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1950
An ACT to amend and reenact § 22-277 of the 1950 Code pertaining to the collection of certain tolls.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-454 of the Code of 1950 relating to revocation of motor vehicle operators and chauffeurs licenses and registration certificate and plates of motor vehicles.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 38-253.48 and 88-253.44 of the Code of 1950, relating to application of Chapter 8.2 of Title 38 of the Code of 1950 as to certain types of insur-ance and exemptions from such chapter.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-228, 88-284 and 838-251 of the Code of 1950 relating to projects for which revenue bonds may be issued, construction thereof, and competing projects.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 56-273 and 56-274 of the Code of 1950 relating to motor vehicle carriers.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-827 of the Code of 1950, relating to maximum permissive height for vehicles.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 46-259.1, authorizing certain counties to provide for the installation of parking meters on designated State highways, streets and roads therein, and to provide for penalties for violations of regulations issued hereunder.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-204 of the Code. of 1950, relat.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Haymarket and to repeal Chapter 873 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 31, 1948.
AN ACT to approve, confirm, and ratify a certain deed dated the 28th day of August, 1947, from J. A- Anderson, Chairman, State Highway Commission, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to A. L. Lindsey in exchange for land needed for public highway purposes, in Bermuda Magisterial District, Chesterfield County, Virginia, and vesting title in A. L. Lindsey.
AN ACT to amend and reenact S 11-17 of the Code of 1950 relating to advertising for bids
An Act to authorize and empower the Governor to execute in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia a deed conveying, subject to the jurisdictional and other limitations and reservations contained in § 7-21 and § 7-25 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, to the United States of America, a certain parcel of land located at Dam Neck Mills, Princess Anne County, Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-828 of the Code of 1950 relating to maximum permissible length of certain vehicles and combinations of vehicles.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 56-367 of the Code of 1950, with reference to proceedings before the State Corporation Commission in cases of objections by railroads to the proposed grade crossing eliminations.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8, 4, 5, as amended, and §§ 9, 18, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 88, 50, 51, 65, 67, 68, 71, 78, 75, and 79-A of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, relating to administration, and government, composition of council, terms of elective officers, the mayor, procedure for removal of a mayor, vacancies in the council, election and appointment of officers and boards by the council, officers of the council, restrictions on legislative powers of the council, powers of council and boards, use of streets, public ways and grounds, sale of city rights, assessment of property, taxation of abutting land owners, liens upon abutting land, the fire department, investigation of fires, destruction of buildings to prevent the spread of fires, city officers, officers of the council, justices of the peace, and deputy high constables; to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered 35-A and chapters numbered IX, consisting of sections numbered 1 through 26, and XIV, consisting of sections numbered 1 and 2, for the regulation of taxicabs, for the election, qualification, powers, duties, jurisdiction, and procedure of, and clerk to, the civil and police court, and to prescribe the duties and powers of a city manager, respectively; and to repeal §§ 6, 8, 21, 22, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 68, 64, 66, 70 and 72, and Chapter IX, consisting of sections numbered 1 through 17, of such Chapter.
AN ACT to enact a new section 33-50.2 to the 1950 Code of Virginia providing for payment of three hundred dollars per mile for maintenance, improvement, construction and reconstruction of streets in incorporated towns of less than thirty-five hundred population or for the State Highway Commission of Virginia to maintain, improve, construct or reconstruct streets in such
AN ACT to vest in the governing bodies of certain counties additional powers and duties as to constructing, reconstructing, extending, altering, maintaining and repairing sewer systems, or sidewalks, and parts thereof; to authorize such governing bodies to levy certain taxes and assessments, and to provide for certain exemptions therefrom, for the construction, reconstruction, extension, alteration, maintenance and repair of sewer systems, or sidewalks, and parts thereof, to provide for the recordation and collection of the same and the handling and disposition of revenues derived therefrom; and for such purposes to vest in such governing bodies certain powers of eminent domain.
AN ACT to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Staunton to grant and convey all right, title, and interest of the Board and of the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind at Staunton in and to certain property in the city of Staunton to the city of Staunton for the construction and maintenance of a highway, road, or street and approaches thereto, known as the Staunton Distribution Road.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-264 and 46-317 of the Code of 1950, relating, respectively, to requirements for lighting equipment and for inspection, so as to exempt certain vehicles therefrom.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 58-638.1, relating to motor vehicle carriers.
AN ACT to provide a charter for the town of Exmore, and to repeal acts in conflict therewith.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 33-113.2 of the Code of 1950, relating to payments to certain cities and towns of more than thirty-five hundred inhabitants for maintenance, improvement, construction and reconstruction of streets not parts of or extensions of the State highway primary system.
