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1872/1873

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

Joint Resolution for Recess of the General Assembly
Unclassified

Chapter 2

JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring Elections of Judges to fill Vacancies to be for the Unexpired Terms of their predecessors.
Judicial

Chapter 3

An ACT Declaring Valid the Assessment of Real Estate, and the Collection of Taxes on the same, under the act in force January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Taxation

Chapter 4

An ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church and Congregation at Harrisonburg to execute deeds of trust.
Religious Institutions, Debt, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 5

An ACT Authorizing the Formation of a Sub-School District in Mt. Gilead and Jefferson townships, in the county of Loudoun, and to provide for the erection of School Buildings in the same.
Education, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 6

An ACT Authorizing the Old Dominion Coal Company to Construct a Railroad from their Coal Mines, in Powhatan county, to James river.
Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 7

An Act to Amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to Amend the Charter and change the name of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of the city of Richmond.'
Business

Chapter 8

An ACT for the Relief of William M. Buck
Taxation

Chapter 9

An Act to Incorporate the Alexandria Infirmary.
Incorporation, Healthcare, Charity

Chapter 10

An ACT to Repeal an Act entitled ‘* An Act to provide for the payment of Interest on the Public Debt.”
Repeal of legislation, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 11

An Act to Amend and Re-enact the twentieth and twenty-first sections of chapter two hundred and one of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, relative to the appointment of Conservators of the Peace for Watering Places, for the University of Virginia, and for Incorporated Colleges.
Education, Public officers, Public spaces, Amendments

Chapter 12

An Act to Prevent the Conversion of Moneys received by the Collecting Officers of the Commonwealth into Coupons, and for other purposes.
Budget, Business, Public expenditures, Taxation, Law Enforcement

Chapter 13

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Seddon, in the County of Bland.
Amendments, Business, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 14

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections three, four, and six of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the Code of Virginia (1860,) with reference to the Protest of Notes.
Amendments, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 15

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of New Market, in the County of Shenandoah.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 16

An ACT to Incorporate the Isle of Wight Land and Lumber Company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 17

An ACT for the Relief of G. Guvernator, C. Wendlinger and E. Lohman, Securities of Fernando King, Late Sheriff of Surry County.
Judicial, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 18

An ACT to Repeal an Act Authorizing the Supervisors of Certain Counties to Impose a Tax on Dogs.
Repeal of legislation, Taxation

Chapter 19

JOINT RESOLUTIONS in Relation to the James River and Kanawha Canal
Transportation

Chapter 20

JOINT RESOLUTION in Regard to the Public Debt
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 21

An Act to Provide Artificial Limbs for Citizens of the Commonwealth who Lost their Limbs during the War
Amendments, Armed forces, Healthcare, Public expenditures, Civil Rights

Chapter 22

An ACT to Sell the Lands in the County of Accomac, Donated by Samuel Sanford, and Apply the Proceeds to Free School Purposes.
Education

Chapter 23

JOINT RESOLUTION Extending the Time for the Collection of Taxes, and County and Township Levies, in the Commonwealth, for the year Kighteen Hundred and Seventy-two.
Taxation

Chapter 24

An ACT for the Relief of Joseph T. Griffith and others, Sureties of Charles A. Milton, late Collector of Battletown Township, County of Clarke.
Bonds, Taxation, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 25

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section Four of Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-six of the Code of 1860, in Relation to Docketing Judgments and other Liens of a like nature.
Judicial, Debt, Law Enforcement

Chapter 26

An ACT to Authorize Decrees in Chancery Causes to be Entered, by Consent of Parties, in Vacation, and to Validate Decrees heretofore rendered in Vacation.
Judicial

Chapter 27

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section One of Chapter One Hundred and Twenty of the Code (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty), in reference to Notaries Public.
Amendments, Business, Public officers

Chapter 28

An ACT to Amend an Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the Board of Supervisors of Buckingham County, Virginia, to Borrow Money to Rebuild the Courthouse of said County, Destroyed by Fire 1868,” approved March 15th, 1871.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 29

An ACT Repealing the Act Passed March 28th, 1871, Declaring Smith’s River, in the County of Henry, a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 30

An ACT to Provide for a Re-division of the County of Fairfax into Townships.
Legislative Amendments, Property, Public officers

Chapter 31

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Covington, in the County of Alleghany.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers, Boundaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 32

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Martinsville, in the County of Henry.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers, Taxation, Law Enforcement

Chapter 33

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

Chapter 34

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the Second Section of an Act entitled ‘An Act authorizing an Increase of the Capital Stock of the Kanawha Coal Company, and for other purposes,” passed March Ist, 1858.
Business, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 35

An ACT to Declare Banister River, in the County of Pittsyl-
Boundaries, Property, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 37

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the First Section of an Act entitled ‘An Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Passed March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled ‘ An Act to Extend the Limits of and Provide for Electing Trustees for the Town of Marion, in the County of Smyth, Investing them with certain Corporate Powers.’
Amendments, Boundaries, Municipal charters

Chapter 38

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Potomac.
Incorporation, Boundaries, Municipal charters

Chapter 39

An ACT to Provide for the Removal of Certain Causes from the Docket of the Special Court of Appeals to the Docket of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Judicial, Education, Taxation

Chapter 41

An ACT to Prohibit the voters within the Corporate Limits of the City of Lynchburg from Voting for County Officers for the County of Campbell.
Voting, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 42

An ACT to Provide for the Collection of the Revenue of the City of Norfolk for the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 43

An ACT to Encourage Agricultural and Industrial Fairs
Agriculture, Amusement, Business

Chapter 44

An ACT to Authorize the Supervisors of Caroline County to Grant a Lot of Land in the Town of Port Royal to the Baptist Church.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 45

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Senators in Congress from Virginia to Vote against the Repeal of the Bankrupt Law, and requesting the Representatives from Virginia to unite their efforts with said Senators therein, &c.
Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 46

JOINT RESOLUTION requesting the Governor to give Official Notice to the Creditors of the State.
Debt, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 47

AN ACT releasing the Bank of Danville from the Payment of its Notes upon certain conditions.
Business, Debt

Chapter 48

AN ACT to Amend and Re-enact the twelfth section of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, in relation to Appeals, Writs of Error, and Supersedeas
Judicial

Chapter 49

AN ACT to authorize the County Court of Bedford County to order the Sale of certain Lands in said County, and apply the proceeds thereof to the completion of a Church.
Charity, Public expenditures, Property, Agriculture, Education

Chapter 51

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Newcastle, in the County of Craig.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Boundaries

Chapter 52

An ACT to Remove certain Causes commenced in the County Courts to the Circuit Courts, and for other Purposes
Judicial, Civil Rights, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 53

JOINT RESOLUTION to appoint a Committee to adjust the State Debt.
Debt, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 54

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing the Auditor of Public Accounts to subject the property of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company to the Payment of Taxes due and in arrear
Taxation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 55

An ACT to amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act for the Relief of the late Sheriffs of the Commonwealth
Taxation, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 56

An ACT to Authorize the Virginia and North Carolina Railroad Company to assume and be known by the name of the Washington City, Virginia, Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company.
Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 57

An ACT to enable the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, and their Successors in Office to Receive and Hold a Bequest under the Will of Ann Davisson, deceased.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 58

An ACT to Amend section fourteen of chapter nineteen of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, Directing the Committee on the Library to Make Purchases for the Library,
Libraries

Chapter 59

An Act to Amend and Re-enact the fourth and seventh Sections of Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the Code of Virginia, (edition of eighteen hundred and sixty, ) and all Acts Amendatory thereof, in Relation to the Taking of Acknowledgments of Deeds.
Marriage, Property, Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 60

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the fifth Section of an Act to appropriate the income arising from the proceeds of the land scrip accruing to Virginia under Act of Congress of July 2d, 1862, and the Acts amendatory thereof, approved March 19th, 1872, and March 26th, 1872.
Education, Agriculture, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 61

An ACT to amend and Re-enact the Ninth Section of Chapter one hundred and eight, of the Code of 1860, in reference to Marriages within Prohibited Degrees of Relationship.
Marriage, Amendments, Equality before the law

Chapter 62

An ACT to Incorporate the Richmond Building and Improvement Company.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 63

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled ‘‘ An Act to Amend and Re-enact an Act Approved ninth of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled ‘An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section twenty-three of Chapter forty-nine of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and sixty, to Provide for the Appointment of Criers, or Persons to Perform Certain Duties, where there are no Sheriffs or Sergeants, approved March twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.”
Judicial

Chapter 64

An ACT to Incorporate the Society of the Alumni of the University of Virginia.
Incorporation, Education, Charity

Chapter 65

An ACT to Authorize and Empower the Councils of the Cities of Richmond, Petersburg and Norfolk to Increase the Salaries of the Judges of said Cities.
Salaries, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 66

An ACT to Provide for the Assessment and Collection of State Taxes within the Town of Suffolk, Nansemond County.
Taxation, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 67

An ACT for the Relief of Robert M. Heterick, late Superintendent of Schools for Rappahannock County.
Education, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 68

An ACT to Authorize the Qualified Voters of the County of Halifax to vote on the Question of the Purchase of the Toll Bridge at South Boston in that County, in order to make it a Free Bridge.
Public expenditures, Voting, Bonds, Transportation

Chapter 69

An ACT for the Relief of Samuel R. Allabaugh, late sheriff of Rockingham county.
Taxation, Public officers, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 70

An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Berryville, as contained in the Acts approved the twenty-ninth of October, eighteen hundred and seventy, and the twenty-third of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Property

Chapter 71

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Authorize the Trustees of Strasburg Academy, in Shenandoah county, to Sell a certain lot of Land.
Education, Property, Amendments

