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1872/1873

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 104

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first Section of an Act approved March 25th, 1871, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact the Ist and 4th Sections of an Act entitled an Act to Authorize the City of Norfolk to Construct Water Works for the use of the People of said Oity, passed January 14th, 1867.
Utilities, Public expenditures, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 105

An ACT to Authorize James Duncan and others to Erect a Pier Head in Ware River, in the County of Gloucester.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 106

An ACT to Repeal an Act passed May 19th, 1852, entitled an Act to Provide for the Election of Certain Officers of the City of Norfolk by the Qualified Voters thereof.
Repeal of legislation, Voting, Municipal charters

Chapter 107

An ACT to Incorporate the United States Gold and Silver Amalgamating Company of Virginia.
Incorporation, Industry, Business

Chapter 108

An ACT to Incorporate the American Lithographic Stone Company of Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Property

Chapter 109

An ACT Refunding Tax Erroneously Assessed on the Union Lead Mine Company.
Taxation, Industry

Chapter 110

JOINT RESOLUTIONS in Regard to the Centennial Celebration and International Exhibition.
Amendments, Business, Public officers, Recreation

Chapter 111

An ACT to Authorize the Formation of the Virginia Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company.
Business, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 112

An ACT for the Protection of Fish in Smith’s River, in the County of Henry.
Fishing, Wildlife, Public expenditures, Education

Chapter 113

An ACT to Amend the first Section of an Act entitled An Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act to Authorize the Circuit Courts of the Commonwealth to Grant Charters of Incorporation, and to Repeal Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Chapter 65, and Section 54 of Chapter 57, of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860)
Incorporation

Chapter 114

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Public Works to Transfer the Junction Valley Turnpike to the Counties Through which it Passes.
Transportation

Chapter 115

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the third Section of the Act passed July 9th, 1870, Incorporating the Fairfax County Narrow Gauge Elevated Railroad Company.
Transportation, Industry, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 116

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist Section of the Act passed March 4th, 1872, Amending and Re-enacting the Act passed July 11th, 1870, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Potomac and Manassas Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 117

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section three of an Act passed January 13th, 1831, entitled an Act Incorporating the Danville Female Academy.
Education, Charity, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 118

An ACT to Authorize the Liberty and Rocky Mount Narrow Gauge Railroad Company to Extend its Road from Rocky Mount to the North Carolina Line.
Transportation

Chapter 119

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section fourteen of Chapter one hundred and thirty of the Code of 1860, as Amended, in Relation to Property not to be Sold by Personal Representative.
Property, Death and burial, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 120

An ACT giving the Consent of this State to the Purchase by the United States of Two Tracts of Land in the Counties of Henrico and Hanover, to be used for Military Cemeteries, and Exempting the same from State and County Taxes.
Cemeteries, Armed forces, Taxation

Chapter 121

An ACT to Encourage Donations to the University of Virginia and to Constitute the State of Virginia the Trustee thereof.
Education, Public expenditures, Charity, Amendments, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 122

An ACT to Authorize the Common Council of Petersburg to Issue Bonds of the City, to the Amount of Forty Thousand Dollars, for Public School Purposes.
Bonds, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 123

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Present Session of the General Assembly
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 124

JOINT RESOLUTIONS in relation to the Death of General Edward Johnson.
Death and burial, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 125

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Louisa, in Louisa County.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 126

JOINT RESOLUTIONS to Authorize the Board of Public Works to Receive the Amount Due by the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad Company, and to Extend the Time for the Completion of the Washington and Ohio Railroad to the Town of Winchester
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 127

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 12, Chapter 170 of the Code, as Amended by the Act passed January 8th, 1867, in relation to the Time when a Case may be Tried after Order of Publication.
Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 128

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 41 of an Act entitled an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of County Officers
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 130

An ACT to Declare Hardware River, in Fluvanna County, a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 131

An ACT to Incorporate the Hunter Woodis Club of Norfolk.
Incorporation, Libraries, Business

Chapter 132

An ACT to Repeal the Act entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 12 of Chapter 34 of Code of 1860, in relation to certain Debts due the Virginia Military Institute, approved March 4th, 1871, and to Re enact the said Section of the said Chapter of the Code.
Amendments, Armed forces, Education, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 133

An ACT to Protect Fish in the Clinch River from the Line of Scott County to the Tazewell County Line.
Fishing, Agriculture

Chapter 135

An ACT to Amend Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 254, Acts of 1855-'56, passed December 20th, 1855, in relation to the Town of Upperville
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 136

An ACT to Authorize the Issue of Duplicate Land Warrants, &c., where the Originals have been Lost or Destroyed.
Property, Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 137

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Chapter 62 of the Acts of 1871-72, approved February 2d, 1872, entitled an Act Authorizing the Collection of the Unpaid Taxes of the County of Orange for the Years 1868 and 1869.
Taxation

