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1870/1871

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Displaying 201 - 300 of 301

Chapter 205

An ACT Amending and Re-enacting Sections 15, 14, 15 and 16 of Chapter 124 of Code of 186), Authorizing the Draining of Lands Through the Lands of Others.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 206

An ACT to Incorporate the Farmville, Charlottesville and Stanardsville Narrow Gauge Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 207

An ACT for the Protection of Religious Meetings and Preservation of Order at the Same.
Alcohol, Religious Institutions, Law Enforcement

Chapter 208

An ACT to Authorize the Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia to Issue Bonds to Pay Off and Discharge Their Floating Debt and Maturing Obligations.
Bonds, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 209

An ACT to Incorporate the Norfolk and Kempsviile Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 210

An ACT Directing the Board of Public Works to Sell the State’s Interest in the Various Internal Improvement Companies of the Commonwealth.
Business, Public expenditures, Bonds, Utilities

Chapter 211

An ACT to Incorporate the Exchange Bank of Goodson
Business

Chapter 212

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of S. S. Reeder, Late Sheriff of Russell County.
Debt, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 213

An ACT Enlarging the Corporation of the Town of New Market, in the County of Shenandoah.
Municipal charters, Boundaries

Chapter 214

An ACT to Make Staunton River a Lawful Fence from the Gap of Smith’s Mountain to Turner’s Ford.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 215

An ACT Declaring Smith’s River a Lawful Fence in the County
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 216

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Samuel Trenary, Late Sheriff of Frederick County, Virginia.
Judicial, Public officers, Debt

Chapter 217

An ACT to Provide a New Charter for the Town of Charlottesville.
Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public expenditures, Recreation, Boundaries, Cemeteries

Chapter 219

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 9 of an Act Entitled an Act to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools
Education, Salaries, Public officers

Chapter 220

An ACT to Provide for the Reorganization of the Militia.
Armed forces, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 221

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of Chapter 61 of the Code of Virginia, (Edition of 1860), to Authorize Subscriptions to Incorporated Companies by Counties, Cities, Towns, and Townships.
Business, Budget, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 222

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 4, Chapter 86 of Code of Virginia (Edition of 1860), as to Qualification of Deputy Sheriffs and Collectors.
Taxation, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 223

An ACT to Amend Section 10 of the Act Passed March 16, 1847, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Trustees of the Glebe Fund of Lancaster County.
Amendments, Charity, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 224

An ACT Authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts to Refund to the Trustees of Randolph Macon College, Amount of Taxes Illegally Assessed on the Property of said College.
Education, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 225

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 5 and 14 of an Act Entitled an Act Providing a Charter for the City of Richmond, Approved May 24, 1870, as Amended by an Act Approved July 11, 1870.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 226

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 3d Section of an Act En-
Amendments, Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 227

An ACT to Require Manufacturers of Fertilizers to Label their Packages with a Correct Analysis of the Same.
Agriculture, Business, Public expenditures, Judicial, Property

Chapter 228

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Approved February 19, 1858, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Ashland, in the County of Hanover, and the Act Amendatory thereof, Approved January 11, 1864.
Amendments, Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 229

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 3 of an Act Passed December 20, 1855, Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Orange, as Amended by an Act Approved July 9, 1870.
Amendments, Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 230

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Approved the 11th day of July, 1870, Entitled an Act for the Relief of the Late Sheriffs of the Commonwealth.
Amendments, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 231

An ACT to Amend the Ist Section of an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Piedmont and Potomac Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 233

An ACT to ‘Amend and Re-enact the Eighth Section of an Act Entitled an Act Incorporating a Company for Improving the Navigation of the Rivanna River, Passed March 2, 1827.
Amendments, Business, Utilities

Chapter 235

An ACT to Incorporate the Christiansburg and Blacksburg Turnpike Company, and to Authorize said Company to Construct a Tram-way on part of their Road Bed.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 236

An ACT to Amend the 138th Section of Chapter 207 of the Code, with Regard to Discharge of Accused from Imprisonment, if not Indicted in a Certain Time.
Amendments, Jails, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 237

An ACT Authorizing the County Courts of Certain Counties to Rescind an Order Heretofore Made by said Courts in Regard to Fences.
Fence Laws

Chapter 238

An ACT to Provide for the Printing of the Reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals, and for Other Purposes Connected Therewith; and to Repeal Section 3 of Chapter 19 of the Code of 1860.
Amendments, Charity, Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Property

Chapter 240

An ACT to Incorporate the Otter Bridge Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 241

An ACT to Amend Sections 7, 8, 9, and 11 of Chapter 161 of the Code of Virginia, as to Places of Holding Courts, &c.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 242

