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1895/1896

Laws in Volume
Displaying 301 - 400 of 860

Chapter 301

An ACT to authorize the Numsen manufacturing company to erect a wharf or wharves along its water front on Urbanna creek, at Urbanna, in Middlesex county, Virginia.
Business, Transportation

Chapter 302

An ACT to define a lawful fence for the county of Princess Anne.
Fence Laws, Boundaries, Agriculture

Chapter 303

An ACT to incorporate the Blue Ridge club.
Incorporation, Libraries, Business

Chapter 304

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2486 of code of 1887, as amended by an act to amend and re-enact sections 2485 and 2486 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the lien of employees, &c., of transportation, mining and manufacturing companies, on franchises and property of said companies, and how the same may be perfected and enforced
Employment and labor, Industry, Transportation, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 305

An ACT in relation to unlawful detainer in the city of Alexandria.
Unclassified, Judicial, Property

Chapter 306

An ACT to repeal section 1916 of the code of Virginia as amended
Repeal of legislation

Chapter 307

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Lunenburg to borrow six thousand dollars to put the county on a cash basis.
Bonds, Budget, Taxation

Chapter 308

An ACT to maintain the credit of Norfolk county, and to authorize the treasurer of said county to borrow money.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 309

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of the code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “ an act to amend Section 848 of the code of Virginia in relation to compensation of supervisors,” approved March 5, 1894,
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 310

An ACT to incorporate the King’s daughters’ hospital of Staunton, Virginia.
Healthcare, Charity, Public expenditures, Religious Institutions

Chapter 311

An ACT to incorporate the Sons and daughters of Zion of the county of Louisa.
Incorporation, Charity, Cemeteries, Healthcare, Death and burial

Chapter 312

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 164 of code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 164 of the code of Virginia, so as to allow fourth-class postmasters to act as notaries, approved February 15, 1894, so as to allow fourth-class postmasters to act as school trustees.
Amendments, Education, Public officers, Armed forces

Chapter 313

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Mendota, in the county of Washington, approved December 19, 1889.
Municipal charters, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 314

An ACT to incorporate the Home mutual insurance company of Virginia.
Business, Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 315

An ACT to regulate the sale of goods marked “ sterling,” “ sterling silver,” or “coin silver,’ and to regulate the sale of merchandise made of gold.
Business

Chapter 316

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3034 of the code of Virginia, with reference to the judgment of a court or judge trying a writ of habeas corpus.
Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 317

An ACT to relieve Mrs. Catherine Sweeny from effects of erroneous taxation for the years 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895.
Taxation, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 318

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1492, code of Virginia, 1887 in relation to the attendance of children in public schools.
Education, Segregation, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 319

An ACT to extend the time for collecting taxes in Roanoke city and Roanoke county
Taxation, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 320

An ACT for the relief of Sterling Willis, of Scott county, Virginia.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 321

An ACT to have the boundaries of certain natural oyster beds, rocks and shoals, in Mathews county, surveyed, and plots made of the same.
Boundaries, Fishing, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 322

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4144 of the code of Virginia, entitled record to be kept of conduct of convicts; to have credit for good conduct.
Amendments, Jails, Prisons, Labor

Chapter 323

An ACT to protect game in the county of Fairfax.
Hunting

Chapter 324

An ACT to revive, amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Portsmouth, Smithfield and Western railway company, approved March 2, 1892, as amended by an act entitled 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, 1892, and to add an independent section thereto, approved March 2, 1894.
Transportation, Industry, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 325

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 20 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Berkley, in the county of Norfolk
Municipal charters, Bonds, Budget, Property, Public expenditures, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 326

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3515 of the code of Virginia in relation to fees of officers.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 327

An ACT to amend an re-enact section 2197 of code of Virginia, 1887, relating to burial of hogs and fowls that die from contagious disease.
Agriculture, Death and burial, Public expenditures

Chapter 328

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act to provide for the establishment of a high school at Bedford City, and to take the sense of the qualified voters of the Municipal and Liberty districts of Bedford county thereon
Education

Chapter 329

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 17 and 18 of an act entitled ‘“‘an act to provide a new charter for the town of Waverly,” approved February 29, 1892, and to validate certain taxes and assessments levied and imposed by the council of said town.
Taxation, Business, Judicial

Chapter 330

An ACT to protect deer, partridges (quail), song birds, wild turkeys, squirrels, hares and wild ducks in the county of King William.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 331

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act for the pro-
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 332

