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1899/1900

Laws in Volume
Displaying 501 - 600 of 1483

Chapter 501

An ACT to authorize the town of Luray to borrow money and to repeal an act entitled an act to authorize the town of Luray to borrow money, approved January 30, 1900.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 502

An ACT to allow W. S. Embrey to build a wharf and pier in James river near Scotland, in Surry county, Virginia.
Transportation, Property

Chapter 503

An ACT to amend and re-enact section six of an act incorporating the Norfolk and Kempsville turnpike company, approved the third day of March, 1898, so as to allow the issue of preferred stock, and to authorize the commissioners therein named to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company without necessity of giving any public notice of the time and places at which books will be opened for subscriptions.
Amendments, Incorporation, Business

Chapter 504

An ACT to authorize F. M. Thrift to erect a wharf on Yeocomico
Property, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 505

An ACT to incorporate the Yorktown, Poquoson and Hampton railway company.
Transportation, Business, Utilities

Chapter 506

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Covington, in the county of Alleghany, to borrow money for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, and maintaining a system of water-works for said town.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 507

An ACT to allow B. L. Farinholt to enlarge the area of the pier-head to his wharf at Monaskon, on the Rappahannock river.
Business, Transportation, Public expenditures, Fishing

Chapter 508

An ACT to amend and re-enact paragraph 96 of schedule F of chapter 1 of an act approved March 6, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixtures thereof, in cases where a court certificate is required, as amended by an act approved February 24, 1894, and as amended by an act approved January 16, 1896, as far as the same relates to photographers’ licenses.
Alcohol, Budget, Business, Taxation

Chapter 509

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 717 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 1, 1898, relating to tines and costs before justices of the peace, so as to give effect to judgments for fines and costs imposed by mayors of towns incorporated under the general laws for violation of a town ordinance.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Jails, Municipal charters

Chapter 510

An ACT to allow the Michie company to publish certain reports of the decisions of the court of appeals of Virginia.
Public officers, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 511

An ACT to provide for the garnishment of and levy of execution on wages and salaries of all state officials, clerks, and employees.
Employment and labor, Public officers, Debt, Judicial

Chapter 512

An ACT to incorporate the John Marshall memorial association.
Charity, Judicial, Cemeteries, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 513

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Southampton county to aid in the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead of said county, on the court-house square, by contributing thereto a sum not exceeding five hundred ($500) dollars.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials, Public expenditures

Chapter 514

an ACT declaring certain streams in Powhatan county to be highways.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 515

An ACT in relation to evidence in suits upon insurance policy, ag to immaterial allegations in such policy.
Business

Chapter 516

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 60 of an act approved January 28, 1884, entitled an act to amend sections 4, 12, 15, 41, 50, 52. 60, 61, and 67 of an act to provide a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith, approved March 6, 1882.
Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 517

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 12 (relating to tax on wills and administration) of an act approved March 6, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the assessment of taxes on persons, property, and incomes, and on licenses to transact business, and imposing taxes thereon for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and prescribing the mode of obtaining licenses to sell wine, ardent spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture thereof, in cases where a court certificate is necessary.
Taxation, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 518

An ACT to provide for the appointment of game wardens in the counties of Accomac and Northampton.
Hunting

Chapter 519

An ACT to incorporate the Smithfield and Norfolk steamboat company.
Business, Transportation, Incorporation, Bonds

Chapter 520

An ACT for the purpose of giving jurisdiction to the circuit or corporation court of the city of Lynchburg, or the respective judges thereof in vacation, power to give effect to the action of the congregation of the Fifth-avenue church (Independent), Lynchburg, Virginia, in regard to its church property.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 521

An ACT to authorize the county school board of Chesterfield county to pay the treasurer for disbursing county and district school funds of said county.
Education, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 522

An ACT to establish the Wise school district, in Wise county, providing the mode of appointing trustees, and for levying tax for district school purposes therein, and authorizing the trustees to apply money collected to payment of teachers’ salaries, &c.
Education, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 523

