Public officers

1946
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 16A of Chapter 57 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 20, 1940, which provided a new charter for the town of Wise, the section relating to who eligible to appointment for certain offices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 98 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the registration of voters, the duties of registrars and their pay.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1698-a and 1698-c of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to hypnotic drugs.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 142 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 9, 1922, which provided for appointment of an assistant attorney for the Commonwealth for the City of Norfolk, so as to authorize appointment, by the attorney for the Commonwealth of such city, of an additional assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, and to prescribe his power, duties, functions and compensation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4987-e of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the salaries and expenses of office of trial justices.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of Chapter 256 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 18, 1942, the section and chapter authorizing the governing bodies of counties to regulate trailer camps and provide penalties for violations.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Middletown, in Frederick County, Virginia; and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3035 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, authorizing cities and towns to provide pensions, death benefits, insurance or annuities for certain officers and employees or their dependents, including certain retired teachers and retired employees of school boards.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3121 of the Code of Virginia relating to formation of fire companies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 306, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to the duties of the Clerk of the House of Delegates.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Wytheville, in the County of Wythe, and to repeal the charter which was provided for said town by Chapter 56 of the Acts of Assembly of 1910, approved February 26, 1910, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, or of any part thereof, and all other acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 61 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874, approved February 24, 1874, relating to Miller Fund and Miller Manual Labor School, the section relating to charter of the corporation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 6, 8 and 18 of the Virginia Retirement Act, Section 8 having been heretofore amended by an act approved April 9, 1945, the said sections relating to membership, service retirement, and management of funds, respectively.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 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 500 or more inhabitants per square mile of highland, and to validate the adoption
An ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 51 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2925 of the Code of Virginia so as to provide the manner in which certain cities may request the General Assembly to grant to them a special form of government.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding 3 new sections numbered 5108-a, 5167-a 1 and 5439-a to provide forms that may be used in the publication of requisite notice in certain proceedings or under certain circumstances.
An ACT to establish a boundary line between the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia and to consent that, subject to certain reservations and conditions, exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands shall be in the United States; and to repeal Chapter 267 of the Acts of 1942, approved March 19, 1942.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4, as amended, and Section 11 of Chapter 335 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1938, approved March 31, 1938 and known, designated and cited as the ‘ ‘Sanitation Districts Law of Nineteen hundred and Thirty-eight”, in relation to the rights, powers, duties, compensation, officers and functions of the boards or commissions created in and for sanitation districts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4 of Chapter 64 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which provided a new charter for the City of Suffolk, the section relating to composition and compensation of council, and filling vacancies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of Chapter 237 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 14, 1942, relating to continuing boards of real estate assessments in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and to repeal Sections 9, 11, 13, and 19, of Chapter 49 of the Acts of the Extra Session of the General Assembly of 1933, relating to the issuance and sale of revenue bonds by certain educational institutions.
An ACT to declare the necessity of creating public bodies corporate and politic to be known as hospital authorities to engage in hospital construction, maintenance and operation, to provide for the creation of such hospital authorities; to define the powers and duties of hospital authorities, and to provide for the exercise of such powers, including acquiring property by purchase, gift or eminent domain, and borrowing money, issuing revenue and credit bonds and other obligations, and giving security therefor; and to confer rights upon and provide remedies for obligees of hospital authorities.
An ACT to authorize the State Hospital Board to sell and convey certain lands, of the Western State Hospital in or near Staunton, Virginia.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Pearisburg, in the County of Giles, and to repeal the existing charter of the town, and all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the City of Radford and to repeal the existing charter of the said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act so far as they relate to the said City of Radford.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 69 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, approved February 27, 1932, as amended, conferring certain powers on boards of supervisors of certain counties, and giving publicity to ordinances proposed to be enacted under the authority of this act, so as to confer like powers on boards of supervisors of certain other counties.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2772-a authorizing the governing bodies of counties to acquire land for the dumping of waste material and to prohibit the dumping of such material elsewhere without the written consent of landowner and providing penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 118, 119, 122 as amended, 150, 152, 154 as amended, 157 as amended, 159, 163, 166, 176, 179, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196 and 201 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the election franchise and qualifications for office; and to repeal Section 169 of the Code of Virginia relating to penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 200 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to compensation of certain election officials.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3403 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the issuance of process by clerks and its delivery for service, so as to permit payment to clerks of fees for serving process and other papers, and to require clerks to transmit such fees to the proper officer and to tax the amount thereof as costs.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5, 12, 19, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33-a, 34, 35, 41, 42 and 65 of Chapter 382 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, which chapter provided a new charter for the City of Hopewell, said sections relating to the planning and park commissions, city council, and various city officers and their duties and compensation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 656 and 2724 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the authority and duty of school boards and boards of supervisors, to provide for the use of certain warrant-checks in paying obligations, and to authorize governing bodies of counties to provide petty cash funds for certain purposes.