Chapter 138

An ACT Declaring Smith’s River in the County of Henry a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 139

JOINT RESOLUTION Giving the Consent of the State of Virginia to the Berlin Bridge Company to build a Bridge across the Potomac River at Berlin.
Transportation

Chapter 140

An ACT Declaring a Portion of Smith’s Creek and Cohoon’s Creek a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 141

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of Chapter 120 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1860, as Amended and Re-enacted by the Act approved January 14th, 1873, in relation to Notaries Public.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 142

An ACT to Incorporate the Masonic Relief Association of the City of Norfolk.
Amendments, Charity, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 143

An Act to Authorize the Trustees of Hamilton Lodge, No. 37, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, to Borrow Money for the Purpose of Erecting a Masonic Hall.
Charity, Fraternal organizations, Public officers, Property

Chapter 144

An ACT to Incorporate the Trustees of the Presbyterian Committee of Publication.
Religious Institutions, Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 145

An ACT to Authorize the Corporate Authorities of Winchester and the Supervisors of Frederick County to Subscribe to the Capital Stock of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society.
Agriculture

Chapter 146

An ACT Authorizing the Governor to Appoint a State Assayer and Chemist.
Agriculture

Chapter 147

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 5 and 13 of the Act in force March 22d, 1872, Entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact Certain Acts in Relation to the Town of Fincastle, in the County of Botetourt, and to Extend the Corporate Limits of said Town.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Jails

Chapter 148

AN ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section four of Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-five of the Code of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty, in Relation to the Maintenance of Illegitimate Children.
Amendments, Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Jails, Public expenditures

Chapter 149

An ACT to Incorporate the Franklin Toll Bridge across Staunton River, in the Counties of Campbell and Halifax.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 150

An ACT Declaring and Prescribing what Fees a Justice of the Peace may Charge for Services Connected with the Trial of Warrants for Small Claims.
Judicial, Public officers, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 151

An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia Coal Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Property

Chapter 152

An ACT to Provide a New Charter for the City of Portsmouth.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Property, Taxation, Healthcare, Public spaces, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Cemeteries, Death and burial

Chapter 153

An ACT for the Relief of Edgar Allan, of Farmville, Prince Edward County.
Gambling

Chapter 154

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Seven of an Act in force March 26th, 1872, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Old Dominion Construction Company.
Amendments, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 155

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 5th Section of an Act, in force March 20, 1872, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact Sections 4 and 5 of the Act relating to Fences and for the Protection of Crops, passed January 26th, 1866,
Agriculture

Chapter 156

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of William M. Hume, deceased, late Sheriff of Fauquier County.
Public officers, Debt, Bonds, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 157

An ACT to Incorporate the Masonic Relief and Banking Association
Amendments, Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 158

An ACT Giving the Consent of the State for the Purchase by the United States of Land within this State for the Erection of Light Houses
Public expenditures, Property, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 159

An ACT to Amend Section 81 of an Act approved March 19th, 1872, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act prescribing the Duties and Compensation of certain Township Officers, approved July 11th, 1870, and Acts amendatory thereof.
Budget, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 160

An ACT Requiring the Joint Committee for the Norfolk County Ferries to Report and make Annual Settlements.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Municipal charters

Chapter 161

An ACT to Amend an Act passed February 19th, 1861, enti-
Children -- Institutional care, Religious Institutions, Incorporation

Chapter 162

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act Providing for the Re-assessment of Lands in the Commonwealth, Passed February 1, 1872, so as to Enable those Counties in the State which Failed to Avail themselves of the Provisions of said Act to do so.
Amendments, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 163

An ACT to Amend Section 3, Chapter 16, Code of Virginia of 1860, in Reference to the time when the Acts of the General Assembly shall take effect.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 164

An ACT to Amend the 7th Section of an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Gordonsville and Chester's Gap Railroad Company, Approved March 15, 1871.
Transportation, Incorporation, Industry

Chapter 165

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections sixty-three and seventy-seven of an Act entitled An Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of Certain Township Officers
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers, Taxation, Employment and labor, Municipal charters

Chapter 166

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 5 of an Act entitled an Act to Prescribe the Times for Holding the Circuit Courts of the State
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 167

An ACT to Admit Persons over Twenty-one Years of Age into the Public Free Schools on Payment of Tuition Fees.
Education

Chapter 168

An ACT to Authorize the County Court of Amherst County to Declare James River, or the James River and Kanawha Canal, or any Part of either, a Lawful Fence within the Limits of said County.
Agriculture, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 169

An ACT to Provide for the Payment of Interest on the Public Debt.
Debt, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 170

An ACT Declaring Thornton’s River a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 171

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections five and ten of an Act passed January 20th, 1866, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Johnston Insurance Company of Danville, Virginia.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 172

