Transportation

1908
An ACT to authorize Albemarle county to borrow and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding $30,000, to pay off the floating debt for building the new county poor-house, as well as to build a new bridge over the Rivanna river at Rio Mills, and assist in securing under-grade crossings under the tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and of the Southern Railway Company, respectively, in the county of Albemarle, and to re-imburse the amount for the building of the bridge over James river at Scottsville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved March 15, 1906, entitled an act to provide for establishing, working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges in the county of Rockbridge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact 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 an act entitled an act to provide for working the roads, repairing bridges, and opening new roads in the county of Augusta, and repealing so much of the acts as affect the county of Augusta, approved February 26, 1884; February 19, 1886; February 28, 1890; March 3, 1894, and March 2, 1898, approved February 26, 1900.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled: An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled: An act to provide for the working and keeping in order, building and maintaining the public roads and bridges in the county of Scott, the opening and establishment of new roads, and to provide the funds therefor,
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to create a road board for the county of Fauquier, and to provide for the working of the roads of said county, approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and four, and amended by act approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 16 and 26, of chapter 230 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the opening, altering, changing and working the public roads in the county of Warren, approved February 18, 1886. to provide for the working, repairing, opening, altering, changing and building of the public roads, bridges, ferries and landings in Warren county, Virginia, approved March 15, 1906.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 5, 1900, entitled an act to provide for the establishment, alteration, discontinuance and working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Giles county, and to punish obstructions of the road commissioners in the discharge of their duties, and also to punish road officials of Giles county for any neglect of their official duties, approved March 14, 1904.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled: An act providing for the working and keeping in order, building and maintaining the public roads and bridges in the county of Scott, as approved March 7, 1900.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to borrow a sum not exceeding $200,000, for the purpose of permanent road improvements in said county, and to issue bonds therefor.
An ACT to make railroad companies liable for damage from fire occasioned from sparks or coals thrown from their engines or trains, whether such fire originate on the railroad’s right of way or not, and regardless of the use or condition of spark-arresting appliances.
An ACT to provide for defending certain suits in the United States courts by railroad companies, against the members and the clerk of the State corporation commission, involving important public interests, and for indemnity to the defendants in said suits.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled: An act to provide for the opening and working of roads and keeping the same in repair, and to provide for erecting and maintaining bridges in the county of Culpeper, approved January 25, 1898, and as amended and re-enacted March 14, 1906.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19 and 74, of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Manchester, approved March 20, 1874, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1878, and as further amended by an act approved March 3, 1900.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act approved March 4, 1906, entitled “an act to provide for establishing, working and keeping in seed the roads and bridges and repairing of bridges in the county of Prince George.”
An ACT to validate an issue of bonds made by the authorities of Orange county for macadamizing or otherwise permanently improving the public roads and bridges of Madison district in said county, pursuant to an election held in said district on the 9th day of February, 1907.
An ACT to repeal an act approved December 18, 1903, to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Patrick, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1906.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled: An act to create the State convict road force; to authorize the working of certain prisoners on the public roads of this State; providing for the guarding, transportation, lodging, feeding, clothing and medical attention of the State convict road force; providing for an increase of the penitentiary guard not to exceed 45 men; providing how a county may have the benefit of the labor of the State convict road force; and appropriating money from the public treasury to carry the provisions of this act into effect
An ACT to regulate the time and manner in which common carriers doing business in this State shall adjust and pay just freight charges, and claims for loss or damage to freight and claims for storage, demurrage and car service.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act providing for the appoint-ment of a commission of three persons by the circuit court of Spotsylvania county, to be known as the board of public roads for Spotsylvania county, etc.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly approved March 4, 1894, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads in the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by acts approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, constructing, maintaining and keeping in order the roads, causeways and bridges of Madison county and creating the office of superintendent of roads and prescribing his duties and compensation; and to repeal any act in conflict herewith.
An ACT providing for the shortening of the period of labor required of persons sentenced to work on public roads, and fixing maximum period for which they shall be required to so labor, for non-payment of fines and costs,
An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1965, 1968 and 1969 and to repeal section 1967 of the Code of Virginia in relation to pilots.
An ACT to provide for the improvement of public roads in Charlotte county, to authorize the issuance of county bonds for the purpose and to apportion the proceeds of said bonds among the several magisterial districts and to provide for the authorization of the issue of bonds by an election.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the act approved March 12, 1904, relating to the establishment, proper construction and permanent improvement of the public roads and landings, for’ building and keeping in good order and repair all roads, bridges, causeways and wharves and so forth, approved March 17, 1906.
