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1883/1884

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 569

Chapter 102

An ACT to dispose of certain Virginia Reports on hand and in the custody of the Librarian.
Libraries

Chapter 103

An ACT to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads in the counties of Alleghany, Bath and Highland.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 104

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of A. F. Creel
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 105

An ACT to provide for the protection of Fish in the county of Frederick
Fishing

Chapter 106

JOINT RESOLUTION appropriating $300 to supply the citizens of Middlesex county, with Ammunition for the Arms heretofore furnished them to enforce the law passed for the Protection of Oysters.
Amendments, Budget, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Fishing, Property, Recreation

Chapter 107

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia and West Virginia railroad company
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 108

An ACT to incorporate the town of Milnes, in the county of Page.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Taxation

Chapter 109

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 102 of the Coue of 1873, in regard to Vicious Animals.
Public spaces, Transportation, Amusement

Chapter 110

An ACT to empower John A. Booker, late treasurer of Cumberland county, and his deputies, further time to levy for taxes.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 111

An ACT to transfer to the Sinking Fund stock held by the Commonwealth in the Kichmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 112

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23 of an act entitled an act for the Preservation of Oysters and to obtain revenue for the privilege of taken them within the waters of the Commonwealth
Amendments, Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 113

An ACT for the relief of John Owens and others.
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 114

An ACT to amend section 538, chapter 167, of the Code of 1873, relative to Decrees in Chancery Causes.
Judicial

Chapter 115

An ACT to provide for the manner of choosing Registrars and Judges and Clerks of Election for the several counties and cities of the commonwealth, and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8, and sections 2 and 3 of chapter 7, of the Code of 1873.
Voting, Judicial, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 116

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 35 of chapter 172 of the Code of 1873, in relation to Depositions taken out of the state.
Judicial, Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 117

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 4th section of chapter 82 of the Code of 1873, in regard to the appointment of Directors of Lunatic Asylums.
Healthcare, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 118

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections three and six of chapter 82, Code of Virginia, 1873, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections three and six of Code of Virginia of 1873, regulating Lunatic Asvylums and the care of insane persons and their estates, and to add additional sections thereto, approved February 15, 1882, and sections fifty-nine and sixty of said act.
Amendments, Healthcare, Public officers

Chapter 119

An ACT for the relief of J. Vance Bell, late Treasurer of Frederick County.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 120

An ACT declaring Bannister river, in Pittsylvania county, a lawful fence.
Property, Public spaces, Municipal charters

Chapter 121

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of chapter 184 of the Code of 18738, with regurd to Garnishment Proceedings.
Amendments, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 122

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2, chapter 81 of the Code of 1873, repealing the joint resolution approved April 7, 1882, and adding other sections touching the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institute, at Staunton, Virginia.
Education, Children -- Institutional care, Amendments, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 123

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act passed December 20, 1855, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Orange.
Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 124

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of chapter 166 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the rehearing of Cases.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 125

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act incorporating the Lynchburg street railway company, approved March 3, 1882.
Business, Transportation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 126

An ACT to amend sections 8 and 17 of chapter 178 of Code of 1873, in relation to petitions for Appeals.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 127

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 175 of Code of 1873, in relation to Bills of Review.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 128

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter 127 of the Code of 18738, as to liability of heirs of devisees for debts of dece- dents.
Inheritance and succession, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 129

An ACT to establish Trinity Hall Female College, in the County of Wythe.
Education, Charity, Municipal charters

Chapter 130

An ACT to incorporate the town of South Boston, in Halifax county, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Alcohol, Education, Law Enforcement, Budget

Chapter 131

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 2d section of an act entitled un act to amend and re-enact the first and fourth clauses of section lof the act to vive effect to a compromise of the litigation in respect to the Will of Samuel Miller, deceased, and to establish the Manual Labor School provided for in the twenty-fifth clause of said Will.
Education, Charity

Chapter 132

An ACT to amend and re-enact, extend and renew the charter of the Portsmouth Gas Company, passed February 11, 1854.
Utilities

Chapter 133

An ACT authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Warwick county, to borrow money to repair and rebuild the courthouse and jail of said county.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Jails

Chapter 134

An ACT to amend section one of an act of the General Assembly, 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.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers

Chapter 135

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors for the Counties of Charlotte and Greene to provide for the payment of any outstanding debts against any of the late townships in said counties.
Debt, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 136

An ACT to define the boundary line of the Wards in the city of Petersburg, and to provide for a new registration.
Boundaries, Registration of births, etc., Voting