An Act to amend the Code of 1950 by adding three sections numbered respectively 38-48.1, 33-49.1 and 88-49.2, so as to restore certain of the original provisions of § 11 of chapter 415 of the Acts of 1982, and of chapter 196 of the Acts of 1946, omitted from the Code, relating to the distribution of motor fuel tax funds to the counties of the State.
An Act providing for the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation and maintenance of a turnpike to facilitate vehicular traffic between Virginia Beach and points on the coast of North Carolina; creating for said purpose the Coastal Turnpike Authority; conferring powers and imposing duties on said Authority; authorizing the issuance by said Authority of turnpike revenue bonds of said Authority, payable solely from earnings of said turnpike, to pay the cost of said turnpike and improvements thereof; providing that no debt of said Authority, of the State of Virginia, or of any county, city, district, or political subdivision thereof, shall be incurred in the exercise of any of the powers granted by this Act; providing for the collection of tolls for the payment of said bonds and for the cost of maintenance, operation and repair of said turnpike; providing for the execution of a trust indenture; to secure the payment of said bonds without mortgaging or encumbering said turnpike; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds; prescribing conditions upon which said turnpike shall become free from tolls; making such turnpike and such bonds exempt from taxation; providing for condemnation; and prohibiting, under certain conditions, the construction or maintenance of competing means of transit between Virginia Beach and points on the coast of North Carolina.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-261 and 46-262 of the Code of 1950, relating to signals when vehicles disabled, so as to permit the use of red reflector flares in lieu of lanterns in certain cases.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-338.1 of the Code of 1950, relating to fines for violations of statutes governing maximum weights permitted on highways.
AN ACT to define the words “State Highway System” as used in Chapter 13 Article 3 of the 1950 Code.
AN ACT to amend chapter 168 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874-75, approved March 11, 1875, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Petersburg, by adding a section numbered 6-a in Chapter III of such charter, the section relating to power of city council in acquiring and operating parking lots.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact § 58-780 of the Code of 1950, in relation to the disposition of funds collected under the Motor Fuel Tax Act of Virginia, so as to provide for the distribution of motor fuel tax funds to counties withdrawn from the secondary system of State highways.
AN ACT to provide a charter for the city of Falls Church, and to repeal Chapter 878 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946 entitled “‘An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Falls Church in the county of Fairfax’’, as amended.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-297 and 46-298 of the Code of 1950, relating to safety glass in motor vehicles, so as to permit ‘the use of certain other safety glazing materials under certain conditions.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 53-109 of the 1950 Code, relating to the use of convict road force in construction and maintenance of highways; acquisition, preparation and disposition of road material; and providing for payment for such convict labor when employed on State highways by State Highway Commission.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-366 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, with reference to the avoidance or elimination of cross-ings on State highways.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 58-834.2, relating to when certain property not deemed to have acquired a situs for taxation.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-65 of the Code of 1950, relating to limitations on imposition of taxes and license fees imposed by cities, towns and certain counties.
AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 35-62.1 authorizing the governing bodies of certain counties to impose a license tax upon certain trailers and, so as to enforce the same, to require certain reports and provide penalties for violation.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 7 of Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, known as the Elizabeth River Tunnel Revenue Bond Act, the section relating to powers of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission, so as to provide the procedure for the exercise of the power of eminent domain,
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-257 of the Code of 1950, relating to stopping of certain vehicles on the traveled portion of highways.
AN ACT to protect blind and partially blind pedestrians on public streets and highways; by requiring vehicles to come to a full stop in certain cases; restricting the use of certain colored canes by other pedestrians; and imposing penalties.
An Act to repeal §§ 46-171, 46-172 and 46-178 of the Code of 1950, in relation to registration fees for contract and common carriers of property.
AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 2.08, 3.05, 5.05, 5.09, 5.11, 6.19, 6.20, 7.05, 8.08, 9.14, 9.15, 12.05, 12.06, 17.12, 19.10 and 20.06 of Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of 1948 providing a new charter for the City of Richmond concerning the powers of the Council of the City of Richmond relating to public works, utilities and properties; the nomination and election of clerks of courts of record in said city; the duties of the city manager; the functions of the bureau of purchasing; the sale of property by the purchasing agent; the capital budget; the certification of funds; the authentication of bonds; the powers and duties of the director of finance; residence of officers and employees; the preference allowed in the employment of war veterans and promotions thereof; the grading of streets; the assessment of the cost of certain public improvements against abutting landowners; the changing of district boundaries established by zoning regulations; the jurisdiction of the traffic court; and the interest of city officers and employees in contracts with the city.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-67.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to service on Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as agent of nonresident motor vehicle operator.
