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1879es

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

An ACT concerning the town of Newtown-Stephensburg, Frederick county, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Law Enforcement, Taxation, Public officers, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 2

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the attorney-general to institute the necessary proceedings in the proper court to ascertain whether the charter of the Atling ton Turnpike Company has been forfeited.
Transportation

Chapter 3

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 37th section of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act for working the roadg of Loudoun county, passed 1856, and to repeal certain acts amendatory thereof, approved February 2, 1875, approved February 1, 1879.
Transportation

Chapter 4

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act passed March 24, 1871, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Luray, in the county of Page, and an act approved April 30, 1874, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section five of an act to incorporate the town of Luray.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Alcohol

Chapter 5

An ACT to provide for keeping in repair partition fences in the county of Fauquier.
Fence Laws, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 6

An ACT to provide for the appointment of special constables to execute attachments and warrants of distress.
Law Enforcement

Chapter 7

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in Fredericksburg, to sell and convey a part of their church lot, and invest the proceeds of the sale.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 8

An ACT authorizing state depositories to substitute new bonds for those executed under existing laws
Bonds, Public officers, Budget, Business

Chapter 9

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Augusta Zion Methodist Episcopal Church, at Waynesboro’, to sell and purchase property and to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public officers

Chapter 10

An ACT authorizing the city of Norfolk to issue its bonds for the purpose of retiring and refunding certain bonds now outstanding
Bonds, Budget

Chapter 11

An ACT authorizing the sale of tobacco remaining on storage at the Public warehouse undemanded for three years after its inspection.
Agriculture

Chapter 12

An ACT to refund to N. Rensch, of Pittsylvania county, a license tax.
Alcohol, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 13

An ACT to require the railroad commissioner to cause to be printed and conspicuously posted at railroad depots and stations certain portions of the railroad laws of the commonweaith, with proper explanations thereof, and suggestions thereasto, for the benefit of the public.
Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 14

An ACT to incorporate The Keezeltown Cemetery Company.
Cemeteries

Chapter 15

An ACT to protect regularly hauled fishing shores in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Fishing

Chapter 16

An ACT to permit and authorize the city of Lynchburg to issue bonds for the purpose of retiring its outstanding funded indebtedness
Bonds, Debt, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 17

An ACT to authorize the Giles and Pulaski Turnpike company to discontinue so much of their turnpike road as lies between the towns of Dublin and Newbern, in Pulaski county, and the county court of Pulaski county to take control of the same.
Transportation

Chapter 18

An ACT for the relief of Ira F. Jordan & Co., of Louisa county.
Property, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 19

An ACT to incorporate the Buchingham Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Bonds

Chapter 20

An ACT to repeal the act for the protection of game, in so far as it applies to Wise, Lee, and Buchanan counties.
Hunting

Chapter 21

An ACT to relieve William P. Harvey of a fine.
Judicial

Chapter 22

An Act to authorize the city of Fredericksburg to provide for supplying the city with water.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 23

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 24 of chapter 61 of the Code of 1878, as amended by section 1 of an act approved March 31, 1875, in relation to works of internal improvement.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 24

An ACT to provide a plan of settlement of the public debt.
Debt, Bonds, Taxation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 25

An ACT to incorporate the West Point and Hanover Junction Railroad
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 26

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 236 of an act approved March 29, 1877, entitled an act iu relation to the time for holding elections for town officers in the town of Smithfield, in Isle of Wight county.
Amendments

Chapter 27

An Act instructing senators and requesting representatives in Congress from Virginia to stamp out and prevent the spread of cattle diseases in the United States.
Agriculture

Chapter 28

An ACT to incorporate the Roxboro’, Leasburg and Danville ‘Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 29

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 57 of an act providing a charter for the city of Manchester.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters, Debt

Chapter 30

An ACT to incorporate the Sons of Elijah in the city of Richmond.
Incorporation, Charity, Public officers

Chapter 31

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8, chapter 97, Code of 1873, in relation to damages for trespasses by animals.
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 32

An ACT to amend section 8 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond Perpetual Building, Loan and Trust Company
Incorporation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 33

An ACT to amend the third section of an act approved March 12, 1878, entitled an act to provide for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee, Grayson, Carroll, Floyd, Goochland, Bedford, Mathews, Rockbridge and Amherst, and to repeal an act approved March 29, 1877, for keeping the paupers in the counties of Scott, Lee and Grayson.
Amendments, Charity, Public officers, Wards

Chapter 34

An ACT authorizing the trustees of Liberty church, in the county of Goochland, to make sale of its property.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 35

An ACT to authorize the councilmen of first and third wards in the city of Manchester to determine their respective terms of office by lot.
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 36

An ACT to repeal the act entitled an act to empower the county court of Essex and the county court of Richmond county to grant to any person the right to establish a ferry across the Rappahannock river at Tappahannock
Transportation

Chapter 37

An ACT to authorize the treasurer of Orange county to collect tax tickets and county levies for the years 1876, 1876 and 1877.
Taxation

Chapter 38

An ACT to authorize the vestry of St. James church, Northam parish, to sell and convey one acre of land in said parish, in the county of Goochland.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 39

An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion Fishing and Yacht Club.
Incorporation, Fishing, Recreation

Chapter 40

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Christian church at Lynchburg, Virginia, to borrow money and give a deed of trust.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 41

An ACT declaring certain streams in Nottoway county to be highways.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 42

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Doe Hill, Highland county, to dispose of real estate belonging to said society, the proceeds to be applied to the improvement of said church property.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 43

An ACT for the relief of Charles W. Walker, treasurer of Giles county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 44

An ACT to incorporate the West End Beneficial and Social Society of the city of Richmond.
Charity, Fraternal organizations, Incorporation, Public officers, Unclassified

Chapter 45

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Henry county to levy a tax to pay subscription to the Danville and New River railroad
Taxation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 46

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 100 of the Code of 1873, as amended by the act approved February 20, 1878, in relation to unlawful fishing.
Fishing

Chapter 47

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 23, chapter 97, Code of 1873, relating to repeal of fence law in counties that have adopted it so far as it applies to the county of Essex.
Amendments, Agriculture, Property

Chapter 48

An ACT to provide convict labor for the Virginia and Statesville Air-Line Narrow-Gauge Railroad.
Labor, Prisons, Transportation, Debt

Chapter 49

An ACT for the relief of John A. Spilman and Robert Frazer.
Taxation, Property

Chapter 50

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 6 of an act to provide for working the roads in the county of Fairfax
Transportation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 51

An ACT to incorporate the Olympia Manufacturing and Mining Company, in the county of Smyth.
Business, Industry, Incorporation

Chapter 52

An ACT to incorporate the Zion Travellers, a benevolent society of Danville, Virginia.
Charity, Healthcare, Civil Rights

Chapter 53

An ACT to authorize the counties of Greene and Madison to subscribe to the stock of the Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad Company, on certain conditions.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Voting, Municipal charters, Bonds

Chapter 54

An ACT to incorporate the Cumberland and Willis River Railroad Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 55

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 7, 10 and 11 of chapter 181, Acts of 1874-5, approved March 20, 1875, to provide for working and keeping in order the roads of the commonwealth
Amendments, Public officers, Public expenditures, Employment and labor, Healthcare, Pensions, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation

Chapter 56

An ACT to incorporate the Fork Ferry Company, and to authorize it to establish a ferry across the south branch of the Shenandoah river in Warren county.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 57

An ACT to work and keep in repair the public roads in the county of Orange, and authorizing the qualified voters to vote upon its acceptance or rejection.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 58

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act prescribing the duties, powers, liabilities, and compensation of district officers, and to repeal chapter 47 and section 1 of chapter 48, Code of 1873, approved March 26, 1875.
Amendments, Armed forces, Business, Bonds, Legislative Amendments, Transportation

Chapter 59

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist, 2d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10h, 11th, 12th, 18th and 22d sections of an act entitled an act imposing a tax, and prescribing the mode of collecting the same, on the privilege of selling wine, ardent spirits or malt liquors within the limits of the commonwealth, for the support of the government and to pay the interest on the public debt
Alcohol, Taxation, Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 60

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act preseribing the duties, powers, liabilities and compensation of cer-
Amendments, Budget, Business, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Property, Taxation, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 61

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 6th section of the 56th chapter, Code of 1873, so as to include the directors of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Institution, of the Western Lunatic Asylum, of the Hastern Lunatic Asylum, and of the Central Lunatic Asylum.
Amendments, Children -- Institutional care, Healthcare, Public officers, Property

Chapter 62

An ACT to regulate the collection of charges for transportation by canal, steamboat, and railroad companies.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 63

An ACT amending and re-enacting an act entitled an act regulating insurance Companies.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 64

An ACT to regulate the fees of notaries and commis-<br />sionels in chancery.
Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 65

An ACT for the relief of the Union Car-Works’ Manufacturing Company.
Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 66

An ACT to incorporate the Gallego Mills Manufacturing Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry

Chapter 67

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2. chapter 158, Code 1873, in reference to exemptions of Hremen from jury service.
Amendments, Law Enforcement, Fire fighters, Judicial

Chapter 68

An ACT authorizing the sale of certain school-house and academy property in Jacksonville district in Floyd county.
Education, Public officers, Property

Chapter 69

An ACT to provide convict labor for the Wilson Creek and South Fork Turnpike Road, between the Mouth of Wilson in Grayson county and Marion in the county of Smyth
Labor, Prisons, Transportation

Chapter 70

An ACT to provide for an inspection of cattle
Agriculture, Business, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 71

An ACT to provide for the creation of a commissioner and burean of immigration.
Agriculture, Business, Public officers

Chapter 72

An ACT to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars for the state of Virginia.
Amendments, Charity, Fraternal organizations, Incorporation, Noncitizens

Chapter 73

An ACT for the relief of Dr, G. N. Warren, of Mechlenburg county.
Judicial, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 74

An ACT to amend the charter of the Valley Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 75

AN ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of the respective counties to determine what allowances shall be made to commonwealth’s attorneys, clerks, and sheriffs of their counties, payable out of the county treasuries.
Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 76

An ACT to amend the 18th section of the 76th chapter of Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, in reference to sales of property of religious, benevolent and literary associations.
Religious Institutions, Charity, Amendments, Property

Chapter 77

An ACT to amend and re-enact the act entitled an act for the protection of game
Hunting, Wildlife, Amendments

Chapter 78

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 32 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the assessment of the lands of the commonwealth,
Property, Taxation, Budget

Chapter 79

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 80 of Acts 1875-76, for the relief of the sureties of J. B. Golliday, late treasurer or Shenandoah county.
Amendments, Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 80

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing Superintendent of Public Buildings to remove fence of Capitol Square on Governor street on certain conditions
Public spaces, Transportation, Property

Chapter 81

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 32 of the Code of 1873, with reference to the compensation of assessors.
Amendments, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 82

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 21 sections of an act approved March 21, 1877, entitled an act to secure the payment of the wages or salaries to certain employees of railway, canal, steamboat and other transportation companies.
Amendments, Employment and labor, Transportation, Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 83

An ACT declaring sections 1,2 and 8 of chapter 97 of the Code of 1873, in relation to fences, in force in certain districts of Dinwiddie county.
Fence Laws

Chapter 84

An ACT relating to the custody of infants
Custody of children, Divorce, Judicial, Equality before the law

Chapter 85

An ACT to furnish commutation to one-legged and one-armed soldiers, on certain conditions
Armed forces

Chapter 86

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 9 of chapter 311 of the Acts of 1877-78, in relation to the regulation of the sale of poisons.
Business, Healthcare

Chapter 87

An ACT for the relief of Edward C. Murphy and others, sureties of Charles L. Powell, late sheriff of Pittsylvania county.
Bonds, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 88

An ACT to authorize the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues and the Suffolk Greys to change their uniform
Armed forces

Chapter 89

An ACT to prohibit the board of supervisors of Highland county from levying a tax to pay subscription to the Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad until certain conditions are complied with, and authorizing said board to levy a tax to defend suits on the same.
Taxation, Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 90

An ACT in relation to the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland.
Boundaries, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 91

An Act to Authorize Payment to Arthur Stephens for Judicial Services in Greene County
Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 92

An ACT to incorporate the Harmony Club of Richmond.
Incorporation, Amusement, Public spaces, Recreation

Chapter 93

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Episcopal church of St. Thomas’ parish, at Orange courthouse, to dispose of and convey their church lot near Ruackersville, Greene county, Virginia.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 94

An ACT to relieve Milford B. Spencer of his disabilities
Civil Rights, Amendments

Chapter 95

An ACT for the establishment of a workhouse of correction in the city of Norfolk.
Children -- Institutional care, Jails, Judicial, Reformatories

Chapter 96

An ACT to postpone for eighteen months the repeal of the present fence law in Dinwiddie Courthouse, Cherry Hill, Brooklyn, Oak Grove and Church Road voting districts.
Fence Laws

Chapter 97

An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion Tidewater Improvement Company.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Bonds

Chapter 98

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 30, chapter 78 of the Code of 1878, so as to reduce the pay of school district clerks
Education, Public expenditures, Salaries

Chapter 99

An ACT for the relief of B. S. Hooper from the payment of a fine.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 100

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, and 92, and repeal section 93 of the charter of the city of Richmond.
Law Enforcement, Municipal charters, Judicial, Public officers
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