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1875/1876

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 105

An ACT to confer upon the Worcester Railroad Company, incorporated by the General Assembly of Maryland, certain Corporate Privileges and Immunities to be exercised within the Limits of the State of Virginia.
Incorporation, Property, Taxation

Chapter 106

An ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of an act approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as amended by an act approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to prescribe the Time for Holding the Terms of the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 107

An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section one of an act to incorporate the Greene Humane Society and for other purposes, passed March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 108

An ACT to incorporate the Birmingham Coal and Iron Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 109

An ACT appropriating money for the Extension of the Western and Eastern Lunatic Asylums.
Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 110

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections three and five of an act to incorporate the Albemarle Insurance Company, passed March first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, as amended by an act amending sections three, four, five, and nine of the act incorporating The Albemarle Insurance Company, approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to make further provisions in regard to the Charter of said Company.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 111

An ACT to authorize the Manchester Cotton Mills Company to reduce its Capital Stock.
Business

Chapter 112

An ACT to permit the Richmond City Guard to Uniform themselves in Such Manner as they may Decide.
Armed forces

Chapter 113

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 114

An ACT to incorporate The Southwest Virginia Land, Colonization, and Improvement Company.
Agriculture, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 115

An ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of an act to provide for the Election and Qualification of County Officers, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 116

An ACT to amend an act entitled an Act to Provide for the Organization and Government of the Volunteer Militia of the State, and to Repeal Existing Laws Concerning the Same, approved April the twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, by adding two additional sections.
Armed forces

Chapter 117

An ACT directing the Sale of the State’s Interest in the Thornton’s Gap Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 118

An ACT to change the name of the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad Company to the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad Company.
Transportation

Chapter 119

An ACT to amend the fifteenth section of the act appréved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an act to prescribe the Times for Holding the Circuit Courts, &c.
Judicial

Chapter 120

An ACT to amend and re-enact the tenth section of chapter eighty of the Code, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the University of Virginia.
Education, Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 121

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twelve of an act approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled an act providing a Charter for the City of Manchester.
Municipal charters, Salaries, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 122

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-seven of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine, Sessions Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-two-seventy-three, the title to which act was amended by section one, chapter three hundred and sixteen, Sessions Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-two-seventy-three, to read as follows: An act to amend and re-enact sections twelve and twenty-four of an act Providing a Charter for the City of Norfolk, in force March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to amend and re-enact sections six, fourteen and twenty-seven of the same act, as amended by an act in force March four, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and to repeal sections thirty-nine and forty of said act Providing a Charter for the City of Norfolk, in force March sixteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Public officers, Taxation, Cemeteries

Chapter 124

An ACT to require release of Trust Deed and other obligations to be noted upon the margin of the record of such Deed or obligation.
Property, Public officers

Chapter 125

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections twenty-four and twenty-five of chapter one hundred and eighty, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, with reference to the collection of officers’ fees.
Amendments, Public officers, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 126

An ACT for the protection of Sheep in the counties of Bedford, Fauquier, Wythe, and Botetourt.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 127

An ACT to incorporate the Commercial Bank located in the city of Danville.
Business, Incorporation, Salaries, Public officers, Property

Chapter 128

An ACT to incorporate the Danville Female College in the City of Danville.
Education, Incorporation, Charity, Public officers

Chapter 129

An ACT to amend an act passed March twenty-ninth, eighteen Hundred and forty-eight, entitled an act to Establish the Town of Monterey at the seat of justice for the county of Highland.
Municipal charters

Chapter 130

An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the City of Richmond.
Voting

Chapter 131

An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty-five, chapter two hundred and seventy-three, Session Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one and seventy-two, entitled an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Staunton.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 134

An ACT to authorize Joseph C. Boggs, of Accomac County, to Erect a Wharf on Andua Creek in said County.
Business, Property, Public spaces, Transportation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 135

An ACT to incorporate the Clark county Co-operative Mercantile Company.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 136

An ACT to amend section eight of an act entitled an Act to amend the Charter of the City of Alexandria, approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and providing for submitting the same to the qualified voters of said city.
Amendments, Business, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 138

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act for the Relief of the Securities of Thomas L. Jones, late collector of Beaver Dam Township, Hanover county.
Amendments, Judicial, Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 139

An ACT for the relief of the Virginia Military Institute, and for the protection of the property of the state at said institute.
Education, Budget, Public expenditures, Armed forces, Property

Chapter 140

An ACT declaring Liens on Baggage and Effects of Boarders.
Business, Property

Chapter 141

An ACT to incorporate The Clark County Dairy Association.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 142

An ACT to prevent the taking of Oysters from the oyster bed known as Russ’ Rock, in the Rappahannock river.
Fishing

Chapter 144

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Saint George Episcopal church, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Bonds, Charity

Chapter 145

An ACT to amend and re-enact section sixty-seven, chapter seventy-eight, of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Public Free Schools.
Education, Taxation

Chapter 146

An ACT to incorporate The Ladies Memorial Association of Westmoreland County.
Incorporation, Monuments and memorials, Confederate

Chapter 147

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-three, chapter one hundred, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, with reference to Non-residents Fishing in the Waters of the Commonwealth.
Fishing, Legislative Amendments, Noncitizens

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend and re-enact section four of the act entitled an act to Establish and Incorporate The Augusta County Fair
Amendments, Public expenditures, Religious Institutions

Chapter 149

An ACT to Regulate the Salaries of County Judges
Salaries, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 150

An ACT prescribing the number of votes to which the stockholders of the Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society are entitled in the meetings of the company.
Agriculture, Business, Public officers

Chapter 151

An ACT for the relief of E. B. Holloman, John Lessner, and other sureties of J. P. Hodges, late clerk of the county court of Norfolk county.
Debt, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 152

An ACT incorporating the Virginia Christian Missionary Society.
Religious Institutions, Incorporation, Amendments, Charity

Chapter 153

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for the Removal of Weirs and Hedges in Rappahannock Creek
Amendments, Agriculture, Property, Wildlife

Chapter 154

An ACT to amend the Charter of The Richmond Male Orphan Society.
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 155

An ACT to Incorporate the Brotherhood of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the Diocese of Virginia.
Religious Institutions, Charity

Chapter 156

An ACT to incorporate the Germania Bank of Richmond.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 157

An ACT to amend and re-enact the third section of chapter eighty-nine of the Act of General Assembly, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to authorize the Board of Supervisors for Wythe County to Contract for Keeping in Repair Certain Public Roads in said County.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 158

AN ACT to amend the act approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an act to amend the Charter of the Town of Danville, by the addition of a new section, to come in after section thirty-one of said Charter, as amended by act of the General Assembly, passed December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by the addition of a section to come in after the said new section of said act.
Municipal charters, Utilities

Chapter 159

An ACT to Appropriate Twenty-five Hundred Dollars to Defray Expenses of the Maryland Boundary Line Arbitration.
Boundaries, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 160

An ACT to authorize the Publication of Laws in Nelson and Amherst counties.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 161

An ACT to amend and re-enact the fourteenth, twentieth, forty-fourth and fifty-sixth sections of an act entitled an act prescribing general provisions in relation to commissioners of the revenue, and the assessment of taxes on persons, property, income, licenses, &c.
Amendments, Taxation, Inheritance and succession, Property, Business

Chapter 162

An ACT for the Assessment of Taxes on Persons, Property, Income, Licenses, &c., and Imposing Taxes thereon for the Support of the Government and Free Schools, and to Pay the Interest on the Public Debt.
Taxation, Budget, Business, Public expenditures, Alcohol, Employment and labor, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 163

JOINT RESOLUTION for the Removal from Office of George 8. Stevens, County Judge of Nelson.
Judicial

Chapter 164

An ACT to amend and re-enact the forty-second section of the Act approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled an Act to provide for Working and Keeping in Order the Roads of the Commonwealth.
Transportation

Chapter 165

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-six, chapter thirty-eight of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Delinquent Lands.
Property, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 166

An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of chapter seventy-six, Acts eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled an act to provide for the division of the counties of the commonwealth into Magisterial Districts.
Amendments, Judicial, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 167

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections four, five and nine of chapter two hundred and two of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, as amended by an act approved January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, in regard to juries in criminal cases.
Judicial

Chapter 168

An ACT to repeal section fifty-six of chapter eighty-five of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, relating to the Inspection of Tobacco.
Agriculture

Chapter 169

An ACT making Appropriation for new Heating Apparatus in the Capitol.
Public expenditures, Budget, Utilities

Chapter 170

An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty-three, chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Demurrers and Pleas in Equity.
Judicial

Chapter 171

An ACT to amend and re-enact section three, chapter two hundred and four of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Allowances to Physicians in Criminal Cases.
Healthcare, Jails, Law Enforcement

Chapter 172

An ACT to provide for the Election or Appointment of additional District Officers.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 173

An ACT to ascertain the Basis of Municipal Taxation on Real Estate in Cities and Towns.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 174

An ACT to amend section six, chapter one hundred and twenty-three, Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Guardians, Curators, &c.
Custody of children, Amendments

Chapter 175

An ACT to prevent Obstructions to Travel on Highways and Streets by Railroad Freight Trains.
Transportation

Chapter 176

An ACT to amend an act approved February nineteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the Public Printing.
Budget

