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1872/1873

Laws in Volume
Displaying 201 - 300 of 389

Chapter 206

An ACT to Enable the Trustees of Mount Tabor Church, in Augusta County, and their Successors in Office, to receive and hold a Bequest under the will of Margaret Cale, deceased,
Charity, Religious Institutions, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 207

An ACT to Authorize the Issue of Certificates of State Debt to the Executors of Jacquelin P. Taylor for Principal and Interest on certain Lost Coupon Bonds.
Debt, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 208

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Board of Public Works to Audit the Claim of Cock & Collier for Work done on the Danville and Wytheville Turnpike.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 209

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Public Works to Sell the State’s Interest in the Upper Appomattox Company.
Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 210

An ACT Providing for the Preservation of Historical Papers
Libraries, Public expenditures

Chapter 211

An ACT to Incorporate the Green Hill Cemetery of N. T. Stephensburg, Frederick County, Virginia.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Death and burial, Property, Public officers

Chapter 212

An ACT to Increase the Capital Stock of the Petersburg Gas Light Company.
Utilities

Chapter 213

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 38 of Chapter 57 of the Code of 1860, as to the pleading of Usury by Chartered Companies.
Amendments, Business, Debt

Chapter 214

An ACT Incorporating the Woodstock and Wardensville Turnpike Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 215

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 1st and 2nd Section: of the 169th Chapter of the Code of 1860, as Amended by the 12tk Chapter of the Acts of 1803-’4, and by the 18th Chapter of the Acts of 1864-’5, Prescribing the Courts in which Legal Proceedings are Commenced.
Judicial, Amendments, Property

Chapter 216

An ACT to Amend and Ke-enact the 5th Section of the 172d Chapter of the Code of Virginia, edition 1860, in relation to Special Pleas of Set-off.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 217

JOINT RESOLUTION Memorializing Congress to Donate Public Lands for Public Free Schools in Virginia.
Education

Chapter 218

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the Preservation of the Original Draft of the Ordinance of Secession adopted by the Convention of Virginia, April, 1861.
Confederate

Chapter 219

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 3 of an Act passed March 3, 1866, providing for Adjustment of Liabilities arising under Contracts and Wills made between 1st day of January, 1862, and the 10th day of April, 1865.
Amendments, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 220

An ACT to Provide for the Valuation of Life Insurance Policies
Business, Public officers

Chapter 221

An ACT to Authorize Counties, Cities, Towns and Townships to Endorse the Bonds of the Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 222

An ACT to enable the Trustees of the Massanutton Presbyterian Church, near Cross Keys, Rockingham County, Virginia, to Receive and Hold a Bequest under the Will of Ann Davisson, deceased.
Charity, Religious Institutions

Chapter 223

An ACT to Repeal the 60th and 61st Sections of an Act entitled 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

Chapter 224

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first and fifth Sections of the Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Virginia and Northwestern Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 225

An ACT for the Relief of Ann Sipe, of Lickinghole Township, in Goochland County.
Debt, Public officers, Property, Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 226

An ACT for the Relief of the Representatives of William Debusk, deceased, as one of the Sureties of Leonidas Love, Executor of Solomon G. Barrick, deceased.
Charity, Education, Inheritance and succession, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 227

An ACT Continuing the Powers of the Trustees of the Gloucester Charity School, and Authorizing the Funds under their control to be Appropriated to the use of the Poor of Gloucester County, and Repealing the Act on that Subject, approved March 31st, 1871.
Charity

Chapter 228

An ACT to Provide for the Publication of the New Edition of the Code of Virginia
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 229

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act to Amend and Re-enact the 2d Section of an Act entitled an Act to Regulate the Taking of Fish for the Purpose of Manufacturing Oil or Manure
Fishing, Agriculture, Public expenditures

Chapter 230

An ACT to Provide for the Payment of the Amount due from the State on account of her Subscription to the Saltville and Laurel Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 231

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 63 of Chapter 385 of Acts of 1871-'72, as to Collection of Tax on Coupons.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 232

An ACT to Extend the time for the Completion of its Road by the Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad Company, to Provide for Constructing a Branch and Extension of said Road, and to Prescribe what may be Done to Complete same in case of Forfeiture Incurred by said Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 233

An ACT to Authorize the Common Council of the Town of Danville to Borrow Money.
Budget, Bonds, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 234

An ACT to Amend Sections 4, 23 and 25 of an Act in Relation to Working the Roads in Loudoun County.
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 235

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 7th Section of an Act approved April 2nd, 1870, to Provide for Dividing the several Counties of this State into Townships.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting

Chapter 236

An ACT to Authorize an Artificial Arm, or Commutation therefor, to be Issued to Moses Cavanaugh.
Armed forces, Civil Rights, Noncitizens, Public officers

Chapter 237

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section one of Chapter fifteen of the Code, as Amended and Re-enacted by an Act approved November 1st, 1870, in Relation to the Times of Meeting of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 238

An ACT for the Relief of A. W. Vaughan, Collector of Francisco Township, in Buckingham County, in the year 1871.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 239

An Act for the Relief of John Pollard, of King and Queen County.
Public officers

Chapter 240

An ACT to Regulate the Working of the Roads of Rockbridge and Lee Counties
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 241

An ACT to Incorporate the Nansemond and Norfolk County Turnpike Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 242

An ACT in Relation to the Records of Alexandria County.
Judicial, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 243

JOINT RESOLUTIONS Expressing the Concurrence of the General Assembly in the Governor's Recommendation of the Assumption of the Debts of the several States by the Federal Government.
Debt

Chapter 244

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 7th Section of the 170th Chapter of the Code of 1860 in relation to the Service of Process or Notice to a Corporation.
Business, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 245

An ACT in Reference to Certain Bonds and Recognizances.
Bonds, Judicial

Chapter 246

An ACT to Authorize the Second Auditor to Issue Duplicates of certain Warrants on the Treasury Lost or Destroyed before Payment.
Public expenditures, Bonds, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 247

An ACT to Establish the Seals and Flags of the Commonwealth.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 248

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of the Town of Manchester to issue Bonds for Improvements in said Town.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 249

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act to Amend an Act passed the 29th of May, 1852, 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, approved July 11th, 1870; to Provide for the Election of Certain Officers by the Town Council.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 250

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Directors of the Western Lunatic Asylum to Convey a certain lot or parcel of Land to William B. Kayser, of the City of Staunton.
Healthcare, Public officers

Chapter 251

AN ACT to Incorporate the Richmond and Fair Oaks Turnpike Company, in the County of Henrico.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 252

An ACT to Authorize the Issue of Land Warrants for Small Quantities in Lieu of Warrants Heretofore Issued for Large Quantities
Property

Chapter 253

An ACT to Incorporate the Dismal Swamp Lumber Company.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Transportation

Chapter 254

An ACT to Authorize the Town of Manchester to Construct a Free Bridge over James River.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Property, Municipal charters, Budget

Chapter 255

An ACT to Authorize County Courts to Declare Water Courses Lawful Fences.
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 256

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first, second, third, fourth and eighth Sections of an Act entitled an Act to Amend the Charter of the Richmond and Lynchburg Railroad Company, approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy, so as to Change the Name of the said Company and Extend the Time within which it may Commence and Complete the said Railroad.
Transportation, Business, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 257

An ACT to Authorize the County School Board of Elizabeth City County to Borrow Money for the Purpose of Erecting a High School in the Town of Hampton.
Education, Budget, Bonds

Chapter 258

An ACT to Amend the Ist, 4th and 7th Sections of an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Burkeville, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Railroad Company
Amendments, Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 259

An ACT to make James River a Lawful Fence in the County
Fence Laws, Property, Transportation

Chapter 260

An ACT for the Protection of Fish in Jackson’s and Cowpasture Rivers and their Tributaries, from the Junction of said Rivers to the Boundary Line between the Counties of Bath and Highland.
Fishing

Chapter 261

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Authorize the Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company to Acquire and Sell Lands
Transportation, Property, Bonds

Chapter 262

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Seventeen of an Act approved March 21, 1871, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Liberty, in the County of Bedford, and to Add to said Charter Sections 24, 25, 26 27 and 28.
Amendments, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Vagrancy, Alcohol, Gambling

Chapter 263

An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section eight, Chapter one hundred and eighty-six of the Code of Virginia, as Amended and Re-enacted by Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the Session Acts
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 264

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the second Section of an Act approved March 22d, 1871, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Blacksburg, in the County of Montgomery.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 265

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section two of Chapter eighty of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, in Relation to Funds from Gifts, Grants, Devises and Bequests.
Amendments, Education, Equality before the law

Chapter 266

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 6, 10 and 11 of an Act approved the 5th day of February, 1873, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Richmond Building and Improvement Company, and to Repeal the 5th Section of said Act.
Amendments, Bonds, Business, Municipal charters, Transportation, Public officers, Utilities

Chapter 267

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Supervisors for Craig County to Contract for Keeping in Repair so much of Price’s Turnpike Road as lies in said County.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 268

An ACT to Establish and Incorporate the Tazewell County Agricultural and Mechanical Society and to Appoint a Police for the same
Agriculture, Business, Public officers, Recreation

Chapter 269

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section one of an Act entitled an Act to Provide for a New Charter for the Town of Charlottesville
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Property

Chapter 270

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 33 of Chapter 184 of the Code of Virginia (edition 1860), and to Provide for a more Economical Mode of Transportation of Convicts to the Penitentiary.
Amendments, Prisons, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Transportation