An ACT to define a lawful fence in a portion of Massie’s mill district, in Nelson county.
Fence Laws, Boundaries

Chapter 524

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 of an act entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, in force January 21, 1884, as to the powers of the councils of the city of Norfolk, and restrictions on the councils in passing certain resolutions and ordinances.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Salaries, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 525

An ACT extending time of making returns of assessment for Norfolk city until August 1, 1900.
Amendments, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 526

An ACT to provide for indexing certain deed books in Accomac county court clerk’s office under the head of family and Christian names.
Property

Chapter 527

An ACT to authorize the councils of the city of Norfolk to close the canal lying west of Granby street and between it and Randolph street, or between it and Newton street, and convert the same into a public street.
Municipal charters, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 528

An ACT to allow Captain John R. Thomas and William T. Bloxom to erect a wharf or pier in Holden’s creek, in Accomac county.
Transportation, Public spaces, Amendments

Chapter 529

An ACT to incorporate the Petersburg society for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Charity, Incorporation

Chapter 530

An ACT for the relief of W. P. Shelton, treasurer of Hanover county, giving him further time, &c.
Budget, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 531

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act to protect wild water-fowl and other game in the counties of Accomac and Northampton, approved March 5, 1894.
Wildlife

Chapter 532

An ACT to authorize the United States government to acquire title to and jurisdiction over certain lands situate on Cape Henry, in the county of Princess Anne.
Armed forces, Property, Public officers, Taxation, Boundaries

Chapter 533

An ACT for the relief of George A. Hutcheson, of the city of Staunton.
Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 534

An ACT to permit N. Z. Oakley to erect a wharf in Moratico creek, in Richmond county.
Transportation, Property, Public spaces

Chapter 535

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved February 28, 1890, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved February 3, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of chapter 61 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved March 9, 1890, as amended by an act approved March 30, 1887, as amended by an act approved May 21, 1887, to amend and re-enact section 12 of said chapter 61 of the code of 1873, which is section 1196 of the code of Virginia, in relation to turnpike companies, approved March 5, 1896.
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 536

An ACT for the protection of fish and game in Occupacia creek, the county of Essex, and to prevent obstruction to navigation in said creek.
Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife, Law Enforcement

Chapter 537

An ACT to provide for the payment out of the treasury for losses sustained by destruction of property and expenses incurred to prevent the spread of small-pox from an epidemic of that disease prevalent in Indian reservation of the Pamunkey tribe of Indians.
Indigenous peoples, Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 538

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

Chapter 539

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4018 of the code of Virginia, in relation to writs of venire facias in cases of felony, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 5, 1896.
Judicial

Chapter 540

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Giles county to issue bonds of the county instead of county warrants, in settlement of a contract with Virginia bridge and iron company, for the construction of a bridge at Ripplemead, Giles county, Virginia.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 541

An ACT to incorporate the Saltville railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 542

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 16 of an act approved February 29, 1892, entitled an act to provide for working and keeping in order the public roads in the county of Louisa.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 543

An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Bettie D. Powell for taxes erroneously assessed to Edward C. Pollard and paid by her.
Taxation, Property

Chapter 544

An ACT for the relief of J. Massie Smith
Property

Chapter 545

An ACT making the injury to or destruction of fences or cattle stops along the line of railroads a misdemeanor, and prescribing the penalty therefor.
Fence Laws

Chapter 546

An ACT to declare Rapidan river a lawful fence from Liberty mills to the line of Greene county.
Fence Laws

Chapter 547

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 3, 1898, entitled an act to prevent shooting or killing game at night in the counties of Charles City, Prince George, Henrico, and James City.
Hunting

Chapter 548

An ACT to give consent of the state of Virginia to the purchase or acquisition of the government of the United States of so much land as may be necessary for a public building in the city of Portsmouth, and giving the city the power to sell the same for purpose mentioned.
Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Taxation

Chapter 549

An ACT extending the time for the collection of tax tickets in the town of Colonial Beach.
Taxation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 550

