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1893/1894

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Chapter 708

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act to regulate the taking of oysters in the Potomac river
Fishing

Chapter 709

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of each county in the state to levy a tax on dogs, and to enforce collection of said tax, with certain penalties in case of failure to pay the same.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 710

An ACT to protect hares or rabbits in Spotsylvania and Prince William counties.
Hunting

Chapter 711

An ACT to incorporate the Eureka power and manufacturing company.
Incorporation, Industry, Utilities, Public expenditures

Chapter 712

An ACT to provide for the protection of Antwerp and homing pigeons, and to punish their willful destruction or detention.
Wildlife

Chapter 713

An ACT to provide for the payment of the balance of Virginia’s due proportion of the joint expense incurred by the states of North Carolina and Virginia in rerunning and remarking a portion of the boundary line between said states under the act of assembly approved March 6, 1886.
Boundaries, Budget

Chapter 714

An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Amanda B. Cogbill, widow of a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 715

An ACT providing for the election of two commissioners of the revenue for the county of Nottoway.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 716

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 717

An ACT allowing Louis C. Arthur, late treasurer of Bedford county, further time for collecting uncollected taxes in Bedford county.
Taxation

Chapter 718

An ACT to authorize D. Mott Robertson, treasurer of Appomattox county, to sell lands returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes.
Taxation, Property

Chapter 719

An ACT to authorize the payment of certain bequests made in the will of William James Cussen, late of the city of Richmond, to Denny-street Methodist church, Fulton Baptist church and Weddell mission of the Episcopal church on Denny street, in Fulton, Richmond, Virginia.
Charity, Religious Institutions

Chapter 720

An ACT to incorporate the United States tobacco company.
Business, Industry, Amendments

Chapter 721

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia water and sewerage purification company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Salaries

Chapter 722

An ACT to permit J. A. M. Whealton to erect a wharf on Chincoteague island, in Accomac county.
Property, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 723

An ACT for the relief of John R. Mesmer, a Confederate of Winchester, Virginia.
Amendments, Confederate, Pensions, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 724

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorpo- rate the Virginia, Washington and Maryland ferry company, approved February 16, 1892.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 725

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3049 of the code of Virginia, providing when judge of a county or corporation court fails to hold same, what judge may do so; when governor to designate judge to do so; his pay and mileage.
Judicial

Chapter 726

An ACT for the relief of Lemuel Bennington, Sr., a disabled Confederate veteran.
Armed forces, Confederate, Charity, Pensions

Chapter 727

An ACT authorizing the holding of primary elections in the city of Winchester, Virginia.
Voting, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 728

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to credit D. Mott Robertson, treasurer of Appomattox county, with the amount of tax-tickets returned delinquent for the year 1890, upon the production of satisfactory evidence.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 729

An ACT to provide artificial limbs for George T. Meats, W. M. Taliaferro, J. H. Conley, E.G. Wall and Thomas Rudd, inmates of the Soldiers’ home, who lost their limbs during the war.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 730

An ACT to incorporate the McCullough terminal railway, wharf and warehouse company.
Business, Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 732

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 978, chapter 43 of the code, in relation to levy of taxes for road purposes.
Taxation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 733

An ACT to regulate the tax on real estate agents.
Taxation, Business

Chapter 734

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1072 of the code of Virginia, in reference to the construction of railroads, as amended and re-enacted by acts approved February 13, 1890, and February 25, 1892.
Transportation, Amendments, Property

Chapter 735

An ACT to provide for the working and repairing of the public roads and bridges of Isle of Wight county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 736

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the representatives and senators from this state in the congress of the United States to endeavor to secure additional and continuous work of construction and repair for the United States navy-yard, at the port of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
Armed forces, Employment and labor, Budget

Chapter 737

An ACT requiring the use of bells and steam whistles on locomotive engines before reaching highway crossings, to protect human life.
Transportation

Chapter 738

An ACT to place Henry Robinson, a disabled Confederate soldier, on the pension list.
Pensions, Confederate, Armed forces

Chapter 739

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of chapter 86 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the compensation of supervisors.
Amendments, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 740

An ACT to protect wild water-fowl and other game in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Wildlife, Hunting, Property

Chapter 741

An ACT to regulate the holding of city and ward primary elections in the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
Voting

Chapter 742

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act as approved March 24, 1871, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Luray, in the county of Page, and acts amendatory thereof, approved, respectively, April 30, 1874, March 28, 1879, March 1, 1884, March 4, 1884, and February 5, 1888.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures, Alcohol

