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1887/1888

Laws in Volume
Displaying 101 - 200 of 500

Chapter 101

An ACT to incorporate the James River Valley Construction company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 102

An ACT to incorporate the Warwick Park Transportation company.
Transportation, Business, Municipal charters, Public officers, Bonds

Chapter 103

An ACT to incorporate the Memorial asylum for infants
Incorporation, Charity, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 104

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of D. B. Baldwin,
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 105

An ACT to extend the time to Edward Major, treasurer of foes ey county for the collection of taxes and county levies in nds.
Taxation

Chapter 106

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia State Agricultural and Mechanical society.
Agriculture, Incorporation, Amendments, Business

Chapter 107

An ACT to allow Wm. O. Yager, treasurer of Page county, Virginia, further time to distrain, levy for, and collect certain taxes and levies for which he has accounted to the state and county.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 108

An ACT to incorporate the Spotsylvania Mining and Manufacturing Company
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Public officers, Transportation

Chapter 109

An ACT to provide for the removal of obstructions from the Chickahominy river, and to punish the obstruction of the same.
Transportation, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 110

An ACT to exempt undertakers from jury service
Business, Judicial

Chapter 111

An ACT to incorporate the Danville and North Carolina railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Amendments

Chapter 112

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Clarke county to appropriate a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars from the county levy for the purchase of fuel for the county jail.
Jails, Public expenditures

Chapter 113

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 227, Acts of 1881~’82, entitled an act for making and repairing division fences between coterminous land owners in the counties of Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Highland, Rockbridge, Loudoun and Frederick
Property, Agriculture

Chapter 114

An ACT authorizing the counties of Cumberland and Powhatan to change the form of bonds subscribed to the Farmville and Powhatan railroad company.
Bonds, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 115

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Gordonsville to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing. water works.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 116

An ACT to incorporate the Bee.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 117

An ACT to authorize the issue of bonds and stock by the Chesapeake and Ohio railway company.
Bonds, Business, Transportation

Chapter 118

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of chapter 391 of the Acts of 1887, entitled an act to secure to operatives and laborers enwazed in and about coal mines, manufactories of iron and steel, and all other manufactories, the payment of their wages at regular intervals, and in lawful money of the United States.
Employment and labor

Chapter 119

An ACT for working and repairing the public roads in Nottoway county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 120

An ACT to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of Page county, for opening new roads and changing the location of existing roads.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property, Public officers

Chapter 121

An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap Improvement company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Utilities, Taxation

Chapter 122

An ACT to incorporate the Black Mountain Coal and Iron company.
Business, Incorporation, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 123

An ACT to incorporate the Loudoun county and Frederick bridge company for the purpose of constructing a bridge at Point of Rocks in Frederick county, Maryland, across the Potomac river to Loudoun county, Virginia.
Amendments, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 124

An ACT declaring certain ground under water known as Hog Island flats, open and eligible for the planting and sowing of oysters.
Agriculture, Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 125

An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap Steel and Iron company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business

Chapter 126

An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg Manufacturing company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Bonds

Chapter 127

An ACT to change the name of the Virginia Boom and Log company to Clinchport Improvement company, and to amend sections 1, 2, 3 and 6 of its charter.
Business, Amendments, Incorporation, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 128

An ACT to amend an act entitled an act to legalize certain subscriptions of the town of Goodson, Virginia, to the South Atlantic and Ohio railroad company upon certain conditions
Amendments, Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 129

An ACT to incorporate the Montrose Land and Improvement company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 130

An ACT extending the time for the collection of certain taxes and levies to J. R. Rawlings, late treasurer of Brunswick county.
Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 131

An ACT to incorporate the Samaritan Beneficial Society
Incorporation, Charity, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 132

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the sale of the state’s interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad company.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 133

An ACT extending the time of F. W. Payne, late treas
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 134

An ACT to incorporate the Green Springs Tramway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 135

An ACT to incorporate the Gordonsville and Sperryville Telephone company.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 136

An ACT to allow H. R. Garland, late treasurer of Richmond county, one year to collect any uncollected tax-tickets for the years eighteen hundred and eighty-four and five, for which he has accounted to the auditor.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 137

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 2, 3, and 18 of chapter 264 of Acts of Assembly 1878-9, as amended by chapter 61 of Acts of Assembly 1885-6, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping the public roads in order in Prince Edward county.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Amendments, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 138

