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1899/1900

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Chapter 902

An ACT to authorize the city of Bristol, Virginia, to issue bonds for street, water-works system, and other improvements, and to provide the mode of issuing the same, and to provide for the disposition of the funds arising from the sale of the same.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities, Municipal charters

Chapter 903

An ACT to regulate dredging or scraping oyster planting grounds, prescribing conditions under which the same may be done, and imposing a penalty for dredging or scraping oyster planting grounds except as provided in this act.
Fishing

Chapter 904

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

Chapter 905

An ACT to prohibit the killing of young sturgeon in James river and its tributaries.
Fishing

Chapter 906

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act approved March 6, 1890, as amended by an act approved February 14, 1898, 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 in relation to the tax on bonds, notes and other evidences of debt, and on stocks, and so as to impose a tax on ground rents as personal property.
Taxation, Business, Public expenditures, Debt, Employment and labor

Chapter 907

An ACT incorporating the Buckingham tram-road company.
Transportation, Business, Industry, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 908

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent deception in manufacture and sale of imitation butter
Business, Agriculture, Judicial

Chapter 909

An ACT for the relief of G. T. W. Kern, of Bedford City, Virginia
Business, Healthcare

Chapter 910

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Voting, Public officers

Chapter 911

An ACT to prohibit the sale of all kinds of cider in the county of King and Queen, except apple cider, without a license, and to prescribe a penalty therefor.
Alcohol, Business

Chapter 912

An ACT for the relief of Susan Heflin, widow of a Confederate soldier.
Charity, Pensions, Confederate, Civil Rights

Chapter 913

An ACT for the relief of Samuel M. Hawkins, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 914

An ACT for the relief of Robert A. Doyle, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare

Chapter 915

An ACT to incorporate the Wise terminal company.
Business, Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 916

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3144 of the code of Virginia, in relation to names of jurors to be written on separate ballots, ballots to be folded and deposited in a secure box.
Judicial

Chapter 917

An ACT for the relief of John W. Weaver, a disabled Confederate soldier, of Augusta county.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 918

An ACT for the relief of Mary English, widow of a Confederate soldier.
Charity, Confederate, Pensions, Death and burial, Public expenditures

Chapter 919

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

Chapter 920

An ACT for the relief of Joseph Galloway, of Lee county, a dis-abled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Charity, Employment and labor

Chapter 921

An ACT to refund to Thomas J. Thornton $17.50 erroneously charged to him by the superintendent of penitentiary.
Employment and labor, Prisons, Public officers

Chapter 922

An ACT for the relief of James L. Arthur, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions, Public expenditures

Chapter 923

An ACT for the relief of J. A. Painter, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 924

An ACT for the relief of A. R. Payne, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare

Chapter 925

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Goochland county to increase the salary of the county judge.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 926

An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of Richard Beasley.
Healthcare

Chapter 927

An ACT for the relief of Warren S. Sholes from the payment of a fine imposed by the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 928

An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of C. M. Edwards.
Healthcare, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 929

An ACT for the relief of George W. Finney, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 930

An ACT for the relief of Mildred A. Lewis, of Appomattox.
Pensions, Armed forces, Confederate, Death and burial

Chapter 931

An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years ending, respectively, on September 30, 1900, and September 30, 1901
Budget, Public expenditures, Education, Healthcare, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 932

An ACT to provide for opening, building, and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges in Patrick county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 933

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1660 to 1712, inclusive, of the code of Virginia in relation to state hospitals for the Insane and the commitment of insane persons.
Healthcare, Civil Rights, Judicial, Death and burial, Property, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 934

An ACT for the relief of Joseph R. Miley, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 935

An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Lynnhaven railroad and terminal company.
Transportation, Industry, Business, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 936

An ACT for the relief of J. W. Sutphin, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Armed forces

