Voting

1906
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 58 of the Code of Virginia
An ACT to incorporate the town of Galax, in the counties of Grayson and Carroll.

1908
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 3, section 1 of chapter 5, and sections 1 and 5 of chapter 8 of an act approved March 3, 1898, entitled: An act to provide a new charter for the town of Berryville.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 2, of an act entitled: An act to amend and re-enact section 1470 of the Code of Virginia relating to the division of school districts and subdistricts, so as to provide for such division; for the government and administration of such subdistricts; for additional school tax therein; for appointment of school directors, providing for their terms of office, powers, duties, for adoption of this act by the counties of the State, and for relief from such adoption
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond as heretofore amended, in relation to the powers of the city council; and to amend and re-enact section 64 of the said charter in relation to the duties of the city engineer.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1021 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act of the general assembly approved May 20, 1903.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 12, 1904, entitled: An act to provide for furnishing by county treasurers of list of those who are residents of or voters in the incorporated towns of the Commonwealth who have paid their State capitation taxes six months prior to a regular election to be held in the incorporated towns of which they are residents.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 62 of the Code prescribing the qualifications of voters in special and local option elections.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1904, entitled: An act to provide for lists of all persons who have paid their State poll taxes, and for posting the same; and providing compensation therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 67 of the Code of Virginia of 1887; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 5, 1894; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 5, 1900; as amended and re-enacted by an act approved July 28, 1902; and amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 8, 1903, in relation to appointment of registrars and providing that registrars and clefks appointed in cities having a population of 50,000 or more by the last United States census shall be compelled to serve unless excused by the judge of the corporation court of such cities and prescribing penalties for failure to do so.
An ACT providing the method by which cities and towns in this Commonwealth may vote upon the issuance of bonds contemplated by clause “B,” of section 127, of the Constitution.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 3, 1900, and in force from its passage, entitled: An act to provide a new charter for the city of Charlottesville and to repeal all acts inconsistent therewith, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3 .4. 5, 7. 8. 10, 11, and 12 of an act entitled: An act to incorporate the town of Fairfax, in the county of Fairfax, approved February 16, 1892, and to add thereto sections 13, 14. 15 and 16.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 70 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the pay of electoral boards.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 14, 1904, entitled an act to provide a charter for the town of Narrows, in Giles county, Virginia,
An ACT to provide for submitting the question of the removal of the court-house of any county to the qualified voters of such county, and in the event such removal is voted, to authorize the board of supervisors to acquire necessary land and erect buildings.
An ACT to incorporate the town of Elkton, in Rockingham county
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled: An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 50 of chapter 7 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the apportionment of representation in Congress
An ACT to provide (in certain cases) for the compulsory attend-ance of children between the ages of eight and twelve years upon the public schools of Virginia, and providing penalty for failure, and designating the manner of collecting such penalties.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19 and 74, of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the city of Manchester, approved March 20, 1874, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1878, and as further amended by an act approved March 3, 1900.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 149 of the Code as heretofore amended, in relation to the pay of judges, clerks and commissioners of elections.

