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1956

Laws in Volume
Displaying 601 - 700 of 720

Chapter 601

An Act to provide for a commission to provide specifications for, and to approve, a suitable marker or other memorial to Chief Justice John Marshall and to select a site therefor, and prescribe the powers and duties of the commission; to authorize and direct the Director of the Department of Conservation and Development to acquire and maintain such memorial and site; and to appropriate funds.
Monuments and memorials, Public expenditures

Chapter 602

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 55-144, 55-146 and 55-148 of the Code of Virginia, relating to factors’ liens and notice thereof.
Business, Debt, Property

Chapter 603

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 14-71.2, increasing the salary of county commissioners of the revenue.
Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 604

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 14-69.2, providing salary increases for county treasures.
Salaries, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 605

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 14-70.1, increasing the salary of city commissioners of the revenue.
Salaries

Chapter 606

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 14-68.2, providing salary increases for city treasurers.
Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 607

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-448 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice of accidents to be given the State Corporation Commission by railroads.
Transportation, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 608

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-106 and 68-109 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain reimbursements of localities by the State, and purposes for which appropriations to the Department of Welfare and Institutions may be expended.
Amendments, Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 609

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the salaries of sheriffs and sergeants and their deputies, and certain factors to be considered in fixing such salaries.
Salaries, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 610

An Act to authorize the Commonwealth of Virginia to transfer and convey to the City of Richmond easements in certain property in the City of Richmond; and to impose certain restrictions in connection with such easements.
Amendments, Public officers, Public spaces, Utilities, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 611

An Act to amend and reenact § 57-7, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfers for religious purposes.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 612

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-546, 58-547, 58-548, 58-549, 58-550, 58-551, 58-552, 58-553, 58-554, and 58-555 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taxes on express companies.
Taxation, Business

Chapter 613

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-82, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitations on income tax deductions of non-residents.
Taxation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 614

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-105, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to individual income tax returns.
Taxation, Marriage, Divorce, Public expenditures

Chapter 615

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 36-8, 36-9 and 36-11 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the controlling nature of the provisions of the Housing Authorities Law, and appointment, tenure and compensation of commissioners of housing authorities.
Business, Public officers

Chapter 616

An Act to require the discharge from certain artesian wells to be stopped or regulated and to provide penalties for violations; to provide for stopping or regulating the discharge from such wells after notice to owners thereof; to provide for the recovery of costs incident thereto; and to impose certain duties upon the Director of Conservation and Development.
Property

Chapter 617

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-184.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dog wardens in certain counties.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 618

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 58-412.2, to provide that certain processors of poultry are subject to the tax on capital.
Agriculture, Taxation

Chapter 619

An Act to require the State Library Board to erect a historical marker for St. Luke’s Church in Isle of Wight County.
Monuments and memorials

Chapter 620

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-35, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain officers who are ineligible to the office of division superintendent of schools.
Education, Employment and labor, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 621

An Act to amend and reenact § 34-80, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the exemption of wages of certain judgment debtors.
Debt, Employment and labor, Judicial

Chapter 622

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to limitation on amount of loans made by banks upon real estate security.
Business, Debt, Property

Chapter 623

An Act to amend and reenact § 68-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reimbursements of localities by the State for aid to the blind.
Amendments, Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 624

An Act to amend and reenact § 44-142.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to civil defense.
Armed forces, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 625

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding §§ 8-451.1 through 8-451.17, and to repeal §§ 8-425 through 8-451 of the Code of Virginia, all of which sections relate to control of ice cream and frozen products.
Amendments, Business, Healthcare, Public officers

Chapter 626

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 56-406.2, prescribing the procedure for fixing the cost of maintaining automatically operated gates, wig-wag signals and other electrical or automatic crossing devices at highway grade crossings outside of cities and incorporated towns.
Transportation

Chapter 627

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 88.1-257.1, to provide for the combining of other kinds of insurance with fire insurance.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 628

An Act to create and constitute a political subdivision known as Shenandoah Valley Joint Airport Commission with authority to exercise the power of eminent domain.
Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 629

