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1940
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 230 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to special taxes on certain classes of public service companies and others for rate-making and other purposes.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section, numbered 19-c, relating to the cession by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States of jurisdiction over certain lands in Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5220 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the alteration and vacation of streets and alleys.
1942
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 7, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 47, 50, 52, 56, 57 and 58 of an act entitled "An act to provide a new charter for the City of Lynchburg, Virginia.", approved March 21, 1928, as heretofore amended, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto thirteen new sections numbered 36-a to 36-m, inclusive.
An ACT to authorize the State Board of Education, with the approval of the President of the State Teachers College at Radford, to enter into a contract of lease with the Atlantic Greyhound Lines in connection with its bus terminal at Radford, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section Nineteen-o of an act to provide a new charter for the City of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926.
An ACT to provide that service in the armed forces of the United States shall be a discharge of the obligation of any person to render certain services in consideration of any State scholarship awarded to or received by such person as a student in certain institutions of higher learning.
An ACT to amend:and re-enact Chapter 69 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved February 27, 1932, as heretofore amended, conferring certain powers on boards of supervisors of certain counties, so as to confer like powers on boards of supervisors of certain other counties, and to give publicity to ordinances proposed to be enacted under the authority of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3623 of the Code relating to taking of pilots by vessels entering and traveling in the Virginia waters of Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, and in the navigable rivers which flow into said waters, and by seagoing vessels traveling in and leaving said waters; and to repeal Section 3624 of the Code relating to the requirements of vessels taking pilots at certain points or ports in said waters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 326 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1938, approved March 29, 1938, relating to compensation of deputy clerks in counties having less than a certain population by the latest preceding United States census.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 717 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the display of flags at public schools, so as to require each public school in the Commonwealth to be provided with a flag of the United States and necessary equipment; to provide for the payment thereof; to require instruction concerning the history of the flag and the principles for which it stands including the Bill of Rights; and to eliminate reference to the flag of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 7, 16 and 21 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Occoquan and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act.”, approved March 22, 1930, relating to meetings of the town council ; and to further amend the said act by adding a new section numbered 18-a, authorizing the town to levy license taxes on certain motor vehicles.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia, by adding a new section numbered 3137-a, to provide that the Commissioner of Insurance shall be, ex officio, State fire marshal, and for appointment of deputies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 126 of the Code of Virginia, relating to surveyors and superintendents of the poor, and Section 127 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to election and term of office of certain district officers, to omit provisions therefrom as to superintendents, and overseers, of the poor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4970 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to special prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for the designation of the Commonwealth’s Attorney for any other county or city, or an attorney at law to act for a Commonwealth’s Attorney who for certain reasons is unable or disqualified to perform the duties of his office, and to authorize the appointment of acting Commonwealth’s Attorneys in certain cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 20, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An Act to amend and re-enact the charter of the Town of Culpeper.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2850 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to notaries public, so as to remove the requirement of residence in certain cases.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3388 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to clerks’ offices of courts, so as to permit clerks’ offices in cities of certain classes to be closed on certain days.
An ACT to provide that in every county of the Commonwealth in which one-fourth of its area has since January 1, 1941, been acquired for a military reservation, the sheriff shall maintain an office in charge of a clerk, and to prescribe how such clerk shall be compensated.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 4242 and 4243 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the rights, powers and duties of the State Corporation Commission upon certain conditions to take possession of the property and conduct the business of domestic insurance companies.
An ACT concerning arrests of peace officers, providing for the questioning and detention of suspects, searching suspects for weapons, the force permissible in making and resisting arrests, arrests without a warrant, the release and detention of persons arrested and the identification of witnesses, and prescribing penalties and making uniform the law relating thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 6, and 8, as amended, of Chapter 379, Acts 1938, approved March 31, 1938, of which the short title is “Virginia Public Assistance Act of 1938”, said sections relating, respectively, to definitions, to local boards and to local superintendents and employees.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2, as heretofore amended, of Article II of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City County."
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1616 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the compensation and expenses of the State Board of Medical Examiners.