An ACT to provide for working the roads, repairing bridges, and opening new roads in the county of Augusta, and repealing so much of the acts as affects the county of Augusta, approved February 26, 1884, February 19, 1886, February 28, 1890, March 3, 1894, and March 2, 1898.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Budget, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 551

An ACT to prevent riotous or disorderly conduct in any car or a caboose, or any part of a train carrying passengers or employees of any railroad or street passenger railway, and prescribing the powers of agents and employees of railroads or street passenger railway companies in the premises.
Public spaces, Law Enforcement, Transportation

Chapter 552

An ACT for the relief of Charles E. Blankenship.
Healthcare, Public expenditures, Judicial, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 553

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 61 of an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, approved January 16, 1896.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Salaries

Chapter 554

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 65 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Newport News, in the county of Warwick, approved January 16, 1806.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Salaries, Municipal charters

Chapter 555

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act empowering the board of supervisors of Dickenson county to increase the salary of the Judge of the county court
Salaries

Chapter 556

An ACT to authorize the reinstatement of a cause after a final decree, to appoint a commissioner in the stead of one who has died, or become otherwise incapacitated, to make the conveyance.
Judicial, Property

Chapter 557

An ACT to incorporate and enlarge the powers of the Richmond passenger and power company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 558

An ACT for the relief of J. H. Reubush, of the county of Rockingham, from improper assessments.
Property, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 559

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3874 of the Virginia code of 1887, in relation to the landowners in Rockingham county keeping streams flowing through their lands free from obstructions.
Amendments, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 560

An ACT to allow B. M. Apperson, deputy treasurer of Culpeper county, further time in which to collect certain tax bills.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 561

An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Wise county to increase the pay of the commonwealth’s attorney of said county to a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the county levy.
Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 562

An ACT to allow John M. McCarty to erect a pier on the Rappahannock river, and to build a house thereon.
Agriculture, Property, Utilities

Chapter 563

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Caroline county to increase the salary of the overseer of the poor of Bowling Green district, in Caroline county.
Public officers, Employment and labor, Charity

Chapter 564

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to compensate school trustees, other than clerks, in Westmoreland and Northumberland counties, approved February 2, 1898.
Education, Public officers

Chapter 565

An ACT to authorize the trustees of Nomini Baptist church of Christ, in Westmoreland county, to sell and convey the Antioch meeting-house and the lot of land on which it stands.
Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 566

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 420 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved February 12, 1894, in relation to the use by the commissioners of the sinking fund of any surplus money in the treasury in the purchase of bonds: of the State, issued under the acts of February 14, 1882, and February 20, 1892.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 567

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 58 of the acts of 1889 and 1890, approved February 11, 1890, entitled an act to provide for the appointment of assistant commissioners of accounts, and to define their duties and powers.
Judicial

Chapter 568

An ACT to provide for submitting the question of liquor license
Alcohol

Chapter 569

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act approved January 22, 1894, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1 and 13 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the Fredericksburg and Lancaster railroad company, approved February 12, 1896.
Transportation, Amendments, Industry

Chapter 570

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved January 23, 1900 entitled an act authorizing the council of the town of Woodstock to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water-works for said town and other purposes.
Bonds, Utilities, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 571

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of New Market to borrow money for certain improvements.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Taxation

Chapter 572

An ACT to create and maintain a state board of crop pest commissioners, and define their duties and powers.
Agriculture

Chapter 573

An ACT for the relief of the sureties of L. C. Thomas, late treasurer of Mathews county.
Bonds, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 574

An ACT to prevent hogs from running at large in Page county.
Agriculture

Chapter 575

An ACT to prevent hogs from running at large in the county of Grayson.
Agriculture

Chapter 576

An ACT to provide for the repair and maintenance of the public roads in Princess Anne county.
Transportation