An ACT to extend the time of settlement of P. D. Divers, late treasurer of Franklin county, with the supervisors of his county.
Budget, Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 139

An ACT to incorporate the Newport News Cemetery company.
Cemeteries, Incorporation, Public spaces, Property

Chapter 140

An ACT to incorporate the Star of Bethlehem Order of Galilean Fishermen.
Incorporation, Charity

Chapter 141

An ACT to incorporate the town of Mount Jackson, in the county of Shenandoah.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Alcohol, Taxation, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 142

An ACT to amend an act approved February 19th, 1886, to incorporate the Mineral Springs railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 143

An ACT to incorporate the Lynchburg Cotton Mill and Improvement company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Taxation, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 144

An ACT extending the time to Thomas Waller, late treasurer of Stafford county, for the collection and settlement of certain taxes and levies.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 145

An ACT to amend the following acts: An act to inco: incorporate the town of Rocky Mount, approved February 17, 1873; an act to amend the act of February 17, 1873, approved April 28, 1874, and an act amending and re-enacting section 2 of the act approved April 28, 1874, approved March 4, 1884.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Judicial, Taxation, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 146

An ACT to incorporate the Suburban and Exposition railway Company
Transportation, Business, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 147

An ACT to provide for a re-assessment of the lands in Brambleton ward in the city of Norfolk.
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 148

An ACT to ingore the Young Men’s christian association of Portsmouth, Virginia.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Incorporation, Taxation

Chapter 149

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved May 6, 1887, entitled an act to incorporate the Mineral railroad company, and to change the name to that of the Alexandria and Charleston railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 150

An ACT to allow K. B. Stoner, late treasurer of Botetourt county, further time to make settlement and to return delinquents and to collect tax tickets.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 151

An ACT to incorporate the North Amherst railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 152

An ACT to incorporate Tazewell Female seminary.
Education, Incorporation

Chapter 153

An ACT to incorporate the Danville and East Tennessee railroad company.
Transportation, Business, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 154

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Buck- uigham, Prince George, and Surry counties, to let to contract the public roads, and levy a tax to keep the same in order.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 155

An ACT to relieve Mrs. Maria Simpson Throgmorton of taxes improperly paid by her.
Taxation

Chapter 156

An ACT to authorize the mayor and common council of the town of Liberty to borrow for said corporation a sum of money not exceeding twenty thousand dollars for the purpose of completing or making permanent improvements.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Taxation, Business

Chapter 157

An ACT to incorporate the Mecklenburg Toll-bridge company.
Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 158

An ACT to incorporate the Bristol and Danville railroad company.
Transportation, Industry, Business, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 159

An ACT to relieve the Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Western railway company from any forfeiture which may have accrued from failure to commence and complete its road within the time limited in its act of incorporation, and to reinvest the said company with all the powers, privileges, and franchises granted by said act approved March 8, 1880, entitled an act to incorporate the Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Western railway company, and for other purposes.
Transportation, Industry, Municipal charters, Public officers, Bonds

Chapter 160

An ACT for the relief of J. R. Moss, administrator of W. A. Moss, late treasurer of the county of Buckingham.
Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 161

An ACT to incorporate the Mount Vernon Avenue association.
Incorporation, Public expenditures, Transportation, Municipal charters, Pensions

Chapter 162

An ACT to incorporate the Pocahontas Towing and Transportation company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 163

An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the South Atlantic and Ohio railroad company, and to legalize subscriptions and contracts and all corporate acts which the said company may have performed since the first day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Amendments, Labor

Chapter 164

An ACT to authorize the erection of a Washington Masonic Memorial Temple in Fredericksburg.
Charity, Religious Institutions, Amendments, Cemeteries, Public spaces, Public expenditures

Chapter 165

An ACT to incorporate the Edgewood cemetery company of Augusta county.
Cemeteries

Chapter 166

An ACT; to require the county judge of Greensville county to submit the question of continuing or repealing the fence law, to the qualified voters of Belfield magisterial district, in said county, upon certain conditions.
Fence Laws, Voting, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 167

An ACT to constitute the town of Salem and adjoining territory a seperate school district.
Education, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Budget, Taxation

Chapter 168

An ACT to incorporate the Augusta Telephone and Telegraph company.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 169