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 12, Chapter 186 of the Code of Virginia, in Regard to Writs of Scire Facias.
Amendments, Judicial, Debt, Inheritance and succession, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 243

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 47th Section of Chapter 58 of the Code of Virginia, (Edition of 1860), as Amended ‘by the Act Entitled an Act Making Certain Banks in the City of Richmond Depositories of the Public Money, Passed April 29, 1867.
Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 244

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 12, Chapter 130 of the Code of 1860, in Regard to Personal Representatives.
Amendments, Inheritance and succession, Property

Chapter 245

An ACT Allowing Further Time to the Owners of Lots in the Town of Columbia, in the County of Fluvanna, to Build on and Improve the same.
Property

Chapter 246

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 87, Chapter 188 ot Session Acts of 1869 and 1870, in Relation to Vacancies in Township Offices,
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 247

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 24 and 25 of Chapter 184 of the Code of Virginia, in Relation to the Collection of Fee Bills.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers, Debt

Chapter 248

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Scottsville.
Municipal charters, Property, Public officers

Chapter 249

An ACT to Authorize the Judge of Campbell County to Order a New Registration in Brookville Township.
Voting

Chapter 250

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of Strasburg Academy, in Shenandoah County, to Sell a Certain Lot of Land.
Education, Property, Public officers

Chapter 251

An ACT to Authorize the Register of the Land Office to Issue a Patent to John Lewis, of Alleghany County.
Property

Chapter 252

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 28th Section of the Act
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Bonds, Judicial

Chapter 253

An ACT Authorizing Certain Commissioners to Sell a Certain Lot of Land in Winchester belonging to the Winchester Academy.
Education, Public officers, Property

Chapter 254

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 19 and 26 of Chapter 441 of Acts of 1869 and 1870, in Relation to Roads
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property, Public officers

Chapter 255

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 11th Section of Chapter
Fishing, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 256

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 6, 8, 14, and 15, and to Repeal Sections 7, 16, 17, and 18, of Chapter 150 of the Code of Virginia (Edition of 1860), Concerning Warrants for Small Claims.
Amendments, Judicial, Property, Debt

Chapter 257

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 58th Section of the Road Law.
Transportation

Chapter 258

An ACT to Incorporate the Fauquier Turnpike Company in the County of Fauquier.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Business

Chapter 259

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 4 and 5, Chapter 50, Code of 1860, in Relation to Inspection of Jails.
Jails, Law Enforcement, Civil Rights, Judicial

Chapter 260

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 5 of Chapter 178 of the Code of Virginia, (1860) as to the Appointment of Trustees.
Amendments, Property

Chapter 261

An ACT to Incorporate the Mechanics’ Association in the City of Lynchburg.
Incorporation, Business, Public officers, Public spaces, Employment and labor

Chapter 262

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 4, 5, 9,14, 25, and 26, of Chapter 208 of the Code of Virginia, as to Juries in Criminal Cases and Change of Venue.
Judicial, Amendments, Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Property

Chapter 263

An ACT Making an Appropriation for Renewal of Sky Lights on Roof of Capitol and the Repainting of the Roof, Interior of Vesti- bules, Rotunda and Dome of Same.
Public expenditures

Chapter 264

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 64th Section of an Act Entitled an Act to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools
Education, Taxation

Chapter 265

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Education to Suspend the Operation of Section 46 of the Act Approved July 11, 1870, Entitled an Act to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools for the Present Scholastic Year.
Education

Chapter 266

An ACT to Incorporate the Warm, Hot, and Healing Springs, and Covington Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 267

An ACT to Incorporate the Bank of Commerce, Norfolk, Virginia.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 268

An ACT to Extend the Jurisdiction of Police Justices and Justices of the Peace in Certain Cases.
Law Enforcement, Judicial, Civil Rights

Chapter 269

An ACT to Regulate the Sale of Strychnine, Arsenic, Corrosive Sublimate or Prussic Acid, by Druggists and Others.
Healthcare, Public officers, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 270

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Botetourt Savings Institution of Buchanan
Business, Legislative Amendments, Bonds, Property

Chapter 271

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Strasburg, in the County of Shenandoah.
Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 272

An ACT to Incorporate the Rockbridge and Alleghany Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 273

An ACT to Incorporate the Pittsylvania and Patrick Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 274

An ACT to Authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company to Endorse or Guaranty Bonds of the Lynchburg and Danville Railroad Company, and Certain Cities, Counties, and Towns for Subscription to the Stock of said last named Company.
Transportation, Bonds

Chapter 275

An ACT to Incorporate the Norfolk and Princess Anne Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 276

An ACT to Amend the 27th Section of the School Bill.
Education, Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 277

