Utilities

1893/1894
An ACT to regulate the erection and maintenance of wires for telephone, telegraph and electric railway and other purposes over or across any work of internal improvement.
An ACT to regulate and control guaranty, trust, indemnity, fidelity and other like companies having for their purpose or one of their purposes to become security for the faithful performance of any trust, duty, contract, agreement or bond, public or private, official or otherwise, or to assume any duty or obligation of like nature as principal or otherwise, or to become fiduciary.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 4 of an act to incorporate the Blue Ridge railway company, approved February 15, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved January 23, 1894.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of water commissioners of the city of Norfolk, Virginia, to collect taxes upon certain roadways in Princess Anne county, Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the drainage of lowlands in the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Cumberland and Greenesville.
An ACT to incorporate the Great Falls power company.

1897/1898
An ACT to ratify and confirm the consolidation of the City gaslight company of Norfolk and the Norfolk gas and electric company under the name of the City gas company of Norfolk.
AN ACT to incorporate the Virginia electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Grayson and Carroll electric railway company
An ACT to incorporate the Grayson telephone exchange.
An ACT to authorize the United States government to purchase lands on the south branch of the Elizabeth river, adjoining the Gosport navy yard.
An ACT to incorporate the Southside railway and development company
An ACT to incorporate the Peoples light, fuel and power company of Norfolk, Virginia
AN ACT to incorporate the Richmond, Petersburg and Southside telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia central railroad company.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Pulaski.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 4,5, 6, and 9 of an act approved February 26, 1804, entitled an act to incorporate the Madison and Orange railroad company, and also to amend and re-enact sections 3B, 7, ands of an act approved March 4, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3, 7 and S of an act entitled an act. to incorporate the Madisun and Orange railroad company, approved February 26, 1904.
An ACT to provide for a change of name of the Washington, Arlington and Falls Church railway company.
An ACT to authorize the Norfolk and Western railway company to construct and operate a branch railroad to the Potomac river and into the city of Washington.
An ACT authorizing Edwin R. Vanghan and Charles Williamson to erect a wharf on James river, in Warwick county, Virginia.
An ACT to incorporate the Princess Anne telephone company.
An ACT to incorporate Virginia electrical railway and development company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 to 14, both inclusive, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Southeastern and Atlantic railroad company, approved March 4, 1896, and to change the name of said company.
An ACT to incorporate the Newport News terminal and warehouse company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Rappahannock railway company.
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Southern electric company
An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion electrical development and power company.
An ACT to protect electric lighting and power companies and gas companies and cities and towns from the theft of electric current, or gas, of apparatus, or unlawful interference therewith,
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Richmond traction company.
An ACT to incorporate the Hampton and Old Point gas and electric company
An ACT to incorporate Newport News and Old Point railway and electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic telephone company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled “An act to extend the boundaries of the city of Norfolk”
An ACT to amend the charter of the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company by amending and re-enacting section 4 of chapter 51, acts of assembly, 1885-1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Chesapeake dry dock and construction company, etc.
An ACT to incorporate the Deep run railway and electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Phoebus and Fox Hill railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Maryland and central Virginia railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Rockingham mutual telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to incorporate the Onancock telephone company.
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years ending respectively on September 30, 1898, and September 30, 1899.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section seven of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Potomac river power company, approved January 21, 1896.
An ACT to incorporate the Harper’s Ferry power company.
An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Richmond gas company.
An ACT to incorporate the American development company of the United States.
An ACT to incorporate the Botetourt electric railway and power company.
An ACT to empower the councils of the city of Norfolk to acquire all lands and water that may be necessary or advisable for enlarging or improving the water supply of the city of Norfolk, or preventing the pollution of said water supply.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 39, 52, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66 and 71 of an act approved March 20, 1874, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Manchester and to validate the delinquent land books and liens for delinquent taxes and assessments in said city and the ordinances for the collection of water rents by the board of water commissioners.
An ACT to incorporate the Lexington street railway, light and power company.
An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Tidewater railroad company.