An ACT to provide for the improvement of public roads in Rockbridge county, to authorize the issuance of county bonds for the purpose, and to apportion the proceeds of said bonds among the several magisterial districts, and to provide for the authorization of the issue of bonds by an election.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the title to an act entitled: An act upon the subject of county roads, causeways, bridges, etc., and , Providing for the further division of counties into road subdistricts, * etc.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Powhatan county to create a sinking fund for the purpose of retiring $40,000.00 of bonds subscribed for the purpose of constructing the Farmville and Powhatan railroad, and to give said board of supervisors the power to make a special levy for that purpose, or in their discretion to increase the regular county levy.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled: An act to provide for working and keeping the public roads in order in Clarke county, approved February 17, 1877, and all acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 7, 1900, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Washington, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and macadamize the roads in said county, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question, approved April 2, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved May 15, 1903, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 15, 1906.
An ACT to repeal section 12 of chapter 2 of an act entitled: An act concerning corporations, which became a law without the signature of the governor, on the 21st day of May, 1903.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 184 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, 1890, entitled "an act to provide for the working of and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Smyth."
An ACT authorizing the submission to the legal voters of the city of Winchester of the question whether or not they will favor the issuance by said city of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of Town Run improvement bonds and to authorize the issuance by said city of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars of said bonds if a majority of those voting vote in favor of such issuance.
An ACT authorizing the United States government to acquire jurisdiction over submerged lands belonging to this Commonwealth.
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years ending respectively on the 28th day of February, 1909, and the 28th day of February, 1910.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled: An act to provide for the opening, working and changing the public roads in Rappahannock county and building and repairing bridges therein
An ACT to provide for State money aid, in addition to convict labor, for the improvement of public roads.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled: An act to establish a State highway commission, to define its powers and duties; the term of office, salary and qualifications of the commissioner; to authorize the commissioner to call into consultation the professors of engineering in certain State institutions, and appropriating money to carry the provisions of this act into effect
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of the roads and the bridges of Dinwiddie county, to create a road board for Dinwiddie county, and to prescribe its powers and duties, and to provide for the appointment of a county superintendent of roads, and to regulate his duties
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 3, 1900, and in force from its passage, entitled: An act to provide a new charter for the city of Charlottesville and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to authorize the sinking fund commissioners of the State of Virginia to convert the stock and dividend obligations of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company into stocks of said company under any new charter or amendment of its charter which said company may hereafter acquire.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 23, 1898, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved May 20, 1903, and as further amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 15, 1906, providing for the working and keeping in repair the roads, and building and keeping in repair bridges in the county of Essex, and providing what tax shall be used for the same.

1910
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to provide for the establishment, proper construction and permanent improvement of the public roads and landings, for building and keeping in good order and repair of all public roads, bridges, causeways and wharves, in the several counties of this State, and to repeal chapter 43 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to empower boards of supervisors to enact special and local legislation to protect the public roads and bridges from obstructien, encroachment, and injury, to make violations of such enactments a mis- demeanor, and to provide penalties.
An ACT to authorize cities to create, improve and develop harbors within the corporate limits, or within two miles thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the improvement and working of roads in the county of Henrico, and for the construction and repair of bridges therein, and to repeal an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 6, 1882, entitled an act for laying out and working roads in Henrico county, approved March 1, 1884, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the council of the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds for grading, paving and other street improvements.
An ACT to allow the board of supervisors of Pulaski county, Virginia, to fix the compensation of the Pulaski road district commission for services in the construction of macadam roads.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fiscal years
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Clarksville, Virginia, to purchase the outstanding bridge certificates issued by the said town of Clarksville and secured by deed of trust on the steel toll bridge across the Dan and Staunton rivers at Clarksville, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, the approaches appurtenant thereto, and the tolls and revenues therefrom, and to cancel and retire the same.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the opening, working and changing the public roads in Rappahannock county and building and repairing bridges therein, approved March 15, 1904, and also to repeal the act amendatory of said act, approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to authorize the town of Eastville, in the county of Northampton, Virginia, to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of building macadamized or stone streets through the town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act concerning corporations, approved January 18, 1904, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act concerning public corporations, approved January 18, 1904, and providing for the continuance of annual tolls on turnpikes.
