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1923es

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 165 of 165

Chapter 101

An ACT to provide for the condemnation of land for school purposes in Arlington county, Virginia.
Education, Property

Chapter 102

An ACT providing for maintenance by the State highway commission of a certain section of county system road.
Transportation

Chapter 103

An ACT amending chapter 362 of the acts of 1922, entitled an act prescribing the time of holding the regular terms of court in the 20th judicial circuit.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 104

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2307 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended.
Taxation, Property, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 105

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections one (i), eight (8) and nine (9) of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Dublin, in Pulaski county, Virginia, approved March 14, 1906.
Amendments, Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 106

An ACT to permit the county of Albemarle to open and maintain a public road through certain land owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia in said county.
Transportation

Chapter 107

An ACT to levy a tax upon motor vehicle fuels; to provide for its collection; to appropriate revenue raised by the same and to prescribe penalties.
Taxation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 108

An ACT to authorize the treasurer of the State of Virginia to pay into the general fund of the State treasury monies which have been received by him since February 1st, 1922, in pursuance of section 4211 of the Code of Virginia.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 109

An ACT to require leaf tobacco to be sold only in the name of the true owner thereof; to require records of such sales to be kept; to require the keeper of such records to permit the inspection thereof by any person, and permit access for the purpose of such inspection; and to provide penalty for the violation thereof.
Agriculture

Chapter 110

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 25 and 29 of an act approved February 18, 1922, entitled “An act to encourage the co-operative marketing of farm products in Virginia, to provide for and authorize the incorporation of co-operative marketing associations or exchanges and the licensing to do business in Virginia of similar corporations created in other States under similar laws.”
Agriculture, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 111

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4211 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved March 25, 1920, relative to deposit of bonds with treasurer.
Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 112

An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of counties having less than 15,000 population and adjoining one or more cities of the first class to enact special and local legislation in their respective counties, for the protection of the public roads, ways and bridges, and the lives and property of persons using such roads, providing a penalty for the violation of such legislation, and providing compensation for special services rendered by supervisors.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 113

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Madison county to open and close the seasons for the killing of squirrels in said county.
Hunting

Chapter 114

An ACT authorizing the mayor and council of the town of Kenbridge to borrow money for the purpose of advancing the same for the improvement of a section of the State highway system within the county of Lunenburg, Virginia, under the provisions of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 15, 1920, entitled 'An act to anticipate by counties or otherwise the construction of the State highway system.'
Budget, Transportation, Municipal charters, Bonds

Chapter 115

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 8 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Danville, approved.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 116

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of York to allow the school board of said county to erect a school building or buildings on the courthouse square of said county.
Education, Municipal charters

Chapter 117

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘“‘An act to permit Harwood Bristow of the county of Accomac, to build a bridge across Warrington branch of Onancock creek in said county,” approved March 20, 1922.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 118

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled "An act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 22, 1871, to incorporate the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and to provide a new charter for same," approved March 12, 1912.
Amendments, Incorporation, Property, Taxation, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 119

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Surry county to borrow a sum of money not in excess of $10,000, and to issue bonds of said county therefor, the proceeds of said bond issue to be used for the reconstruction of a certain bridge in said county.
Bonds, Budget, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 120

An ACT to authorize the district road board of Scott magisterial district, Fauquier county, Virginia, to pay off and discharge certain certificates of indebtedness issued by it August 22, 1916, in order to borrow money to resurface and otherwise improve the macadam road in said district, from The Plains to Middleburg.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 121

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 28 of an act entitled "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 town (now the city) of South Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk, approved September 11, 1919, approved March 24, 1920," approved March 4, 1922.
Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 122

An ACT authorizing the mayor and council of the town of Purcellville, in Loudoun county, Virginia, to borrow money not exceeding $5,000.00, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of purchasing fire-fighting equipment; and authorizing the said council to make annual appropriations out of the revenue and to levy a tax on the property subject to local taxation in the said town to pay the interest on, and provide a sinking fund for, the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity.
Bonds, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 123

An ACT authorizing the county school board of Princess Anne county to borrow money, not in excess of $40,000, and to issue bonds therefor, for the purpose of purchasing land upon which to construct a high school building and to construct and equip the same, or for making additions to the present high school building in Kempsville school district and to equip the same; and requiring the board of supervisors of the said county annually to levy a tax to pay the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund to redeem the principal thereof at maturity.
Education, Bonds, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 124