Chapter 137

An ACT to incorporate the Salem and Southwestern Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 138

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 11, 1877, entitled an act to provide for the appointment and removal of District School Trustees, and to repeal the fourth clause of the 7th section of the 78th chapter of the Code of 1878.
Education, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 139

An ACT for relief of J.C. Allison.
Taxation, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 140

An ACT to facilitate the execution of orders of reference and to lessen the expense thereof.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 141

An ACT to refund to James Wond, sergeant of the city of Danville, one hundred dollars.
Public officers, Law Enforcement, Prisons

Chapter 142

An ACT empowering the Board of Supervisors of Henrico county to pay certain claims.
Judicial, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 143

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 6th, 1882, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the 7th section of the Revised Criminal Code, approved March 14th, 1878, to prevent the carrying of concealed weapons.
Amendments, Armed forces, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 144

An ACT to authorize the Judges of the County Courts of Accomac and Stafford to have the registration-books copied.
Voting, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 145

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 11 of the Code of 1873, relating to the qualifications to hold office.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 146

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of James Jones, late treasurer of King George county.
Bonds, Budget, Debt

Chapter 147

An ACT to apportion the representation of the state of Virginia in the Congress of the United States.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 148

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 7, and 11 of an act creating a board of Harbor Commissioners of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and for the preservation of the harbor of Norfolk and Portsmouth
Amendments, Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 149

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the employment of counsel to prosecute suit against S. Brown Allen, late auditor of public accounts, to recover Money illegally paid to John E. Hamilton.
Public officers, Debt, Judicial, Taxation

Chapter 150

An ACT to amend section 10, chapter 17, Code of 1873, in relation to the suspension and removal of certain officers.
Amendments, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 151

An ACT consenting to the purchase of the Arlington Estate by the United States, ceding jurisdiction and remitting taxation thereon.
Property, Public expenditures, Death and burial

Chapter 152

An ACT to give aid to the citizens of Virginia, wounded and maimed during the late war, while serving us soldiers or marines.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 153

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 2 of an act approved February 7, 1884, entitled an act to regulate the granting of Licenses for the exercise of any privilege.
Business, Public officers

Chapter 154

An ACT to establish thirteen voting precincts in the county of Caroline and to provide for a Registration of the Voters therein.
Voting, Registration of births, etc., Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 155

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved November 1st, 1870, and acts amendatory thereof, approved respectively March 4th, 1871, and February 2d, 1880, providing a charter for the town of Front Royal.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Budget, Business, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 156

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in order the public reads in the County of Russell.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Labor

Chapter 157

An ACT to authorize the city of Fredericksburg to borrow money and issue and negotiate bonds to the extent of $60,000 for the purpose of supplying said city with a suitable and adequate supply of water.
Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 158

An ACT to release and transfer to the counties of Highland and Augusta, the interest of the commonwealth in the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike road.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 159

An ACT to incorporate the Town of Greenville, Augusta county.
Municipal charters, Incorporation, Judicial, Taxation, Alcohol, Public officers, Boundaries, Public expenditures, Voting

Chapter 160

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Mathews County, after an election held for the purpose, to establish a free terry from Gwynn’s Island to the main land of said county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 161

An ACT for Processioning the Lands in the counties of Accomac, Northampton, Hunover, Caroline, Prince Euward, and Nansemond.
Property

Chapter 162

An ACT to prevent the officers and employees and records of the Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts and Second Auditor, from being taken and removed from their respective offices for the purpose of testifying and being used as evidence in civil and coupon cases.
Public officers, Judicial, Debt, Taxation

Chapter 163

An ACT to allow Mileage to Jurors
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures

Chapter 164

An ACT to provide for the protection of purchasers at, and other persons interested in, Judicial Sales.
Judicial, Property, Business

Chapter 165

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 14 of chapter 41 of Code of Virginia, 1873, in relation to writs of fieri facias and capias pro fine on judgments in favor of the commonwealth.
Amendments, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 166

An ACT to amend section 6 of an act approved March 28, 1879, entitled an act to incorporate the Buckingham railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 167

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors to increase the salary of the Superintendent of the Poor for the county of Augusta.
Healthcare, Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 168

An ACT fixing the time for holding the courts in the 15th Judicial District.
Judicial

Chapter 169

An ACT to authorize the treasurer of Orange county to collect uncollected taxes for the years 1880 and 1881.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 170

An ACT to establish a Corporation Court for the city of Roanoke.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Judicial, Public officers, Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 171

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of the County of Greene to audit and allow certain claims against said county.
Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 172

An ACT for the relief of Robert L. Montague of a fine
Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 173

An ACT to allow A. R. Green, treasurer, further time to return lists of Insolvents and Delinquents.
Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 174

An ACT for tho relief of John T. Woodyard and others of the county of Fuirfax.
Taxation, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 175

An ACT to authorize the Auditor of Public Accounts to pay to Harriett Lightfoot Brooke, widow of Francis T. Brooke, deceased, late superintendent of the Central Lunatic Asylum, the sum of four hundred and sixty-five dollars, one quarter’s pay of the late superintendent.
Healthcare, Public expenditures, Death and burial, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 176

An ACT for the relief of George Guvanator, Senior, from the payment of a judgment on a bail bond.
Bonds

Chapter 177

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Charter of the Farmville and Staunton River railroad company.
Amendments, Business, Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 178

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 14, 1879, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the first section of an act approved December 13, 1877, prescribing the time for holding courts in the twelfth and eighteenth judicial circuits.
Judicial

Chapter 179

An ACT for the relief of Reuben Ruffner, George W. Sedgwick and others.
Debt, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 180

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 8, 11, 18, and 16 of an act approved March 31, 1873, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Salem, in the county of Roanoke.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures, Healthcare, Business, Public officers

Chapter 181

An ACT to repeal section 18 of an act entitled an act to provide for the manner of choosing Registrars and Judges and Clerks of Election and to repeal sections 8 and 24 of chapter 8 and sections 2 and 8 of chapter 7 of Code of 1878, in force February 14th, 1884.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 182

An ACT to impose a condition upon all grants, amendments, renewals or extensions of charters of incorporation.
Incorporation, Taxation, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 183

An ACT to more effectually keep in repair the Public Roads in Accomac county.
Transportation, Judicial

Chapter 184

An ACT to amend the charter of the Edenton and Norfolk railroad company, and to change the name of said company to that of the Carolina and Chesapeake railroad company.
Transportation, Business, Amendments

Chapter 185

An ACT to transfer to the county of Frederick the State’s interest in so much of the Northwestern Turnpike Company as lies within the county of Frederick.
Transportation

Chapter 186

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of John G. Kasey.
Bonds, Public officers, Debt, Budget

Chapter 187

An ACT to incorporate the John L. Roper Lumber Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Transportation

Chapter 188

An ACT for the relief of S. J. Johnston
Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 189

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an act to declare valid certain contracts concerning railroad equipments and rolling-stock and other personal property to be used in and about the operation of any railroad
Business, Transportation

Chapter 190

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Accomack county, to increase the salary of the county judge.
Salaries

Chapter 191

An ACT to authorize the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works Company to purchase timber lands in the counties of Chesterfield, Amelia, Rockbridge, Powhatan and Botetourt, and to sell and convey the same.
Industry

Chapter 192

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Nansemond Land, Lumber and Narrow Gauge Railway Company, approved March 19, 1873, and to change the name of said company.
Amendments, Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Bonds

Chapter 193

An ACT to amend and re-enact section of chapter 187 of the Code of 1873, as to what number of judges may hold a court
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 194

An ACT to amend section 15, chapter 7, Code of 1878, as amended by an act approved March 31, 1876, in regard to registration of voters.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 195

An ACT to abolish the office of General Agent and Store-keeper of the Penitentiary.
Prisons, Repeal of legislation, Public officers

Chapter 196

An ACT to provide for working the roads, repairing bridges, and opening new roads in the counties of Frederick, Clarke, Warren, and Augusta.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property, Taxation, Municipal charters, Employment and labor

Chapter 197

An ACT to authorize Virginia Midland railway to issue bonds to provide for the payment of the present bonds and debts of said company.
Bonds, Business, Transportation

Chapter 198

An ACT to provide for the improvement and working of the roads of the county of Henrico, and for the construction and repair of the bridges therein, and to repeal an act of the general assembly of Virginia, ‘approved 6th March, 1882, entitled an act to provide for laying out and working roads in Henrico county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 199

JOINT RESOLUTION to employ counsel in a certain coupon case pending before the United States circuit court.
Judicial, Taxation, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 200

An ACT to provide a charter for the town of West Point.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Budget, Public expenditures, Taxation, Education, Property, Law Enforcement

Chapter 201

An ACT for the relief of Frank C. Johnston, High Con- stable for the city of Portsmouth.
Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Judicial, Debt
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