1910
An ACT to provide for submission to the people for approval and ratification the proposed amendments to section 46 of article 4, section 50 of article 4, sections 110, 119 and 120 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 30, 1875, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1879, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax, approved March 30, 1875, and as further amended by an act approved March 4, 1890, entitled an act to amend section 7 of chapter 316 of the Acts of Assembly, session of 1874-1875, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax, and as further amended by an act approved March 2, 1894.
An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 2 of section 2 and subsections 2, 5, 6, 8 and 10 of section 20, and sections 1, 5, 7, 19, 24, 25 and 26 of an act approved March 15, 1906, entitled an act to provide for the consolidation or annexation of cities, and to ratify and confirm notices already given which conform to the requirements of this act.
An ACT to provide for submitting the question of granting license to manufacture ardent spirits to the qualified voters of the city of Winchester and the county of Frederick and the county of Shenandoah.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Radford, and
An ACT to provide for the assessment and payment of omitted capitation taxes and of capitation taxes of persons who become of age after the first of February in any year, and to repeal chapter 342 of acts of assembly of 1902-1903-1904, entitled an act to prescribe the manner in which a duly registered voter who has not been assessed with his State capitation tax may pay the same, and to prescribe penalties for failure on the part of clerks and treasurers to observe the provisions of this act, and to repeal chapter 26 of acts of assembly, 1906, entitled an act authorizing and directing the auditor of public accounts to accept from the county and city treasurers of the Commonwealth all money collected by such treasurers as poll taxes under orders of courts since the first day of July, 1903.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an act approved November 24, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Boykins, in the county of Southampton, and amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 6, 1896, and amended by an act approved February 14, 1901, and amended by an act approved December 19, 1901.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Banister district, in-cluding the towns of South Boston and Houston, in Halifax county, Vir-ginia, at a special election to be held therefor, the question of the estab-lishment at South Boston and Houston, each, of a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors therein, and in the event that a majority of those voting at said election vote for said dispensaries, then further to provide for the establishment and conduct of same, and to prohibit thereafter within said district and towns the sale, barter or exchange of intoxicating liquors by all persons, firms or corporations, except as herein provided, and to provide for future elections on the question of abolishing such dispensaries, and defining the effect of all elections held hereunder.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of chapter 1 of an act to provide a charter for the city of Petersburg, approved March 11, 1875, to amend and re-enact chapters 2, 3 and 5 of said act, as amended by subsequent acts, and to amend and re-enact sections 4 and 5, and to repeal section 7 of chapter 6 of said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 70 of the Code of Virginia, relative to the compensation of members of the electoral board.
An ACT to provide for the assessment and payment of omitted capitation taxes and of capitation taxes of persons who become of age after the first of February in any year, and to repeal chapter 342 of acts of assembly of 1902-1903-1904, entitled an act to prescribe the manner in which a duly registered voter who has not been assessed with his State capitation tax may pay same, and to prescribe penalties for failure on the part of clerks and treasurers to observe the provisions of this act, and to repeal chapter 26 of the acts of assembly of 1906, entitled an act authorizing and directing the auditor of public accounts to accept from the county and city treasurers of the Commonwealth all money collected by such treasurers as poll taxes under orders of courts since the first day of July, 1903.

1912
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the town of Warrenton, Virginia
An ACT to authorize the several magisterial districts of Accomac county to borrow money and issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of building, improving, and maintaining the public roads of said districts in said county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 113 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved January 11, 1904.
An ACT to establish and regulate the holding of primary elections; to pay expenses of same; to secure the regularity and purity of the same, and to prevent and punish any corrupt practices in connection therewith.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 70 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 17, 1910,
An ACT to provide for submission to the people for approval and ratification the proposed amendment to section 117 of article 8 of the constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to provide for the resubmission to the people for approval and ratification of the proposed amendments to section 119 of article 8 of the Constitution of Virginia, in relation to commissioners of the revenue in the cities, and section 120 of article 8 of the Constitution of Virginia, in relation to treasurers in the cities, in order that there may be a separate vote of the people on each of said proposed amendments.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 336 of Acts 1908, entitled an act to provide for submitting the question of the removal of the courthouse of any county to the qualified voters of such county, and in the event such removal is voted, to authorize the board of supervisors to acquire necessary land and erect buildings, and to empower councils of towns, when authorized by the vote of the people of such town, to issue bonds, the money derived from the sale of which may be donated as an inducement for the location of the county courthouse.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 38, 42, 45, 47, 53, 54, 55, 60, 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 99, 101, of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an aet to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.
An ACT to re-enact section 50 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to representation of the State in the congress of the United states
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 22, 1871, to incorporate the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and to provide a new charter for same.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to provide a new charter for the town of Liberty, to extend its limits and change the name to Bedford City, approved March 38, 1890; and to change the name of the town to Bedford."