An ACT to validate, ratify, approve and confirm the transfer and conveyance from the county of Clarke to the Commonwealth of Virginia, heretofore made by resolutions of the board of supervisors of Clarke county, of the Berryville and Charles Town turnpike in Clarke county, the Winchester and Berry’s Ferry turnpike in Clarke county, and the bridge over the Shenandoah river at Berry’s Ferry in Clarke county.
Transportation

Chapter 125

An ACT in relation to local school taxes or levies in the county
Education, Taxation

Chapter 126

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Wise county to issue bonds, or other obligations of said county on behalf of Richmond magisterial district thereof, for a sum not exceeding $210,000, for the purpose of financing the construction of that section road from a point near Laura commissary to the top of Black mountain in said district, known as the Appalachia-Lynch highway, if and when it shall become a part of the State highway system, and for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing that section of the State highway system from the town of Big Stone Gap toward Natural Tunnel, a distance of approximately eight miles, in said district, known as the Wildeat route; and to levy taxes to pay the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity; and to authorize the State highway commission of Virginia to borrow said funds, without interest, from the board of supervisors of Wise county, to finance the work aforesaid, and to repay the same to said board of supervisors as the funds are available and are apportioned for such work until the amount so advanced or borrowed has been repaid.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 127

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 144, Code of Virginia,
Boundaries, Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 128

An ACT to authorize the governor of Virginia to convey to the government of the United States, in the name and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a certain parcel of ground, not exceeding one-half acre, which is a part of a tract now owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the county of Princess Anne, together with an easement or right of way leading from said parcel of ground to the county road.
Armed forces, Public officers, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 129

An ACT authorizing the Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park, Incorporated, to issue bonds to be paid, with interest thereon, in ten years in annual installments by this State.
Bonds, Confederate, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 130

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an act to incorporate The Greene Humane Society, and for other purposes, passed March 15, 1851, as amended by an act approved March 29, 1875.
Charity

Chapter 131

An ACT to authorize and empower the council of the city of Richmond and the board of supervisors of Henrico county to enter into binding contracts for the maintenance of the poor of said county by said city.
Charity, Public expenditures, Wards

Chapter 132

An ACT to guarantee to the public schools of the counties of Page, and Greene the full school term stipulated in the teachers’ contracts with the county school board.
Education

Chapter 133

An ACT authorizing the county school board of Clarke county to borrow money, not in excess of $25,000, and to issue its notes therefor, for the purpose of acquiring land, erecting and equipping an addition to the public school building at Berryville, and authorizing the board of supervisors of the said county to provide for the payment of the interest thereon, and to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity.
Education, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 134

An ACT to validate an ordinance and other acts and proceedings of the city of Norfolk relating to the issuance of certain bonds, and to provide for the issuance and payment of said bonds and for the application of the proceeds of the sale thereof.
Bonds

Chapter 135

An ACT to establish highway construction camps.
Transportation, Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 136

An ACT conferring jurisdiction upon the supreme court of appeals, or the judges thereof, in vacation, to consider certain petitions for appeals and writs of error or supersedeas and to allow the same.
Judicial

Chapter 137

An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Pocahontas so as to amend and re-enact section 20 of an act approved March 13, 1918, entitled an act to provide a new charter for the town of Pocahontas in the county of Tazewell, to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith.
Amendments, Taxation, Public expenditures, Education, Municipal charters

Chapter 138

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘An act licensing the taking or catching of scallops with scrapes from the public grounds of the Commonwealth, and providing for the designation of public scallop grounds.
Fishing

Chapter 139

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to amend and re-enact section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two of the Code of Virginia,” approved March eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
Amendments, Jails, Prisons, Public expenditures

Chapter 140

An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act approved March 10, 1922, entitled “An act to authorized and regulate the recordation of plats subdividing tracts of land situated within the corporate limits of any city containing more than one hundred thou- sand inhabitants according to the last preceding United States census, or within ten miles of the corporate limits of any such city, into three or more parts for the purpose of laying out any town, or city, or any addition thereto, or any part thereof or surburban lots, and to declare the effect of such recordation; and to repeal an act entitled an act to prohibit the recordation of plats for the subdivision of land into lots showing on said plats, streets and alleys, within or within fifteen miles from, the limits of any city having a population of not less than sixty thousand nor more than one hundred arfd ten thousand inhabitants, except in conformity with the plan provided by such city, approved March 27, 1918.”
Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 141

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by acts approved March 20, 1920, and March 10, 1922.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 142

