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1915
An ACT authorizing the construction of a viaduct across James river at Lynchburg, together with the approaches, inclines and other appurtenances thereto, and the closing of the present bridge across James river at the foot of Ninth street, in the city of Lynchburg, and the sale of the present bridge with all its appurtenances and all the property acquired therewith, and now owned by the city of Lynchburg and the county of Ambherst, under an act of the general assembly approved January 14, 1882.
An ACT to direct and require the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to advertise, issue and sell the bonds authorized by the provisions of an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to borrow a sum not to exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing and improving roads and bridges in said county, and to issue bonds therefor, secured by deed of trust or other lien on the interest of said county in the Norfolk county ferries; to provide for the payment of said bonds, to create and authorize a commission to dispense the funds so obtained, and authorize the circuit court of said county, or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint the members of said commission, approved February 1, 1915.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-two of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for opening and keeping in repair the public roads of Pulaski county
An ACT to make incorporated towns which maintain their own roads free from expense to the magisterial district in which they are located, or which are exempt by the express provision of their charters, from the payment of district road taxes, separate road districts within the county or counties in which they are situated.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34 and 35 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section. 189 of the Constitution of Virginia, approved April 16, 1903, as heretofore amended, and to add a new section thereto hereby designated as section 2914, providing for a tax on express companies, refrigerator, oil, stock, fruit and other car loaning and other car companies operating upon the railroads in this State, except sleeping car, dining car, drawing-room car and palace car companies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section sixteen of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the working of roads of Loudoun county, approved February 16, 1880, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 10, 1915, entitled an act to empower the council of the town of Brookneal, in the county of Campbell, to issue and sell bonds for the purpose of building, repairing and maintaining Streets, sidewalks and water mains, provided that the question of such bond issue for the purposes named be first submitted to the qualified voters of said town, and to authorize such council to call a special election for the submission of the same to the voters thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for creating, working and maintaining public roads in Fairfax county and defining the boundaries of the same
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county to erect toll gates, and to demand and collect tolls on the macadamized roads of the county of Rockbridge, and to provide how such tolls are to be expended.
An ACT to authorize and empower John Earle, W. B. Brown, R. Lee Sowers, A. J. Brown and M. C. Richardson, Jr., their successors and assigns, to construct, maintain and operate a public ferry across the Shenandoah river, at or near Morgan’s Ford in Cedarville magisterial district, in the county of Warren, Virginia.
An ACT to provide a road board for Capeville magisterial district in Northampton county, to authorize the board of supervisors of Northampton county, to borrow money for road purposes in Capeville district and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to provide for the segregation of the tax upon the rolling stock of corporations operating railroads by steam; to make such rolling stock liable to taxation by the State alone; to fix the rate of such taxation; and to provide for the assessment of the said eed stock.
An Act to amend and re-enact section 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.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Rappahannock county to erect toll gates, and to demand and collect tolls on the macadamized roads of the county of Rappahannock, and to provide how such tolls are to be expended, and to empower the board of supervisors of Frederick county to erect toll gates on the road in said county known as the Wardensville Grade, and demand and collect tolls thereon, and to provide how such tolls are to be expended.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to erect and maintain toll gates on the macadamized roads of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for the permanent road or bridge improvements in the counties of the State
An ACT to create for the county of Norfolk a commission of roads and bridges, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission, and thereby to provide for controlling, constructing and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges within said county, and for acquiring, establishing, altering and vacating roads and bridges therein; and to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 18, 1890, as amended by acts approved February 26, 1908, and March 14, 1910, respectively, and also to repeal an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Norfolk county, approved February 1, 1894.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the segregation of the tax upon the rolling stock of corporations operating railroads by steam, to make such rolling stock liable to taxation by the State alone, to fix the rate of such taxation, and to provide for the assessment of said rolling stock, approved February 16, a. 101
1916
An Act to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to authorize Northampton county to borrow money and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding $150,000 for the purpose of building public roads in said county
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in the county of Buckingham, and to levy a capitation tax in connection therewith
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of the counties of Warwick, Elizabeth City, James City, and York to lease such of the highways of their respective counties
An ACT to provide for the building and improvement of public roads in the county of Surry, and prescribing the powers and duties of road boards in the several magisterial districts of said county.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Nottoway to borrow from time to time, the sum of $10,000 or so much thereof, as may be necessary for school and road purposes, or either of them, and to authorize the said board to levy a tax and create a sinking fund to pay the same.
