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1893/1894

Laws in Volume
Displaying 501 - 600 of 843

Chapter 507

An ACT for the relief of R. B. Pennington.
Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 508

An ACT for the relief of James Barbour and his co-tenants.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 509

An ACT for the relief of A. W. Emberson, a disabled Confederate soldier, of the county of Franklin.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 510

An ACT for the relief of George Hungate, a Confederate soldier, of Floyd county, Virginia.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 511

An ACT for the protection of fish in the waters of Back bay, in the county of Princess Anne.
Fishing

Chapter 512

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2947 and 2957 of the code of Virginia, in relation to appeals from the judgments of justices on warrants for small claims.
Judicial, Debt, Property

Chapter 513

An ACT to allow Henry C. Farinholt to erect a pier or wharf near Jones’ Point, in the Rappahannock river.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Taxation, Business

Chapter 515

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the recordation in the clerk’s office of the corporation court of the city of Buena Vista of certain writings, papers and records heretofore recorded in the clerk’s office of the county court of Rockbridge county, by copying the same from the books in said last-named clerk’s office, in which said writings are now recorded, approved February 12, 1894.
Repeal of legislation

Chapter 516

An ACT to define the power and limitations of building and loan associations.
Business

Chapter 517

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 1, and section 3 of chapter 5, of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 29, 1892, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Graham, in the county of Tazewell.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Boundaries, Public expenditures

Chapter 518

An ACT to incorporate the Shoemaker college, in Scott county.
Education, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Cemeteries

Chapter 519

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 822 of the code of Virginia, in relation to what officers are forbidden to have interest in contracts with or claims against their counties.
Amendments, Business, Public officers, Property

Chapter 520

An ACT to extend the time in which Arista Hoge, treasurer of the city of Staunton, shall be authorized to collect taxes.
Taxation

Chapter 521

An ACT to amend sections 3501 and 3502 of the code of Virginia, as amended by chapter 57 of the acts of the general assembly of 1889-’90, entitled an act to amend sections 3501 and 3502 of the code of Virginia, as to fees of commissioners in chancery.
Judicial, Amendments, Lawyers

Chapter 522

An ACT to authorize J. F. McIlwaine to erect a pier in James river, and to connect the same with his land by a wire-rope tramway.
Public spaces, Property, Transportation

Chapter 523

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Highland county to increase the levy for district free school purposes in Stonewall district, in said county, to a sum not exceeding twenty cents on the hundred dollars of the taxable values of said district.
Education, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 524

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Central and Western railroad company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 525

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, &c., and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, &c., of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, &c.
Amendments, Agriculture, Business, Fishing, Taxation

Chapter 526

An ACT to incorporate the Norton street railway company, in Wise county.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 527

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Bath county to allow increased compensation to the commissioners of the revenue of said county.
Public expenditures, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 528

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3846 of the code of Virginia, in relation to closing bar-rooms on election days.
Alcohol, Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 529

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Reese Methodist Protestant church to sell and convey their church lot.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 530

An ACT to increase the salary of the county judge of Southampton county.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 531

AN ACT allowing fee to A. M. Dickinson in Carrico case.
Judicial, Lawyers, Public expenditures

Chapter 532

An ACT to permit the registration of J. F. Adams as a pharmacist
Healthcare, Business

Chapter 533

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia home for incurables.
Charity, Healthcare, Incorporation

Chapter 534

An ACT extending the time for the collection of taxes for the year 1893, in the county of Bedford.
Taxation

Chapter 535

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2481 of the code of Virginia as amended by an act approved February 7, 1890, and section 2484 of the code of Virginia, relating to the limitation and enforcement of mechanics liens.
Amendments, Business, Property

Chapter 536

An ACT to provide for the correction of certain erroneous assessment of lot and taxes in the town of Emporia, in Greenesville county.
Property, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 537

An ACT for the working of the county roads of Richmond and Lancaster.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Public officers, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 538

An ACT for the relief of William H. Carter, of Washington county, a disabled soldier.
Armed forces, Charity, Healthcare, Civil Rights

Chapter 539

An ACT for the relief of George W. Conner, a Confederate veteran
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 540

