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1874

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 352

Chapter 101

An ACT to Authorize the Appointment of Trustees for Benevolent Societies having no Lands.
Charity, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 102

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of the Town of Banister to elect a President, who shall act as Mayor, and to elect a Sergeant for said Town.
Municipal charters

Chapter 103

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of W. R. Millan, late Sheriff of Fairfax County.
Bonds, Public officers, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 104

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 19, chapter 192, Code of 1873, in regard to the Disturbance of Religious Worship.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 105

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 19 of chapter 77 of the Code of Virginia (edition cf 1873), concerning the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Board of Curators of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
Agriculture, Education, Business, Public officers

Chapter 106

JOINT RESOLUTIONS Proposing Amendments to the State Constitution in relation to County Organization.
Amendments, Education, Public officers

Chapter 107

An ACT to Incorporate the Piedmont Farmers’ Association.
Agriculture, Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 108

An ACT to Appoint a Board of Trustees for the Virginia Female Institute, at Staunton, and to Provide for the Future Government of said Institute.
Education, Charity, Property, Religious Institutions

Chapter 109

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 89 of chapter 49 of the Code of 1873, in reference to Sales under Judgments, Warrants, or Decrees, for Debts contracted prior to April 10, 1865.
Debt

Chapter 110

An ACT to Incorporate the Westham Granite Company of Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Bonds, Utilities

Chapter 111

An ACT for the Relief of George W. Eldridge, R. C. Motley, and George W. Johnston, securities of John A. Graves, late collector of Giles township, in the county of Amelia.
Debt, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 112

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact section 45, chapter 49, of the Code of 1878, in relation to Motions against Officers and their Deputies.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 113

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Charles Short.
Judicial, Debt, Public officers

Chapter 114

An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Boydton, in the County of Mecklenburg.
Incorporation, Boundaries, Taxation, Alcohol

Chapter 115

An ACT to Incorporate the Richmond, Craigton, and Hanover Turnpike Company, in the Counties of Henrico and Hanover.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 116

An ACT to Pay Henry A. Wise for his Services as Commissioner, and for his Expenses on the Commission to Adjust the Boundary Line between Virginia and Maryland.
Boundaries, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 117

An ACT Repealing so much of the Act in force December 28, 1871, entitled an Act to Provide for the Protection of Fish in the Waters of New River and its Tributaries, as applics to that portion of New River above the Point where the Dividing Line between the Counties of Carroll and Grayson crosses said River.
Fishing

Chapter 118

An ACT Providing a Charter for the City of Manchester.
Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers, Property, Taxation, Employment and labor, Public spaces, Transportation, Healthcare, Education, Death and burial, Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 119

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 23d section of chapter 158 of the Code of 1873, in reference to Special Juries.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 120

An Act to Amend and Re-enact section 13 of chapter 123 of the Code of 1878, relative to the Power of Circuit and Corporation Courts over Guardians and Wards.
Custody of children, Wards

Chapter 121

An ACT for the Relief of the Estate of William M. Hume, deceased, late Sheriff of Fauquier, and his Sureties.
Debt, Public officers, Taxation, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 122

An ACT in relation to Interest on Money
Debt, Amendments, Business

Chapter 123

An ACT Amending section 24 of chapter 196 of the Code
Amendments, Armed forces, Civil Rights, Labor, Prisons, Transportation

Chapter 124

An ACT to Prevent the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Minors.
Alcohol

Chapter 125

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact the 31st section of the 108th chapter of the Code of 1878, relative to Proceedings on a Caveat.
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 126

An ACT to Amend Ist section of an Act approved March 29, 1871, concerning the Town of Columbia, Fluvanna County.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 127

An ACT Incorporating Pamplin City, Virginia.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Property, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 128

An ACT to Provide for the Payment of Certain Claims for Printing and Binding the new Edition of the Code.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 129

An ACT to Incorporate the West Point and Hanover Junction Railroad Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 130

An ACT to ae for Aiding in the Erection of Additional Buildings for the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Agriculture, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 131

An ACT Requiring the County Judges of the Counties of Albemarle, King William, Sussex, and Surry to submit the questions of Continuing or Repealing the Fence Law to the Voters of Townships in their respective Counties upon certain conditions.
Fence Laws, Voting, Agriculture

Chapter 132

Joint Resolution Directing a Distribution of the Code of 1878
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Education, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 133

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 of the 200th chapter of the Code of 1878, in Relation to Grand Juries.
Judicial, Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 134

An ACT to Prescribe the Times for Holding the Terms of the Circuit Courts of this Commonwealth, and to Repeal the 15th section of the 155th chapter of the Code of 1878, which Authorizes the Judges of said Courts to fix said Terms.
Judicial

Chapter 135

An ACT to Designate the Arbitrators to Ascertain and fix the Boundary between the States of Maryland and Virginia.
Boundaries

Chapter 136

An ACT to Incorporate the St. George’s Benevolent Society of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Charity, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 137

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 41 of Chapter 86, Code of 1878, in Relation to Inspections
Amendments, Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 138

An ACT to Incorporate The Bank of Jacksonville
Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 139

An ACT to Extend the Time within which the Township Collectors of the Counties of Wise and Buchanan may return their Delinquent Lists for the years 1872 and 1873.
Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 140

An ACT to Authorize the Bessemer Company to Purchase and Dispose of Lands in the State of Virginia.
Business, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 141

An ACT Authorizing the African Methodist Episcopal Church and Congregation, at Staunton to Execute Deeds of t.
Religious Institutions, Debt, Property

Chapter 142

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist section of an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate The Brock’s Gap, Hardy and Hampshire Railroad Company, Approved March 381, 1878, and to Change its Name.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 143

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of chapter 89 of the Code of 1878, in relation to the Weighmaster of Live Stock.
Agriculture, Business, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 144

An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3, 4, 6, and 12 of Chapter 164 of the Code of 1878, in Relation to the Jurisdiction of County Courts.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Voting

Chapter 145

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 15th and 16th Sections of Chapter 201 of the Code of 1878, in Relation to Process on Presentments, Indictments or Informations.
Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 146

An ACT to declare Staunton River between Certain Points a Lawful Fence.
Fence Laws, Property, Amendments

Chapter 147

An ACT to Confirm Sale made by Trustees of Tinker Creek Baptist Church, and Empower them to convey Land sold to the Big Lick Board of Public Free School Trustees.
Charity, Education, Property, Religious Institutions

Chapter 148

An ACT to Incorporate The Virginia and Tennessee Border Fair Association in Washington County.
Agriculture, Amusement, Business, Public spaces, Utilities

Chapter 149

An ACT to Authorize Ocean Lodge, No. 116, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, to Borrow Money, and to execute a Deed of Conveyance to secure the Payment of the Same.
Fraternal organizations, Debt, Property

Chapter 150

An ACT to Provide a Charter for The City of Winchester.
Municipal charters, Property, Public officers, Public expenditures, Taxation, Pensions, Judicial, Business, Debt

Chapter 151

JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Buildings, with the Approval of the Governor, to furnish Accommodation in the Capitol, for the Records of the Southern Historical Society.
Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 152

An ACT to provide for a General Registration of the Voters of the City of Petersburg.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Civil Rights

Chapter 153

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 27, Chapter 16, Code of Virginia (edition of 1878), so as to provide Necessary Clerical Assistance in office of the Executive.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 154

An ACT to Prescribe the pay of Road Commissioners in Nelson County, for 1874, 1875 and 1876.
Budget, Public officers, Transportation

Chapter 155

An ACT to Authorize the Township Board of Western Branch Turnpike, Norfolk County, to make a Special Levy for costs of Re-building Scott’s Creek Bridge or Causeway.
Budget, Municipal charters, Transportation

Chapter 156

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 20, Chaper 85, Code of 1878, to prevent the Fraudulent Marking or Branding of Planters Tobacco.
Agriculture, Amendments, Business

Chapter 157

An Act to amend and re-enact Section 18 of an Act Approved March 27, 1878, Fixing the Times for Holding the Circuit Courts of the State.
Judicial

Chapter 158

An ACT to Provide for Purging the Registration Books of Illegal Voters
Voting, Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 159

An ACT for the Relief of J. H. C. Jones and A. C. Walker, Executors of Peter Toombs, who was the Surety of John L. Boughton, late Sheriff of Essex County.
Debt, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 160

An ACT Authorizing the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond, to permit the Last Will of Charles Liston Brown, to be Withdrawn from the Clerk’s Office of said Court.
Inheritance and succession, Judicial

Chapter 161

An ACT to Provide for the Establishment of a new School District in the County of Carroll.
Education

Chapter 162

An ACT to Provide for a new Registration in Alexandria City and County.
Voting

Chapter 163

An ACT to Authorize the Valley Railroad Company to Construct a Free Macadamized Turnpike Road from the Town of Fincastle to the said Company’s Railroad.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 164

An ACT to Authorize the Council of Norfolk City to use, hold, sell, lease and dispose of a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land, in Norfolk County, belonging to said City.
Agriculture, Business, Public officers

Chapter 165

An ACT for the Relief of Ira M. Hurt and Ira Hurt, sureties for Richard A. Hurt, a Lunatic.
Healthcare, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 166

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 63, Chapter 52 of the Code of 1878, in Relation to Tram Roads.
Transportation

Chapter 167

An ACT to amend and re-enact 63d Section of Chapter 57, Code of 1878, with Reference to Chartered Companies.
Business, Bonds, Property

Chapter 168

An ACT Authorizing the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Culpeper, to Borrow Money and Execute a Mortgage thereon.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 169

An ACT Amending sections 11 and 14 of chapter 155 of Code of 1878, in relation to the Terms of the Circuit and Chancery Courts of the City of Richmond.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 170

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1 of an Act passed February 28, 1867, Entitled an Act to Authorize the Erection of a Bridge across Indian Creek, in Norfolk County.
Transportation, Business, Amendments

Chapter 171

An ACT to Amend the Charter of Randolph Macon College.
Amendments, Education

Chapter 172

An ACT to Authorize the School Trustees of Stonewall Township, in the County of Richmond, out of the Dog Tax of 1872, to Build one or more School Houses in said Township.
Education, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 173

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1, Chapter 100, Code of 1873, in Relation to Hauling Seines in the Waters of Accomac and Northampton Counties.
Fishing, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 174

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

Chapter 175

An ACT to Incorporate the Virginia and Maryland Steam Ferry Company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation

Chapter 176

An ACT to Authorize the Qualified Voters of Halifax County, 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.
Transportation, Voting, Public expenditures, Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 177

An ACT to Incorporate The Virginia Chemical and Mining Company.
Business, Incorporation, Taxation, Industry

Chapter 178

An ACT to Amend and Re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Charter of the Town of Ashland.
Amendments, Incorporation, Municipal charters, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 179

An ACT to Incorporate The American and European Land Company.
Business, Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 180

An ACT to Incorporate The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railway Company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 181

An ACT to amend the Charter of the Town of Potomac.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 182

An ACT in Relation to the Records of Alexandria County.
Property, Judicial, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 183

An ACT to Incorporate The Rappahannock Banking and Insurance Company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 184

JOINT RESOLUTION Removing from Office Joseph Mayo, Jr., Treasurer of the Commonwealth, and Declaring said Office Vacant.
Public officers

Chapter 185

An ACT to Incorporate The Culpeper Library Association.
Incorporation, Libraries, Public expenditures, Education, Property

Chapter 186

An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 17, 52, and 53 of Chapter 85 of the Code of 1878, in Relation to Weighing and Insuring Tobacco.
Agriculture, Business

Chapter 187

An ACT to amend and re-enact the Ist and 9th Sections of the Act entitled an Act to Incorporate The Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company.
Amendments, Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 188

An ACT Providing for Submission to the People of the Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of Virginia, in Relation to County Organization.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 189

An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of John D. Templeton, late Sheriff of Scott county.
Public expenditures, Bonds, Law Enforcement

Chapter 190

An ACT to Incorporate The Blacksburg Railroad Company, in the County of Montgomery.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 191

An ACT to amend and re-enact an Act Entitled an Act to Incorporate The Richmond and Fair Oaks Turnpike Company, in the County of Henrico
Transportation, Amendments, Incorporation

Chapter 192

An ACT to Incorporate the Montpelier Humane Association of Orange County, Virginia.
Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 193

An ACT to amend and re-enact Section the Terms of the Circuit Courts.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 194

An ACT for the Appointment of Trustees
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 195

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

Chapter 196

An Act to Extend the Time for the Collection of Taxes and County and Township Levies
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Bonds

Chapter 197

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 14 of the Code of 1873, in relation to the Meeting of the General Assembly.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 198

An ACT to Authorize the Trustees of the German Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Petersburg, Virginia, to borrow money and execute a deed of trust to secure the same.
Religious Institutions, Charity, Debt, Property

Chapter 199

An ACT allowing Robert B. Batte & Co. to erect a Pier or Wharf on the James River.
Transportation, Business

Chapter 200

An Act to Amend and Re-enact section 1 of an Act approved March 28, 1878, entitled an Act for the Protection of Fish in Jackson and Cowpasture Rivers, and their Tributaries, from the Junction of said Rivers to the Boundary Line between the Counties of Bath and Highland.
Fishing
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