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1920
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3665, 3666, 3667, 3673 and 3674 of the Code of Virginia of 1919.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Floyd county to borrow the sum of $215,000.00 and to issue bonds therefor for the repair, improvement and construction of certain roads and bridges in the magisterial districts of said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved February 20, 1896, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads of Buchanan and Dickenson counties, as amended by act approved February 9, 1916, so as to provide how the board of supervisors of Buchanan county may establish, change and relocate roads in that county and contract for the construction of same, on terms and conditions
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 23, 33, 43, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 and 106 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke, and the acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section nine 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, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith, approved September 5, 1919, in relation to King William county.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a commission to be known as the University of Virginia and Richmond Memorial Road Commission; to prescribe its powers and duties; and to provide for the construction of the University of Virginia and Richmond memorial
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 526, 530, 540, 541 and 542 of the Code of Virginia, with reference to forests, and to add to said Code three new sections to be numbered 546-a, 546-b, 546-c.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to extend the limits of, and provide for electing trustees for, the town of Marion, in the county of Smyth, and vesting them with certain corporate powers, passed March 15, 1849, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the State highway commissioner to sell the houses and lands appurtenant thereto on the Valley turnpike conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia under the act approved March 20, ae .
An ACT authorizing the creation of a road commission for Halifax county; to provide for the appointment of the members of satd commission; to prescribe their terms of office, their compensation, and their powers and duties.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Patrick county to borrow money for the purpose of road construction, improvement and maintenance in said county, and to issue bonds therefor, not exceeding $50,000.00 in amount.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section fifty-seven of an act entitled an act to define ardent spirits and to prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale, transportation, keeping for sale, and giving away of ardent spirits, or drugs, as herein defined, except as provided herein; declaring certain ardent spirits contraband, and prescribing procedure for search therefor and forfeiture thereof; to prohibit advertisement of such ardent spirits; to prescribe the jurisdiction for trial and appeals of cases arising under this act; to prescribe the force and effect of certain evidence and prosecutions for violation of this act; to create the office of commissioner of prohibition and to define his duties and powers and compensation; defining intoxication and who is a person of intemperate habits within the meaning of this act; prescribing a penalty for intoxication; prescribing certain rules of evidence in certain prosecutions under this act; defining soft drinks; providing how they may be sold; regulating the sale of toilet antiseptic preparations, patent and proprietary medicines, and flavoring extracts; exempting certain counties and cities from certain provisions of this act and authorizing additional restrictions and limitations beyond the provisions of this act as to sale, manufacture or delivery of ardent spirits in certain counties and cities; to provide for the enforcement of this act and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act; to appropriate out of the treasury of the State necessary moneys for the enforcement of this act; and to repeal chapter 146 of Acts of Assembly, 1916, approved March 10, 1916, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act, approved March 19, 1918.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and kcening in repair of public roads in the counties of Alleghanv, Bath and Highland
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 levy a tax to keep the same in proper repair.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 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, approved March 6, 1900, approved March 15, 1910.
An ACT to authorize, empower and direct the board of supervisors of the county of Norfolk to borrow money, by the issuance of bonds, a sum not to exceed one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of paying off and discharging certain debts of said county caused by a deficit in the road and bridge funds of said county, on account of war time extraordinary expenses; to sell said bonds; to provide for their payment, and to authorize the board of supervisors of said county to dispense the funds so obtained.
An ACT providing for the appointment of a commission on the development of Hampton Roads.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11 of an act entitled 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, approved February 1, 1915, and to add to said act two new sections, designated sections 7-a and 13-a.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3918 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to validate the issuance by the board of supervisors of the county of Cumberland of bonds in the sum of sixty-four thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twelve cents ($64,193.12) for building and permanent improvement of certain public roads in Hamilton district of said county, pursuant to an election by the duly qualified voters of said district held on the twenty-fourth day of September, nineteen hundred and nineteen, by virtue of an order of the circuit court of said county entered on the twenty-fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and nineteen.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Carroll county to levy a capitation tax for schools or other county purposes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for making, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Dinwiddie to levy a special tax in Westboro and Darville precincts in said county for road improvements in said precincts.
