Recreation
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond as heretofore amended, in relation to the powers of the city council; and to amend and re-enact section 64 of the said charter in relation to the duties of the city engineer. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 3 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898, and an act approved March 15, 1906. |
| An ACT to authorize any licensed incorporated country clubs, chartered and organized as social clubs, to keep on hand at such clubhouse of such club ardent spirits, and to sell, give or dispense the same to the members of such corporation or club, and their bona fide guests, imposing license taxes thereon, and to prescribe penalties. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Radford, and |
| An ACT to provide for public playgrounds in certain cities and towns. |
| An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fiscal years |
| 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 an act entitled "an act to protect sheep and other stock in the counties of this State" |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 7, 1835, providing a charter for the town of Bridgewater, as amended by an act approved March 3, 1884, and as amended by an act approved August 26, 1884, and as further amended by an act approved February 16, 1901, and all other acts heretofore passed amendatory of said charter. |
| An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the 2 fiscal years |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Narrows, Virginia, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith. |
| An ACT to provide for a public park, or public playgrounds, in the town of Waverly. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 45, 46, 46%, 46% (a), 4614(b), 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 51(a), 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 8&5, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 9214, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 97%, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 108, 104, 105, 106, 106%4, 107, 108, 109, 10944, 110, 111, 11144, 112, 1138, 118%, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 118(a), 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 1380, 131, 18382. 133, 1384, 1385, 136, 137, 138, 140 and 141 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the Constitution |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act appointing trustees for the town of Christiansburg, in the county of Montgomery, and for other purposes, giving said town a charter |
| An ACT to incorporate the town of Crewe, in Nottoway county, Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3799 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended and re-enacted in relation to violation of the Sabbath; how punished, and providing that the delivery of ice cream on the Sabbath day, where said ice cream has been manufactured on some day other than the Sabbath day shall be construed to be a work of necessity. |
| An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Loudoun county to offer and pay rewards, payable out of the treasury of said county, for the scalps of certain hawks, killed in said county. |
| AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of article 2, and section 1 of article 3, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Lynchburg. |
| An ACT to regulate the treatment, handling and work of prisoners sentenced to the State penitentiary and to appropriate funds therefor. |
| An ACT prohibiting the use of public drinking cups. |
| An ACT to prohibit stealing and taking away sand and gravel |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to extend the limits of, and provide for electing trustees for, the town of Marion, in the county of Smyth, and vesting them with certain corporate powers, passed March 15, 1849, as heretofore amended. |
| An ACT to amend sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, and 103 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor, and to repeal sections 2 and 93 of said act and to add thereto sections 14a, 55a, 99a, 116a, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132, which deal with and provide for vacancies in the council; the initiative and referendum; the general powers and duties of the department of public welfare; the division of the city into school districts and the election of trustees therefor; the creation of a civil service commission and its rules and regulations; the jurisdiction of courts to enforce ordinances; rules and regulations upon city owned property outside of the city; continuance of present officers in office until January 1, 1921, and the vacating of certain offices at that time; the penalties for violation of certain sections; the working of prisoners; the appointment of boards and the creation of pension funds. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved December 14, 1895, providing for the incorporation of the town of Mount Crawford, in the county of Rockingham, Virginia. |
| An ACT to regulate motion picture films and reels; providing a system of examination, approval and regulation thereof, and of the banners, posters and other like advertising matter used in connection therewith; creating the board of censors; and providing penalties for the violation |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Charlottesville, and to provide a charter and special form of government for the said city, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Charlottesville. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 581 of the Code of Virginia |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Suffolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the said city of Suffolk. |
| An ACT to provide for the establishment of recreation centers and for the teaching of home-crafts. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-section five of section nine of chapter VI of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact all acts creating and amending the charter of the city of Lynchburg,” approved March 13, 1918. |
| An ACT authorizing cities, towns and counties to establish and conduct systems of public recreation and playgrounds. |
| An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties to enact special and local legislation for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges of the said counties, and for the regulation of traffic thereon. |
