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1899/1900

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Chapter 401

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact section 3319 of chapter 163, code of Virginia, in relation to appointment of commissioners in chancery, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 4, 1890, and by an act approved February 24, 1890, and by an act approved February 24, 1892, and by an act approved January 29, 1894, and by an act approved February 27, 1894, approved February 12, 1898.
Judicial

Chapter 402

An ACT to allow F. P. Smith, treasurer of Madison county ther time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax ticket which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 403

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12, chapter 6, of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Danville
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Transportation, Bonds, Budget

Chapter 404

An ACT to authorize the consolidation of the Port Norfolk electric railway company, the Portsmouth and Smithfield railroad company, and the Portsmouth, Pig’s Point and Newport News railway, ferry and hotel company into a corporation to be known as the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News railway company, and to define its powers.
Transportation, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 405

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act approved February 25, 1892, entitled an act to amend an act incorporating the trustees of union theological seminary in Virginia, approved January 9, 1867, in relation to the power of conferring degrees by said seminary.
Education, Incorporation, Religious Institutions

Chapter 406

An ACT to authorize the heirs at law of Edgar Snowden to redeem a tract of land in Fairfax county, sold for taxes and levies assessed against Rebecca M. Plummer’s trustee, and purchased by the commonwealth.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 407

An ACT for the relief of Benjamin D. Long’s estate from certain delinquent taxes.
Debt, Inheritance and succession, Property

Chapter 408

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3192 of the code
Lawyers, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 409

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Albemarle county and the council of the city of Charlottesville to contribute to the erection of a Confederate monument, and to levy a special tax for the purpose.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials, Taxation

Chapter 410

An ACT to incorporate the Pennington Gap telephone company.
Business, Utilities

Chapter 411

An ACT for the relief of Charles Richardson from the payment of certain fines.
Debt, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 412

An ACT to validate the purchase by the board of supervisors of Frederick county of a lot in the city of Winchester, and to declare the uses therein.
Public officers, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 413

An ACT to provide payment out of the public treasury to Fauquier county of the amount of criminal expenses erroneously paid by said county.
Budget, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 414

An ACT to validate the deed of partition of the public square made between the city of Winchester and the county of Frederick, and the agreement of compromise therein incorporated.
Property

Chapter 415

An ACT to validate certain contracts made and entered into by and between the Nottoway building and loan association and its members.
Business

Chapter 416

An ACT to incorporate the Tidewater transportation company.
Business, Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 417

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to authorize the construction by the Piedmont soapstone company of tramways or railroads not exceeding twenty-five miles in length, and the encumbering and disposal of the same, approved February 6, 1896, and to confirm the charter of the said company and authorize a change of its name.
Amendments, Business, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 418

An ACT to incorporate the Samaritan endowment association.
Charity, Incorporation, Fraternal organizations, Death and burial, Healthcare

Chapter 419

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 acts of assembly 1889-90, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 541 of acts of assembly 1893-94, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 898 of acts of assembly 1897-98, approved March 3, 1898.
Judicial, Business, Debt

Chapter 420

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the iron belt building and loan association of Roanoke, Virginia.
Business

Chapter 421

An ACT to protect purchaser for valuable consideration without notice against liens of the mutual assurance society against fire on buildings in the state of Virginia until such liens are filed in the clerk’s office.
Property

Chapter 422

An ACT to allow C. W. Thomas, treasurer of the city of Roanoke, further time to collect certain tax tickets in his hands.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 423

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3524 of the code of Virginia in reference to allowance by boards of supervisors to clerks of circuit courts.
Judicial, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 424

An ACT to approve, ratify, and confirm the charter of the peace and light society, of King George county, Virginia.
Charity, Cemeteries, Death and burial, Religious Institutions

Chapter 425

JOINT RESOLUTION to fill a vacancy in the electoral board of Spotsylvania county, Virginia.
Public officers, Voting

Chapter 426

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 356, of an act of assembly, approved February 17, 1896, entitled an act prescribing the times for holding the courts in the sixth judicial circuit of Virginia.
Judicial

Chapter 427

An ACT to incorporate the Spotsylvania telephone company.
Business, Utilities

Chapter 428

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 4, 5, 8, and 12 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, passed by both houses and became a law on the 21st day of January, 1900, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Abingdon, Virginia, and to repeal all other acts with reference thereto.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 429

An ACT to authorize and enable the town of Warrenton to call in the outstanding bonds of the town issued pursuant to acts of the general assembly of Virginia, and to replace them by a new issue of bonds bearing a less rate of interest, and to borrow money, and to extend the time of pay- ment of the bonded indebtedness of the said town.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 430

An ACT to authorize the county court and board of supervisors of Page county to erect a monument to the Confederate dead of said county on the court-house square.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 431