Chapter 177

An ACT to amend and re-enact the forty-eighth section of chapter eighty-six of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the Measurement of Commercial and other Manures.
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 178

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an Act approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, for the Relief of Township Creditors.
Amendments, Budget, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 179

An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an Act to amend and re-enact section fourteen of an Act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 180

An ACT to incorporate the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway Company, and to enable the James River and Kanawha Company to Subscribe to the Capital Stock thereof.
Transportation, Business, Debt, Public expenditures, Utilities, Incorporation

Chapter 181

An ACT to Provide for the Registration of the Voters of Wise County.
Voting

Chapter 182

An ACT to authorize the Richmond Light Infantry Blues to adopt a uniform for company purposes in addition to that prescribed by law.
Armed forces, Religious Institutions, Prisons, Transportation, Employment and labor

Chapter 183

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twelve, chapter twenty-one, Code eighteen hundred and seventy-three, in relation to Contributing Members of Volunteer Companies of Militia.
Armed forces

Chapter 184

An ACT to incorporate the Town of Lovettsville, in the County of Loudoun.
Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 185

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section nineteen of chapter seventy-seven of the Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three), concerning the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural aud Mechanical College, and the Board of Curators of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.
Agriculture, Education, Public officers

Chapter 186

An ACT to amend section two, chapter seventy-nine of an act entitled an act incorporating a Company to Construct a Turnpike Road across the Warm Springs Mountain
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 188

An ACT to amend an act.entitled an act to Incorporate a Company to Construct, on the Plan of James 8S. French, a Railroad between Alexandria and Washington City
Incorporation, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 189

An ACT to Incorporate the Portsmouth Water Company.
Incorporation, Business, Municipal charters, Bonds

Chapter 190

An ACT to define and set forth the Corporate Rights, Franchises, Privileges and Obligations of the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad Company, and to grant Additional Franchises to said Company.
Transportation

Chapter 191

An ACT to permit the Qualified Voters of Northumberland County, to vote on the Disposition of the Glebe Fund.
Voting, Education, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 193

An Act to Incorporate the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company, and to transfer to it certain Franchises, Rights, Privileges and Properties of the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 195

An ACT to provide for the Working of Penitentiary Convicts on the Danville and New River Railroad.
Prisons, Labor, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 196

An ACT for the relief of the Sureties of William T. Payne, late Collector of Aquia Township, Stafford County.
Debt, Public officers

Chapter 197

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-three, chapter fifty-seven of the Code of Virginia (edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three), in relation to Procedure against Delinquent Stock-holders in Chartered Companies.
Business, Debt, Taxation

Chapter 198

An ACT to incorporate the Rockbridge Baths Grange Co-operative Association.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 199

An ACT for the Relief of John Eadens, of Lee County
Alcohol, Amendments, Business

Chapter 200

An ACT for the Relief of Joseph H. Nelson, administrator of William M. Hume, deceased, late Sheriff of Fauquier County.
Budget, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 202

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Town of Lebanon, Ruszell County.
Amendments, Alcohol, Business, Voting

Chapter 203

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an Act to Incorporate the Town of Bowling Green, in the County of Caroline
Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 204

An ACT to authorize the Qualified Voters of Pulaski County to Vote on the Question of the Construction of a Free Bridge across New River.
Transportation, Voting, Public expenditures, Bonds

Chapter 205

An ACT for the relief of the Sureties of S. F. G. Beale, late Treasurer of Fauquier County.
Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 206

An ACT for the Relief of Hansford Anderson
Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 207

An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act entitled an Act to amend and re-enact the second section of an Act authorizing D. A. Plecker to erect a Toll-bridge across North River at Mount Crawford, in Rockingham County
Transportation

Chapter 208

An ACT to incerporate The Pinel Hospital.
Healthcare, Incorporation, Alcohol

Chapter 209

An Act repealing an Act passed January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eleven, entitled an Act appropriating the Money arising from the Sale of the Glebe Lands, in the County of Orange, and for other purposes, and vesting said Money in the County School Board of Orange County.
Repeal of legislation, Public expenditures, Education, Charity

Chapter 210

An ACT to authorize the Surviving Trustees of the Front Royal Academy to Appropriate the Fund arising from the Sale of the said Academy to the Hreétion of a Public. Free School Building in the Town of Front Royal, in Front Royal School District.
Education, Public expenditures, Incorporation, Public spaces

Chapter 211

An ACT to incorporate the Friendly Aid Society of Halifax County.
Charity, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 212

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Milton and Sutherlin Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 214

Joint Resolution authorizing the Governor to Furnish to the National Centennial Commission, a Shield bearing the Coat of Arms of the State.
Amendments, Municipal charters
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