| An ACT to regulate the disposal of human waste or excreta within the Commonwealth of Virginia and to provide penalties. |
| An ACT to prohibit the taking of fish from the streams of Giles county except with hook and line, and to prohibit the taking of fish from certain streams in said county, during certain seasons; to prohibit fishing on Sunday; to prohibit the use of fish berries, dynamite and other explosive or chemical substances for the taking, or destruction of fish; and to prescribe the punishment for violations thereof. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Waverly, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the council and government of the town of Waverly and all powers heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office to be legal and valid. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Shenandoah, and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 57 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and to repeal all other acts with reference thereto, as approved April 2, 1902, and amended, Acts 1910, 1916 and 1922; and to provide for the appointment by the town council of a police justice for the town of Covington, Virginia, and to define his powers and duties. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 6 of an act to incorporate the city of Danville, approved February 17, 1890, as heretofore amended. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1748, 1750, 1752, 1753, 1754, 1755, 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781 of the Code of Virginia relating to drainage districts |
| An ACT for the protection of fish and game in the waters of Lake Tecumseh and Red Wing lake, in Princess Anne county, Virginia. |
| A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to the Constitution of Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 387 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, of 1926, entitled “an act requiring all oysters from the public rocks of the Commonwealth to be inspected when loading on vessels ; measurements; tax; penalties,” approved March 24, 1926, as amended, so as to include all oysters, taken from such public rocks. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled, an act for the protection of fish in certain streams in Alleghany and Craig counties |
| An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1929, and the 28th day of February, 1930. |
| An ACT to re-enact an act for the protection of fish in the waters of Lake Tecumseh and Red Wing Lake, in Princess Anne county, Virginia. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend sections 3, 4 and 14 of an act entitled an act to create a State commission on conservation and development; to prescribe its powers and duties; to vest it with powers and duties now vested by law in the water power and development commission, the State geological commission, the State geological survey, the office of the State geologist, and the office of the State forester; and to vest it with power to condemn and acquire land and other property for public park purposes, approved March 17, 1926, and providing for the conservation of property acquired under the provisions of section 14, with the aid of voluntary gifts or contributions placed at the disposal of the commission. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Bluefield, Virginia, |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Burkeville, Nottoway county, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 140 of the acts of assembly of 1906, entitled ‘an act to incorporate the town of Cambria, in Montgomery county’ |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act approved July 11, 1870, providing a charter for the town of West Point, in King William county. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Occoquan and to repeal all other acts inconsistent with this act. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3282 and 3287 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to oysters and clams, so as to include crab-meat and scallops within the provisions of said sections. |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new chapter, numbered 126-a, and nine new Code sections, 3165-a, 3165-b, 3165-c, 3165-d, 3165-e, 3165-f, 3165-g, 3165-h and 3165-i, providing for the creation of forest, game, fish and recreation reserves; providing for their care; deferring the payment of taxes thereon; providing for the accrual of such taxes; making all taxes assessed against such area, liens thereon; prescribing the duties of purchasers of the timber; the duties of the department of conservation and development, and the various commissions in that department, and the commission of game and inland fisheries, and their officers and employees; authorizing boards of supervisors to accept the provisions of this act, and providing for all things necessary or incident to the establishment of such forest, game, fish and recreation reserves. |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new chapter, numbered 126-a, and nine new Code sections, 3165-a, 3165-b, 3165-c, 3165-d, 3165-e, 3165-f, 3165-g, 3165-h, and 3165-i, providing for the creation of forest, game, fish and recreation reserves; providing for their care; deferring the payment of taxes thereon; providing for the accrual of such taxes making all taxes assessed against such areas liens thereon; prescribing the duties of purchasers of the timber; the duties of the department of conservation and development, and the various commissions in that department, and the commission of game and inland fisheries, and their officers and employees; authorizing boards of supervisors to accept the provisions of this act, and providing for all things necessary or incident to the establishment of such forest, game, fish and recreation reserves. |
| An Act to authorize the State highway commission to cooperate with the persons who are given the right to establish a marine museum in any county in Virginia adjoining any city located on navigable water and with a population of thirty thousand or more inhabitants, under the provisions of a bill for that purpose introduced at the present session of the general assembly, and to make certain changes in the State highways adjacent to and extending across the property of such person or persons establishing such museum. |
| An ACT to permit the erection of a dam across the mouth of any creek in any county of Virginia, adjoining a city located on navigable water and having a population of thirty thousand or more inhabitants by the United States census, which dam is erected for the purpose of creating a lake to be used in connection with a marine museum. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Gordonsville, Virginia; to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4570 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to working or transacting business on Sunday. |
| An ACT to prescribe how, and for what purpose, gifts of money, entrance fees and concession fees, and certain other funds accruing from, on account of, or to the use of any State park, or parks, shall be used. |
| An ACT to authorize and empower the State Commission on Conservation and Development for the purpose of co-operating with the government of the United States in reducing and relieving unemployment and in conserving natural resources, and to extend the park system of the Commonwealth, to purchase or otherwise acquire for park purposes real estate within the Commonwealth and for such purpose to appropriate the sum of $50,000.00. |
| An ACT to authorize the town of Lebanon to acquire for a public park and playground, a certain parcel of land lying within the corporate limits of the town and owned by Russell County Livestock and Agricultural Association, and to that end, to acquire the capital stock of said association as a step towards acquiring the legal title to said property. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 38 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, approved March 21, 1928, as heretofore amended, defining the powers of the council of said city and relating to when certain ordinances shall be published and take effect. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 157 of the Tax Code of Virginia, relating to licenses on theatrical and other performances, exhibitions, etc. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 6 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 422 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, concerning elk in the counties of Giles, Bland, Pulaski, Montgomery, and Craig, as amended by chapter 202 of the Acts of Assembly of 1928, approved March 24, 1930, in relation to the fee for a license to hunt elk and money derived therefrom. |
| An ACT to provide a charter for the town of Haysi, in Dickenson County, Virginia. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 20, 20-a and 21 of an act entitled "an act to provide for a State Boxing and Wrestling Commission, to prescribe its powers and duties, and to provide for the expense of administering this act; to authorize and empower counties, cities and towns to determine by ordinance, referendum, or otherwise, when boxing and wrestling contests may be held therein; to provide for boxing and wrestling contests for prizes or purses, or where an admission is charged, and limiting such boxing contests to fifteen rounds and wrestling matches by such rules as may be promulgated by the commission; to prescribe conditions under which licenses shall be issued and contests held; to declare that amateur boxing and wrestling contests conducted heretofore shall be subject to the provisions of this measure and under the sole jurisdiction of such commission in all cases wherein an admission fee is charged spectators to witness such amateur boxing and/or wrestling contests; to provide for licensing and taxing such boxing and wrestling matches and providing for the distribution of the moneys derived therefrom," approved March 29, 1934, said sections being in relation to licenses, permits, compensation of officers, referees, number of bouts of matches, and appropriation of money collected. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun, Virginia. and to repeal all prior acts and amendments thereto creating a charter for the said town. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15 and 16 of an act entitled "An act to regulate the employment of children; to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact Chapter 210 of the Acts of 1908, regulating the employment of children in certain employments, approved March 13, 1908, as amended by Chapter 339 of the Acts of 1914, approved March 27, 1914, approved March 14, 1918; to repeal an act entitled an act to permit children over the age of twelve years to work in fruit and vegetable canneries and to transmit merchandise or run errands, approved March 20, 1920, and to repeal Sections 1809 to 1816, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, Section 1810 of which was amended by an act approved March 25, 1920," approved March 27, 1922. |
| An ACT to make it unlawful to erect, or maintain, or permit to be erected, or maintained, along any public highway any false or misleading sign purporting to furnish travel information; to provide for the removal and destruction of such signs under certain circumstances; to prescribe penalties for violations; and to repeal inconsistent acts. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the town of Altavista, Campbell 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,” approved March 30, 1936 |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact section 47 of chapter 473 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1924, entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke,” approved March 22, 1924, as heretofore amended. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Norton, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and all former charters and amendments thereof, of said town. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Front Royal, Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Manassas, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Manassas, in Prince William county’ |
| An ACT to create a commission for the purpose of procuring, transporting, and exhibiting the products and natural resources of Virginia at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, California in 1939; to prescribe the powers and duties of the said commission. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 395 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to delinquent State taxes. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Cape Charles, Northampton 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 Cape Charles. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax” |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Appalachia, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and all former charters and amendments thereof, of said town. |
| An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clarksville, in the county of Mecklenburg, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Clarksville, and to authorize the issue of bonds by said town” approved February 11, 1898. |
| An ACT to appropriate the sum of $220,000.00, or so much thereof as may be required, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1938, for the purpose of paying retirement compensation to judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and of other courts of record, and to members of the State Corporation Commission, who may retire, and to supplement other appropriations made for the purpose of paying salaries of such judges and of members of the said commission. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 38, as amended, of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia”, approved March 21, 1928, relating to the powers of the council of the said city, so as to authorize the prohibition of lotteries and raffles therein, the fixing of certain penalties for violation of city ordinances, and prescribing the manner in which certain city ordinances shall be published. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 19-f, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled ‘‘An act to revise, simplify, arrange and consolidate into one act the general game, inland fish and dog statutes of Virginia, which act shall constitute and be designated and cited as ‘The Game, Inland Fish and Dog Code of Virginia’.” |
| An ACT for the relief of Pearson Martin |
| An ACT to amend an act entitled ‘“‘An Act to provide for a new Charter for the town of Farmville.”, approved February 10, 1890, by adding thereto a new section numbered 11-a, empowering the town council to acquire, maintain, control and dispose of certain property for certain recreational purposes and other public uses, under certain conditions. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4 of an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide a new charter for the town of Waynesboro, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.”, approved March 26, 1928, relating to the powers of the said town, so as to make further provisions with reference to town cemeteries. |
| 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, and to provide for a referendum. |
| An ACT to authorize and empower the Virginia Conservation Commission to convey to the former grantors thereof, their heirs, devisees, assigns or successors in title, certain lands in Smyth county acquired by the said Commission as a right of way for a road from Lee Highway to Hungry Mother State Park, and no longer needed for such purpose. |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 3032-a, limiting the civil liability on the part of cities and towns in the maintenance or operation of recreational facilities to cases of gross or wanton negligence. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled ‘‘An act to provide a new charter for the town of Woodstock and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government of the town of Woodstock and all power heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid.”’ |
| An ACT to authorize and direct the State Highway Commission to take into the secondary system of State highways certain roads in and adjacent to the Prince Edward State Forest, the Surrender Grounds State Forest and Cumberland State Forest under certain conditions. |
| An ACT to make it lawful to gig red-horse, carp, and other non-game fish in the waters of Clinch River, within the County of Russell, during certain periods; to prescribe the bag limit for such fish; to provide penalties for viola- tions; to authorize the board of supervisors of said county to pay rewards to persons furnishing information which leads to the conviction of any person for dynamiting fish in any stream in said county; to provide that the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries shall not discriminate against Clinch River, in said county, in the matter of restocking inland waters with game fish, on account of any provisions of this act; and to repeal an act entitled ‘An act to authorize the Chairman of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, to issue per- mits to gig certain kinds of fish in Clinch River, within Russell County, during certain periods and upon certain conditions.’ |
| An ACT to authorize the Virginia Conservation Commission, with the approval of the Governor, and subject to certain conditions, restrictions and reservations, to lease to responsible organizations or groups of individuals certain lands or other properties held by it or under its supervision and control, and to grant certain easements over, upon and across such lands or other properties. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2 of Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, so as, among other things, to provide definitions for the various terms and words contained in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. |
| An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 7 of the Act to Provide for a State Boxing and Wrestling Commission |
| An ACT to regulate the operation of certain summer camps, to require certain sanitary and health provisions to be made therefor, to provide for the inspection thereof and for the issuance and revocation of permits for the operation thereof and for appeals in certain cases, to confer and impose certain powers and duties upon the State Health Commissioner and the agents and employees of the Department of Health, and to prescribe penalties for violations. |
| An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of certain counties to acquire lands for the establishment of parks, play-grounds and other recreational facilities, and to issue bonds for such purpose; and to prescribe the conditions upon which such bonds may be issued, sold and redeemed. |
| An ACT to authorize the State Highway Commissioner to accept from the United States, or any department or agency thereof, grants of land upon which the United States has constructed any recreational waysides ; to contract with the United States, or any such agency, to maintain and operate same out of any funds available, and to authorize the Highway Department to establish, construct, and maintain similar recreational waysides. |
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