AN ACT to name a portion of a certain State highway and to impose duties on the State Department of Highways.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-250 of the Code of Virginia to permit cities of the first class to adopt ordinances regulating the use of certain highways and streets by pedestrians.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-436 of the Code of 1950, relating to when proof of financial responsibility required.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-31 of the Code of 1950 relating to appointment and compensation of personnel of branch offices of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An Act to permit deer killed or injured by motor vehicles to be kept by the operators of such motor vehicles; to prescribe the circumstances under which such deer may be kept and to repeal certain acts and regulations.
AN ACT to amend and reenact Section 46-155 of the Code of 1950 relating to fecs imposed on certain motor vehicles.
AN ACT to repeal §§ 38-156, 33-157 and 83-158 of the Code of 1950, relating to the discontinuance of certain roads or landings and appeals to the Circuit Court in connection therewith.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 33-179 of the Code of 1950, relating to loss of rights to ferries upon failure to provide boats within certain times.
AN ACT to amend and reenact § 46-508 of the Code of 1959, relating to the definitions of new motor vehicles and used motor vehicles.

1952
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-341 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when State Highway Commission may decrease allowable weights so as to except bridges and culverts from certain conditions.
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors and the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia to transfer and convey all right, title and anterest of the Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, at Fredericksburg, in and to a certain parcel of land located in Spotsylvania County, comprising a portion of the property of Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, to the State Highway Commission for the location, construction and maintenance of a section of State Highway Route 3, designated by the State Department of Highways as Project 3388-02.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-805 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mufflers and exhaust pipes.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-44.1, relating to certain special and emergency use of registration plates.
An Act to amend Chapter 180 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, relating to the creation of the Elizabeth River Tunnel District, by adding thereto a section numbered 18-a, so as to authorize the forming of certain agreements and to ratify certain ll ae
An Act to authorize the Board of Visitors of the Medical College of Virginia to convey certain named property to the Seaboard Airline Railroad Company upon conveyance to it of certain other property.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 9 of Chapter 1 of Title 88 a new section numbered 38-114.1, concerning the use of certain funds allocated and paid to certain cities and towns for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and improvement of certain highways, streets, roads and bridges.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-81.1 authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to sell certain license plates; and to provide for the procedure therein and the disposition of the proceeds therefrom.
An Act for the relief of Lemmon Transport Company, Incorporated
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-409, 46-421, 46-428 and 46-424, of the Code of Virginia, relating to accident reports by investigating officers, notice and hearings required with reference to revocation of operators and chauffeurs licenses, when such licenses and registration certificates and plates may be revoked, and appeals from acts or orders of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; and to amend the Code by adding new sections numbered 46-422.1 and 46-422.2, providing how such hearings shall be conducted and the manner of rendering decisions or orders.
An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Coeburn, in the county of Wise; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present Council and Government while in office, inconsistent with this new charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all acts, or parts of acts, in conflict with this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 38-193 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Norfolk County Ferries.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-629 of the Code of Virginia, relating to credits for payment of motor fuel tax and refunds; and to add two new sections, designated as §§ 58-629.1 and 58-629.2, to the Code of Virginia, relating to refunds and to penalty for false akatemenes
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 46-877.1, relating to the extension of motor vehicles operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses for certain persons.
An Act to provide for the creation of the Newport News Port and Industrial Authority; to provide for the composition, government, powers, duties and liabilities thereof and other matters pertaining thereto; and to provide for the issuance of certain bonds thereby, and the terms and conditions of such issuance.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-11 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the sale or operation of motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers which do not bear a permanent identification number.
An Act to repeal Chap 7 of Title 62 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Division of Ports, Port Commissioner, Advisory Committee on Ports, boundaries.of Port of Hampton Roads, municipal dock commissioners, State Corporation Commission, powers, rights and duties of the foregoing and the Department and Director of Conservation and Development; and to repeal certain other acts; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 62 a chapter numbered 6.1 creating the Virginia State Ports Authority and defining its powers and duties; providing for the appointment, powers, terms and duties of the governing body thereof; boards of municipal port commissioners and validating same; and the powers of the State Corporation Commission to transfer certain property; authorizing counties, cities and towns to make grants to the Authority; and to transfer certain Bret
An Act to amend Chapter 168 of the Acts of Assembly of 1874-1875, approved March 11, 1875, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Petersburg, by adding a section numbered 6-b in Chapter III of such charter, the section relating to the power of the city council to regulate the operation of certain engines within the city.
