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1877/1878

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 308

Chapter 102

An ACT to allow the treasurer of the corporation of Winchester further time to make his return of his delinquent lists for eighteen hundred and seventy-six.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 103

An ACT to provide for the control and investment of the Glebe fund in the county of Northampton.
Budget, Property, Public officers, Public expenditures, Charity

Chapter 104

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 13, Code of 1873, as amended by an act, approved February 12, 1876, in reference to allowing commissions to general agent and storekeeper of penitentiary.
Amendments, Prisons, Employment and labor

Chapter 105

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act, approved April 2, 1877, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 182, of the Code of 1878, as amended by an act, approved February 17, 1874, in reference to judgment liens.
Judicial, Debt, Property, Public officers

Chapter 106

An ACT to authorize George G. Tyler to erect a boom in the Mattaponi river.
Industry, Transportation, Public spaces

Chapter 107

An ACT to provide for the use of convict labor on the New river railroad.
Amendments, Labor, Prisons, Transportation, Slavery

Chapter 108

An ACT to incorporate the State Grand Lodge of Knights of Damon, No. 1, of Virginia.
Amendments, Charity, Recreation, Religious Institutions, Property, Public officers, Labor

Chapter 109

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Davis school district of the county of Shenandoah, to sell a certain lot of land, and to re-invest the proceeds thereof in the erection of a school-house.
Education, Public officers, Property

Chapter 110

An ACT to purchase a burial place for convicts in the penitentiary, outside of the corporate limits of Richmond.
Death and burial, Prisons, Segregation

Chapter 111

An ACT to amend sections 1 and 2, chapter 146, Code of 1873, in regard to the limitation of entry on or action for land.
Property, Amendments

Chapter 112

An ACT to authorize a reassessment of the lands throughout the commonwealth that have been injured by the late freshet.
Property, Taxation, Agriculture

Chapter 113

An ACT for the protection of wild water-fowl in Accomac county.
Wildlife, Hunting, Law Enforcement, Jails

Chapter 114

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act enti-
Hunting

Chapter 115

An ACT to empower the governor of Virginia to enter into negotiation with the governor of Maryland, in relation to marking and designating the boundary line between the states of Virginia and Maryland.
Boundaries

Chapter 116

An ACT to regulate the working of the public roads in the counties of Prince William, Montgomery, Chesterfield, and Lancaster.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Labor, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 117

An ACT to amend section 19 of chapter 118, of an act to provide a charter for the city of Manchester, approved March 20, 1874.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 118

An ACT to empower the city of Petersburg to organize a board of railroad commissioners, and to acquire the control or ownership of the Petersburg railroad.
Transportation, Public officers, Municipal charters, Bonds, Budget, Business

Chapter 119

An ACT to empower the county court of Warren county to authorize Carson and Sons to establish a ferry across the north branch of the Shenandoah river, and also at the junction of the north and south branches of the said river, in said county.
Transportation, Business

Chapter 120

An ACT to provide for a new registration in the city of Staunton
Voting

Chapter 121

An ACT making an apportionment of Senators and Members of the House of Delegates.
Legislative Amendments, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 122

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an act to provide for the working of penitentiary convicts on the Danville and New river railroad, approved March 27, 1876, and to repeal the second section of the said act, and to furnish penitentiary convicts to any company which may construct a railroad in the counties of Henry and Patrick, or either of them; to the Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis narrow-gauge railroad, the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike, the Upper Appomattox company, and the Bristol coal and iron narrow-gauge railroad company.
Transportation, Amendments

Chapter 123

An ACT to amend the charter of the Straight-shoot railroad company, to change its name to the Richmond and Alleghany railroad company, and to extend its limits.
Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 124

An ACT to submit the question of repealing the fence law to the voters of Brentsville and Manassas districts in Prince William county.
Fence Laws, Voting, Agriculture, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 125

An ACT to furnish convict labor to the counties of Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson, to work upon the Raleigh and Grayson turnpike and Wythe and Grayson turnpike roads.
Forced labor, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 126

An ACT for the relief J. C. Conway, of Washington county.
Public expenditures, Prisons, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 127

An ACT to prevent the erection of slaughter-houses within half a mile of the city of Norfolk.
Agriculture, Business, Public spaces

Chapter 128

An ACT to enable the cities of Richmond and Lynchburg to aid in the repair of the James River and Kanawha Canal.
Budget, Property, Municipal charters, Transportation

Chapter 129

An ACT excepting the tributaries of the Potomac within the county of Westmoreland from the provisions of the act in reference to unlawful fishing.
Fishing

Chapter 130

An ACT authorizing the trustees of Methodist Episcopal parsonage, Smithfield, Isle of Wight county, to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 131

An ACT relating to fences and for protection of crops in Madison district, county of Orange.
Fence Laws, Agriculture

Chapter 132

An ACT for the protection of crops in Rockbridge county.
Agriculture, Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 133

An ACT to amend and re-enact the fifth section of an act to incorporate the Virginia Manganese Company
Business, Incorporation, Utilities

Chapter 134

An ACT for the protection of crops in the county of Augusta.
Agriculture, Property, Fence Laws

Chapter 135

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of an act concerning the town of Wytheville, in Wythe county, passed February 21st, 1808.
Alcohol, Amendments, Business, Municipal charters

Chapter 137

An ACT to remove the political disabilities of James C. Scott and Edward G. Spillman under the duelling clause of the constitution.
Civil Rights, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 139

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act approved March 18th, 1872, relative to the forfeiture of the rights and franchises of the trustees of Willis river and the incorporation of Willis navigation company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 140

An ACT to incorporate the Powell’s Fort mining company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation

Chapter 141

An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of the state of Virginia.
Charity, Incorporation, Religious Institutions

Chapter 142

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Middlesex county to levy for and collect, and to invest certain school funds in Middlesex county.
Education, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 143

An ACT providing for the reassessment of a tract of land belonging to James A. Frazier, of Rockbridge county, and for refunding taxes erroneously assessed thereon.
Property, Taxation, Agriculture

Chapter 144

An ACT to relieve Sanford Ramey, William Scott, and William Panton from the payment of certain fines assessed against them by the corporation court of Danville.
Fishing

Chapter 145

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 19 of an act approved March 20, 1875, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 146

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the McCormick telescope.
Education, Agriculture, Public expenditures

Chapter 147

An ACT providing for the lease of the penitentiary, and the hiring of the convict labor.
Prisons, Public expenditures

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend and re-enact the third and fifth sections of an act entitled an act to provide a method of settling the accounts of the banks of Rockingham and Berkeley, as to outstanding circulation
Bonds, Budget, Business

Chapter 149

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of Providence, Fairfax county, Virginia, to sell property and to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 150

An ACT for the relief of A. J. Farish, of Albemarle county.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 151

An ACT to incorporate Vineyard grange, in King and Queen county.
Incorporation, Business, Agriculture

Chapter 152

An ACT declaring the county of Spotsylvania a district for all the purposes of county organizution.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 153

An ACT to create an independent and detached military organization, under the name of the Stute Guard of the city of Richmond, with authority to choose a uniform.
Armed forces

Chapter 154

An ACT to incorporate Chincoteague temperance association.
Amendments, Alcohol, Charity, Civil Rights, Healthcare, Public officers

Chapter 155

An ACT to amend the act for the protection of sheep in the county of Powhatan.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 156

An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Rockbridge.
Agriculture, Taxation, Public expenditures, Voting

Chapter 157

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Oregon Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Richmond, Virginia, to borrow money, and execute decds of trust to secure the same.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public officers

Chapter 158

An ACT to incorporate the Mary Washington Association of America.
Charity, Education, Cemeteries, Public spaces

Chapter 159

An ACT to regulate prices and expenditures in regard to the working of roads in the county of Floyd.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 160

JOINT RESOLUTION distributing copies of the Geographical and Political Summary of Virginia, by Jed Hotchkiss, to members of the general assembly.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 161

An ACT to provide for the division of school districts into sub-districts, and for the appointment of school directors.
Education, Segregation, Public expenditures, Judicial, Voting

Chapter 162

An ACT to authorize the board of trustees for Blue run colored Baptist church, in Orange county, to sell their church property, and invest proceeds in a new church.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 163

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Patrick Courthouse, Virginia, to borrow money and give deed of trust.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 164

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act to incorporate the Clarke county co-operative mercantile company, as amended by an act approved March 17, 1876.
Business, Incorporation, Agriculture

Chapter 165

An ACT to authorize the vestry of St. Paul’s church, in the town of Salem, Roanoke county, Virginia, to make sale of certain property belonging to said church,
Religious Institutions, Property, Debt

Chapter 166

An ACT to erect a wharf on Chincoteague bay, in Accomac county.
Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 167

An ACT for the relief of Samuel Bailey
Pensions, Judicial, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 168

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of W. W. Sage, late sheriff of Lee county.
Amendments, Debt, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 169

An ACT for the relief of Marcy W. Green from a fine
Amendments, Civil Rights, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 170

An ACT to regulate the use of the public wharf or landing at Totuskey bridge, in Marshall magisterial district, in Richmond county, Virginia.
Public spaces, Transportation, Property, Jails, Municipal charters

Chapter 171

An ACT to amend and re-enact section L of an act entitled an act to extend the time for repairing and rebuilding mills and machinery burned during the war
Amendments, Business, Civil Rights

