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1869/1870

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 437

Chapter 102

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor to return to the House of Delegates an act entitled an act, &c.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 103

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Keeper of the Rolls to retain Senate Bill No. 111.
Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 104

Joint Resolution requiring the Secretary of the Commonwealth to forward copies of Acts to Circuit and County Judges.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 105

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor to make application for Suitable Armaments for the State Oyster Boats.
Fishing, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 106

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Thirty-two of an act entitled an act to Provide for a General Election
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 107

An ACT Providing for an Election in the town of Danville.
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 108

An ACT Providing for the Election of Justices of the Peace and Constables in the city of Alexandria
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 109

An ACT Concerning the City Serg:ant of Alexandr a.
Law Enforcement, Jails, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 110

An ACT for the Government of Cities and Towns of five thousand inhabitants and over.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 111

An ACT for the relief of the Sureties of Joseph Payne, late Sheriff of Fluvanna county.
Judicial, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 112

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Thirty-Nine of Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-One of the Code.
Legislative Amendments, Business

Chapter 113

An ACT to Amend the First Section of Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Eight of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, in regard to Change of Names.
Amendments, Custody of children

Chapter 114

JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize the Superintendent of Public Buildings to sell certain materials
Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 115

An ACT to incorporate the Broad Creek Canal Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 116

An ACT to Incorporate the Exchange Bank at Charlottesville.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 117

An ACT for the relief of S. P. Holt, Sheriff of Campbell county.
Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 118

An ACT to change the name of Fairfax to Culpeper, and to provide a new charter for the same.
Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Boundaries, Healthcare

Chapter 119

An ACT to Authorize the Election of Certain Officers in the Town of Leesburg, Loudoun county, on the first Saturday in June, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 120

An ACT to Prevent the Sacrifice of Personal Property at Forced Sales.
Debt, Bonds, Judicial, Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 121

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Fifteen of Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Two of the Code, as amended by the act of 8d March, 1866, and 24th April, 1867, in relation to Appeals, Writs of Error, and Supersedeas.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 122

An ACT to incorporate the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institution.
Education, Agriculture, Amendments, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 123

An ACT making an Appropriation for the Payment of Sycamore Church.
Charity

Chapter 124

Joint Resolution in regard to Adjourment.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 125

JOINT RESOLUTION Petitioning Congress to Remove the Disabilities of Citizens of Virginia.
Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments, Voting, Ku Klux Klan, Reformatories

Chapter 126

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the present Tax on Tobacco
Taxation, Agriculture, Business

Chapter 127

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Keeper of the Rolls to retain Senate Bill No. 105
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 128

JOINT RESOLUTIONS Returning Thanks to Governor and Legislature of Mississippi for Resolutions Expressing Condolence in the Capitol Disaster.
Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 129

An ACT to incorporate the Liberty Savings Bank.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 130

An ACT to incorporate the Bank of Goodson
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 131

An ACT appointing Trustees for the town of Occoquan, in the county of Prince William.
Municipal charters

Chapter 132

An ACT to Incorporate the Bank of Abingdon.
Business, Incorporation, Public officers, Property

Chapter 133

An ACT authorizing the Trustees of Zion Baptist Church, in the city of Portsmouth, to borrow money and execute a deed of trust on lot of land.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 134

An ACT authorizing the Trustees of Roanoke College to Borrow Money.
Education, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 135

An ACT to empower the Trustees of the Colored Free Will Baptist Church of Winchester, Va., to Sell and Convey the Titles to Certain Parcels of Land, &c.
Religious Institutions, Property, Amendments

Chapter 136

An ACT to provide for an Investigation of the Claim of George Peabody & Co. against the Commonwealth.
Bonds, Budget, Business

Chapter 137

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Wm. S. Northern
Public officers, Debt, Budget

Chapter 138

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section One of an act entitled an act to Amend Sections Three and Four, Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-one, and Section Eight, Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-three of the Code (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), in regard to Acknowledgments of Deeds
Amendments, Property, Marriage

Chapter 139

An ACT for the relief of the Sureties of William T. Johnson, late Sheriff of Appomattox county.
Public officers, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 140

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an act to Incorporate the Abingdon and Rich Valley Turnpike Company, in the county of Washington
Transportation, Business, Municipal charters

Chapter 141

An ACT to incorporate the Germania Loan and Land Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 142

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an act to Incorporate the town of Goodson, in the county of Washington, passed March 5, 1856.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Public spaces

Chapter 143

An ACT to authorize the formation of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Property, Bonds, Budget

Chapter 144

An ACT to incorporate the Boston and Virginia Soapstone Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry

Chapter 145

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railway Company.
Amendments, Business, Transportation

Chapter 146

An ACT to establish the Central Lunatic Asylum.
Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Civil Rights, Amendments

Chapter 147

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Eight of an act entitled an act Fixing the Salaries of the Judges of the Several Courts of the Commonwealth and the Pay of the Reporter of the Court of Appeals
Amendments, Judicial, Salaries

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend act approved May 18, 1870, entitled an act authorizing the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond to impanel a
Judicial

Chapter 149

An ACT Amending and Re-enacting the First Section of an act making an Appropriation for the Payment of Sycamore Church.
Religious Institutions, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 150

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to Appointment of Commissioners to Ascertain and Define the Boundary Lines between Virginia and Maryland, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Boundaries

Chapter 151

An ACT Appropriating Money to pay for Repairs to Capitol, for Chairs and Desks for House of Delegates, and for Alterations and Fitting Up of Sycamore Church.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 152

An ACT authorizing the Virginia Military Institute to Borrow Money, and to Secure the Payment of the Same.
Armed forces, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 153

An ACT Giving the Consent of this State to the Purchase by the United States, of a lot of Land, in the city of Portsmouth, for the use of a Light House Board.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Property