1914
An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to establish a dispen-
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 86 of the Code of 1887.
An ACT to authorize and require the board of supervisors of Powhatan county, by and with the approval of a majority of the quali-
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of article 1 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county, approved January 22, 1900; to amend and re-enact section 1 of article 2, as heretofore amended by an act approved February 20, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 1 of article 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county, approved January 22, 1900; and to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 5 of article 2, section 1 of article 3, and section 1 of article 4 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Phoebus, in Elizabeth City county, approved January 22, 1900.
An ACT to re-enact and amend clause 3 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia entitled an act to establish a court of law and chancery for the city of Roanoke, Virginia, which was approved March 10, 1910.
An ACT to submit to the qualified electors of the city of Charlottesville, as to the abolition of the corporation court of said city, as provided in section 98 of the Constitution of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 21 of chapter 5 of the act concerning corporations which became a law May 21, 1903, with reference to the voting of stock by fiduciaries.
An ACT to amend and reenact an act entitled an act to establish and regulate the holding of primary elections; to pay expenses of same; to secure the regularity and purity of the same, and to prevent and punish any corrupt practices in connection therewith
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Blackstone, in the county of Nottoway, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
An ACT to provide for a change in the form of government of cities having a population of less than 100,000 and of towns, and to provide in what manner such cities and towns may adopt such form of government.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 804 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize the school board of Powhatan district No. 2, of the county of James City, and the school board of Stonehouse district No. 3, of the county of James City, of the State of Virginia, to borrow money, and to issue bonds for the purpose of paying off and discharging the present indebtedness upon the Toano high school, owned jointly by said school districts, and making such further improvements to said high school, and any other purpose deemed pertinent by said school board, and to provide for the payment of such bonds and the interest to accrue thereon.
An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Eastville, Northampton county, Virginia
An ACT providing for an election upon the question of a dispensary in the town of Gretna, in the county of Pittsylvania.
An ACT to provide for the calling and hoiding of an election upon the question of prohibiting the manufecture for sale and the sale of intoxicating liquors, to prescribe for qualification of voters in said election, to declare the effect of the result of such election, and to pro- vide penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act.
An ACT to provide for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people in accordance with the amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

1915
An ACT declaring who shall be entitled to vote in any special election upon the question of the removal of a courthouse.
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 provide for the rearrangement of voting precincts and to change the names of the same whenever, by annexation proceedings, portions of a county have been taken within a city, and providing how such proceedings shall be paid for.
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Waynesboro to call a special election of the qualified voters of said town, to determine whether or not all live stock shall be prohibited from running at large within the corporate limits of the town of Waynesboro, Virginia.
An ACT prescribing the manner in which cities in this Commonwealth having a population in excess of 75,000 inhabitants and less than 100,000 inhabitants may request the general assembly to grant a special form of government for any such city under section 117 of the Constitution, providing for the holding of special elections in relation thereto, and to repeal, so far as it may be in conflict therewith, section 14 of an act of the general assembly approved March 138, 1914, and entitled an act to provide for a change in the form of government of cities having a population of less than 100,000 and of towns, and to provide in what manner such cities and towns may adopt such form of government.