An ACT to permit the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia to dispose of a certain tract or parcel of land in Bruton District of York County.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2724 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to duties of boards of supervisors as to audit and allowance of claims against counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 9, and 11 of Chapter 396 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to an optional form of county organization and government, so as to permit the adoption of such form by any county in the State having a density of population of 600 or more inhabitants per square mile of highland, and to permit certain changes in the composition of the school board and the compensation of its members provided for in said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 324 of the Acts of 1922, as heretofore amended, entitled an act to require persons sixteen years of age or over, of sufficient earning capacity or income, to support their parents, who are in destitute or necessitous circumstances, and to repeal an act entitled an act to require able-bodied persons over sixteen years of age to support their parents in cities of one hundred thousand inhabitants or more
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4235 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the licensing of certain insurance agents, agencies and company representatives, to the revocation thereof under certain conditions, and to provide penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2703 of the Code of Virginia, relating to where officers shall reside.
An ACT to repeal Section 71-A of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth.”
An ACT to repeal Sections 665, 668, 781 and 782 of the Code of Virginia, relating respectively, to the duties of public school boards with reference to meetings of teachers, to certain other general duties of public school boards, to the levying of certain taxes by the councils of cities and to the budgets of public school boards of cities.
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 amend and re-enact Section 4806 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the functions and duties of coroners.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, as attended, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20 and 21 of Chapter 12 of an act entitled ‘““An Act to provide a new charter for the City of Portsmouth.”
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a general registrar for any county having a density of population of 1,000 or more per square mile, and to prescribe the duties of such general registrars.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 33 of Chapter 94, Acts, 1934, approved March 7, 1934, short title of which is ‘““The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act”, relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages by druggists upon prescriptions,
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5, as heretofore amended, of Chapter 385 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 29, 1932, and therein designated as the Virginia Operators’ and Chauffeurs’ License Act, relating to persons to whom a license shall not be issued.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 644-a, as heretofore amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to who may not be members of county school boards.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of certain counties to establish and operate retirement systems for certain employees of such counties, to prescribe the powers and duties of the said governing bodies with respect to such systems, and to provide for certain exemptions from legal process in connection therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 4, 7 and 8 as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to provide for a new charter for the town of Farmville.”, approved February 10, 1890, relating to the mayor and councilmen of the said town, and to further amend the said act by adding thereto a new section numbered 11-b, authorizing the appointment and fixing the compensation of bail commissioners therein.
An ACT to provide for the establishment of air raid precautions, the ordering of blackouts, the making of certain regulations, and the appointment of certain special officers, under certain circumstances and, incidental to such object to provide for non-liability for damage to persons and property under certain circumstances, to prescribe penalties for violations of any regulations imposed in pursuance of this act, to provide for the automatic termination of the effect of the act, and to declare an emergency.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2769-a, relating to compensation of supervisors; and to repeal Section 2769 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 78 of the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, prescribing the duty of drivers of other vehicles with respect to police and fire department vehicles.
An ACT to provide that certain desk sergeants of the City of Danville shall have power to admit persons to bail; to prescribe the amount of bail fee and provide that all such fees be paid into the city treasury; to require certain records to be kept by such sergeants; to require them to secure certain information from professional bondsmen; to prescribe penalties for false information or for refusal to give information; to authorize such sergeants to issue processes of arrest and search warrants; to provide for penalties and punishment for issuing a search warrant without the affidavit required by law; and to repeal Chapter 108 of the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, approved March sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, relating to a bail commissioner for said city.
An ACT to incorporate the City of Arlington, the corporate limits which shall include the entire area of the County of Arlington, subject to referendum.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19b, 28, 28a, 80 and 105 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended, and to amend said act by adding thereto seven new sections numbered 63a, 63b, 63c, 63d, 63e, 96a and 96b so as to provide for leave of absence for officers and employees of the city of Richmond serving: in the military and naval forces of the United States of America, the production of books and records of taxpayers for examination by assessing officers of the city of Richmond for the purpose of enforcing the tax and revenue laws of the State and ordinances of the City of Richmond, the refund of taxes and charges erroneously assessed by the city of Richmond and paid and the exoneration from the payment of unpaid erroneous assessments and the assessment of omitted taxes, penalties and interest, the creation of a separate department of the government of the city of Richmond to secure and promote public health and sanitation and to prescribe its powers and duties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 567 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to who may become certified public accountants.
An ACT in relation to the mobilization of paid and volunteer firemen
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 61, as amended, of the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, said section relating to reckless driving, so as to require all vehicles to come to a full stop whenever a school bus is taking on or discharging passengers, and to provide that violation of certain laws shall constitute reckless driving.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4694-a of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to slot machines and devices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 549-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to pine seed trees, so as, among other things, to make its operation statewide, to increase the size of trees required to be left, under certain conditions, and to reduce the penalty prescribed for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 198 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to slot machines.
An ACT to amend the Tax Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 350-b, authorizing depositories of funds of certain county treasurers to deposit with the State Treasurer securities to protect such deposits, and to prescribe how controversies with respect to such securities shall be heard and determined.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1698-a, 1698-b, 1698-c, 1698-d and 1698-e, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to hypnotic drugs.
An ACT authorizing any city having a population of not less than 100,000 nor more than 170,000, according to the last preceding United States census, to establish and maintain a system of pensions, retirement allowances and death benefits for its officers and employees, prescribing how funds may be provided for the maintenance and operation of said system, authorizing the prescribing of rules and regulations for the management, investment and administration of any of such funds, providing certain exemptions from taxation and from legal process in connection with the operation of such system, and validating any such system established in conformity therewith by ordinance that became effective on and after January 1, 1942.
An ACT to prescribe the regular terms of the Circuit Court of Buckingham County.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Kenbridge, in the County of Lunenburg, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act designated as Chapter 402 of the Atts of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, entitled "An Act to provide for the respective jurisdictions and powers of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia over lands in the Shenandoah National Park acquired by the United States, the effect of which is to modify the jurisdiction ceded to the United States over certain parts of said lands as set forth in Section 7 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928, and over other parts as set forth in Section 19-a of the Code of Virginia."
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1943, and the thirtieth day of June, 1944, to prescribe the provisos, terms, conditions and provisions with respect to the items of appropriation and their payment, and to repeal all acts wholly in conflict with this bill, and all parts of all acts inconsistent with this bill to the extent of such inconsistency.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 7, as heretofore amended, of Chapter 403, Acts of 1922, approved March 24, 1922, relating to the creation of the State Highway Commission and the office of State Highway Commissioner, and to the powers, functions and duties thereof, and providing for certain construction districts and for the allocation of highway funds, said section relating to construction districts and allocation of funds.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Chincoteague, Accomack County, 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; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Chincoteague.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 19-n and 21, and Section 22 as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond.”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 344 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to boards of equalization of real estate assessments.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2704-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to residence requirements of certain county officers.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto — new sections numbered 653-a 1, 653-a 2, 653-a 3, and 653-a 4, to provide for the appointment of school trustee electoral boards and county school boards; provide for compensation of the members of said boards; to provide for levying certain district school taxes; to make certain provisions as to special school districts and town school districts; to provide for the payment of certain portions of county school funds to certain town school districts, and to provide for the appointment of county school boards in counties operating under the county manager form of government; and to repeal Sections 653 and 653-a, of the Code of Virginia, and to include cities, of certain ranges in population, within certain provisions hereof.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Chatham, in the County of Pittsylvania; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present governing body and council while in office, not inconsistent with this new charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5 and 19, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk, approved September 11, 1919, as heretofore amended, which town has since become the city of South Norfolk; and to provide a charter for the city of South Norfolk.”, approved March 20, 1924, said sections relating to the councilmen, mayor and other officers of the city; and to further amend the said act by adding a new section numbered 20-a, authorizing the council to establish and maintain a system of pensions, a plan for group insurance for city employees, under certain circumstances; and to repeal Section 12 of said act, being Section 12 of the charter of the city of South Norfolk.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered Section 3516-b-1, so as to require the filing of certain officers’ reports with the Compensation Board instead of with the Auditor of Public Accounts or the Comptroller, and to impose on the Compensation Board all duties now imposed on the Auditor of Public Accounts or the Comptroller as such by Sections 3516 and 3516-a of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, Chapter 11, of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the City of Portsmouth.”
