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1878/79

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

An ACT to incorporate the Union Bridge Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Business

Chapter 2

An ACT for the relief of the tax-payers of the county of Orange.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 3

An ACT authorizing the trustees of Andrew chapel congregation of the town of Harrisonburg to execute a deed of trust on its church property.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 4

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to fix the times of holding cirenit courts in the fourteenth judicial circuit,
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 5

An ACT to establish The Church Home of the city of Norfolk
Charity, Religious Institutions

Chapter 6

An ACT to amend an act entitled 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, Lawyers, Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 7

An Act to incorporate the Planters Savings Bank at Chatham, Virginia.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 8

JOINT RESOLUTION defining the true status of the present General Assembly
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 9

An ACT to authorize the colored Baptist church, of Liberty, Virginia, to borrow money and secure the payment of same by deed of trust on the church property.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Public expenditures

Chapter 10

JOINT RESOLUTION to furnish the senators from Virginia in Congress with Hotchkiss’ Summary of Virginia.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 11

An ACT to incorporate the Marion Reading Club of Marion, Smyth county
Incorporation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 12

An ACT in relation to the assessment of real property for purposes of municipal taxation in the city of Alexandria, and to exempt and except said city from the operation of an act entitled an act to provide a basis of municipal taxation on the real property in cities and towns, approved March 29, 1877.
Taxation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 13

An Act to amend and re-enact an act to regulate the working of the public roads in the counties of Prince William, Montgomery, Chesterfield, and Lancaster
Taxation, Labor

Chapter 14

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of John Huddleson, late collector of Central township of the county of Rockingham
Public officers, Bonds, Judicial

Chapter 15

An ACT to incorporate the Rappahannoek Freedman’s Cemetery Company.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 16

An ACT to amend and re-enact section nineteen of an act entitled an act to provide for working the roads in the counties of Shenandoah and Page
Amendments, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 17

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the terms of office of the cireuit judges.
Judicial

Chapter 18

An ACT to provide for the relinquishment to the United States of tithe to and Jurisdiction over lands within the state of Virginia for sites of life-saving stiutious.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 19

An Act to authorize the trustees of Rodes’ Methodist Episcopal Church South to convey to the heirs of Charles P. Rodes, deceased, of Nelson county, a lot of land
Religious Institutions, Property, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 20

An ACT to incorporate the Afton Brotherhood, in Nelson county, to conduct a mutual life insurance business.
Incorporation, Charity, Death and burial, Public officers

Chapter 21

An ACT to amend and re-enact the sixteenth section of an act approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled an act to provide for the working of roads in the county of Fauquier.
Transportation, Property, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 22

An ACT to incorporate the Clover Masonic Building Association.
Incorporation, Property, Business

Chapter 23

An ACT for the relief of Thomas L. Jones, of Hanover county.
Debt, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 24

An ACT to amend section 2, chapter 171, Code of 1873, and the acts amendatory thereof, in regard to commissioners of courts.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 25

An ACT to incorporate the town of Daniel, in the county of Campbell.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Boundaries

Chapter 26

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 2d sections of chapter 170, Code of 1873, in relation to the removal of causes pending in one court to another.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 27

An Act Instructing the Attorney-General to Contest the Constitutionality of the Act Entitled an Act to Authorize the Formation of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company
Transportation

Chapter 28

An ACT to incorporate the town of Herndon, in the county of Fairfax.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Alcohol, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 29

An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to define the limits of tide-water on the south side of James river
Boundaries

Chapter 30

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist section of an act approved December 13, 1877, prescribing the times for holding courts in the twelfth and eighteenth judicial circuits.
Judicial

Chapter 31

An Act authorizing the Governor to request the public creditors to meet the General Assembly for conference about a plan of settlement of the State debt.
Debt, Public expenditures, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 32

An Act authorizing the Governor to extend the time for the conference with the public creditors
Public expenditures

Chapter 33

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 8, 1875, declaring South Anna river, in Louisa county, a lawful fence.
Property

Chapter 34

An ACT authorizing the committees to which was referred Senate bill 29, to permit counsel for claimants to said land, occupied by the Central Lunatic Asylum, to appear before them without paying the tax required by law of counsel appearing before legislative committees.
Amendments, Healthcare, Public expenditures, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 35

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 2d sections of an act entitled an act to provide for the working of the roads in the counties of Scott, Wise and Buchanan
Transportation, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 37

An ACT to incorporate the Dan Valley and Yadkin River Narrow-Gauge railroad company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Industry, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 39

An Act to amend and re-enact section 19 of chapter 18 of an act approved March 4, 1872, revising the criminal law of this state
Amendments, Jails, Labor, Debt, Slavery

Chapter 40

An ACT for the relief of J. B, Hylton, of Wise county
Public expenditures, Business, Judicial

Chapter 41

An ACT to provide an enclosure for the soldiers’ section in Hollywood cemetery.
Cemeteries, Public expenditures

Chapter 42

An Act to amend and re-enact sections 4, 8, 11 and 34 of an act entitled An Act to amend the charter of the city of Alexandria, approved February 20th, 1871
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 43

An Act to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 8, of the Code of 1873, in reference to the counting of the vote by board of state canvassers in cases of special elections.
Amendments, Voting

Chapter 44

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections Land 3 of an act to provide for the election of three commissioners of the revenue for the county of Loudoun
Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Taxation

Chapter 45

JOINT RESOLUTION returning thanks to W. W. Corcoran, Esq., of Washington city, for the gift of a valuable painting.
Charity, Education, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 47

An ACT declaring New river a lawful fence in parts of Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson counties
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 48

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act to amend the act to incorporate the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union
Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 49

An ACT to enable the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company to increase its capital stock for certain purposes.
Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 50

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Saint Paul’s Episcopal church of Lynchburg, Virginia, to execute one or more deeds of trust or mortgages as security.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 51

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 5th section, chapter 38, Code of 1878. in regard to the delivery of lists of delinquent lands to treasurers.
Taxation, Public officers, Property

Chapter 52

An ACT authorizing the use of district school funds for the payment of teachers.
Education

Chapter 55

An Act declaring the whole system of tobacco taxation unjust and oppressive, and endorsing the efforts of our senators and representatives in congress to procure the reduction of the tax thereon, and invoking them to insist on a speedy disposition of the question.
Business

Chapter 56

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia aud Statesville Narrow-Gauge railroad company.
Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 57

An ACT to enable and authorize the common council of Danville to levy a special tax for the purpose of paying the floating debt of said city, and for public improvements.
Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 58

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 115 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved March 31, 1875, relating to mechanics’ liens.
Amendments, Business, Property

Chapter 59

An ACT to incorporate the Good Templar Relief Association of Loudoun county.
Charity, Incorporation, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 60

An ACT to incorporate the Bangens Hydraulic Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 61

An ACT to provide for the protection of fish in the Appomattox river
Fishing

Chapter 62

An ACT to extend the time for the repeal of the present fence Jaw in gle magisterial district of Rowanty, in the county of Dinwiddie.
Fence Laws

Chapter 63

An ACT to enable the board of supervisors of Chesterfield county to assist the Manchester free-bridge commissioners in keeping the free bridge in repair.
Public expenditures, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 64

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Towing Company.
Incorporation, Charity, Religious Institutions, Death and burial

Chapter 65

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 14 and 15 of an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth
Transportation, Public spaces, Property

Chapter 66

An ACT to empower the county court of Essex county and the county court of Richmond county to grant to any person or persons the right to establish a ferry across the Rappahannock river at Tappahannock.
Transportation

Chapter 67

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7, chapter P47, Code of 1873, in relation to warrants for small claims.
Judicial, Amendments, Debt, Business

Chapter 68

An ACT granting a loan of arms of the state to the principal of the Suffolk military academy.
Armed forces, Judicial, Amendments

Chapter 69

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 2d section of an act approved March 15, 1875, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the bank of Manchester.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 70

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for working the roads of Loudoun county, passed 1856, and to repeal certain acts amendatory thereof
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 71

An ACT to pay the judges of the commonwealth their salaries and mileage fixed by law, on the 12th of March, 1878, during their then severai terms.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 72

An ACT to protect buzzards
Wildlife

Chapter 73

An ACT to incorporate Saloine cemetery company, near Middleburg, Loudoun county, Virginia.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Public officers, Property

Chapter 74

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 35, chapter 154 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, so as to dispense with the August term of the corporation court of the city of Petersburg.
Judicial

Chapter 75

An ACT to incorporate Centreville Grange, No. 706, of Princess Anne county.
Agriculture, Charity, Incorporation, Public officers, Property

Chapter 76

An ACT to authorize the trustees of certain school property in the county of Roanoke to sell the same and re-invest the proceeds.
Education, Property

Chapter 77

An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the Virginia Female Institute to borrow money to a limited amount, and to secure the same by trust deed or mortgage.
Education, Budget, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 78

An ACT for the protection of the charitable institutions
Charity, Judicial

Chapter 80

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to authorize the construction, alteration, and repair of roads in the counties of Carroll and Grayson, approved February 13, 1877, as amended by an act approved March 12, 1878.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 81

An ACT for the relief of C. W. Sullivan, treasurer of Montgomery county, and John H. Goodloe, treasurer of Nelson county.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 82

An Act Appropriating Money for the Payment of Commutation to Maimed Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, in Lieu of Artificial Limbs or Eyes Heretofore Provided by Law.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 83

An ACT to authorize the condemnation of the use of the land now occupied by the Central lunatic asylum.
Healthcare, Property, Judicial

Chapter 84

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 17, 1876, entitled an act declaring liens on the baggage and effects of boarders.
Business, Property

Chapter 85

An ACT imposing certain duties upon county and corporation treasurers and other collectors of state revenue, and fixing the penalty for failure to perform them.
Taxation

Chapter 86

An ACT authorizing the renting of the ecourt-house of Prince Iidward county for lectures and exhibitions, and for other purposes.
Amusement, Fishing, Public spaces, Recreation, Legislative Amendments, Industry

Chapter 87

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of Peyton R. Ford, late collector of Madison township of the county of Charlotte.
Debt, Public officers, Budget, Amendments

Chapter 88

An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Spotsylvania.
Amendments, Education, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 89

An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Bedford.
Agriculture, Taxation, Public expenditures, Wildlife

Chapter 90

An ACT to prescribe the times for holding the terms of the circuit courts in the fifteenth Judicial circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 91

An ACT to authorize W. L. Cook to erect a wharf upon his land on York river.
Transportation

Chapter 92

An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Suffolk
Municipal charters, Property, Public expenditures, Charity

Chapter 93

An ACT for the relief of Isaae J. Parks and Jesse I. Parks, as sureties of Jolm Parks, of Grayson county.
Bonds

Chapter 94

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32 of chapter 8 of the Code of 1873, in reference to the counting of the vote by the board of state canvassers in eases of special election, as amended by an act approved January 25, 1879.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 95

An ACT to authorize the governor to borrow money.
Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 96

An Act to amend and re-enact section 7 of chapter 15 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the distribution of the Session Acts, the Code of 1860, and Mayo’s Guide, among the officers of counties or corporations who are entitled by law to receive the same.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 97

An Act fixing the southern boundary of the town of Goodson.
Boundaries, Municipal charters

Chapter 98

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act approved March 12, 1878, incorporating the Vance manufacturing company of the city of Norfolk.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 99

An ACT authorizing the classification of the stock of the Norfolk library association.
Libraries, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 100

JOINT RESOLUTION recognizing the value of religious instruction in the penitentiary
Religious Institutions

Chapter 101

An ACT for the relief of Joseph Wyche, of Brunswick county.
Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 102

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to authorize the construction of a turnpike road in Princess Anne and Norfolk counties
Transportation

Chapter 103

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to commission officers of cadets of Bethel Academy, of Fauquier county.
Armed forces, Education

Chapter 104

An ACT to authorize the use of convict labor on the grounds of the State Agricultural Society.
Agriculture, Forced labor, Labor, Prisons

Chapter 105

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 67th section of the charter of the city of Richmond.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 106

An ACT for the relief of Francis J. Waggle, of Lee county.
Civil Rights
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