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3960 of the code of Virginia with reference to bail in criminal cases, when allowed and by whom.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 333

An ACT allowing Joseph Fudge, treasurer of Alleghany county, further time to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets and license taxes for which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 334

An ACT to impose a tax on collateral inheritances and regulate the collection of same.
Inheritance and succession, Taxation

Chapter 335

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 7th, 1894, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to protect game in the county of King and Queen, approved January 31, 1890.
Hunting

Chapter 336

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the pro-tection of fish in Pig river and Blackwater, approved February 27, 1894.
Fishing

Chapter 337

An ACT in reference to compensation of supervisors of Lee county, Virginia.
Budget, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 338

An ACT to prohibit the running at large of horses, colts, and hogs on the Valley turnpike, in the counties of Rockingham and Shenandoah.
Agriculture, Property, Recreation

Chapter 339

An ACT to protect fish in the York, Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers by preventing fishing with any fixed device in said rivers, except gill stake-nets in water over certain depths, and to amend and re-enact an act, approved March 2, 1894, entitled an act to protect fish in the Mattaponi, Pamunkey and York rivers.
Fishing

Chapter 340

An ACT for the relief of John R. Read, late treasurer of Northampton county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 341

An ACT to allow the treasurer of Washington county additional time to levy and collect tax-tickets held by said treasurer and not returned delinquent.
Taxation

Chapter 342

An ACT to allow William Mayo, late treasurer of Westmoreland county,and his deputy, further time to collect tax-tickets now in their hands.
Taxation

Chapter 343

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia state firemen’s association.
Armed forces, Charity, Fire fighters, Fraternal organizations, Utilities, Public officers

Chapter 344

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 862, code of Virginia, 1887, entitled treasurer’s annual settlement with supervisors; to deliver books, &c., to successor.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 345

An ACT to incorporate the Virginid telephone manufacturing company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 346

An ACT to authorize the board of public works to accept certain bonds in payment of the indebtedness of Emory and Henry college to the commonwealth of Virginia.
Bonds, Education, Public officers

Chapter 347

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Middlesex county to increase the salary of the county judge.
Salaries, Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 348

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 3 of an act entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Graham, in the county of Tazewell, approved February 29, 1892.
Cemeteries, Death and burial, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 349

An ACT prescribing the pay of the harbor master of Carter’s creek, in Lancaster county.
Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 350

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act for the better protection of game in Nansemond county, relative to killing of rabbits or hares.
Hunting

Chapter 351

An ACT to protect sub-contractors, supply men and laborers.
Labor, Business, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 352

An ACT for extending the time for collection of certain taxes and levies by the treasurer of Fluvanna county and his deputies.
Taxation

Chapter 353

An ACT for extending the time for collection of certain taxes and levies by the treasurer of Goochland county and his deputies.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 354

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled 'An act to require the board of supervisors of Alexandria county to tax the sale of ardent spirits and malt liquors in said county,' approved March 7, 1894.
Alcohol, Taxation

Chapter 355

An ACT to allow J. N. Eason, of Norfolk county, further time in which to collect certain tax-tickets in his hands not returned delinquent.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 356

An ACT to prescribe the times for holding the circuit courts of the Sixth judicial circuit since the addition thereto of the counties of Amherst and Nelson, as provided by an act approved February 5, 1896.
Judicial

Chapter 357

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

Chapter 358

An ACT providing for the transfer to the credit of the common-wealth of the balance of the interest which accumulated on the direct tax fund in the hands of the state depositories after paying any unpaid expenses in connection therewith.
Budget, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 359

An ACT for the relief, under conditions, of William Mayo, late treasurer of Westmoreland county, and his sureties, to the extent of payment of interest in excess of six per cent.
Debt, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 360

An ACT for the protection of deer and wild turkeys in the counties of New Kent and Charles City.
Hunting

Chapter 361

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act relating to the unlawful hunting of deer in the county of Charles City, approved February 7, 1894.
Hunting, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 362

An ACT to provide for the protection of domestic animals, and to authorize and empower the board of control of the experiment station of the Virginia agricultural and mechanical college at Blacksburg to establish live stock quarantine lines, rules, and regulations, and to prescribe penalties for violating the same.
Agriculture

Chapter 363

An ACT to establish public places of interment for the remains of citizens and residents of Tazewell county, Virginia.
Cemeteries, Death and burial

Chapter 364

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act for the protection of sheep in Amherst county
Agriculture

