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1897/1898

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Chapter 201

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 32, chapter 1, of an act entitled an aet to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property and incomes, and oon Heenses to transact business, and in paying taxes thereon for the supportoft the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the pubhie debt. and: preseribing the mode of obtaining Heenses to sell wine, ardent: spirits or malt Liquors, or any mixture thereof, ino cases where a court certificate is required, approved) Mareh 6, E800, relating to sale by peddlers.
Taxation, Business, Alcohol

Chapter 202

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 817 of the code of Virginia providing for oaths to be taken by the deputies of certain city and county officers.
Amendments, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 203

An ACT to authorize the Norfolk and Western railway company to construct and operate a branch railroad to the Potomac river and into the city of Washington.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 204

An ACT to permit William L. Spillman to erect a wharf at his farm, Como, In King George county, on the Rappahannock river.
Property, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 205

An ACT to incorporate the John Hay normal and industrial school, of Alexandria, Virginia.
Education, Incorporation, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 206

An Act to amend and re-enact an act approved February 11, 1896, entitled 'An Act to amend and re-enact section S12 of the code of Virginia, 1887, in regard to the superintendent of the poor of Lee county,’ so as to include Hanover county.
Amendments, Public officers, Charity

Chapter 207

An ACT to authorize the town of Onancock, in the county of Accc-
Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 208

An ACT to authorize the school trustees of Chatham school in Pittsylvania county to sell and convey certain land to the author Chatham cemetery lot.
Education, Cemeteries, Property

Chapter 209

An ACT making it lawful for the county courts and justices of the peace in Giles, Pulaski, Craig, Lee, Wise, Buchanan, Dickenson, Montgomery and Shenandoah counties to sentence certain criminals to work.
Labor, Prisons, Judicial

Chapter 210

An ACT to incorporate the Norfolk bicycle road company.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 211

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 525 of the code of Virginia, in relation to the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue
Amendments, Budget, Business, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 212

An ACT to incorporate Virginia electrical railway and development company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 213

An ACT to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Rappahannock railway company.
Transportation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 214

AN ACT for the relief of Emory and Henry College
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 215

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond trust and safe deposit company.
Business, Incorporation, Public officers, Bonds

Chapter 216

An ACT authorizing John B. Lake, Sr., John W. Rowe and others to construct a bridge within the corporate limits of the town of Tlampton, across a branch of Tlumpton ercek.
Transportation

Chapter 217

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 129 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved February 28, 1890, entitled an act to prescribe the time for holding the courts of the Seventeenth judicial circuit, as amended by an act approved February 16, 1892.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 218

An ACT to authorize and empower the mavor and council of the town of South Boston to issue bonds, &e.
Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 219

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 92 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia of 1803-'94 entitled ‘An act to Incorporate the American mutual benefit society,’ approved January, 1804, by changing its name to the Mutual benefit fraternity.
Amendments, Charity, Fraternal organizations, Healthcare, Death and burial

Chapter 220

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2, 3 and 4 of an act approved March 8, 1894, entitled an act to incorporate the Saltville and Mendota railroad company, as amended by an act approved February 7, 1896, and to legalization of said company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 221

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 102 of the code of 1887, when officers to enter upon their duties in relation to the beginning of the term of superintendent of the poor in Nelson county.
Amendments, Public officers, Charity, Employment and labor

Chapter 222

An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal theological seminary and high school in Virginia to confer the degree of bachelor of divinity.
Education, Religious Institutions

Chapter 223

An ACT to amend and re-enact the 35d section of the charter of the city of Alexandria
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Property, Judicial

Chapter 224

An ACT to allow the board of supervisors of Pulaski county to contract with Robert L. Gardner for the construction of a walkway on the court green.
Public spaces

Chapter 225

An ACT to create the Board of Fisheries of Virginia, define its duties and fix the salary of its members.
Industry, Taxation, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 226

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact section 2054 of the code of Virginia in relation to limitation of actions
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 227

An ACT to amend and re-enact section ten of an act approved May 18, 1887, entitled an act to incorporate the Buck horn iron and improvement company.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 228

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2838 of chapter 132 of the code of Virginia, relating to dealings with students and gaming.
Education, Amendments, Gambling

Chapter 229

An ACT to protect electric lighting and power companies and gas companies and cities and towns from the theft of electric current, or gas, of apparatus, or unlawful interference therewith,
Utilities

Chapter 230

An ACT to provide for the establishing, altering and building the public roads and bridges in the county of Shenandoah and for working and keeping the same in repair.
Public expenditures, Transportation, Municipal charters, Judicial

Chapter 231

An ACT to provide for the better preservation of order at race-courses, fair-grounds, base-ball and foot-ball parks, and other places where athletic sports are held in the county of Henrico.
Amusement, Public officers, Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 232

An ACT for the protection of assignees, transferees or endorsers of debts secured on real estate by mortgage, deed of trust, vendor’s or mechanic's lien.
Property, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 233

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 12, 27 and 28 of chapter 577 of the acts of the assembly of Virginia 1895-96 entitled an act to amend the charter of the town of Waynesboro.
Amendments, Cemeteries, Public expenditures, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 234

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Amherst county to issue bonds for the purpose of refunding the county debt.
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 235

An ACT for the relief of E. W. Maxwell, late treasurer of Wise county, and securities on his official bond from excess of interest over six per centum.
Debt, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 236

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act passed, granting a charter to the town of Lebanon, county of Russell.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public officers, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 237

An ACT to protect mountain trout in the waters of Alleghany, Bath and Highland counties.
Fishing

Chapter 238

An ACT to incorporate the Montgomery railroad and mining company.
Industry, Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 239

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Amherst county to issue bonds for the purpose of repairing and macadamizing the public roads of the county.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 240

An ACT to incorporate the Hampton and Old Point gas and electric company
Incorporation, Utilities, Business

Chapter 241

An ACT to amend the charter of the town of Suffolk.
Municipal charters, Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 242

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act to incorporate the town of Saxis, in the county of Accomac, approved February 26, 1896.
Municipal charters

Chapter 243

An ACT to declare Tye river a lawful fence in Nelson county from its mouth to Gulf ford.
Fence Laws, Property

Chapter 244

An ACT to amend and re-enact the second section of an act entitled an act to provide for the reorganization of the institutions for the deaf and dumb and blind, and to repeal chapter 74 of the code of Virginia, and to repeal chapter 226 of the acts of assembly, entitled an act to regulate the appointment of the board of directors of the Deaf, dumb and blind institute at Staunton, Va., approved May 14, 1887, approved March 4, 1896.
Education, Children -- Institutional care, Amendments, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 245

An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of Staunton academy.
Education, Amendments, Incorporation

Chapter 246

An ACT to authorize the trustees of the Bethel (Methodist Episcopal) church in Page county, Virginia, to sell a church lot and invest proceeds.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 247

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 581 of the code of Virginia in regard to submitting the question of liquor license to the qualified voters of counties and magisterial districts.
Alcohol

Chapter 248

An ACT to authorize a bridge across the creek separating the town of Hampton, county of Elizabeth City, from that portion of Elizabeth City county known as West Hampton, formerly known as the Little England estate.
Transportation

Chapter 249

An ACT to amend and re-enact paragraph one of an act approved January 12, 1898, entitled an act to authorize the board of trustees of Hoge academy to convey the property and franchise of said academy to the president and trustees of Hampden-sidney college.
Education, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 250

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1259 of the code of Virginia, in relation to what portion of their roadbed need nut be fenced by the railway companies.
Transportation, Amendments, Property

Chapter 251

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 149 of the code of Virginia in reference to: pay of judges and clerks of elections so far as relates to the county of Fauquier.
Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 252

AN ACT to bridge Herbert's creek in the county of Elizabeth City.
Transportation

Chapter 253

An ACT to allow executors and other fiduciaries to invest in Virginia three per centum bonds issued by virtue of an act approved February 14, 1882.
Bonds, Budget

Chapter 254

An ACT authorizing and directing the attorney-general of this state to institute legal proceedings against William Ellinger, in the circuit court of Accomac to recover the state’s domain held by him in Accomac county, or to set aside and annul a certain deed or cession made to him from the state fish commissioner, and to do whatever may be necessary to maintain, protect and recover the rights of the state at, around and near Fox island or islands.
Property, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 255

An ACT to ratify and confirm an act entitled ‘An act. confirming to John C. Olinger and those claiming under him the title to a certain tract of land purchased at a tax sale,”
Property

Chapter 256

An ACT to extend the time for commencing and completing the construction of the railroad authorized under the act of the general assembly approved March 5, 1896, incorporating the Blue Ridge railroad company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Public expenditures

Chapter 257

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 23, 61, 108, 109 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled ‘An act to provide a new charter for the city of Roanoke.’
Amendments, Business, Taxation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 258

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of the county of Botetourt to borrow $8,000 to pay for a bridge across James river in that county.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 259

An ACT to authorize the extension of the title to certain church property in the county of Botetourt.
Religious Institutions

Chapter 260

An ACT for the preservation of quail in the counties of King George and Stafford.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 261

An ACT to authorize the owners of addition numbers one and two to the town of Richlands in the county of Tazewell to close the streets and alleys of said addition.
Municipal charters, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 262

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 459 of the code of Virginia in relation to lists of deeds to be made out annually by the clerks of courts, and what lists to contain.
Amendments, Property, Taxation

Chapter 263

An ACT to declare a certain portion of ground in York river to be a natural oyster rock.
Agriculture, Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 264

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4106 of the code of Virginia in relation to the jurisdiction of police justices and justices of the peace as to the trial of offenders in certain cases.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Amendments

Chapter 265

An ACT having for its object the collection, preservation and perpetuation of the names of the soldiers of Virginia who fought in her defence in the war between the states.
Civil Rights, Confederate, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 266

An ACT to empower the trustees of the Virginia female institute to issue bonds, borrow thereon money, and to secure the payment of the same.
Bonds, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 267

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4107 of the code of Virginia in relation to the right of appeal to court from the judgments of police justices and justices of the peace in criminal cases, to provide for the disposition of the accused unless let to bail; the issue of a new warrant or the amendment of the original warrant by the county, corporation or hustings court, and to fix the rule of procedure on these Warrants in the said county, hustings or corporation court.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Prisons, Amendments

Chapter 268

An ACT for the relief of C. B. Beamer, S. J. Fisher, M. Goldberg, Ella Morgan, L. Shere and J. W. Richardson.
Alcohol, Business, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 269

An ACT to incorporate the Laurel railway company.
Incorporation, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Debt

Chapter 270

An ACT to exonerate certain lands in Roanoke city from erroneous taxation and releasing Reverend J. W. Lynch from liability therefor.
Taxation, Religious Institutions, Charity

Chapter 271

An ACT to allow the voters of Chesterfield county to vote on a fence law.
Fence Laws

Chapter 272

An ACT to amend and re-enact the charter of the Norfolk retreat for the sick, which was granted by the corporation court of the city of Norfolk on the 25th day of May, 1888, by changing the name of the said corporation and in other respects, and to re-enact the said charter as amended.
Healthcare, Charity, Municipal charters

Chapter 273

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to prescribe the time for holding the circuit courts in the Fourth judicial circuit since the addition thereto of the city of Lynchburg and county of Campbell, as provided by an act approved February 5, 1896.
Judicial

Chapter 274

An ACT to amend and re-enact section eighteen of the charter of the town of Farmville.
Business, Public officers

Chapter 275

An ACT to extend the time for the collection of town taxes or levies of Ashland for the year 1896
Taxation

Chapter 276

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 11, and 19 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Estillville, in the county of Scott, approved March 5, 1858, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1892.
Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 277

An ACT to repeal section 14 of an act approved December 14, 1895, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Clover, in the county of Halifax.
Incorporation

Chapter 278

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twelve of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Ashland
Amendments, Budget, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 279

An ACT to amend and re-enact section two of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Foundling hospital of the city of Richmond, increasing the number of the board of governors.
Charity, Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 280

An act to amend and re-enact section 814 of the code of Virginia as amended by an act approved March 4, 1896, prescribing the penalties of bonds of county officers.
Amendments, Bonds, Public officers

Chapter 281

An ACT to incorporate the town of Wiehle in Fairfax county.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Voting, Taxation, Public officers, Property, Public expenditures, Education

Chapter 282

An ACT to empower the board of supervisors of the county of Isle of Wight to borrow money to purchase team and appliances to work the public roads of said county and issue bonds therefor.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 283

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1258, code of Virginia of 1887, in relation to railroad companies enclosing their roadbeds with fences and cattle guards.
Property

Chapter 284

An ACT to incorporate the Union indemnity league.
Incorporation, Charity, Fraternal organizations, Property

Chapter 285

An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic telephone company.
Incorporation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 286

An ACT to authorize the filing of a petition in a pending chancery cause In the clerk’s office, and to mature the same at rules.
Judicial

Chapter 287

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 of an act, approved February 20th, 1802, entitled an act to provide for the settlement of the public debt of Virginia, not funded under the provisions of an act, entitled an act to ascertain and declare Virginia’s equitable share of the debt created before and actually existing at the time of the partition of her territory and resources, and to provide for the issuance of bonds covering the same and the regular and prompt payment of interest thereon, approved February 14, 1892.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Debt, Taxation

Chapter 288

An ACT authorizing and empowering the board of supervisors of Scott county to increase the salary of the judge of the county court of said county.
Salaries, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 289

An ACT to authorize the board of directors of the Tazewell coal and iron company to reduce its capital stock.
Business

Chapter 290

An ACT authorizing the Leemont Baptist church, in Accomac county, to sell and convey their church lot, with the buildings thereon, and to reinvest the same.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 291

An ACT to incorporate the Mutual fire insurance company
Business, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 292

An ACT to prescribe the powers and duties of the police force of the cities and towns of the commonwealth of Virginia, and to regulate the same.
Law Enforcement

Chapter 293

An ACT to define and prescribe the effect as evidence of deeds conveying property heretofore or hereafter sold under deed of trust or mortgages, or under any judicial proceedings.
Property

Chapter 294

An ACT to create Northside district in Brookland magisterial district, in the county of Henrico, and to provide for lighting and sewerage in said Northside district, and for making and maintaining other improvements of a public nature therein.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Property, Public officers, Taxation, Budget

Chapter 295

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 881, code of Virginia, in reference to poor to be kept at poorhouse, and when and how assistance to be given at their homes.
Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 296

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Virginia state bar association, approved February 28, 1890.
Lawyers, Legislative Amendments, Incorporation, Public officers

Chapter 297

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Sussex county to issue bonds.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 298

An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 598 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 3, 184, entitled an act in relation to working and keeping In repair the roads and bridges of Alexandria county, as amended by an act approved March 3, 1896.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation, Civil Rights

Chapter 299

An ACT to amend the charter of the Newport News shipbuilding and dry dock company by amending and re-enacting section 4 of chapter 51, acts of assembly, 1885-1886, entitled an act to incorporate the Chesapeake dry dock and construction company, etc.
Amendments, Business, Property, Utilities

Chapter 300

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to incorporate the Potomac river railroad company.
Transportation, Incorporation, Business
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