Taxation

1899/1900
An ACT for the relief of the sureties of treasurers and deputy treasurers of Henry county, by extending the time of collection and levy and distress for taxes and levies which have been already accounted for to the Commonwealth and said county.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Chincoteague, Accomac
An ACT to enable the city of Fredericksburg to enforce the collection of delinquent taxes and levies due the city against real estate sold by the state and bought by the auditor for delinquent state taxes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 17.
An ACT to incorporate the century banking and safe deposit company.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Round Hill, in the county of Loudoun.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 8, and 13 of an act approved January 22, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Marion, Virginia.
An ACT to allow W. J. Woods, ex-treasurer of Giles county, and all of his deputies, further time for collecting taxes in Giles county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and on licenses to transact business and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, approved March 6, 1890, and also to amend and re-enact section 25 of the same act as amended by an act approved March 3, 1898, so as to impose an additional tax upon telegraph and express companies.
An ACT allowing James W. Bonner, treasurer of Bath county, and his deputies further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets and license taxes not returned delinquent, for which he has heretofore accounted to the state or to the county, or the districts of said county.
An Act to exempt the home for friendless children, situated in Chesterfield county, from taxation.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 33, of chapter 244, imposing a tax on peddlers of coal and wood.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wines, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixtures thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, approved March 6, 1890, in relation to merchants’ licenses and tax on capital stock of corporations doing the business of a merchant.
An ACT to provide for making, building, and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the ninth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the mineral development company, approved May 23, 1887, as amended by an act approved March 4, 1890.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in Warren county, by a tax on dogs.
An ACT to authorize clerks to enter record on delinquent land books when lands are redeemed from purchaser.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Chase City, in the county of Mecklenburg
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3, chapter 743, of the acts of 1893 and 1894, in relation to time of assessing for taxation of oysters, shells, etc.
An ACT to provide for a rcad law for Stafford county.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Honaker, in Russell county.
An ACT to incorporate the colonial coal and coke company.
An ACT to relieve Mary M. Smith from taxes improperly assessed against 117 acres of land in Henry district, in Hanover county, Virginia.
An ACT for the relief of J. C. Stanly, deputy treasurer of Patrick county.
An ACT to incorporate Bay Shore terminal company.
An ACT for the relief of G. R. Nichols, deputy for John W. Clay, treasurer of Campbell county.
An ACT for the relief of Mary J. Webb by refunding certain State taxes erroneously paid by her.
An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Holland, in the county of Nansemond.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 606 of the code of Virginia, in reference to the form of lists and oaths to be made by treasurer in returning lists of uncollected taxes and levies, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 14 and 19 of the charter of the town of Salem, in the county of Roanoke.
An ACT allowing the treasurer of Amherst county further time
An ACT to allow Edward O. Gladstone, late deputy treasurer of Northampton county, further time in which to collect certain tax tickets in his hands not returned delinquent.
An ACT to refund to Thomas J. Vaughan and Sallie A. Vaughan double taxes, paid to the state by them on certain lots in Atlantic City ward, Norfolk city, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact paragraph 96 of schedule F of chapter 1 of an act approved March 6, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixtures thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, as amended by an act approved February 24, 1894, and as amended by an act approved January 16, 1896, as far as the same relates to photographers’ licenses.
An ACT to provide for the submission to the people of the proposed amendment to article 10 of the constitution of Virginia with reference to the tax imposed on any of the citizens of the state for the privilege of taking or catching oysters from their natural beds with tongs in the waters thereof, and striking from said article 10 of said constitution the second clause.
An ACT for the relief of Frank Stringfellow.
An ACT to allow John S. Swift further time within which to distrain and levy and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to provide for taxation of dogs in county of Rappahanock and protection of sheep therein.
An ACT providing a charter for the town of West Clifton Forge, in the county of Alleghany.
An ACT for the relief of the Mayo bridge and land company from erroneous taxation for the years 1876 to 1899, inclusive.
An ACT to authorize the town of Lexington to impose a license tax on the manufacture or distillation or sale of wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, within the corporate limits of the town of Lexington, or within one mile of the corporate limits of the said town.
An ACT to authorize the town of Luray to borrow money.
An ACT for the relief of W. H. Purkins, treasurer of Middlesex county, to give him and his former deputies powers of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax tickets now in their possession, and for which they have accounted to the proper fiscal agents.
An ACT for the relief of R. K. Gillespie, late treasurer of Tazewell county, and his sureties.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia immigration society.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 (relating to tax on wills and administration) of an act approved March 6, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is necessary.
An ACT to allow C. M. Marshall, ex-deputy treasurer of Carroll county, further time within which to distrain and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2086 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 18, 1890 as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898, in relation to fishing in the waters of the commonwealth, to provide for levying a license tax on fishing devices and for the collection thereof, and to extend the provisions of said act to all the waters within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth.
An ACT for the relief of Mary E. Sawyer.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Alexandria county to enforce the lien for all county, road, and school taxes that may now be due or may hereafter become due by suit in equity, and to empower the circuit court of Alexandria county to entertain such suit and enforce the provisions of this act by sale of the real estate upon which said taxes are a lien.
An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg development and loan company.
An ACT authorizing the councils of the city of Norfolk to appoint a collector of delinquent personal taxes for the city of Norfolk, and fixing his duties, powers, term of office and compensation.
AN ACT to grant to C. W. Powers, late treasurer of Dickenson county, further time to make sale of delinquent lands.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 8, 12, and 17 of an act entitled an act to create Northside district, in Brookland magisterial district, in the county of Henrico, and to provide for lighting and sewerage in said northside district, and for making and maintaining other improvements of a public nature therein
An ACT to allow H. C. Wheatley, deputy treasurer of Culpeper county, further time in which to collect certain tax bills.