Chapter 577

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act entitled an act authorizing the board of supervisors of each county in the state to levy a tax on dogs, and to enforce collection of said tax, with certain penalties, in case of failure to pay the same, as amended by an act approved February 27, 1896, as to Prince William and Shenandoah counties.
Amendments, Taxation, Agriculture, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 578

An ACT to regulate the taking of oysters from the waters of the Potomac river above a line drawn from Mathias Point, in King George county, Virginia, to Windmill Point, in Charles county, Maryland.
Fishing

Chapter 579

An ACT to authorize the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway company to dispose of its surplus electric power by sale, lease, or otherwise.
Utilities

Chapter 580

An ACT allowing James W. Bonner, treasurer of Bath county, and his deputies further time within which to distrain, levy, and collect certain tax tickets and license taxes not returned delinquent, for which he has heretofore accounted to the state or to the county, or the districts of said county.
Taxation

Chapter 581

An ACT to allow Levin Lynch to erect a wharf in Chincoteague bay, Accomac county.
Property, Public spaces, Transportation, Amendments

Chapter 582

An ACT to provide for the appointment of special prosecuting attorneys in the county of Alexandria.
Judicial

Chapter 583

An ACT to prescribe a fence law for Cedarville district, in the county of Warren.
Fence Laws

Chapter 584

An ACT to prescribe the qualifications of arbitrators and umpires
Business

Chapter 585

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2298 of the code of Virginia in relation to the remedies for or against married women.
Marriage, Civil Rights, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 586

An ACT to provide for the construction and maintenance of tramways and railways of mining, manufacturing, and lumber-getting persons, firms, and companies along or across public highways.
Transportation, Industry, Public spaces

Chapter 587

An ACT to relieve Mary M. Smith from taxes improperly assessed against 117 acres of land in Henry district, in Hanover county, Virginia.
Property, Taxation, Inheritance and succession, Judicial

Chapter 588

An ACT to provide for the submission to the people of the proposed amendment to article 10 of the constitution of Virginia with reference to the tax imposed on any of the citizens of the state for the privilege of taking or catching oysters from their natural beds with tongs in the waters thereof, and striking from said article 10 of said constitution the second clause.
Amendments, Taxation, Voting

Chapter 589

An ACT to incorporate the Virginia automobile company.
Business, Incorporation, Transportation

Chapter 590

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1002, code of Virginia of 1887, in relation to roads abandoned by turnpike companies; how kept in order, &c.
Transportation

Chapter 591

An ACT to declare Rose river, in Madison county, a lawful fence.
Fence Laws, Property, Agriculture

Chapter 592

An ACT to allow C. M. Marshall, ex-deputy treasurer of Carroll county, further time within which to distrain and collect certain tax tickets for which he has accounted to the state.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 593

An ACT authorizing the district school boards of Campbell county to expend surplus district school funds for the pay of teachers.
Education

Chapter 594

An ACT to incorporate the Richmond and Washington air-line railway company.
Incorporation, Transportation, Business, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 595

An ACT to empower and instruct the board of sinking fund commissioners to sell the state’s interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, and to repeal an act entitled ‘‘an act to empower and instruct the board of sinking fund commissioners to sell the state's interest in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company and to invest the proceeds of sale in century bonds
Transportation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Industry

Chapter 596

An ACT to protect the interest of the state in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company and to prevent the construction of a line of railroad from Richmond to the Potomac river until the interest of the State in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad company is disposed of.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 597

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections one and two of an act entitled an act to suppress tippling houses, the illegal and unlawful traffic in ardent spirits in the counties of Lee, Pulaski, Scott, Wise, Dickenson, Buchanan, Bland, and Russell, approved February 29, 1892, so as to make said act apply also to the county of Giles.
Alcohol

Chapter 598

An ACT to authorize cities and incorporated towns to establish and maintain free public libraries and reading rooms.
Libraries

Chapter 599

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide for the working and keeping in repair the public roads in the counties of Alleghany, Bath, and Highland.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 600

An ACT to permit the school board of Blue Grass district, in the county of Highland, to use a portion of the district school fund of said district to pay teachers.
Education
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