Public officers

1950
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 1-13 of the Code of 1950 relating to rules of construction by reenacting it in 35 sections as follows: 1-13 through 1-13.34 so as to make certain verbal changes and to add a rule of construction.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-130 of the Code of 1950 relating to notice to be given in annexation proceedings; to provide that service shall be on each member of the board of supervisors instead of on the board as a body.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-123 of the Code of 1950 relating to fees charged by clerks of courts.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 15-862, 15-870, 15-872, 15-878, and 15-874 of the Code of 1950, relating to the county board form of organization and government, so as to permit the adoption of such form by any county in the State, to define and limit certain duties of the county executive secretary, to prescribe the compensation of certain county officers, to provide alternate methods of furnishing certain health service and to prescribe the composition of the county board of public welfare, and to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 15-882.1, to permit the creation of the office of general registrar in counties adopting such form of organization and government.
AN ACT to provide a retirement system for certain State employees; to provide for its administration; and to appropriate funds.
AN ACT to incorporate and provide a charter for the Town of Whaleyville in the County of Nansemond.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-366 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, with reference to the avoidance or elimination of cross-ings on State highways.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-241 of the Code of 1950
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-266.1, 58-266.2 and 58-266.8 of the Code of 1950, relating to city, town and county license taxes, so as to prohibit cities, towns and counttes levying such taxes for radio or television broadcasting.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-68 of the Code of 1950 relating to certain requirements applicable to “for hire” vehicles so as to exempt certain vehicles.
AN ACT to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to require certain purchasing and equipment maintenance practices on the part of all departments of county government; to provide for certain practices in relation thereto; and to repeal certain acts.
AN ACT to authorize the governing bodies of counties to prohibit the possession, sale, storage, or use of certain fireworks, and to provide penalties for violations,
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-297 and 46-298 of the Code of 1950, relating to safety glass in motor vehicles, so as to permit ‘the use of certain other safety glazing materials under certain conditions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-204 of the Code. of 1950, relat.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 196 of the Acts of Assembly of 1890, entitled “An Act to provide for a new charter for the town of Farmville”, approved February 10, 1890, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, numbered 11-c, authorizing the appointment and firing the compensation of justices of the peace therein.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-78, 58-81, 58-82, 58-84, 58-98, 58-105, 58-119, 58-120 and 58-122 of the Code of 1950, relating to taration of income, the sections, respectively, relating to gross income, deductions, limitation on deductions of non-residents, items not deductible, personal exemptions, returns, provisions applicable to fiduciaries, provisions applicable to estates and trusts, and returns by fiduciaries; and to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 58-121.1, relating to income of an estate or trust in case of divorce; and to repeal §§ 58-99 and 58-100 of the Code of 1950, relating to exemptions and status of individuals.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2-29 of the Code of 1950, relating to certain United States officers and employees holding certain State offices.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 33-155 of the Code of 1950, s¢ as to increase the maximum compensation to be allowec commissioners and viewers.
AN ACT to authorize the Governor to transfer and convey certain property to the United Daughters of the Confederacy to be used as the site for the national headquarters of such organization; to provide that if construction is not completed thereon within five years such property shall revert to the Commonwealth; and to prescribe certain terms and conditions of such conveyance,
AN ACT to prescribe the compensation of clerks of courts in cities of this Commonwealth having a population of not less than 85,000 inhabitants nor more than 40,000 inhabitants, according to the United States census of 1940; to provide for the payment of such compensation and the expenses of office of such officers, and to impose certain duties on the State Compensation Board.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-67.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to service on Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as agent of nonresident motor vehicle operator.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Amherst; and to repeal the existing charter and amendments
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 23-159 of the Code of 1950, relating to powers and duties of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, and to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 23-163.1, prescribing certain reports to be made by such Board to the State Board of Education.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Purcellville, in the County of Loudoun, and to repeal chapter 391 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, entitled “An Act to incorporate the town of Purcellville, in the County of Loudoun”, approved March 14, 1908, and acts amendatory thereto.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 18-74.1, requiring covers to be kept on certain icells, and prescribing penalties for violations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact £85 51-62 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, concerning the prior service credit to be given employees of projects acquired by the Department of Highways as listed in Section 88-228 of the Code of Virginia, 1950.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 24-198 and 24-194 of the Code of 1950, relating to appointment of judges and clerks of elections, so as to provide for the appointment of substitutes under certain conditions.
