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1871/1872

Laws in Volume
Displaying 201 - 300 of 378

Chapter 204

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Second Section of an Act Entitled an Act to Regulate the Taking of Fish for the Purpose of Manufacturing Oil or Manure
Fishing, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 205

An ACT Providing for New Grants where Title Papers are Lost or Destroyed.
Property, Inheritance and succession, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 206

An ACT to authorize the Fredericksburg, Orange and Charlottesville Railroad Company to Receive Subscriptions to its Capital Stock from Citizens of the Counties of Orange, Madison, Greene and Albemarle, to Paid for in Lands lying in said Counties.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 207

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Russell County to Borrow Money to Re-build the Court-house and Jail of said County.
Budget, Public officers, Jails, Law Enforcement

Chapter 208

An ACT to Incorporate Norwood College.
Education, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 209

An ACT for the Construction of a Railroad from West Virginia Line in Pendleton County. Through Highland, Bath and Alleghany Counties in Virginia, to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 210

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the School Trustees of Washington School District of the County of Alexandria to use District School Funds to Pay Teachers of Public Schools.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 211

An ACT for the Relief of Thomas Jennings, Acting Jailor of Pittsylvania County.
Jails, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures

Chapter 212

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Session of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 213

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Six of an Act approved March 2: 3d, 1871, to Amend the Charter of Frederic ‘ksbury.
Amendments, Business, Taxation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 214

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Five of Chapter Fifteen of the Code of Fightcen Hundred and Sixty, Concerning the Duties and Privileges of Members of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 215

Joint Resolution Authorizing the Clerk of York County to Deliver to the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary and High School in Virginia the Parish Register of York County from 1648 to 1800
Religious Institutions

Chapter 216

AN ACT for the Relief of Ruth Clendeniny
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 217

An ACT to Prevent the Placing of Obstructions in the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers.
Property, Fishing

Chapter 218

An ACT Declaring the Rights and Franchises of the Trustees of Willis River Forfeited, and Providing for Restoring the Navigation of Willis River, by the Incorporation of the Willis Navigation Company.
Amendments, Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 219

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Fifty, of Chapte: Seventy-six, of the Acts of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-nine-Seventy in relation to the Publication of Election Returns in Newspapers in ths City of Richmond.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 220

An ACT to Incorporate the Pittsylvania and Henry Railroad Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 221

An ACT to Incorporate the Newcastle and Paint Bank Turnpike Company, in the County of Craig.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 222

An ACT to Extend the Time for the Collection of Taxes, and County and Township Levies, throughout the Commonwealth.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 223

An ACT to Authorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Gloucester to Vote on the Question of Removing the Court-house and Other Public Buildings of said County.
Voting, Municipal charters, Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 225

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Thirteen, of Chap-
Transportation, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 226

An ACT to Authorize the Formation of the Alleghany Springs Railroad Company.
Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 227

An ACT to Change the Name of the Natural Bridge Turnpike Company, Extend and Enlarge the Limits of said Road, and Authorize the Erection of a Bridge in connection therewith, across Jackson River.
Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 228

An ACT to Incorporate the Staunton, Stribling Springs and West Virginia Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 229

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 3d Section of Chapter 48, of the Code of 1860, in Relation to the Compensation of Justices of the Peace.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 230

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Prescribing the Duties and Compensation of Vertain Township Officers, Approved July 11th, 1870, and Acts Amendatory Thereof.
Amendments, Business, Budget, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Pensions, Property, Public officers, Utilities

Chapter 231

An ACT for the Relief of Elizabeth T. Marshall
Bonds, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 232

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 4 and 5 of an Act to Incorporate the Abingdon and Denton’s Valley Turnpike Company, passed February 16, 1867.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 233

An ACT Authorizing the Trustees of Waddell Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons No. 228, at Gordonsville, Virginia, to Borrow Money and Execute a Deed of Trust
Charity, Fraternal organizations, Property

Chapter 234

An ACT to Appropriate the Income Arising from the Proceeds of the Land Scrip accruing to Virginia under Act of Congress of July 2, 1862, and the Acts Amendatory 'Thereof.
Agriculture, Education, Legislative Amendments, Charity, Civil Rights, Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 235

An ACT to Provide a New Charter for the Town of Suffolk.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Taxation, Property, Public spaces, Public officers, Pensions, Healthcare, Employment and labor