An ACT to authorize the Washington and Leesburg Turnpike Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Virginia, to take possession of certain turnpikes abandoned as such, and now used as county roads in the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax and Alexandria; and also to take possession of a portion of a county road in Fairfax county, and to improve said abandoned turnpikes or county roads, and said portion of a county road, and to convert the same into a modern and high class turnpike for the public convenience, whereon toll may be charged to pay for the construction, operation and maintenance of the same.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Clarke county, Virginia, to accept from the stockholders of the Cross Roads and Summit Point Turnpike Company the transfer to said board, on-behalf of and for the use of said county, of so much of the turnpike road of said company as is located in said county, and to empower said board of supervisors to maintain and repair said turnpike within said county and to charge reasonable and usual tolls therefor.
An ACT to repeal chapter 354 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 25, 1892, session 1891-1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act to provide for the working
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 29, 1898, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Amherst county, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 2, 1898, and as further amended by an act approved March 15, 1904, so as to authorize the board of supervisors of said county to work and improve the public roads of said county, expend any surplus money on the roads and bridges of said county, and authorize the erection of toll gates on certain roads for the purpose of raising revenue to maintain and build macadam roads in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3801 of the Code of Virginia relating to the loading, unloading, running and transportation of railroad trains on Sunday.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to establish and construct, as a State money aid road, the Broadway and Brock’s Gap public highway; to issue and sell bonds of the county of Rockingham to the extent of one-half of the estimated cost of such road, and to establish and charge tolls upon such road for the purpose of paying off such bonds, in lieu of the assessment of tax for such purpose.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges, and to regulate the manner of opening new roads in the county of Montgomery,
An ACT to repeal chapter 259 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 25, 1886, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for working and keeping in order the public roads in Russell county, approved February 25, 1884, and to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact sections 4, 8 and 9 of chapter 56 of the acts of the general assembly of 1883-1884, in regard to the working of the roads in Russell county, Virginia, approved August 26, 1884.
An ACT to authorize Albemarle and Buckingham and Nelson counties to purchase the toll bridge across James river, at Howardsville, and to maintain and operate the same as a free bridge, and to issue bonds for that purpose.
An ACT to authorize any county in the State, in the discretion of its local read authorities, to use its apportionment of State money aid appropriated for the improvement of public roads in the construction of bridges, and providing how such money shall be expended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to create a road board for the county of Fauquier, and to provide for the working of the roads of said county, approved March 8, 1904, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1906, and as further amended by an act approved March 11, 1908, and to provide for the building and repair of bridges in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 26, 1898, entitled an act to amend an re-enact an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3797 of the Code of Virginia, in reference to injury to hired horse or vehicle by reckless riding, driving, etc.
An ACT to provide for the building, working and repairing of public roads of Sussex county, and to authorize any magisterial district therein to borrow money and to issue bonds for the purpose of building said roads, and to provide for the payment of such bonds and the interest to accrue thereon, and authorizing the county to issue bonds for any magisterial district road purposes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide for State money aid in addition to convict labor for the improvement of public roads
An ACT to authorize boards of supervisors of the respective counties and turnpike companies to make contracts with water companies or other companies or persons to lay lines of water pipe along the respective turnpike roads and public roads in this State.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to empower the board of supervisors of the county of Franklin to provide for repairing and keeping in order the roads and bridges in that county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 4 of an act entitled an act concerning public corporations, requiring railroads to post notice of delayed trains, etc.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Carroll to let to contract the roads of said county, and to levy a tax to keep same in proper repair, as amended by an act approved February 29, 1892, and February 2, 1894, and acts amendatory thereof, respectively, January 22, 1898, March 7, 1900, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1906.
An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the counties of the State.
An ACT to authorize the road board of Ashby district, in Rockingham county, to establish a toll gate on the Brier Branch Gap Mountain road.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act for working and keeping in order the public roads of Mecklenburg county, and to provide for the levy of taxes for that purpose
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 47 of an act approved March 15, 1906, entitled an act to add section 47 to chapter 106 of the acts of assembly of Virginia, 1904, entitled an act to provide the establishment, proper construction and permanent improvement of the public roads and landings, for building and Keeping in repair of all public roads, bridges, causeways and wharves in the several counties of this State, and to repeal chapter 43 of the Code of Virginia, approved March 12, 1904.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3801 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the loading, unloading, running and transportation of railroad trains on Sunday
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act to provide for the opening and working of roads and keeping the same in repair, and provide for erecting and maintaining bridges in the county of Culpeper, approved January 25, 1898, and as amended and re-enacted March 14, 1906, and as amended and approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Graham, in the county of Tazewell, approved February 29, 1892
An ACT: to repeal chapter 119 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 28, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Russell county, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money for said purpose, approved February 21, 1900.