1916
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for a change in the form of government of cities having a population of less than 100,000, and of towns, and to provide in what manner such cities and towns may adopt such form of government
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1904, entitled an act to provide for lists of all persons who have paid their State poll taxes, and for posting the same; and providing compensation therefor, approved March 3, 1908.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3977 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to grand jurors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 78 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the duties and compensation of registrars.
An ACT to provide for submitting to the qualified voters of counties and cities the question of interstate and intrastate shipment of ardent spirits for beverage purposes, and prohibiting the transportation, bringing into or receiving of ardent spirits for beverage purposes in any such county or city as shall by majority vote under this act declare against interstate and intrastate shipment of ardent spirits for beverage purposes; and prescribing penalties therefor.
An ACT prescribing the manner in which cities in this Commonwealth having a population in excess of 65,000 inhabitants and less than 100,000 inhabitants may request the general assembly to grant a special form of government for any such city, under section 117 of the Constitution, providing for the holding of special elections in relation thereto.
An ACT providing how the cities of this Commonwealth having a population in excess of one hundred thousand inhabitants may request of the general assembly of Virginia to grant to any such city a special form of government.
JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 32 of the Constitution of Virginia and providing for publishing the said amendment and certifying the same to the next general assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Chase City, in the county of Mecklenburg
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 13, 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1912, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887; April 28, 1887; May 14, 1887; February 14, 1900; February 21, 1900; February 26, 1900; February 2, 1901; February 15, 1901; March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887; February 22, 1890 and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906.
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to borrow money for the purpose of building, repairing and maintaining roads and bridges in said county.
An ACT to enable voters, required by their duties to be absent from their voting precincts on the day of election, to vote by registered mail.
An ACT to amend section 122a and 122b of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 10 of the Code of Virginia, in reference to general and special elections; when and where to be held; regulation for their conduct and government; compensation for services in election

1918
An ACT to authorize the town council of the town of Waynesboro, to call a special election of the qualified voters of the said town, to determine whether or not all live stock shall be prohibited from running at large within, the corporate limits of the town of Waynesboro, Virginia
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Crewe, in Nottoway county, Virginia
An ACT to provide a new charter for the city of Clifton Forge,
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the town of Dillwyn, in the county of Buckingham, the question of repealing the charter of said town.
An ACT ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within the State, and authorizing the acquisition thereof, and any interest therein, and repealing all prior acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.
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.
An ACT to aménd and re-enact section 89 of an act entitled an act to provide for the settlement, registration, transfer, and assurance of titles to land, and to establish courts of land registration with jurisdiction for said purposes, and to make uniform the laws of the States enacting the same
An ACT to amend and reenact section 24-a of an act approved March 20, 1914, printed as chapter 805, acts of assembly of Virginia, session 1914, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish and regulate the holding of primary elections, to pay expenses of same; to secure the regularity and purity of the same, and to prevent and punish any corrupt practices in connection therewith, approved March 14, 1912.
A RESOLUTION proposing amendment to section 32 of article 2 of the Constitution of Virginia, and providing for publishing said amendment and certifying the same to the next general assembly.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, approved March 10, 1908, as amended by an act approved March 12, 1912, by adding a new chapter thereto, to be known as chapter 10, relating to the initiative, referendum and recall.
An ACT to make and declare the county courthouse building and the lot appurtenant thereto, located in Harrisonburg, a part of Central magisterial district in Rockingham county, for certain purposes.

1920
An ACT to provide for submission to the people for approval and ratification the proposed amendments to section 32 of article 2, section 117 of article 8, section 133 of article 9, section 136 of article 9, section 138, and section 184 of the Constitution of Virginia.
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section 32 of article 2 of the Constitution of Virginia.
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing amendments to sections 18, 20, 21, and 173 of the Constitution of Virginia, so as to extend the rights of suffrage to women.
An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more.
An ACT extending the right of suffrage to women; assessing a State capitation tax on certain women residents of Virginia; and prescribing the qualifications of women entitled to vote for members of the general assembly and all officers elective by the people, and the manner in which women may register and vote; also providing when this act shall take effect.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5986 and 5988 of the Code
An ACT to amend sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, and 103 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor, and to repeal sections 2 and 93 of said act and to add thereto sections 14a, 55a, 99a, 116a, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132, which deal with and provide for vacancies in the council; the initiative and referendum; the general powers and duties of the department of public welfare; the division of the city into school districts and the election of trustees therefor; the creation of a civil service commission and its rules and regulations; the jurisdiction of courts to enforce ordinances; rules and regulations upon city owned property outside of the city; continuance of present officers in office until January 1, 1921, and the vacating of certain offices at that time; the penalties for violation of certain sections; the working of prisoners; the appointment of boards and the creation of pension funds.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Fairfax, in the county of Fairfax
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 158 of the Code of Virginia.
A JOINT RESOLUTION rejecting the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States on woman suffrage.