Loading...

1874/1875

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 360

Chapter 105

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Longdale Iron Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry

Chapter 106

An ACT prescribing the Times for Holding the Courts of the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuits.
Judicial

Chapter 107

An ACT to incorporate The Town of Hamilton, in the County of Loudoun.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Law Enforcement, Alcohol

Chapter 108

An ACT to confirm a Law passed by the Legislature of North Carolina, entitled an Act to incorporate The Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad Company, ratified the 20th day of January, 1870, and an Act supplemental thereto, ratified the 24th day of January, 1872.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 109

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 24 of chapter 40 of the Code of 1878, in relation to the Auditor’s Powers as to Claims in favor of the Commonwealth.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 110

An ACT to give the Circuit Courts exclusive Jurisdiction of Motions for Recovery of Money on Appeal Bonds taken in the County Courts.
Judicial, Bonds

Chapter 111

An ACT to authorize the Washington and Ohio Railroad Company to Issue Certificates of Indebtedness in Payment of Claims against the Company.
Business, Bonds, Transportation

Chapter 112

An ACT to repeal chapter 121 of the Code of 1878, in relation to the Maintenance of Illegitimate Children.
Children -- Institutional care, Divorce, Legislative Amendments, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 113

An ACT for the Relief of John N. A. Griswold
Property, Taxation

Chapter 114

An ACT for the relief of the Sureties of A. S. Modesitt, late Treasurer of Page County.
Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 115

JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for the Assessment of Property for Taxation for the year 1875.
Taxation

Chapter 116

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Act approved January 20th, 1875, entitled an Act for Extending the time for the Collection of Taxes and County and Township Levies for the year 1874.
Taxation, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 117

An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of Lebanon Township, in Russell County.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 118

JOINT RESOLUTION memorializing the Congress of the United States for an Appropriation to Deepen the Waters in the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.
Transportation

Chapter 119

An ACT to authorize the Episcopal Female Institute at Winchester to Berrow Moncey.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 120

An ACT to provide Artificial Limbs for Soldiers Maimed
Armed forces, Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 121

An ACT for the Appointment of Directors and Proxies for the States of Virginia and West Virginia in the Cross-Road and Summit Point Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Public officers, Business, Amendments

Chapter 122

An ACT to amend and re-enact the seventh section of chapter 61, Code of 1873, in relation to Turnpikes.
Transportation, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 123

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 17, 23, and 24 of the Act, approved March 28, 1871, providing a New Charter for the Town of Charlottesville.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 124

An ACT to prevent the Carrying of Fire-Arms, Bowie-Knives, and other Dangerous Weapons to places of Public Worship or on Sundays, without sufficient cause.
Armed forces, Law Enforcement, Public spaces

Chapter 125

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Congress of the United States to make an Appropriation to the Dismal Swamp Canal.
Transportation

Chapter 126

An ACT to repeal sections 47, 48, 49, 50, and 51 of the Code, 1873, in relation to Fishing in Clinch River.
Fishing

Chapter 127

An ACT to amend the twenty-cighth section of chapter 100, Code of 1878, and to repeal an Act, approved April 30, 1874, with reference to the Destruction of Fish in the North Pork of Holston River.
Fishing, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 128

An ACT to incorporate The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Manassas
Cemeteries, Confederate, Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 129

JOINT RESOLUTION to extend the Present Session of the General Assembly
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 130

An ACT to release Certain Purchasers of the DeTubeuf Lands, in the County of Wise, from the Payment of Interest from January 1, 1862, to January 1, 1872, inclusive.
Property, Amendments

Chapter 131

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

Chapter 132

An ACT to amend and re-enact second section of an Act entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Chatham, in Pittsylvania County.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Education, Segregation, Cemeteries

Chapter 133

An ACT for the Relief otf William W. Sage, late Sheriff of Lee County, and his Securities.
Debt, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 134

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Town of Suffolk.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 135

An ACT to incorporate the Saint Joseph Lodge, 1382, of the Grand United Order of Odd-Fellows, in the City of Petersburg.
Incorporation, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 136

An ACT to incorporate The Masonic Temple Association of the City of Petersburg.
Incorporation, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 137

An ACT to incorporate The Boader Grange Bank.
Business, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 138

An ACT to Protect Sheep in the County of Botetourt.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures, Taxation, Voting