Chapter 743

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2185, 2187, 2148, and the independent sections 3, 5,8 and 10, and to repeal section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 21385, 2187, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2148, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, and to amend and re-enact sections 2150, 2164 and 2182 of the code of Virginia, and to add independent sections thereto, and to repeal an act entitled 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, 2135, 2148, 2151, 2153 and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, which was approved March 2, 1894.
Amendments, Agriculture, Fishing, Industry, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 744

An ACT to provide for the working and keeping in order the public roads in the counties of Greene and Madison.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Labor

Chapter 745

An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Gladeville, in Wise
Amendments, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Voting, Property, Taxation, Business, Law Enforcement

Chapter 746

An ACT to provide for the method of voting by ballot.
Voting, Judicial, Public officers, Civil Rights

Chapter 747

A JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for adjusting with the state of West Virginia the proportion of the public debt of the original state of Virginia proper to be borne by West Virginia, for the application of whatever may be received from West Virginia to the payment of those found to be entitled to the same.
Debt, Public expenditures, Bonds, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 748

An ACT to incorporate the Riverside cemetery, near Courtland, Southampton county.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Property, Public officers

Chapter 749

An ACT to relieve Mrs. Martha Luckett, of Fauquier county, of an erroneous assessment of two tracts of land in Prince William county, one containing 120 acres and the other 130 acres, the first being assessed in the name of Annie M. Orear and the second tract in the name of Virginia Orear.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 750

An ACT to amend certain sections of certain acts in regard to the town of Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 751

An ACT to provide a pension for Virginia Woods, a widow of a Confederate soldier, of Pulaski county.
Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 752

An ACT to impose a special license on dealers in cast-off clothing in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Business, Taxation, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 753

An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Montgomery county the question of taxing dogs.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Voting

Chapter 754

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to protect game in the county of King and Queen
Hunting

Chapter 755

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 24 and 47 of an act entitled an act to change the name of the town of Goodson to the city of Bristol and provide a new charter for same, approved February 12, 1890, and to add independent sections thereto.
Municipal charters, Property, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 756

An Act to prohibit horses and colts from running at large upon the public roads of the county of Northampton.
Agriculture, Property, Transportation

Chapter 757

An ACT to authorize the Ashland land and improvement company to wind up its affairs, in whole or in part, and to distribute its assets.
Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 758

An ACT for the protection of fish in Nottoway and Blackwater rivers, in Southampton and Isle of Wight counties.
Fishing

Chapter 759

An ACT for the relief of Mrs. E. O. Davidson, the widow of a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 760

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 106 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 6, 1890, in relation to licenses to be paid by persons keeping livery stables.
Amendments, Business, Taxation

Chapter 761

An ACT to allow a pension to I. T. Phillips, of Pulaski county.
Pensions, Armed forces, Civil Rights, Confederate, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 762

An ACT for the protection of game in Floyd county.
Hunting

Chapter 763

An ACT to incorporate the Pennington Gap railroad company, in the county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 764

An ACT to regulate the sale of cider.
Agriculture, Alcohol, Business

Chapter 765

An ACT for the protection of game in the counties of Culpeper and Fairfax.
Hunting

Chapter 766

AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Nansemon county, in their discretion, to add to the salary of the judge of said county.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 767

An ACT for the relief of Sue Christian.
Judicial, Debt, Civil Rights, Equality before the law, Amendments

Chapter 768

An ACT to require the board of supervisors of Alexandria county to tax the sale of ardent spirits and malt liquors in said county.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 769

An ACT to authorize James W. Ballentine, of the city of Portsmouth, to apply to the court of hustings for the said city to correct certain mistakes in the assessment of certain real estate therein.
Property

Chapter 770

An ACT to incorporate the Cleveland cornet band, of New Market, Shenandoah county, Virginia.
Amusement, Incorporation

Chapter 771

An ACT to incorporate the Society of the colonial dames of America in the state of Virginia.
Incorporation, Charity, Public officers

Chapter 772

An ACT to authorize the county of Rockingham to guarantee five per centum interest on bonds of the Virginia Central and Western railroad company.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 773

An ACT to repeal an act relative to the working and keeping in repair the public roads of Pittsylvania county.
Repeal of legislation, Transportation

Chapter 774

An ACT in relation to gsi wild fowlin the waters of Northun
Hunting

Chapter 775

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond, Manchester and Petersburg electric railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Utilities, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 776