Chapter 937

An ACT for the relief of S. G. Robinson & Company, assignee of M. C. Stoneman.
Amendments, Charity, Healthcare, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 938

An ACT for the relief of M. Robertson, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Amendments, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 939

An ACT for the relief of S. G. Robinson & Company, assignees of Thomas Bryant.
Charity, Healthcare, Public officers

Chapter 940

An ACT for the relief of A. J. Ramsey, a Confederate soldier,
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 941

An ACT for the relief of George A. Bowling, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 942

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled “an act to incorporate the Walkerton and Mattaponi bridge company,” approved February 24, 1898.
Incorporation, Transportation, Property, Business

Chapter 943

An ACT for the relief of E. F. Lawrence, the widow of a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 944

An ACT for the relief of Mrs. W. W. Smith, of Danville, Virginia, the widow of a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 945

An ACT in relation to roads in Norfolk county abandoned turnpike companies.
Transportation

Chapter 946

An ACT for the relief of H. P. Huddleston, a Confederate soldier of Bedford county.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 947

An ACT for the relief of I. Greenspon.
Alcohol, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 948

An ACT to authorize the Virginia-Carolina railway company to sell or lease its railroad property and franchises to, and to consolidate or merge its stock, railroad property, and franchises with any other railroad company operating or authorized to operate a connecting line of railroad,
Transportation, Business

Chapter 949

An ACT to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to establish a ferry across the Rappahannock river at or near the town of Falmouth
Transportation

Chapter 950

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act directing that the board of supervisors of Alleghany county shall apply the road fund in the several districts to the district from which the same is realized
Repeal of legislation, Transportation

Chapter 951

An ACT for the relief of Dabney Abbot, an ex-Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 952

An ACT to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors within one mile of the property commonly known as Walker’s mill, in the county of Greenesville.
Alcohol, Recreation

Chapter 953

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 651 of the code of Virginia.
Property

Chapter 954

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3195 and 3196 of the code of Virginia, and to repeal section 3197 of same code, in reference to disbarring attorneys at law.
Lawyers, Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 955

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia state horticultural society, and to define its powers and duties.
Agriculture

Chapter 956

An ACT for the relief of G. W. Pierce, a Confederate soldier of Halifax county, Virginia.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 957

An ACT for the relief of Charles S. Snider, late deputy sheriff of Smyth county.
Law Enforcement, Employment and labor, Public expenditures

Chapter 958

An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of Mag. Crockett.
Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 959

An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of Gordon S. Ogle.
Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures

Chapter 960

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Martinsville, in Henry county, to pay the sergeant the same proportional compensation as that allowed to county treasurers.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 961

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of the county of Washington, and to authorize the board of supervisors to borrow money by the issue of bonds and to build bridges and macadamize the roads in said county, and to authorize the qualified voters of said county to vote on the question.
Budget, Bonds, Transportation

Chapter 962

An ACT to amend and re-enact independent section 11 of an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2147 of chapter 97, of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by chapter 831 of the acts of 1895 and 1896, approved March 5, 1896, as further amended and re-enacted by chapter 241 of the acts of 1899 and 1900.
Fishing

Chapter 963

An ACT for the relief of James A. Armistead.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 964

An ACT relating to district school number 5, Norfolk county.
Education, Property, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 965

An ACT for the relief of James H. Wilson.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 966

An ACT to authorize and regulate the erection and maintenance of wires for telephone, telegraph, electric railway, and other purposes over or across the works of any company chartered as a work of internal improvement, or over or across the wires of any telephone, telegraph, electric railway, or electric company.
Utilities, Transportation

Chapter 967

An ACT entitled an act to repeal an act, approved March 3, 1892, entitled an act to require prisoners charged with a capital offense, and on trial in a county court, to select in which court he shall be tried before making a motion for a continuance.
Repeal of legislation, Judicial

Chapter 968

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 7, 1894, which amended and re-enacted section 106 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 6, 1890, in relation to license to be paid by persons keeping livery stables.
Business, Taxation, Transportation

