effected, to lease the said plant for not exceeding two years; also authorizing the said board to sell the lime now in storage at said plant in any way it may consider to be to the best interests of the State.
An ACT to authorize the postponement of the payment of the sum of $16,000.00 and interest due by the school board of Ettrick sub-school district, of Chesterfield county, to the literary fund.
An ACT to create the Virginia commission for the blind, to define its duties, and to make appropriation for its maintenance.
An ACT to create a State highway commission; to provide for a chairman thereof; and to prescribe the powers, duties and the compensation of the commission and chairman; and to provide for a State highway commissioner; to create road construction districts; to provide for the apportionment among them of road construction funds, and to provide for road construction, improvement, maintenance and preservation, also to repeal sections 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974 and 1975 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish a State highway commission; to define its powers and duties; the term of office, salary and qualifications of the commissioner; to authorize the commission to call into consultation the professors of engineering in certain State institutions, and appropriating money to carry the provisions of this act into effect, approved March 6, 1906; to provide for the appointment of a commission, and fixing their term of office; to give to said commission the power of eminent domain, the power to make and enforce rules and regulations governing the traffic and use of the State highway system, not in conflict with the laws of this State, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations, approved September 5, 1919, and to repeal all other sections of the Code and acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 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 of said county; to authorize the erection of tollgates and the collection of tolls upon certain public roads therein; and making certain provisions for the construction, working, maintenance, etc., of said roads, and to levy a tax for said purposes in said county and in the several magisterial districts 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 the laws heretofore in effect in said county.
An ACT to legalize, validate, and confirm a certain ordinance of the city of Charlottesville approved by the mayor on May 7, 1920, and a certain election held in the city of Charlottesville June 8, 1920, both of which relate to the negotiation of a city loan of not exceeding $953,000.00, and to the issuance by the city of coupon bonds therefor, and to legalize, validate and confirm all other proceedings of the said city, its officials and agents relating to the said loan and the said bond issues and to authorize the mayor and councils of the city to proceed to issue and sell such bonds to the amount of $935,000.00 for. the following municipal purposes; $200,000.00 for water supply; $50,000.00 for sewers; $35,000.00 for gas; $25,000.00 for existing unbonded debt; $480,000.00 for strects; $125,000.00 for government buildings, and $20,000.00 for fire department equipment; and to declare said bonds, when executed, valid and binding obligations of the city of Charlottesville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4067 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act, imposing public duties on heat, light, power, water and telephone companies and providing for the control and regulation of such companies by the State Corporation Commission, which was approved March 27, 1914, as heretofore amended, approved March 15, 1918.
An ACT to validate the issuance and sale of one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars water and light bonds of the town of Franklin, and to provide for payment thereof.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Stafford county to levy a tax upon certain property for the purpose of erecting a court- house, county offices and a jail in said county.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Stafford county to discontinue the levy heretofore laid in said county known as the ares levy upon certain conditions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3466 of the Code of Virginia, fixing the salary of the judge of the first judicial circuit.
An ACT to permit turnpike companies to regulate and control travel and traffic on turnpike roads.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to construct the uncompleted portion of the Eagle Rock to Fincastle permanent road in Botetourt county, and to provide for issuing warrants on levies for not exceeding fifteen years in the Fincastle magisterial district to pay the expenses thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 10, 22, 23, 56 and 65 of an act approved April 2, 1902, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and to repeal all oon acts with reference thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 10, 11 and 23 of the charter of the town of Salem, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow $40,000 and to issue notes therefor for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness existing against the county road fund and the general county fund of said county.
An ACT to require State departments, officers, boards and commissions now required to make annual reports, to make bi-ennial reports in lieu thereof.
An ACT to prevent deception in the sale of paint, turpentine, linseed oil and any substitute therefor; to provide for true labels for the same; and providing for enforcement thereof; and providing penalty for the violation thereof.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Albemarle county to negotiate a loan and issue bonds of said county for the purpose of improving the public highways in Samuel Miller magisterial district of said county, and to levy a special district tax in said district to pay said bonds and the interest thereon.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement, in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act approved January 30, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax, as amended by an act approved March 11, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act approved January 30, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Boston in the county of Halifax.
An ACT to validate bonds under chapter 28 of the acts of 1919, in the county of Albemarle.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of visitors of R. E. Lee Camp soldiers home to borrow the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of installing a new heating plant at the soldiers home.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the school board of Butts road magisterial district, No. 4, of the county of Norfolk, to borrow money for the purpose of school improvements in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not exceeding $50,000.00 in amount
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Cumberland county to levy a special district road tax for Hamilton district in Cumberland county, and to pay out of the same certain debts due to contractors for work done on roads in said district.
An ACT to create Arlington sanitary district; conferring certain powers and imposing certain duties on the board of supervisors of Arlington county; granting to said board the power of eminent domain; authorizing the issuance of bonds upon certain conditions; to provide for the construction, maintenance and operation of water supply, drainage, sewerage and refuse disposal systems; and to repeal an act entitled an act to create a sanitary district of Alexandria county; providing for water and sewerage districts, approved March 25, 1920, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to regulate the business of making small loans, by requiring persons charging directly or indirectly a greater rate of compensation than the conventional legal interest rate per annum on loans not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) to any person, to obtain a license; by prescribing the maximum amount of compensation which licensees may charge; by regulating assignments to licensees of salaries or wages earned, or to be earned; by prohibiting false or deceptive advertising concerning such loans; by fixing penalties for violation of certain provisions of this act; by prescribing certain duties of the chief examiner of the banking division of the State corporation commission in respect to licenses; repealing section 81 of the revenue act and all other acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, approved March 23, 1918, sections 14, 16, 17 and 18 of which said act were amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 9, 1920.