An ACT to allow W. J. Woods, ex-treasurer of Giles county, and all of his deputies, further time for collecting taxes in Giles county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 432

An ACT to incorporate the state ferry company of Virginia.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 433

An ACT to incorporate the sons and daughters of liberty in Westmoreland county, Virginia.
Charity, Healthcare, Incorporation, Death and burial

Chapter 434

An ACT to change the name of the Elizabeth night ferry company to the Elizabeth river ferry company, and to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, and 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Elizabeth night ferry company, approved January 15, 1896.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation, Amendments

Chapter 435

An ACT for the relief of estate of D. B. Long from certain delinquent taxes.
Debt, Property

Chapter 436

An ACT to incorporate the union brothers, a colored organization, with powers to care for its sick and to bury its dead.
Charity, Death and burial, Healthcare, Marriage

Chapter 437

An ACT to incorporate the town of Honaker, in Russell county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Taxation, Public spaces

Chapter 438

An ACT to incorporate Saint Leo’s Catholic club.
Incorporation, Religious Institutions, Amendments

Chapter 439

An ACT to authorize the Hampton villa company to grade a fill in its water-front, erect a pier, wharf, and bulkhead, and charge to therefor.
Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 440

An ACT to incorporate the Pulaski and Giles insurance company
Incorporation, Property, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 441

An ACT to legalize primary elections and conventions in the county of Prince William.
Voting, Judicial

Chapter 442

An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk-Hampton Roads company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Amendments, Property

Chapter 443

An ACT entitled an act to repeal an act entitled an act for the creation of a corporation to be known as the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News railway company, by the consolidation with the Port Norfolk electric railway company, the Portsmouth and Smithfield railroad company, and the Portsmouth, Pig’s Point and Newport News railway, ferry and hotel company, and to define its powers
Transportation

Chapter 444

An ACT to empower the Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News railway company, when formed by the consolidation of the Port Norfolk electric railway company, the Portsmouth and Smithfield railroad company, and the Portsmouth, Pig’s Point and Newport News railway, ferry and hotel company, to acquire leasehold or other estate in the Norfolk county ferries.
Transportation

Chapter 445

An ACT to authorize Octavius W. Hudson to erect a wharf on the Yeocomico river, in the county of Northumberland.
Business, Transportation, Public spaces

Chapter 446

An ACT to incorporate the Russell Fork and eastern railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Business

Chapter 447

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges, and to regulate the manner of opening new roads in the county of Montgomery.
Transportation

Chapter 448

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 13, and 21 of an act entitled an act to provide for a new charter for the town of Farmville
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public spaces, Property, Budget, Public expenditures, Death and burial, Pensions, Healthcare, Transportation

Chapter 449

An ACT to authorize the county court and board of supervisors of Cumberland county to allow a monument to the Confederate dead to be erected on the public square of said county.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 450

An ACT to authorize Dr. W. M. Janney to practice dentistry in the county of Frederick and adjoining counties.
Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 451

An ACT to provide for the indexing of deeds and other records in Wise, Dickenson, and Buchanan county.
Property, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 452

An ACT in relation to judgments, &c., in Appomattox county.
Judicial, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 453

An ACT to provide for the working and keeping in repair, opening, and discontinuing the public roads in the county of Brunswick, and for the building and keeping in repair the bridges in the said county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Public officers, Labor

Chapter 454

An ACT to refund to Thomas J. Vaughan and Sallie A. Vaughan double taxes, paid to the state by them on certain lots in Atlantic City ward, Norfolk city, Virginia.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 455

An ACT to allow J. H. Whealton and E. B. Blackman to build a pier in Rappahannock river near Whealton, at or near the mouth of Moratico creek.
Fishing, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 456

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia immigration society.
Incorporation, Agriculture, Business, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 457

An ACT to incorporate the Albemarle orchard company.
Agriculture, Business, Property

Chapter 458

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia northern development and railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 459

An ACT to authorize the district school boards of Nansemond county to compensate school trustees.
Education

Chapter 460

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to empower the board of supervisors of Buchanan county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
Judicial, Salaries, Public officers

Chapter 461

An ACT to incorporate the Ballston railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 462

An ACT to provide for the recordation by clerks of the county or corporation courts of lists of conveyances and partitions that may have been returned thereto by the clerk of the general court, and may now be found therein, and declaring the effect to be given said lists when so recorded.
Property, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 463

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Pulaski county to borrow the sum of $2,500 to be expended in opening and constructing a public road, to execute the bonds of the county therefor, and levy a tax to pay the same.
Budget, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 464

An ACT to incorporate Hampton Roads railway and electric company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Utilities, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 465

An ACT to incorporate the negro agricultural and industrial society of Virginia.
Agriculture, Charity, Civil Rights, Employment and labor, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 466

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to create the board of fisheries, define its duties, and fix the salaries of its members, approved February 7, 1898.
Fishing, Public officers, Budget, Amendments, Utilities