Chapter 72

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections seventeen and twenty-two of an Act Amending the Charter of the Town of Harrisonburg, Passed July ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Boundaries

Chapter 73

JOINT RESOLUTION in Relation to the Death of Commodore Matthew F. Maury.
Death and burial, Public officers

Chapter 74

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 5 of Chapter 176 of the Code of 1860, in Relation to copies of Records and Papers in Public Offices as Evidence.
Judicial, Public officers, Property

Chapter 75

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 16th Section of the 87th Chapter of the Code of Virginia, in relation to Inspection of Tobacco.
Agriculture, Amendments

Chapter 76

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact an Act entitled an Act to Amend the fortieth Section of Chapter one hundred and one of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, to Prevent the Destruction of Wild Fowl in this State
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 77

An ACT to Preserve all Rights and Remedies Imperilled or Destroyed by the Loss or Destruction, during the Late War, of Papers Filed in the Various Public Offices of the Commonwealth.
Judicial, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 78

An ACT for the Payment of the Funeral Expenses of Wm. S. Rohr, late an Officer of the Senate.
Death and burial, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 79

An ACT to Empower the Circuit Court of Wise County to Direct the Sale of certain Lands belonging to the State of Virginia, situated in said County of Wise, and Providing for the Conveyance of the same to the Purchasers thereof, and for other purposes.
Property, Public officers, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 80

An ACT to Amend and Re enact section twelve, Chapter sixty-three, of the Code of Virginia (1860), so as the More Effectually to Require Millers to Grind for Toll all Grain brought to their Mills for the Consumption of the Person bringing or sending it, or his Family.
Agriculture, Amendments, Business

Chapter 81

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections Ist and 3rd of an Act entitled, ‘-An Act declaring certain Streams in Charlotte County to be Highways,
Amendments, Property, Budget

Chapter 82

An ACT to Amend the first Section of an Act entitled ‘‘An Act to Amend an Act to Incorporate the Valley Railroad Company,”
Transportation, Industry, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 83

JOINT RESOLUTION Instructing the Treasurer to Issue a Duplicate of Check No. 2,572 to J. H. Greenlee.
Budget, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 84

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees to Sell Rappahannock Academy, in Caroline County
Education, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 85

An ACT to Authorize the Washington City, Virginia, Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company to Extend its Railway from Alexandria to a Point on the Potomac River opposite or near to or above the Cities of Washington or Georgetown.
Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 86

An ACT to Authorize the Washington City, Virginia, Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company to Issue Bonds to provide for the Payment of the Bonds and Debts of the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad Company, and of the Lynchburg and Danville Railroad Company, and for other purposes.
Bonds

Chapter 87

An ACT to Authorize the Washington City, Virginia, Midland and Great Southern Railroad Company to Acquire and Sell Lands.
Transportation, Property, Bonds, Business

Chapter 88

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Sections 1, 3, 16 and 17, of Chapter 130 of Acts of 1866-7, in Relation to the Charter of the Town of Jonesville.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 89

An ACT to Authorize the Board of Supervisors for Wythe County to Contract for Keeping in Repair certain Public Roads in said County.
Transportation

Chapter 90

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Rocky Mount, in the County of Franklin
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers

Chapter 91

An ACT to Incorporate the Mangorike Wharf Company, on the Rappahannock River
Incorporation, Utilities, Transportation

Chapter 92

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

Chapter 93

JOINT RESOLUTION Memorializing Congress to Abolish the Internal Tax on all Liquors made from Fruit.
Alcohol, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 94

An ACT to Extend the Time within which Spencer D. Fletcher, late Sheriff of Accomack County, may Collect the Taxes for the years 1867 and 1868.
Taxation, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 95

An ACT relating to the Public Printing, and Defining the Duties of the Superintendent of Public Printing.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Budget, Employment and labor, Public expenditures

Chapter 96

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Lebanon, in Russell County.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers, Taxation, Pensions

Chapter 97

An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 33 of Chapter 162 of the Code of 1860, and Section 10 of Chapter 208 of said Code, as amended by an Act in force February 1, 1872, in Relation to the Pay of Jurors.
Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 98

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the first Section of an Act entitled an Act to Regulate the Taking of Fish for the purpose of Manufacturing Oil or Manure
Fishing, Noncitizens, Agriculture

Chapter 99

An ACT to repeal an Act Entitled an Act for the Protection of Fish in the Blackwater River and its Tributaries
Fishing

Chapter 100

An ACT to Repeal 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, Debt, Business

Chapter 101

An ACT to Enable the Vestrymen of the Lyttleton Parish, in the County of Cumberland, to sell certain Church Property and Re-invest the Proceeds.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 102

JOINT RESOLUTION Instructing the Second Auditor to Pay Interest on State Bonds held by the School Trustees of Prince William County.
Budget, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 103

An ACT to Annex a Portion of the Territory of the County of Franklin to the County of Floyd.
Boundaries, Municipal charters
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