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 598 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 3, 1894, entitled an act in relation to working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Alexandria county, as amended by an act approved March 3, 1896, approved February 11, 1898.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of lee county to borrow money and issue bonds of said county, or any of the magisterial districts thereof, for a sum not exceeding $30,000.00, for the purpose of rebuilding, repairing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of said county, and to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds at maturity.
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 amend and re-enact an act approved March 15, 1904, authorizing the board of supervisors of Patrick and Grayson counties to levy a capitation tax for school or other county purposes.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3905 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide a road commission for Eastville magisterial district, in Northumberland: county, and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Lee county to borrow money and issue bonds of said county, or any of the magisterial districts thereof, for a sum not exceeding $50,000.00, for the purposes of rebuilding, repairing, improving and maintaining the public roads and bridges of said county, and to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds at maturity
An ACT to authorize the county of Albemarle to borrow money and issue bonds for a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 654 of the acts of assembly.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to appropriate annually from the general county levy fund a sufficient amount of money for the construction and maintenance of public roads, in any and all the districts of said county, and to borrow money at any time not to exceed $25,000.00 annually, for the construction and maintenance of said roads.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of an act approved January 30, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Boston, in the coumy ot Halifax, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 15 and 16 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of South Boston, in the county of Halifax, approved January 30, 1888, approved February 29, 1896, prohibiting the assessment of persons and property within the town with taxes or levies for poor rates or school taxes except such as are levied by the State or by the council of the town, and prohibiting the assessment by the county of Halifax of levies or taxes upon the persons or property within the town for constructing, repairing or keeping in order the public roads of the county, except to pay the principal and interest of certain bonds proposed to be issued by the county of Halifax, for the construction, improvement and maintenance of public roads in the county; and providing for the ascertainment of the county levy within the town, and the method of collecting the same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of Botetourt county, and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Botetourt county, approved March 4, 1896, and an act amendatory thereof, approved February 14, 1901, approved March 15, 1906, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Nottoway county to establish road districts and levy a special tax in such districts for road improvements and maintenance.
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Brunswick county to distribute certain portions of the general county levy funds among the various districts for road purposes.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of King and Queen county to borrow the sum of $4,000.00, and issue bonds therefor, for the permanent improvement, repairing and tonstruction of the roads and bridges in Buena Vista magisterial district of said county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Princess Anne county, Virginia, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose ef completing the Nortk Landing road in Kempsville magisterial dis- trict from the village of Kempsville to Salem church.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 2, 1888, providing for the making, changing, and working of roads in the county of Rockingham
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Washington county to build bridges, and to lay tax levies to pay therefor, and to issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of such tax collections.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Greene county to issue bonds and raise money for the purpose of purchasing a county road team and building bridges.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Banister, in the county of Halifax, approved March 16, 1887, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 6 of an act entitled an act to provide for improving the public roads and bridges of Floyd magisterial district in the county of Scott and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds, and to build bridges, grade and macadamize the roads in Floyd district.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Nelson county to issue bonds, not exceeding in amount $15,000.00, for road and bridge purposes in Massie’s Mill magisterial district.

1922
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Warren county to borrow certain sums of money not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and issue bonds therefor, for the permanent improvement and construction of certain roads in Front Royal, Cedarville, and Fork magisterial districts of said county, approved September 9, 1919.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled 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, approved February 1, 1915, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1920.
An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm bonds heretofore and hereafter issued on elections heretofore held authorizing the issuance of such bonds by any county of the State for the purpose of rec or otherwise improving public roads or bridges of magisterial ae said county.
An ACT to provide a road commission for Eastville magisterial district, in Northampton county, and to repeal previous acts.
