1887es

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Chapter 1

JOINT RESOLUTION making an appropriation to have text of Code printed

Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 2

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to room occupied by the Southern Historical society.

Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Property

Chapter 3

An ACT to declare certain stock issued by the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company to be legal and valid.

Business, Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 4

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, chapter 410 of the Acts of 1885-6, entitled an act to prescribe the times for holding the courts of the fifteenth and sixteenth judicial circuits.

Judicial

Chapter 5

An ACT defining a lawful fence for Amherst county.

Fence Laws, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 6

An ACT to authorize the Roanoke water works to issue its capital stock, or any part thereof, for land or other property suited to the business of its works.

Property

Chapter 7

An ACT authorizing an increase in the capital stock of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

Business, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 8

An ACT to amend and re-enact section one of an act approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five entitled an act incorporating the trustees of the Diocesian Missionary society.

Charity, Religious Institutions, Incorporation

Chapter 9

An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Winchester, and to authorize said city to increase its public debt.

Amendments, Business, Debt, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 10

An ACT to authorize the town of Farmville to vote a subscription to the Farmville and Powhatan railroad company, and to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter 200, Acts of mbly, 1885-6.

Transportation, Bonds, Taxation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 11

An ACT to give the consent of the State of Virginia to the erection of a hotel upon the lands of the United States at Fortress Monroe.

Property, Business, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 12

An ACT to incorporate the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Company

Incorporation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 13

An ACT to incorporate the Staunton Chamber of Commerce

Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 14

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 62, chapter 57, Code 1873, in relation to chartered companies.

Incorporation, Business

Chapter 15

An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s Academy and Orphan Asylum of Richmond, Virginia.

Charity, Incorporation, Children -- Institutional care, Public officers

Chapter 16

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 81 of the Acts of 1874, as to the county of Clarke, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 5, 6 and 7 of an act for the protection of sheep in the counties of Frederick, Clarke and Charlotte, approved March 6th, 1874, as to the county of Clarke, approved February 21st, 1882.

Agriculture, Taxation, Education

Chapter 17

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 61 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 9, 1880, in relation to turnpike companies.

Transportation, Amendments, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 18

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of the charter of the Bristow Brown Stone company, and to increase its capital stock.

Business

Chapter 19

An ACT to amend and re-enact section & of an act approved February 12th, 1886, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10th, 1884, entitled an act to amend an act to incorporate the Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina railroad company.

Incorporation, Business

Chapter 20

An ACT to authorize the Lynchburg, Halifax and North Carolina railroad company to consolidate with the Roxboro’ railroad company, the Durham and Roxboro’ railroad company, and any other railroad company in the State of North Carolina.

Transportation, Business

Chapter 21

An ACT to incorporate the Mercantile club.

Incorporation, Libraries, Business, Public officers

Chapter 22

An ACT to authorize and enable the Louisville and Nashville railroad company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of Kentucky, to construct and operate an extension of its line of railroad into and within the State of Virginia.

Transportation, Industry, Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 23

An ACT to incorporate the Charlottesville and University street railway company.

Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 24

An ACT to incorporate the Roanoke and Northwestern railroad company.

Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Bonds, Business

Chapter 25

An ACT to extend the charter of the Buckingham Mining and Development company.

Business, Industry, Transportation, Taxation

Chapter 26

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 48 of an act to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 48 of an act entitled an act for the preservation of Oysters, and to obtain a revenue for the privilege of taking them from the waters of the commonwealth

Fishing

Chapter 27

An ACT directing the board of public works to deliver to the Chesapeake and Olio railway company certain maps and papers.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 28

An ACT for the protection of sheep in Celarville district, Warren county, by a tax upon dogs

Agriculture, Public expenditures, Wildlife

Chapter 29

An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Fredericksburg.

Municipal charters

Chapter 30

An ACT to incorporate the North Loudoun telephone company.

Incorporation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 31

An ACT to incorporate the New York and Southern Construction company.

Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 32

An ACT to enlarge the powers of the Richmond Union Passenger Railway Company

Transportation, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 33

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3, and 4 of an act of the general assembly, approved February 20, 1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia Construction company.

Business, Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 34

An ACT to incorporate the Prince William improvement company.

Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 35

An ACT to aid in the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals

Agriculture

Chapter 36

An ACT to punish false pretence in obtaining registration of cattle and other animals and to punish giving false pedigree.

Agriculture, Property

Chapter 37

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to credit James M. Binford, treasurer of the city of Portsmouth, with school warrant No, 1548, dated November 29, 1882, which was paid by him.

Education, Public officers, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 38

An ACT to amend the charter of the bank of Portsmouth.

Business, Debt, Property, Taxation

Chapter 39

An ACT to authorize the issue of bonds and preferred stock by the Richmond and Alleghany railroad company

Bonds, Business, Transportation

Chapter 40

An ACT to repeal the acts of Mareh T2th, (S878. and 3ist Mareh, IS79, retating to paupers in the county of Amherst.

Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 41

An ACT to amend the charter and to extend and define the boundaries of the city of Norfolk,

Boundaries, Municipal charters, Voting, Public expenditures

Chapter 42

An ACT to extend the time within which the several treasurers and collectors of taxes due the State may make final settlements with the auditor of public accounts of the State taxes on real and personal property for the year 1886; and to provide for the payment of the free school teachers during the period of such extension, so far as may be necessary, out of the funds in the State treasury.

Taxation, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 43

An ACT to repeal the laws for the protection of fish in New river and its tributaries.

Fishing

Chapter 44

An ACT to provide for a division of the Norfolk county ferries between the city of Portsmouth and county of Norfolk.

Transportation, Municipal charters, Property, Business

Chapter 45

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Page and Rappahannock counties to increase the salary of the judges of said counties.

Judicial, Salaries, Public officers

Chapter 46

An ACT to incorporate the Clinch Valley railroad company.

Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 47

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 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 spaces, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 48

An ACT to authorize the Charlottesville woolen mills to increase its capital stuck and to legalize certain acts of said company.

Business, Incorporation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 49

An ACT for the relief of F. P. Wray, of fines imposed on him by the county court of Brunswick county.

Agriculture, Public expenditures

Chapter 50

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the New River and Chambers Valley railroad, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1886, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 4 of the charter of the New River and Chambers Valley railroad.

Incorporation, Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 51

An ACT to amend section 2 of chapter 197 of the Acts of 1885-6, in reference to funds appropriated by the town of Danville for railroad purposes, &c.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Municipal charters, Utilities

Chapter 52

An ACT to incorporate the Cripple Creek Iron and Steel company.

Incorporation, Industry, Business, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 53

An ACT to incorporate the Clarkesville and North Carolina railroad company.

Transportation, Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 54

An ACT to incorporate the Midlothian, Manchester and Richmond railway and mining company.

Incorporation, Property, Business, Transportation

Chapter 55

An ACT permitting and authorizing the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad company to construct and operate its road in Virginia.

Transportation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 56

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing joint committee to confer with conunission of foreign bondholders and the joint com-

Bonds, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 57

An ACT to provide for the working and keeping in order the roads of Appomattox county.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 58

An ACT to amend the third and fourth sections of an act to incorporate the Virginia marble company, approved March 30, 1869, and to add additional sections thereto.

Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Transportation, Bonds, Utilities

Chapter 59

An ACT to authorize county subscriptions to the capital stock of the Virginia Western railroad.

Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Budget, Taxation

Chapter 60

An ACT to incorporate the Manchester railway and improvement company.

Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 61

An ACT to incorporate the Clinch river construction company.

Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 62

An ACT to revive and re-enact an act to incorporate the Balcony Falls company.

Business, Industry, Incorporation, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 63

An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg Musical association

Incorporation, Charity, Public officers

Chapter 64

An ACT authorizing and directing the secretary of the commonwealth to certify records for use in other States.

Judicial

Chapter 65

An ACT to legalize certain acts and proceedings of the board of supervisors of the county of Issex.

Legislative Amendments

Chapter 66

An ACT to incorporate the Abingdon coal and iron railroad company.

Transportation, Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 67

An ACT to incorporate High Point academy, Grayson county.

Education, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 68

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the several school districts in the counties of Hanover, Henry, Franklin, and Charlotte, to expend the county school fund apportioned to their respective districts in the erection and repair of public school buildings.

Education, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 69

An ACT to amend and re-enact the act passed by the general assembly of Virginia as amended by an act approved February 19, 1884, to provide for the election of the trustees of the town of Orange biennially.

Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 70

An ACT to amend an act approved March 3, 1879, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Culumbia in Fluvanna county.

Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public expenditures, Cemeteries

Chapter 71

An ACT to incorporate the Fredericksburg Street railway company.

Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 72

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved Mareh 3, Iss6, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an uet to Incorporate the town of Martinsville, in the county of Henry.

Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers, Property

Chapter 73

An ACT to amend an act entitled an act for working the public roads of Fairfax county.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 74

An ACT to incorporate the town of Emporia.

Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Education, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 75

An ACT to provide for the sale of delinquent lands in Prince Edward county.

Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 76

An ACT to incorporate the Holy Neck lumber and transportation company.

Business, Transportation, Incorporation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 77

An ACT to incorporate the Arcola and Aldie Telephone company.

Business, Incorporation, Utilities

Chapter 78

An ACT to repeal an act to authorize the board of supervisors of Halifax to let public roads to contract, approved March 1, 1884, and to amend and re-enact section 27 of an act entitled an act to provide for the working and repairing public roads and bridges.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 79

An ACT to authorize the qualified voters of Omega precinct, in the county of Halifax, to vote on the question of a fence law Within certain boundaries in the Red Bank magisterial district.

Fence Laws, Property, Voting, Municipal charters

Chapter 80

An ACT to provide for working the public reads in the county of Bedford.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 81

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act approved January 17, 1871, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Warrenton, passed April 9, 1852.

Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 82

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Tazewell high school to exchange any property held by them for other property more suitable for school purposes.

Education, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 83

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia field-sports association.

Incorporation, Hunting, Wildlife, Recreation

Chapter 84

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 12, 1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Roanoke and Southern railway company.

Amendments, Business, Transportation, Municipal charters

Chapter 85

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 48 of an act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters, and to obtain a revenue for the privilege of taking them from the waters of this commonwealth, approved November 26, 1884; and to amend and re-enact section 17, and repeal sections 30 and 40 of an act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters, and to obtain revenue for the privilege of taking them within the waters of the commonwealth, approved March 4, 1884; and to provide for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the execution of the oyster laws of the commonwealth.

Agriculture, Fishing, Public officers, Recreation, Utilities

Chapter 86

An ACT to allow B. A. Rowe and others to erect a pier in York river in Gloucester county.

Transportation, Public spaces

Chapter 87

An ACT to allow John T. Fosque and others to erect a pier in York river, in Gloucester county.

Transportation, Public spaces, Business

Chapter 88

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Tidewater railroad company.

Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Business

Chapter 89

An ACT to incorporate the Tazewell coal and iron company.

Incorporation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 90

An ACT to incorporate Golden Hill Lodge, No. 1890, G. U. O. of O. F., of Hamilton, Loudoun county, Virginia.

Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 91

An ACT to allow W. W. Allmond to erect a wharf on York river, in Gloucester county.

Transportation, Public expenditures, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 92

An ACT to confirm the rights and privileges of the Gay manufacturing Company and to grant certain additional powers.

Business, Incorporation, Taxation

Chapter 93

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 70, 71, 72, and 73 of chapter 9, of anact entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, in force January 21, 1ss4.

Education, Municipal charters, Voting

Chapter 94

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Trans-Atlantic Steamship Line, and to authorize it to purchase lands and build railways to connect therewith,