Public expenditures

1932
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 17, 19-f and 23 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of directors of the Central State Hospital to grant an easement over a strip of land extending through the Central State Hospital property from the northwestern right of way line of the Seaboard ‘Air Line Railway to the United States highway, route number 1.
An ACT to provide for the assessment and equalization of the assessment of real estate in cities containing more than one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants.
An ACT to provide for the Virginia commission on county govern-ment making a study of the fee system of compensation of public officers, and making report to the governor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 188 of the Tax Code of Virginia relating to licenses of merchants.
An ACT to authorize the school boards of the cities of Roanoke, Danville and Portsmouth to purchase and own textbooks and to let them out to pupils on a rental basis.
An ACT to prescribe how, and for what purpose, gifts of money, entrance fees and concession fees, and certain other funds accruing from, on account of, or to the use of any State park, or parks, shall be used.
An ACT for the relief of King’s Daughters’ Hospital, at Staunton,
An ACT to provide for the collection and disposal of taxes which prior to the segregation of land and tangible personal property to the localities, were assessed upon land and tangible personal property for any State purpose or purposes, and which are now delinquent; and to repeal an act entitled an act to extend and complete the segregation of taxes upon real estate and tangible personal property and to provide that all taxes which were assessed thereon for State purposes, and which on June 16, 1930 were delinquent, shall be paid to the county, city or town in which the land now lies or in which the tangible personal property was assessed
An ACT to amend 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 code sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide penalties for the violation thereof," approved March 27, 1928, as heretofore amended, by adding thereto a new section to be numbered section 53-a empowering certain courts to authorize receivers for banks, appointed by such courts, to borrow money or arrange for advances from certain agencies for the purpose of paying depositors the amounts, in whole or in part, of their deposits.
An ACT for the relief of W. B. Cassel.
An ACT to permit certain appropriations and expenditures be made
An ACT for the relief of the Seaboard Citizens National Company, Incorporated.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 542 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended by an act approved March 22, 1920, relating to county levies for forest protection, improvement and management.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4960 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation for officers for services in certain cases where no other compensation is provided, and to amend and re-enact section 2860 of the Code of Virginia, relating to records to be kept by jailors; how time deducted or added.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 12, 12% and 46 of chapter 159 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 10, 1928, which chapter is an act to provide a general road law applicable in all the counties of the Commonwealth; to provide for the location, construction, maintenance, control, jurisdiction, and supervision over all the public roads in the Commonwealth other than roads in the State highway system; to provide for the county and district road funds and the disbursement thereof and accounting therefor; to authorize the employment by the several counties of a county road engineer or a county manager; to provide for free advice and aid from the State highway commission; to authorize elections in the several counties to determine as to the employment of a county road engineer or county manager; and repealing certain sections of the Code of Virginia, certain special road laws and inconsistent acts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5985 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to exemptions from jury service.
An ACT for the relief of E. E. Holloway.
An ACT to provide for the issuance of bonds by the county school boards of the counties of this State, for the purpose of funding or refunding notes and/or certificates of indebtedness issued by any county, or by or on behalf of any school district, for school purposes in such county, or school district, prior to January 1, 1932.
An ACT to authorize boards of supervisors of counties, in their discretion, to temporarily transfer a portion of the road funds derived from the State tax on gasoline and other motor vehicle fuels and from local levies, to the school funds for use during the present school year, where the same may be necessary to prevent the schools from closing before the expiration of an
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4259, 4260 and 4261 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessment or co-operative life and casualty corporations, companies, societies or associations, \| [H B 231]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4988, subsection 26 of the Code of Virginia, 1930.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2727 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the raising of money for county ae
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 2096-b relating to authorizing the State prison board to enter into agreements with counties, towns, and State departments to construct and maintain roads and streets and to do other public work, and for such purposes establishing and providing for supervision, regulation, and maintenance of convict camps; and appropriating money for such purposes.
An ACT for the relief of W. B. Henson.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 403 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1922, said chapter being an act to create a State highway commission, et cetera, approved March 24, 1922, as heretofore amended, the section here amended being in relation to adding additional mileage to the State highway system.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 20 and 31 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Bluefield, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 542-a, relating to recovery of expenses incurred by the State and counties in fighting forest, brush-land and waste-land fires.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and to repeal the existing charter of said city, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2071 of the Code of Virginia, relative to the collection of ferriage and tolls on ferries and toll bridges.

1933es
An ACT to enable counties, cities and towns to secure the benefits of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, approved June 16, 1933, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, and any acts amendatory thereof and any acts supplemental thereto and revisions thereof.
An ACT to authorize and empower the State Board of Education to waive or modify certain statutory limitations and restrictions on making loans from the literary fund to county and city school boards, and to confer on the State Board of Education discretionary powers in lending money from the literary fund to school boards, for the purpose of enabling school boards to meet, to comply with and to take advantage of the provisions of an act of the Congress of the United States, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4211 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to deposits of bonds with the Treasurer.
An ACT to authorize the board of directors of Eastern State Hospital, at Williamsburg, to convey a certain portion of the real estate belonging to the said hospital, to the city of Williamsburg as a site for a unified sewerage disposal plant.
An ACT to legalize, regulate and control the manufacture, bottling, sale and disposition of certain fermented beverages containing low alcohol content.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 9 of an act entitled 'An act to provide for licensing dealers in motor fuel; to require certain reports by such dealers and certain other persons; to levy a tax upon motor fuel; to provide for its collection; to appropriate the revenue raised by the same; to prescribe penalties for violations; and to repeal an act of the General Assembly entitled, an act to levy a tax upon motor vehicle fuel; to provide for its collection; to appropriate revenue raised by the same, and to prescribe penalties, approved March 26, 1923, and to repeal all acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act,' approved March 23, 1932. [H. B. 55]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 53-a 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 Code sections and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith, and to provide penalties for the violations thereof, approved March 27, 1928, said section 53-a having been added to said act by chapter 140 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932. [S. B. 36]
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Shenandoah Valley Academy, of Winchester, Virginia, to contract a debt and to secure the payment of the same by deed of trust on real estate held by said trustees.
An ACT to provide for the removal of certain provisions of charters of cities and towns so as to permit compliance with an act of the Congress of the United States, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, with regard to public works projects.
An ACT to encourage State and national industrial recovery by co-operating with the national government in fostering fair competition; and to that end to authorize the utilization of State and local officers and employees by the President of the United States; to prescribe the force and effect in Virginia of codes of fair competition, agreements and licenses, approved, prescribed or issued under an act of the Congress of the United States, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933; and to prescribe penalties for violations of any such code, agreement or license.
An ACT to provide relief for persons assessed with county or district levies, or other local taxes, on real estate and personal property, for the purpose of paying the interest and principal thereof, of bonds which are declared void by the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2073 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, and to further amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections numbered 2073-a and 2073-b, all pertaining to the State convict road force, the employment of convicts and misdemeanants, and the purchase of articles produced and manufactured thereby.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 350 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the receipt and disbursement of money paid to county treasurers for the accounts of the Commonwealth and the counties.
An ACT to secure for the people of Virginia benefits under Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, relating to public works and construction projects, thereby co-operating with the President in national recovery; to provide for receiving, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, of grants and advances from the United States under the National Industrial Recovery Act for projects for construction, repair and improvement of public highways and bridges, and for the expenditure of same; and for the repayment of advances from the motor vehicle fuel tax.
An ACT to provide for the holding of an election on the following question: Shall statewide prohibition be continued or shall a plan of liquor control be adopted, to prescribe the qualifications of voters and the method of holding said elections and of ascertaining the results thereof; to provide for the appointment of a committee to prepare and present to the General Assembly at its next regular session a bill or bills for carrying into effect the will of the people as disclosed by the majority vote in the said election; and to make an appropriation to defray the expenses of the said aes
An ACT to empower the boards of supervisors of the counties to release the liability for interest, penalties and accrued costs on unpaid county and district taxes for any year or years prior to and including the year nineteen hundred and thirty-two if such taxes are paid prior to June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, and to release the county treasurers and/or clerks of court of counties in which the board of supervisors have taken such action from liability for such penalties, interest and costs in all cases where taxes are paid prior to June fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-four.
An ACT to authorize and empower the treasurer of Wise county, with the consent and approval of the board of supervisors, to sell for cash before maturity, any bonds of said county or of its districts, owned and held in any sinking fund of said county, and to exchange such bonds which have not matured for bonds which have matured; to ratify and validate purchases of certain bonds by said treasurer, and to declare any such bonds so sold or exchanged, valid and binding obligations of said county or magisterial district on behalf of which originally issued.
An ACT making additional appropriation for legislating for the State and to provide especially for the expenses of this extra session of the General Assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 10 and 12 of an act entitled an act to provide for the creation of sanitary districts in counties of the State adjoining a city having a population, according to the last preceding United States census, of one hundred and seventy thousand inhabitants or more; to prescribe the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of such counties as to the construction, acquisition, maintenance and operation of water supply, sewerage, heat, light and power and gas systems in such districts; and to provide for the issuance of county bonds; to provide funds for establishing and operating such public utilities in said sanitary districts, approved March 17, 1926, as heretofore amended, so as to provide for the issuance of district bonds instead of county bonds as provided in said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of the Virginia building and loan association act, approved March 5, 1932. [S. B. 9]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5431 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to securities in which fiduciaries may invest or exchange.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19-f of the charter of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act authorizing cities containing not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand population, according to the last preceding United States census, to provide for the annual assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate,
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 230 of the Tax Code of Virginia, in relation to special taxes on the properties of certain classes of public service companies for rate-making and other purposes, and to appropriate the revenues provided by this act for carrying out the purposes of the same.
An ACT to authorize and empower the State Commission on Conservation and Development for the purpose of co-operating with the government of the United States in reducing and relieving unemployment and in conserving natural resources, and to extend the park system of the Commonwealth, to purchase or otherwise acquire for park purposes real estate within the Commonwealth and for such purpose to appropriate the sum of $50,000.00.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of an act entitled an act to provide for the creation of sanitary districts in any county adjacent to a city having a population of thirty thousand, or more, according to the latest United States census; to prescribe the powers and duties of the boards of supervisors of such counties as to the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of water supply, sewerage, heat, light, power and gas systems in such districts; to provide for the issuance of bonds to raise funds for establishing of such public utilities in such districts, and to provide for the maintenance thereof, and for the payment of such bonds, approved March 27, 1930, so as to provide for the creation of sanitary districts in any county in the State and to provide for the issuance of sanitary district bonds.
An ACT to authorize the State Commission on Conservation and Development, the town of Virginia Beach, and any agency of the Federal government to open, clear, deepen and widen channels from Chesapeake Bay through Lynnhaven Inlet, Long Creek, Broad Bay and Linkhorn Bay, in the county of Princess Anne; to confer the right of eminent domain for such purpose; and to authorize the town of Virginia Beach to participate in, and take advantage of the provisions of an act of the Congress of the United States, approved June 16, 1933, and known as the National Industrial Recovery Act.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to relieve counties of Virginia of, and to assist certain cities and towns in, the maintenance and improvement, including construction and reconstruction, of certain roads, causeways, streets, bridges, landings and wharves; to establish a secondary system of State highways; for such purpose to prescribe the rights, powers, duties, and authority of the local road authorities, the State Department of Highways, the State Highway Commission, and the State Highway Commissioner; to prohibit certain local levies; to appropriate and allocate funds for the purpose of this act; to provide for elections in counties for withdrawal from the provisions of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, approved March 31, 1932, by adding thereto a new section to be designated as 11-a, providing the manner in which any county withdrawing from the operation of said act may bring itself back under the operation thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact a portion of an act entitled 'An act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 1933, and the thirtieth day of June, 1934,' approved March 18, 1932, the portion amended and re-enacted being a part of the said act making an appropriation to the State Commission on Conservation and Development for acquisition of area for the Shenandoah National Park.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2158 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to security to be given by depositories of State money.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act entitled 'An act to abolish all school districts in the counties of Roanoke, Pittsyl-vania and Pulaski, and establish each such county as the unit for all school purposes except representation; to prescribe the composition of the county school boards of said counties; to transfer to, and vest in the county school boards all property acquired, and in any way held, for the use of special town school districts in said counties; to require the county school boards to assume, and provide for the payment of all bonds and other valid obligations of all school districts; to prohibit the issuing of any bonds or creating of any other form of indebtedness as a charge against any school district; to prohibit district levies for any school purpose; to provide for county levies for all necessary school purposes, including capital expenditures and the payment of indebtedness; to provide for transferring to the county school boards all balances of school funds in the hands of, or standing to the credit of school districts and/or special or separate, town district school boards; to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with any of the provisions of this act, and to provide for approval of this act by the school boards and boards of supervisors of said counties before the same shall become effective,' approved March 31, 1932, so as to bring the county of Fairfax, within the terms of this act, to continue the town of Herndon as a separate school district for representation only, and to continue the town of Falls Church, as a separate school district and to exclude the same from the terms of this act.