An ACT to give George M. Muse, treasurer of Roanoke county, and his deputies, further time in which to collect uncollected tax tickets
An ACT to provide for the recordation by clerks of the county or corporation courts of lists of conveyances and partitions that may have been returned thereto by the clerk of the general court, and may now be found therein, and declaring the effect to be given said lists when so recorded.
An ACT to establish the Wise school district, in Wise county, providing the mode of appointing trustees, and for levying tax for district school purposes therein, and authorizing the trustees to apply money collected to payment of teachers’ salaries, &c.
An ACT for the relief of Frank Garland, treasurer of Richmond county.
An ACT for the relief of A. W. McKim
An ACT for the relief of C. W. Powers, late treasurer of Dickenson county.
An ACT for the protection of farmers, &c., in Buckingham county by requiring license of labor agents and imposing penalties for violation.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk gas, light and fuel company of Norfolk, Virginia.
An ACT to relieve John Y. Harris, late treasurer of Dinwiddie county, and John Hargrave, D. H. Fisher, and John W. Thrift, his deputies.
AN ACT allowing Joseph T. Fudge, treasurer of Alleghany county, and his deputies, further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets and license taxes for which he has heretofore accounted to the state.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to provide for a charter of the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, approved February 15, 1882; and to amend and re-enact section 5 of the above mentioned act as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act to provide charter for the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, approved February 14, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 622 of the code of Virginia, in reference to the property that may be distrained for taxes, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 16, 1890, as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 2, 1894, as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 3, 1898, and to provide for the collection of unpaid taxes by renting real estate, and to fix the fees and charges in connection with proceedings under this act.
An ACT for the relief of W. C. Sanders, late treasurer of Wyth county.
A RESOLUTION suspending the operations of the existing law requiring a 'brand tax' on fertilizers.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, in force January 21, 1884, as to the powers of the councils of the city of Norfolk, and restrictions on the councils in passing certain resolutions and ordinances.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Jefferson township, in Culpeper county, to borrow money.
An ACT for the relief of F. F. Ninde, treasurer of King George county, giving him further time, &c.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the seventh sub-section of section 19, and section 38 of the charter of the city of Manchester, as enacted by the general assembly of Virginia by an act entitled “an act to provide a charter for the city of Manchester,” approved March 20, 1874.
An ACT to provide for the establishment, alteration, discon- tinuance, and working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Giles county, and to punish obstructions of the road commissioners in the dis- charge of their duties.
An ACT for working and Sepik in order the public roads of Mecklenburg county, and to provide for the levy cf taxes for that purpose.
An ACT to provide for the working and repairing of public roads of Sussex county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 104 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 16, 1896.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clifton Forge,
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to constitute the town of Salem and adjoining territory a separate school district.
An ACT to authorize and empower chancery courts to confirm sales of land when the purchase price is not sufficient to pay the taxes, levies and assessments returned delinquent, and to confirm any sales heretofore made.
An ACT to amend, consolidate and re-enact chapter thirty-one (31), acts of 1872-73, approved January 16, 1873, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and chapter 774, acts of 1895-96, approved March 4, 1896, entitled an act authorizing the election of a town assessor for the town of Covington, in Alleghany county, Virginia, relating to the charter and corporate limits of the town of Covington, and to extend the corporate limits of said town and enlarge its powers.
An ACT for the relief of W. P. Shelton, treasurer of Hanover county, giving him further time, &c.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts or charters in conflict therewith.
An ACT to allow M. S. Cahoon, late treasurer of Botetourt county,
An ACT for the relief of D. Mott Robertson, of Appomattox county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 15 and 19 of the act in force March 22, 1872, entitled an act to amend and re-enact certain acts in relation to the town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt, and to extend the corporate limits of the said town.
An ACT for the relief of H. L. Stone, treasurer of Pulaski county.
An Act to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the town of Dayton
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 6, and 8 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Lawrenceville, Virginia, approved April 29, 1874, and to add two additional sections to said act.
An ACT to repeal section 8 of an act approved February 11, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 598 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 8, 1894, entitled an act in relation to making and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Alexandria county, as amended by an act approved March 38, 1896, and to prohibit the use of money derived from the sale of bonds under an act approved December 19, 1899, from being used in the construction, making, or opening new roads, and providing that all work done and materials required upon the said roads shall be by contract after advertisement, and the same let to the lowest responsible bidder; and to authorize the board of supervisors to levy a tax not exceeding fifty cents upon the one hundred dollars’ value of such property; and providing how the money derived from the sale of the said bonds, under the act approved December 19, 1899, shall be expended and apportioned among the magisterial districts of the county, and to authorize the board of supervisors to employ a competent civil engineer, and to authorize the judge of the county court to appoint a board of audit, and to prescribe their duties.
An ACT to allow W. S. Summers further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
An ACT for the relief of the personal representatives and deputies of James C. Haynes, late treasurer of Montgomery county.
An ACT to refund to W. C. Andrews $150 erroneously paid into the treasury.
An ACT to authorize the United States government to acquire title to and jurisdiction over certain lands situate on Cape Henry, in the county of Princess Anne.
An ACT to allow Thomas C. Miller, treasurer of Wytheville, Virginia, further time to collect certain tax tickets yet remaining in his hands
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Charles City county, Virginia, to aid in the erection of a monument to the Confederate soldiers of said county by assigning a location on the court-house green and by contributing thereto a sum not exceeding $300.
An ACT to relieve the heirs of Adeline V. Hall from erroneous assessment of land.
An ACT for the relief of John C. Hall, ex-treasurer of Franklin county, to give him and his former deputies powers of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax tickets now in his possession, and for which he has accounted to the proper fiscal agents.
An ACT to incorporate the agricultural fair association of Northern Virginia.