An ‘ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 5205-a, permitting certain writings to be admitted to record upon certificates of acknowledgment signed by certain commissioned officers of the United States army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, or other branch of the military service.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, Section 6 as heretofore amended, and Section 10 of an act entitled “An Act to incorporate the town of Boone Mill, in the County of Franklin, Virginia.”
An Act to amend and re-enact Section 4 of Chapter 364 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, relating to compensation of Commonwealth’s Attorneys and other officers.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and to repeal the existing charter of the said city, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
creating the Elizabeth River Tunnel District; providing for the creation of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission as the governing body of said district; authorizing the construction, operation and maintenance by said commission of a project to provide a vehicular connection between the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, and consisting of a tunnel or tunnels under the Elizabeth River or a bridge over and a tunnel under the south branch of the Elizabeth River and a tunnel under or a bridge over the east branch of the Elizabeth River, as determined by said commission, which project may include the existing Norfolk County Ferries if acquired as authorized herein; authorizing the county of Norfolk and the city of Portsmouth to sell and convey, and the commission to acquire, maintain, and operate, and to compensate the said county and city for loss of revenue from, the existing Norfolk County Ferries; conferring powers and imposing duties on said commission; authorizing the issuance by said commission of tunnel revenue bonds of said district, payable solely from earnings, to pay the cost of such project; providing that no debt of said district, of the State or of any county, city district or political subdivision thereof shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this act; providing for the collection of tolls for the payment of such bonds and for the cost of maintenance, operation and repair of such project; providing for the execution of a trust indenture to secure the payment of such bonds without mortgaging or encumbering such project; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds, prescribing the conditions upon which such project shall become free from tolls; making such project and such bonds exempt from taxation, and prohibiting, under certain conditions, the construction or maintenance of competing means of transit between the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
An ACT to provide for the administration, control and supervision of the penal system of the Commonwealth and of the political subdivisions thereof, to that end to establish a Department of Corrections to consist of a State Board of Corrections, a Commissioner of Corrections, and the officers, agents and employees of the Board and the Commissioner, and to prescribe the functions, powers and duties thereof and of certain other officers and of the subdivisions of the State with reference to the foregoing matters.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 4241-a, prohibiting insurance companies incorporated or organized under the laws of Virginia from removing from this State their entire property or business or substantially all of their property or business, any material part thereof, without the approval of the State Corporation Commission, and providing penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 879 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the inspection of certain plants and the issuance of certain inspection certificates, so as, among other things, to authorize, under certain conditions, certain plants to be shipped into Virginia under certificates not issued in Virginia and to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration to seize, treat or otherwise safely to dispose of, or to cause to be so seized, treated or disposed of, certain infected or infested plants and materials; and further to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new sections, numbered 870-a and 882-a, defining the terms “nursery” and “nursery stock”, heretofore defined by Rules and Regulations, and authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration to enter into certain reciprocal agreements.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county adjoining any city within or without this State having a population of more than 125,000, according to the last preceding United States Census, to construct, reconstruct, maintain, alter, improve, add to and operate water supply systems; to acquire by gift, condemnation, purchase, lease or otherwise, water supply system or systems; to furnish water from any such system to any sanitary district, village, town, community, individuals, firm, corporation or partnership; to make such charge for the supply of water herein authorized as the board may from time to time determine upon; to lay a levy for the purpose of raising funds for the construction, maintenance, operation, improvement and reconstruction of any such water system or systems or to appropriate from the general county fund for such purposes; to contract for a loan and to issue bonds for the purpose of construction, acquisition, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance and operation of any such water system on the credit of the county provided that such borrowing power shall not exist, and the loan shall not be contracted for or bonds issued unless and until the action of the board of supervisors determining to construct, maintain and operate or acquire, reconstruct, improve such water system shall be certified to the judge of the circuit court of said county and petitioning the said judge to call an election for the purpose of obtaining the approval of such loan and bond issue by the qualified voters of the county, and prescribing the duties of the judge of the said circuit court of said county; prescribing the duties of the regular election officers, and prescribing the duties and powers of the board of supervisors; and to repeal Chapter 141 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1940, approved March 6, 1940.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2773-n 4 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to boards of supervisors of counties operating under the county executive form of government.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 11, 63 and 64, as heretofore amended, 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 amend and re-enact Sections 2, 3, 9, 17, 53, 54 and 55 of Chapter 217 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1918, approved March 14, 1918...