An ACT to authorize and empower the State corporation commission to close or discontinue any private dock or wharf affected with a public use or easement in certain cases.
An ACT to promote the public health, convenience and welfare by leveeing, ditching and draining the wet, swamp and overflowed lands of the State, and providing for the establishment of levee or drainage districts for the purpose of enlarging or changing any natural water courses, and for digging ditches, or canals, for securing better drainage, or providing better outlets for drainage, for building levees, or embankments, and installing tide gates, or pumping plants for the reclamation of overflowed lands, and prescribing a method for so doing; and providing for the assessment and collection of the cost and expense of the same, and issuing and selling bonds therefor: and for the care and maintenance of such improvements when constructed.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for working the roads, repairing bridges, and opening new roads in the county of Augusta, and repealing so much of the acts as affect the county of Augusta, approved February 26, 1884; February 19, 1886; February 28, 1890; March 3, 1894, and March 2, 1898, approved February 26, 1900, approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act providing for the making, changing and working of roads in the county of Rockingham
An ACT to repeal chapter 16 of the acts of the assembly of Virginia, extra session 1884, approved August 26, 1884, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 4, 8 and 9 of chapter 156 of the acts of the general assembly of 1883-1884, in regard to the working of roads in Rus- sell county, Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 7 of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State, approved February 25, 1908.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Mecklenburg county, Virginia, to purchase the highway toll bridge across the Dan and Staunton rivers, at Clarksville, Mecklenburg county, Virginia, and to declare and maintain the same as a free bridge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1957 of the Code of Virginia, entitled examination of pilots.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of roads and bridges of Dinwiddie county; to create a road board for Dinwiddie county, and prescribe its powers and duties, and to provide for the appointment of a county superintendent of roads, and to regulate his duties
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Jonesville, in the county of Lee, approved February 13, 1901, and to provide for the assessment and collection of such taxes as may be deemed proper by the council of the town, and to appropriate money out the taxes so levied and collected and apply the same to the building, improvement or repair of said roads, or the payment of any indebtedness thereon already created on the pike road leading from the town of Jonesville to Ben Hur and known as the Jonesville and Ben Hur pike, and to issue certificates of indebtedness for the purpose of building, repairing or improving said road or any of its streets, roads, alleys or sidewalks.
An ACT providing for the issue of bonds for the erection of twa iron bridges across New river, in Giles county.
An ACT to repeal sections 2020, 2021 and 2022, and to amend and re-enact sections 2008, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2027 and 2036 of an act entitled an act creating a board of harbor commissioners of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and for the preservation of the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth, approved March 3, 1882, as amended and re enacted by an act entitled an act amending and re-enacting sections 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and repealing sections 2028, 2029, 2030 and 2031 of chapter 92 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duties of harbor commissioners of Norfolk and Portsmouth, approved February 26, 1890.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act for working and keeping in repair the roads of the county of Tazewell, approved February 24, 1888, etc., and further to provide for permanent improvement of the roads in the said county, approved February 29, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 12, 1894, as amended by an act approved January 11, 1900, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 27, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 17, 1901; and to provide for the distribution and disbursement of all funds, accrued under said act, as amended and re-enacted, which have not been expended for the purposes provided therein, and to provide for maintaining and improving the roads of Tazewell county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the improvement of public roads in Charlotte county, to authorize the issuance of county bonds for the purpose and to apportion the proceeds of said bonds among the several magisterial districts, and to provide for the authorization of the issue of bonds by an election, approved March 11, 1908, adding theerto sections 12%, 17% and 17a.
An ACT to authorize turnpike companies and other corporations owning turnpikes to make changes in the alignment of turnpikes and to validate changes heretofore made.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of Page county, and for opening new roads and changing the location of existing roads.
An ACT to license and regulate the running of automobiles, loco- mobiles and other vehicles and conveyances whose motive power is other than animal power, along and over public highways of this State; to provide for the registration of the same, to provide uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of said rules and regulations, and for the licensing of chauffeurs, and to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate the running of automobiles, loco- mobiles and other vehicles and conveyances whose motive power is other than animals, along and over the public highways of this State; to provide for the registration of the same, to provide uniform rules regulating the use and speed thereof, and to prescribe for the violation of said rules,
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 8 and 22 and to repeal sections 16, 17, 18 and 19 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 7, 1900, entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Washington, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and to macadamize the roads in said county, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question, approved April 2, 1902, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved May 15, 1903, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 15, 1906, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 16 of an act entitled an act for working the roads in the county of Loudoun, approved February 16, 1880, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 2, 1894, and further amended by an act approved April 27, 1903.