An Act to provide for the inspection of certain State facilities by persons who will be members of the General Assembly.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-640 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of gross receipts by motor vehicle carriers subject to the road tax based on gross receipts.
An Act to amend and reenact the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 56-866.1 prescribing the procedure for avoiding or eliminating grade crossings on State highways, or to widen, strengthen, remodel, relocate or replace existing crossings on State highways, and to repeal §§ 56-866, 56-367 and 56-868 relating to the same
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-68.1, to authorize the governing body of each county to regulate parking of vehicles within the boundaries of State-supported institutions in the county upon request of the governing body of such institution and to prescribe limits of penalties for violation of any regulation so made.
An Act to provide for traffic counts on certain highways in certain counties; to provide for the payment of the costs thereof; and to require certain reports to be furnished to the General Assembly.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by inserting in Title 56 a new section numbered § 56-51.1, to authorize the donation of the entire capital stock of turnpike corporations to the State Highway Commission or to the political subdivisions in which the turnpike is located; and to authorize the acceptance of such donations without obligation or liability by such Commission or said political subdivisions.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 56-417.1, relating to the construction, erection, alteration, change or relocation of certain railroad structures.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-591 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the purposes for which cities and towns may issue bonds.
An Act to transfer the jurisdiction and control of certain strips or parcels of land along and through State Farm, in Goochland County, from the State Board of Welfare and Institutions and the State Department of Welfare and Institutions to the State Highway Commission, and to authorize the latter to use the said strips or parcels of land as a part of State Primary Highway Route No. 6 and State Secondary Highway Route No. 645.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-369 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the eumination of grade crossings by change of alignment of roads.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-570 through 58-577, both inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the taxation of steamship and other water carriers.
An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Ashland; and repealing all former charters and all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the new charter.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by inserting, in Title 56, a chapter numbered 12.2, containing Sections numbered 56-838.19 through 56-838.39, so as to provide for the regulation, supervision, and control by the State Corporation Commission of 'Petroleum Tank Truck Carriers'; to make applicable to such carriers certain provisions of the Motor Vehicle Carrier Laws of Virginia; to prohibit unfair discrimination; and to provide for the enforcement of this Chapter and penalties for the violation thereof.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending respectively on the thirtieth day of June, 1958, and the thirtieth day of June, 1954.
An Act to amend and reenact § 88-76.21, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to alternative procedure for abandonment of roads not in the State Highways System or Secondary System.
An Act to prohibit the discharge of oil generally, in certain waters, and to provide a penalty therefor.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 56-406.1 prescribing the procedure for installation of automatically operated gates, wigwag signals and other electrical or automatic crossing protection devices.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 7 as amended, and 12 and 13 of Chapter 130 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, known as the Elizabeth River Tunnel Revenue Bond Act, and to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered § 16-a, the amended and new sections, relating, respectively, to incidental powers of the Commission, cessation of tolls, and trial of certain cases.
An Act to provide a charter for the town of Keysville, and to repeal Chapter 427 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887, approved May 24, 1887, which provided a charter for the town of Keysville, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof, or inconsistent therewith.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-267, 46-269 and 46-271 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lamps and lights on vehicles.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 51 Proposing an amendment to Sec. 115a of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-76.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to alternative procedure for abandonment of roads in the State Highway System.
An Act to provide a new charter for the city of Buena Vista; and to repeal Chapter 225 of the Acts of Assembly of 1891-92, approved February 15, 1892 and all amendments, which provided a charter for the city of Buena Vista.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-826 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the width of vehicles on the highways.
An Act to authorize and empower the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and its assigns to grant and convey unto Virginia Electric and Power Company, its successors and assigns, easements of right of way over, upon, and across certaan property of the Commonwealth of Virginia in New Kent County, Virginia.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-899 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the definition of certain terms.
An Act to authorize the Director of Conservation and Development, with the approval of the Governor, to convey to the United States certain lands or interests therein, within or appurtenant to certain State parks; to appropriate the proceeds therefrom and to repeal Chapter 805 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 4, 1950, relating to the foregoing.
An Act to amend and reenact § 56-405 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maintenance of railroad grade crossings of public roads and approaches.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15-778 of the Code of Virginia, relating to lights on streets and highways in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-111 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the sale of materials to, and use of equipment by cities, towns, counties and school boards by the State Highway Commission.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46-176 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reduction of registration fees for motor vehicles after certain periods.