Chapter 139

An ACT for the Encouragement of Land Purchasers and actual Settlers in Virginia, and to repeal an Act approved March 29, 1878, entitled an Act for the Encourgement of Immigation.
Agriculture, Industry, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 140

An ACT to authorize the Formation of Partnership Associations in which the Capital subscribed shall alone be responsible for the Debts of such Association, except under certain circumstances.
Business

Chapter 141

An ACT to incorporate the Town of Glade Spring, in the County of Washington.
Incorporation, Boundaries, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 142

An ACT to allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to ap- point a Special Collector in the City of Norfolk, of the Uncollected ax Tickets for 1872.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 143

An ACT to prescribe the Times for Holding the Courts of
Judicial

Chapter 144

An ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church (North) at Staunton, to sell a Portion of their Real Es- tate.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 145

An ACT to incorporate The Staunton River Savings Bank,
Business

Chapter 146

An ACT to incorporate The Virginia Land and Immigration Society.
Incorporation, Business, Property

Chapter 147

An ACT for the Protection of Emory and Henry College during its Commencement Exercises, and to provide a Temporary Police for said College.
Alcohol, Education, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 148

An ACT Declaring South Anna River, in the County of Louisa, a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 149

An ACT to incorporate the Odd Fellows Relief and Library Association, of the City of Staunton.
Incorporation, Libraries, Charity

Chapter 150

An ACT to incorporate The Jackson Memorial Association.
Incorporation, Monuments and memorials, Charity

Chapter 151

An ACT to authorize the Return of thirty-five dollars to William B. Kayser, of Staunton, Virginia, for Taxes Erroneously Assessed and Collected of him.
Taxation

Chapter 152

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Valley Union Education Society of Virginia, and to Change the Name thereof to Hollins Institute, and to Legalize the Acts and Proceedings of the Trustees of Hollins Institute.
Education, Amendments, Charity

Chapter 153

An ACT to provide for the Election and Qualification of County Officers.
Public officers, Judicial, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 155

An ACT for the relief of Henry A. Crump, of Alexandria City.
Amendments, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 156

An ACT to amend and re-enact the fifth section of chapter 141 of the Code of 1873, in reference to Protest of Notes.
Amendments, Business, Debt

Chapter 157

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 10 of Chapter 84 of Code of Virginia, edition of 18738, in Reference to the Propagation of Small-Pox.
Healthcare, Public officers, Death and burial

Chapter 158

An ACT to provide for determining the respective terms of office of the several Members of the City Council of the City of Manchester.
Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 159

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 36, Chapter 172, Code of 1873, in relation to Notices for taking Depositions.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 160

An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars of the State of Virginia.
Incorporation, Charity, Alcohol

Chapter 161

An ACT to incorporate the Town of Waterford, in Loudoun County.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Property, Voting, Law Enforcement, Civil Rights

Chapter 162

An ACT to incorporate the Town Hall and Temperance Lodge Relief Association of the Town of Fincastle.
Incorporation, Public officers, Property, Recreation

Chapter 163

An ACT to provide a Charter for the City of Petersburg.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Budget, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Property

Chapter 164

An ACT to incorporate The Norfolk and Princess Anne Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 165

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 162 of the Code of 1873, in relation to Printing the Reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 166

An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of York River Lodge, No. 42, Knights of Pythias.
Incorporation, Charity, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 167

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Courts of the Counties of Charles City and Albemarle, which have charge of the Marriage License Bond of Thomas Jefferson, and the Will of Thaddeus Kosciusko, to transfer those Documents to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, for preservation among the Historical Documents in the State Library.
Marriage, Inheritance and succession, Public officers

Chapter 168

An ACT to incorporate the Royal Arch Masons’ Hall and Library Association of Farmville, Virginia.
Charity, Incorporation, Libraries, Public spaces, Amendments

Chapter 169

An ACT for tho Relief of Philip Timbers, of Culpeper County.
Bonds, Jails, Law Enforcement, Prisons

Chapter 170

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 39 of chapter 49 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an Act approved March 14th, 1874, in reference to Sales under Judgments, Warrants or Decrees, for Debt: contracted prior to April 10th, 1865.
Debt, Bonds, Judicial

Chapter 171

An ACT to incorporate the Pickett’s Harbor Wharf Company, within the limits of the County of Northampton.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 172

An ACT to incorporate The Northern Immigration and Colonizing Association of Virginia.
Agriculture, Business, Charity, Education, Transportation, Property

Chapter 173

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 14 of an Act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
Judicial

Chapter 174

An ACT to repeal an Act passed April 27, 1874, entitled an Act to Provide for Warking the Public Roads in Princess Anne, Charles City and New Kent Counties.
Transportation, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 175

An ACT to establish a new Judicial Circuit, to be known as the Seventeenth, and to alter the First and Eighth Circuits.
Judicial, Property, Agriculture, Taxation

Chapter 177

An ACT to better enable the Principal of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution to Discover, in all parts of the State, the Objects of the Public Charity.
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Education

Chapter 178

An ACT for the Relief of Wm. B. Garrison of Warren
Taxation

Chapter 179

An ACT to limit the Indebtedness of Cities and Towns.
Debt, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 180

An ACT for the Relief of M. C. Miles, Jailor of Lee County
Jails, Prisons, Debt, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 181

An ACT to provide for Working and Keeping in Order the Roads of the Commonwealth.
Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Property, Budget, Public spaces

Chapter 182

An Act to Protect Sheep in the County of Shenandoah
Agriculture, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Wildlife

Chapter 183

An ACT for the Relief of D. P. Gordon, late Collector of Cedar Run Township, in Fauquier County.
Debt, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 184

An ACT requiring Title and Contract for Real Estate, for Public Uses, to be Approved or Disapproved by County Courts.
Property, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 185

An ACT to incorporate The Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 186

An ACT to incorporate The Marion and Jefferson Turnpike in the County of Smyth.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 187

An ACT to incorporate The Lawrenceville Tram-Road Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 188

An ACT to provide for the Protection of Fish in James River.
Fishing, Public spaces, Wildlife, Law Enforcement

Chapter 189

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2 of an Act approved June 8, 1870, entitled an Act to change the name of Fairfax to Culpeper, and Provide a new Charter for the same; and the 6th and 21st Sections of said Act, as amended by an Act approved April 29th, 1874, entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the Town of Culpeper.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Boundaries

Chapter 190

An ACT authorizing the Formation of District Coluniza-tion Boards throughout the Commonwealth.
Bonds, Property

Chapter 191

An ACT to incorporate The Northampton Land Association.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 192

JOINT RESOLUTION amending the Third Article of the Constitution.
Amendments, Civil Rights, Voting

Chapter 193

An ACT to amend the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections, and to repeal the second section of the twenty-third chapter of the Code of 18738, in relation to the Militia.
Armed forces, Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 194

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an Act approved March 25th, 1872, declaring Certain Streams in Charlotte County, to be Highways.
Transportation

Chapter 195

An ACT to pay Henry R. Pollard, Attorney for Archibald Adie, Marion Dawson, and John W. Wright, Sheriff and Administrator of Helen Lennox, deceased, the amount of a Judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Inheritance and succession, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 196

An Act to incorporate The town of Madison, in the County of Madison.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 197

An ACT for the relief of P. J. Holmes, surety for J. Q. A. Barham, late Collector of Berlin and Ivor Township, in the County of Southampton.
Debt, Budget, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 198

An ACT for the Protection of Sheep in the County of Rockingham.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 199

An ACT authorizing Griffin Hoffman of Accomac County, to erect a Wharf on Pungoteague Creek in said County.
Transportation, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 200

An ACT to incorporate The Excelsior Charter and Hall Association of the City of Norfolk.
Incorporation, Business, Public spaces

Chapter 201

An ACT to incorporate The Ladies’ Hebrew Benevolent Association of the City of Richmond.
Charity, Incorporation, Education, Public officers

Chapter 202

An ACT to incorporate Saint Mary’s Benedictine Institute, Richmond, Virginia.
Education, Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 203

An ACT to sell the Commons in the Town of Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 204

An ACT to require Sheep Drovers to Brand or Mark with Paint, their Sheep.
Agriculture

Chapter 205

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of an Act to authorize the Formation of the New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company, approved March 7th, as amended by an Act approved April 2d, 1873.
Amendments, Transportation, Industry, Bonds

Chapter 206

An ACT prescribing General Provisions in relation to Commissioners of the Revenue and the Assessment of Taxes on Persons, Property, Income, Licenses, &c.
Taxation, Budget, Property, Public officers, Business, Employment and labor, Public expenditures, Healthcare
UVA Logo
Copyright © 2025 by the Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia