Public officers

1899/1900
An ACT to amend the ninth and eleventh sections of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton, passed April 9, 1852.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Caroline county to increase the salary of the overseer of the poor of Bowling Green district, in Caroline county.
An ACT to incorporate the city trust company of Newport News.
An ACT to provide for the decrease of the nominal amount of the common capital stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order, building and maintaining the public roads and bridges in the county of Scott, the opening and establishment of new roads, and to provide the funds therefor
An ACT to amend section 848 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 848 of the code of Virginia relating to the compensation of supervisors, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 2, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 26, 1894, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 5, 1894, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 13, 1896, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 14, 1896, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 18, 1897, fixing the per diem and mileage of supervisors in certain counties of the state.
An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the penitentiary to employ assistant clerks when needed or to apportion the clerical work of the penitentiary among those now employed, and to apportion their compensation therefor.
An ACT for the issue of thirty thousand dollars of bonds for the benefit of the fire department of the city of Newport News, and the estab- lishment of a garbage plant in said city.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to provide for a charter of the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, approved February 15, 1882; and to amend and re-enact section 5 of the above mentioned act as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act to provide charter for the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, approved February 14, 1898.
An ACT to allow H. G. Chesley, treasurer of the county of Stafford, Virginia, and his deputies further time to collect unpaid tax tickets now in their hands.
An ACT to allow F. P. Smith, treasurer of Madison county ther time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax ticket which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to allow G. W. Mercer and sons to build a wharf in Rappahannock river, near Cherry Point, Lancaster county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to compensate school trustees, other than clerks, in Westmoreland and Northumberland counties, approved February 2, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 84 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor
An ACT to incorporate the Independence and Grayson railroad company.
An ACT for the relief of John C. Hall, ex-treasurer of Franklin county, to give him and his former deputies powers of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax tickets now in his possession, and for which he has accounted to the proper fiscal agents.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act approved January 16, 1896, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor.
An ACT to authorize and empower the county and corporation courts of the commonwealth, to suspend any treasurer of any county or city, whenever it shall appear from the report of the auditor of public accounts, the board of supervisors, or otherwise, the said treasurer, clerk, or other officer has failed to make settlement or pay over the amount found by such auditor, board of supervisors, &c., to be due from such treasurer, clerk, or other officer, as the law directs; and to authorize and empower said court, or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint some person to discharge the duties of such treasurer, clerk, or other officer, until settlement and payment aforesaid is made.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clifton Forge,
An ACT to prohibit telegraph companies operating in the state of Virginia from contracting against their own negligence.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the fourth subdivision of section 834, code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898.
An ACT for the relief of T. B. Trevillian, sergeant of the town of Ashland, Virginia.
An ACT to allow C. M. Marshall, ex-deputy treasurer of Carroll county, further time within which to distrain and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT for the relief of J. C. Stanly, deputy treasurer of Patrick county.
An ACT to allow John S. Swift further time within which to distrain and levy and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 815 of the code of Virginia, in reference to bonds of city treasurers, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 815, code of Virginia
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An ACT to authorize clerks to enter record on delinquent land books when lands are redeemed from purchaser.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 37 of an act entitled "an act to repeal section 2 of an act approved January 28, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 22 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Charlottesville, approved March 28, 1871, and to amend and re-enact section 7 of said act as amended by an act approved January 31, 1888; also to amend and re-enact sections 31, 32, and $5 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Charlottesville, approved March 28, 1871; and also to amend and re-enact section 37 of an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the city of Charlottesville, approved March 3, 1892," approved February 9, 1894.
An ACT to allow M. L. Price to build a wharf in Machodoc creek
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 164 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 15, 1894, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 164 of the Code of Virginia, so as to allow fourth-class postmasters to act as notaries, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 13, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 164 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 164 of the code of Virginia, so as to allow fourth-class postmasters to act as school trustees, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 164 of the code of Virginia, approved February 23, 1898, so as to allow fourth-class postmasters to act as justices.
An ACT to validate the purchase by the board of supervisors of Frederick county of a lot in the city of Winchester, and to declare the uses therein.
An ACT to allow E. W. Sims, treasurer of Greene county, further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Washington air-line railway company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 3, 1898, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order all the public roads and bridges in the county of Hanover, and to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the appointment of a road commissioner in each magisterial district in Hanover county and to define his duties and powers, approved February 25, 1892.
An ACT for the relief of C. W. Powers, late treasurer of Dickenson county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 709 of code of Virginia of 1887, in relation to compensation of agents.
An ACT to refund to Thomas J. Thornton $17.50 erroneously charged to him by the superintendent of penitentiary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2148 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 743 of the acts of 1893 and 1894, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2135, 2137, 2148, and the independent sections 3, 5, 8, and 10, and to repeal section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, and 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, and to amend and re-enact sections 2150, 2164, and 2182 of the code of Virginia, and to add independent sections thereto, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2145, 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, which was approved March 2, 1894, approved March 5, 1894.
An Act Providing for the Appointment of a State Board of Health, and of Local Boards of Health, Defining the Duties and Powers and Compensation Thereof, and of Their Members, Officers, and Agents, in Connection with the Preservation of Public Health
An ACT regulating the appointment of assessors of lands and lots in the city of Newport News, and providing for compensation of same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 753 of the code of Virginia relating to state depositaries.
An ACT to fix the salary of the board of supervisors of Fauquier
An ACT to allow C. W. Thomas, treasurer of the city of Roanoke, further time to collect certain tax tickets in his hands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Danville and Riverside railway company, approved January 30, 1896.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads in the counties of Alleghany, Bath, and Highland.
An ACT to incorporate old dominion college at the town of Honaker, in Russell county.
An ACT for the relief of D. Mott Robertson, of Appomattox county.
An ACT to provide for the submission to the people of the proposed amendments to sections 1 and 2 of article 7 of the constitution of Virginia, and providing for the consolidation of the spring elections for county and district officers held on the fourth Thursday in May, and providing said elections to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
An ACT for the relief of Warren S. Sholes from the payment of a fine imposed by the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg.

1895/1896
An ACT to approve, ratify and confirm the charter of the Grand order of the peace and light society of King George county, Virginia, which charter was granted in vacation by the judge of the circuit court of King George county on the 4th day of October, 1894.
An Act for the relief of James C. Haynes
An ACT allowing Joseph Fudge, treasurer of Alleghany county, further time to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets and license taxes for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to regulate the salary of the police justice of the city of Norfolk.
An ACT for the relief of John Hargrove, George W. Gates, John W. Bain and W. T. Fisher, deputies of the late Colonel William M. Field, treasurer of Dinwiddie county.
An ACT to permit the governor of Virginia to furnish small arms to the Newport News military academy.
An ACT to allow W. J. Woods, treasurer of Giles county, and his deputies, further time for collecting uncollected taxes in Giles county.
An ACT extending further time to A. O. Burks, treasurer of the city of Buena Vista, for the collection of unpaid taxes due to the common-wealth and to said city.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Smyth county to increase the salary of county judge.
An ACT to authorize the board of education to pay Mrs. W. C. Corson any salary due the estate of Wm. C. Corson, late superintendent of schools of Cumberland county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Fairfax county to increase the allowance of the county treasurer for his services in receiving and disbursing county and school levies, including all moneys collected by order of the county authorities for any purpose.
An ACT in reference to compensation of supervisors of Lee county, Virginia.
An ACT empowering the board of supervisors of Dickenson county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 559 of an act approved March 1, 1892, acts 1891-’92, entitled “An act to amend and re-enact sections 3807 and 3810 of the code of Virginia, relating to the protection of religious meetings and meetings for the promotion of the cause of temperance.”
An ACT to authorize the qualified voters of Alexandria county to vote on the question of the removal of the court-house from Alexandria city to some point within Alexandria county.
An Act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Lancaster to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
An Act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved January 30, 1896, entitled an act requiring the auditor of public accounts to make a statement annually showing an accounting of the county and city treasurers with the state who are in arrears, and prescribing the manner in which the same shall be made public.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act to incorporate the town of Dayton, Rockingham county, approved March 9, 1880, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the town of Dayton, approved March 9, 1880, and all acts amendatory thereof, approved February 29, 1892, and to add an independent section empowering the town council of said town to negotiate a loan not to exceed five thousand dollars.
An ACT to authorize the Crockett Springs company to appoint police agents.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Saltville, and to repeal an act entitled “an act to incorporate the town of Saltville,’” approved March
An ACT for the relief of John R. Read, late treasurer of Northampton county.
An ACT to allow E. W. Maxwell, treasurer of Wise county, and his deputies power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax-tickets now in his hands.
An ACT to give to John C. Hall, late treasurer of the county of Franklin, and his deputies, power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax-tickets now in his hands.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Lunenburg to employ and pay counsel.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act approved February 22, 1890, entitled an act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk, and to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6, and 12 of said act, as amended by an act approved February 12, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6, and 12 of an act entitled an act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk, approved February 22, 1890.
An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts and governor to fix the compensation to be paid to the special agent of the state for instituting suits and superintending the collection of amounts due the state from two of the former treasurers of Bedford county.
An ACT to amend an act to incorporate Shoemaker college, in Scott county, approved March 1, 1894.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Gravel Springs Evangelical Lutheran church, in Frederick county, to receive a donation of $1,000
An ACT for the relief of Thomas C. Miller, treasurer of the town of Wytheville.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia state firemen’s association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 875 of the code of Virginia 1887, in relation to the salary of the superintendent of the poor in Buckingham county.
An ACT to locate the court-house, clerk’s office, and jail of the county of Warwick.
An ACT entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act, approved July 9, 1870, and to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 21, 1877, and to amend and re-enact an act, approved February 17, 1890, and to re-enact an act, approved January 29, 1894, relating to the charter of the town of Harrisonburg.
An ACT providing for the appointment and removal of coroners, and for the enacting and re-enacting of section 891 of the code of Virginia, 1887.
An ACT to incorporate the Mount Vernon military institute.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 22, 1871, to incorporate the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and to provide a new charter for same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 177 of the code in relation to bonds taken by courts and officers.
An ACT for the relief of James H. Todd, of Augusta county, authorizing the auditor of public accounts to issue a duplicate warrant, the original having been lost, for allowance as assessor of lands in North River district, Augusta county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 862, code of Virginia, 1887, entitled treasurer’s annual settlement with supervisors; to deliver books, &c., to successor.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henrico county, Virginia, to adopt sanitary rules and regulations for that portion of said county lying within three-fourths of a mile of the corporate limits of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to incorporate the trustees of Warwick Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 72.
An ACT to provide for opening and working of roads and keeping the same in repair, and to provide for erecting and maintaining bridges : the county of Culpeper.
An ACT to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk lumber company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 100 of the act passed January 16, 1896, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick.
An ACT to authorize and empower the several boards of visitors to the institutions of this state to investigate the management of their institution, or the conduct of any of its officers or employees.
An ACT to permit the governor to furnish small arms to Suffolk military academy.
An ACT to authorize the board of public works to accept certain bonds in payment of the indebtedness of Emory and Henry college to the commonwealth of Virginia.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Keysville, Charlotte county.