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-896.1, to impose a license tax upon certain suppliers of certain forest products.
Amendments, Taxation, Industry, Agriculture

Chapter 630

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-66, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth; and to repeal § 14-66.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
Salaries, Judicial, Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 631

An Act to provide for the submission of a proposed amendment to § 69 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
Amendments, Voting, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 632

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 62 a new chapter numbered 5.1, consisting of sections numbered 62-94.1 through 62-94.12; to provide for the conservation of flood waters under certain conditions; to define terms; to provide how certain impounding structures may be built; to provide for notice to certain persons; to provide for the jurisdiction of certain courts; to prescribe the procedure tn such cases; to set forth rights which may vest; and to give the consent of the Commonwealth to the use of the beds of certain watercourses.
Property, Judicial

Chapter 633

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-87, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to salaries and expenses of division superintendents of schools, State and local contributions relative thereto, and part-time division school superintendents.
Education, Salaries, Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 634

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-987 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when certain tax tickets may be destroyed.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 635

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-101.1:1, and to appropriate the sum of ntne hundred thousand dollars from the “Sinking Fund” to the Literary Fund, and to amend and reenact § 22-101.2 of the Code, relating to annual transfers from the Literary Fund to the Virginia Supplemental Retirement ey eeot
Budget, Education, Pensions

Chapter 636

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-754.1 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted as § 1 of Chapter 455 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 8, 1954, relating to notice to the governing body and State Board of Health required prior to the construction of water supply systems and facilities in certain counties, so as to require such notice prior to the extension of existing systems.
Utilities

Chapter 637

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 84-5, 84-26 and 84-27 of the Code of Virginia, relating to homestead and certain other exemptions so as to increase the amount thereof.
Amendments, Property, Agriculture, Taxation

Chapter 638

An Act to require the State Library Board to erect an historical marker at Oak Grove in Accomack County.
Education, Religious Institutions

Chapter 639

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-265 of the Code of Virginia, relating to headlamps on motor vehicles.
Transportation

Chapter 640

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-275 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when lights on motor vehicles to be lighted.
Transportation

Chapter 641

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 68-101, as amended, and 68-105 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to definitions and appropriations under the Virginia Public Welfare and Assistance Law
Children -- Institutional care, Healthcare, Charity, Education, Judicial

Chapter 642

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-154 of the Code of Virginia, relating to presumption that no minerals exist on certain lands.
Amendments, Property

Chapter 643

An Act to amend and reenact § 86-5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports by housing authorities so as to require certain additional reports and the making public of certain records.
Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 644

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-85.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to annual nursing scholarships awarded by the State Board of Health.
Education, Healthcare, Charity, Civil Rights, Segregation

Chapter 645

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 30-29 and 30-31, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 646

An Act to amend and reenact § 62-11, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions under the State Water Control Law.
Amendments, Healthcare, Industry, Utilities

Chapter 647

An Act to authorize the use of certified mail under certain circumstances in lieu of the use of registered mail.
Unclassified

Chapter 648

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-410 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain accident reports filed with the Division of Motor Vehicles which shall be open to the inspection of certain persons, and the condition under which copies thereof shall be furnished.
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Transportation

Chapter 649

An Act to appropriate funds for the payment of certain pensions.
Pensions

Chapter 650

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-148, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from certain restrictions on the taking of oysters below a certain size, and shells.
Fishing

Chapter 651

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-805, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to mufflers and exhaust pipes.
Amendments, Transportation

Chapter 652

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.57 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disability retirement allowance of persons retired under Virginia Supplemental Retirement System.
Amendments, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 653

An Act to prescribe procedure and method of payment by political subdivisions and agencies of the State in the exercise of the power of eminent domain in certain cases.
Property, Judicial

Chapter 654

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 21-2, 21-6, as amended, 21-10, 21-11, as amended, 21-45, as amended, 21-54, 21-55, 21-56, 21-57, 21-59, 21-60, 21-61, 21-62 and 21-64 of the Code of Virginia, relating to soil conservation districts.
Agriculture

