Religious Institutions

1877/1878
An ACT to authorize the board of trustees for Blue run Baptist church, in Orange county, to sell their church property and invest proceeds in new church.
An ACT to incorporate the State Grand Lodge of Knights of Damon, No. 1, of Virginia.
An ACT confirming the purchase of a lot of land by the Boydton Baptist Church, and authorizing the sale of the same,,or a portion thereof; and authorizing the trustees to borrow money to erect a house of worship.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the city of Manchester, to sell and purchase property and to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Court-street Baptist church, Portsmouth, Virginia, to sell certain real estate held by them for the benefit of said church.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Smithfield, Isle of Wight county, to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Mount Pleasant and Thrasher’s Chapel churches, in the county of Roanoke, to make sale and conveyance of certain property belonging to said churches.
An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of the state of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the First English Lutheran church, of Richmond, Virginia, to borrow money, and execute déeds of trust to secure the same.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of Providence, Fairfax county, Virginia, to sell property and to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the sale of certain church property
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Oregon Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Richmond, Virginia, to borrow money, and execute decds of trust to secure the same.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Black Lick Presbyterian church, in the county of Wythe, to make sale of certain property belonging to said church.
An ACT to authorize the board of trustees for Blue run colored Baptist church, in Orange county, to sell their church property, and invest proceeds in a new church.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of certain school property in the town of Marion, Smyth county, to make a good and sufficient title to M. E. church, South, of a portion of the school lot.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Patrick Courthouse, Virginia, to borrow money and give deed of trust.
An ACT for the relief of Gideon W. Jones, of Warren
An ACT to authorize the vestry of St. Paul’s church, in the town of Salem, Roanoke county, Virginia, to make sale of certain property belonging to said church,
An ACT to amend the third section of an act to incorporate St. Paul’s Church Home, passed February 19, 1861.
An ACT to authorize the Liberty Baptist Church to borrow money and sell property.
An ACT enabling the trustees of Moore’s swamp church, in Surry county, to sell a portion of their church lot to trustees for the Independent Order of Good Templars.

1881/1882
An ACT to authorize trustees of Black Lick Methodist church, south, to sell and convey certain real estate, &c.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Berryville, in the county of Clarke.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, to sell certain church property on Elk creek, in Grayson county.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Bethel Presbyterian Church, in Washington county, to sell and convey certain real estate.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, and congregation at Staunton, to borrow money and to execute deeds of trust.
An ACT authorizing the sale of Young’s chapel church property, in Grayson county.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Presbyterian church of Martinsville, Henry county, to sell and purchase property.
An ACT providing for holding the term of a court by the judge of another court, the incumbent dying before the term is completed.
to authorize the trustees of Guests river Methodist church, in the county of Wise, to sell their church property and invest the proceeds in a new church.
An ACT to authorize the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Virginia, to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize Leigh street Baptist church in the city of Richmond, to borrow money and execute deeds of trust.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the consolidation of the Richmond and Southwestern Railway Company with the Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, under the name of the Richmond and Louisville Railroad Company, and to increase the capital stock and enlarge the powers of said Richmond and Louisville Railroad Company.
An ACT to authorize the Trustees of Lebanon Church in the county of Campbell, to sell and convey certain real estate and invest the proceeds.
An ACT to authorize sale of Methodist parsonage, situate in upper Botetourt.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the supervisors of Bath county to build a turnpike road in said county.
An ACT to provide for repairing the guvernor’s mansion and appropriating money therefor.
An ACT to authorize the Presbyterian church of the town of Lexington to acquire and hold additional land within the limits of the town of Lexingtan, to that now owned by said church and congregation.
An ACT to authorize the St. John’s German Evangelical Church to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Berkeley avenue Baptist church, in what is known as Berkeley, in the county of Norfolk, to borrow money and execute one or more deeds of trust to secure the time.
An ACT to incorporate Cobb’s Island Seaside Company.
An ACT to prescribe the times for holding the terms of the eighth judicial circuit.
An ACT for the relief of the administrator of Reese B. Gillespie, deceased.
An ACT to enable the trustees.of Methodist parsonage of Green circuit to sell and convey the same.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Cotton Compress and Warehouse Company.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Pine street Baptist church, of the city of Richmond, to borrow money and execute deeds of trust.
An ACT to amend the act approved April second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled an act to incorporate the Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company.
An ACT in relation to the sale of certain church property
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Presbyterian church, in the town of Jonesville in the county of Lee, state of Virginia, to make sales of certain property belonging to said church, and for other purposes.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Pine street Baptist church, in the city of Richmond, to sell the church property.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Second Baptist church, known as Byrne Street, in the city of Petersburg to sell and purchase property, and to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of the city of Fredericksburg, to raise moncy for improving and repairing church property.
An ACT to incorporate the Big Quarry Slate Company.