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 149 of the code of Virginia, in regard to pay of judges and clerks of election.
Judicial, Public officers, Amendments, Budget

Chapter 541

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2940 of the code of Virginia,in relation to warrants for small claims, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 74, of the acts of assembly, 1889-90.
Judicial

Chapter 542

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to allow notaries public or other officers who hold stock in companies to take acknowledgments to deeds or other writings which said companies execute: provided said notaries or other officers are in no otherwise interested
Amendments, Business

Chapter 543

An ACT to incorporate the town of Clinchport, in Scott county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Alcohol

Chapter 544

An ACT to provide for the drainage of lowlands in the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Cumberland and Greenesville.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 545

An ACT for the protection of fish in the Shenandoah river and its tributaries
Fishing

Chapter 546

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 42 of the charter of the town of Culpeper.
Amendments, Budget, Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 547

An ACT to provide for taking a special census of the school population of Newport district, in Warwick county.
Education

Chapter 548

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 15, 18, 82 and 87 of an act entitled an act to amend the special road laws in the counties of Scott and Lee, and to provide for the working of roads in the counties of Scott, Lee and Wise
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 549

An ACT for the relief of P. B. Hughes, of the town of West Point, Virginia.
Property

Chapter 550

An ACT to incorporate the town of Singer Glen, in Rockingham county; also empowering the council of said town to issue bonds.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Bonds, Budget, Alcohol

Chapter 551

An ACT to protect the fish in the Mattaponi, Pamunkey and York rivers, and to repeal the act approved March 3, 1886, entitled an act to protect the fish in the waters of the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers.
Fishing, Recreation, Wildlife, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 552

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1767 and 1774 of the code of Virginia, relating to the practice of dentistry.
Healthcare, Employment and labor, Business

Chapter 553

An ACT giving the consent of the state to the purchase by the United States of certain real estate in Wythe county, and exempting the same from taxation, &c.
Property, Taxation, Fishing, Utilities

Chapter 554

An ACT to remove certain deed-books from the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Washington county to the clerk’s office of the county court of said county.
Property

Chapter 555

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 2, 18838, chapter 357, acts 1887-’88, for making, changing and working roads in the county of Rockingham.
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 556

AN ACT for the relief of George A. Wilson, late treasurer of Norfolk county.
Public expenditures, Taxation, Business

Chapter 557

An ACT to incorporate the Appalachian iron and steel company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 558

An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Lynchburg, and to add another chapter to the charter of said city creating the office of police justice.
Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 559

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to protect the oyster industry of the commonwealth, approved February 29, 1892.
Agriculture, Business, Fishing, Utilities

Chapter 560

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 622 of the code of Virginia, in reference to the property that may be distrained for taxes
Taxation, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 561

An ACT to incorporate the United States cotton warehouse and loan company of Virginia.
Business, Incorporation, Property, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 562

An ACT to create a board of excise commissioners for Alexandria county.
Alcohol, Business, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Taxation

Chapter 563

An ACT to incorporate the W. J. Dance company, of Danville, Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Taxation

Chapter 564

An ACT to regulate the taking of oysters in the Potomac river and the Chesapeake bay, &c.
Fishing, Transportation

Chapter 565

An Act to amend and re-enact section 3225, code of Virginia, 1887—on whom process against or notice to a corporation may be served.
Business, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 566

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 22, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2460 of the code of Virginia, relating to suits to avoid certain conveyances.
Amendments, Debt, Property, Judicial

Chapter 567

An ACT to incorporate the Shenandoah and North River electric railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Bonds

Chapter 568

An ACT for the protection of sheep in Amherst county.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures, Taxation, Wildlife

Chapter 569

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 10 and 12 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Portsmouth, Smithfield and Western railway company, approved March 2, 1692, and to add an independent section thereto.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 570

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads in Spotsylvania county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Budget, Public spaces

Chapter 571

An ACT to charter and incorporate the town of Neapolis, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers, Education, Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, Death and burial

Chapter 572

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, 4 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 1874-75, an act to incorporate the town of Falls Church, in the county of Fairfax.
Amendments, Boundaries, Business, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Alcohol

