Loading...

1887/1888

Laws in Volume
Displaying 201 - 300 of 500

Chapter 201

An ACT to incorporate Brambleton Lodge, No. 56, Knights of Pythias of Norfolk city, Virginia.
Incorporation, Fraternal organizations, Property

Chapter 202

JOINT RESOLUTION reepecting the quarters of the Southern Historical society
Legislative Amendments

Chapter 203

An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the town
Municipal charters, Budget, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 204

An ACT to authorize Theodore Haughwont to erect a wharf on Chuckatuck creek.
Transportation, Property, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 205

An ACT for the relief of the taxpayers of Carroll county.
Taxation, Budget, Agriculture

Chapter 206

An ACT to provide for a new registration in the city of Manchester and the counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan.
Voting

Chapter 207

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 22 of an act approved March 8, 1884, entitled an act to provide for the working of public roads and bridges.
Public expenditures, Property, Transportation

Chapter 208

An ACT to authorize Theodore Haughwont to erect a pier-head on his oyster ground on James river.
Agriculture, Fishing, Amendments, Property

Chapter 209

An ACT to incorporate the Owl Club, No. 1, of Norfolk, Virginia.
Amusement, Business, Recreation, Municipal charters

Chapter 210

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 4 of an act entitled an act appropriating the proceeds of the Glebe lands and other property belonging to the parishes of Abingdon, Ware and Petsworth, in the county of Gloucester, and for other purposes
Charity, Education, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 211

An ACT to authorize the circuit and corporation courts of this commonwealth to render judgments against receivers and commissioners and purchasers at judicial sales, and their sureties in certain cases.
Judicial, Business, Debt, Property

Chapter 212

An ACT to incorporate the Bessemer Steel and Iron company.
Incorporation, Business, Industry, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 213

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia and North Carolina construction company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Labor, Debt

Chapter 214

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act to empower the board of supervisors of Bath county, to repair a part of the Warm Springs and Huntersville turnpike road, and to borrow money therefor
Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 215

An ACT to provide for submitting to the qualified voters of the state the question of Constitutional Convention.
Amendments, Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 216

An ACT for working and keeping in repair the roads in Tazewell county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 217

An ACT extending the time to James M. Booth, treasurer of Northumberland county, for the collection of certain taxes and evies.
Taxation

Chapter 218

An ACT to prescribe the time for killing partridges in the county of Accomac and certain other counties.
Hunting

Chapter 219

An Act to prevent the granting of unappropriated marsh or meadow lands on the eastern shore of Virginia.
Property, Hunting, Fishing, Public spaces

Chapter 220

An ACT to incorporate the Copperhonk Springs company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 221

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of chapter 9 of the charter of the city of Lynchburg.
Taxation, Business, Amusement, Alcohol, Employment and labor

Chapter 222

An ACT for the protection of deer in the county of Page.
Hunting

Chapter 223

An ACT for the preservation of certain useful animals
Hunting, Wildlife, Public expenditures

Chapter 224

An ACT for the protection of deer in the counties of Shenandoah and Frederick.
Hunting

Chapter 225

An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Staunton.
Municipal charters, Utilities, Transportation, Public spaces

Chapter 226

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 22, 27, and 28 of chapien 181 of Acts of 1874-5, so far as they relate to the county of luanna.
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures, Labor, Municipal charters

Chapter 227

An ACT to authorize R. H. Atkinson to erect a pier or wharf on his oyster grounds on Chuckatuck creek.
Agriculture, Fishing, Public spaces

Chapter 228

An ACT to allow the voters in Carrollton precinct, Isle of Wight county, to vote on the adoption of the no-fence law.
Fence Laws, Voting, Boundaries, Public expenditures

Chapter 229

An ACT to incorporate the Game Point association.
Incorporation, Fishing, Wildlife

Chapter 230

An ACT to incorporate the Nelson manufacturing company.
Business, Incorporation, Property, Bonds, Budget

Chapter 231

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 8 of the act approved March 3, 1884, entitled an act to incorporate the Pittsburg and Virginia railroad company.
Transportation, Amendments, Industry

Chapter 232

An ACT to provide compensation to A. Theo. Powell for the prosecution of H. R. Puryear.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 233

