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1930
An ACT to provide a method for incorporating Arlington county into a city of the first class, to be known and designated as the city of Arlington; to prescribe a form of government for said city, and provide for organization thereunder; to designate the courts to have jurisdiction thereover; and to designate the officers of said city and fix their terms of office.
AN ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of the charter of the town of Fairfax as originally enacted by chapter 282 of the acts of assembly of 1892, and last amended by chapter 476 of the acts of assembly of 1920 and to provide for a referendum on the question of the adoption of said amendments.
AN ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Stony Creek, in the county of Sussex, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith, and to declare all contracts and obligations heretofore or hereafter made by the council and government of the town of Stony Creek and all powers heretofore or hereafter exercised by them, while in office, to be legal and valid.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5984 of the Code of Virginia, in respect to those liable to serve as jurors.
An ACT to provide that a voting place for a magisterial district of counties may be held in cities when wholly surrounded by a magisterial district.
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 51 of the acts of assembly of 1922, entitled an act providing for the use of voting machines in cities of fifty thousand inhabitants or more, so as to provide for the use of voting machines in any city, town or county in the State.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 202 and 203 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to absent voters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 204 and 209 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to absent voters.

1932
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 78, of the Code of Virginia, concerning representation in Congress and apportionment therefor.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto six new sections, numbered 2684-a to 2684-f, both inclusive, in relation to authorizing two or more adjoining counties to consolidate, and prescribing the requirements and procedure to be followed.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 5, 7 and 15 of an act entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the town of Abingdon, Virginia, and to repeal all other acts with reference thereto,” in effect January 22, 1900, and to further amend said act by adding thereto three new sections, to be numbered 32, 33 and 34.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to chapter 109-a thereof fifty-six new sections numbered 2773-n 1 to 2773-n 56, both inclusive, relating to the organization and government of counties, and providing for complete forms of county organization and government different from that provided for in article VII of the Constitution of Virginia, sections 110 to 115, both inclusive thereof, to become effective in any county in Virginia when submitted to the qualified voters thereof in an election held for such purpose and approved by a majority of those voting thereon, as is authorized by section 110 of the Constitution.
An ACT to authorize the city of Fredericksburg to issue bonds for the
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 229 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to declarations of candidacy in primary elections.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4851, 4852, 4853 and 4860 of the Code of Virginia, section 4853 of which has heretofore been amended, relating to regular and special terms of grand jurors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 86, section 87, section 148, as heretofore amended, and section 156 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to electoral boards.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 154 of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended, relating to duties of candidates for office and of person: to whom abstracts of primary elections are furnished.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 5 of an act entitled “an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more,” approved March 20, 1920, approved March 2, 1922, as heretofore amended, so as to make the same apply to cities having a population of fifteen thousand or more.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 156 and 167 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to election ballots.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 78 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to when members of the House of Delegates elected; apportionment therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 200 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the pay of judges, clerks, registrars and commissioners of election.
An ACT to prescribe the jurisdiction of the State of Virginia over lands in Virginia, acquired by, and/or under the control of, the United States, over matters and things arising on, and over persons and property of persons residing on, such lands.

1933es
An ACT to provide for a convention to ratify or reject an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the Congress of the United States, for repeal of the eighteenth article of amendment to the said Constitution, and for the prohibition of the transportation or importation into any state, territory or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors in violation of the laws thereof; to provide for the nomination and election of delegates to such convention; and to make an appropriation therefor.
An ACT to provide for the holding of an election on the following question: Shall statewide prohibition be continued or shall a plan of liquor control be adopted, to prescribe the qualifications of voters and the method of holding said elections and of ascertaining the results thereof; to provide for the appointment of a committee to prepare and present to the General Assembly at its next regular session a bill or bills for carrying into effect the will of the people as disclosed by the majority vote in the said election; and to make an appropriation to defray the expenses of the said aes