1948
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond; to Section 5931 of the Code of Virginia relating to compensation of certain officers, er 90 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 2, 1926, relating to civil justices in certain cities, and Chapter 318 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 24, 1926, which provided a new charter for the city of Richmond and all amendments thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2698 of the Code of Vir- ginia, as amended, relating to the bonds of officers.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 148-a, providing for the appointment of additional clerks for voting places in certain cities.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 8 of Chapter 159 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 10, 1928, the chapter relating to road laws applicable to counties and the section ‘relating to pay of certain ee si
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 3516-3 relating to the compensation of clerks of certain courts.
An ACT to amend and reenact ‘Sections 1565, ee 1567, 1568 - as .amended,. 1569 as amended, 1577, 1578 as amended, 1579 as amended, and 1581 ‘as amended, of the Code of. Virginia, relating to the powers, duties, functions and activities of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, local registrars and others with respect to births and deaths ; to amend ‘the. Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1572-a, providing for the registration of foundlings; and to repeal section 1584 of the Code of Virginia, authorizing certain expenditures.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 18 of Chapter 396 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to bonds of county officers and employees in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1514-a 2 of the Code of Virginia, with respect to definitions, so as to exclude any home for indigent aged persons, operated by a county, city or town, from the provisions of the Virginia Hospital Licensing and Inspection Law, added to the Code of Virginia by Chapter 15 of the Acts of the General Assembly, 1947.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 12 of Chapter 15, of the Acts of Assembly of 1927 (Extra Session), approved April 11, 1927, relating to appeals to the board of zoning appeals in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 653-a 1 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to school trustee electoral boards and county school boards, so as to permit additional compensation for certain
An ACT to provide for the appointment of certain general registrars in certain counties and to prescribe the duties of such registrars when so appointed.
An ACT to provide for the enrollment of an act to codify the laws of the State, and to relieve the Clerk of the House of Delegates, as Keeper of the Rolls of the State, and the Director of the Division of Purchase and Printing from certain duties in connection with an act to codify the laws of the State.
An ACT ‘to provide a new charter for the town of New Market, in Shenandoah County, Virginia; and to repeal the existing charter of the town and all other acts in conflict herewith.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pembroke, in the county of Giles.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 94, 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”, approved January Sixteen, 1896, the said section relating to the election of the city attorney; powers and duties generally; statements of claim against city for negligence; and empowering the city, in its discretion, to elect an assistant city attorney; powers and duties generally.
An ACT to authorize and empower the State Highway Commission of Virginia, in its discretion, to pay and settle claims and demands arising as a result of damages sustained to personal property by reason of work projects or the operation of State owned or operated equipment when the same is being used in the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of State highway system, and to provide, if said commission, in its discretion, refuses the payment of any such claims or demands, no legal liability upon the State to pay such claims or demands shall be imposed.
An ACT to provide for the election and terms of office of the Councilmen of the town of Chilhowie and to provide for the appointment of a vice mayor for the town
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3, as amended, of Chapter 256, Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 19, 1928, relating to Steele mental Contracts in connection with fire insurance policies.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1 of an act entitled “An Act to regulate investments of domestic life insurance companies”
An ACT to prohibit, with certain exceptions, the sale, the offering and exposing for sale, and the use of, fireworks; to provide for the issuance of permits for the use of fireworks, under certain conditions, and to prescribe penalties, and to repeal Chapter 102 of the Acts of Assembly ‘of 1942, approved March 3, 1942, relating to prohibiting with certain exceptions, the sale, the offering or exposing for sale, and the use of fireworks and prescribing penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 6 and 7 of Chapter 364 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, relating to compensation of certain county officers.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 12-a, as amended, of Chapter 364 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, the section relating to appeals from the Compensation Board.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 20, as amended, and Section 9, of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-88, approved January 30, 1888, being the charter of the town of South Boston, Virginia, and to add thereto a section numbered 30, so as to authorize the appointment and fix the powers of a police justice for the town, to provide a maximum tax rate and to authorize the levy and collection of taxes on amusements and electric light.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 237 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 14, 1942, ren Bot continuing boards of real estate assessments in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Chapter 326 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved March 29, 1938, as amended, relating to omnes of deputy clerks in counties of less than a certain population.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2773-h 1 relating to payrolls in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact section 4 of Chapter 342 of the Acts of the Assembly of 1932 as amended, known and designated as “The Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia”.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pulaski, in the county of Pulaski, and to r the charter which was provided for said town by Chapter 242 of the Acts of Assembly of 1910, approved March 16, 1910, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 4 and 5, as amended, of Chapter 364 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, relating to compensation of certain officers.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1695 of the Code of Virginia providing punishment for unlawful prescription or furnishing of certain drugs.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 6 of Chapter 396 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to the powers, duties and compensation of members of boards of county supervisors in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 4987-g, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to appointment, compensation, powers and duties of clerks of trial justices ; and disposition of fees collected by such clerks.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2773, relating to salaries of clerks of boards of supervisors, and to repeal Section 2772 of the Code, relating to the same subject.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 111 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 6, 1942, relating to retirement systems in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 2708 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1936, Chapter 232, prohibiting city and town officers from being interested in contracts with their city or town.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gate City, in the county of Scott, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent therewith.