An ACT to prohibit chauffeurs, motormen, engineers and other persons from driving or running automobiles, cars, trucks, engines, trains, or other vehicles while under the influence of intoxicants.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sub-division 25 of an act entitled an act concerning the exercise of the power of eminent domain
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Botetourt county to borrow $90,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of making permanent improvements in certain public roads and bridges in Fincastle district of said county.
An ACT to empower the road boards of the several magisterial districts of Loudoun county to erect, maintain and operate toll gates on certain roads in said districts.
An ACT to amend sections 1, 7, 9, 10 and 11 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
An ACT providing for the assessment and taxation of stock cars, furniture cars, fruit cars, refrigerator cars, meat cars, oil cars, tank cars, and other similar cars used in this State and owned by corporations or individuals having no domicile within the State.
An ACT to prohibit the board of supervisors of Washington county from issuing bonds under the special road law of re nats
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to enable incorporated towns and cities to contribute to the building or improvement of public roads and bridges and to the purchase of such bridges as may be so needed and are owned either by corporations or individuals, leading to such towns or cities
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 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 of Virginia
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Bedford county to fix the district road levy for said county; how the same shall be collected and expended; treasurer to keep a separate account, and repealing section 12 of section 944-a of the Code of Virginia, so far as the same applies to Bedford county.
An Act to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to Designate Depositories for the Proceeds Arising from the Sale of Permanent Road Improvement Bonds in Bluestone Magisterial District
An act to empower the board of supervisors of any county of this State to authorize the extension, construction, operation, and maintenance of the line of turnpike road of any turnpike company of this State, in which the State is a stockholder, into or through such county, or any portion thereof, upon such terms as to tolls, and upon such conditions, as may be prescribed and approved by such board of supervisors, and accepted by such company, and to this end to empower any such company so to extend its line of turnpike road accordingly.
An ACT to amend sections 1 and 7 of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement in the counties of the State, approved February 25, 1910.
An ACT to allow E. W. Mouring to build a wharf in the York river, upon a site leased by him from the county of Gloucester.
An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement in Lexington magisterial district, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in accordance with an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 13, 1912, entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement of the magisterial districts of the counties of the State; to further provide that the order of the issuing of bonds in the Lexington magisterial district of Rockbridge county shall be issued by the circuit court of said county upon the petition of twenty-five freeholders of the Lexington magisterial district outside of the corporate limits of the town of Lexington.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 27, 1906, entitled an act to authorize the court in which he is tried, to sentence certain prisoners to hard labor on the public roads instead of confinement in the penitentiary, for the commission of felony, as heretofore amended, including the amendment thereto in regard to contracts for the hiring of convicts, made by the act approved February 29, 1912, chapter 59, acts of assembly, session 1912, pages 101 and 102.
An Act to submit to the voters of Clarke county the question of discontinuance of toll gates over the bridges at Berry’s ferry and Castleman’s ferry
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 2538, extra session 1902-3-4, of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled an act providing for the working, opening and keeping in repair the roads in Cumberland county
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Culpeper county to establish and maintain toll gates on the macadam roads of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to the compensation of supervisors.
An ACT repealing a portion of section 6 of an act to incorporate the Norfolk and Petersburg railroad company
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of the county of Accomac to grant permission for erection of small houses wharves at the several public landings in the said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an act entitled an act to provide 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, approved March 12, 1904, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, and 14 of an 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 public roads, bridges causeways and wharves and so forth, approved March 7, 1906, as amended by an act approved March 13, 1908, as amended as to section 5 thereof by an act approved March 14, 1910, as amended as to section 47 thereof by an act approved March 16, 1910.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to appropriate from the general funds of the county a sufficient amount to maintain the convict road force in said county for the years 1916 and 1917.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly, approved March 12, 1912, entitled, 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 of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, constructing, maintaining and working of the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation; and repeal any act in conflict therewith, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 24, 1914, entitled an act to add independent section ll-a to an act approved March 12, 1912, entitled 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 of the counties of Greene and Madison, as amended by an act approved May 14, 1903, so far as the same applies to Madison county, so as to provide for the opening, construction, maintaining and working the roads, and keeping in order the causeways and bridges of Madison and Greene counties, and creating the office of superintendent of roads, and prescribing his duties and compensation, and to repeal any act in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Amherst county, approved January 29, 1898, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to provide when a person convicted of a misdemeanor may be sentenced to the State convict road force.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Nelson county to issue bonds for erecting bridges over Tye river and for completion of macadam road to Roseland in Massie’s Mill district and for the purpose of constructing macadam road from Shipman to Craig’s shop in said county in Lovingston district.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Greene county to issue bonds and raise money for the purpose of providing for the improvement of the Rockingham turnpike in Stannardsville and Ruckersville magisterial districts, and to purchase a county road team.