An ACT to create a commission of roads and bridges of the county of Princess Anne, Virginia, for Seaboard magisterial district, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such commission and to provide for controlling, constructing and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges within said magisterial district of said county and for acquiring, establishing, altering and vacating roads and bridges therein and for obtaining and applying necessary funds for said purpose, including the application of the proceeds of sale of any bonds issued by said county for said purpose and the payment of the interest and principal of said bonds and for obtaining and applying any and all State aid now and hereafter available for said purpose and for the levy and application of taxes for said purpose.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Blacksburg, in Montgomery county, to issue bonds and to borrow money for the purpose of improving the streets of the said town
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15, 1904, and further amended and approved by an act of February 17, 1920, authorizing the board of supervisors of Patrick and Grayson counties to levy a capitation tax for schools or other county purposes.
An ACT to provide for building and permanently improving the public roads and bridges in the magisterial districts of Washington county, Virginia, or any magisterial district therein; to authorize the board of supervisors of Washington county to issue bonds for permanent road and bridge improvement or construction in any or all of the magisterial districts in said county, on a petition signed by a majority of the qualified voters in such district or districts; and to provide a sinking fund for the redemption of the bonds; and a levy for maintenance of the sinking fund and maintenance and upkeep of said roads, and to provide for the construction or improvement of such roads and bridges.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Giles county to erect a toll gate on the public road leading from Rich Creek, in said county, to the West Virginia line at Peterstown.
An ACT to permit turnpike companies to regulate and control travel and traffic on turnpike roads.
An ACT designating Primary Road No. 1 of the State highway system as the Jefferson Davis highway.
An ACT to create the Hampton Roads port commission, define its duties and powers and to provide funds for carrying on its work.
An ACT to amend and re-enact 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, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Craig county to borrow money and issue notes therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe conditions under which county roads, not part of the State highway system, may be built and maintained from funds derived exclusively from local bonds or taxes provided for such purposes
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Cumberland county to levy a special district road tax for Hamilton district in Cumberland county, and to pay out of the same certain debts due to contractors for work done on roads in said district.
An ACT to authorize the city of Norfolk to establish underground drainage in a thirty-foot canal extending from Smith’s creek to Yarmouth street, to close the said canal and use it for park and highway purposes, and to vest the city of Norfolk with the title of the State of Virginia therein.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2131 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2110 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by chapter 402, Acts of Assembly 1920, and to amend and re-enact sections 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121 and 2122 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to county bonds for road and bridge construction and improvement, and to repeal all acts in so far as the same are in conflict.
An ACT to validate bonds under chapter 28 of the acts of 1919, in the county of Albemarle.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to issue bonds of said county on behalf of Roberson magisterial district thereof for a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, for the purpose of providing funds to macadamize and otherwise permanently improve a certain road of said district known as the Indian Creek road, from station 240 to station 455 plus 66 thereon, a distance of approximately 21,566 feet; and to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4835 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the building and maintaining the public roads and bridges of Fauquier county, and further establishing the county as the road unit, and repeal any and all laws heretofore enacted for Fauquier county.
An ACT to authorize and direct the board of supervisors of Wise county to borrow one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars for the purpose of grading, macadamizing or otherwise permanently improving what is known as Appalachia-Lynch highway in Richmond magisterial district.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4082 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to provide for opening new roads, and building bridges, and working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Rockbridge 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 permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2143 of the Code of
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Buchanan county to borrow money and issue bonds of the said county for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing and maintaining the public roads and bridges of said county, and providing how the proceeds of said bonds shall be expended; also authorizing the said board to levy taxes to pay the interest on such bonds and to create a sinking fund for their payment at maturity, and refund the same.
An ACT to create a State highway commission; to provide for a chairman thereof; and to prescribe the powers, duties and the compensation of the commission and chairman; and to provide for a State highway commissioner; to create road construction districts; to provide for the apportionment among them of road construction funds, and to provide for road construction, improvement, maintenance and preservation, also to repeal sections 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974 and 1975 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact 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 commission to call into consultation the professors of engineering in certain State institutions, and appropriating money to carry the provisions of this act into effect, approved March 6, 1906; to provide for the appointment of a commission, and fixing their term of office; to give to said commission the power of eminent domain, the power to make and enforce rules and regulations governing the traffic and use of the State highway system, not in conflict with the laws of this State, and to prescribe penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations, approved September 5, 1919, and to repeal all other sections of the Code and acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section seven of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial district of the counties of the State, and repealing all acts in so far as the same are in conflict herewith
An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Tazewell county to borrow $15,000.00 for the purpose of permanently improving and re-surfacing and maintaining certain roads in Jeffersonville magisterial district in said county.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Franklin county to erect and maintain toll gates on the improved roads of said county.