An ACT to provide for the a appolnicert of general registrars for towns in certain counties and to prescribe the duties of such registrars when appointed.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 89, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to pay of electoral boards.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 9, as amended, of Chapter 461 of the Acts of Assembly of 1924, approved March 21, 1924, dealing with appeals from action of the real estate commission in denying, suspending or revoking licenses.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section aye of the’ Cade pa Virginia, as amended, relating to the issuance of marriage licenses, lection distribution of the tax thereon.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, approved April 11, 1927, relating to zoning in certain counties, so as to make certain change or changes as to the scope of the act.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 349, which was added to the Code of Virginia by Chapter 84, Acts of Assembly, 1936, prescribing who may use the State Library, by permitting removal of manuscript material in certain circumstances.
An ACT to amend and reenact section 2707 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by the Acts of the General Assembly of 1936, Chapter 44, and the Acts of Assembly of 1938, Chapter 338, in relation to supervisors and other paid officers of the county not being interested in certain contracts.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 3, 10, 11, 17, 20, 23, 27, 28, 29, 33, and 42 of Chapter 473 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 6, 1942, which chapter provided a new charter for the town of Blacksburg in the county of Montgomery, and the amended sections relating to the powers, duties, functions and procedure of the council, the annual budget, the appointment of town officials and employees, audits of the town’s finances, the subdivision of lands, and town planning and zoning.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 96 as amended, 104, 118 as amended, 155 as amended, 158 as amended, 185, 224, 230 as amended, 241, 243 and 248 of the Code of Virginia relating, respectively, to oath of registrar, duties of registrars, terms of certain officers, printing of ballots, duties of electoral boards, abstracts of votes, primary elections, declarations of candidacy, abstracts of votes in primary elections, duties of State Board of Elections and duty of party authorities.
An ACT to validate certain conveyances of school properties and to repeal Chapter 274 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approyed March 24, 1930 which validated certain such conveyances.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1, 3 and 7 of Chapter 415 of the Acts of Assembly of 1938, approved April 1, 1938, relating to regulation by governing bodies of the use of land and buildings in certain districts therein, so as to enable the regulation of the density and distribution of population therein, and to prescribe certain procedure relating to hearings and er
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1621 of the Code of Virginia, prescribing what persons, professions, occupations and practices are exempt from the provisions of the statutes of Virginia regulating the practice of the healing arts; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 1621-a, regulating the employment and practice of unlicensed practitioners in certain hospitals, and imposing penalties for violations.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5, as amended, of Chapter 322 of the Acts of Assembly of 1899-1900, approved February 14, 1900, which incorporated the town of Stanley, in Page County, Virginia, the section relating to election and terms of office of the council of the town.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 4804 and 4805, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, dealing with appointment of conservators of the peace and special policemen in certain counties, by permitting such appointment in cities and towns.
An ACT to provide for the submission of a proposed amendment to Section 51 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 5904-a, 5904-b, 5904-e, and f, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to trial justice courts in certain counties.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to compensation of clerks of courts in certain cities.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3 of the Virginia Retirement Act, approved March 31, 1942, in relation to the Board of Trustees.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 669 and 670 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to condemnation of land for school purposes, and the establishment of and powers with respect to operation of joint schools for counties and for counties and cities.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 2769-a relating to the compensation and mileage of members of boards of supervisors and to repeal Section 2769 on the same subject.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 2726-a 1, relating to annual allowances to clerks of counties, and to repeal Section 2726-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same Soi
An ACT to amend Chapter 101, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which provided a new charter for the town of Galax, by adding a section numbered 60-a relating to the special school district.
An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5898, as amended, of the Code of Virginia providing for the designation, jurisdictions, duties, powers and compensation of judges appointed to hold courts for or assist a ies.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1719, as amended, 1719-a, 1720, as amended, 1720-a, and 1721, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors of Virginia, its agents and employees, the practice of embalming, funeral directing, and licensing of applicants and conditions thereof.
An ACT to authorize clerks of courts to make and certify copies of certain instruments filed for record in their offices, and to use such copies for making permanent photostat records of such instruments.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 1, 1-a and 8 and to repeal Sections 2 and 13 of Chapter 301 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 16, 1918, regulating the treatment, handling and work of prisoners sentenced to the State penitentiary.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 779, 783, and 786, as amended of the Code of Virginia relating to division superintendents and clerks of school boards, and to the receipt, custody and disbursement of State funds apportioned and designed for public schools in cities and towns.
An ACT to authorize the State Board of Corrections to convey certain property.
An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the county of Roanoke to transfer to The Roanoke County Public Health Association, Incorporated, either by gift, sale or lease, all or part of the lands, buildings and appurtenances now used or usable by The Roanoke Coanty, Public Health Association, Incorporated, in its operation of the Mercy House in Roanoke County, to place certain restrictions upon such transfer, and to exclude this bill from the provisions of certain named Acts.
An ACT to amend and reenact Sections 8 and 10 of Chapter 15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, Extra Session, approved April 11, 1927, the chapter relating to zoning in certain counties and the sections providing for the appointment of the board of zoning appeals.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 3516-2, relating to compensation of certain high constables.