Chapter 236

An ACT to Incorporate the Piedmont Improvement Company
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 237

An ACT Extending the Time for Repair or Rebuilding of Mills Destroyed by the Late Flood, or Duriny the Late War.
Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 239

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Ist Section of Chapter 99 of the Code of Virginia of 1860, in Relation to Fences.
Fence Laws, Agriculture

Chapter 240

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section one, Chapter 55.
Amendments, Fire fighters, Public officers

Chapter 241

An ACT for the Relief of the Trustees of Sycamore Church
Religious Institutions

Chapter 242

An ACT to Declare New River, from the County Line between Giles and Pulaski, to the County Line between Wythe and Pulaski Counties, a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 243

An ACT to Amend and and Re-enact Sections Four and Five of the Act Entitled an Act Relating to Fences and for the Protection of Crops Passed January 26, 1806.
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 244

An ACT for the Protection of Fishing in the Roanoke River west of the Blue Ridge.
Fishing, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 245

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act Continuing the Payment of Interest and Dividends to the Incorporated Colleges or other Seminaries of Learning in the State
Education, Public expenditures, Budget, Incorporation

Chapter 246

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Prescribe the Times for the Holding of the Terms of the Circuit Courts of the State
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 247

An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia Valley Railway and Internal Improvement Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 248

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 10 of Chapter 1! of the Code of Virginia, (Edition of 1860), with Regard to Pay of Clerks of Court of Appeals and of the Circuit Court of Richmond. as Amended by Chapter 359, Acts 1869-70, Approved October 31st, 1870.
Judicial, Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 249

An ACT for the Relief of W. R. Vaughan and W. T. Smith Executors of W. S. Smith, Deceased.
Debt, Inheritance and succession, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 250

An ACT to Incorporate the North River Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation

Chapter 251

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 4, of an Act approved July lith, 1870, relating to Fiduciaries, so as to Fix the Fees of Commissioners of Account.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 252

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Third Section, Chapter 209, Code 1860, as Re-enacted by the Act passed 27th April, 1867, entitled an Act to Revise and Amend the Criminal Procedure, and as further Amended by the Act approved January 14, 1871.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 253

An ACT to Repeal Section 1, and Amend and Re-enact Section 2, of Chapter 174, of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Removal of Causes.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 254

AN ACT to Render Valid a Deed of Conveyance of certain Property in Rockingham County for the Use of the Lutheran and German Reformed Churches.
Religious Institutions, Property, Public spaces, Amendments

Chapter 255

An ACT to Authorize the Township Board of Tanner's Creek Township in Norfolk County to use Surplus Funds for the Erection of Township House.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 256

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Nine of an Act to Incorporate the Chesapeake Warehouse Company of Norfolk, Virginia
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 257

An ACT to Authorize Subscriptions in aid of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg, Virginia
Agriculture, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 258

An ACT to Define and Extend the Corporate Limits of the Town of Farmville, in the County of Prince Edward.
Boundaries, Public officers, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 259

An ACT to Authorize the Roanoke Valley Railroad Company to Borrow Money and to Secure its Payment.
Business, Transportation, Bonds

Chapter 260

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 39, Chapter 184, of Code of 1860, as Amended, concerning Allowance of certain Officers.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 261

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

Chapter 262

An ACT Authorizing the Legally Constituted Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Congregation at Gordonsville to Borrow Money and Execute a Deed of Trust.
Religious Institutions, Charity, Debt

Chapter 263

An ACT to Define the Boundary Line between the Counties of Albemarle and Fluvanna.
Boundaries, Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 265

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled 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 Code of Virginia (edition of 1860)
Amendments, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 266

An ACT to Authorize the Bourd of Supervisors of Norfolk and Henrico Counties to Increase the Salaries of the Judges of Said Counties.
Salaries, Judicial

Chapter 267

An ACT to Incorporate the Sussex County Railroad Company
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 268

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 3d Section of an Act Supplemental to an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Town of Portsmouth, Passed 18th March, 1858, and to Provide for the Disposition of the Common Property of the County of Norfolk and City of Portsmouth, Passed March 25th 1858.
Transportation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 269

AN ACT for the Protection of Fish in the Blackwater River and its Tributaries.
Fishing

Chapter 270

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of York River Church to Execute a Deed of Trust or Mortgage upon the Buildings of said Church to Secure the Payment of Debts Due for the Cost of Building the Same.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property, Debt