Chapter 467

An ACT to incorporate the Westminster school of Richmond, Virginia.
Education, Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 468

An ACT to authorize and empower the school trustees of Chatham school district, of Pittsylvania county, to sell and convey certain lands.
Education, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 469

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to declare Mud Fork, in the county of Tazewell, navigable for a certain distance.
Public spaces, Legislative Amendments, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 470

An ACT to incorporate Virginia transportation company.
Business, Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 471

An ACT to incorporate the mutual homestead fire insurance association.
Business, Property

Chapter 472

An ACT to amend, consolidate and re-enact chapter thirty-one (31), acts of 1872-73, approved January 16, 1873, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, and chapter 774, acts of 1895-96, approved March 4, 1896, entitled an act authorizing the election of a town assessor for the town of Covington, in Alleghany county, Virginia, relating to the charter and corporate limits of the town of Covington, and to extend the corporate limits of said town and enlarge its powers.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Budget, Law Enforcement, Taxation

Chapter 473

An ACT to refund to W. C. Andrews $150 erroneously paid into the treasury.
Business, Property, Taxation, Incorporation

Chapter 474

An ACT to provide that planters to whom natural oyster rocks have been assigned through mistake shall have a reasonable time to remove their planted oysters therefrom, &c.
Fishing

Chapter 475

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 664 of the code of Virginia,
Property, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 476

An ACT for the relief of William H. Brauer, treasurer of Henrico county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 477

An ACT requesting the state board of health and vital statistics to report as to the proper mode and place for inflicting the death penalty.
Death and burial, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 478

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Fauquier county 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, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 479

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the Saltville and Mendota railroad company, approved March 8, 1894, and all acts amendatory thereof.
Incorporation, Repeal of legislation, Transportation

Chapter 480

An ACT to amend the ninth and eleventh sections of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton, passed April 9, 1852.
Amendments, Business, Property, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 481

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe the time for holding the circuit court for the eighth judicial circuit, and to regulate the compensation of the judge thereof
Judicial, Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 482

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges in Russell county, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money for said purpose, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act to provide for working roads in Russell county, approved February 25, 1892.
Transportation

Chapter 483

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to establish a corporation court for the city of Newport News
Judicial, Salaries, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 484

An ACT to incorporate the help and protection society of King George county, Virginia.
Charity, Cemeteries, Incorporation

Chapter 485

An ACT to incorporate the sons and daughters of Solomon, of King George county, Virginia.
Charity, Incorporation, Death and burial

Chapter 486

An ACT authorizing the members of the councils of the city of Norfolk, from Atlantic City ward, to vote on all questions.
Voting

Chapter 487

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 27 of an act entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, in force January 21, 1884, as to the election of a police justice and other justices of the peace.
Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 488

An ACT giving power to the councils of the city of Norfolk to require owners of property abutting on streets, or to require the city to pave or keep in repair, or both pave and keep in repair, the sidewalks, and giving the councils power, acting through a board or committee, after notice to the owner or occupant that the owner shall build or repair, and his neglect to do so, to build or repair the walk and have the costs thereof assessed as a lien against the property and imposing a penalty for violation of ordinances passed in pursuance thereof.
Public spaces, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 489

An ACT to incorporate the Marion society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Charity, Civil Rights

Chapter 490

An ACT to allow G. W. Mercer and sons to build a wharf in Rappahannock river, near Cherry Point, Lancaster county.
Property, Transportation, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 491

An ACT to authorize the county court and board of supervisors of Pulaski county to grant the right to erect a monument to the Confederate dead of said county on the court-house square, or upon such other lot as may be selected by said board, and to authorize the board to levy a tax to pay for such lot.
Monuments and memorials, Confederate, Taxation

Chapter 492

An ACT for the relief of T. B. Trevillian, sergeant of the town of Ashland, Virginia.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 493

An ACT to allow E. W. Sims, treasurer of Greene county, further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 494

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to incorporate the Danville and Riverside railway company, approved January 30, 1896.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 495

An ACT to incorporate the James river railway company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Business

Chapter 496

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 103 of chapter 533 of acts of general assembly of Virginia of 1895-96, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.
Taxation, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 497

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Pulaski county to increase the levy in the school districts of Dublin, Newbern, and Pulaski, im said county, for school purposes.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 498

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Mount Vernon avenue association
Amendments, Incorporation, Public spaces, Transportation, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement

Chapter 499

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 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, approved March 6, 1890, and also to amend and re-enact section 25 of the same act as amended by an act approved March 3, 1898, so as to impose an additional tax upon telegraph and express companies.
Taxation, Business, Public expenditures, Alcohol

Chapter 500

An ACT to ratify and confirm charter of the Richmond union stock-yards company.
Business, Amendments, Agriculture
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