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Publishing company.
Business

Chapter 170

An ACT to allow A. R. Green, treasurer of Halifax county, and J. H. Franklin, W. P. Carter, J. S. Price, W. T. Croxton, and P. B. Sydnor, deputy collectors for A. R. Green, treasurer of Halifax county, six months to collect any uncollected tax-tickets in their ae and not returned delinquent for 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, and
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 171

An ACT for the relief J. B. Dortch, of Halifax county, from a fine imposed by Halifax county court.
Alcohol, Judicial, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 172

An ACT for the relief of the tax-payers of Alleghany
Taxation

Chapter 173

An ACT to incorporate the Middletown and Capon Springs turnpike company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 174

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the governor to hire convicts to the Abingdon Coal and Iron railroad company.
Labor, Transportation, Prisons, Public expenditures

Chapter 175

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 907 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the general statutes of the commonwealth, approved May 16, 1887, relative to the sale of mules, work oxen, and horses under levy in the city of Lynchburg.
Agriculture, Business, Municipal charters, Transportation

Chapter 176

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Pisgah M. E. Church, south, in the county of Tazewell, to sell and convey their church property.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 177

An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the penitentiary of Virginia to restore the burnt buildings of that institution, and to make an appropriation for the same.
Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 178

An ACT to amend and re-enact section five of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Norfolk Fuel and Gas Light company of Norfolk, Virginia
Utilities, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 179

An ACT to release taxes due on the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in Gloucester county.
Taxation, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 180

An ACT to incorporate the town of Big Stone Gap, in Wise county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Voting

Chapter 181

An ACT for the relief of John A. Roberts and John E. Roberts, of Charlotte county.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 182

An ACT to provide for a new registration of voters for the city of Alexandria.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 183

An ACT to provide for a new registration of voters in the county of Alexandria.
Voting

Chapter 184

An ACT to provide the manner in which aid shall be extended to the poor of the several magisterial districts of Rockbridge county, who are not supported in the county poor-house.
Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 185

An ACT to protect rabbits or hares in the counties of Hanover and Henrico.
Hunting

Chapter 186

An ACT to authorize a special district school tax in Auburn school district of the county of Montgomery.
Education, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 187

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Essex to rescind an order in relation to working public roads.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 188

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 93 of the charter of the city of Richmond, concerning the Fire Department.
Amendments, Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 189

An ACT to allow A. R. Green, treasurer of Halifax county, and his deputies, six months within which to distrain and levy for, and collect tax-tickets for 1882, and J. W. Chandler, deputy collector, to make a further return of delinquents for 1882.
Taxation

Chapter 190

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of Isaac N. Akers, late treasurer of Patrick county.
Debt

Chapter 191

An ACT to allow Joseph T. Fudge, treasurer of Alleghany county, further time to distrain, levy and collect certain tax-tickets and license taxes for which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 192

An ACT to regulate the construction of railroads through mountain passes and defiles.
Transportation, Industry

Chapter 193

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2616 and 2620 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange and consolidate into a Code the general statutes of the commonwealth, approved May 16, 1887.
Amendments, Custody of children, Inheritance and succession, Property, Judicial

Chapter 194

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county to establish a ferry over James river at or near Glenwood depot.
Transportation

Chapter 195

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of chapter 86, Code of Virginia of 1887, relating to the duties and compensation of district officers.
Amendments, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 196

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 15 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 48 of an act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters and to obtain a revenue for the privilege of taking them from the waters of this commonwealth, approved November 26, 1884; and to amend and re-enact section 17 and repeal sections 39 and 40 of an act entitled an act for the preservation of oysters, and to obtain revenue for the privilege of taking them within the waters of the commonwealth, approved March 4, 1884, and to provide for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the execution of the oyster laws of this commonwealth, approved April 28, 1887.
Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 197

An ACT declaring boundary lines legal fences in that por-tion of Manassas district, in Prince William county, lying north of Warrenton turnpike.
Boundaries, Fence Laws, Agriculture

Chapter 198

An ACT to incorporate the town of Blackstone, in Nottoway county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Public officers, Taxation, Law Enforcement

Chapter 199

An ACT to incorporate the West-End water company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Business

Chapter 200

An ACT to incorporate the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Incorporation, Religious Institutions
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