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 9 and 11 of chapter 359 of the acts of 1920, entitled “An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prevent unfairness, imposition or fraud in the sale or disposition of certain securities herein defined by requiring an inspection and regulation of the business of any person, association, partnership, or corporation, engaged or intending to engage, whether as principal, broker, or agent, in the sale of any such securities in the State of Virginia as may be necessary to prevent unfairness, imposition or fraud in the sale or disposition of said securities, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, approved March 28, 1918.”
Amendments, Business, Debt, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 143

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5264 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 28, 1922, and section 5266 of the said Code, both in relation to descents.
Inheritance and succession, Property

Chapter 144

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2142 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to motor vehicles.
Amendments, Legislative Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 145

An ACT to limit the weights of loads which may be hauled
Transportation

Chapter 146

An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of the State and the several counties and cities thereof for their approval or rejection, the question of whether State bonds for roads shall be authorized by the general assembly of 1924, and providing for the certification of the result of such election in the State at large and by house and senatorial districts.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Voting, Budget

Chapter 147

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4104 of the Code of Virginia of 1919, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 28, 1922.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the registration of voters in cities having a population of fifty thousand or more, approved March 2, 1922.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 149

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 89 of the Code of Virginia.
Public officers, Budget, Voting

Chapter 150

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Fairfax county to levy county license taxes and fees on motor vehicles operated in the said county for the carriage of passengers or freight for hire or compensation on or over the public roads of the same.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 151

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of the charter of the town of Manassas, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 10, 1906.
Taxation, Business, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 152

An ACT to authorize the establishment of a county hospital by the counties of Prince Edward and Cumberland, or either of them, and any contiguous county or counties, should the regular qualified voters of each such county so elect, and to provide for the submission of such question to the voters of the respective counties, and authorizing the issuance of bonds by the counties so electing for such purpose, upon the vote of the people so directing.
Healthcare, Taxation, Bonds, Public officers, Civil Rights, Charity, Employment and labor

Chapter 153

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Fairfax, in the county of Fairfax, approved February 16, 1892, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14, 1908 (which latter act amended and re-enacted sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12, and added to the original sections 13, 14, 15 and 16), as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 24, 1920.
Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Education

Chapter 154

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 786 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 25, 1920.
Education, Public expenditures, Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 155

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “An act to require every person driving any vehicles on a public highway, on approaching certain railway grade crossings, to stop before passing thereover, and to require railway companies to erect and maintain danger signs at such crossings; and providing penalties therefor,” approved March 23, 1922.
Transportation

Chapter 156

An ACT to authorize the city of Hopewell to borrow money and issue bonds therefor for permanent improvements in said city.
Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 157

An ACT prohibiting any person from shooting from any duck-blind belonging to another in the waters within the jurisdiction of the county of Northumberland.
Hunting

Chapter 158

An ACT concerning depositories for the funds of Rockingham county and the interest on such funds.
Budget, Business, Bonds

Chapter 159

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5189 of the Code of Virginia as amended by an act approved September 5, 1919, and as further amended by an act approved March 19, 1920, and as further amended by an act approved February 18, 1922.
Amendments, Business, Property, Public officers

Chapter 160

An ACT for the protection of muskrat in Northumberland and Westmoreland counties.
Hunting

Chapter 161

An ACT providing for the regulation, supervision and control of persons, firms, corporations and associations owning, controlling, operating or managing motor vehicles used in the business of transporting persons or property for compensation on the improved public highways of this State which are, or may hereafter be declared to be, parts of the State highway system or any of the county highway systems; declaring motor vehicle carriers, as herein defined, to be common carriers, transportation companies and public service corporations within the meaning of the law; and prescribing ana im- posing license fees and providing for the disposition of the revenue raised by the same.
Transportation, Business, Judicial, Employment and labor

Chapter 162

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 27, 1922, entitled "An act to regulate the confession of judgments in the office of the clerk of any court of record in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to prescribe the procedure thereon; and to repeal an act of the general assembly of Virginia approved March 23rd, 1922, entitled "An act requiring every power of attorney to confess judgment, to be signed and acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds."
Judicial, Debt, Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 163

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 25 of an act entitled "An act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish the State highway system, approved January 31, 1918, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 20, 1922.
Transportation

Chapter 164

An ACT to repeal, insofar as it relates to the county of Grayson, an act entitled an act to provide for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, Grayson, Carroll, Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews, Rockbridge, and Amherst, and to repeal an act approved March 29, 1877, for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, and Grayson approved March 12, 1878, as heretofore amended.
Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 165

An ACT to regulate highway contractors’ association.
Industry, Public expenditures, Transportation, Legislative Amendments
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