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1889/1890 Private Laws

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 289

An ACT for the protection of game in the county of
Hunting, Incorporation, Public spaces, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 291

An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth sewerage company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Business, Public expenditures, Debt, Property

Chapter 292

An ACT to authorize the town of Blackstone, Virginia, to borrow money and to levy a tax for same.
Budget, Public expenditures, Taxation, Utilities

Chapter 293

An ACT to allow the voters of Red Bank district, Halifax county, to vote on fence law.
Fence Laws

Chapter 294

An ACT to incorporate the Road Alliance company of Ashby magisterial district, in the county of Shenandoah.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 295

An ACT to authorize the school board of Catalpa dis- trict, Cul pepper county, to issue bonds for building school houses and Providing for payment of same.
Education, Bonds, Taxation

Chapter 297

An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Salem, in Roanoke county.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Taxation, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Property, Business

Chapter 298

An ACT to repeal chapter 56 of the acts of Assembly of 1881-2, entitled an act in reference to fences in the county of Princess Anne, approved February 3, 1882.
Repeal of legislation, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 299

An ACT to authorize the council of the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds and to acquire land for a city cemetery.
Bonds, Cemeteries, Public expenditures

Chapter 301

An ACT to provide for the drainage of low lands in Northampton and Accomac counties.
Agriculture, Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Municipal charters

Chapter 302

An ACT to authorize a deed for a portion of the land belonging to the congregation of St. James’ church in Churchville, Augusta county.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 305

An ACT to incorporate certain powers on the Richmond city railway company.
Transportation, Amendments, Business

Chapter 307

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond Railway and Electric company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 309

An ACT to incorporate the Bedford City land and improvement company.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 310

An ACT to incorporate the Frederick county improvement company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Property, Utilities, Industry, Taxation, Transportation

Chapter 314

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 4 of eu enone of the town of Boydton, in the county of Mecklenburg.
Incorporation, Boundaries, Taxation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 318

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act, approved February 18, 1888, entitled an act to authorize the board of super- visors of Buckingham, Prince George, and Surry counties to let to contract the public roads, and to levy a tax to keep the same in order.
Amendments, Business, Utilities, Property

Chapter 320

An ACT to incorporate the Newport News, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk ferry company.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation, Bonds

Chapter 321

An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk Belt Line railway company.
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Budget, Transportation

Chapter 323

An ACT to provide a special fence law for Northampton county.
Fence Laws, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 324

An ACT to incorporate the Ohio and Big Sandy coal company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Taxation

Chapter 326

An ACT to incorporate the Bristol belt-line railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 327

An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion perpetual building fund association of Alexandria, Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Property

Chapter 328

An ACT to provide a new charter for the Southside land and improvement company.
Incorporation, Business, Public expenditures, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 332

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Banister, in the county of Halifax, approved May 16, 1887, and to change the name of said town to Houston.
Boundaries, Municipal charters, Budget, Public expenditures, Transportation, Public spaces, Voting

Chapter 339

An ACT to incorporate the Baptist orphanage of Virginia
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 341

An ACT to authorize the Richmond and Seven Pines railway company, incorporated by acts approved February 3, 1888, to build a branch road to the cemetery and battle-field of Cold Harbor, in the county of Hanover.
Transportation, Cemeteries, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 342

An ACT to amend sub-division 5 of section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond, approved May 24, 1870.
Utilities, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 343

An ACT to allow William H Barnes and John A. Barnes to erect a pier or wharf on James river.
Transportation, Property, Business

Chapter 344

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Halifax county to borrow money to build a jail.
Jails, Bonds, Public expenditures, Property, Fence Laws

Chapter 346

An ACT to incorporate the Big Stone Gap electric light and power company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 347

An Act to incorporate the New Market iron and improvement company.
Incorporation, Industry, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 350

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Richmond City and Seven Pines railway company
Transportation, Legislative Amendments, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 351

An ACT to incorporate the Eureka iron company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business