1934
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to qualifications and disqualifications of voters at general elections.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 93 of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration of voters and who to be registered.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section, 200 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to pay of judges, clerks, registrars and commissioners of election.
An ACT to provide for the election in cities having a population in excess of forty-five thousand and less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand of members of the executive committee of political parties, and of delegates to party conventions, and to provide for primaries for the nomination of party candidates in such cities and party senatorial candidates in senatorial districts of which such cities are a part.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 109 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to lists of persons who have paid poll taxes, etc.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 181 and section 238 as heretofore amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to election poll books and ballots.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5936 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the court of law and chancery of the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Charlottesville, approved March 24, 1922, as amended by an act approved March 21, 1928, by amending and re-enacting sections 23 and 24.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 154, 155 and 156 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to elections and duties of candidates and printing of ballots.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 70 of the Code of Virginia, concerning representation in Congress and apportionment therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the General Assembly entitled an act to provide for closing the registration books fifteen days before any special or primary election in cities of not less than 100,000, having a general registrar, approved March 23, 1923, so as to make it apply to cities of not less than 50,000 population, approved February 21, 1928.

1936
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun, Virginia. and to repeal all prior acts and amendments thereto creating a charter for the said town.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Altavista, Campbell county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 144 of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to authorize and empower the electoral board of each county adjoining a city having a population of at least 180,000 inhabitants, as shown by the last preceding United States census, to appoint a general registrar for such county; to provide for the rights, powers, duties and compensation of such general registrar; to provide the effect of such appointments; and to provide how the office of general registrar may be abolished.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more; and to repeal an act entitled an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more, approved March 20, 1920,” approved March 2, 1922, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 155, as heretofore amended, 157 and 162 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the printing and marking of election ballots, so as to provide for affirmative voting.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 208 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to method of voting by an absent voter; and prohibiting a candidate from certifying the ballot of such a voter, and prescribing penalty therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 247, as heretofore amended, and section 267 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how primary elections, and elections of county, corporation and district officers contested, respectively, so as to provide for the taxing of costs in such contests.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 27 of an act entitled “An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Roanoke,” approved March 22, 1924, as heretofore amended, said section relating to the civil and police justice.
An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in cities of the second class; to provide for the appointment of general registrars for such cities, and prescribing the powers and duties of such general registrars.
An ACT to provide for the registration of voters in all cities having a population of not less than 60,000 nor more than 100,000, on serial number cards.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 9 and 52 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Hopewell and to repeal the existing charter of said city and the several acts amendatory thereof and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the city of Hopewell, approved March 29, 1934
An ACT acquiring a non-exclusive, personal, non-transferable license
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 154 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to filing notice of candidacy, so as to require petitions to be filed by persons who are not party nominees.

1938
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 100 of the Code of Vi er relating to changes of residence and registration by voters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 115 of the Code of Virginia, relating to evidence of the prepayment of State poll taxes by voters transferred from one city or county to another city or county, or from one ward in a city to another ward therein.
An ACT to provide a new ‘charter’ for the town of Round Hill; in
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 40, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact the charter of the Town of Culpeper”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 101, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor"
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 698-b, providing how certain special elections and referenda on proposed increases in school taxes may be called and held.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 395 of the Tax Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to delinquent State taxes.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered Section 197-a, providing how certain special elections and referenda may be called and held, and the results thereof ascertained and certified.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Cape Charles, Northampton county, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; and to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Cape Charles.
An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax, and to repeal an act entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax”
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3085 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to preparation of ballots and method of voting on questions of bond issues.
An ACT to amend and’ re-enact Section 1 of an act entitled “An act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more; and to repeal an act entitled ‘An act to provide for the registration of voters in Cities having a population of one hundred thousand or more’, approved March 20, 1920”, approved March 2, 1922, as heretofore amended.
An ACT to appropriate the sum of $220,000.00, or so much thereof as may be required, for the biennium beginning July 1, 1938, for the purpose of paying retirement compensation to judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and of other courts of record, and to members of the State Corporation Commission, who may retire, and to supplement other appropriations made for the purpose of paying salaries of such judges and of members of the said commission.