Chapter 271

An ACT to Provide for the Appointment of Commissioners in the County of Hanover to Lay off Townships into Election Districts.
Voting, Divorce

Chapter 273

An ACT Providing a Charter for the City of Staunton.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Taxation, Healthcare, Public spaces, Recreation, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 274

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact certain Acts in Relation to the Town of Fincastle, in the County of Botetourt, and to Extend the Corporate Limits of said Town
Amendments, Boundaries, Business, Cemeteries, Children -- Institutional care, Property, Public officers, Taxation, Voting

Chapter 275

JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Salary of the Adjutant General of the State.
Salaries, Armed forces

Chapter 276

An ACT to Incorporate the Fredericksburg, Culpeper and Rappahannock Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 277

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 2d of chapter 162 of the Code of 1860 in Relation to the Persons Exempt from Jury Service.
Judicial, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 278

An ACT to Incorporate the Valley Live Stock Insurance Company.
Industry, Business, Agriculture

Chapter 279

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Three of Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1869-70, as amended by an Act approved February 20th, 1871, in Relation to Incorporating the Town of West Point.
Incorporation, Property, Taxation

Chapter 280

An ACT to Incorporate the Arrington Land and Loan Company.
Business, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 281

An ACT to Incorporate the Jones Wharf and Surry Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Business

Chapter 282

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Seddon, in the County of Bland.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Property, Judicial, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 283

An ACT to Incorporate Valley Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Incorporation, Fraternal organizations, Property, Public officers

Chapter 284

AN ACT to Incorporate the Atlantic, Chesapeake and Ohio Transportation and Towing Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 285

AN ACT to Incorporate the West Rockingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 286

An ACT for the Relief of Sheriffs and other Officers whose Official Papers were lost or Destroyed During the late War.
Judicial, Public officers, Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 287

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Supervisors for the Counties of Elizabeth City and Warwick to Contract Annually for Keeping in Repair the Public Roads of said Counties.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 288

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William.
Incorporation, Municipal charters

Chapter 289

An ACT to Establish and Incorporate the Pulaski Agricultural and Mechanical Association.
Agriculture, Business, Public officers, Public spaces

Chapter 290

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of James S. Barksdale, late Sheriff of Albemarle County.
Debt, Public expenditures, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Property

Chapter 291

An ACT to Incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of Alexandria.
Incorporation, Religious Institutions, Education, Charity

Chapter 292

An ACT to Extend the Time for the Application of the Re-assessment of Lands in Richmond County and Alexandria City and County.
Property, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 293

An ACT to Amend the Act passed December 16th, 1852, Incorporating the Richmond and Charlottesville Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 295

An ACT to Amend and Re enact the Ist Section of an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate the Richmond Land, Mining and Manufacturing Company
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 296

An ACT to Provide for the Organization of the Volunteer Militia of the State, and to Repeal Existing Laws Concerning the Same.
Armed forces, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 297

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled an Act to Incorporate the Farmers and Merchants Loan and Trust Company of the City of Norfolk
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 298

An ACT to Amend an Act Entitled an Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Passed February 28th, 1856, Amending an Act for Working the Roads of Loudoun County.
Amendments, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 300

An ACT to Incorporate the Old Dominion Construction Company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 301

An ACT to Incorporate the Shawaville, Jacksonville, Taylorsville and North Carolina Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 302

An Act to Incorporate the Mechanics’ Union of the City of Staunton.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation

Chapter 304

An ACT to Incorporate the Pond Marsh Wharf Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 305

An ACT to Extend the Charter of the Salem and Newcastle Turnpike Company, in the Counties of Roanoke and Craig.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 307

An ACT Providing for the Increase of the Capital Stock of Kempsville Canal Company.
Industry, Business, Transportation

Chapter 308

JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Removal of the Penitentiary
Prisons

Chapter 309

Joint Resolution Extending the Time for the Collection of Taxes, and County and Township Levies, in Elk Run Township, in the County of Rockingham.
Taxation

Chapter 310

An ACT to Permit the People of Northumberland County to Vote on the Disposition of the Glebe Fund.
Education, Voting, Public expenditures

Chapter 311

An ACT to Authorize the Qualitied Voters of the County of Amherst to Vote on the Question of Removing the Courthouse.
Voting, Public spaces, Municipal charters
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