Agriculture

1966
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 3 a chapter numbered 6.1 consisting of sections numbered 3-44.1 through 3-44.8 relating to the Extension Division within the Virginia Polytechnic Institute; its functions; an appropriation therefor and the uses thereof; authorizing localities to appropriate money therefor; the duties of Virginia Polytechnic Institute to select personnel and supervise work of Extension Division, and reports to be filed; reference throughout Code; and to repeal Chapter 6 of Title 3 containing sections numbered 3-40 through 3-44 of the Code of Virginia, relating to county demonstration work.
An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to agriculture, horticulture and food; to that end to repeal Title 8 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 31 and §§ 8-1 to 8-729, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to agriculture, horticulture and food; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act, a new title numbered 8.1, which title includes new chapters numbered 1 to 87, inclusive, and new sections numbered $8.1-1 to 8.1-1010, inclusive, relating to agriculture, horticulture and food; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act.
An Act to amend and reenact § 8-609.15 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the reporting and payment of tax on poultry and poultry products.
An Act to appropriate the public revenue for the two years ending, respectively, on the thirtieth day of June, 1967, and the thirtieth day of June, 1968.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 15 of Title 3 an article numbered 1.1, containing sections numbered 3-269.1 through 3-269.6, so as to authorize the Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration to require the registration of grain handlers; to require such handlers to use the weighing procedures established by the Board; to use the grading equipment approved by the Board; to require such handlers to maintain records of transactions and to retain samples of grain purchased; providing a penalty for violations.
Proposing amendments to Sections 148, 145 and 146 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-159.1, so as to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to pay a bounty on foxes; validating payments heretofore made.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3-219.2, 8-219.8, 8-219.4, 8-219.6, $-219.9, 8-219.10, 8-219.12, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 8-219.9:1 and 8-219.14, the amended and new sections relating to the Virginia Seed Law.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 22 of Title 3 thereof an article numbered 3.2 consisting of §§ 8-598.7 to 8-598.11, inclusive, relating to the destruction of swine affected with hog cholera; payment of indemnities; and related purposes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 40-1.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain definitions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-847, 3-848 and 8-851, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding §§ 3-847.1 and $-847.2, the amended and new sections relating to composition, terms and compensation of members of the Muk Commission, and to prescribe what constitutes a quorum thereof.
An Act to provide for increased agricultural research, education and service; to state the policy of the General Assembly in relation thereto; to create the Virginia Agricultural Foundation and to set forth its powers, duties and functions; to create the Virginia Agricultural Foundation Fund and to provide for the management and expenditure thereof; to amend and reenact §§ 8-117.8, 3-117.32, 3-627, 8-628, 3-631, 58-715 and 58-780, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to inspection fees and taxes upon commercial feeds and fertilizers and refunds of the motor fuel tax; to provide for increases in such taxes and fees and to provide for the application of the proceeds of such fees and taxes; to provide for the disposition of such motor fuel tax refunds; and to repeal § 8-6.1 of the Code of Virginia relating to the Agricultural Research and Education Commission and the Agricultural Research and Education Fund, and all other acts and parts of acts in conflict; and to transfer certain moneys to the Virginia Agricultural Foundation Fund.
An Act to amend and reenact § 3-708.88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to how fluid dairy products shall be packaged for retail sale.
An Act to amend and reenact, § 56-274, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the exclusion of certain vehicles from certain provisions of law applicable to public service companies.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 4 and 111 of Chapter 158 of the Acts of Assembly of 1916, approved March 11, 1916, which provided a charter for the town of Victoria, the sections relating to town officials; to amend said chapter by adding a section numbered 2-a, relating to powers of the town; and to repeal § 120 of said chapter, relating to rate of tax.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in Chapter 24 of Title 8 an article numbered 4, containing §§ 8-676.7 through 8-676.22, to provide for the inspection of livestock and poultry slaughtered, and the carcasses and parts thereof, meat food products and poultry products processed therefrom, for human consumption, at certain establishments; condemnation and destruction of carcasses, parts thereof, and products found unfit for human food; regulation of sanitation of the establishments; regulation of marking and labeling of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat food products, and poultry products; restriction on distribution of uneviscerated poultry carcasses; record keeping requirements; exemptions from requirements of the act; penalties for specified violations of the act; denial of inspection; issuance of regulations to effectuate the act; relation of the act to federal laws; cooperation with the federal government; cost of inspection; and separability of provisions of the act; and to repeal §§ 3-672 through 8-676, and §§ 8-676.1 through 8-676.6, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 3 a chapter numbered 13.2, containing sections numbered $-228.18 through 8-228.22, relating to the regulation of sale, offering or exposing for sale of turfgrass sod, turfgrass plugs and turfgrass sprigs.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-97 of the Code of Virginia, relating to permits to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-851, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to different rates of tax levy on different classes of Property.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 23-138, 23-185.1, 28-185.2, 28-1854 and 28-185.5, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 28-185.6, the amended and new sections relating to the establishment of a Research Division of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, to transfer certain functions to this Division, define its purposes and administration; to dispose of its receipts and to appropriate funds therefor; and to repeal § 28-185.8.
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.1-96 of the Code of Virginia, relating to carrying oysters out of State or buying for that purpose; permits required.
An Act to amend and reenact 8§ 46.1-45 and 46.1-280, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemption of motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, etc., used for certain purposes, from registration and licensing; brakes on trailers; exemptions.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-80 and 54-81 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fee for examination of applicants for certificates of registration as architect, engineer or surveyor, and expiration and renewal of such certificates and fees for such renewal, so as to increase such examination fee and delete provision for refund of portion thereof if certificate not granted, and provide for biennial rather than annual renewal and adjust renewal fees accordingly.
An Act to create the Virginia Pork Industry Commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to authorize the Commission to undertake programs to promote education and research as to the Virginia pork industry; to levy an excise tax on hogs produced in Virginia and sold for slaughter or sold as feeder pigs and provide for its collection; to create the “Virginia Pork Industry Fund” and to appropriate funds thereto; and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-197.1, 8-197.2, 8-197.8, 3-197.4, 8-197.5, 8-197.6, 8-197.7, 8-197.10, and 8-197.11, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the musk thistle law; to define and include therein the words 'curled thistle'; to provide for the giving of certain notices and how served; to provide for when and in what method certain payments to be made; and to specify to which court appeal may be taken.
An Act to require licenses for certain surface mining operations and to fix conditions for issuance thereof; to provide that certain reclamation be performed by licensees and for inspection thereof; to authorize reclamation to be performed or contracted for by the Department of Conservation and Economic Development under certain circumstances; to create a Board of Reclamation Review and to provide for appeals from rulings of such board; to provide penalties for violations; and to create a special fund for reclamation purposes and provide for expenditures therefrom.
An Act to provide for the submission of proposed amendments to Sections 148, 145 and 146 of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-355, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to taxes imposed on coin-operated machines and devices.