Chapter 154

An ACT Authorizing the Judge of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond to Appoint a Crier and Prescribe his Duties.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 155

An ACT to Authorize Subscriptions to the Stock of Incorporated Companies by the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, Rockbridge, Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke, and the towns of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, and Salem.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Business, Taxation

Chapter 156

An ACT to incorporate the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Company.
Transportation, Industry, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 157

An ACT to Prescribe in What Manner and on What Conditions a Householder or Head of a Family shall Set Apart and Hold a Homestead and Personal Property, for Benefit of Himself and Family, Exempt from Sale for Debt.
Property, Debt, Divorce, Inheritance and succession, Marriage, Public officers

Chapter 158

An ACT to incorporate the New Masonic Temple Association of Bridgewater, Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Charity

Chapter 159

An ACT to incorporate the Jackson Female Institute at Abingdon.
Education, Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 160

An ACT to incorporate the North Loudoun Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 161

An ACT to Authorize the Front Royal Turnpike Company to Sell the Piers and Abutments of certain Bridges on the Shenandoah river, and to Authorize the Purchasers to Rebuild said Bridges.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 162

An ACT to incorporate the Wetumpka Iron, Mining, and Manufacturing Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 163

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Jas. L. F. Campbell, late Sheriff of Washington county.
Judicial, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 164

An ACT to Amend the Second Section of an act to Authorize the Richmond and York River Railroad Company to Extend its Main Line, or Build Branches to the Chesapeake or its Tributaries.
Transportation, Bonds, Industry

Chapter 165

An ACT to incorporate the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Savings Bank of Alexandria.
Business

Chapter 166

An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and European Steamship Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 167

An ACT to amend the Charter of The People’s Bank of Norfolk, Virginia.
Business, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 168

An ACT to authorize the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad Company to Borrow Money.
Transportation, Bonds, Industry

Chapter 169

An ACT amending and re-enacting an Act to incorporate the Cottage Toll Bridge Company, passed February 1, 1860.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 170

An ACT to incorporate The Shenandoah Iron, Lumber, Mining, and Manufacturing Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Debt, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 171

An ACT to Amend the Provisions of the Code in regard to the Supreme Court of Appeals, so as to make them conform to the new Constitution.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Civil Rights, Property

Chapter 172

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Time for Making Return
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 173

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Second Section of an Act to District the state for County Judges.
Judicial

Chapter 174

An ACT in Relation to the Assessment of Taxes on Licenses.
Taxation, Alcohol, Business, Employment and labor, Legislative Amendments, Healthcare

Chapter 175

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Governor to Return to the House of Delegates Senate Bill 158
Amendments, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 176

JOINT RESOLUTION requiring the Keeper of the Rolls to Withhold House Bill No. 156, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Town of Liberty, &c.
Incorporation, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 177

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Fifth Section of an act entitled an act to Prescribe and Define the Jurisdiction of the County and Corporation Courts of the Commonwealth, and the Times and Places of Holding the Same
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 178

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Nine, Chapter Fourteen of the Code, fixing the pay of the Attorney-General.
Amendments, Salaries, Public officers

Chapter 179

An ACT Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of County
Public officers, Budget, Civil Rights, Public expenditures, Employment and labor, Healthcare, Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Slavery, Jails, Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Property, Utilities, Transportation

Chapter 180

Joint Resolution Tendering the Thanks of the General Assembly to Conway Robinson, Esq., for Services as Counsel in the Cause of Paul vs. the State of Virginia.
Judicial, Civil Rights, Public officers

Chapter 181

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Time for Making Returns of the Elections held the 26th day of May, 1870.
Voting

Chapter 182

An ACT extending the Time for Repair or Rebuilding of Mills
Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 183

An ACT making an Appropriation for the Removal of the Re- mains of Virginia Soldiers from Gettysburg to Hollywood Cemetery.
Amendments, Death and burial, Cemeteries, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 184

An ACT making an Appropriition for the Removal of the Remains of Virginia Soldiers from Arlington to Hollywood Cemetery.
Cemeteries, Public expenditures

Chapter 185

An ACT fixing the Salary of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 186

An ACT in relation to the Fairfax and Georgetown Turnpike Company
Transportation, Industry, Amendments

Chapter 187

An ACT for the Payment of the Funeral Expenses of J. W. D. Bland, late Senator from the Fourteenth District.
Death and burial, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 188

An ACT Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of certain Township Officers.
Budget, Pensions, Taxation, Education, Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 189

An ACT for the Assessment of Taxes.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Business, Agriculture

Chapter 190

An ACT to Incorporate the Danville and Salem Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 191

An ACT to Incorporate the Northern Neck Stock Association.
Agriculture, Incorporation, Industry, Property

Chapter 192

An ACT for the Renewal of the Guaranty of the State on Certain Bonds of the Town of Petersburg, issued in aid of the Construction of the Southside Railroad.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 193

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Thirteen, Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Five of the Code of Virginia.
Judicial, Lawyers, Amendments, Civil Rights

Chapter 194

An ACT to Incorporate the Pamunkey River Internal Improvement Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 195

An ACT to Amend an Act to Incorporate the Norfolk City Railroad Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 196

An ACT to Incorporate the West Point and Hanover Junction.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Bonds, Business

Chapter 197

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of an Act passed February 28, 1867, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 198

An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia Warehousing and Guarantee Company.
Incorporation, Business, Public officers, Property, Taxation

Chapter 199

An ACT for the Relief of the Bank of Commerce, at Fredericksburg.
Business, Debt

Chapter 200

An ACT to Incorporate the Stony Run Turnpike Company
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 201

An ACT Amending Section Twelve, Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Four of the Code, relating to Printing Records in Court of Appeals.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Public officers
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