Chapter 655

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-789.7 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted as § 1 of Chapter 882 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 2, 1954, relating to notice to the governing body required prior to the construction of sewerage systems and facilities tm certain counties, so as to require such notice prior to the extension of existing systems.
Utilities

Chapter 656

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22-241 and 22-242 of the Code of Virginia, relating to employment of certain specialized personnel by counties, cities and towns in connection with schools, and reimbursement by the State of a portion of the cost thereof.
Education, Employment and labor, Children -- Institutional care, Healthcare

Chapter 657

An Act for the relief of Frank Shepard
Law Enforcement

Chapter 658

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-87, as amended, of the ‘Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of local electoral boards so as to increase the maximum in certain counties.
Amendments, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 659

An Act for the relief of the family of William Broadwell.
Employment and labor, Law Enforcement, Death and burial, Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 660

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 26-45.1, providing, as to fiduciaries, in acquiring, investing, reinvesting, exchanging, retaining, selling and managing property for the benefit of another, the care, prudence, discretion and intelligence which they shall exercise.
Amendments, Inheritance and succession, Property

Chapter 661

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 8 of Chapter 24 of Title 8 a section numbered 8-676.6, to provide that the provt-ions of the said article, which relate to the State meat inspection service, shall apply to poultry and rabbits.
Agriculture, Healthcare

Chapter 662

An Act to provide for the creation of the Cedar Island Bridge and Beach Authority
Bonds, Budget, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 663

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-806, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to license tax applicable to wholesale merchants, so as to reduce such tax.
Taxation, Business

Chapter 664

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of boards of supervisors.
Amendments, Public officers, Public spaces, Children -- Institutional care, Property

Chapter 665

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-868, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the application of minors for operators’ licenses
Amendments, Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Employment and labor, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Registration of births, etc., Voting

Chapter 666

An Act to require the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles
Transportation, Business

Chapter 667

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sections numbered 68-188.1, 68-202.1 and 68-218.1, relating to the disposition of real property by certain recipients of public assistance.
Property, Budget

Chapter 668

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 21 an article numbered 9, containing §§ 21-112.10 through 21-112.29, providing in Soil Conservation Districts for the creation of watershed improvement districts, the procedure governing the same, providing that when created they shall be political subdivisions of the State, providing for the government of such districts, adding additional territory thereto, providing for the holding of referenda on the creation of such districts and the levy of taxes therein, providing for the levy, collection and expenditure of taxes on real property tn such districts, imposing duties on the governing bodies of certain counties, and the appointment of persons to administer the affairs of such districts.
Agriculture, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 669

An Act to provide for the employment of assistants to the Commonwealth’s Attorneys in certain counties, subject to the approval of the Compensation Board, and to provide for their compensation.
Law Enforcement, Employment and labor, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 670

An Act to require the disclosure of certain information in proceedings brought against school boards and to provide penalties for violations.
Education, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 671

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 22-100.8, 22-100.7, 22-100.9 and 22-100.12 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school divisions comprising more than one county or city, the school board thereof, title to school property therein, allocation of costs and expenditures, and dissolution of school board.
Education, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 672

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-18 of the Code of Virginia, relating to automobile graveyards and powers of governing bodies of counties and cities in relation thereto.
Business, Public spaces, Public officers

Chapter 673

An Act to amend and reenact § 88-255.50 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Old Dominion Turnpike Authority so as to provide certain additional rights for owners of property subjected to condemnation and to define the terms “appraised price” and “appraisement”.
Property, Transportation, Business

Chapter 674

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-59, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to deeds of trust and sales of property thereunder.
Property, Debt, Business, Judicial

Chapter 675

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 42 of the Acts of Assembly of 1947, approved January 30, 1947, relating to fishing in certain waters.
Fishing, Amendments

Chapter 676

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38-279 and 83-817, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, prohibiting certain acts on or near the highways and providing penalties for violations.
Amendments, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 677