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 of an act in force February 23, 1882, entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia and Carolina railroad company, amended by an act approved ch 6, 1886.
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 234

An ACT for the relief of A. J. Bishop from the payment
Amendments, Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 235

An Act to incorporate the Oakwood Hebrew cemetery association.
Cemeteries, Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 236

An ACT to authorize a loan of muskets to the Locust Dale male academy.
Education, Armed forces, Bonds

Chapter 237

An ACT to incorporate the Alexandria Gentlemen’s driving club.
Amusement, Business, Legislative Amendments, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 238

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of an act approved the first day of March, 1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Lynchburg building and loan company.
Business, Incorporation, Debt

Chapter 239

An ACT to change the name of the Lynchburg agricultural and mechanical society.
Agriculture, Industry, Amendments

Chapter 240

An ACT for the relief of Joseph B. Worth of erroneous license tax.
Business, Taxation

Chapter 241

An ACT to incorporate the Lynchburg Baptist seminary.
Education, Incorporation, Religious Institutions

Chapter 242

An ACT to incorporate the Bank of Richmond.
Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Taxation

Chapter 243

An ACT to authorize the county court of Pittsylvania to inquire into the propriety of relieving the estate of Hartwell Farmer, deceased, from an amount of delinquent taxes erroneously paid by the administrator of said decedent.
Property, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 244

An ACT granting the superintendent of any fair grounds or cemetery the same powers as a constable for certain purposes in such fair grounds or cemetery.
Amusement, Cemeteries, Law Enforcement

Chapter 245

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 331 of Acts of Assembly of 1887, entitled an act to adopt and provide for the publication and distribution of the Code of Virginia, for the preparation and gear of the explanatory notes of the revisors of the Code, and for furnishing the revisors with an office and stationery.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Libraries

Chapter 246

An ACT to nema f the political disabilities of Daniel P. Curtis.
Civil Rights, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 247

An ACT to incorporate the Hampton and Old Point railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 248

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to prescribe a fence law for Newport News election precinct in the county of Warwick, approved May 2, 1887, and to add an additional section thereto.
Fence Laws, Law Enforcement

Chapter 249

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 323 of the Acts of the general assembly of Virginia for 1887, and entitled an act to incorporate the Danville and Seaboard railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Industry

Chapter 250

An ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Mu Sigma Rho Library association of Chesterfield county, Virginia.
Education, Libraries, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 251

An ACT for the relief of Hughes Dillard, Jr., from the payment of a fine.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 252

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 6 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Martinsburg and Potomac railroad company
Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 253

An ACT to amend and re-enact the first and second sections of an act entitled an act to authorize the council of the town of Gordonsville to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing water-works
Bonds, Utilities

Chapter 254

An ACT authorizing the deputy tresauners of Caroline and Hanover counties to collect delinquent taxes.
Budget, Taxation

Chapter 255

An ACT to authorize the supervisors of Amherst county to issue bonds for the purpose of retiring outstanding bonds.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Budget, Industry

Chapter 256

An ACT to amend the charter of the city of Richmond by adding additional sections to chapter 4 concerning city officers, so as to provide for the appointment of a board of public interests.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Business, Transportation

Chapter 257

An ACT to incorporate the Mount Vernon fire insurance company of Alexandria, Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 258

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Safety Deposit company of Richmond.
Business, Property

Chapter 259

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia and Pennsylvania Iron and Coal company.
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 260

An ACT to incorporate the Farmers Benevolent Fire Association of Franklin county.
Fire fighters

Chapter 261

An ACT to authorize the surviving trustees of Union academy, of Appomattox county, to fill vacancies,
Education, Incorporation, Charity, Municipal charters

Chapter 262

An ACT to incorporate Scott Telephone and Telegraph company in the county of Fauquier.
Incorporation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 263

An ACT for the relief of E. L. Costin, late treasurer of Northampton county.
Taxation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 264

An ACT to provide for a new registration in the city of taunton.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 265

An ACT to allow Mrs. Mary J. Young to erect a wharf, platform, shed, and other necessary buildings for conducting the business at Franklin City, Accomac county, Virginia, adjoining her land in Chincoteague bay
Property, Business, Fishing, Utilities

Chapter 266

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 75 of chapter 78 of the Code of 1873, in regard to unexpended school funds.
Education, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 267