An ACT to Authorize the Circuit Courts of the Commonwealth to Grant Charters of Incorporation and to Repeal Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Chapter 65, and Section 34 of Chapter 57 of the Vode of Virginia, (Edition of 1860)
Business, Incorporation, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 278

An ACT to Provide for a General Registration of the Voters or the City of Richmond.
Voting, Municipal charters, Registration of births, etc., Legislative Amendments

Chapter 279

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 89, 40, and 58, of an Act Entitled an Act to Provide for a General Election, Approved May 11, 1870, as Amended and Re-enacted by an Act Approved July 11, 1870.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 280

An ACT to Incorporate the Rockingham Banking and Trust Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 281

An ACT to Incorporate the Charlottesville and Scottsville Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Business

Chapter 282

An ACT to Provide for the Funding and Payment of the Public Debt.
Budget, Debt, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 283

An ACT in Relation to the Public Printing and the Public Printer.
Employment and labor, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Budget

Chapter 284

An ACT to Provide for the Equalization of the Valuation of Real Estate and Personal Property between the Different Townships of the Counties of this Commonwealth.
Budget, Business, Taxation, Incorporation

Chapter 285

JOINT RESOLUTION for the Purchase, by the State, of Elder’s Portrait of General R. E. Lee.
Monuments and memorials

Chapter 286

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, and 12th Sections of an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Masonic Temple Association of Virginia, Passed March 15, 1858.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 287

An ACT to Provide for the Collection of Debts Due the City of Williamsburg, for which Notes were Taken, Payable to the Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen, by the Present Corporation of said City.
Debt, Education, Municipal charters

Chapter 288

An ACT to Authorize the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company to Consolidate and Provide for the Payment of its Mortgage Debt.
Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 289

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Culpeper.
Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 290

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Lovingston, in the County of Nelson.
Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 291

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act, Approved July 9, 1870, Entitled an Act for the Relief of the Sureties of Washington Dearmont, Late Sheriff of Clarke County, Virginia.
Amendments, Budget, Public officers, Debt

Chapter 292

An ACT to Authorize the Construction of Tram Roads Along the County Roads of the Commonwealth.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 293

An ACT Authorizing the Payment of a Sum of Money to Albert H. Gibboney, Legal Representative of Hamilton R. Bogle, Late Sheriff of Tazewell County.
Public officers, Law Enforcement, Budget

Chapter 294

An ACT to Authorize the Extension of the Norfolk and Princess Anne Canal.
Transportation, Industry, Bonds

Chapter 295

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 8 of an Act, Passed January 31, 1867, Entitled an Act to Amend the 2d, 3d, 4th, 8th, 18th, and 17th Sections of an Act, Passed May 29, 1852, Entitled an Act to Provide for the Incorporation of Building Fund Associations.
Amendments, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 296

An ACT to Authorize the Surviving Trustees of the Lovingston Male and Female School to Convey any Real Estate Belonging to that Institution to the School District in which it is Situated, for Public Free School Purposes.
Education

Chapter 297

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 27, Uhapter 49 of the Code of Virginia, (edition of 1860,) in Regard to the Return of Process.
Judicial

Chapter 298

An ACT to Authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to Appoint an Additional Clerk.
Education, Public officers

Chapter 299

An ACT to Exempt Licensed Butchers or Keepers of Stalls or Steres from the Penalties Imposed by the Act Passed April 19, 1867, for Canvassing for Matters of Subsistence Designed as Food for Man or Beast.
Agriculture, Business, Taxation

Chapter 300

An ACT to Provide for the Advance Payment of the Annuity
Armed forces, Budget, Public expenditures, Education

Chapter 301

An ACT Prescribing Duties and Powers of the Superintendent of the Poor and Trustees of the Gloucester Charity School.
Charity, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 302

An ACT to Authorize F. W. Jett to Erect a Pier Head on Hampton Bar, in the Waters of Hampton Roads.
Business, Transportation

Chapter 303

An ACT to Incorporate the Southside University.
Education, Incorporation, Agriculture, Public officers, Charity

Chapter 304

Joint Resolutions Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Virginia, in Relation to the Clause in Respect to and Entitled Usury
Amendments, Debt, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 305

An ACT to Incorporate the Richmond and Henrico Railroad, Turnpike, and Graded Road Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 306

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Southern Protection Insurance Company of Alexandria, Virginia
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 307

An ACT Appropriating the Public Revenue for the Fiscal Year 1870 and 1871.
Budget, Healthcare, Public expenditures, Education, Public officers, Pensions, Civil Rights, Registration of births, etc., Judicial

Chapter 308

An ACT to Provide a System of Public Free Schools in the Cities of the Commonwealth, and to Repeal Section 66 of‘an Act Entitled an Act to Establish and Maintain a Uniform System of Public Free Schools
Education, Municipal charters, Budget, Taxation
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