1889/1890 Private Laws
An ACT to incorporate the Chesapeake agricultural and industrial society.
An Act to amend and re-enact chapter fifty-six of the acts of assembly of eighteen hundred and eighty one-two, entitled an act in reference to fences in Princess Anne county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate the Portsmouth water company,
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Stafford county, or any magisterial district thereof, the question of a ‘* Hog Law.'
An ACT for the appointment of assessors for the cities of Roanoke and Manchester.
An ACT to incorporate the Tobacco Trade of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to make North Meherrin river, Ledbette creek, and Tussikiah creek in Lunenburg county lawful fences.
An ACT to empower the trustees of Hopewell Grange, No. 585, of Craig county, to sell and convey the property now owned or hereafter acquired by said Grange and to re-invest the proceeds thereof under certain conditions.
An ACT defining a lawful fence for Amherst county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act approved March 15, 1875, entitled an act for the protection of sheep in the county of Rockingham and to repeal section 6 of the same act
An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 307 of the acts of 1887-88, in relation to trespass by certain animals in the county of Halifax.
An ACT to allow the Norfolk marl and phosphate company to erect a wharf on James river.
An ACT relating to the trespass of stock in vertain parts of Washington county.
An ACT to incorporate the Cloverdale stock farm in Halifax county, Virginia.
An ACT for removing obstructions from Big and Little Nottoway rivers.
An ACT to extend the time for the collection of taxes in the county of Mecklenburg for the year 1889.
An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria and Fairfax passenger railway company.
An ACT to provide for the drainage of low lands in Northampton and Accomac counties.
An ACT to provide a special fence law for Northampton county.
An ACT to incorporate the Cardwell machine company.
An ACT to repeal an act approved January 2, 1890, entitled an act to amend section one of an act to incorporate the Virginia steel company, approved May 2, 1887.
An ACT to incorporate the Alleghany company of Virginia.
An ACT to define a lawful fence for the county of Powhatan.

1878/79
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12, chapter 115, Code of 1873, in reference to the enforcement of liens on crops.
An ACT to incorporate Centreville Grange, No. 706, of Princess Anne county.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Spotsylvania.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Bedford.
An ACT to authorize the use of convict labor on the grounds of the State Agricultural Society.
An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria and Fairfax Agricultural and Industrial Association.
An ACT to incorporate the Farmers Mutual Fire Protection Association
An ACT providing for the assessment of a tract of land belonging to Henry A. Goodloe, of Rockbridge county, and for refunding taxes erroneously assessed thereon.
An ACT declaring the James river to condemnation line
An Act to provide for the erection of suitable shoots for the passage of fish by the owners of mill-dams across the North Brauch of the Shenandoah river
An ACT to incorporate and establish the Craig Agricultural and Mechanical Association

1879/80
An ACT to incorporate Cottage Grange, No. 688, of Norfolk county.
An Act for the appointment of a National Commission to investigate diseases among domestic animals
An ACT to incorporate the Seaboard Cotton Compress Company.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Angora Company.
An ACT to prescribe a fence law for the district of Guilford, in the county of Surry.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 360 of Acts of 1876-7, approved April 4, 1877, for keeping in repair partition fences in the counties of Rockbridge, Pulaski, Rockingham, Lancaster, Augusta, King and Queen, Westmoreland and Clarke.
An ACT authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Frederick county to declare inoperative as to said county or any district thereof the act relating to fences and for the protection of crops
An Act to address the regie contracts by foreign governments for the purchase of leaf tobacco.
An ACT for the protection of dairymen and to prevent deception in the sale of butter and cheese.
An ACT to exempt the counties of Westmoreland and Northumberland from the provisions of the 25th section of chapter 214 of the Acts of 1874, in relation to planting and bedding oysters.
An ACT to amend chapter 11 of Acts of special session 1879, authorizing sale of tobacco on storage, &c.
An ACT requiring County Superintendents of Schools
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Warren.

1879es
An ACT to provide for keeping in repair partition fences in the county of Fauquier.
An ACT to provide for an inspection of cattle
An ACT to provide for the creation of a commissioner and burean of immigration.
An ACT authorizing the sale of tobacco remaining on storage at the Public warehouse undemanded for three years after its inspection.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Jockey Club
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.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8, chapter 97, Code of 1873, in relation to damages for trespasses by animals.
An ACT declaring certain streams in Nottoway county to be highways.
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.