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1893/1894

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Chapter 307

An ACT allowing fish-traps to be placed in Powell’s river, in Lee
Fishing

Chapter 308

An ACT to pay John Scott, late commonwealth’s attorney of Fauquier, for services rendered in debt litigation in the United States circuit court.
Debt, Judicial, Lawyers, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 309

An ACT to place Charles T. Steele, a wounded soldier, of Craig county, on the pension list.
Armed forces, Pensions

Chapter 310

An ACT to repeal section 8875 of the code of Virginia, in relation to floating logs, &c., in Nottoway and Blackwater rivers.
Repeal of legislation, Public spaces

Chapter 311

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3451 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the correction of errors in judgment or decrees by default so as to require written notice of the motion.
Judicial, Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 312

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act passed March 4, 1871, and March 20, 1871, declaring Robinson river and Rapidan river, in Madison county, to be a lawful fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 313

An ACT for the protection of fish in Frederick county.
Fishing

Chapter 314

An ACT for the relief of J. G. Crouch, of the county of Henrico.
Business, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 315

An ACT to incorporate the Staunton society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 316

An ACT to give I. T. Bagley, treasurer of Lunenburg county, and his deputies, power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax-tickets now in his hands.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 317

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3140 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3140 of the code of Virginia, in relation to exemption from jury duty
Judicial, Employment and labor, Armed forces, Public officers

Chapter 318

An ACT to repeal sections 406, 407 and 408 of the code of Virginia, the latter section as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 408 of the code of Virginia, in reference to proceedings to try genuineness (of coupons)
Repeal of legislation, Taxation

Chapter 319

An ACT to prevent the extermination of partridges or quails, wild turkeys or pheasants, in the counties of Lee and Scott.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 320

An ACT to regulate the killing, capturing, hunting, buying or selling or offering for sale partridges, wild turkeys and pheasants in the county of Albemarle, and to prohibit the catching of same in traps or the destruction of the eggs of same in said county.
Hunting

Chapter 321

An ACT to repeal chapter 429 of the acts of assembly of 1889-90, in relation to the erection of fish-ladders on Goose creek, so far as it relates to the county of Bedford.
Fishing

Chapter 322

An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Roanoke street railway company.
Utilities, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 323

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of chapter 2862 of acts of 1891-’82, entitled an act to incorporate the Harrisonburg and Bridgewater electric railway company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 324

An ACT for the protection of game in the counties of Smyth and Washington.
Wildlife

Chapter 325

An ACT to amend and re-enact the second clause of section 2079 of the code of Virginia, in relation to unlawful hunting in the county of Fluvanna.
Hunting

Chapter 326

An ACT to authorize the United States to acquire the right of way for a certain road in the county of Elizabeth City.
Transportation, Public officers, Property, Public spaces, Cemeteries

Chapter 327

An ACT for the better protection of game in the county of Nansemond.
Hunting, Wildlife, Fishing

Chapter 328

An ACT for the protection of fish in the state of Virginia.
Fishing

Chapter 329

An ACT to incorporate the town of Timberville, in Rockingham county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Voting, Taxation, Law Enforcement

Chapter 330

An ACT to improve the main thoroughfares of Rappahannock county.
Transportation, Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 331

An ACT incorporating the Trustees of the Episcopal church for diocese of southern Virginia.
Charity, Religious Institutions

Chapter 332

An ACT to authorize the superintendent of the Virginia penitentiary to enlarge the prison enclosure and erect a building on the stable lot.
Prisons, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 333

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1661 of chapter 75 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the change of the names of the lunatic asy- lums of the state.
Amendments, Healthcare, Civil Rights, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 334

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 890 of the code of Virginia, concerning the sheriff of the city of Richmond.
Law Enforcement, Municipal charters, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 335

An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of the Valley Baptist association of Virginia.
Education, Religious Institutions, Incorporation

Chapter 336

An ACT to extend the time for the collection by distress of uncollected tax-tickets for the year 1888 and thereafter, in the hands of W. T. Jones, treasurer of the city of Charlottesville.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 337

An ACT to authorize the school board of Catalpa district, Culpeper county, to fund the indebtedness of the district incurred under the act approved February 18, 1890.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 338

An ACT to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Virginia.
Healthcare, Employment and labor, Judicial

Chapter 339

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 637 of the code of Virginia, in relation to clerks delivering to treasurers copy of list of delinquent real estate; treasurers to post the same with notice of sale of lands for taxes, levies, &c., attached.
Taxation, Property, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 340

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 669 of the code of Virginia in relation to the fees of officers and printer; how paid.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 341

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections land 8 of an act approved February 1, 1894, entitled an act to amend an act to provide for working the roads in Northampton county, approved March 2, 1892.
Amendments, Property, Taxation

Chapter 342

An ACT to authorize the county school board of Albemarle county to allow additional compensation to the county superintendent of schools of said county on account of his extra duties in connection with the Dawson school fund in said county.
Education, Employment and labor, Public expenditures

Chapter 343

An ACT relating to unlawful hunting, &c., of partridges, deer and wild turkeys in the counties gf Prince George and Surry.
Hunting

Chapter 344

An ACT for the protection of game in Frederick county.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 345

AN ACT requiring the corporation court of the city of Norfolk to hold monthly terms for the trial of all causes and matters cognizable by said court.
Judicial

Chapter 346

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved November 29, 1884, for the relief of the Shenandoah Valley and other agricultural societies.
Agriculture, Taxation, Amendments, Public expenditures, Recreation

Chapter 347

An ACT to give the assent of the state of Virginia to the provisions of an act of congress, entitled an act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862.
Agriculture, Education, Equality before the law, Amendments

Chapter 348

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to authorize the sheriff of Albemarle to execute process and to serve notices in the city of Charlottesville
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Municipal charters

Chapter 349

An ACT for the relief of John W. Ransone
Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 350

An ACT to prescribe the times for holding the terms of the circuit courts of the several counties in the twelfth judicial circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 351

An ACT to incorporate the town of Coeburn, in Wise county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Business, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Jails, Public spaces, Voting

Chapter 352

An ACT to incorporate Bondtown, in Wise county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Budget, Public officers, Property

Chapter 353

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the trustees of the Baptist ministers’ relief fund of Virginia.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Incorporation

Chapter 354

An ACT to legalize primary elections and conventions in the city of Richmond.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 355

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Mount Moriah Methodist Episcopal church, south, in Albemarle county, to hold and sell land for cemetery purposes.
Cemeteries

Chapter 356

An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the magisterial districts of Poquosin and Grafton, in the county of York, the question of a lawful fence in said districts.
Fence Laws, Voting, Public expenditures

Chapter 357

An ACT to incorporate the Buckroe, Phceebus and Hampton railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 358

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3711 of the code of 1887, making dogs listed for taxation the subject of petit larceny and trespass.
Amendments, Business, Property

Chapter 359

An ACT for the relief of Howard M. Harrison, a disabled Confederate soldier of Rockbridge county.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 360

AN ACT to empower the trustees of the district school board of Gill’s creek school district, Franklin county, to use any surplus county public school funds belonging to said district for the purpose of purchasing or erecting buildings for school purposes, or discharging any indebtedness of the said district.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 361

An ACT to authorize the school board of the city of Charlottesville to borrow money.
Education, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 362

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2462 of the code of Virginia, in regard to reservation of title to goods and chattels sold upon condition, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 28, 1890.
Business

Chapter 363

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3199 of the code of Virginia, in relation to certain officers forbidden to practice law in particular courts.
Judicial, Lawyers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 364

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 7, 1884, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act passed January 11, 1877, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the eleventh section of an act entitled an act prescribing the times for holding courts of the tenth, eleventh, thirteenth and fifteenth judicial circuits, approved March 29, 1875.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 365

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2257 of the code, in relation to divorces.
Divorce

Chapter 366

An ACT to amend chapter 152 of the acts of 1889-90, approved February 28, 1890, relative to furnishing cigarettes or tobacco in any form to minors.
Children -- Institutional care, Amendments

Chapter 367

An ACT for the relief of the Norfolk trust company, of Norfolk.
Property

Chapter 368

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Norfolk safe deposit and trust company, approved February 29, 1892.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 369

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4106 of the code of Virginia, touching the jurisdiction of police justices and justices of the peace as to the trial of offenders in certain cases.
Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 370

An ACT to extend the boundaries of the city of Portsmouth.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 371

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 14, 17, sixth subject of section 17, 34 and 59 of the charter of the city of Portsmouth
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 372

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Hospital of St. Vincent of Paul, in the city of Norfolk, passed March 3, 1856.
Healthcare, Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 373

An ACT for the relief of G. W. Smith
Taxation

Chapter 374

An ACT to prevent trapping and seining in New river and its tributaries.
Fishing

Chapter 375

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 814 of the code of Virginia, as to bonds of officers, touching the bond of a supervisor in Northampton county.
Bonds, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 376

An ACT to charter the Virginia coal and coke company.
Business, Industry, Amendments, Transportation

Chapter 377

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Botetourt, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend sections 2, 11 and 13 of an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads of Botetourt, approved January 23, 1894.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 378

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Lunenburg county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of that county.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 379

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8654 of the code of 1887, in regard to articles not exempt from taxes or levies.
Taxation

Chapter 380

An ACT to determine the necessity of a lawful fence and establish same between adjoining lands in Rockingham county.
Fence Laws

Chapter 381

An act to amend an act to incorporate the Cardwell machine company, approved February 28, 1890, as amended by an act approved March 2, 1892, and to validate all acts and transactions of said Cardwell machine company.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 382

An ACT to authorize the county of Madison to subscribe to the stock of the Madison and Orange railroad company on certain conditions.
Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Voting

Chapter 383

An ACT to incorporate Chatham female Episcopal institute.
Education, Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 384

An ACT to incorporate the town of North Tazewell, in the county of Tazewell.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Cemeteries, Education, Civil Rights

Chapter 385

An ACT to confirm and amend the charter of the Virginia pyrites mining company.
Amendments, Business, Industry, Taxation

Chapter 386

An ACT to incorporate the Peninsula gas-light, fuel and power company.
Business, Utilities

Chapter 387

An ACT to place George Alexander, a disabled Confederate soldier, on pension list.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate, Civil Rights

Chapter 388

An ACT authorizing the Covington school board to borrow money
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 389

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2131 of the code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2181, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2161, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto.
Amendments, Industry

Chapter 390

An ACT making it lawful to adopt marks of designation for saw-logs, piles, hewn timber or square timber, and for the protection of the owners thereof.
Agriculture, Business, Industry, Property, Transportation

Chapter 391

An ACT for the relief of Charles R. Boatwright, a blind Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 392

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4047 of the code of Virginia, relating to the time within which an indictment for a felony must be tried or accused be forever discharged.
Judicial

Chapter 393

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 109 of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquor, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required; in relation to licenses to agents for the sale of manufactured implements or machines by retail, other than sewing machines
Taxation, Business, Alcohol

Chapter 394

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act entitled an act to provide for the working and repairing of public roads and bridges in Albemarle county
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 395

An ACT for the relief of Eugene Garrett, of Essex county, Vir.
Amendments, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 396

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Winchester railroad company
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 397

An ACT to incorporate the Madison and Orange railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 398

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 43 of an act entitled 'an act to provide a new charter for the town of Wytheville,' approved February 26, 1886, acts of 1885-'86, chapter 263, page 293; and section 8 of an act entitled 'an act to amend the charter of the town of Wytheville, defining the jurisdiction and power of certain officers, and extend the corporate limits,' approved February 25, 1892, acts 1891-'92, chapter 402, page 854.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Business

Chapter 399

An ACT to define and establish, by straight lines, the low-water mark lines for the riparian owner of the shores of Fox island, or Fox islands, in the county of Accomac, in the state of Virginia.
Boundaries, Property

Chapter 400

An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a board of commissioners for the promotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States.
Amendments, Business, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 401

AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Princess Anne county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court.
Salaries, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 402

An Act Amending and Re-Enacting Sections 650, 653, 654, 656 and 660 of the Code of Virginia, in Relation to the Sale of Lands Returned Delinquent for the Non-Payment of Taxes and Levies
Property, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 403

An ACT to amend section 848 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the compensation of supervisors.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 404

An ACT to incorporate the Chamber of commerce of the city of Norfolk.
Business

Chapter 405

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled act to incorporate the Mutual live stock association of Accomac parish
Agriculture, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 406

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3530 of the code of Virginia, relative to the fees of justices.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Amendments
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