An ACT to provide for and make effective a system of probation and parole in Virginia; to that end to provide for a Parole Board, Director of Parole, probation and parole officers, and officers, agents and employees to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to prescribe and provide for the appointment, suspension, removal, compensation, functions, powers, and duties of the said Board, of the said Director, of the said probation and parole officers, and of the other said officers, agents and employees; and to prescribe the powers, and duties of certain other boards and officers with reference to the ree
An ACT to prescribe the powers and duties of the Governor and of other State officers, agents and employees with respect to the purchase, use, storage, maintenance and repair of State-owned motor vehicles, and means for the enforcement of rules and regulations prescribed with respect thereto; to ratify certain actions heretofore taken under certain executive orders and regulations; and to appropriate certain funds for the purposes of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 129 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to officers of cities, so as to provide that in the City of Danville no separate clerk shall be elected for the circuit court of such city.
An ACT to establish a system of personnel administration for the Commonwealth, to prescribe with reference to such system the powers and duties of the Governor and other officers and employees of the Commonwealth, to appropriate and provide for the disbursement of funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, and to repeal acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section, numbered 4227-b, to require certain kinds of insurance companies and other insurers to file, with the State Corporation Commission, certain forms, pertaining to the business of writing certain kinds of insurance in Virginia; to provide for certain action to be had relative thereto; and to impose penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 319 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the Governor’s staff.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Chapter 199 thereof, eight new sections numbered 4987-f 1 to 4987-f 8, both inclusive, relating to jurisdiction of trial justices, justices of the peace and mayors, and to repeal Section 4987-f of the Code of Virginia, and all acts amendatory thereof, relating to the same subjects.
An ACT to amend, as heretofore amended, and to re-enact Section 4987-2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trial justices and clerks of trial justice courts, so as to increase the maximum possible salary of clerks under certain circumstances.
An ACT to establish a boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to provide for the cession by the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States of America of certain jurisdiction over lands acquired by the United States or any of its governmental agencies located in the counties adjoining the said boundary line of the District of Columbia.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 374-b, to authorize the Attorney General to investigate complaints of violations of Chapter 441 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1938, approved April 1, 1938, and therein designated as the “Unfair Sales Act”, or cause such complaints to be investigated ; to provide for instituting and conducting proceed-ings against violators; and to provide for publishing and circulating the provisions of said Act, and the Attorney General’s interpretation thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4987-b of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to substitute trial justices, to provide for appointment of assistant substitute trial justices under certain circumstances.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 57 and 59, as heretofore amended, of Chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26, 1932, and therein designated as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, said Section 57 relating to duty to stop in event of accident; Section 59 to reports of accidents; so as to require persons striking unattended vehicles to leave identification on vehicle damaged and requiring other persons to make reports of accidents, and revising the type of report to be made when accidents occur.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of Chapter 489 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, as heretofore amended, relative to the employment of children.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3751 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of the State Corporation Commission, to eliminate requirements of publication of certain statistical data.
An ACT to abolish the existing Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Finance and the office of Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles; to establish, in the Department of Finance, Department of State Police and a new Division of Motor Vehicles; to provide for a Superintendent of the Department of State Police and a Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles ; and to declare what powers and duties of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles and the said division shall be transferred to and exercised or performed by the Superintendent of the Department of State Police and the Department of State Police and what powers and duties shall be transferred to and exercised or performed by the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an Act designated as Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1922, as amended by an Act designated as Chapter 210 of the Acts of 1934, (said Section 1 of said Act being designated in Michie’s unofficial Code as Section 1969-a),—said section relating to the creation of the State Highway Commission, the appointment of the Chairman and members thereof, their terms, meetings, and compensation,—so as to reorganize said Commission and enlarge the number of its members from five to nine, and to provide for the appointment of one member of said Commission (other than the Chairman) from each of the eight road construction districts of the State.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 120 and 121 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vacancies in both the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, and in the office of Lieutenant-Governor only.