An ACT to appropriate the public revenue for the two fisca! years ending respectively, on the 28th day of February, 1917, and the 28th day of February, 1918.
An ACT to change the name of Burton’s wharf at Urbanna, in the county of Middlesex, on the Rappahannock river to Urbanna wharf.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Alleghany county and of the incorporated towns of Covington and Iron Gate the question of whether or not the board of supervisors of said county shall borrow the sum of $100,000.00 to be used in the building of public roads in Alleghany county, Virginia; and to permanently improve the present roads in said county
An ACT to allow the Richmond Yacht Club, incorporated, to build a wharf in James river, on its property in Chesterfield county, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize and empower the local road board of Salem magisterial district, in Culpeper county, Virginia, to issue bonds to raise money for the purpose of providing for the building and completion of certain roads in said magisterial district, in said county.
An Act to authorize the several magisterial districts of Accomac county to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of building, improving, and maintaining the public roads of said districts.
An ACT to provide a road commission for Capeville magisterial district, in Northampton county, and to repeal preview acts.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to license and regulate the running of automobiles, locomobiles 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, locomobiles 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, approved March 17, 1910; and further, to provide for licensing dealers and garages and for running motor vehicles for hire, and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act. And to further provide for the payment of fees collected under this act into the State treasury and the expenditure of same in the maintenance and construction of State aid roads and bridges.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Prince George to undertake the building of an improved road from the corporation line of the city of Petersburg to the village of City Point, in the said county, under the direction and in accordance with the plans and specifications of the State highway commission.
An ACT to provide a special road law for the county of Loudoun; to provide for the construction, improvement and maintenance of the public roads in said county and to create separate road districts in each of the several magisterial districts thereof; to provide for the care and protection of the property of the several district road boards; and to repeal an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act for working the roads of the county of Loudoun, passed eighteen hundred and fifty-six.
An ACT to permit the boards of supervisors of counties of Amherst and Bedford to establish and maintain a free ferry across James river, at or near Big Island, and to accept contributions toward the expense thereof.
An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of Greene and Madison counties to levy a tax for the purpose of erecting a bridge across Rapidan river.
An ACT to authorize and empower J.. L. Burritt, D. L. Flory, S. R. Curtis, E. W. Milstead and E. W. Harwood, their associates, successors and assigns, to build, construct, maintain and operate bridges across King’s creek, Felgate’s creek, and Indian creek, all in the county of York, Virginia, or across any one of the said creeks.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Norfolk county to sell and convey certain property heretofore used in connection with the toll roads in said county, and to provide for the disposition of the proceeds of such sale.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Warren county to erect toll gates, and to demand and collect tolls on the macadamized roads and bridges across the Shenandoah river or either branch thereof, of the county of Warren, and to provide how such tolls are to be expended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of 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, as amended by an act approved March 14, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 21, 1914, entitled an act to authorize Albemarle county, from time to time, as necessary, to borrow money and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding $40,000, for the purpose of uniting in the building, in the county of Albemarle, of State money aid or convict labor plan roads, as well as roads where private individuals contribute one-half the cost thereof, and to assist in securing undergrade crossings under the tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company and, the Southern railway company, respectively, in the county of Albemarle.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the Warrenton and Fairfax Turnpike Company, incorporated, to take possession of the turnpike leading from near Warrenton to Fairfax Courthouse, and prescribing the terms and limitations of the same, approved March 13, 1914, so as to enable the company to take possession should it deem proper to do so, of a part, instead of all of said old turnpike, and the old turnpike from Buckland to Gainesville by way of Haymarket, or any portion thereof, and of certain other highways or portions thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act entitled an act to provide a special road law for the county of Fauquier; to provide for the working and keeping in repair of the public roads in said county and to create separate district road boards in each of the several magisterial districts thereof; to authorize the erection of toll-gates and the collection of tolls upon certain public roads, therein and making certain provisions for the enforcement and collection of said tolls and the protection of the said roads, and the property of said district road boards, and providing certain penalties for the violation thereof, and to repeal all special acts heretofore enacted in reference to the public roads of said county, and to validate the official acts of certain officers under laws heretofore in effect in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Spotsylvania county to give rebates or refunds on tolls collected from those traveling the improved roads of said county who have made or shall hereafter make private subscriptions to the building of roads or bridges in said county and to those residing four miles or less from any toll gate and habitually using four miles or less of improved road and limiting the toll rates
An Act to establish a division of markets for agricultural products within the department of agriculture and immigration, providing for the administration of the said division and defining the duties and powers of same.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the cities and towns of this Commonwealth to acquire, by purchase, gift, or condemnation, property adjoining parks, monuments or other public property belonging to such cities or towns, or property in the vicinity of such parks, monuments, or other public property, which is used and maintained in such a manner as to impair the beauty, usefulness, efficiency, or convenience of said parks, monuments, or public property, and to dispose of the same, with proper limitations as to the future use thereof
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of King and Queen county to borrow, from time to time, the sum of $5,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to continue the improvement of the public roads of said county.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell county, Virginia, approved January 27, 1912, to authorize the town council of said town to issue bonds of said town not exceeding $6,000.00 for permanent improvement of streets and sidewalks in said town.
An ACT authorizing the town of Shenandoah, Virginia, with the counties of Page and Rockingham, to jointly acquire the bridge across the Shenandoah river at the town of Shenandoah and providing for its repair and maintenance, and authorizing the said town of Shenandoah to lay a levy for said purposes.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to invest, use and apply any part of the sinking fund created and set apart for the purpose of redeeming the principal of the $700,000 issue of thirty-year Wise county road bonds
An ACT to require the supervisors of Middlesex county to superintend the repairing of public roads in their respective districts and to provide compensation for such services.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Buckingham county to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of constructing improved and permanent highways.
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 and empower the board of supervisors of counties of Alleghany, Bath and Highland to appropriate money for the purchase, maintenance and operation of motor trucks to be used in building and keeping in repair roads in their respective counties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of roads and bridges in Dinwiddie county
An ACT to provide for the proper payment and distribution of such funds as may have already come, or which may hereafter come, into the treasury of the State under an act of Congress approved May 23, 1908, to be applied for the benefit of the public schools and the public roads of the counties.
An ACT to allow C. H. Mathews, his successor or assigns, to build a wharf on the York river, near Croaker, upon a site leased by him from the county of James City.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15, 1915, entitled an act to empower the board of supervisors of Princess Anne county to purchase or acquire certain toll roads and toll bridges in said county; and to authorize the said board to issue the notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of said county in payment therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 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 provide for the payment of road bonds of the county of Orange for Barbour district, of said county, by use of road funds of said district and by levy.
An ACT to authorize the town of Norton, in Wise county, on petition of a majority of the qualified voters in said town, to sell bonds heretofore legally voted by said town, and use the proceeds of the sale of the said bonds for public improvements in the said town, other than that for which the said bonds were voted.
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 Tazewell county, approved February 24, 1888, and further to provide for permanent improvement of the roads in 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, and 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 as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 8, 1910, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 13, 1912, and as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 4, 1914, and to provide for the working, repairing, maintaining and improving the roads in Tazewell county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1375 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT making it unlawful to anchor small boats in the channels of Norfolk and Portsmouth harbors, or within three hundred feet thereof, above Craney Island, and prescribing punishment therefor.
An ACT to provide for improving the public roads and bridges of Estilville magisterial district in the county of Scott, to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges and to macadamize roads in said district.
An ACT to repeal an act of assembly of 1915, approved February 5, 1915, entitled an act to provide a road commission for Capeville magisterial district in Northampton county, to authorize the board of supervisors of Northampton county to borrow money for road purposes in Capeville district and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to change the name of Poropotank creek to Poropotank River.
An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Shenandoah, Virginia, to issue bonds not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of building and maintaining a sewerage system, high school building, street paving and filtration plant.
An ACT to provide for the purchase, or construction, and maintenance of a free highway bridge over New river at Radford, Virginia, by the city of Radford and county of Pulaski.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Tazewell county to issue additional bonds of Tazewell county, to pay off and discharge indebtedness incurred for work done and materials furnished in macadamizing and otherwise permanently improving the public roads and bridges of the several districts of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State
An ACT to provide a permanent road commission for each of the several magisterial districts in the county of Pulaski, and to prescribe the appointment, duties and compensation of the same.