Chapter 969

An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk electric company.
Business, Utilities, Public spaces

Chapter 970

An ACT to incorporate the fire insurance salvage corps of Richmond.
Amendments, Business, Fire fighters, Public officers, Utilities

Chapter 971

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3711 of the code of Virginia
Property, Taxation

Chapter 972

An ACT providing for the working and keeping in order, building, and maintaining the public roads and bridges in the county of Scott.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Property, Budget, Utilities

Chapter 973

An ACT to incorporate the Newport News trust and safe deposit company.
Business, Incorporation, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 974

An ACT to incorporate the town of Chincoteague, Accomac
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Property, Public expenditures, Business, Recreation

Chapter 975

An ACT to ratify, confirm, and amend the charter of the Norfolk heat, light and power company.
Utilities, Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 976

An Act for the relief of John E. Morris, of Newport News, Virginia.
Healthcare, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 977

An ACT to repeal section 1043 of the code of Virginia as amended, &c.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 978

An ACT to amend and re-enact the ninth section of an act entitled an act to incorporate the mineral development company, approved May 23, 1887, as amended by an act approved March 4, 1890.
Bonds, Business, Industry, Taxation

Chapter 979

An ACT to authorize the president of the Jefferson hotel company
Law Enforcement, Public officers, Business

Chapter 980

An ACT to incorporate the West Norfolk telephone and telegraph company.
Business, Utilities, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 981

An ACT creating a special board for Buckingham county, and defining its duties.
Property, Judicial, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 982

An ACT for the relief of R. L. Taylor, a Confederate veteran
Armed forces, Pensions, Civil Rights, Confederate

Chapter 983

An ACT authorizing and empowering the Washington and Alexandria turnpike company to dispose of its property and surrender its charter and franchises.
Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 984

An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont railway company.
Business, Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 985

An ACT for the relief of Johnson & Early, assignees of Mary McGee.
Charity, Healthcare, Judicial

Chapter 986

An ACT for the relief of Josiah Dodson, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Agriculture

Chapter 987

An ACT for the relief of J. L. Larue, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Public expenditures

Chapter 988

An ACT for the relief of James W. Newman, an ex-Confed soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions, Public expenditures

Chapter 989

An ACT for the relief of William Bowling, a disabled Confederate soldier, of Patrick county.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 990

An ACT for the relief of Martha Britzendine, widow of a Confederate soldier.
Charity, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 991

An ACT for the relief of Samuel J. Nunnalley, a disabled Confederate soldier,
Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare, Civil Rights

Chapter 992

An ACT for the relief of Joseph E. Mozingo, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Charity, Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 993

An ACT authorizing and directing the entry of satisfaction on the judgment lien docket of Wise county of a certain judgment in favor of the commonwealth against Ira Gilliam, late sheriff of Wise county, and the sureties on his official bond as such sheriff.
Civil Rights, Judicial, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 994

An ACT for the relief of John T. Tipton, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Charity, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 995

An ACT for the relief of Robert Penick, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Armed forces

Chapter 996

An ACT for the relief of W. R. Coulbourne, of the city of Roanoke.
Business, Healthcare

Chapter 997

An ACT for the relief of John Zigler, a Confederate soldier, of Patrick county.
Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 998

An ACT to enable William M. Crumpler, of Nansemond county, Virginia, to practice law, upon due examination by the court of appeals.
Lawyers, Judicial, Employment and labor

Chapter 999

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 3586 (should be 3856) of the code of Virginia, in relation to killing trees near highways, injuring bridges, obstructing roads, and riding or driving animals or vehicles on sidewalks, &c.; how punished
Amendments, Transportation, Property

Chapter 1000

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3805 of the code of Virginia, in regard to the disturbances of religious worship, and how the same shall be punished.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 1001

An ACT to incorporate the Westhampton park railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Municipal charters
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