AN ACT to authorize the Governor to appoint an executive assistant charged with making certain surveys and recommendations for the promotion of efficiency and economy; to impose certain duties on such officer and to provide for assistance to be rendered him in the performance of his duties; and to provide for the payment of certain expenses.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-669 of the Code of 1950 so as to change the compensation allowed commissioners and other officers for selling and collecting under decrees or orders for sale.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding in Chap 6 of Title 42 a new Article numbered 6 containing two sections numbered 42-66 and 42-67, relating to permits to erect historical markers and penalties for violations; and to repeal Chap 10 of Title 10 of the Code of 1950, containing §§ 10-133 and 10-134, relating to the same matters.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 51-98 of the Code of 1950, so as to provide that certain State employees under certain circumstances may continue in work despite certain disqualifying factors.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 58-897.1, to provide for boards of equalization of real estate assessments in certain counties, to prescribe the number of board members, their terms of office and qualifications, and their manner of selection; and to repeal Chapter 237 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 14, 1942, as amended, relating to assessments of real estate in certain counties.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Haymarket and to repeal Chapter 873 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 31, 1948.
AN ACT to authorize consolidation of certain counties, cities and towns into a single city or a single county.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Orange, in the county of Orange; and to repeal the existing charter of the town, and certain other acts inconsistent with this act.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Colonial Heights, Chesterfield County, Virginia; to repeal chapter 186 of the Acts of Assembly of 1930, approved March 21, 1980, as amended, which provided a ‘charter for the town of Colonial Heights, the existing charter of the city and amendments thereto; and to validate all contracts and obligations of the city.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Martinsville, Virginia; and to repeal Chapter 69 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved February 25, 1942, which provided a charter for such city.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-504 of the Code of 1950 relating to prohibition as to county officers having interest in certain contracts so as to provide exemptions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-160 of the Code of 1950 as to empower the Commissioner to issue appropriately designated tags for certain vehicles.
AN ACT to repeal §§ 5 and 9 of an act entitled “An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Liberty, to extend its limits and change the name to Bedford City’, approved March 8, 1890, as amended, which town is now designated Bedford, the sections relating to removal of officers and duties of mayor; and to amend such act by adding two sections numbered 41 and 42, the sections relating to town manager and to departments, officers and employees of town government.
AN ACT to provide for the appointment of general registrars in certain counties.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3, as amended, § 18, and § 14, as amended, of Chapter 145 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-8, which incorporated the town of Rocky Mount, and which sections related to administration, taxes, and powers of the mayor; and to add to such chapter a section numbered 3-a, providing under certain conditions for the adoption of the town manager form of government in such town.
AN ACT to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to establish, construct, improve, enlarge, maintain and operate sewage disposal systems, to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, to collect fees, rents and charges for the use thereof and to confer certain powers and duties upon such governing bodies.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding in Chapter 4 of Title 32 an article numbered 6, containing four sections numbered 32-104.4 through 32-104.7, requiring the making and filing of certain prenatal serological examinations and certainnotations on birth certificates and prescribing penalties.
AN ACT to fix the season for taking fish in certain counties and to prescribe penalties for violations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-555 of the Code of 1950, relating to relief of officials and employees of counties, cities and towns and to add relief for their dependents; and to repeal §§ 15.24.1 and 27-88 relating in part to the same subject.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 22-152, 22-153, and 22-154 of the Code of 1950, relating to approval of plans for school buildings by State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and space and light requirements of such alata
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-138 of the Code of 1950 to place upon the State Corporation Commission the duty of furnishing appropriately designated tags or markers for property-carrying vehicles for hire, and relieving the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles of the responsibility of so doing.
AN ACT to amend and reenact Chapter II of an act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the City of Danville’, approved February 17, 1890, as amended, relating to form of city government so as to provide a special form of government for the city; and to repeal certain acts.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 22-280.1, requiring certain warning equipment and identification of school buses to be covered under certain conditions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 379 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, the section and act relating to subdivisions of land in certain counties and approval of plats therefor, so as to provide for additional matters in relation thereto.
Proposing amendment to § 133 of the Constitution of Virginia
AN ACT to authorize the county of Prince Edward to convey cer- tain property to the town of Farmville, and to prescribe the terms and conditions thereof.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-40 of the Code of 1950, relating to bonds and insurance policies of police officers appointed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 168 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874-75, approved March 11, 1875, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Petersburg, by adding a section numbered 2-c in Chapter IV relating to fixing salaries of certain officers of the city.
AN ACT to validate all proceedings in the creation of any sanitary district in the State and all proceedings in connection with bond issues of such sanitary districts, and to make the bonds binding, legal, valid, and enforceable obligations of the sanitary district issuing the same.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 56-834 of the Code of 1950, relating to the enforcement of laws governing operation of motor vehicle carriers.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 46-279.1, relating to dimming of headlights on parked vehicles under certain conditions.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 34, Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as amended, which provided a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk, by adding three sections numbered 87 (a), 88 (a) and 143 (a), providing for assessments upon abutting landowners for certain improvements, the assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate for taxation, and pension funds, respectively.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8, 4, 5, as amended, and §§ 9, 18, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 88, 50, 51, 65, 67, 68, 71, 78, 75, and 79-A of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, relating to administration, and government, composition of council, terms of elective officers, the mayor, procedure for removal of a mayor, vacancies in the council, election and appointment of officers and boards by the council, officers of the council, restrictions on legislative powers of the council, powers of council and boards, use of streets, public ways and grounds, sale of city rights, assessment of property, taxation of abutting land owners, liens upon abutting land, the fire department, investigation of fires, destruction of buildings to prevent the spread of fires, city officers, officers of the council, justices of the peace, and deputy high constables; to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered 35-A and chapters numbered IX, consisting of sections numbered 1 through 26, and XIV, consisting of sections numbered 1 and 2, for the regulation of taxicabs, for the election, qualification, powers, duties, jurisdiction, and procedure of, and clerk to, the civil and police court, and to prescribe the duties and powers of a city manager, respectively; and to repeal §§ 6, 8, 21, 22, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 68, 64, 66, 70 and 72, and Chapter IX, consisting of sections numbered 1 through 17, of such Chapter.
AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia 1950 by adding five new sections numbered 54-280.1 to 54-280-5, both inclusive, providing temporary licenses for certain chiropractors and naturopaths, creating a Special Board to give examinations on certain subjects to holders of temporary licenses, and prescribing how such chiropractors and naturopaths may obtain permanent licenses.
AN ACT to repeal § 88-192 of the Code of 1950 which requires copies of policy forms used by insurers to be filed with the State Corporation Commission.
AN ACT to authorize school boards of counties, cities or towns to permit the use of school property; and to permit the use thereof under certain conditions.
AN ACT to provide for the installation in the circuit court clerk's office of each county a book to be provided by the Department of Highways and known as “State Highway Plat Book’, provide for the clerk’s fee for filing highway plats therein iad not to mention the numbers of the State Highway Plat Book and page wherein such plats are filed; and validating plats heretofore filed.
AN ACT to provide for a special police force in certain counties; to prescribe the manner of their appointment and removal; to provide for their compensation; and to define their powers and duties.
AN ACT to permit civil proceedings to compel the support of dependent wives, children, and poor relations within and without the State of Virginia and to prescribe the procedure therefor.
AN ACT to authorize the governing board of Virginia Polytechnic Institute to exchange certain named property in consideration of the conveyance to it of certain other property.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 17-41 of the Code of 1950, relating to certain days on which clerks’ offices are to be kept open, so as to include certain cities in a special provision.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-266.8 of the Code of 1950, relating to license taxes which may be imposed by certain counties so as to extend the application thereof.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 15-856.1, authorizing the governing body of counties having certain forms of organization and government to prohibit and provide penalties for certain violations of "re
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 15-94.1 relating to the residences of county officers in towns which become cities.
An Act to authorize and empower the Governor to execute in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia a deed conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations contained in § 7-21 and § 7-25 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, to the United States of America, a certain parcel of land located at Dam Neck Mills, Princess Anne County, Virginia.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 68-878 of the Code of 1950, relating to transfer of juveniles from industrial schools to the Virginia Industrial Farm for Women.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 24-194.2 providing for the appointment of additional judges and clerks of election for voting places in certain counties and cities ; and to repeal § 24-194.1 of the Code of 1950 and § 148-a of the Code of 1919, which was added to such Code by Chapter 276 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 16, 1948, and incorporated by reference in the Code of 1950 by § 24-194.1 of that Code.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 5904-c, 5904-e, 5904-f, 5904-g and 5904-h of the Code of 1919, as amended, which were continued in force by § 16-50 of the Code. of 1950, the sections generally relating to courts in certain counties, and, respectively, to fees of clerks, procedure in such courts, substitute justices, compensation of officers of such courts, and special magistrates.
An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Pound.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-88 of the Code of 1950, relating to venue, so as to provide therefor in cases involving certain policies of insurance.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-31 of the Code of 1950 relating to appointment and compensation of personnel of branch offices of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An Act to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 2-291.1 to provide for the refinancing in whole or in part of certain obligations of State institutions.
AN ACT to amend § 82-3387 of the Code of 1950 and to reenact same in the form of four sections, with amendments, numbered 32-837, 32-887.1, 32-887.2 and 32-8337.3, to provide for the issuance of a short form of birth certificate and imposing limitations on the issuance of full birth certificates.
AN ACT to provide for the reduction and elimination of occupational disease, and to this end to confer certain powers upon the State Health Commissioner concerning the inspection of certain establishments, the making of tests and taking of samples, and to recommend certain practices.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 5, 7, 14, 15, 27 and 52 of Chapter 34, Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as heretofore amended, which chapter provided a charter and special form of government for the City of Norfolk, which sections relate to the composition of the Council, vacancies in the Council, legislative procedure, emergency measures, ballots and method of voting in recall elections, and the creation of departments, respectively; and to provide the conditions upon which this Act shall become effective.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 14-163.1, relating to allowances of clerks of counties, so as to increase the allowances to the clerks of certain counties; and to repeal § 14-164 of the Code of 1950 relating to the same matters.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 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, so as to change the name of the school.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-57 of the Code of 1950 relating to compensation and mileage of members of governing bodies of certain counties.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-10 of the Code of Virginia of 1950 relating to Boards of Supervisors of certain counties.
Act to repeal § 2-28 of the Code of 1950, relating to exceptions from vacation of public office on account of receiving emoluments, etc., from the United States during the present state of war.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 8-174, 8-178 and 8-182 of the Code of Virginia, which sections relate to the liability for and the exemptions from jury service and preparation of jury lists by the jury commissioners.
AN ACT to authorize the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia to grant and convey, in exchange for such consideration and under such terms and conditions as the Board of Visitors may determine, certain property now owned by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, and to provide for an emergency.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-66 of the Code of 1950, relating to salary of attorneys for the Commonwealth.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 63 of Chapter 34 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, which provided a charter and special form of government for the City of Norfolk, as said section has been heretofore amended, said section relating to supervision in Divisions of Police and Fire.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-338 of the Code of 1950, relating to certain officers in counties operating under certain forms of county government.
An Act to amend and reenact 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, Eighteen Hundred Ninety-six, as amended, by adding thereto a new chapter to be known as Chapter 1A, providing for a retirement plan for city employees.
AN ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia to convey with certain covenants a parcel of land, with improvements thereon to the Richmond Eye Hospital, Incorporated.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3 of Chapter 64, of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved February 25, 1922, which provided a new charter for the city of Suffolk, so as to authorize the council to appoint advisory boards or commissions; and to further amend such act by adding a section numbered 2-j3, authorizing the establishment, construction, improvement, enlargement, maintenance and operation of places for the parking or storage of vehicles by the public and the acquisition of property for such purposes and a section numbered 2-n authorizing the establishment, construction, improvement, enlargement, maintenance and operation of a sewage disposal system and the acquisition of property for such purposes, the borrowing of money and the issuance of bonds therefor, and the collection of fees, rents and charges for the use thereof, and prescribing certain powers and duties of the city council.
An Act to amend Title 2 of the Code of 1950 by adding a section designated 2-27.1, relating to public officers engaging in war service without thereby vacating their offices and providing for the designation of acting officers to perform their duties.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-61, § 8-62 and § 8-65 of the Code of 1950, relating to filing of power of attorney for service upon cooperative nonprofit life benefit corporations and service of process under same and how process 1s otherwise served.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-900 of the Code of 1950, relating to municipal planning and planning commissions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-266 of the Code of 1950 relating to when copies of certain records may be admitted in evidence.
AN ACT to provide a new Charter for the city of Hopewell and to repeal acts in conflict herewith.