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1869/1870

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Chapter 202

An ACT Amending the First Section of an Act passed February 23, 1867, entitled an Act Continuing the Payment of Interest and Dividends to the Incorporated Colleges and other Seminaries of Learning in this State
Education, Public expenditures, Budget, Amendments

Chapter 203

An ACT to amend an act Establishing District Free Schools in the county of King George, passed March 8th, 1849, and amended by an act passsed February 28th, 1866.
Education

Chapter 204

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Virginia International Land, Loan, and Trust Company.
Business, Amendments, Incorporation

Chapter 205

An ACT Amending the Charter of the Town of Harrisonburg, in the county of Rockingham, and Enlarging and Extending the Corporate Limits of said Town.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 206

An ACT to Incorporate the Louisa Cemetery Association.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 207

An ACT to Incorporate the Rapidan and Madison Courthouse Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 208

An ACT to Incorporate Greble Lodge, No. 137, of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the village of Hampton, in the county of Elizabeth City.
Incorporation, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 209

An ACT Authorizing the Rivanna Navigation Company to Borrow Money.
Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 210

An ACT to Provide for Laying the County Levy for the year eighteen hundred and seventy.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 211

An ACT to Incorporate the Healing Springs and Covington
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 212

An ACT to Incorporate the Staunton Female Seminary
Education, Incorporation

Chapter 213

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Washington Dearmont, late Sheriff of Clarke county, Va.
Public officers, Judicial, Debt, Taxation

Chapter 214

An ACT Providing for the Re-assessment of the Lands
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 215

An ACT to Authorize the Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Greene to Loan Money to the Rivanna Navigation Company.
Budget, Public expenditures, Transportation, Property

Chapter 216

An ACT Amending and Re-enacting an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Trustees of Randolph Macon College, passed February third, eighteen hundred and thirty, and Ratifying the Removal of said College from Boydton to Ashland.
Amendments, Education, Agriculture, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 217

An ACT to Incorporate the Fairfax County Narrow Gauge Elevated Railroad Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Industry, Municipal charters

Chapter 218

An ACT to Incorporate the Western Branch Drawbridge Company, in the county of Norfolk.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 219

An ACT to amend an act to incorporate the Leesburg and Aldie Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Amendments, Incorporation

Chapter 220

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Three of an Act passed December twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Orange.
Amendments, Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Public expenditures, Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Charity, Civil Rights, Recreation, Employment and labor

Chapter 223

JOINT RESOLUTION for Removal of Books over the Portico of the Capitol
Public spaces, Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Libraries

Chapter 224

An ACT to Amend and Reenact Sections One and Five of Chapter Ninety-Five of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, as Amended and Re-enacted by Act of Assembly passed February 16, 1867, Concerning Harbor Masters and Dock Masters.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 225

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Fifty-ninth Section of an Act Approved the 11th day of May, 1870, entitled an Act to Provide for a General Election.
Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 226

An ACT Imposing Taxes for the Support of Government and Free Schools, and to Pay the Interest on the Public Debt.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Education, Business, Inheritance and succession, Healthcare, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 227

An ACT to Provide for the Care and Preservation of the Books and Papers of County Surveyors, and for the Appointment of Special Surveyors.
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 228

An ACT Legalizing the Election held in the City of Williamsburg on the 26th day of May, 1870, for the Election of City Officers.
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 229

An ACT Authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals to Prescribe Rules Regulating Practice and Pleadings, and to Establish the Forms of Pleadings and of Process.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 230

An ACT to Provide for the Removal of Causes and the Transfer of all Papers, Records, Judgments, and Decrees, from the Court of Hustings for the town of Harrisonburg, to the County Court of
Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 231

An ACT to Amend the Second Section of Chapter Thirty-seven of the Code, Edition of 1860.
Amendments, Taxation, Property

Chapter 232

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Twenty-Three of Chapter Forty-Nine of the Code of Virginia of 1860.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Amendments

Chapter 233

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Four of Chapter Sixty-Five of the Code of 1860, in Relation to Incorporations by Circuit Courts.
Business, Incorporation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 234

An ACT Concerning Pilotage on the Potomac River.
Business, Transportation, Employment and labor

Chapter 235

An ACT to Provide for Filling the Office of Superintendent of the Poor.
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Public officers

