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1874/1875

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Chapter 207

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 16 and 18, and to repeal sections 6, 7 and 8 of an Act entitled an Act to provide for a Charter for the Town of Waynesboro, in the County of Augusta, approved April 28th, 1874.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Taxation, Property

Chapter 208

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 6, Chapter 44, Code of 1873, in reference to Mode of Recovering Claims against the Stute.
Amendments, Budget, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 209

An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of an Act approved March 28, 1873, entitled an Act to amend and re-enact second section of an Acta proved March 22, 1871, entitled an Act to incorporate The Town of Blacksburg, in the County of Montgomery.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Incorporation

Chapter 210

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Charter of the Bank of Manchester.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 211

An ACT to incorporate The Border Grange Warehouse and Supply Company.
Business, Agriculture, Debt, Property, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 212

An ACT to incorporate The Gloucester Monument Association.
Amendments, Monuments and memorials, Confederate, Cemeteries, Charity

Chapter 213

An ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Jacksonville Male Academy to Transfer said Academy to the School Trustees of Floyd County.
Education, Equality before the law, Segregation

Chapter 214

An ACT in relation to Subscriptions to the Stock of Incor-porated Companies by Counties, Cities or Towns.
Bonds, Taxation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 215

An ACT for the Relief of S. F. G. Beale, late Treasurer of Fauquier County.
Debt, Public officers, Judicial, Budget

Chapter 216

An ACT to Pay John O. Steger for Services in Investigating the Basement Offices of the Capitol.
Public expenditures, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 217

An ACT for the Relief of R. A. Wright
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 218

An ACT to amend sections 2 and 4 of an Act entitled an Act to incorporate The Richmond, Craighton and Hanover Turnpike Company, in the Counties of Henrico and Hanover
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 219

An ACT to authorize the Sale of the Commons belonsisz
Property, Utilities, Public expenditures, Fishing

Chapter 220

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an Act approved March 8th, 1873, declaring Smith's River, in the County of Henry, a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws

Chapter 221

An ACT to repeal chapter 240 of the Acts of 1870 and 1871, incorporating the Otter Bridge Company, in the County of Bedford.
Incorporation

Chapter 222

An ACT incorporating Broaddus Female College, at Winchester, in the County of Frederick.
Education, Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 223

An ACT to incorporate The Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 224

An ACT to incorporate The Protestant Episcopal Church Home.
Charity, Healthcare, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 225

An ACT to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Gloucester County to release part of a Judgment against Jasper C. Hughes, Collector of Abingdon Township, in said County, and his Sureties.
Debt, Judicial, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 226

An ACT to encourage Intermediate Grades of Instruction
Education

Chapter 227

An ACT for the Protection of Sheep in the County of Powhatan.
Agriculture, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Recreation

Chapter 228

An ACT to amend sections 13, 18, and 19 of chapter 18 of the Code, and to provide for a Law Library at Staunton and Wytheville.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 229

An ACT to sub-divide the Twelfth Judicial Circuit and to create a new Circuit, to be known as the Kightcenth Circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 230

An ACT to authorize the Auditor of Public Accounts to withhold for a limited time Execution on a Judgment when obtained against the Sureties of Jasper C. Hughes, late Sheriff of Gloucester County, and to receive the Principal and six per centum interest and costs in Satisfaction of said Judgment.
Judicial, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 231

An ACT to prescribe the Times for Holding the Courts of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 232

An ACT to require the County Judge of Princess Anne to Submit the Question of Continuing or Repealing the Fence Law wp the Voters of the County.
Fence Laws, Voting, Agriculture

Chapter 234

An ACT to Consolidate the Existing Debt of the University of Virginia
Debt, Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 235

An ACT to authorize the Township Board of Columbian Grove Township, in Lunenburg county, to Pay a Claim Due Dr. George E. Gee against said Township.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 236

An ACT to authorize the Chesterfield Land and Improvement Company to Construct a Railroad.
Transportation, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 237

An ACT to incorporate The Newport and Blacksburg Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 238

An ACT for the Protection of Sheep in the County of Albemarle.
Agriculture, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 239

An ACT for the Assessment of Taxes on Persons, Property, Income, Licenses, &c.; and Imposing Taxes thereon, for the Support of the Government and Free Schools, and to Pay the Interest on the Publie Debt.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Business, Education, Agriculture

Chapter 240

An ACT to require Steam Vessels Navigating James River to Sound their Steam Whistles on Approaching the Bends thereof.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 241

An ACT to incorporate The Granite Insurance Company
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 242

An ACT to incorporate The Ladies’ Memorial Association of Northumberland County.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials, Incorporation

Chapter 243

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections four and eight of the act entitled an act to incorporate The Potomac Land and Improvement Company, in force February 138, 1872.
Property, Business, Incorporation, Amendments

Chapter 244

An ACT for the Relief of the Leesburg and Aldie Turnpike Company.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 245

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1, and to repeal section 7 of an Act approved April 16, 1874, entitled an Act to prescribe how Hypothecations of Products and Commodities shall be made. and to Prohibit the Hypothecation of Consignments, except on Conditions, so as to place Unmanufactured Tobacco on the same footing with all other Property Proposed to be Hypothecated.
Agriculture, Business, Property, Debt, Utilities

Chapter 246

An ACT to provide for more specific Reports of the Transportation of Produce on the Railroads and Canals of this State.
Transportation, Agriculture, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 247

An ACT for the relief of the Securities of William P. Rush, late Collector of Milboro Township, in Bath County.
Public expenditures

Chapter 248

An ACT to provide for the appointment of Fish Commissioners for the State of Virginia.
Fishing

Chapter 249

An ACT to previde for an Increase of the School Fund: of Prince William County.
Education, Public expenditures, Taxation, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 250

An ACT to authorize the Sale of the Penitentiary Spring Lot, and the Erection of a Suitable Building for the Confinement and Employment of the Female Convicts in the Penitentiary.
Prisons, Labor

Chapter 251

An ACT to provide for the Establishment of a True Meridian Line in each County of the Commonwealth, East of the Alleghany Mountains.
Amendments, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 252

An ACT to amend the first section of an act approved March 16, 1875, entitled an act to incorporate The Norfolk and Princess Anne Narrow-Gauge Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 253

An ACT to Regulate the Mode of Subscribing to the Stock of the Richmond and Trans-Alleghany Railroad Company by Counties, Cities, and Towns.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 254

An ACT to provide the manner in which Property mav be held and disposed of, for the benefit of the Magisterial Districts in which such Property is situated.
Property, Public expenditures, Education, Municipal charters

Chapter 255

An ACT for the Relief of A. F. Creel and his Sureties
Budget, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 256

An ACT to Establish the Boundary Line between the Counties of Smyth and Grayson.
Boundaries

Chapter 257

An ACT to authorize the Town of Danville to issue it: Bonds in Payment ef certain Indebtedness.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 258

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved seventeenth of March, 1875, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section fourteen of an act to fix the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 259

An ACT to Establish a Separate Circuit Court in and for the City of Fredericksburg, and to Prescribe where the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Spotsylvania County shall be kept.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Jails

Chapter 260

An ACT to incorporate The Roanoke Valley Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 261

An ACT to provide Commutation for an Artificial Leg
Armed forces, Civil Rights

Chapter 262

An ACT to authorize the appointment of an additional Commissioner in Chancery for the City of Alexandria.
Judicial

Chapter 263

An ACT to incorporate The Virginia Mining and Improvement Company.
Business, Incorporation, Property

Chapter 264

An Act to incorporate the Petersburg Building and Improvement Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 265

An ACT for the Relief of James M. Walker, of Loudoun County, as Trustee for J. B. Raphel, &c.
Bonds, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 266

An ACT to authorize the Raleigh Coal and Iron Company to build a Toll Bridge across Jackson’s River, at or near Clifton Forge, in the County of Alleghany.
Transportation, Business

Chapter 267

An ACT to enable Persons who failed to avail themselves of the Benefits of an act approved February 11, 1874, entitled an act to Release certain Taxes and County Levies in the County of Elizabeth City and other Counties, to do so.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 268

An ACT amending section 23 of chapter 25 of the Code, so as to authorize the Governor to Furnish Small Arms for the Use of Pupils of the Institutions of Learning under Certain Circumstances.
Education, Armed forces, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 269

An ACT prescribing the Duties, Powers, Liabilities, and Compensation of certain County Officers, providing for the Collection of Taxes, and for the Repeal of chapters 37 and 46 of the Code of 1873.
Amendments, Judicial, Public expenditures, Public officers, Taxation, Property

Chapter 270

An ACT prescribing the Duties, Powers, Liabilities, and Compensation of District Officers, and to repeal chapter 47 and section Ist of chapter 48 of the Code of 1873.
Business, Public officers, Prisons, Public expenditures, Pensions, Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor

Chapter 271

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5, 8, 9, 10, and 11 of chapter 154 of the Code of 18738, in relation to the Criminal Jurisdiction of County Courts.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 272

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 171 o Code of Virginia, edition of 1873, in reference to Number of Com- Commissioners in Chancery.
Judicial