1882es
An ACT to incorporate the Church home for infirm and disabled colored persons in the county of Brunswick.
An ACT to allow the trustees of the Lutheran church, at Mount Jackson, Shenandoah county, Virginia, to sell a part of a lot belonging to said church and convey title to same.
An ACT to authorize the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Strasburg, Shenandoah county, Virginia, to borrow money.
An ACT to authorize the trustees vf the Baptist church of Danville to sell certain property.
An ACT to authorize sale of Methodist parsonage, situate in upper Botetourt.
An ACT to empower the Episcopal church, in the town of Liberty, to hold additional land.
An ACT to appoint trustees to sell and convey church property known as the Old Mount Zion church, in the county of Appomattox.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of Bascom chapel, Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Onancock, in the county of Accomac, to sell and convey said church and lot of land on which it is located, and to invest the proceeds.
An ACT to authorize the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Buckingham county, to sell and convey certain church property.
An ACT to empower the trustees of Liberty Hill schoolhouse and church to sell and convey certain property.
An ACT to incorporate the Board of Foreign Missions of the Baptist Foreign Mission Convention of the United States of America.
An ACT providing a home for aged and indigent females,
An ACT to allow the trustees of the Methodist church at Big Lick to sell property.

1866/1867
An ACT to amend chapter 77 of the Code, in relation to Church Property.
An ACT to authorize the German Reformed Church at Woodstock, Shenandoah County, to take and hold additional real estate; not to exceed four acres in all.
An ACT to amend an act passed 6th March, 1858, entitled an act to amend an act for the incorporation of Union Theological Seminary, passed December 20, 1855.

1883/1884
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Mount Zion church, at Charlottesville, to borrow money and execute deeds of trust.
An ACT to incorporate the Hartshorn Memorial College.
An ACT to allow the trustees of Martha Washington College to convey to the trustees of the Sinking Spring church the property known as the Stonewall Jackson Institute.
An ACT to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of Luray, in the town of Luray.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Lebanon Church, in the county of Campbell, to sell the same, and invest the proceeds as may be directed by the Methodist Quarterly Conference.
An ACT to provide for authorizing Religious Congregations and other Benevolent, Literary and Charitable Institutions which are not incorporated, to sell, exchange or encumber their property.
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Christian church at Lynchburg, to borrow money and secure by deed, of trust.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary and High School in Virginia, to acquire and hold additional property.
An ACT to incorporate the Society for the Relief of the Preachers of the Virginian Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and their Families, their Widows and Orphans.

1884es
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Conference Seminary, of the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to authorize James D. Campbell and others, the trustees in whom is vested the legal title to the tract of land in Louisa county, held by them as a manse for the use of the Providence church, to sell and convey the said manse.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for authorizing Religious Congregations and other Benevolent, Literary and Charitable Institutions which are not incorporated, to sell, exchange or encumber their property
An ACT to authorize the receiver in the case of the Holmes Presbyterian Church of Northampton versus The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company, to pay money to the trustees of said church.

1885/1886
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, at Wytheville, to sell and convey the church and lot.
An ACT to amend an act approved February 5, 1886, entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the Richmond Theological Seminary of the city of Richmond, and to amend the title
An ACT to vest the State’s interest in Vick’s church, in Southampton county, in trustees, for the use and benefit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
An ACT to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association, of Fincastle.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond Theological Seminary, in the city of Richmond.
An ACT to incorporate The Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s Academy and Orphan Asylum of Richmond, Virginia.
An ACT. to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Little Sisters of the Poor in Ricemond.
An ACT to incorporate the Preacher’s Home Association of the Virginia Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of Grace Episcopal church, in Berryville, Virginia, to hold five acres of land.
An ACT for the relief of the Lutheran church and congregation of Madison county.
An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Baptist Ministers’ Relief Fund of Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Lynchburg Young Men’s Christian Association

1887es
An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Catocton Presbyterian church of Waterford, Loudoun county, Virginia, to borrow money and sell certain property.
An ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Pilgrim Travelers of Salem Baptist church of Red Oak Grove, Charlotte county, Virginia,
An ACT to authorize the trustees of Rustburg Presbyterian church to borrow money and execute a lien on the church property.
An ACT to ratify and confirm a deed conveying certain church property in the city of Richmond.
An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, at Templeton’s meeting-house, to sell and convey the said meeting-house and lot of ground upon which it stands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five entitled an act incorporating the trustees of the Diocesian Missionary society.