Chapter 365

An ACT to prescribe a fence law for part of Curdsville magisterial district,in the county of Buckingham.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 366

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Salem, in Roanoke county, to issue new bonds of said town sufficient to retire the bonds issued for the construction of water-works, and to transfer the lien of the deed of trust on said water-works, its franchises, etc., to the bonds to be issued under this act.
Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 367

An ACT for the relief of W. H. Perkins, treasurer of the county of Middlesex, to authorize the auditor of public accounts to credit said treasurer with lost school warrants.
Education, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 368

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 525, 3518 and 3519 of the code of Virginia, in relation to fee bills.
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 369

An ACT to incorporate the Hinton, New river and western railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 370

An ACT for the relief of N. T. Sedwick, B. F. Stricker and Frank Phillips, deputy treasurers of W. O. Yager, late treasurer of Page county.
Taxation, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 371

An ACT to allow V. B. Gilmer, treasurer of Russell county, further time for collecting uncollected taxes in Russell county.
Taxation

Chapter 372

An ACT to give Claudius Humphries, late deputy treasurer of Lancaster county, power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax-tickets in his hands.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 373

An ACT to allow J. W. Bonner, treasurer of Bath county, further time to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax-tickets and license taxes, for which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 374

An ACT allowing James M. Colly, late treasurer of Dickenson county, and his deputies, further time for collecting uncollected taxes in Dickenson county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 375

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate Ingram institute, approved March 1, 1892.
Incorporation, Education, Charity

Chapter 376

An ACT to amend the charter of the Mercantile publishing company, of Norfolk city.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 377

An ACT to regulate the salary of the police justice of the city of Norfolk.
Salaries, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 378

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 3, 1880, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Hillsboro, in the county of Loudoun.
Municipal charters, Boundaries

Chapter 379

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 2048 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved January 16, 1890, in relation to what constitutes a lawful fence, approved March 4, 1890.
Boundaries, Agriculture

Chapter 380

An ACT to constitute capitation tax a lien upon real estate owned
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 381

An ACT to protect pheasants and wild turkeys in the county of Montgomery.
Hunting

Chapter 382

An ACT to prevent the extermination of game in Clarke county.
Hunting, Wildlife, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 383

An ACT for the protection of game and song birds in the counties of Buckingham and Cumberland.
Hunting

Chapter 384

An ACT to authorize the council of the city of Norfolk to issue bonds for sewerage and other purposes in the Fifth or Brambleton ward of said city, and to submit the same to a vote of the electors of said city.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 385

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act authorizin the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania county to issue the bonds of said county for the purpose of raising money to pay off bonds of said county, approved February 7, 1894, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December 30, 1895.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 386

An ACT to authorize the city of Staunton to condemn the right of way through the grounds of the Virginia female institute in said city of Staunton, for the extension of Baldwin street.
Transportation, Education, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 387

An ACT to incorporate the Colonial Beach agricultural and industrial association.
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 388

An ACT to protect rabbits or hares and deer in the county of Chesterfield.
Hunting

Chapter 389

An ACT empowering the board of supervisors of Dickenson county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
Salaries, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 390

An ACT to allow E. W. Maxwell, treasurer of Wise county, and his deputies power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax-tickets now in his hands.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 391

An ACT to regulate the sale of the bonds of the town of Pulaski.
Bonds

Chapter 392

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent the erection of slaughter-houses within half a mile of the city of Norfolk
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 393

An ACT for the permanent improvement of roads in Stevensburg magisterial district of Culpeper county, and in such other districts as may adopt the same.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Property

Chapter 394

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 875 of the code of Virginia 1887, in relation to the salary of the superintendent of the poor in Buckingham county.
Public officers, Pensions, Public expenditures

Chapter 395

An ACT to allow Luke C. Lewis to erect a wharf on Chincoteague bay, in Accomac county.
Transportation

Chapter 396

An ACT to dispense with formal warrants in certain cases before the police justices and justices of the peace.
Law Enforcement, Judicial, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 397

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2844 of the code of Virginia as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend section 2844 of the code of Virginia, in relation to public holidays
Labor, Amendments

Chapter 398

An ACT to legaiize the primary elections in the county of Henrico.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 399

An ACT empowering the board of supervisors of Buchanan county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
Salaries

Chapter 400

An ACT to amend and re-enact section nine of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 3d, 1894, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Clintwood, in Dickenson county.
Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Judicial
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