1934
An ACT granting to the town of Chincoteague all right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in a certain tract of marsh land lying between the Chincoteague island and the mainland.
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 and sailors, and in erecting and caring for markers and monuments to said soldiers and sailors.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Mecklenburg to levy and collect district school taxes in South Hill district of the county, for the payment of existing district indebtedness, at a rate, or rates, necessary to produce funds sufficient for such purposes.
An ACT for the relief of Irvin Clore.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2723 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the sale, exchange and control of county property by supervisors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to authorize and empower the State Board of Education to waive or modify certain statutory limitations and restrictions on making loans from the literary fund to county and city school boards, and to confer on the State Board of Education discretionary powers in lending money from the literary fund to school boards, for the purpose of enabling school boards to meet, to comply with and take advantage of the provisions of an act of the Congress of the United States, known as the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, approved September 13, 1933.
An ACT for the relief of O. G. Jackson.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4938 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the cost of printing records, and to certain sections applicable to criminal and civil cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2727 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the raising of money for county purposes.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county which alone constitutes a judicial circuit, to issue new bonds for the purpose of refunding and/or funding certain outstanding county and district bonds of such county, in which the full faith and credit of the county is pledged for the payment thereof, and to exchange such new bonds for bonds to be so retired.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act entitled an act requiring persons, firms, corporations and associations owning, controlling, operating or managing motor vehicles used as common carriers for the transportation of persons and/or property for compensation on the public highways of this State to obtain registration plates or markers, and prescribing and imposing certain taxes and/or license fees and/or charges and providing for the collection, payment and disposition of the same, and providing for the enforcement of this act and for punishment of violations thereof, approved March 26, 1932.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 38 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, approved March 21, 1928, as heretofore amended, defining the powers of the council of said city and relating to when certain ordinances shall be published and take effect.
An ACT to provide additional funds for the operation of the banking division of the State Corporation Commission by authorizing and giving the State Corporation Commission power to increase the fees and assessments for examination, supervision, registration and licensing of State banks and trust companies, national banks, building and loan associations, industrial loan associations, credit unions and small loan companies, to expend the same and for other purposes.
An ACT to identify and provide for the maintenance, operation, control and management of the DeJarnette State Sanatorium; to provide how patients may be received therein; to provide for the distribution and use of revenues derived therefrom and to appropriate the same; and to repeal all acts in conflict therewith.

An ACT to authorize and empower the council of the city of Hampton to convey all the right, title and interest of the said city in and to a certain portion of Shield street to Virginia Public Service Company in exchange for certain other real estate in said city.
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Charlottesville, approved March 24, 1922, as amended by an act approved March 21, 1928, by amending and re-enacting sections 23 and 24.
An ACT for the relief of J. M. Blackwell.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 41 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Waynesboro, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered section 5371-a in order to provide for the appointment and qualification of personal representatives and guardians in certain cases without security; to exempt certain estates from taxes and court costs, and to repeal ia 293 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, approved March 16
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 157 of the Tax Code of Virginia, relating to licenses on theatrical and other performances, exhibitions, etc.
An ACT to authorize the Director of the Division of Markets, with the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration, to co-operate with Federal officials, national, district and State committees and supervisory bodies in establishing and enforcing codes and marketing agreements adopted under the Federal Agricultural Adjustment Act and amendments thereto and other similar Acts of Congress; to make agreements for carrying out the provisions of this act and the Federal Agricultural Adjustment Act and amendments thereto and other similar Acts of Congress; to appoint, supervise and dismiss inspectors and representatives for carrying out the purposes of this act; to receive fees and moneys for carrying out the purposes of this act and to provide for the distribution thereof; to adopt and make effective any or all codes and agreements approved by Federal officials under the Agricultural Adjustment Act and acts amendatory thereto and similar Acts of Congress; to provide that such code or marketing agreement when approved by the Governor shall become effective in intrastate commerce in this State; and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act entitled an act to require the board of supervisors of the counties and the councils or other governing bodies of cities and towns to prepare and publish annual budgets, to hold public hearings thereon, and to give publicity to proposed increases in the local tax levies; to provide for regular audits by the State Accountant in the counties, and to prescribe the duties and powers of such accountant in reference thereto, approved March 26, 1926, as heretofore amended.
An ACT authorizing the councils or other governing bodies of cities and incorporated towns to provide for municipal planning; providing for the creation, organization and powers of municipal planning commissions.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 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 and re-enacted by an act approved March 18, 1915, fixing a maximum town levy and maximum capitation tax for said town.