Chapter 236

An ACT to Provide for an Election in Towns of less than Five Thousand Inhabitants.
Voting, Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 237

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Seventh Section of an act Fixing the Salaries of the Judges of the Several Courts of the Commonwealth.
Amendments, Judicial, Salaries

Chapter 238

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of the act approved May 6th, 1870, entitled an act to Fix the Terms for Holding the Corporation Courts of the Commonwealth.
Judicial

Chapter 239

An ACT to Incorporate the Pamunkey Marl, Mining, and Manufacturing Company of Virginia.
Business, Industry, Agriculture, Transportation, Municipal charters

Chapter 240

An ACT to Charter the Fredericksburg Loan and Land Company
Business, Amendments, Debt, Property

Chapter 241

Joint Resolution Requesting Governor to Return to House of Delegates Senate Bill No. 268
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 242

An ACT for the Relief of the Merchants Bank of Lynchburg.
Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 243

An ACT for the Relief of the Bank of the Old Dominion
Debt, Amendments

Chapter 244

An ACT to Incorporate the Lynchburg Banking and Insurance Company.
Business, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 245

An ACT to Incorporate the Petersburg and Richmond Steam-boat Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 246

An ACT to Incorporate the Richmond Educational Association.
Education, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 247

An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia and Northwestern Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 248

An ACT Incorporating the Edenton and Norfolk Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 249

An ACT to Incorporate the Farmers Savings Bank of Norfolk.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 250

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Gordonsville.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers

Chapter 251

An ACT to Incorporate the Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 252

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act to Incorporate the Clinch River Navigation Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 253

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act passed March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled an Act to Extend the Limits of and Provide for Electing Trustees for the Town of Marion, in the county of Smyth, Investing them with Certain Corporate Powers.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Property, Public officers

Chapter 254

An ACT to Incorporate the Atlantic and Alleghany Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 255

An ACT to Incorporate the Central Loudoun Turnpike Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 256

An ACT Chartering the Virginia Cane-Fibre Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 257

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Second Section of Chapter 207 of Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), as to Information, Presentment, or Indictment.
Judicial

Chapter 258

An ACT for Allowing Compensation to Late Clerk of the Hustings Court of Richmond.
Public officers, Judicial, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 259

AN ACT to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools.
Education, Budget

Chapter 260

An ACT Prescribing what Counties and Corporations shal, Compose the First Judicial Circuit.
Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 261

An ACT to Authorize the Governor to Exchange the Arms of the State for Roberts’ Breech-Loading Guns
Armed forces

Chapter 262

An ACT Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings to have the Hall of the House of Delegates and Executive Chamber Repaired and Refitted.
Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 263

An ACT to provide for the Publication of the Unpublished Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals, prepared by Peachy R. Grattan, Esq., late Reporter of said Court.
Judicial, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 264

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Two of an act approved April 2, 1870, in Relation to the Terms of County Courts.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 265

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Two of Chapter-One Hundred and Sixty-Three of the Code of Virginia (1860), with regard to Clerks of the Court of Appeals.
Judicial

Chapter 266

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act to Prescribe and Detine the Jurisdiction of the County and Corporation Courts of the Commonwealth, and the Times and Places of Holding the Same.
Judicial

Chapter 267

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Fifty-Eight o
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 268

An ACT Conferring Judicial Powers on Mayors of Towns having less than Five Thousand Inhabitants, and investing the Sergeants of said Towns with the Powers and Duties of Constables.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 269

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Tenth and Eleventh Sec-<br />tions of Chapter Forty-two of the Code of Virginia, with regard to Levy<br />of Executions for Recovery of Debts due the State.
Debt, Amendments, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 270

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section One of Chapter Fifty-Six, Code of 1860.
Amendments, Incorporation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 271

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 88 of Chapter 171 of Code of 1860.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 272

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act to Encourage Immigration and Protect Immigrants
Labor, Employment and labor

Chapter 273

An ACT Providing for the Payment of the Printing of Records in the District Courts of Appeals
Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 274

An ACT Fixing the Fees of the Clerks of County Courts and of the Corporation Courts in Chancery Cases.
Judicial, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 275

An ACT to Provide for Dividing the Townships of the State in Voting Districts.
Voting, Boundaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 276

An ACT Supplementary to an act passed June 27, 1870, entitled 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, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 277

