Agriculture

1887/1888
An ACT to provide for a Board of Agriculture of Virginia and making appropriation therefor.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Rappahannock Valley Agricultural and Mechanical society of Fredericksburg.
An ACT to give the right of appeal in cattle guard cases
An ACT to authorize Christian Hanson to erect a wharf in front of his shore for shipping oysters.
An ACT to allow the Eastern Shore steamboat company of Maryland, to acquire, hold, and dispose of a certain tract of land in Northampton county, Virginia.
An ACT to repeal sections 1853, 1854, and 1884 of chapter 84 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the general statutes of the commonwealth, approved May 16, 1887, in relation to the inspection of flour and fish.
An ACT to incorporate the Farmers Independent and Benevolent society of Southampton county.
An ACT to incorporate the Danville Storage company.

1889/1890 Public Laws
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3146 and 3147 of the code of Virginia, in relation to jurors.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1582 of chapter 22 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the government of the Virginia military institute.
An ACT repealing chapter 124, session acts 1887-’8, entitled an act declaring certain grounds under water, known as Hog Island flats, open and eligible for the planting and sowing oysters.
An act to prevent the manufacture and sale of adulterated cider vinegar.
An ACT in relation to the control of prisoners in jail.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide for the mode of applying for licenses to transact any business in this state, and prescribing the amount to be paid as a condition precedent to the right to transact such business
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2048 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved 16th January, 1890, in relation to what constitutes a lawful fence.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 904 of chapter 39 of the code of Virginia, in relation to growing crops.
An ACT to repeal chapter 87 of the code of Virginia in relation to the weighing of live stock
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3319 of chapter 163 code of Virginia, in relation to the appointment of commissioners in chancery as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 4, 1890.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2197 of the code of Virginia, in reference to burial of hogs that die from disease and accidental injury.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1842 of the code of Virginia, in relation to sale by samplers and others of unclaimed tobacco in warehouses of the city of Richmond, and disposition of the proceeds.

1891/1892
An ACT to incorporate the Chesterfield agricultural society.
An ACT for the protection of stock breeders and owners of licensed stallions.
An ACT to extend the Puriediction of the police authorities of the city of Richmond
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 8, 5 and 6 of an act for the protection of sheep in the counties of Clarke, Frederick and Charlotte, approved March 6, 1874, as to the county of Frederick.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Henrico.
An ACT for the appointment of an inspector of staves for the city of Norfolk.
An ACT to incorporate the Drake’s Branch warehouse company.
A RESOLUTION to authorize the governor of Virginia to detach the vessels of the oyster navy of the state to assist in making a survey of the natural oyster beds of the commonwealth.
An ACT to grant to George B. Marshall and his successors and assigns a right of way through the property of the University of Virginia for certain purposes.
An ACT to allow the voters of Red bank district, Halifax county, to vote on a fence law.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia blood horse association, of the city of Richmond.
An ACT to advance the agricultural and industrial interests of the state by providing for the assaying by the state board of agriculture for the benefit of the owners thereof of any minerals found in the state.
An ACT to make the north fork of Holston river, in the county of Washington, between certain points, a lawful fence.
An ACT to declare Rockfish river, in Nelson county, between certain points, a lawful fence.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of an act approved March Ist, 1886, creating the Baldwin district fair association, enlarging the powers of the association, etc.
An ACT to submit the question of a hog law to the voters of Rappahannock.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2184, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2130 of the code of Virginia, in reference to fish.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Smyth.
An ACT to allow the voters in a certain portion of Augusta county to vote on a stock law.
An ACT to require the board of supervisors of the counties of Amelia, Cumberland, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Goochland, Chesterfield, and Powhatan to protect poultry.
An ACT prohibiting the running at large of hogs
An ACT to protect the oyster industry of the commonwealth.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2494 of the code of Virginia, 1887, in relation to lien on crops for advances to farmers; nature of agreement therefor; where and in what manner docketed and the effect thereof and the clerk’s fee therefor.
An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Bedford to determine what shall be considered a lawful fence in the county of Bedford.
An ACT to prevent the adulteration of butter and cheese, and the sale of the same and preserve the public health.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1591 of the code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of visitors to the Virginia agricultural and mechanical college as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 6, 1890.
An ACT making the middle and south fork of Holston river a lawful fence in certain portions of Washington county.
An ACT to allow the voters of Shenandoah county or any magisterial district thereof to vote on a stock law.
An ACT for making and repairing division fences between coterminous land owners in the county of Frederick, Virginia.
An ACT to allow George W. Butts and W. C. Whitney to erect a pier on Chuckatuck creek for the purpose of building a guard-house.
An ACT to incorporate the Virginia farming company.
An ACT to establish a market day for cattle in Richmond.
An ACT to provide for the collection, arrangement and display of the products of the state of Virginia at the World’s Columbian exposition of 1893.
An ACT ‘to authorize the board of supervisors of King William county to erect buildings for King William agricultural society.
An ACT to incorporate the Northern Neck agricultural association.
An ACT to venns = arin fence in the county of
An ACT appropriating the public revenue for the two fiscal years, ending respectively, the 80th day of September, 1892, and the 30th day of September, 1893.