Chapter 352

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3 and 5 of chapter 250 of the acts of 1869-70, approved July 9, 1870, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Gordonsville.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 353

An ACT to incorporate the Southwest land and improvement company.
Incorporation, Property, Business, Municipal charters

Chapter 355

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Augusta county to increase the salary of the county judge.
Budget, Business, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 357

An ACT to incorporate the Valley street railway company of Big Stone Gap.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 358

An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Pocahontas.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Alcohol, Taxation, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Vagrancy

Chapter 359

An ACT to incorporate the James river valley colonization and improvement company of Virginia.
Incorporation, Property, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 361

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia Princess coal, iron, and steel company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Property, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 362

An ACT to authorize the town of Liberty to donate a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars in the bonds of said town to the Baptist orphanage.
Charity, Children -- Institutional care, Religious Institutions, Property, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 364

An ACT to incorporate the East Big Stone Gap land and improvement company.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 365

An ACT to incorporate the Brookneal mining and improvement company.
Incorporation, Industry, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 366

An ACT to facilitate the passage of fish in Black-water river, in the county of Franklin.
Fishing, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 367

An ACT to authorize the council of the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to acquire land for a cemetery.
Bonds, Cemeteries, Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 369

An ACT to incorporate the bank of Waynesboro.
Incorporation, Business

Chapter 370

An ACT to incorporate the Fincastle and Southern Botetourt development company.
Incorporation, Business, Cemeteries, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 373

An ACT to incorporate the town of Vienna, in Fairfax county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 374

An ACT to authorize the county of Albemarle to subscribe $500 to the Monticello guard armory.
Armed forces, Public expenditures, Bonds, Municipal charters

Chapter 375

An ACT to incorporate the Pulaski Development company.
Business, Incorporation, Industry, Transportation

Chapter 376

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia State bar association.
Incorporation, Judicial, Lawyers, Business, Public officers

Chapter 377

An ACT to incorporate the Cardwell machine company.
Business, Agriculture, Industry, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 380

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of chapter 196, of acts of assembly 1883-84, in relation to working the roads in Frederick, Clarke, Warren and Augusta counties.
Amendments, Transportation

Chapter 382

An ACT to authorize the directors of the Planters’ Warehouse company of Chase City, Va., to borrow money and secure the same by deed of trust or mortgage on any real estate said company may own.
Business

Chapter 385

An ACT to incorporate the Midvale development company.
Incorporation, Business, Industry, Public expenditures, Taxation, Utilities

Chapter 387

An ACT to increase the salary of the judge of Taze- well county.
Salaries

Chapter 388

An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion construction company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Labor

Chapter 390

An ACT to incorporate the Rappahannock boom and improvement company
Incorporation, Business, Property, Industry, Transportation, Taxation

Chapter 391

An ACT to incorporate the Wythe land and improvement company.
Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Property, Bonds

Chapter 392

An ACT to incorporate the Portsmouth park railway and development company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public spaces

Chapter 393

An ACT to increase the pay of supervisors of Scott county.
Budget, Public officers

Chapter 394

An ACT to repeal an act approved January 2, 1890, entitled an act to amend section one of an act to incorporate the Virginia steel company, approved May 2, 1887.
Amendments, Agriculture, Business, Incorporation, Property, Public officers, Utilities

Chapter 396

An ACT to incorporate the Alleghany company of Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Transportation, Utilities, Taxation, Agriculture, Industry

Chapter 397

An ACT authorizing a portion of Stafford county to provide for a free right of way over a bridge to be built at Fredericksburg.
Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 399

An ACT to incorporate the Big-Stone Gap building and loan association.
Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 400

An Act to incorporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Eastern Virginia, to operate in Accomac and Northampton counties.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Public officers

Chapter 401

An ACT to amend section 8 of the charter of the town of North Danville.
Budget, Taxation, Municipal charters, Property, Public expenditures, Public officers, Fire fighters, Cemeteries, Business