Chapter 573

An ACT to remove certain records in the surveyor’s office in Washington county to the clerk’s office of the county court of said county.
Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 574

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Reformed church, near Lovettsville, to sell or exchange their parsonage.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 575

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Church home for infirm and disabled colored persons in the county of Brunswick, approved April 22, 1882.
Charity, Healthcare, Incorporation, Civil Rights

Chapter 576

An ACT for the relief of Charles H. Pyle and Robert W. DeHaven, of Petersburg, Virginia.
Property

Chapter 577

An ACT to empower and instruct the board of sinking fund commissioners to sell the state’s interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company and to invest the proceeds of sale in century bonds, and to repeal the act approved March 19, 1873 entitled an act directing the board of public works to sell the state’s interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company.
Business, Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 578

An ACT to relieve the Clarksville sufferers from the fire from tax
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 579

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 6 and 7 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved January 16, 1886, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Claremont, in the county of Surry.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Public officers, Law Enforcement

Chapter 580

An ACT to incorporate the Manassas and Richmond railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 581

An ACT to authorize the county court of Norfolk county to take evidence and, in its discretion, to correct an alleged erroneous assessment of the lands of William P. Clyde, in said county, and the taxes assessed thereon.
Property, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 582

AN ACT for the relief of Jessee P. Holloway, of Sussex county, disabled soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 583

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first and second sections of an act to prevent and punish betting, gambling and the making, writing or selling of books or pools or mutuals on the results of any trotting race or running race of horses, or race of any kind, or on any election or contest of any kind, or on any game of baseball.
Gambling, Agriculture

Chapter 584

An ACT to incorporate the Graham-Bluefield electric railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Utilities, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 585

An ACT to provide for the establishment of a high school for Bedford county.
Education, Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 586

An ACT for the relief of Ellen L. Barbour, of Amherst county.
Pensions, Armed forces, Amendments

Chapter 587

An ACT to incorporate the New York mining and manufacturing company
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 588

An ACT to provide for the establishment and maintenance of state summer normal schools and to make an appropriation therefor.
Education

Chapter 589

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Bristol and Northern railroad company, approved March 1, 1892.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business, Budget

Chapter 590

An ACT allowing J. L. C. Smith, treasurer of the city of Bristol, further time for the collection of taxes for the year 1892.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 591

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia state veterinary medical association.
Business, Healthcare, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 592

An ACT for the protection of partridges, pheasants and turkeys in Wythe county.
Wildlife, Hunting

Chapter 593

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act to incorporate the town of Claremont, in Surry county.
Education, Public expenditures, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 594

An ACT to place Andrew J. Martin, of Montgomery county, pension list and allow him an annual pension of thirty dollars.
Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 595

An ACT to repeal an act establishing a special school district in Scott county, Virginia
Education, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 596

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3725 of the code of Virginia, as to obstructing or injuring canals, &c.—how punished.
Amendments, Judicial, Transportation

Chapter 597

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 818 of chapter 21 of the code, in relation to the formation of battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions.
Armed forces

Chapter 598

An ACT in relation to working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges of Alexandria county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 599

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1033, code of Virginia of 1887, entitled mayor and council, their powers, duties and jurisdiction; appeals allowed to county courts.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 600

An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Bedford and James River railroad company, approved March 1, 1892.
Amendments, Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 601

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 8 and 12 of an act to incorporate the Metropolitan Western railroad of Virginia
Transportation, Industry, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 602

An ACT to extend the time for the collection of city taxes of Buena Vista for the years 1891 and 1892.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 603

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act for the protection of sheep in Cedarville district, Warren county, by a tax upon dogs.
Agriculture, Hunting, Taxation

Chapter 604

An ACT to incorporate the Culpeper, Rappahannock and Madison railway company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 605

An ACT to incorporate the Great Falls power company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Public expenditures

Chapter 606

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to credit the treasurer of Northampton county with lost or misplaced school warrants.
Education, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 607

An ACT for the relief of the estate of I. P. Graham, late treasurer of Lee county.
Public expenditures, Budget, Public officers, Legislative Amendments
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