1893/1894
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 21 of an act entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required
An ACT for the encouragement and extension of oyster culture in the tidal waters of Fox island or Fox islands.
An ACT to encourage immigration into the commonwealth of Virginia, and to promote sales of lands within the commonwealth to immigrants.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in Rockingham county.
An ACT appropriating the public revenues for the two fiscal years ending respectively the 80th day of September, 1894, and the 30th day of September, 1895.
An ACT to protect sheep and other stock in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
An ACT to declare Rockfish river, in Nelson county, between certain points, a lawful fence.
An ACT to amend the charter of the Chesapeake agricultural association.
An Act to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act entitled an act for the protection of sheep in the county of Albemarle
An ACT for the relief of R. Wachsmann
An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act for the protection of sheep in the county of Smyth
An ACT relating to the entry and riding or driving of horses at places where purses, premiums or stakes are competed for.
An ACT making it lawful to adopt marks of designation for saw-logs, piles, hewn timber or square timber, and for the protection of the owners thereof.
An ACT to empower the board of supervisors of Essex county to subscribe to the capital stock of the Tidewater agricultural stock association.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act prohibiting the running at large of hogs and sheep within a certain district in Prince William county.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled act to incorporate the Mutual live stock association of Accomac parish
AN ACT to prohibit hogs, sheep and goats from running at large upon the public roads or unenclosed lands in the county of Augusta.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to protect the oyster industry of the commonwealth, approved February 29, 1892.
An ACT to give the assent of the state of Virginia to the provisions of an act of congress, entitled an act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, &c., and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, &c., of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, &c.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act for the protection of sheep in Cedarville district, Warren county, by a tax upon dogs.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in Amherst county.
An ACT to provide for the drainage of lowlands in the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Cumberland and Greenesville.
An ACT to provide for the payment of debts due by commission merchants.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved November 29, 1884, for the relief of the Shenandoah Valley and other agricultural societies.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Rockbridge.
An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 622 of the code of Virginia, in reference to the property that may be distrained for taxes
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2134, code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2138, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2148, 2151, 2158, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 21438, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, and to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 7 of the said act approved February 25, 1892.
An ACT to amend and re-enact the first and second sections of an act to prevent and punish betting, gambling and the making, writing or selling of books or pools or mutuals on the results of any trotting race or running race of horses, or race of any kind, or on any election or contest of any kind, or on any game of baseball.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act to incorporate the Hampton normal and agricultural institute, approved June 4, 1870.
An ACT to regulate the sale of cider.
An ACT for the protection of sheep in the county of Fluvanna.
An ACT to define what shall be a lawful fence in Virginia.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2185, 2187, 2148, and the independent sections 3, 5,8 and 10, and to repeal section 9 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 21385, 2187, 2148, 2151, 2153, and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2148, 2144, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, and to amend and re-enact sections 2150, 2164 and 2182 of the code of Virginia, and to add independent sections thereto, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 2131, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2148, 2151, 2153 and to repeal sections 2141, 2142, 2143, 2145 and 2147 of chapter 97 of the code of Virginia, in relation to oysters, and to add independent sections thereto, approved February 25, 1892, which was approved March 2, 1894.
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 4, 6 and 10 of an act entitled an act to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are to be sold, and fixing the penalties incurred for violation to the same, approved February 24, 1890.
An Act to prohibit horses and colts from running at large upon the public roads of the county of Northampton.
An ACT to submit to the qualified voters of Stafford county, or any magisterial district thereof, the question of a hog law.
An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act to protect sheep in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
An ACT to authorize the superintendent of the Virginia penitentiary to lease or purchase a farm and to erect thereon suitable buildings for the care and employment of convicts.
An ACT for the relief of Charles P. Finney, James T. Weaver, Walter F. Broadwater, James E. Anderton, William J. Barnes, John C. Justice, Samuel J. Davis, Solomon Warner and Southey Lee Milliner, oyster inspectors of Accomac county.
An ACT to regulate the sale of seed cotton in the county of Brunswick, Virginia.

1897/1898
An ACT to provide a lawful fence for the county of Essex.