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, 1903, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4083 of the Code of Virginia.
An Act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for working, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county
An ACT to appropriate the proceeds of the Glebe lands and other properties belonging to the parishes of Abingdon, Ware and Petsworth districts in the county of Gloucester, and to create a corporation to hold and invest said funds and all other funds now held by the Gloucester charity school, and other donations; also to repeal all general and special laws heretofore passed in any way affecting or pertaining to the Gloucester charity school.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow $60,000 and to issue notes therefor, for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness existing against the county road fund and the general county fund of said county; and to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow $40,000 and to issue notes therefor for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness existing against the county road fund and the general county fund of said county, approved February 17, 1922.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2110 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by chapter 402, Acts of Assembly 1920, and to amend and re-enact sections 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121 and 2122 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to county bonds for road and bridge construction and improvement, and to repeal all acts in so far as the same are in conflict.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow $150,000.0 and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of refunding the outstanding short-term military highway notes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 308 of the Code of Virginia of 1919.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1923, and the 29th day of February, 1924.
An ACT to provide for the drainage of low lands in the county of Princess Anne.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4835 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT authorizing the town council of the town of Halifax in Halifax county to borrow not exceeding $45,000, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of improving streets in the said town; also authorizing the said council to levy a tax on the property in said town to pay the interest on and principal of said bonds.
An ACT to amend an re-enact section 2337 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 18, 1920.
An ACT to prevent the maintenance of suits for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of taxes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 23 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Carroll to let to contract the roads of said county and levy a tax to keep the same in proper repair, as amended by an act, approved February 29, 1892, and February 2, 1894, and acts amendatory thereto, respectively, January 22, 1898, March 7, 1900, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1906, and as amended by an act approved March 15, 1910, and to appoint a county road superintendent; his salary, duties, etc.; the purchase of road machinery, implements, tools, etc.; pay of supervisors, road superintendent, clerk and duties of each; prescribing penalties, etc., and to repeal all special acts in conflict herewith, approved March 24, 1920.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 9 and 13 of an act entitled an act to provide for opening and keeping in repair the public roads of Pulaski county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2431 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved March 16, 1920.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Lee county to issue bonds of said county on behalf of the Yokum Station magisterial district thereof, for a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for the purpose of providing funds to macadamize and otherwise permanently improve a certain road of said district, known as the Keokee road, leading from the Wise county line on top of Dividing Ridge, to the town of Keokee, a distance of approximately three and one-half (3%) miles, and such additional distance beyond and west of Keokee leading to the Lower Crab Orchard country, as can be permanently improved out of such funds; and to levy taxes to pay the interest therton, and to create a sinking fund for the payment of principal of said bonds at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section seven of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial district of the counties of the State, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow a sum not exceeding $100,000.00 to be used in payment of municipal equipment.
An ACT to provide for a municipal terminal or terminals for the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3192 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to fish ladders in Meherrin river and the streams within the counties of Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Louisa, Buckingham, Halifax Pulaski, Montgomery and Grayson and those streams forming the boundaries of Halifax county.
An ACT to provide for the commitment of vagrants or persons who are physically incapable of supporting themselves, and in destitute circumstances, to poorhouses or like institutions.
An ACT to provide how the school board of the Yokum station district, No. 5, of Lee county, may issue bonds of the Yokum station district, No. 5, not exceeding $15,000.00 for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness of said school district and how the said bonds shall be issued and payable, and to provide that said bonds shall be a lien on all the school property of the said district.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Albemarle county to negotiate a loan and issue bonds of said county for the purpose of improving and repairing the courthouse of said county, and to levy a special county tax in said county to pay said bonds and the interest tts thereon.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Nelson county to issue bonds, not exceeding in amount $20,000, for the purpose of constructing roads and bridges in Lovingston magisterial district of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act approved April 16, 1903, entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to effect the separation of the schools for the deaf and the blind at Staunton, and to provide for a commission to make recommendations concerning the establishment of a separate school for the education of the white blind children of Virginia, and appropriating one thousand dollars for the expenses of said commission.
An ACT to create the Hampton Roads port commission, define its duties and powers and to provide funds for carrying on its work.
An ACT to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Charlottesville, and to provide a charter and special form of government for the said city, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Charlottesville.
An ACT to regulate the confession of judgment in the office of the clerk of any court of record in the Commonwealth of Virginia and to prescribe the procedure thereon.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 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.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 54 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Radford, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 16, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 21 of the charter of the town of Lexington, approved April 28, 1874, to validate and confirm all bonds heretofore issued by the town and to authorize the mayor and the council of the town to issue bonds to the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of supplying the town with water.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Galax, situated in part in the county of Carroll and in part in the county of Grayson, and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to provide for opening new roads, and building bridges, and working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Rockbridge county
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Pennington Gap, Lee county, Virginia, by adding thereto seven new sections to be numbered 20 to 26, inclusive; to authorize, under certain conditions, the issuing of bonds for street, road, sewer, and water supply purposes; and to provide for the procurcment, installation and maintenance of a water a system.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow $150,000.00 and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of refunding the out-standing short-term military highway notes.