Chapter 273

An ACT to provide for the Payment of Interest on the Public Debt.
Budget, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 274

An ACT to Punish Unlawful Dealing in Pig Iron and Railroad Iron by Irresponsible Persons.
Industry, Law Enforcement

Chapter 275

An ACT to amend and re-enact the eleventh section of an Act entitled an Act prescribing the Times for Holding the Courts of the Tenth, Eleventh, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Judicial Circuits
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 276

An ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Richinend.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 277

An ACT in relation to a Vote of the People of Richmond on the question of Subscription to the Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railway.
Transportation, Voting, Public expenditures

Chapter 278

An ACT to change the Time for Holding the Circuit Courts in the Tenth Judicial Circuit.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 279

An ACT to secure Iron Ship-building Yards in, and Steam-ship Communication between the State of Virginia and Europe.
Industry, Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 280

An ACT to authorize the Board of Directors of the Western Lunatic Asylum to sell certain Lots of Land belonging to said Asylum.
Property

Chapter 281

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 60 of chapter 101 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the Taking and Catching of Terrapins and the Destruction of their Eggs.
Fishing

Chapter 282

An ACT for the relief of John W. Plunkett, Collector of Blacksburg Township, in Montgomery County.
Taxation, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 283

An ACT to authorize a Subscription of the City of Richmond to the Capital Stock of the Richmond and Trans-Alleghany Narrow-Gauge Railway Company, on Certain Conditions.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 284

An ACT to provide for the Payment of Interest on the Bonds held by the Miller Manual Labor School of Albemarle County.
Bonds, Education

Chapter 285

An Act for the Relief of the Securities of Charles A. Fudge, late Sheriff of Tazewell County.
Budget, Public officers, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 286

An ACT to authorize the City of Richmond to subscribe to Western Railroad Connections with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
Bonds, Budget, Transportation, Municipal charters

Chapter 287

An ACT to Promote the Formation of Immigration Societies throughout the Commonwealth.
Incorporation, Property, Business

Chapter 288

An ACT to authorize The James River and Kanawha Company to execute a Mortgage, and to subscribe to the Capital Stock of The Buchanan and Clifton Forge Railroad Company, and to authorize the City of Richmond to guarantee such subscription, in whole or in part.
Transportation, Municipal charters, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 289

An ACT to incorporate The Jordan White Sulphur Springs Company.
Incorporation, Business, Property

Chapter 290

An ACT to Confirm the Action of the Stockholders of the Upper Appomattox Company in regard to the issue of Certain Bond.
Bonds, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 291

An ACT to provide Commutation Pay to John C. Bass for Loss of Leg.
Armed forces, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 292

An ACT to provide an Artificial Leg for W. P. Smith.
Armed forces, Civil Rights, Healthcare, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 293

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of an act entitled an Act to incorporate The Greene Humane Society, and for other purposes
Charity, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 294

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6, 7, 1. i- and 53 of an Act to amend and re-enact the Charter of the To. Leesburg, in the County of Loudoun, passed July 9, 1870.
Amendments, Business, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 295

An ACT to authorize D. A. Plecker and others to Construct a Tram or Narrow-Gauge Railroad, at or near Mount Crawford to Bridgewater.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 296

An ACT to authorize the Formation of the James River and New River Railroad Company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Business

Chapter 298

An ACT to incorporate The Old Deminion Telezrar!: Company.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 299

An ACT to authorize the Common Council of the Gity of Winchester to Borrow Money.
Public expenditures, Education, Municipal charters, Bonds

Chapter 300

An ACT to Repeal Fence Law in Staunton Township, in Halifax County.
Fence Laws, Repeal of legislation, Voting

Chapter 301

An ACT requiring one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals to Reside at the Seat of Government, and Providing Additional Compensation therefor.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 302

An ACT requiring the County Judge of Sussex to submit the Question of Continuing or Repealing the Fence Law to the voter: of Wakefield Township in said County.
Fence Laws, Voting, Public officers, Agriculture

Chapter 303

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of chapter 181 of Code of 1878, in regard to Taxing Costs.
Taxation, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 304

An ACT to authorize the Virginia and Tennessee Border Fair Association, of Washington County, to Dispose of its Surplus Lands.
Amusement

Chapter 305

An ACT to prescribe the Tjmes for Holding the Courts of the First Judicial Circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 306

An ACT to incorporate The Lynchburg Club.
Incorporation, Public spaces, Amusement, Charity

Chapter 307

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first section of chapter 180 of the Code of 1878, in Reference to Feés of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Amendments, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 308

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12, chapter 180, Code of 1878, with reference to the Fees of Clerks of Courts of Appeals.
Judicial
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