1899/1900
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk county water company, and to give it additional powers.
An ACT to incorporate the Spotsylvania telephone company.
An ACT authorizing the town of Emporia to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water-works for said town, supplying and maintaining electric lights for said town, for improvements of the streets of said town, and for establishing a system of sewerage for said town.
An ACT to incorporate the West Norfolk telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT authorizing the city of Manchester to construct, lay down, and operate its water-works, water-mains, and pipes in the county of Chesterfield
An ACT to authorize the city council of Fredericksburg to issue its coupons or registered bonds for the purpose of obtaining an electric plant for lighting the city.
An ACT to lease for a term of years ten acres of land lying under the waters of the York river, below low-water mark, in the county of Gloucester, including an artesian well thereon, and to provide for a survey of same and for fixing the price to be paid therefor per annum; and to permit said company to erect buildings and make improvements thereon, and to provide for the determination of all proper questions which may arise between the parties to any suit brought under this act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Berryville, Virginia, to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars to construct water-works
An ACT to incorporate Hampton Roads railway and electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Onancock electric railway, light and power company
An ACT to incorporate the Newport News and Richmond telephone and telegraph company.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to create the board of fisheries, define its duties, and fix the salaries of its members, approved February 7, 1898.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2105 of the code in relation to fish ladders, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2105 of the code of 1887, touching fish ladders,
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Clifton Forge,
An ACT to incorporate Virginia transportation company.
An ACT to incorporate the Whitlock-Hanson pump-dredge company; to define its powers and privileges.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the Danville street-car company, and to change its name.
An ACT to incorporate the Yorktown, Poquoson and Hampton railway company.
An ACT to incorporate the Buckingham warehouse company.
An ACT to authorize the town of Berryville to execute a deed of trust on the water-works of said town for the purpose of providing additional security for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds of said town to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, to borrow money for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, and maintaining a system of water-works for said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Onancock and Drummondtown electric railway, light and power company
An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg and Claremont terminal railroad and improvement company, and to define its powers.
An ACT to allow John M. McCarty to erect a pier on the Rappahannock river, and to build a house thereon.
An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk gas, light and fuel company of Norfolk, Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the town of Berryville, Virginia, to borrow twenty-five thousand dollars to construct water-works for said town.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 23, 1900 entitled an act authorizing the council of the town of Woodstock to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water-works for said town and other purposes.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia sewerage company.
An ACT to incorporate citizens’ railway, light and power company.
An ACT to authorize the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway company to dispose of its surplus electric power by sale, lease, or otherwise.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1292 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the delivery and forwarding of dispatches by telegraph and telephone companies.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 1, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of the city of Norfolk, approved April 6, 1887, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6, and 13 of an act to amend the charter and extend and define the boundaries of the city, approved April 6, 1887, approved March 3, 1890.
An ACT to empower the council of the town of Cape Charles to borrow money and issue bonds therefor for the purpose of increasing its water supply and installing a drainage or sewerage system.
An ACT to authorize the city of Bristol, Virginia, to issue bonds for street, water-works system, and other improvements, and to provide the mode of issuing the same, and to provide for the disposition of the funds arising from the sale of the same.
An ACT authorizing the Dan river power and manufacturing company to sell, transfer and dispose of its property, assets and rights, and thereupon surrender its charter.
An ACT to allow H. L. Newbill to erect an oyster-house or pier
An ACT to authorize and regulate the erection and maintenance of wires for telephone, telegraph, electric railway, and other purposes over or across the works of any company chartered as a work of internal improvement, or over or across the wires of any telephone, telegraph, electric railway, or electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the Black mountain coal and coke company.
An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk electric company.
An ACT to incorporate the Franklin county telephone company.
An ACT to incorporate the Fallsburg power and manufacturing company.
An ACT to incorporate the Tidewater and West Virginia railroad company.
An ACT to incorporate the fire insurance salvage corps of Richmond.
An ACT to authorize the Carter’s creek fish-guano company to erect a wharf on Carter’s creek, in Lancaster county.
An ACT to empower the town of Berryville, Virginia, to hold real estate for the purpose of constructing water-works for said town, and to acquire and exercise jurisdiction over the same.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia water power company.
An ACT providing for the working and keeping in order, building, and maintaining the public roads and bridges in the county of Scott.
An ACT to authorize the United States government to acquire title and jurisdiction to a tract of land in the county of Norfolk, on the southern branch of the Elizabeth river.
An ACT to incorporate the Pennington Gap telephone company.
An ACT to ratify and confirm the charter of the citizens’ telephone and telegraph company, and to give it additional powers.