An Act to impose and provide for the collection of a license tax on persons furnishing and supplying stamps, coupons, tickets or devices redeemable for cash or goods, merchandise or commodities; to require the keeping of records and the making of reports; and to confer powers and impose duties on the State Tax Commissioner.
Business, Taxation

Chapter 678

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-21 and $8.1-860 of the Code of Virginia, relating to what included within, and excluded from, certain classes of insurance.
Amendments, Death and burial, Employment and labor

Chapter 679

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-202, as amended, of the Code of Me Soni relating to compensation for livestock and poultry killed
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 680

An Act to authorize the governing bodies of Accomack and Northampton Counties to provide for issuance of a duck blind stamp, the cost thereof, to provide for the distribution of the proceeds, and to provide for the effect of posting any such stamp upon a duck blind.
Wildlife, Hunting, Recreation, Public expenditures

Chapter 681

An Act to amend Chapter 7, Title 58, of the Code of Virginia 1950 by adding §§ 58-206.1, 58-206.2, 58-206.8, 58-206.4, 58-206.5, 58-206.6, 58-206.7, 58-206.8, 58-206.9, 58-206.10 and 58-206.11, relating to the establishment of regional jails or jail farms.
Jails, Prisons, Judicial, Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 682

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding to Chapter 12 of Title 56 thereof a new article numbered Article 2.1, containing sections numbered 56-287.1 through 56-287.8, authorizing common carriers by railroad and express to operate motor vehicle carriers under certain conditions.
Transportation, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 683

An Act to amend and reenact §§, 3-648, 8-659, 8-660 and $-661 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sanitation of slaughterhouses and similar establishments, licenses required and powers of Commissioner of Agriculture with respect thereto.
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 684

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-145.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to killing deer damaging fruit trees and OE a7
Hunting, Agriculture, Charity

Chapter 685

An Act to require the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to expend certain sums on certain research.
Wildlife, Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 686

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46-209.2, to prohibit racing on the highways and to provide penalties for violation.
Amendments, Transportation, Recreation

Chapter 687

An Act to amend and reenact § 19-288 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain circumstances under which jailers, sheriffs and city sergeants shall summon or employ certain guards and other peng.
Jails, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public expenditures, Prisons

Chapter 688

An Act to permit the release from confinement of certain offenders under certain conditions, and the requiring from such persons payment of moneys earned by them as reimbursement for expenditures for support of their dependents.
Judicial, Public expenditures, Employment and labor, Debt, Custody of children

Chapter 689

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-76, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers and duties of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, its president and other officers, professors, instruction and regulations.
Education, Property, Public officers

Chapter 690

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.67 of the Code of Virginia, relating to changes, corrections, adjustments and refunds in connection with the retirement system.
Amendments, Pensions

Chapter 691

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-b of Chapter 161 of the Acts of Assembly of 1926, approved March 17, 1926, which was continued in effect by § 21-120 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sanitary districts in certain counties, so as to grant certain powers to counties taking over sewerage systems.
Public expenditures, Utilities, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 692

An Act to amend and reenact § 88.1-542 of the Code of Virginia, which deals with insurance policies issued by mutual assessment con
Amendments, Business

Chapter 693

An Act to make it unlawful to hunt with or shoot any firearm within a distance of 750 yards of a wildlife sanctuary located and maintained within the corporate limits of any city of this State.
Hunting, Wildlife, Law Enforcement

Chapter 694

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 15-16.8, relating to the authority of the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to make donations to Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated.
Amendments, Charity, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 695

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-194.2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment of additional judges and clerks of election in certain counties and cities.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 696

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-822.1, relating to vocational rehabilitation.
Amendments, Employment and labor, Healthcare, Education

Chapter 697

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-888.2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from household goods carriers act.
Transportation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 698

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-842, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to weighing vehicles suspected of being one en
Transportation, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Business

Chapter 699

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-80.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to recording evidence in felony cases, so as to allow certain defendants to have transcript of evidence with costs to be paid by the Commonwealth.
Judicial

Chapter 700

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-204, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to power of counties to regulate traffic.
Judicial, Municipal charters
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