An ACT to Regulate Judicial Sales and Prevent the Sacrifice of Property
Judicial, Property, Debt, Taxation

Chapter 278

An ACT to Enlarge the Jurisdiction of the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, and for Other Purposes.
Judicial

Chapter 279

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 82 of Chapter 182 of the Code of 1860, in Relation to the Payment of Money and Delivery of Property in the Hands of Fiduciaries.
Amendments, Inheritance and succession, Debt

Chapter 280

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 25 of Chapter 1380 of the Code of 1860, in Relation to the Order in which Debts against De-cedents shall be Paid.
Debt, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 281

An ACT to Establish a Court for the County of James City and the City of Williamsburg.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 282

An ACT to Aathorize the Urganization of Chain-Gangs in the Cities, Towns, and Counties of the State.
Labor, Jails, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 283

An ACT Repealing Certain Acts in Relation to the Virgin Canal Company, «ce.
Repeal of legislation, Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 284

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 8, Chapter 19 of the Code of 1860.
Education, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 285

JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the Superintendent of Public Printing to have Certain Acts of Assembly Bound in Paper Covers
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 286

JOINT RESOLUTION for a Recess of the General Assembly
Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 287

An ACT to Regulate Proceedings Against a Turnpike Road out of Repair
Transportation

Chapter 288

JOINT RESOLUTION Allowing the Keeper of the Rolls to Alter the word “Held” in the Twelfth Line of the Act Amending the First Section of an Act passed February 28, 1867, entitled an Act Continuing the Payment of Interest and Dividends to the Incorporated Colleges and other Seminaries of Learning in this State, to the word “Hold.”
Education, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 289

An ACT to Prescribe the Times for the Holding of the Terms of the Circuit Courts of the State,
Judicial

Chapter 290

An ACT Appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1863-70.
Budget, Public expenditures, Healthcare, Education, Civil Rights, Prisons, Pensions, Public officers, Registration of births, etc.

Chapter 291

An ACT Directing the Board of Public Works to Sell to the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company the Stock of the State in said Company, and Authorizing said Company to Buy the same.
Business, Bonds, Transportation

Chapter 292

An ACT to Authorize Subscriptions to the Stock of Incorporated Companies by the Counties of Campbell and Pittsylvania, the City of Lynchburg, and the Town of Danville.
Business, Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Transportation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 293

An ACT to Amend the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Sections of Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Two of the Code of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty, Relating to Fiduciaries, and Making other Provisions Concerning the Same.
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 294

An ACT in Relation to Mechanics’ Liens.
Industry, Business, Property, Labor

Chapter 295

An ACT to Prescribe the Duties and Fix the Compensation of Officers in Cities and Towns of over Five Thousand Inhabitants.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 296

An ACT to Protect the Oyster Beds in the Waters of the Commonwealth.
Agriculture, Fishing, Property, Business, Judicial, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 297

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections Four, Five, Six, Seven, Thirteen, Fourteen, Sixteen, Twenty-nine, Thirty-one, Forty-six, Forty-seven, Fifty, Fifty-four, Fifty-nine, Sixty-two, Sixty-eight, Eighty-four, Eighty-six, One Hundred and Six, and One Hundred and Seven of an Act entitled an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Richmond, approved May Twenty-fourth, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 298

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act passed the 29th of May, 1862, entitled an Act to Prescribe the Mode of Electing Trustees for the Town of Farmville, in the County of Prince Edward, and Vesting them with Corporate Privileges.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Public officers, Taxation, Property, Business

Chapter 299

An ACT to Incorporate the Clay Bank Wharf Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 300

An ACT to Incorporate the Lynchburg and Green Hill Plank-road Company.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 301

An ACT Amending the Act passed March 2, 1858, entitled an Act to Incorporate a Company to Construct a Turnpike Road from Sydnor’s Spring, in the County of Frederick, to Intersect a Road leading from Winchester to Front Royal.
Amendments, Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 302

An ACT to Authorize the Payment of a Sum of Money to J. L. Carrington for the Use and Occupation of the Ballard House by the General Assembly.
Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Business

Chapter 303

An ACT for the Payment of Rent of Office and Storage Room for Printing Paper to J. J. Palmer, late Superintendent of Public Printing.
Public expenditures, Business, Legislative Amendments
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