1940
An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors or other governing body of any county having an area of more than forty and less than fifty-five square miles of high land, or land above low water line or mark, to create the office of general registrar; to provide for the appointment of general registrars, fix their qualifications, compensation and duties; and to provide for abolishing the office of registrar for the several election districts in such county, upon the appointment of such general registrar.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered Section 116, making it unlawful, under certain circumstances, for certain persons to pay or offer to pay poll taxes of another person, and providing that any person who shall pay or offer to pay said poll taxes in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
An ACT to amend Chapter 94 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 7, 1934, and known, designated and cited as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, by adding thereto a new section numbered 31-a, authorizing and prescribing the method of contesting local option elections held under the provisions of the said act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 108-b of the Code of Virginia, relating to the registration of voters in certain cities, so as to make the provisions thereof applicable to all counties and towns.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 306 and 307 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the duties of the Clerk of the House of Delegates.
An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section to be numbered Section 3083-a, relating to bond issue elections in any town situated partly in two or more counties, and providing for the ordering, holding and certifying of such elections.
An ACT to provide for the creation of a Commission on reapportionment to assist the General Assembly in the reapportionment of the Commonwealth into Senatorial and House Districts, to prescribe the duties and functions of such commission, and to appropriate to the said commission the sum of $2,000, or so much thereof as shall be required, for expenses of the commission and the members thereof.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2773-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to the application of Sections 2773-a to 2773-n, both inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, constituting a portion of Chapter 109-A of the said Code, relating to certain optional forms of county organization and government, so as to make such sections, subject to approval of a majority of the qualified voters of such county, applicable to any county having less than sixty square miles of high land or land above low water line or mark.
An ACT to amend an act entitled ‘“‘An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Front Royal, Warren county, Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith.’’
An ACT to provide for the respective jurisdictions and powers of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia over lands in the Shenandoah National Park acquired by the United States, the effect of which is to modify the jurisdiction ceded to the United States over certain parts of said lands as set forth in Section 7 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928, and over other parts as set forth in Section 19-a of the Code of Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate the town of Pennington Gap, in the county of Lee.’
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3820-a of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the sale, conveyance and transfer by corporations of their property and assets.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 27, of an act entitled ‘An act to provide a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk and to repeal the existing charter of said city, approved March 14, 1906, and the several acts amendatory thereof, approved respectively March 12, 1908, March 14, 1908, March 7, 1912, March 13, 1912, March 13, 1914, March 17, 1914, March 24, 1914, March 25, 1914, March 25, 1914, February 5, 1915, March 4, 1916, March 11, 1916, March 16, 1916, March 17, 1916, March 20, 1916, March 20, 1916, March 20, 1916, and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act so far as they relate to the said city of Norfolk,’’ approved February 7, 1918, as heretofore amended, and to prescribe the conditions upon which this act shall become effective, in whole or in part.
An ACT to validate elections heretofore held for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of any county the question of issuing county bonds for the purpose of funding indebtedness incurred by the county school board for school purposes, and to validate county bonds issued by county school boards pursuant to any such election.

1942
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 7 and 17 of an act entitlec "An act to provide a new charter for the City of Alexandria, Virginia."
An ACT to amend and re-enact Chapter 226 of the Acts of 1936, approved March 23, 1936, relating to the appointment of general registrars for cities of the second class, so as to provide for general registrars for cities of the first class having less than a certain population.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of a general registrar for any county having a density of population of 1,000 or more per square mile, and to prescribe the duties of such general registrars.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 246 of the Code of Virginia, so as to permit any candidate, even though declared a nominee, to have his name printed on the ticket.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act designated as Chapter 402 of the Atts of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, entitled "An Act to provide for the respective jurisdictions and powers of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia over lands in the Shenandoah National Park acquired by the United States, the effect of which is to modify the jurisdiction ceded to the United States over certain parts of said lands as set forth in Section 7 of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928, and over other parts as set forth in Section 19-a of the Code of Virginia."
An ACT to provide for placing on the official ballots used in general and primary elections the names of candidates where the time for qualifying for so doing has expired under the present existing statutes and party plans of political parties, in cases where a candidate who has qualified for such purpose, or who has been nominated in default of opposition or otherwise dies or, in certain cases, retires; to prescribe the election procedure in such cases, and to provide other methods of nomination in certain cases.
An ACT to acquire the laboratory and machige shop equipment of Charles F. Thompson that is used in confection with the invention, maintenance and operation of methods and apparatus for electrical voting systems now in use in the Senate and House of Delegates of the General Assembly; to acquire the usage rights in all improvements and inventions, and a license to use all future roll call system patents; to contract with said Thompson for the systems’ maintenance, improvement and operation; to allow said Thompson the use of the shop room and tools, machinery, etc. and give him title to certain materials and parts left over from the construction of the Senate and House: systems; to empower the Attorney General to make the necessary contracts in behalf of the State with said Thompson, and to appropriate the sum of twenty thousand dollars to carry out provisions of this Act.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 2 and 47, as heretofore amended, and Sections 29 and 48 of Chapter 473 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1924, approved March 22, 1924, the said chapter providing a new charter for the City of Roanoke, and the said sections relating to the powers of the city, the issuing justice, and the issuance of bonds therein
Proposing amendment to Section 73 of the Constitution of Virginia:
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 197-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to how certain special elections and referenda may be held and the result thereof ascertained and certified, so as to provide that the voting at any such election shall be by a positive affirmative method as therein defined.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 229 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to primary elections and declarations of candidacy.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3 and 5 of an act approved March 29, 1923, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more, approved March 2, 1922, in relation to the maintenance of offices in cities containing more than one hundred and ninety thousand population according to the last United States census for the registration of voters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 19b, 28, 28a, 80 and 105 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Richmond, approved March 24, 1926, as heretofore amended, and to amend said act by adding thereto seven new sections numbered 63a, 63b, 63c, 63d, 63e, 96a and 96b so as to provide for leave of absence for officers and employees of the city of Richmond serving: in the military and naval forces of the United States of America, the production of books and records of taxpayers for examination by assessing officers of the city of Richmond for the purpose of enforcing the tax and revenue laws of the State and ordinances of the City of Richmond, the refund of taxes and charges erroneously assessed by the city of Richmond and paid and the exoneration from the payment of unpaid erroneous assessments and the assessment of omitted taxes, penalties and interest, the creation of a separate department of the government of the city of Richmond to secure and promote public health and sanitation and to prescribe its powers and duties.

1944
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4853, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to regular and special grand juries, to make certain changes as to eligibility of grand jurors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 203 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to absent voters.
An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 5 and 6 of an act entitled "An Act to provide a new charter for the city of Alexandria, Virginia."
An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 155, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the preparing and printing of election ballots.
An ACT to provide facilities and opportunity for absentee voting by members of the armed forces and certain affliated services by making certain temporary changes in the primary and general election laws of the State relating to the nomination and election of Senators and Representatives in Congress, and the election of Electors for President and Vice-President, with respect to (a) the effect of failure to register and pay poll taxes by said members upon their eligibility to vote and the furnishing of absentee ballots to them; (b) the time within which candidates for said offices shall qualify so as to have their names printed on the official ballots, and (c) the time for and method of printing said ballots, and to provide for compliance by State and local officers with the provisions of certain Federal statutes relating to absentee voting by members of the armed forces in such elections, and to limit the duration of this act.
An ACT to create a fund for the benefit of and as part of the estate of Virginia members of the armed forces of the United States and certain affiliated services; to provide for the payment, out of said fund, upon written request of any such member, of his poll tax or taxes necessary to enable such member to vote in elections for members of the General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and all county and city officers ; to provide for the registration for such elections by mail by such members who are physically unable, by reason of service in the armed forces, to appear in person before the registration officer for the purpose of registering under the provisions of Section 20 of the Constitution of Virginia; to make similar provision for registration and poll tax payments to enable such members to vote in elections for Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors and Senators and Representatives in Congress under certain conditions, and to provide certain conditions and limitations with respect to the taking effect of and duration of this Act.
An ACT to provide facilities and opportunity for absentee voting by Virginia members of the armed forces of the United States and certain affiliated services by making certain temporary changes in the primary and general election laws of the State relating to the nomination and election of members of the General Assembly, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General, and all county and city officers, with respect to (a) the effect of failure to register and pay poll taxes by said members upon their eligibility to vote; (b) the furnishing of absentee ballots to all qualified members; (c) the time within which candidates for said offices shall qualify so as to have their names printed on the official ballots, and (d) the time for and method of printing said ballots and the distribution thereof; and to limit the duration of this act.
An ACT to provide for the purging of the registration books in the counties and cities in which there is a general registrar.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of general registrars for certain counties, and to prescribe the duties of such general registrars.
An ACT to provide for the appointment of general registrars for certain counties and to prescribe the duties of such general registrars.
An ACT to authorize the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates, with the approval of the Attorney General, to enter into a contract on behalf of the Commonwealth with Charles F. Thompson or his assigns with respect to the voting machine systems of the House of Delegates and the Senate, and the machines, tools, dies, and other property used in the construction and building thereof.