An ACT to incorporate Jordan lodge, No. 40, independent order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria.
Charity, Fraternal organizations, Incorporation

Chapter 777

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond and Rappahannock Valley railroad company
Transportation, Industry, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 778

An ACT to protect partridges in the counties of Gloucester and Mathews.
Hunting

Chapter 779

An ACT to regulate and protect the crabbing industry, and to prohibit non-residents from catching crabs in the waters of Virginia.
Fishing

Chapter 780

An ACT to relieve the Washington county road board of expenses incurred under section 25, chapter 357, of acts of the general assembly of 1891-92, approved February 25, 1892.
Amendments, Labor, Prisons

Chapter 781

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2588 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the jurisdiction of the probate of wills, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend certain sections of the code
Inheritance and succession

Chapter 782

An ACT to allow the county and city treasurers and deputies of Roanoke county and city further time to collect certain tax-tickets in their hands for the years 1890 and 1891.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 783

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads of Nelson county.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Taxation

Chapter 784

An ACT to incorporate the Indemnity, trust and loan company of Richmond.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 785

An ACT for the relief of E. H. Stewart from an erroneous assessment.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 786

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Appomattox county to borrow three thousand dollars.
Bonds, Jails, Public expenditures

Chapter 787

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of chapter 244 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 6, 1890, 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 liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where court certificates are required.
Taxation, Business, Alcohol

Chapter 788

An ACT to restrain and suppress the illegal and unlawful sale of ardent spirits on Sunday in the county of Warwick.
Alcohol, Business, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 789

An ACT for the relief of Sallie E. Flournoy from delinquent taxes.
Taxation

Chapter 790

An ACT appropriating the public revenues for the two fiscal years ending respectively the 80th day of September, 1894, and the 30th day of September, 1895.
Budget, Public expenditures, Education, Pensions, Agriculture, Healthcare, Civil Rights, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 791

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 6 and 10 of an act entitled an act to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are to be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violation to the same, approved February 24, 1890.
Agriculture, Business, Public officers, Utilities

Chapter 792

An ACT to incorporate the town of Saltville, in Smyth and Washington counties.
Incorporation, Taxation, Utilities, Alcohol

Chapter 793

An ACT to authorize the city council of Alexandria to issue its coupon bonds, called sewer and street improvement bonds, for the purpose of constructing sewers and improving streets and alleys in the city of Alexandria, and to provide for a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Taxation, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 794

An ACT to authorize the hustings court of the city of Manchester to take evidence, and, in its discretion, to correct an alleged erroneous assessment of the lands of R. G. Latham in said city, and taxes assessed thereon.
Property, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 795

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4130, 4182, 4183 and 4136 of code of Virginia, and sections 4137 and 4138 of code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 6, 1890, and sections 4160 and 4167 of code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 19, 1892, relating to rules governing the penitentiary.
Amendments, Armed forces, Employment and labor, Jails, Labor, Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 796

A JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to committee-rooms in capitol building.
Public spaces, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 797

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 21 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 liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required
Taxation, Business, Agriculture, Transportation, Public expenditures, Alcohol

Chapter 798

An ACT for the relief of Lewis Blackburn, of Fluvanna county, a disabled soldier.
Armed forces, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 799

An ACT to incorporate the Home investment company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Bonds, Property

Chapter 800

An Act to Provide for the Removal of the Several Offices of the Capitol and the Books and Documents from the Library to the New Library Building, and to Provide Suitable Furniture for the Same, and Also to Provide for Additional Officers in Said Building.
Libraries, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 801

An ACT to authorize the board of school trustees of the Clintwood district in Dickenson county, to sell and convey the present public school house and lot, and to Purchase another, and to provide for assessing and collecting a tax on said district for said purpose.
Education, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 802

An ACT to incorporate the Saltville and Mendota railroad company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 803

An ACT to incorporate the Dominion building and loan company of Lynchburg.
Business, Property, Incorporation

Chapter 804

An ACT to provide for the tax assessment on railroads by districts in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Taxation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 805

An ACT to provide for the supply of water in the village of Swansboro’, in Chesterfield county.
Utilities, Public expenditures, Fire fighters

Chapter 806

An ACT to define what shall be a lawful fence in Virginia.
Fence Laws, Agriculture

Chapter 807

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 832 of the code of Virginia in regard to board of supervisors sitting with open doors; sheriff to attend
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 808

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2159 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the oyster fleet
Amendments, Employment and labor, Public officers, Transportation
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