An ACT to regulate the payment and adjustment by common carriers of claims for loss or damage in transit, for storage, demurrage, and car service, and to permit evidence to be shown by affidavits in the trial of certain cases; and to repeal chapter 291 of Acts 1918.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish the State highway system, approved January 31, 1918, and to establish a perpetual memorial to Robert Edward Lee.
An ACT prescribing the duties of operators of motor or other vehicles on public highways who shall injure any person or property while so driving on said highways, and prescribing penalties for the violation
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 2, 1888, providing for the making, changing, and working of roads in the county of Rockingham, approved March 8, 1888, as amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 5, 1890, as further amended by an act of the general assembly approved February 25, 1892, as further amended by an act of the general assembly, approved March 2, 1894, and as further amended by an act of the general assembly, approved February 26, 1896, approved March 15, 1904, as further amended by an act approved March 10, 1910, also by an act approved March 20, 1916, lastly amended by an act approved September 10, 1919, approved Mare 15, 1920.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Tazewell to issue county bonds to an amount not exceeding $135,000.00, the proceeds of which shall be expended in constructing and permanently improving and repairing certain public roads in Maiden Spring magisterial district in the said county.
An ACT to authorize and provide for the expenditure of the surplus of the proceeds of the road bonds issued by the county of Henry, pursuant to the road bond election held on the twenty-eighth day of June, 1921, in the construction and improvement of public roads in said county, in addition to those designated in the order of election; and for the construction of bridges on the aforesaid designated roads and on the said additional roads; and for the appointment, by the circuit court of Henry county, of a commission to act jointly with the State highway commissioner or road engineer, in inspecting and receiving any work done under or by virtue of this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections seven (7), nine (9) and ten (10) of an act entitled an act to provide for the issuing of county bonds for the permanent road or bridge improvements and upkeep and maintenance in the magisterial districts of the county of Scott, approved March 13, 1918, and amended by an act approved March 23, 1920.
An ACT conferring upon the council of the city of Portsmouth
An Act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for working, building and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Grayson county
An ACT to amend and re-enact section of an act entitled 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, approved February 1, 1915, as amended by an act approved March 19, 1920.
An ACT to provide for the use or disposition of parts of the turnpike ‘road from Rustburg to Lynchburg in Campbell county not taken over or used by the State highway commission in the State highway.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Franklin county, Virginia, to borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of constructing and improving a road from the State highway near Sontag, Virginia, via Snow Creek store to the Henry county line near Shady Grove, in Snow Creek magisterial district, and requiring the said board to levy a tax for the purpose of paying the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Timberville, in Rockingham county, Virginia
An ACT to permit Harwood Bristow, of the county of Accomac, to build a bridge across Warrington branch of Onancock creek in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 9 and 13 of an act entitled an act to provide for opening and keeping in repair the public roads of Pulaski county
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3922 and 3923 of the Code
An ACT designating that part of primary road, No. 9, of the State highway system from Richmond to Staunton as the Jefferson highway.
An ACT to authorize the city of Newport News to borrow $150,000.00 and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of refunding the out-standing short-term military highway notes.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Culpeper county to enact special and local legislation for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges of the said county.
An ACT to require every person driving any vehicles on a public highway, on approaching certain railway grade crossings, to stop before passing thereover, and to require railway companies to erect and maintain danger signs at such crossings; and providing penalties therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1914, entitled an act to provide a road law for Spotsylvania county, and all acts subsequent thereto.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Suffolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the said city of Suffolk.