An ACT to amend chapter 6 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, approved March 10, 1908, by adding a new section thereto to be designated as section 70-a, providing that the council of said city may establish a system of pensions for injured, retired or superannuated members of the police and fire departments and prescribing how funds may be raised for such purposes.
An ACT to authorize and empower the State Board of Education to make loans from the literary fund to counties, cities and towns, and to authorize and empower boards of supervisors, councils and other governing bodies of counties, cities and towns for and on behalf of such counties, cities and towns to borrow such moneys from the State Board of Education, for the purpose of maintaining and operating the public free schools in such counties, cities and towns for terms of eight months; to provide for making such loans, the payment of the principal of and interest on the same, and the pledging of certain unpaid local levies to secure such payment; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 31 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, approved March 15, 1910, relating to collecting the city revenues.
An ACT to provide for the refunding of certain certificates of indebtedness of the par value of $2,000,000.00, issued under an act entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties, or otherwise, the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to anticipate by counties or otherwise the construction of the State highway system, approved March 15, 1920, approved March 21, 1924; to provide for the issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness of the Commonwealth of Virginia to repay the sums advanced to the State under the provisions of the aforesaid acts and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on the said certificates of indebtedness and the principal thereof at maturity, approved March 19, 1926, by authorizing and directing the issuance and sale of $2,000,000.00 par value certificates of indebtedness and/or notes of the Commonwealth of Virginia; and to provide for the payment of interest on such certificates of indebtedness and/or notes, and the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to repeal sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of an act entitled an act to provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of the public roads and bridges in Giles county, other than such as are included in the State highway system, and to provide for the issuing of county bonds for the construction, reconstruction and permanent improvement of the roads and bridges, embraced in the county highway system, approved February 10, 1920, and any and all amendments of said sections or any of them, and to provide when the repeal of the various sections shall become effective.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 565 of the Code of Virginia, concerning the services of the Auditor of Public Accounts to counties and cities.
An ACT to legalize, regulate and control the manufacture, bottling, sale, distribution, transportation, handling, advertising, possession, dispensing, drinking and use of alcohol, brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, wine, beer, lager beer, ale, porter, stout, and all liquids, beverages and articles containing alcohol obtained by distillation, fermentation or otherwise; to create a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and to define and provide for the functions, duties and powers thereof; to provide for the appointment, suspension, removal, compensation, costs, and expenses of such Board and its members, officers, agents and employees; to provide for licensing and taxing manufacturers, bottlers, wholesalers and retailers of alcohol, brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, wine, beer, lager beer, ale, porter, stout, and all liquids, beverages and articles containing alcohol, by the State and the counties, cities, and towns thereof; to impose excise taxes on such liquids, beverages and articles; to appropriate money for the administration of the act and to provide for the disposition of revenues collected under the act; to provide for the confiscation and disposition of articles declared contraband hereunder; to authorize the dismissal and termination of pending warrants, indictments, charges and prosecutions involving violations of laws, ordinances and by-laws pertaining to liquids, beverages and articles containing alcohol, to authorize the restoration of certain property seized in connection therewith, and to authorize the suspension of sentences imposed for violations of such laws, ordinances and by-laws; to make provision whereby the penalties for the violation of acts repealed by this act may be the same as those provided in this act; to impose penalties for violations of the act; to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to provide that this act shall constitute and be designated and cited as “The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 297 of the Tax Code of Virginia, in relation to the collection of city and town taxes.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia; to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State.
An ACT for the relief of W. H. Williams and Company, Incorporated, W. H. Harris Grocery Company, Incorporated, Nelson Canning Company, C. G. Reaburn, Staples Grocery Company, Incorporated, Phillips-Lewis Company, Incorporated, Curtice Brothers Company, Barrow, Penn and Company, Banner Fuel Corporation and Smokeless Fuel Corporation.
An ACT to amend sections 12 and 19 of the charter of the town of Farmville, Virginia, approved March 12, 1912. [H B 387]
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 580 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Division of Statutory Research and Drafting.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 33 thereof a new section numbered 698-a, providing for the levying of taxes and the appropriation of moneys in counties, cities and towns for public school purposes, and to repeal section 698 of the Code of Virginia pertaining to the same matter.
An ACT for the relief of Saunders Brothers, of the county of Nelson.