Chapter 172

An ACT for the relief of Eliza Callis from an erroneous assessment.
Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 173

An ACT for the relief of John B. Pitzer, treasurer of Alleghany county.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 174

An ACT to relieve Theresa M. Bacigalupo from the payment of a fine.
Business

Chapter 175

An ACT to incorporate the Trustees of Harmony lodge, No. 19, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Norfolk, and to authorize them to invest the surplus funds of said lodge.
Charity, Fraternal organizations, Incorporation

Chapter 176

An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk and Berkeley railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 177

An ACT for the relief of the heirs of James Baynes and John B. Baynes, deceased, late of the firm of James Baynes and Son, of Baltimore, Maryland.
Inheritance and succession, Public expenditures, Prisons

Chapter 178

An ACT for the relief of Thomas M. Carter, John J. Pritchett, Willinm A. J. Finney, Hezekiah Pigs, E. T. Jones, Frank C. Hubbard, and Gideon BE. Keen, suretics of Charles L. Powell, late sheriff of Pittsylvania county.
Public expenditures, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 179

An ACT to authorize Mrs. Harriet N. Dunn to convey real estate.
Property, Marriage, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 180

An ACT amending the eighteenth section of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1873), in relation to sureties on fiduciary bonds.
Bonds, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 181

An ACT to provide for working the roads and repairing the bridges in the county of Rockbridge.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 182

An ACT to provide for working the roads and repairing the bridges in the counties of Pulaski and Wythe.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Utilities, Property, Public spaces, Budget

Chapter 183

An ACT to amend and re-enact certain sections of the Code of 1873, and certain Acts of Assembly amendatory thereof, and other Acts of Assembly in relation to the salaries of certain officers of the government and their employers; compensation of members and officers of the general assembly, mileage and other allowances; to define the salaries of certain officers, and to repeal chapter 153 of the Acts of I8T4; and section 27 of chapter 16; and sections 2, 4, and 5 of chapter 1613; and sections 5, 16, and 2tof chapter 13 of the Code of » 1873, and all other acts or parts of acts in conflict.
Amendments, Salaries, Public officers, Budget, Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 184

An ACT to provide for working the roads in the county of Fairfax.
Transportation

Chapter 185

An ACT to provide commutation to certain maimed soldiers, sailors, and marines, in lieu of artificial limbs or eyes, heretofore provided by law.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 186

An ACT for the relief of E. C. Marshall, Jr., treasurer of Clarke county, and his sureties.
Public officers, Budget, Taxation, Amendments

Chapter 187

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 6th section, chapter 269 of the Acts of Assembly, 1874-75, entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, abilities, and compensation of certain county officers, providing for the collection of taxes, and for the repeal of chapters 37 and 46, of the Code of 1873.
Amendments, Public officers, Budget, Taxation

Chapter 188

An ACT to permit B. Alsop to have the assessment of his lot in Richmond corrected.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 189

An ACT to authorize the Liberty Baptist Church to borrow money and sell property.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 190

An ACT for the relief of Andrew Taylor, of Craig county, from a fine of forty dollars assessed against him in the county court of Craig county.
Judicial, Civil Rights

Chapter 191

An ACT for the relief of John O'Keefe
Debt, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 192

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 149, of Code of 1873, in regard to forthcoming bonds taken for property, the sale of which has been suspended.
Bonds, Property, Judicial

Chapter 193

An ACT to incorporate the Commercial Club
Incorporation, Libraries, Business

Chapter 194

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Conquest and Guilford’s Circuit Parsonage property to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 195

An ACT to authorize the county court of Montgomery to prevent the sale of malt and spirituous liquors at or near Blacksburg.
Alcohol, Municipal charters

Chapter 196

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Church at Mount Solon, in Augusta county, Virginia, to sell certain property and reinvest proceeds of sale.
Property, Religious Institutions

Chapter 197

An ACT to authorize the sale of the church property of the Zion Baptist church, in Accomac county, and to re-invest the proceeds of the sale.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 198

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Madison county, Virginia, to sell certain property and reinvest proceeds of sale.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 199

An ACT authorizing and directing William E. Boisseau, sergeant of the town of Danville, to refund to E. M. Pace and others the amount paid by them on a fieri facias.
Budget, Public officers, Property

Chapter 200

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Isle of Wight to contract for the erection of a bridge across Jones’ creek in said county
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 201

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 44 of an act to provide for working and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 202

An ACT for the relief of J. H. Godsey from the payment
Judicial, Civil Rights, Amendments

Chapter 203

An ACT for the relief of William Beans, of the county of Loudoun.
Taxation, Property
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