Chapter 271

An ACT to Authorize the Leesburg and Aldie Turnpike Company to Issue Preferred Stock.
Transportation, Business

Chapter 272

An ACT to Incorporate the Manchester Railway and Land Improvement Company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Bonds

Chapter 273

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of the Parsonage Pro-
Charity, Religious Institutions, Debt, Property

Chapter 274

An ACT to Authorize the County Court of Norfolk County to appoint Commissioners to divide the Roads of the various Townships in said County into Convenient Road Districts, and to Contract Annu-ally for keeping in repair the Public Roads in said County.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 275

An ACT to set apart the Revenue received for Public Free School purposes, and to apply the same to the support of the Public Free Schools of the State.
Education, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 276

An ACT to Authorize the Corporate Authorities of the Town of Liberty to borrow Money.
Bonds, Budget, Business, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 277

AN ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Richmond, Virginia, to Execute Deeds of Trust.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 278

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Governor to Appoint Commissioners from Virginia to the Vienna Exposition
Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 279

An Act to Amend the fifty-eighth Section of the Act passed at the Present Session of the General Assembly, entitled an Act for the Preservation of Oysters and to Obtain a Revenue for the Privilege of taking them Within the Waters of the Commonwealth.
Agriculture, Fence Laws, Public expenditures

Chapter 281

An ACT to Amend Sections 4 and 5 of an Act of the General Assembly approved March 6th, 1871, entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Dublin, in the County of Pulaski
Amendments, Business, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Utilities

Chapter 282

An ACT to Authorize the Revocation of Subscriptions to the Valley Railroad Company, and the Transfer of the same on Certain Conditions.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 283

An ACT to Incorporate the Woodstock and Lost River Turnpike Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 284

An ACT to Provide Compensation to the Sheriff of the City of Richmond for Attending the Special Court of Appeals, the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, and the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 285

An ACT Authorizing the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia to Expend a Certain sum of Money.
Education, Public expenditures, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 286

An ACT to Incorporate the Danville and New River Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 287

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Aet for the Protection of Fish in the Roanoke River West of the Bedford Line
Fishing

Chapter 288

An ACT Declaring Certain Parts of the Chickahominy River
Transportation, Public officers, Public spaces, Alcohol, Amendments

Chapter 290

An Act to Authorize the Trustees of Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Danville, to borrow Money.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 291

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the City of Richmond.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 292

An ACT to Authorize the County of Surry to Borrow Money to Rebuild the Jail Recently Destroyed by Fire.
Jails, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 293

AN ACT to Authorize the City of Richmond to Contribute to the Building of a Railroad from Keysville to Clarksville.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Industry

Chapter 294

An ACT Authorizing the Board of Education to Fund the Bonds of Virginia Belonging to the Literary Fund.
Budget, Bonds, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 295

An ACT to Incorporate the Danville and Franklin Railroad Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 296

An ACT to Amend the first Section of an Act Approved March 25th, 1871, entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact the first and second Sections of an Act, passed February 3d, 1866, entitled an Act to Require a Deposit of Securities to be made by Foreign Insurance Companies doing business in this State.
Amendments, Business, Public officers, Property

Chapter 297

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act approved March 13th, 1872, entitled an Act for the Relief of the late Sheriffs of Pittsylvania County.
Taxation, Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 298

An ACT to Amend the 39th Section of Chapter 441 of Acts 1869-’70, in Relation to Commissioner of Roads.
Transportation, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 299

An ACT for the Encouragement of Immigration.
Agriculture, Industry, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 300

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 26 of Chapter 57, Goda of 1860, in Relation to Certificates of Stock.
Business, Bonds, Amendments

Chapter 301

Joint Resolutions Proposing Amendments to Sections one, two, three and four of the seventh Article of the Constitution of this Commonwealth in Relation to County Organization, for Publishing said Amendments and Certifying the same to the next General Assembly.
Amendments, Public officers, Education, Property, Judicial

Chapter 302

An ACT to Incorporate Land Companies in the respective Counties in the State of Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 303

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 3, Chapter 48, Code of 1860, as Amended by an Act approved March 18th, 1872, in Relation to the Compensation of Justices of the Peace.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 304

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section one of an Act passed February 2d, 1865, entitled an Act to Authorize Express and other Transportation Companies to sell Unclaimed Freights.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 305

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act Increasing the Powers of the Trustees of the Town of Falmouth, in the County of Stafford.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 306

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of Lodge No. 1303, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, to Execute a Deed in Trust
Charity, Debt, Property

Chapter 307

An ACT Authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Elizabeth City County to Borrow Money to Rebuild the Court-house of said County, Destroyed by Fire during the late War.
Public expenditures, Judicial, Bonds, Property, Budget
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