JOINT RESOLUTION Instructing the Attorney-General to Inquire whether any Dividends were Due the State on Stock held by the State in the Petersburg and Roanoke Railroad Company before the Date
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 173

ACT to Incorporate Henderson Lodge, No. 105, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, situated in the Town of Manchester.
Fraternal organizations, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 174

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Approved March 23, 1872, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact the ninth Section of the Act approved March 31st, 1871, to Incorporate the Richmond and Henrico Railroad, Turnpike and Graded Road Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 175

An ACT to Authorize the Sureties of James S. Barksdale, as late Sheriff of Albemarle, to Discharge the Judgment against them in Favor of the Commonwealth with the Bonds of the Commonwealth.
Bonds, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 176

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of H. G. Wax, Township Collector in the Estillville Township, Scott County.
Public expenditures

Chapter 177

An ACT for the Relief of William E. Grigsby, of King George County.
Budget, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 178

An ACT for the Relief Thomas A. and W. R. Bryan.
Amendments, Business, Taxation

Chapter 179

An ACT for the Relief of John W. Myers, of Highland County.
Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 180

An ACT to Prevent the Placing of Obstructions in Sycamore Creek, in the County of New Kent.
Property, Wildlife

Chapter 181

An ACT to Protect Butter and Cheese Manufacturers
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 182

An ACT to Re-enact an Act concerning an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Incorporating the Cottage Toll Bridge Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 183

An ACT to Incorporate the Young Men’s Hebrew Benevolent Society, of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Incorporation, Charity, Education

Chapter 184

An ACT to Authorize the Guardian of John P. Boyd, ai Infant, to Convey certain Real Estate belonging to said Infant in th: State of Alabama.
Property, Business, Incorporation, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 185

An ACT to Incorporate the Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company.
Business, Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 186

An ACT to Prohibit Obstructions to the Fisheries in Chesapeake Bay, Lynn Haven Bay, or Willoughby’s Bay, from Cape Henry to Sewell’s Point.
Fishing

Chapter 187

An ACT to Amend the 1st Section of Chapter 115 of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), as Amended by Chapter 203 of an Act passed February 16th, 1867, in Relation to Aliens.
Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 188

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact the 11th Section of Chapter 188 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to Debtor's Estate.
Debt, Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 189

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 6, 14 and 27 of an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Norfolk
Municipal charters, Public officers, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 190

An ACT to Amend the 3d Section of Chapter 188 of the Code of 1860, relative to the Mode of Enforcing Recoveries of Money on Executions.
Amendments, Debt, Employment and labor, Property

Chapter 191

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 13, Chapter 127, of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1860), and to Extend the Powers of Circuit Courts in relation to the Estates of Infants.
Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Property, Judicial

Chapter 192

An ACT to Prevent the Seduction of Females, and Amending and Re-enacting the 16th Section of Chapter 191, in reference to the Abduction of Females.
Amendments, Civil Rights, Marriage, Property, Judicial

Chapter 193

An ACT to Amend the Act in force February 7th, 1872, in relation to the Investment of the Proceeds arising from the Sale of the Land Scrip donated by Congress to Virginia.
Education, Amendments, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 194

An ACT directing the Board of Public Works to Sell the State’s Interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 195

An ACT supplemental to an Act to Appropriate the Income arising from the Proceeds of the Land Scrip accruing to Virginia under Act of Congress of July 2d, 1862, and an Act amendatory thereof, approved March 10th, 1872.
Agriculture, Education, Budget, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 196

An ACT authorizing a Majority of the Living Trustees of the Baptist Church and Congregation at Orange Courthouse, Virginia, to Sell and execute a Deed to the Lot in the Village of Orange Courthouse upon which their Church formerly stood, and to Apply the Purchase Money in the Erection of a New House of Worship.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 197

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first Section of an Act approved April 2nd, 1870, to District the State for County Judges
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 198

An ACT to Incorporate the Richmond and Henrico Turnpike Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 199

An ACT to Incorporate the Suffolk Lumber Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Property, Transportation

Chapter 200

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section twenty-four of the Act approved May eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled an Act to Provide for a General Election.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 201

An ACT to Authorize the Division of Speedwell School District, in the County of Wythe, into two School Districts.
Education

Chapter 202

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 1 of an Act passed April 27th, 1867, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Planters and Mechanics Insurance Company of Danville, and to Change its Name to the Danville Banking and Insurance Company.
Amendments, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 203

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of Bath County to Borrow Money to Vefray the Cost of Erecting a Bridge over the Cowpasture River.
Budget, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 204

An ACT to Authorize the Corporate Authorities of Winchester to Borrow Money.
Budget, Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 205

An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section seventy-two of an Act entitled an Act to Provide for a General Election, approved May 11th, 1870.
Voting, Legislative Amendments
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