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1165 and 1166 of chapter 48, Code of Virginia 1887, prescribing qualifications of bank directors.
Business

Chapter 268

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2871 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the general statutes of the commonwealth, in relation to special partnerships.
Business

Chapter 269

An ACT to incorporate the Falls Church telephorre com-
Incorporation, Business, Taxation

Chapter 270

An ACT to further define the duties and enlarge the powers of the commissioner of agriculture.
Agriculture

Chapter 271

An ACT to provide for the purchase of certain property, an additional improvement for the State Normal school, and to make appropriation therefor.
Education, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 272

An ACT to incorporate the Cohoke association.
Incorporation, Industry, Fishing, Public officers, Property

Chapter 273

An ACT to incorporate the South View orphan home.
Children -- Institutional care, Charity, Education, Religious Institutions

Chapter 274

An ACT to empower the judge of the county court of Augusta county to appoint one or more policemen for the various magisterial districts of said county.
Law Enforcement

Chapter 275

An ACT to incorporate the society of the Honorable Knights of Johnathan of the state of Virginia.
Incorporation, Charity, Death and burial, Business

Chapter 276

An ACT for working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges in Spotsylvania.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Taxation, Employment and labor

Chapter 277

An ACT to provide a new registration of voters in the town of North Danville, Pittsylvania county.
Voting

Chapter 278

An ACT to authorize county subscriptions to the capital stock of Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad company.
Transportation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Judicial, Business

Chapter 279

An ACT to work and keep in order the public roads in the county of Pittsylvania.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Municipal charters, Amendments

Chapter 280

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections two and three of an act passed January 23, 1861, entitled an act amending and re-enacting the act entitled an act to incorporate the Jackson Orphan Asylum of Norfolk, passed February 26, 1856.
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Religious Institutions, Amendments, Education

Chapter 281

An ACT supplementary to the laws now in force for working the roads and repairing and rebuilding bridges in the county of Caroline.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Taxation

Chapter 282

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Craig company.
Bonds, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 283

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 614 of chapter 27 of an act entitled an act to revise, arrange, and consolidate into a Code the gener statutes of the commonwealth, approved May 16, 1887, in relation to the compensation of county and city treasurers.
Amendments, Budget, Public officers

Chapter 284

An ACT to give the assent of the state of Virginia to the provisions of an act of congress approved March 2, 1887, in relation to an agricultural experiment station.
Agriculture, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 285

An ACT to incorporate the Dismal Swamp Hunting club of Norfolk county
Incorporation, Hunting, Recreation

Chapter 286

An ACT for the relief of John W. Clay, late treasurer of Campbell county.
Budget, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 287

An ACT to incorporate the Lambert’s Point turnpike company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 288

An ACT declaring the James river, the main track of the Richmond and Alleghany railroad, and the boundary lines of the farms within certain limits in the county of Amherst, a lawful fence.
Boundaries, Transportation

Chapter 289

An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 192 of the Acts of 1885-6, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Pulaski City, in the county of Pulaski.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Education, Bonds

Chapter 290

An ACT to incorporate the Dinwiddie granite company
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 291

An ACT to empower the judge of the county court of Southampton county to appoint one or more policemen for the various magisterial districts of said county.
Law Enforcement, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 292

An ACT for the relief of T. E. McCracken from a fine imposed by the corporation court of Fredericksburg.
Judicial, Amendments, Civil Rights

Chapter 293

An ACT for the relief of J. Winston Repass, treasurer of
Budget, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 294

An ACT to extend the time for the collection of tax-tick-
Taxation

Chapter 295

An ACT to amend section 2919 of revised Code of 1887, in relation to limitation of suits.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 296

An ACT to incorporate the Princess Anne county railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 297

An ACT to release the residue of certain judgments of the commonwealth against John G. Kasey, treasurer of Bedford county, and his sureties.
Bonds, Public officers, Debt

Chapter 298

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia immigration, land and improvement company.
Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 299

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 39, Code of 1873, as amended by an act approved February 15, 1879, and to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 39, Code of 1873, in reference to the price paid for land warrants, and the fees paid in the land office.
Property, Legislative Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 300

An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap mining, transportation, and development company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Utilities
UVA Logo
Copyright © 2025 by the Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia