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1897/1898

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 904

An ACT for the relief of John Quincey Adams, of Amherst county, Virginia,
Amendments, Judicial, Debt

Chapter 905

An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint a beard of commission-ers forthe prumotion of the uniformity of legislation in the United States.
Amendments, Marriage, Divorce, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 906

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 573 of the code of Virginia touching the appeal and supersedeas allowed the state in cases of erroneous assessinents.
Judicial

Chapter 907

An ACT to prevent placing obstructions in the public roads of the county of Pittsylvania
Transportation, Public spaces, Municipal charters

Chapter 908

An ACT to change the name of Jerusalem voting precinct, in Southampton county, to Courtland voting precinct.
Voting

Chapter 909

An ACT to provide for the protection of partridges or quail in Pittsyl- Vania county.
Hunting

Chapter 910

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act passed February 28, 1546, entitled an act providing more effectually for the protection of sheep in the county of Loudoun, and to repeal certain acts amendatory thereof as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act passed February 28, 1846, entitled an act providing more effectually for the protection of sheep in the county of Loudoun and to repeal certain acts amendatory thereof, approved March 14, 1872.
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 911

An ACT to provide for the collection by the clerk of the corporation courts certain fees of the commissioner of the revenue in the city of Norfolk, and for the payment of the same to the commissioner of the revenue by the clerk.
Property

Chapter 912

AN ACT to incorporate the Old Point Comfort college.
Education, Incorporation, Religious Institutions

Chapter 913

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2507 of the code in relation to list of writings recorded to be posted by clerk.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 914

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Petersburg railway company.
Transportation, Business, Incorporation

Chapter 915

An ACT to amend the road law of Prince George county.
Budget, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 916

An ACT to make the night-watchman of Chincoteague island, Accomac county, a conservator of the peace on suid island.
Law Enforcement, Public officers, Municipal charters, Business

Chapter 917

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1453 of the code of Virginia in regard to school trustees, their number and term of office in the county of Craig.
Education, Amendments

Chapter 918

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Phoebus and Fox Hill railroad company, approved February 12, 1808.
Transportation, Incorporation

Chapter 919

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

Chapter 920

An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate the sale of cider in Montgomery county
Alcohol, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 921

An ACT to authorize and empower the supervisors of King William county to build, construct and maintain a bridge over the Pamunkey river at or near New Castle ferry, between King William and Hanover counties.
Transportation

Chapter 922

An ACT for relief of Robert R. Wood, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Charity, Pensions

Chapter 923

An ACT for the relief of William P. Humphreys, a disabled Confederate soldier,
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare

Chapter 924

An ACT for the relief of Sallie Gibson, the widow of a Confederate soldier, of Bath county.
Confederate, Pensions, Charity, Death and burial

Chapter 925

An ACT for the relief of S. J. Young, a disabled Confederate veteran.
Confederate, Pensions, Charity

Chapter 926

AN ACT for the relief of William Linkenhoger, a disabled Confederate veteran.
Armed forces, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 927

An ACT for the relief of Samuel Locket, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 928

An ACT to place the name of Mildred A. Field on the pension rolls of the state of Virginia.
Pensions, Confederate, Death and burial

Chapter 929

An ACT for the relief of J. A. Green, a disabled Confederate soldier of Lunenburg county.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 930

An ACT for the relief of James Bright, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 931

An ACT for relief of George W. Bledsoe, a disabled Confederate soldier, of Madison county.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions, Public expenditures

Chapter 932

An ACT for relief of John R. Groves.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 933

An ACT for the relief of J. W. Headen
Armed forces, Charity, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 934

An ACT for relief of L. P. Vaught.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 935

An ACT for the relief of Michial Price, a disabled Confederate soldier, of Montgomery county.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 936

An ACT for the relief of Lodowick C. Debo.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor, Civil Rights

Chapter 937

An ACT to relieve Martin Weisor, of Wythe county.
Pensions, Armed forces, Healthcare

Chapter 938

An ACT for the relief of William E. F. Robertson, of Pittsylvania county.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 939

An ACT for the relief of Mrs. H. Hagood.
Armed forces, Pensions

Chapter 940

An ACT for the relief of LeRoy Gain, a disabled Confederate soldier of Patrick county.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 941

An ACT for the relief of J. Harvey Carter, a Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 942

An ACT for relief of Thomas H. Durham, a needy Confederate soldier of Essex county.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor, Amendments

Chapter 943

AN ACT for the relief of S. W. Thornton
Civil Rights, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 944

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 95 of the code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of surveyors and superintendents of the poor as to the county of James City.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Charity

Chapter 945

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to define a lawful fence for the county of Warwick
Fence Laws, Boundaries, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 946

An ACT to authorize the town of Farmville to grant a twenty-five-year franchise to any incorporated railway company or street railway company to lay tracks and run cars by any power other than steam power, along the public streets of said town.
Transportation

Chapter 947

An ACT to amend section 1398 of the code and section 1399 of the code, as amended by an act approved January 31, 1890, as to what conveyances for religious purposes are valid.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 948

An ACT for the relief of William Pollard, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 949

An ACT for the relief of Jacob Akers, a wounded Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor

Chapter 950

An ACT for the rellef of H. R. Roop, a private Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights, Employment and labor

Chapter 951

An ACT for the relief of John J. Goin, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Pensions, Armed forces, Civil Rights, Reformatories

Chapter 952

An ACT for the relief of James P. K. Walling, a Confederate soldier of Scott county.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 953

AN ACT for the relief of J. W. May, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Pensions, Confederate, Employment and labor

Chapter 954

An ACT to incorporate the Newport News terminal and warehouse company.
Incorporation, Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 955

An ACT to pay Thomas T. Upshur the sum of $45.99 for services rendered copying old records of the county of Northampton.
Public expenditures

Chapter 956

An ACT for the relief of Robert S. Snellings, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 957

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2674 of the code of Virginia providing for the returns of accounts of sales of fiduciaries, their duty and penalty on trustees for failure to make returns of sale.
Amendments, Business, Property

Chapter 958

An ACT to allow occupants of oyster-planting grounds on Cherry-stone and Hungar’s bars, situated at the mouth of Cherrystone and Hungar’s creeks, in the county of Northampton, to scrape said oyster-planting grounds.
Fishing

Chapter 959

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 730 of the code of Virginia.
Judicial, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 960

An ACT for the relicfof Lindsey Fads, a Confederate soldier of Scott county.
Confederate, Pensions, Healthcare, Civil Rights

Chapter 961

An ACT authorizing the name of W. W. Webb, a disabled and indigent Confederate soldier, of Augusta county, to be placed upon the pension rolls of the state.
Confederate, Pensions, Civil Rights

Chapter 962

An ACT for the relief of James L. Adams, a disabled Confederate soldier, of the county of Dickenson.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 963

An ACT to give W. F. Templeton, a former deputy treasurer of Rockbridge county, Virginia, power of levy and distress to collect certain uncollected tax tickets.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 964

An ACT to incorporate the town of Buchanan, and to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, under the name of the town of Buchanan, approved January 19, 1882. and acts amendatory thereof, and to repeal an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to enlarge the powers of the town of Buchanan, in the county of Botetourt, approved March 3, 1800, approved February 25, 18u2.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Taxation, Alcohol, Public officers, Business

Chapter 965

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3, chapter 743, of acts of 1893-’94 in relation to time of assessing for taxation oysters and shells, &e.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 966

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3532 of the code of Virginia in relation to fees of a jailor.
Jails, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures

Chapter 967

An ACT to provide for the registration of any person, being a resident of this state, who desires to take or catch oysters, for sale or planting, from the natural rocks or shoals on the eastern or ocean side of Accomac and Northampton counties, and prescribing a fine for so taking oysters without being registered; and for the registration of any skiff, scow, bateau, or other small craft used in so taking and catching oysters, providing for a fine for a failure to register the same if the owner be known, and for the sale thereof if the owner be unknown; and to provide for the policing of the waters of the said eastern or ocean side of Accomac and Northampton counties.
Fishing

Chapter 968

An ACT amending and re-enacting sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12 of chapter 398, acts of assembly 1895-96, approved February 20, 1896, to legalize primary elections in Henrico county.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 969

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Bay railroad company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Bonds

Chapter 970

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 23, 1844, entitled an act to prescribe the time for holding the circuit courts in the several counties comprised in the Eleventh judicial circuit of Virginia.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 971

An ACT for the relief of Wm. Ayres, a disabled Confederate soldier of Patrick county.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate, Public expenditures

Chapter 972

An ACT for the relief of Fanny W. England, widow of a Confederate
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 973

An ACT for the relief of Marion M. Seay, a disabled Confederate
Confederate, Pensions, Armed forces, Civil Rights

Chapter 974

An ACT for the relief of W. T. Johnston, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Pensions, Confederate

Chapter 975

An ACT to incorporate the Newport News beneficial association.
Business, Charity, Healthcare, Pensions

Chapter 976

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "An act to incorporate Chatham Female Episcopal institute," so as to change the name of said institute and define and establish its powers.
Education, Religious Institutions, Amendments, Property, Charity

Chapter 977

An ACT for the relief of D. W.S. Knight, a wounded Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Armed forces, Employment and labor

Chapter 978

An ACT to place the name of C. L. King, of Washington county, Virginia, on the pension roll.
Pensions, Confederate, Civil Rights

Chapter 979

An ACT for the relief of Henry Duke, a wounded Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 980

An ACT to permit Peter Bonawell to erect a wharf on the west side
Property, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 981

An ACT to modify the existing statutes defining and establishing the criminal jurisdiction of the corporation court of the city of Winchester, of the county court of the county of Frederick, and of the several Justices of the city of Winchester and of the county of Frederick.
Judicial, Law Enforcement, Prisons, Municipal charters

Chapter 982

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 4, 1892, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 161, session 1891-1892, for the protection of terrapins.
Amendments, Fishing, Wildlife

Chapter 983

An ACT to charter the Hill City benevolent relief association, of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Charity, Bonds, Property, Public expenditures, Business, Death and burial, Wards

Chapter 984

An ACT to incorporate the Atlantic and Western railroad company.
Incorporation, Industry, Transportation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 985

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 'An act to provide for the working of the roads in the county of Washington'
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 986

An ACT for relief of Saml. F. Whitt, a Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Pensions, Civil Rights, Confederate

Chapter 987

An ACT to authorize the Board of Chesapeake and its tributaries to settle a claim against steamer Chesapeake.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 988

An ACT to place the name of Samuel R. Mead, of Bedford county, an ex-Confederate soldier, on the pension list.
Pensions, Armed forces, Confederate

Chapter 989

An ACT to incorporate the Old Dominion electrical development and power company.
Incorporation, Utilities, Transportation, Industry, Public expenditures

Chapter 990

An ACT to place William L. Hurt, of Bedford county, on the pension list of the State of Virginia.
Pensions, Confederate, Armed forces

Chapter 991

An ACT for the relief of Lowell T. Thomas, a blind Confederate soldier, of Siddon's postoffice, Meeklenburg county, Virginia.
Confederate, Pensions, Employment and labor, Healthcare

Chapter 992

An ACT for the relief of Mistress Mary F. Lochard, widow of a Confederate soldier of Franklin county, Virginia.
Confederate, Pensions, Death and burial

Chapter 993

An ACT to repeal sections 2254. 2255, 2256, 2287, 2238, 2245, 2244,
Registration of births, etc., Death and burial, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 994

An ACT to protect mountain trout in the waters of Rockingham
Fishing

Chapter 995

An ACT to place Thomas J. Fielder, an ex-Confederate soldier, of Bedford county, on the pension list.
Pensions, Confederate, Armed forces, Employment and labor

Chapter 996

An ACT for the relief of Radford Satterfield, a Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Armed forces, Employment and labor

Chapter 997

An ACT to amend and re-enact independent sections 5 and 8 of act of the general assembly of Virginia in relation to oysters
Agriculture, Amendments, Fishing

Chapter 998

An ACT to allow a pension to Sarah Right, of Patrick county.
Pensions, Civil Rights, Armed forces, Death and burial

Chapter 999

An ACT for the relief of Colonel A. F. Cook, of Washington county, a disabled Confederate soldier.
Armed forces, Confederate, Pensions

Chapter 1000

An ACT to place the name of James Lawhorn, a Confederate soldier, of Bedford county, on the pension list.
Pensions, Confederate, Employment and labor

Chapter 1001

An ACT for the relief of Benjamin W. Andrews, a disabled Confederate soldier, of the county of Lunenburg, Virginia.
Pensions, Confederate, Employment and labor

Chapter 1002

An ACT to allow a pension to W. H. Kirby, of Culpeper county, a wounded Confederate soldier.
Pensions, Confederate, Charity, Armed forces

Chapter 1003

An ACT to allow a pension to James W. Legg, of Culpeper county, a wounded Confederate soldier.
Confederate, Pensions, Charity
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