Chapter 402

An ACT to empower the board of supervisors of Buckingham county to declare inoperative in said county a special law in relation to the working and keeping in repair the public roads, &c.,‘in said county.
Property, Religious Institutions

Chapter 404

An ACT to authorize the sale of Rehoboth church property, in the county of Franklin.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 405

An ACT to provide for the working of the roads and the appointment of commissioners to let out the repairing and the building of the bridges of the county of James City.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 407

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Waverly, in the county of Sussex, approved February 27, 1879.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Property, Taxation, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 409

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Presbyterian church at Liberty to borrow money.
Religious Institutions, Property, Business

Chapter 410

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond, Manchester and Petersburg electric railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Utilities

Chapter 411

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of an act entitled an act to provide for working and Keeping in order the roads in the county of Stafford, approved December 19, 1889
Transportation

Chapter 412

An ACT to incorporate the Abingdon Improvement company.
Judicial, Business, Public expenditures, Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 415

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 48 of chapter 5 of an act approved February 12, 1890, entitled an act to change the name of the town of Goodson to the city of Bristol, and provide a new charter for the same.
Amendments, Bonds, Business, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 416

An ACT to define a lawful fence for the county of Powhatan.
Fence Laws, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 417

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Church of Disciples, worshiping at Charlottesville, to borrow money, and to secure the same by deed of trust on their church lot.
Religious Institutions, Debt, Property

Chapter 418

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county to issue new bonds, &c.
Bonds, Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers, Labor

Chapter 420

An ACT to incorporate the Buena Vista street railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 421

An ACT to incorporate the River View railway company.
Transportation, Industry, Business

Chapter 422

An ACT to enlarge the powers of the town of Buch-anan, in the county of Botetourt.
Municipal charters, Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 423

An ACT to provide for working and keeping in repair the roads in the county of Middlesex.
Transportation

Chapter 424

An ACT to incorporate the town of Berkeley in the county of Norfolk.
Incorporation, Boundaries, Property, Public officers, Public expenditures, Voting, Taxation

Chapter 426

An ACT to authorize the Virginia development company to acquire, hold and guarantee funds of other corporations.
Business, Bonds

Chapter 427

An ACT to incorporate Mount Torry mining and transportation company.
Business, Transportation, Utilities

Chapter 429

An ACT rein te suitable fish ladders upon the — across Goose creek, in the counties of Campbell and Bedford
Fishing

Chapter 430

An ACT to incorporate the Prison Association of Virginia.
Prisons, Judicial, Reformatories, Employment and labor, Charity, Vagrancy, Children -- Institutional care, Public officers

Chapter 431

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the West Lynchburg land company, and to confirm and declare valid the acts of said company under a charter heretofore granted to it by the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 432

An ACT to incorporate the Chesapeake agricultural and industrial society.
Agriculture, Industry, Business, Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 434

An ACT to amend and re-enact section two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Staley’s Creek manganese and iron company
Industry, Business, Transportation, Taxation

Chapter 435

An ACT to incorporate the Kentucky coal company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 436

An ACT to incorporate the Shenandoah mining and land improvement company, of Milnes, Virginia.
Incorporation, Business, Industry, Property, Utilities, Public expenditures

Chapter 437

An ACT to incorporate the Nokesville Distilling company.
Alcohol, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 438

An ACT to incorporate the Appalachian club.
Incorporation, Business, Utilities, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 439

An ACT to incorporate the town of Basic City.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Property, Public officers, Taxation, Budget

Chapter 440

An ACT to provide a new charter for the town of Liberty, to extend its limits, and change the name to Bedford City.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Property, Public officers, Debt, Boundaries, Public expenditures

Chapter 441

An ACT to incorporate the Young Men’s Christian Association of Danville, Virginia.
Incorporation, Charity, Public expenditures, Religious Institutions

Chapter 442

An ACT to incorporate the Brosius and Bedford City Steel and Iron Manufacturing Company.
Incorporation, Industry, Public expenditures, Labor, Transportation, Fire fighters, Taxation
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